Tashiichaan’s Revealing Photos

Not as ‘revealing’ as you think! *eyes you suspiciously*

When I mean ‘revealing photos’, I mean photos of just myself! Yush, such dangerous exposure! (No skin exposure indicated, mine you.) You’d least expect tashiichaan to do the thing she abstains from… but she’s bored. And feeling rather… generous today.

Why? Because today happens to be tashiichaan’s (unofficial) start of her 2-month school holidays! Yay! She spent her time in school wishing people, “See you next yeaaarr!”, and she’s so excited about the holidays to the point that she lost all train of thought on what to post today!

Soooo she finally decided to be a little rebellious by posting pictures taken during her school’s yearly prefects’ camp (the one with the night walk…?) back in July ‘07!

During our jungle trekking
We had a 3km trek through the jungle, crossing rivers (that run waist-high), trekking upriver (THROUGH the river) climbing up cliffs and going through tunnels, to reach a waterfall! The return trip back to the campsite involved trekking by the highway. A friend of mine (who was the photographer) took a pic of a leech on her belly. I had a leech on my finger, and 3 on my legs! I was bleeding nonstop from the leech bites, that they stained all over my (light-coloured) sweat pants. People thought I was starting my period. *blushes* Also, we were punished for a lousy, inconsistent headcount by doing a duck walk. >_<
             

During dinner
We had our meals in an open-air indoor area, which lacks the use of tables and chairs, due to the fact that the main cafeteria was taken up by another really huge (300+) group of campers from several schools. The food was not bad, to be honest. ^_^
 

Group photo!
It’s (almost) a tradition to play this game during our last night at camp, where the punishment is painting white flour on our faces! And we gotta take a group picture after that. So here’s a crazy picture of the prefectorial board covered in flour!

The facilitators
It’s not a complete picture of the facis (we had 6), but I attached this (low quality) photo mostly because of this particular male facilitator standing in the middle (with his head bent). Well, he’s a good-looking, charismatic, funny guy, and apparently almost every girl in the camp had a huge crush on him! They’d gush about him during mealtimes, desperately chat him up and joke/laugh with him. I suspect he’s a Beckham. Y’know? Good-looking, perfect, metrosexual. xD

Thus conclude tashiichaan’s very-revealing day. Wait another year for the next one! Lololol xD

Baby Panda no Aiba-chaaan!

[ tashiichaan ran out of Jun-kun videos to perve on, so she found Aiba-chan vids to gush over! ]

What can be more adorable than Aiba-chan in a baby panda outfit?! Tashiichaan just couldn’t help but squeal! Kawaii ne~

Clip from:  Tensai Shimura Doubutsuen!

Watch! > Baby Panda no Aiba-chan!

Don’t you just wanna hug with like that Panda no Hime? xD

Haawt Toma and… is that a girl or a boy?! :O

Ikuta Toma is my fave Johnny’s Junior! I hate the fact that he only had an episode-cameo in Hana Yori Dango 2 (even though he played an evil character), but hell, who can’t resist cute/smexy Nakatsu?!

[ click the thumbnails to view the pics in full size ]

So I randomly searched for Toma pics and here’s one haaaawt heart-stopping picture!

It says, “Wear a flower in the chest.” > doesn’t make any sense, the Engrish… xD but I love Toma’s eyes. *melts from them*

Toma in Potato Magazine, May 07 -

OHMIGOD THAT SMEXY EXPRESSION! *faints with a sigh*

Naaaaakatsuuuu! I wuv him, he’s just too adorable!

…and last of my random picture spree, a Potato Mag feature of D-Boys! I’m not a fan of them (aside from the drool-worthy Shirota Yuu ^_^), but this picture stopped me when I noticed the guy in the middle (Seto Koji) looks like… A GIRL?!?!?!

I just can’t stand extremely androgyneous men, and the frustrating thing is androgyny is gaining on Asian men (mainly Japanese/Korean/Taiwanese/Chinese)! I don’t want a boyfriend who’s prettier/cuter than me T_T

TOMAAAAAAAAA!!! You can share my heart with Jun-kun and Aiba-chan ^_^

Majikaru Banana…

aka ‘Magical Banana’!

[ tashiichaan just loves perving on Arashi in pyjamas! ]

So, Arashi is having another sleepover, and (aside from the crazy push-up match Ohno and Jun-kun are having) Aiba suggests playing ‘Majikaru banana’, but hell, why can’t Oh-chan catch up?!

Clip from: D no Arashi, 24/Nov/04!
[ tashiichaan doesn't give a damn that this video is 3 years old!!! ]

Majikaru Banana!

Here’s the translation I got from the Comments section -

[Ohno and Jun doing push-ups in the background]
Sho: So, what should we do? How about a game?
Nino: I don’t mind.
Sho: Let’s play a game then. Aiba, come up with a suggestion.
Aiba: Okay! Let’s play… “Magical Banana”!
Sho: Ooooohh, nostalgic!
[Game starts]
Aiba: Ma-g-i-cal-Ba-n-a-na! When I think of banana, I think of a fruit!
Sho: When I think of fruit, I think of melon!
Jun: When I think of melon, I think of green!
Ohno: When I think of green, I think of $%#^… (Oh-chan makes a mistake!)
Aiba: That was fast!
Ohno: It’s so hard to play!
Nino: Okay, how about we let Leader start the game.
[Game starts and clapping ensues]
Ohno: Ma-gi-cal-Ba-na-na! When I think of… do I have to mention ‘banana’ at the start?
Sho: Hurry up with the game!
Nino: We can’t, the game stops at Leader. Let’s start from here [points to himself].
Ohno: So I’m second?
Jun: Yeah.
[Game starts...again]
Nino: Ma-gi-cal-Ba-na-na! When I think of banana, I think of yellow!
Ohno: When I think of yellow… wait wait! START AGAIN!
Aiba: What’s wrong?!
Sho: You’re really bad at this…
Ohno: But you started with weird stuff like banana!
Nino: So what do you want to start with?
Ohno: …decide by yourself.
Nino: [outburst of anger] Didn’t I decide by myself just now?!
Ohno: But banana isn’t a good choice!
Nino: Why isn’t banana a good choice?!
[Sho bursts out laughing]
Ohno: Banana just isn’t interesting at all!

Oh-chan and his excuses… lol!

Yummylicious Japanese Food

Considering that Japanese food is my one of my favourites (or currently on top of that list), it’s natural I should come up with a list of some of the must-try Japanese dishes! These are a few of the various snacks/dishes that I’ve tried and loved every single bite of it. ^_^

TAKOYAKI

Takoyaki, which literally means “fried octopus”, is one of my favourite (and popular) Japanese street food. It’s a dumpling ball with a soft outer layer of batter, and inside is filled with diced octopus, tenkasu (tenpura scraps), red pickled ginger, konnyaku, dried shrimps and green onion. Not only that, it’s served with a topping of mayonnaise, chopped aonori (green laver, or seaweed) and shaved katsuobushi (dried skipjack tuna). When eaten freshly cooked, it melts in the mouth and the combination of all the ingriedients in the takoyaki really creates a dynamic flavour!

CHAWANMUSHI

I’ve eaten chawanmushi for years and still never stop loving it! Meaning “steamed in a tea bowl”, it is an egg custard dish served as an appetizer, what’s so special about chawanmushi is that it’s steamed in a Japanese teacup-like bowl. The trick to making chawanmushi is to allow the egg to be steamed until it just barely sets, giving the custard a soft, silky texture. The custard is made from a mixture of egg, soy sauce, dashi (traditional Japanese cooking stock) and mirin (think of it as a Japanese version of the salt and pepper you find on diner tables). The custard is also steamed with sliced shitake mushroom, kamaboko (like those cute pink and white Japanese fish cakes) and shrimp. Really, really delicious. Seriously!

 
SUKIYAKI

You don’t know sukiyaki if you haven’t tried Japanese food! Sukiyaki is a steamboat dish, Japanese style (called nabemono). It may sound like an ordinary steamboat, but its preparation method is unique. The essential ingredient in the soup is mirin (which I bet you don’t put in your chicken soup!), and various types of raw food (tofu, shitake and enokitake mushrooms, leafy vegies and most important of all – beef) are cooked in the skillet. When the food’s cooked, it’s commonly dipped in a bowl of raw, beaten eggs (though I haven’t tried that). One thing I love about sukiyaki is that my mom always cooks it at home! xD My mom alters her sukiyaki by boiling the eggs in the soup itself, and replacing the beef with salmon, which isn’t a bad choice! xD

UNADON

I’m sure you come across unagi in the sushi you find in Japanese restaurants, but there’s more to that unagi sushi! Unagi, which is a Japanese eel, is also eaten as a donburi dish (rice and various dishes served in one large rice bowl), called unadon. The name “unadon” is taken from the words Unagi no Kabayaki (grilled eel) and donburi. Unadon is served with the usual Japanese rice with the unagi on top. It may just be rice and unagi, but the unagi is specially grilled with a sweet sauce that is simply scrumptious. Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s eel (as lots of people do when I introduce unagi to them), because you won’t know unless you taste it!

YAKITORI 

Yakitori, if you translate into English, literally means ‘grilled bird’, but it’s actually a Japanese dish of chicken meat skewered onto sticks! Chicken meat is cut into bite-size pieces, skewered onto a thin, bamboo skewer and barbecued over charcoal and smoke. (Think Malaysian satay, or shish kebab). Yakitori can be eaten just like that, or with tare sauce (sweetened sauce marinade) which is brushed onto the yakitori during grilling, and also as a dip. The tare sauce is made up of mirin, sweet sake, soy sauce and sugar. The smoke flavour in the meat is mouth-watering, and a fun snack to munch on!

ONIGIRI 

I’m sure any anime otaku knows what an onigiri is! Onigiri is a popular snack of Japanese rice formed into a triangle shape (sometimes oval), and wrapped in nori (edible Japanese seaweed). Traditionally, onigiri is filled with umeboshi (pickled ume fruit), salted salmon or katsuobushi. Various fillings are used, like fish and pickles. Onigiri is popular because it’s convenient, tasty and simple. It’s very commercialised too! Some people think it’s too cute to be eaten, too. Lol!

Tips On Being Jun’s Girlfriend

How To Be Jun-kun’s Girlfriend
…according to Arashi xD

…According to Aiba-chan:
Listen properly to what Matsumoto-san has to say!
“In Matsumoto-san’s case, it would be best if it’s someone who can stay with him during eating even if it takes a long time. In those instances, it’s necessary to listen properly to what he says. If you sit there clueless and then stop listening, and when he asks things like “So, what do you think about that?” he’ll suddenly kick you to the curb *bitter laugh*. Now that I think about it, he once spilled red wine on my white pants. That time I lost. When you eat with Matsumoto-san, I suggest you don’t wear any white clothes.”

…According to Nino-chan:
Be aware of style!
“In any case, Matsumoto-san is stylish. He changes his hairstyle often, and he likes clothes so it seems he goes shopping often as well. Since I have no interest in style I’m not really sure, but I believe he definitely matches various types of clothes and wears it well. Even at home, he has quite a lot of clothes. Since that’s the type of person he is, wouldn’t it be natural he comes to like someone who is just naturally-aware of style? There might even be instances where he goes to buy clothes during a date, so it’s definitely an advantage if it’s someone that likes clothes.”

…According to Ohno-kun:
Become his manager for a day!
“MatsuJun really likes it when you do something he wants you to do, before he asks. In other words someone who can sense things, someone who can examine a situation and figure things out, that’s how you can grab his heart, I think. On the flip side, it’s someone who’s just naturally aware of herself. Specifically, what can you do to please him? That’s not only too hard but I can’t really explain it…If you become his manager for a day I believe you’ll probably be able to learn the points on when to be ‘aware’ of things!”

…According to Sho-kun:
Be able to read and recognize a list of movie stars!
“Since MatsuJun watches movies frequently. Even the day we went to Osaka for the C1000 event, he said he woke up early and went to watch a movie. I believe he likes [movies] quite a lot. He’ll definitely enjoy it if you say things like “so and so was a good piece” or “So and so actor’s acting is great.” That and it seems he’s quite into pasta. Since he says, “My neapolitan is really good,” if you’re someone who can’t eat neapolitan I hope you definitely overcome that!”

…and according to Jun-kun!
Someone who can read the air and act accordingly
“When we’re together, I’m interested in how that person goes about things. I believe to be able to read the air a person needs a sense for it, and I think at that point that person’s true character comes out. For example if we’re all eating together, once the plates are empty, it’s not about cleaning that up but it’s the timing of when to clean it up that I find important. If that sense is the same as me, then I feel like it’s someone I can date a long time.”

I am… very blur. I think I have a short attention span and selective memory (hence the fact that Aiba and I can be such good friends XD), so, erm, not good. But I’m fashionably-aware! XDDDD But I just don’t like the idea of having a boyfriend whose wardrobe dwarfs mine. That’s… wrong!

New Matsumoto Jun Banner!

Smexy Jun-kun pictures practically begged me to compile them into a smexy banner.

Also, I offered my favourite Spanish Arashi-fangirling Jun-kun-perving  the only Arashi-crazy friend I know (sad, huh?), LadyXS, to design a new, smexy banner for her bloggeh.

Sooo… to view it, go to LadyXS’s very Arashic, Jun-kun perving pitstop Blog! The first picture you literally see (*coughtheheadercough*) is said smexy Jun-kun banner. xD

Don’t worry about the drool – there’re buckets prepared for your convenience.

Apathy: The Rise of Self-Respecting Fools

I get positively (for a more accurate word – furiously) annoyed when faced with a terribly apathetic person. No kidding – although ‘apathy’ is pretty common and well-adapted among the people/community I’m surrounded by, it just gets on my much-worked-up nerves when certain idiots just “don’t feel like it”.

Of course, I tend to be apathetic when dealing with people drowning in apathy. There’s this mentality where, “I don’t mind your business, you don’t mind mine.” Like – a previous incident where a neighbour of mine couldn’t control her fierce dogs and screamed when her dogs starts fighting. It was in the evening and lots of neighbours were out jogging. I could count about 4 adults who jogged by my neighbour’s lawn with their noses high up and eyes purposely facing the other way.

There’s this incredible and rather pathetic habit of my countrymen on the road which is rather contradictory to our apathy. When there’s an accident or an event (funeral, wedding etc) on/beside a busy road, drivers would slow down their vehicles so they could watch the event as they drive by, VERY slowly. So much for apathy huh? I hate that. A LOT.

In my school, apathy is a common word in our dictionary. My schoolmates go by the rule that, “I know nothing, I see nothing, I don’t care.” Unless… there’s a reward. Yup – we don’t give a damn about anything if there’s no benefit on our side. If there isn’t a worthy prize in a competition, no one would bother to join. It’s not the matter of the clichéd saying, “It’s the process of everything that’s the fun part.” – it’s the common understanding that, “Why bother doing something when the result doesn’t benefit me at all?”

There’s also another sort of mentality, where someone thinks, “Gee… I just don’t feel like doing it… let’s just leave it aside.” Lots of people have this strong disinterest that they just push aside the things they don’t like, without trying at all.

I encountered that problem with my group project last week. See, to complete this particular project, my class had assigned groups of 4 to work together. My group was pretty efficient in different departments – we had a group leader to nag us, a person for grammar and spelling check, and another to go through the content/research materials. We thought things were going smooth… until the day we had to hand in our folio, which is also the last day before the deadline set by our teacher.

I was not able to attend school on that day due to (horror!) intense diarrhoea, but it’s not really an issue, since the last member of our group was the one in charge of printing each of our folios and instructed to bring them. Sadly, of course, said responsible person was absent from school as well, without notifying any of us at all. I heard the news until late afternoon that day, after receiving god-knows how many desperate phone calls from the other 2 very-desperate groupmates.

When I heard of it, I was definitely pissed off (the vomitting and exhaustion only aggravated my anger), not only because of the lack of responsibility, but the person’s apathy affected each and every one of us. Our teacher wasn’t going to accept our folios after that day, and yes, the allocated marks were ARE important for our government examinations. What more could be worse?

Later on, the previously-MIA culprit passed on news that she had food poisoning. Coincidence? I don’t really care – she may be twisting around in pain (like I was), but she should’ve realised the immense responsiblity she had in our folios, and at least DO something to make sure none of us were affected.

It may be just bad luck, or I may be paranoid, but I seriously hate people who just don’t care. That’s why people hate responsibility, or underestimate the importance when given a responsibility. And of course, it’s just rubbing more insult into injury when we’ve to clean up others’ ugly mess, when we’re not at fault.

Go to hell, apathy.

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[ tashiichaan rants, and rants, when she's pissed off. Of course, she also minds her manners by ranting without any strong indication of offence/bitching towards any party. If she was careless, then she advises the person involved to speak up. Then again, you gotta remember tashiichaan is only a fickle-minded, neurotic teenager who sometimes doesn't know what she's saying. Okay she'll shut up now. ]

OMG Nino-chan Coughs Out Blood?!

It started as a wrestling game with Ohno beating Nino, then Nino suddenly coughs out blood…

Nino Coughs Out Blood

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…you didn’t actually believe that is true, did you?

I almost fell for it… until Sho-kun suddenly laughed out. I was like, “WTF Nino-chan’s coughing blood and Jun-kun and Aiba-chan are playing PS2 in ignorance?!?!?!”

What’s hilarious is when Nino-chan yelled out, “YATTA YO MINNA! OKAA-SAN YATTA!” – “I DID IT, EVERYONE! I DID IT, MOM!” < Lololol, Nino-chan.

Poor Oh-chan, he just got pranked.

Jun and Aiba – HOW COULD YOU?! :O

Arashi on crack.

Seriously, you’d think Arashi is drunk/high on sugar/coffee when you’re watching this video. They’re hyper than my own brothers on sugar-high! :O

Arashi on crack Nino Cam!

I’ve provided an English translation script (from the Chinese subtitles in the video). It’s not exactly useful, but I feel useful with translation for once! xD

[Camera rolls, and Sho's at the table]
Sho: There’s something wrong…
Nino: Cut!
Ohno: There’s something wrong…
Nino: Cut!
Sho: [glares at Ohno] Don’t follow me.
Nino: Cut!
Ohno: [looks casual] I’m not following you (actually Ohno said ‘copy cat’)
Nino: Cut!
Sho: Who’re you calling copy cat?
Nino: Cut!
Ohno: That’s a good comeback.
Nino: Cut!
Sho: Thank you.
[Sho and Ohno shakes hand and, er, Ohno goes crazy.]
[IN THE BUS.]
Ohno: [behind the camera] You’re on camera again!
Nino: Again?
Ohno: Yup, again.
Nino: Sorry! [turns to the camera] I’m Ninomiya, nice to meet you! We’re on the bus right now! [climbs the storage  space] I’m such a LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY man! (tashiichaan thought Nino said ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY MAN. Lool) It’s great! Now, let’s meet the other guys! First there the guy with drums – Sakurai Sho!
[Sho's cameo]
Nino: Next it the guitar guy – Matsumoto Jun!
[Jun jumps to the back of the bus]
Jun: Everyone’s great! Everyone in Nagoya – don’t you feel great?!
Nino: Next, it’s the guy with the keyboard – Ohno Satoshi!
[Ohno climbs over the seats]
Nino: He looks like he’s swimming!
Ohno: Yeah!
Nino: Yeah, keyboard guy! Lastly we’ve the guy on bass – Aiba Masaki! Yeah!
Aiba: [in the storage space] Yeaaah!
Nino: Our show in Nagoya’s over, how does everyone feel? How d’you like Nagoya?
Sho: Very happy.
Aiba: It’s great!
Nino: Really great, huh?
[Jun climbs around]
Nino: Leader, what about you?
Ohno: I’ve no idea!
Nino: What do you mean, Leader?
Ohno: Feels like we’ve been to a weird place.
Nino: That’s wrong!
Ohno: [climbs around] It’s the last beam!
Jun: Nice beam! Nice beam!
Ohno: The last beam was really cool, huh?
Nino: It was really fun at Nagoya, don’t you think?
Sho: Yeah.
Nino: We should go back another time, everyone agrees?
Aiba: Yes!
Nino: [turns to Aiba] You, what’s your name?
Aiba: Aiba Masaki desu!
Nino: What’s your name?
Aiba: Aiba Masaki desu!
[both cracks up]
Aiba: I’m feeling really happy! Let’s play!
Nino: What’re we playing?
Aiba: Something fun!
Nino: Let’s play hide and seek! I’m counting to 10! [counts] Okay I’m done! I’ve found Sakurai-kun! Look there’s Matsumoto-kun! Where’re the others hiding? Where’re they hiding? [goes to the back] I’ve found someone! But it’s too dark I can’t see! C’mon get up, I’ve caught you!
Aiba: I’m caught! I’m caught! I’m caught!
Nino: Now it’s just Leader left! Leader?! Leader where’re you?!
[Ohno pops up at the back seat]
Nino: Ah found you!
Aiba: Hide and seek is really fun! It’s so tiring…
Nino: Everyone’s tired.
[Ohno goes high on climbing around again]
Nino: Everyone did it, huh? How about another time?
Everyone: Yeah!
[Cut]
Nino: [sober] For that scene before, really sorry about that. Everyone seems to be asleep now, so let’s take a look at their sleeping faces! Let’s go peek! [Camera turns to the empty seats] Eh? That’s strange, where’s everybody?
[actually everyone's in...the storage space above the seat!]
Everyone: Yeaaah!
[Ohno comes out from behind a seat shirtless]
Nino: Leader, you’re not wearing a shirt!
Ohno: [bounces] Yeaah!
Nino: Look, Masaki’s asleep.
Aiba: [surprises] Yeaah!
Everyone: Yeah!
Nino: Look, Leader without a shirt! No shirt!
Ohno: No shirt!
Nino: No shirt! Eh Leader where did you go again? Leader?!
Ohno: [pops up behind a seat] BEAM!
Nino: Nice beam!
[Next scene - sober Nino again.]
Nino: Hi again, we’re back from Nagoya, I’m Ninomiya Kazunari. The time right now is… 4:30. So, why, at 4:30, do we have to gather here again? So to speak, there’s something incredible. It’s something really happy and comes once every year… [pauses] You can guess what we’re doing… there, Studio B. What’re we doing here in the first place? Yes, we’re back from Nagoya to record Matsumoto’s birthday song. So, when we’ve arrived on the bus, the 3 of us pretended to sleep, and Matsumoto-san was the only one to go back home, so there was only 3 of us left – wait, 4 of us left. We’ve got to get up early to start working and now we’re here at the recording studio! Come on, come on!
[inside, Aiba is singing]
Nino: Aiba, you can’t even memorise your lyrics! Oi, Aiba!
Aiba: [turns to the camera] Yeaaaah!
Nino: Can you memorise your lyrics now? Memorise it for me, okay?
Aiba: Okay!
Nino: Next we’re going to Sakurai!
Sho: Yeah! Yeah!
Nino: So, Sakurai, have you memorised your lyrics yet?
Sho: Haven’t memorised! Yeah!
Nino: Please memorise your lyrics!
Sho: I will, yeah!
Nino: Lastly it’s Ohno Satoshi!
Ohno: [takes some time to notice the camera] Yeaah!
Nino: Leader, have you memorised your lyrics?
Ohno: Yup. Memorised it all!
Nino: Oooh, what’s this?
Ohno: [hides with the lyrics] It’s nothing, you’re so annoying!
Nino: Do your best! Or not we’ve got to stay in late. [appears on camera] After this our song will be recording on camera too. We’ve got to memorise this weird song, so stay tuned! Bye bye!
[Next scene.]
Nino: We’re recording again, and yes we’re at the recording booth! [Sho and Ohno are at the mics] C’mon, say a normal ‘Yeah’!
Sho: Yeah! [goes to Ohno] Here’s our leader, yeah! (tashiichan – nice shirt, Sho-kun ^_^)
Nino: Which part of the lyrics don’t you understand?
Ohno: Right from the beginning!
[Aiba singing in the background]
Ohno: Oh, so it says ‘beautiful’.
Nino: Hey you’re faking it. [scene goes to the lyrics] Look, it’s Matsumoto’s song.
Ohno: …For you, the last beautiful person…
Aiba: There’s this one part I don’t know how to sing.
Sho: We won’t know how to sing without actually trying it! C’mon let’s try once.
Nino: You’re right.
Sho: [starts singing].
Nino: Yeah, that’s right. Start from A note, that’s very important.
Sho: But the tune won’t come out right!
Nino: From A, then it’s B note.
Sho: [tries singing] You are…
Nino: That’s better. Very good!
Sho: I’ll sing for you guys then. [sings off tune]
Ohno: Feels right. Lets try practising with the music again.
Nino: Okay, that’s all, guys!

Things To Do When You’re Sick

[ post is inspired by tashiichaan's horrible Friday of diarrhoea and vomitting. ]

It definitely isn’t fun when you wake up one random morning and feel weak and more exhausted than usual. A flu and a runny nose can be lethal enough to put a stop to your daily routine (going to work/school, run errands, appointments, updating your blog etc), but what more when you’re burning up with a fever or a chicken pox, and due to exhaustion that you’re confined to your bed.

Sleeping the whole day sounds like a dream to anyone, but what do you do after 12 hours of nothing but sleep? Yes, you’re tired and unwell, but sleeping would only make you feel worse if you’ve been in bed for the entire day. It seems daunting to lie down in bed staring at the ceiling, obviously unwilling to fall sleep. You don’t necessarily have to lie down and force yourself into La La Land, there’re tons of things you can even if you’re sick!

THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU’RE SICK

1) Spoil yourself with the TV – use your sickness as an excuse to hog the TV. Being sick also means you can catch up on your soap operas/dramas/TV shows. If not, put on a movie to watch (just nothing depressing, because it’ll just infect you with a depressing mood!). I find Jim Carrey movies funny, but when you’re on medication it’s just absolutely hilarious.

2) Read a book – duh! Read a novel or something light (comics/manga might do the trick), and have your supplies by your bedside table – juice, medication, tissue box, etc. An entertainment magazine might do to, if you’re not the type to read books.

3) Be a spoiled brat – don’t be afraid to demand things from those who’re living with you! Being sick = not able to do lots of stuff = getting people to do it for you. When I was very sick, my mom would make some food for me to eat, and my brother would get my stuffed cat and my blanket over to the living room (where I was watcing TV). You can even ask them to grab the TV remote for you!

4) Listen to music – by that I mean calm, soothing ones, not Metallica or Linkin Park. Play something that’s peaceful to your ears (said rock/heavy metal bands aren’t peaceful, mind you), it may be instrumental or jazz or ballads. It helps with the minor depressing mood you’re having or the frustration of being stuck in bed.

5) Indulge yourself with food – if you can take it. Sick people always find their excuses in food – like tomato soup, chicken porridge, (more outrageous) coffee and cookies ice cream, ginger ale. If the mentioned food aren’t suitable for you (and your stomach), a bowl of oatmeal cereal with raisins, or a bowl of your favourite fruits may do wonders to your mood. Just get someone to fetch them for you!

6) Play an adventure game or a quiz – y’know those adventure books where you choose your destiny? They’re sorta your portable, less advanced RPG games you have on your PS2. If you don’t have one in your cupboard, then try quizzes that you find in magazines. Cheat if need be – it’s time-consuming and that’s all it matters!

Leave me and my teddy alone!

After stumbling upon LadyXS’s post on Arashi’s New Show, I was tickled by the title of the show - Golden Rush Arashi. But where the hell is Mago Mago Arashi?!?!?! 

Yup, they (meaning Mr “YOU!” Johnny) took away my favourite Arashi show and aired the unexpectedly-disappointing GRA! It’s not that I don’t love my fave boys - but instead of the weekly entertainment of perving over sweaty Arashi  watching Arashi doing odd jobs and being their usual crazy selfs, I’m thrown with another god-forsaken studio show with 5 hosts practically taking up Arashi’s spotlight.  I hate Johnny (*cough*thepervertedoldfart*cough*). I (and Arashi) want the outdoors!

Yes, and that said after watching the first episode. I don’t hate it entirely… I just think that the show is just another sad copy of Arashi no Shukudai-kun, which has turned rather dull lately (with the exception of a few laughter-magnet/worth-watching episodes).

Watch Golden Rush Arashi, Episode 1 Part 1

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During my crazy quiz-taking spree today, there was one really idiotic question I had to answer in the quiz, ‘How Well Do You Know Arashi?” -

What is MatsuJun’s real name?
a) Matsuya Jun.
b) Matsumo Junya.
c) Matsumoto Jun.
d) Bob.

I couldn’t help but laugh my head off while pointing at the computer screen. My brother (who was sitting beside me) wasn’t amused at all. Particularly by my temporary insane laughter mode. Heck, the world is lacking decent ARASHI quizzes!

Another quiz I took is “Which ARASHI Member Do You Resemble?” Aaaaand my results show that I’m just like… AIBA MASAKI~!

I seriously (yes I’m sane enough to be serious) think that Aiba and I are very alike – we’re really blur, can be pretty dorky at times, sleep with a plushie (Aiba has a cute black stuffed dog, I have a cute black/grey stuffed cat!), people seem to be amused by our antics, tall (okay I’m only 5′5″, but I’m taller than lots of my friends!), and health problems (Aiba has a weak lung, I’ve a weak stomach and REALLY sensitive skin).

Hell – I’m just like Aiba-chaan and my ARASHI dreamboy is Sho-kuun. Buut… JUN-KUN WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!

[ as you've noticed, tashiichaan is terribly bored to the point of lack of useful postings today. ]

*kicks Jun-kun aside* SHO-KUUUUN!

I’m bored. And when I’m bored, I do stupid/crazy/boring things, like taking pointless quizzes online. One of the 10375 quizzes I took today is Who Is Your ARASHI Dream Boy?

My results? Ehehehe…

“SHO SAKURAI is your STORMY dream boy! You are a dreamer while he is a seeker, meaning that you want HIM to find you rather than you finding him! When it comes to love, he wants a challenge, so you want to prove to him that your love and attention is not very easy to be acquired by any ordinary guy. You believe in friendship before true love and that looks, wealth, or “classy” tastes mean nothing to you. You want to live a simple life with a cozy dinner date at home with home-cooked meals and he would yield to all your simple tastes. You also believe in a happy marriage with a wonderful husband and a good number of children as well as you find yourself mentoring the next generation the good teachings in life. His appearance may be deceiving, but he also has the same purpose as you, which is why he is searching for someone who can join him on his quest to fulfill his definition of life and true love. Hopefully, that special someone would be someone as smart, wise, mature, and independent… like you! ^_^”

Who would have known?! :O

Matsumoto Jun Trivia

“Oh, erm - you didn’t see me eat any dry plums! They’re not Aiba’s, I swear!”

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I love trivias. Especially random facts about my favourite guy xD. If you already know most of these facts, then I salute you for being such a well-informed perving expert Jun-kun fangirl! If you don’t, well, brace yourself for an interesting list of facts! So, with Jun-kun’s kawaii/hilarious expression, here’s presenting -

Random Facts (You Might Not Know) About Matsumoto Jun-kun!

• Joined Johnny’s Entertainment on 17/May/96.
• Instead of going through a series of auditions, he was exceptional because he received a personal call from the Johnny Kitagawa himself to come straight for practice.
• Won Best Supporting Actor awards at the Television Drama Academy Awards for the role of Shin Sawada in Gokusen in 2002, and for Domyouji Tsukasa in Hana Yori Dango in 2005.
• His favorite word is “Enjoy”.
• Once crashed Aiba’s car after driving a few metres. 
• He likes his drinks warm (at room temperature) because his stomach isn’t strong.
• He doesn’t drink much but likes to make other people drink. Once made Nino really drunk but took good care of him. He got really drunk once and spilled red wine on Aiba (Aiba had white a shirt on).
• Doesn’t remember anything after a hangover.
• He played baseball in grade school.
• He can’t do a back flip (all Johnny’s boys are suppose to be able to).
• He admits he’s neurotic – he likes to clean and can’t stand anything messy or dirty.
• He’s very honest and has a sharp tongue.
• He can get very emotional.
• Watching emotional movies makes him cry sometimes. But he doesn’t like people to see him cry.
• Recently got a wine cellar in his house.
• Loves wine. A LOT.
• Hideaki Takizawa (of Tackey and Tsubasa) is his good friend. For Hideaki’s birthday a couple of years ago, Jun brought him a balloon and a cake at midnight.
• After acting in the popular J-drama Kimi Wa Petto (You’re My Pet), he was voted as the best celebrity you want as your pet.
• He once almost got blown off by strong wind while holding a flag.
• He doesn’t like a dirty table. If he sees one, he uses his sleeves to clean it.
• He doesn’t like kids, but wants them some time in future.
• During one scene in Hana Yori Dango, he had to put a bandage on his face but due to his small face, he had to cut it to make it look proportional to his face.
• He’s the first Japanese celebrity to appear on the cover of Marie Claire magazine (all the other guys who’ve graced the cover in its 24-year history were all from other countries).
• Oguri Shun and Narimiya Hiroki are his good friends.
• He loves exercise ball.
• He has pet turtles (5 of them). They were given by Nino (Arashi bandmate) on his 17th birthday and he still hasn’t named them. He gave one back to him on Nino’s 21th birthday.
• He accidentally kissed Nino at a concert (23/July/2006), but Nino meant to do it.
• Earned the nickname Do-S Banchou (S stands for Sadist).
• He is near-sighted. He usually wears contact lenses for work, but other times he wears glasses.
• Had buckteeth when he was younger.
• Chief attractions in girls are eyes and hair.
• He’s not comfortable being touched freely by others.
• Oguri Shun got the role of Hanazawa Rui in Hana Yori Dango because Jun told producers that he would not play Domyouji if Shun didn’t get the role of Rui.
• He’s a fan of Tom Hanks and Harry Potter.
• Loves to change his hairstyle.
• He gets really shy when it comes to expressing his feelings to girls.
• Sho (another Arashi bandmate) was once his private tutor.
• A choreographer once made him cry.
• He isn’t known to be punctual.
• He used to idolise Sho when he was younger.
• Finds Mandarin extremely hard to learn.
• Is good at football.
• Loves dry plums to bits (so much that he once stole them fro Aiba).
• Known to be the most fashionable in Arashi.
• His best friend in Arashi is Aiba.
• Went on a holiday in Los Angeles in summer ‘07 with a friend. He recalled that he once said to an American girl, “I don’t speak English.”
• He loves to go to the beach.
• Love surfing.
• Favourite activity at the beach is swimming and playing with a dog (but he doesn’t have one).
• During an episode of Music Station, he was seen staring intently at Utada Hikaru beside him. In fact, Jun-kun and Hikki-chan were challenging each other to pick their nose in front of the camera. Hikki-chan didn’t, but Jun did at the end of the show when he was answering Tamori’s question!
• Loves attention.
• Has a rack of clothes above his bed, as it’s ‘convenient’ to grab something instead of searching through his wardrobe (tashiichaan’s note: which may have an endless depth).

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[ partly taken from MatsumotoJun.Net ]

Yamada Tarou Monogatari Episode DOWNLOAD!

 

Tashiichaan is overjoyed to announce that she has found Torrent Downloads of the complete 10 episodes of Yamada Tarou Monogatari J-Drama! Yesh, her reaction is almost exactly as Takako’s in the picture. xD

Credits go to the amazing fansub group, STORMY Team for their Arashi love and English subs! Long live STORMY team!

To download > Yamada Tarou Monogatari Episode Download at D-Addicts

[ tashiichaan has not downloaded any, due to her gargantuan J-drama and K-drama files taking up the storage capacity.  She has yet to resolve the issue due to a malfunctioning CD/DVD burner!  *kicks burner* ]

Tashiichaan’s pleading note -
Does anyone know how to solve CD/DVD burner issues? My burner says “Burning Process Failed – Writing Error” every time it burns halfway. I’ve saved the log file, but hell, I ain’t computer-savvy. I NEED HELP OR MY COMPUTER WILL DIE OF J-DRAMA OVERLOAD!  Problem solved! xD