OI! Gaijin!

Why Me?...Why not?

2008-04-15T02:44:00.004+09:00

Have you ever played out the perfect romance all in your head?

Chapter XXVII - Ballon Jaune
The Glass Parade - Cary Brothers
Always Move Fast - Lydia
Something - Jim Sturgess
Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
Giving It Away - Mae
Alive In Wild Paint - Cold Spell
Promise - Butch Walker

So have you?

Edit: For part 2 of this weeks mix, visit this happy place!

20 year old male seeking replacement heart.

2008-04-09T05:52:00.012+09:00

So this was how i spent my last 2hours...

Kick Off
Shit!
Shit!
Shit!
Eat something.
Shit!
Shit!
OH F*CK! 1-0
Shit!
Shit!
YEAH! GET IN! 1-1
Shit!
Shit!
Half Time
Shit!
Shit!
*minor heart attack*
Shit!
Shit!
OOO YEAA FERNANDOO!! 2-1
Toilet break
Shit!
Shit!
Shit!
OMG!!*$%&^!! WalcottWTF 2-2
YES!!JOY!GERRARD! 3-2 <--at this point i went through 213781273 different emotions
Shit! (see the trend now? ;P)
Shit!
BABEL!! GET IN!! 4-2 Game Over
Joy!
Joy!
Full Time

Liverpool FC 4 - 2 Arsenal FC
(Aggregate 5-3)

When You Walk Through A Storm.....

I Would've Thought, After All That Time, You Would Be Glad To See Me...

2008-04-07T18:52:00.006+09:00

Yeah it's been a while. But my posts have always been few and far between. Hrmm, quick update, I was in Kuching up till the end of March. Had a lot of fun. Played paintball. BBQ. Got my phone stolen. Yeah it was eventful, but im quite happy to be back in Japan.

Its spring here. Always a good time for new beginnings.

So heres the new weekly mixtape. Thought we would reduce the number of songs to 7, so it would be easier for ppl with slower connections to dl them. So yeah, please download :D (if you can't use zshare or badongo for some reason, leave me a comment)
More ppl downloading = more motivation for me and alvin to keep uploading pirated music

Chapter XXVI - Returning The Smile You Always Had

Lydia - Hospital
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
That Was Something - I Don't Wanna Go Back In The Bag
The Hush Sound - The Boys Are Too Refined
Panic At The Disco - That Green Gentleman
Joe Anderson - Hey Jude
Butch Walker - Best Thing You Never Had

Get it HERE or HERE

I don't know you, but I wan't you all the more for that.

2008-01-27T04:47:00.000+09:00

Been watching a lot of movies lately, mainly to take my mind off the broken bone. I fear I might fall off the deep end if i think about it too much. Is it fall off or fall in? Rhetorical question. Fall off doesn't even make sense.

I initially wanted to write up a review for "Rocket Science", a movie I had seen recently, but decided against it. This, I think, was the correct choice, as the first line of my (now discarded) review went something like "If there was any rocket i would willingly ride..."

Awful, awful choice of words.

So I suck at reviews. Maybe I'll give a few recommendations instead.Here goes:

Movies :
Rocket Science
Once
Across The Universe
American Gangster
Juno

Music :
Currently listening to Jon Foreman - Winter EP, Lupe Fiasco - The Cool, Soundtrack for the movie Once.
Also head over to Alvins blog to download the weekly mixtape! Or mixtape! or mixtape!

Thing to do when you do not want to study:
Search for possible career options in case you flunk uni.

I think my blog needs more pictures. I just moved house so i'll probably put a few pics up.

Or not.

I Hope This Song Starts A Craze, The Kind Of Song That Ignites The Airwaves.

2008-01-10T20:32:00.000+09:00

Seeing that I did not break any more bones since my last post, I'm going to rant about the ones that I have broken.

*15 minutes (and a lot of creepy monologue) later*

Seeing that ranting is not my thang, I'll leave you with this genius of a video.

Enjoy.

Sticks and stones may break my bones

2008-01-04T10:57:00.000+09:00

But so can nasty snowboarding accidents.

After kicking off the new year in the best way possible, it took me approx 24hrs to make things even more interesting for myself. I think the expression most frequently used for this is "shooting oneself in the foot", or as I would like to say in my situation, "falling while snowboarding and breaking your collarbone, now I have to wear this really gay clavicle brace that looks like a man bra with no cups".

Srsly. Just try googling clavicle brace.

I've got a feeling 2008 is gonna be a year of a LOT of 'firsts' for me. Just yesterday, I used the disabled toilet for the 1st time. Not because I had to, but the normal cubicles were full. Still, it was a life changing experience. Sitting in there, i can't help but think, disabled people have it so good. Haha, no I'm kidding. I have the utmost respect for disabled people ok, don't get me misunderstood.

Before I lose anymore self respect, I'll end here. Here's a pic of what my x-ray is like. It's not mine, but its similar, except mine was on the right clavicle. They didn't let me keep mine.

Lesson to be learned : Pay your insurance fees on time boys and girls. Do it.

The least they could have done was add cups..pft.

新年、おめでとう

2007-12-31T14:59:00.000+09:00

I thought maybe, before the year ends, my blog merits one last entry. Yeah, I'm a sucker for closure.

Random thoughts about this year (And some hopes for the next):

This was not the coming of age year i thought it would be. Not for me at least. If anything, it really put into perspective how much more I still have to grow up.

I miss my family and friends...and Kuching food. Mainly the food.

My spiritual life has been non-existent this year. Fix that Champ, or spend eternity in the fires of hell. *marked as possible new year resolution*

I never used to make resolutions.

Moving is a bitch.

Being with friends and family on Christmas > Snowing on Christmas
Although snow is pretty damn cool.

Album(s) Of The Year, in no particular order - Lovedrug -Everything Starts Where It Ends, Saves The Day - Under The Boards, Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light, Coheed And Cambria - No World For Tomorrow, Stacy Clark - Apples And Oranges

Highlights of the year - Moving to Japan. Visiting Tokyo. Waking up to snow.
I'm sure theres more, but most of the year has been like a blur to me A.K.A I don't remember most of it, haha.

Lyrics of the year - 1. Umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh
2. To the left, to the left

Things that would totally make my year in 2008 - Liverpool winning the league. Having a great summer back home. Coping with my second year better than I did my first.

My washing powder is about halfway finished. That would be fine except that i bought that box when I first arrived here back in March. I need to do my laundry more often.

Blog more often Champ, this was quite fun.

Well, thats about it for 2007. Onwards and upwards i say.

I've fallen victim to my greatest fear
The calendar marks that i lost a whole year
Three-sixty-five, barely alive
Grace took her good natured time to arrive
Oh my god, this year has dealt me a horrible hand
I'll try and explain, but you won't understand
Well wait, what's today's date?
There's plenty of time left to procrastinate, or plan my escape

Let me go
Let me go

While i wait for the new year
To introduce new fears
While i'm wishing that i could be
Anywhere, but here

Happy New Year everyone, have a great one.

But gravity always wins...

2007-10-02T13:38:00.000+09:00

..Is a line from one of the best ballads ever; Fake Plastic Trees, by Radiohead.

In the 20th Century, "ballad" took on the meaning of a popular song "especially of a romantic or sentimental nature" (American Heritage Dictionary). Casting directors often divide songs into two categories: "ballads" (slower or sentimental songs) and "up" tunes (faster or happier songs).

Damn I love wikipedia. Its like having a cheat code to life.

Anyway back to ballads;

Ok, I'm a sucker for ballads. As much as i love variety in my music, ballads have a tendency to make me stop what I'm doing and just listen. Maybe it's the desperation in the vocals, or the slow melodies, or perhaps the lyrics are something you could relate to, i dunno.

So HERE'S (or HERE) to hoping you would enjoy ballads just as much as i do.

Chapter IV: Cut Me A Smile

The Academy Is... - Everything We Had
Boys Like Girls - Thunder
FM Static - Tonight
All Time Low - Remembering Sunday
Embrace - A Glorious Day
Chiodos - Intensity In Ten Cities
The Classic Crime - Headlights
Coheed & Cambria - Wake Up
Lydia - Always Move Fast
Nural - Forgive Me
Sleeping At Last - Quicksand
Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic
Waking Ashland - The Tortoise And The Hare

Btw, you can download last week's mixtape from my sidebar.

Also here's a little wallpaper i made from all my album covers. If you squint, you might see a savage garden cover, but that's only because your eyes are playing tricks on you, and you should really get off whatever you're smoking, and get back on your meds.

Cheers, have a great week ahead ;)

O rly? Ya rly..

2007-09-29T15:34:00.000+09:00

This is a photo update of sorts, just some of the things I've been up to during my summer break, which ended yesterday. It's funny how having a blog actually gives the illusion that someone out there gives a crap about what i did during the summer.

But if someone really does, that would be nice.

Aomori Train Station, on the way down to Tokyo.
Thats a convincing smile considering i just found out i lost my phone.

On the train. Edward, Me, Azlan.

This was a proud moment for me.
Yeah.

Japanese cultural play. Didn't really understand the story though.
Guy in the middle is my senior. He volunteered hoho.

Bear Park.

Hot water stream,thing. Whatever you call it. Thumbs up means i like.

Nothing i can say apart from the obvious. Oh, theres a beach in the background.

See above.

Cape Erimo.

Erimo Misaki

An abandoned stable, just off the main road.
Grass was growing on the roof and in the center
is an old staircase that leads to..the roof? I dunno.

Oshinkoshin falls. There were lots of tourist here, couldn't get a shot of the
waterfall without ppl getting in the way.

Salmons swimming upstream.

Sunset at Shiretoko.
Shiretoko was named a World Heritage site in 2005.

Random shot taken in the Ainu village in Akanko.
The Ainu are an ethnic group indegenious to Hokkaido.

Still At The Ainu village. Actually it's only a mock village heh.
This pic shows some uncompleted sculptures in the town square.

More random pics from the village.

The streets in the village are lined with gift shops.

Urm. Peek-a-boo?

Final shot of the Ainu Village.

I can't remember the name of this lake haha.
I've seen wayyy to many lakes in the last 2 months.

View of the lake above, from a bridge.
The water must have been about 5-6 metres deep but it was so clear i could see the bottom of the lake.
Godzilla didn't show up -_-"

Port town of Otaru. This place is stunning at night.
If i had a girlfriend I'd take her here.
Any takers? Lol.

More Otaru. They had takoyaki the size of baseballs here.

Final shot of Otaru.

Sapporo, biggest city in Hokkaido.

Susukino, Sapporo.

Yeah that's about it. 2 months and thats all i did. Spent the rest of it waking up after lunch and watching tv shows, namely The Office and Scrubs haha.

Oh, and guys, sorry i ~~kept all the schoolgirl pics for myself~~ didn't take any schoolgirl pics.

Contrary to what my blog URL might suggest.....

2007-09-24T23:54:00.001+09:00

...maybe this post would be about a girl.

Or girls.

Because they're all special. Every Ashley, Alexis, Emma, Emily, Elizabeth, Samatha, Sarah, Grace, Lauren, Jessica, Sophia, Victoria, Chloe, Michelle, Hayley, Jasmine, Rachel, Mia, Nicole, Ella, Amanda, Jenna, Marie, Erin, Gabriella, Josephine, Kathleen, Gloria, Melissa, Claire, Jocelyn, Jade, Amy, Daphne, Lindsey, Julie, Sophie, Veronica, Maggie, Caroline, Nina, Anastasia, Selina, Iris, Jane, Tracy, Cynthia, Audrey, Lynette.

So here's a little tribute that is a little less hard on the ear compared to Hey There Delilah.

Enjoy this weeks mixtape. Get it here or here

Chapter III: Excuse Me Miss?
Track listing

+44 - Lillian
All Time Low - Jasey Rae
Copeland - When Paula Sparks
Death Cab For Cutie - What Sarah Said
Jacks Mannequin - Miss Delaney
Jimmy Eat World - Jen
John Mayer - Victoria
Manchester Orchestra - Alice And Interiors
Switchfoot - Daisy
The Spill Canvas - Natalie Marie And 1cc
Yellowcard - Dear Bobbie
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1

Ps. If your name isn't on the long list of girl names earlier in the post......

...Blame your parents.

Have a great week everybody.

Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year?

2007-09-18T04:22:00.001+09:00

..no i'm not referring to Britney.

Rather, it is a reference to this, my second attempt at blogging. To my friends who still have links to my old blog *yes im looking at you daphnelinestan* my advice would be don't hold your breath. This is where the riot would be from now on. Riot...Yeah who am I kidding.

Well, here comes the obligatory "lyrics-that-burns-a-hole-deep-in-my-soul" part...

"Have a baby by me; baby
Be a millionaire
I write the check before the baby comes,
Who the f**k cares
Im stanky rich"

-I Get Money - 50 Cent-

HAHA.

Good day everyone.