- time to take a break? -

from school. and from niconico marathon. (´・ェ・`)ゥゥゥ..

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no pics this time, sorry.

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sat for my Architectural Law test on Monday. didn’t prepare well enough, but i managed to solve 4 out of 5 questions. sounds pretty good? nah. as far as i know, everyone else solved everything. but i couldn’t be bothered. i had something more exciting on that day.

went to Chiba in the evening to have dinner with two certain Arashi fans *hint hint: S and P*, at Aiba-kun’s mom’s Chinese restaurant named China House Keikarou (チャイナハウス桂花楼). waited for about an hour before we settled down at our seats beside the window. yes it was crowded with people. because it’s 22^nd December? it’s the beginning of the Winter Holidays, the eve of the Emperor’s birthday (*cough* and my mom’s birthday *cough*), and 2 days before Aiba-kun’s birthday..

we shared karaage (fried chickens), harumaki (spring rolls), ebichiri (chili shrimps), fried beef and garlic with vegetables. also ordered a bowl of charsiew noodles for myself. yum yum.

chatted with Aiba-kun’s mom for a bit before we left.

what comes after a sumptuous dinner? of course, karaoke! duh. (eh?)

yeah we had an overnight karaoke session at U-Style. the place is pretty cool. although it costed about �E�2,300(?) because it’s the eve of a public holiday, the facilities were good. a drink-all-you-want drink bar, an eat-all-you-want softcream bar (vanilla and chocolate flavours + various kinds of toppings), spacious karaoke room, fairly good mics (they didn’t run out of battery).. and we were lucky enough to get a room which is close to both the drink/softcream bars and the restroom. if i’m not mistaken, you could order food too (like pasta, pizza, snacks and such).

6 hours were just nice for us on that day. we sang lots of Arashi songs (though i’m not too familiar with these), some J-Pop, and i tried out a few…… otaku songs? like the ones in my niconico-related posts. S and P were like, “How the hell did you find these songs?!” well, if you watch with niconico long enough, you’ll know. um. yeah. once again i’m jealous of piko and sekihan. and tights-on. i couldn’t (or wasn’t brave enough to try with a mic) reach the high notes with my natural voice (as in, the non-falsetto voice) when i was singing Shakugan no Shana’s “Joint”. found a few things to practice on. *grins*

initially i didn’t plan to stay at Chiba (and what more, for 2 nights), but it was freezing cold and drizzling. so the 3 of us dragged ourselved back to S’s apartment. before we slept, i showed S and P a few niconico videos. i found it very amusing when P became anti-piko, because piko (even though he’s a “he”) could sing at a higher pitched voice than her. (hmm.. this phrase is so grammatically unsound. but you get it, right?)

a friendly (?) relationship between nikochu and janiota. how peaceful is that?

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on the second day…

it’s an extremely.. lazy day. we woke up in the afternoon. or rather, i woke up just in time to have S’s homemade cheesecake. yum yum.

watched a few Arashi-related videos (including the latest Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen). and we discussed (a bit) about the Tsukuba X’mas Party which would be held on the next day. S had baito early in the morning on the day after the party, so she had to leave by 9pm or 10pm if she were to go. whereas i would be going to Tokyo Disneyland with my sister and a few acquaintances the next day (on the same day the party would be held), and i would probably not make it to the party by the time i reach Tsukuba (unless my parents miraculously grant me permission to stay over at APLC’s apartment again). …… and P? she’s going to Osaka after X’mas. LOL.

in the evening, we watched a famous Peking Opera on TV entitled “Lady Warriors of the Yang Family (楊門女封E”. found lots of similarities between Chinese and Thai names. we also talked about other stories like “Jouney to the West (西遊訁E” and “Legend of the White Snake (白蛁E��E”. ah…… i haven’t felt so cina in a long time. hope S didn’t feel left out  :p

as for dinner, we thought of heading out, but it was too cold outside so we decided to hide in the apartment like hikikomori. had spicy mi goreng for dinner. and since it obviously wasn’t enough, we ordered pizza for supper. weeeeeeeeeeee~! fresh from Pizza Hut. yum yum. it was uh… half MayoQ (with barbeque chicken) and half seafood? i forgot.. thick crust. would’ve been better if it’s a cheesy crust though. received 2 cans of oolong tea for free too. crap i’m drooling now as i’m typing the contents out… i should stop describing.

midnight. uh.. i was supposed to sleep, so that i don’t die in Disneyland on the next day. but we were all too eager to watch a movie so…. oh well.

we watched Mirrors. ewww i hate typing this out.. my standing mirror is right in front of me. LOL. neways, the movie is based on a Korean movie called Into the Mirror. i believe i’ve watched it with someone when we were still at Osaka Gaidai. the reviews said, “good twist at the end”, so i was anticipating for a “good twist” which is different from the Korean version’s ending. but it turned out to be the same… *sighs*…… but the effects are kinda cool. like… the… bathroom… mouth… thingy. you’ll know if you watch it. S and P were so freaked out throughout the movie that they couldn’t get off the bed. so i had to do the clicking and fast-forwarding and describing the gross scenes and whatnot. as a matter of fact, i’ve never ever shut my eyes at these scenes (although i kinda squinted when watching Saw). it’s not like i’m not scared, i am! but i just don’t wanna miss the good parts. what’s the point of watching horror movies if you miss the grotesque scenes, right?

thanks to that, the images are still vivid in my mind. i’m thinking of moving my standing mirror away from the bed >____>

did i mention we watched the movie at midnight? oh yeah i did.

after that, we discussed about our “traumatic” experiences regarding horror movies. Juon ? thanks to Scary Movie, it’s not scary anymore. The Exorcist ? poor girl…… Emily Rose ? a little too intellectual? Saw ? …… nevermind. It ? both S and i were traumatised because we watched it when we were kids (hence both of us are afriad of clowns). Candyman ? for goodness’ sake. i haven’t watched the movie. S watched it. i heard the storyline from my dad, and because he’s an amazingly good storyteller, it scared the crap outta me even though i didn’t see it with my own eyes. the atmosphere became more and more thrilling, and the 3 of us squeezed ourselves onto the bed, cowering under the blankets. i tried to calm ourselves down so i started singing, but my voice seemed to have freaked them out even more. it was too funny i think i grinned in my sleep (eh?).

by the way, the song that i sang was the 2^nd chorus of Uninstall. gomu version.

gomennasai ^^