more from the SH film festival~

beautiful Masato-sama was in SH too~

so angry with the presenter who when realising he could not pronounce Masato-sama's name, just completely ignored him.
so unprofessional. seriously if you don't have the capacity to hold an international film festival... don't hold one.

my life just took a busy turn recently, with Masha recently joining both FB and weibo.
...after he came bk from the SH film festival realising how popular he was even outside of Japan.
...and his FB updates are now bilingual...
*faint in happiness*
so now a large part of my day is spent...checking updates and liking and commenting~
so distracting, i hope i can still go back to work alright.

and Masha says...about SHnese girls:
The weather was really good in SH. I saw lots of girls wearing mini skirts exposing their thighs. very good skin, and long legs. I wish i can come back and visit SH more often.

~not making this up~
~you sleazy ojisan~

lol.

and absolutely heart this photo:

7-8

Masha...
first time I heard you speaking English. you are not bad AT ALL. despite the limited vocab and the hesitancy, you spoke accurately in a very natural way, and without much of an accent.
and..."I need to concentrate." you still get anxious before your shows... even if it's just one song... in china.
and your new song for SK-II was awesome.
and you are on facebook now...
and you are on weibo too... you are really going international.
and i hope you had a nice time in SH. I just realised i shop for tea at the same place in SH as you(joyous!).
and I will drink more pu'er tea like you now. ^__^


7. Phantom
Zankyou is prob my fav Masha album. just the title itself stirs so much emotion in me, and there are a lot of songs from Zankyou i really like (incl Keshin).
Out of this big collection of likes, phantom is prob the most unforgettable.
the lyrics were not uplifting. similar time as Keshin so i do wonder if he could be mildly depressed during that period of time.
but then... watching Phantom at Mt Inasa 09...
it was breathtaking, and to me, the very highlight of my fav Masha concert.



8. Good Luck
i've been playing the same CD in my car for half a yr now, and have grown so used to listening to Good Luck--
--on my way to the hospital in the early hrs of a morning during oncalls.
a nice simple old song, that quietens the heart.
it descalates me quickly.
so that i then have the capacity to go and descalate someone else.

lol what are you looking at?

and you are in Shanghai....
and i wish i was there... :(

now time for withdrawal...

soon after i voiced my faithlessness in korean dramas...
the whole last week, i fell in love with Queen InHyun's Man.

once in a blue moon one finds a korean drama with characters of normal intelligence,
once in a blue moon one finds a korean drama not insightlessly schizophrenic,
once in a blue moon one finds a korean drama that despite a strong love line, all efforts have been made to tell a good story.

i still remember how i abandoned it after 1st episode, thinking its mere palace politics + modern day messy love triangle.

.... none of that. i am so glad i watched it.
and now seriously withdrawing.

it ended well too... i was preparing for the worst...
and the amount of gossip about the actors after that last episode~~*faint in joy*

then i clicked open this MV...
1st impression: gosh the song is awfully familiar.
but...took me more than 5 secs to realise it is a remake of Masha's "sunflower".
i should be ashamed of myself... i will go and self-examine in remorse.
but... can't stop watching(and listening) now ^__^

the randoms

haven't found many gd jap dramas to follow this season, so after years of not watching korean drama, I ended up following two recently.

...confirm for me again that korean dramas are overall insightless and do nothing but encourage avoidance of one's own responsibilities.

...and the ones that try to be deep and meaningful are more intolerable than the brainless romantic ones.

the King 2 Hearts so easily grabbed my attention at the start, to the point i thought korean drama was finally having a breakthrough with this one. sadly, storytelling just spiralled straight down the atrocious end... i still find ha jiwon & lee seungki really brilliant actors, and the chemistry between them was amazing(when they are actually 9 yrs apart) such a waste of gd acting...

Rooftop Prince on the other hand is typical silly korean romance from the start, but because its overtly silly, my expectation was not high. music was nice, costume was pretty, suspense was kept, and there was a nice wrap-up in the last episode, that made some basis sense.

my expectations of dramas these days are so low... as long as something exhibits some sort of commonsense i will label it a gd drama.

now both are finished for over a week. there is no withdrawal symptoms, I don't miss them at all.

so, bk to jap, still following Legal High. Masato-sama (who usually play meek and mild ojisans) is so different and brilliant this time. love the pressured speech.

lunch today is prob the best lunch i've had in a while. new bubble tea place in chaddy called "Bubble Cup Signature" (how lame). but 40% off this wkend, and 50% sugar tasted 50% sugar. owner was a 40+ anxious fob obasan who looked so overtly stressed out about everything during the brief period i observed her.

i like her, i think thats easily me in 20 yrs time.

then found food in the food court. spicy fish with tofu... it came in a giant bowl and though not too authentic, was full of chilli and peppery goodness and thoroughly warmed up my GI system.

shop owner was a 60+ ugly fob ojisan who dressed young, but for some reason his glasses and his long puffy messy hair and the way he moved around reminded me A LOT of Masha.

so, satisfaction on all fronts. XD i am so going bk to that place to eat next time i am in chaddy.

(if anyone finds it grossly disturbing that i check out random sexagenerians in shopping centres... im sorry.)