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Hi LJ:
Well, I've been here for a few months already and I've been thinking and thinking of what to post about, that other Arashi fans might find interesting and original.
The truth is I have ZERO access to live HQ Japanese TV shows (unless they're on NHK... I was so excited that I was able to see the guys hosting Kouhaku Uta Gassen live on TV, stayed up the whole night jumping off the couch to hug the TV when they appeared on stage!!!) or radio shows. I'm tragically limited to KeyHole TV and a very unreliable Internet connection. (To all the LJ members who share videos with us: thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!)
My Japanese language skills are still at a basic level so I can't offer any kind of translation or subbed videos.
When my magazines arrive to my country, one of you, awesome global fans, has already been kind enough to scan and share them.
I'm not as talented as I wish on Photoshop, video editing or animated gif creating.
I'm not particularly good at writing, so I would probably FAIL at fanfics (plus shojunniji perfectly puts my OTP musings into words. I love you for that!!!).
My logical conclusion comes from this:
1. I basically spend 50 to 80% of my day watching, listening, reading, singing, humming, whistling, dancing, talking about, laughing at, drooling over, nosebleeding on, or imagining something that has to do with Arashi. The rest of the day is basically my job and my Japanese lessons (though it could count as Arashi time too, cause my current sensei and one of my new classmates are Arashi fans XD; right now there's a picture of Sho* stuck to the whiteboard for learning purposes (ポスターがはってあります) and it's sooooo distracting... ♥ (-_- )). And yeah, for the ones who read my first post, now I have local friends who happen to be part of this fandom! Yay!
2. Sometimes at home or when I move around the city I see random things that instantly remind me of our rainbow colored guys (yeah, I know... I'm sick) and I start giggling to the point where random people on the bus or on the street turn around and look at me like I'm some crazy person smiling and laughing all by myself (probably I am, who cares). Is it just me? I wonder...
So this gave me an idea. Maybe some people share my weird thoughts...
I'm planning on starting a photo log with particular things or moments that have brought (or never fail to bring) Arashi to my mind. Some might be directly related and some I might have a difficult time to put into words, but I could give it a try. Since I live in a country very, very far away from Japan it might be amusing to see how Arashi is present in my everyday life. And, in the process, if you're interested, you could get to know a little more about me ^_^.
I'll try to explain why a certain subconscious force got me thinking about a certain quote, song, variety, dorama, CM, PV, photoshoot, etc. etc. of our boys.
Lets begin with an example:
My dessert today: arroz con leche con mazamorra morada.
You might remember this dish from Arashi no Shukudai-kun episode 160 with comedy duo Hibiki as guests. Its a typical dessert from Peru that is actually a combination of two different desserts. Arroz con leche (literally rice with milk) and mazamorra morada (which is a pudding made from purple corn) work really well together. Matsujun liked it ♥ and Sho-chan kept laughing because one of the guests kept repeating "icchatteru" (A.Ra.Shi freak!). I also remember Oh-chan pronounced the name perfectly and Nino told him he sounded like he actually came from the country.
Hontōni oishii desuyo. Itadakimasu!!!
What do you think?
On a personal note:
On February 13th, the club I belong to, which is dedicated to raise Japanese culture awareness in Peru, held its first Natsumatsuri. I was in charge of the J-pop section of the event. There were eight different performers, and two of them performed Arashi songs so I was really psyched! These are their homepages if you'd like to check them out:
Akinee
Arashi no Koe
The event went really well. We had 1300 attendees, all the food stands (yakisoba, takoyaki, kakigori, okonomiyaki... YUM!) were sold out by 2:00 p.m., the seiyu mini class was packed and there were cool prizes for the cosplay contest. Great success!!!
Sorry for the long post!!!
XO
*In case you're wondering which photo of Sho is taped on my classroom, it's this one:
(I definitely had to ask my sensei to lend it to me and I scanned it XD. Wouldn't you be distracted? ♥)
Well, I've been here for a few months already and I've been thinking and thinking of what to post about, that other Arashi fans might find interesting and original.
The truth is I have ZERO access to live HQ Japanese TV shows (unless they're on NHK... I was so excited that I was able to see the guys hosting Kouhaku Uta Gassen live on TV, stayed up the whole night jumping off the couch to hug the TV when they appeared on stage!!!) or radio shows. I'm tragically limited to KeyHole TV and a very unreliable Internet connection. (To all the LJ members who share videos with us: thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!)
My Japanese language skills are still at a basic level so I can't offer any kind of translation or subbed videos.
When my magazines arrive to my country, one of you, awesome global fans, has already been kind enough to scan and share them.
I'm not as talented as I wish on Photoshop, video editing or animated gif creating.
I'm not particularly good at writing, so I would probably FAIL at fanfics (plus shojunniji perfectly puts my OTP musings into words. I love you for that!!!).
My logical conclusion comes from this:
1. I basically spend 50 to 80% of my day watching, listening, reading, singing, humming, whistling, dancing, talking about, laughing at, drooling over, nosebleeding on, or imagining something that has to do with Arashi. The rest of the day is basically my job and my Japanese lessons (though it could count as Arashi time too, cause my current sensei and one of my new classmates are Arashi fans XD; right now there's a picture of Sho* stuck to the whiteboard for learning purposes (ポスターがはってあります) and it's sooooo distracting... ♥ (-_- )). And yeah, for the ones who read my first post, now I have local friends who happen to be part of this fandom! Yay!
2. Sometimes at home or when I move around the city I see random things that instantly remind me of our rainbow colored guys (yeah, I know... I'm sick) and I start giggling to the point where random people on the bus or on the street turn around and look at me like I'm some crazy person smiling and laughing all by myself (probably I am, who cares). Is it just me? I wonder...
So this gave me an idea. Maybe some people share my weird thoughts...
I'm planning on starting a photo log with particular things or moments that have brought (or never fail to bring) Arashi to my mind. Some might be directly related and some I might have a difficult time to put into words, but I could give it a try. Since I live in a country very, very far away from Japan it might be amusing to see how Arashi is present in my everyday life. And, in the process, if you're interested, you could get to know a little more about me ^_^.
I'll try to explain why a certain subconscious force got me thinking about a certain quote, song, variety, dorama, CM, PV, photoshoot, etc. etc. of our boys.
Lets begin with an example:
My dessert today: arroz con leche con mazamorra morada.
You might remember this dish from Arashi no Shukudai-kun episode 160 with comedy duo Hibiki as guests. Its a typical dessert from Peru that is actually a combination of two different desserts. Arroz con leche (literally rice with milk) and mazamorra morada (which is a pudding made from purple corn) work really well together. Matsujun liked it ♥ and Sho-chan kept laughing because one of the guests kept repeating "icchatteru" (A.Ra.Shi freak!). I also remember Oh-chan pronounced the name perfectly and Nino told him he sounded like he actually came from the country.
Hontōni oishii desuyo. Itadakimasu!!!
What do you think?
On a personal note:
On February 13th, the club I belong to, which is dedicated to raise Japanese culture awareness in Peru, held its first Natsumatsuri. I was in charge of the J-pop section of the event. There were eight different performers, and two of them performed Arashi songs so I was really psyched! These are their homepages if you'd like to check them out:
Akinee
Arashi no Koe
The event went really well. We had 1300 attendees, all the food stands (yakisoba, takoyaki, kakigori, okonomiyaki... YUM!) were sold out by 2:00 p.m., the seiyu mini class was packed and there were cool prizes for the cosplay contest. Great success!!!
Sorry for the long post!!!
XO
*In case you're wondering which photo of Sho is taped on my classroom, it's this one:
(I definitely had to ask my sensei to lend it to me and I scanned it XD. Wouldn't you be distracted? ♥)