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Haven't watched Maou but I am loving Truth so much, love the intro and Ohno's voice "I take your life forever.　You take my life forever". Totally fits the opening. This isn't up for pre-order yet, yes? I think I got lost with the tons of announcement- photobook and new single and the re-issue of the three photobooks. Only today did it occur to me that I haven't ordered for Arashi is Alive (whatta title!)

This is nonsense, but I bought my first ever copy of Myojo at Nagoya airport two weeks ago!!! I swore to myself before never to buy magazines unless I can already read them, but I spazzed right there when I saw Arashi on the cover. Good thing the boarding gate is right next to a bookstore, as what can you actually do with a 1-hr stopover? :| There's only one magazine with them on the cover (and another one which looks like a tabloid) and I think about two of another group which I am not interested in :p

AAA part deux - I guess it's too late for me to rant about it. Happy for the fans who could watch it, bitter for me who can't.

Lock with me.. Lock you.. can I say that I want to squish Jun so bad in the TIME DVD???! He was so... genki, and he sure has tons of smile which would make you smile back/grin. Ore-sama was definitely in his mood during the finale! Can't imagine I'd want to squish him like I'd do to Momo during his solo (his solos are usually sexy, not cute) - not to mention the part where he reminded me of his chibi self doing Superstar circa 2000. At the other end of the pole, he was like a devil incarnate in Cry for You - what with his dementor-like hood, producing fires left and right (just remove those damn sunglasses!)

Obviously I love this DVD so much! It's the best reward after a week of stress from work ^O^  Just like their AAA dvd, where I discovered Gori Muchuu, this one made me appreciate Na! Na! Na! more. I loved it when the boys gathered at the stage and danced around; for a minute there it seems like they are lost in their own world, having fun just with the 5 of them (def love Sho's dance step).

And the janken! Love seeing them do janken as if their life depended on it xD Sho's jump when he won over Jun was sooo high--- LMAO!! It would have been more fun if he's the one up there just because I can imagine his facial expressions - preciousss xDD

Much has been said about Nino's speech.. emo Nino. No one could have said it better than Arashi's self-proclaimed #1 fan <333. I was tearing from his speech and their heartfelt rendition of Be With You that I felt like I was Ni No Arashi'd when Happiness played (I tried my best not to look at the set list at the back of the dvd). It was a roller coaster of emotion - from the very high Sakura Sake (I literally jumped at the loud "bang!" at the end) to Be With You to Happiness. I can't wait to repeat the whole con again!

And saw a number of men esp during the encore part.. there's even one who was enthusiastically waving his penlight :D

PS. My Dream A Live cd is already here! Woohoo!! Hopefully Mister Postman would be so kind enough to deliver it to the office tomorrow (and for some reason he is just leaving my packages at the reception hence I've escaped from the Php35.00 fee, 3x already O_o)

I have yet to see the second part of the show (demmet slow internet!), but I have to write this down, lest I forget them:

• I still haven't get tired of S&G! Can't wait for MSta this Friday!
• Ohno's face in Fool on the Hill - so preciousss!
  
• The cube game - I love it when after Nino's turn, everyone was low tension ("owwww") and Aiba said "Are~?" And asked the people to raise the tension. And everyone was chanting "oei! oei!", even the audience~~! Expect Arashi to involve the audience just like a normal concert :D
  
• The quick Arashi meeting.. stop, replay. stop, replay. I think I can watch this group talk to themselves all day and I won't get tired of it. No wonder even magazine editors love listening to their random talk.
  
• The banana soccer, football, and burger games -- Nino called Aiba stupid (and we see one rare scene of Aiba hitting Nino xDD) and what made me laugh was how the two male hosts kept on laughing non-stop, very much heard from the background... And at one point after the brief meeting, one of the hosts was holding his stomach from laughing too much. Hmm.. we thinks some old men are being charmed by this baka group again xD
• ...need to watch the 2nd part >_<
  

I've read fans say this before, but in this TFP2, aside from their group dynamics I could really see how Arashi gives their best in all the things that they do. Somewhere in the middle of that cube bridge, I thought, "how serious these guys are!" but then again, I can see that they are serious with their game, but it can't be denied that they are having fun! Obviously the audience and even the hosts are having fun as well~ No wonder this show got a whooping rating Monday night. And I love how "spoiled" Riida is when he's with the members-- he'll give an opinion and the rest will follow suit. Definitely not because he is feared or has the 'title' but because obviously, the members adore him so much...

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Anyways, I finally got my calendar, after 3 weeks of waiting---- Banzai!!! \o/ \o/ \o/
It was so worth the wait, so beautiful.. and I don't think I could write on it.. maybe write down Arashi's sched and fangurl thoughts?

And.. the new ShoxOhno au CM is definitely my favorite among all that were released so far!  ♥♥♥

//The song is annoyingly cute.
//Riida's face at 00:34 = LMAO!

So previously, it was only Matsujun... now it's Arashi. lol

Original strip from beerkada. Thanks to aibaland aibakaland folks for the heads up ^O^

Ohno and Jun.

I love how Jun regressed so much to his chibi, dork self in this episode xD

I hate zero calorie drinks! And I love Coke more.

but Jun is advertising one?!!?!!?!?!?!??!?

saw the pic over fy's blog.

PS. I am so happy and proud of Arashi - dome tour, haha!!!
But.....
where's the TIME con dvd? T__T (yes, I can't move on.)

I really, really, really love this perf! My favorite among the three which were broadcasted last week. Two main things: one- they definitely were singing live; and two- because of the complete Sho rap <333. I have to say how many times I re-watched the low-quality vid and stopped and rewound to the rap part. Goes to show how much I love that ^^;

Jen has written about the staff's blog about this broadcast, how BSB was joining the fun during Arashi's perf. Well, as pointed out by indayze's comment, we almost got proof broadcasted on national TV :D If only their talk was not cut-off; but here you could see one BSB member saying "We really liked..." and looking at his back over where our boys are seating~! :D It might just be the fan in me imagining things but wth, I don't care xD

Here's the BSB portion, uploaded in youtube; the "we really liked.." thing is around 2:33

When Step and Go was first leaked through Ohno's radio, I tried listening to it and quit after a few seconds... because I did not like what I was hearing >_< Told myself I'll listen to it only when the cd is finally out. But today I can't resist, I pretty much have a low EQ because next week they'll start performing in some shows and I'm bound to hear it anyways (yeah excuses).

Well it's growing on me now (like any Arashi song which I find annoying at first)! After seeing the PV and at the same time hearing the whole song: I love the song!! I stepped out of the house for some errands and voila! LSS! (=earworm)

This song is definitely different from the 3 single releases in 2007, and I looooooooooooveeeeeee the Sakurap right after hearing it (which seldom happens because Sakurap tends to only grow on me after a while of listening). This song is more dance~y and I can't wait to see the choreo! And it's interesting to see the polarized reaction of the fans.. some did not like it, some are expecting more, some thinks it's more of an album song, and some liked it right off the bat.

The PV:
2:42 - Riida's necklace distracts me *__*
2:46 - Nino's dancing...mwahahahahaha
3:19 - Sakurap <333

Dead tired >_< Just arrived home from our team building in Tagaytay. The event was fun, the place was very nice, food was great and my teammates are crazyiluvthemsomuch! We went home around three in the afternoon and as expected, traffic was baaaaaad and traveling back to Manila took 5 hours (with stops of course)! It was so foggy we could barely see Taal volcano in all its glory :S After stopping at McDo at South Expressway for quick merienda/dinner, we had an insult-your-teammate-through-billboards thing and had a massive "karaoke" session for the rest of the ride. No wonder our driver missed the stops so many times xD

Before dinner last night we challenged the guys to a basketball game and now my muscles are aching :S How I wish I could skip work tomorrow. Asa pa.

So after almost two days of no internet, Sho suddenly shocked me with his Toyota CM!!! ^O^ ^O^ ^O^ What a way to celebrate your birthday Sho!! I can see fangirls favoring Toyota now over other car makers :) off topic: Years after its release, Rav4 is still the hottest-looking car for me :D I'll have one after gazillion years :D

And tomorrow is Arashi's fan meet!! I can't wait for the news and reports, and the website looks cute-- Arashi colored people!

PS. I only saw this today thanks to SamiRai; apparently it has been sitting out there in youtube since 2005:

Video of Ohno's solo song from junior days; saw this first during his SCP guesting in 2007. This one though is from the junior concert. Towards the end I saw Sho singing and Jun playing the piano(!) O_O