Monday, March 31, 2008
T3-31 4 Minutes to Save the World/ Simple and Clean/Colors (UH Dai 20 wa Ike Ike! Live Streaming)
Listening to beautiful studio lives...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
T3-30 Prisoner of Love
Today started out pretty good, I was task committed for most of the morning, and then I turned on the computer.
After that, aside from homework due tomorrow, I didn't do anything.
After that, aside from homework due tomorrow, I didn't do anything.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
T3-29
I participated in Earth Hour today, which was actually a pretty good experience.
It was calming in a way to have all the lights off. I think I'd enjoy it if we spend some time once in a while to just turn off all the lights and unnecessary electronics.
It was calming in a way to have all the lights off. I think I'd enjoy it if we spend some time once in a while to just turn off all the lights and unnecessary electronics.
Friday, March 28, 2008
T3-27 Prisoner of Love/T3-28 4 Minutes to Save the World
27
We're debating Kosovo for our upcoming tournament, and we have a Serbian in our debate club!
That's pretty awesome, cause she can just go home, ask her parents, and give us so many arguments of why Kosovo should remain a part of Serbian.
Come to think of it, being Chinese-Canadian, especially one born in Hong Kong, does have its advantage. For one, nobody can really complain (well, there are some, I guess) that we've somehow oppressed them in anyway, because, well, we were always under control of somebody else historically.
Being Canadian, I can argue that we are, well, generally not that bad of a country, so they can't go on and say how China's communist. Even better would be Hong Kong, but not necessarily because its a better place, but because we can blame everything Hong Kong did on the British.
Of course, I don't believe nationalities should get in the way of anything.
By the way, looking at my iTunes top 25 playlist, it is almost completely made up of Utada Hikaru songs.
Only Bleeding L0ve (7th at 27 plays) and 2 Hearts (21 at 12 plays) are the non-Utada songs.
Oh dear.
Well, I do listen to a lot of stuff not on my iTunes, so its okay...
Number 1 is Prisoner of Love at 44 plays
2 is Celebrate at 39 plays,
but if you add the single versions and album versions together, it would Heart Station at number with 55 plays and Stay Gold second at 52 plays.
28
On Wednesday, I threw up in the morning, so I had to clean up and was late for school.
After that, I felt like throwing up every morning when I was eating something, and sometimes during the school too.
Anyways, I went to the doctor today, and she said it was the stomach flu.
I remember I had it a couple of years ago, but it was much much more serious back then.
After I got back from the doctor, I slept for 5 hours.
Oh, and I also didn't touch Chinese for the entire spring break, so I should go to and study for the test tomorrow and finish all the homework.
We're debating Kosovo for our upcoming tournament, and we have a Serbian in our debate club!
That's pretty awesome, cause she can just go home, ask her parents, and give us so many arguments of why Kosovo should remain a part of Serbian.
Come to think of it, being Chinese-Canadian, especially one born in Hong Kong, does have its advantage. For one, nobody can really complain (well, there are some, I guess) that we've somehow oppressed them in anyway, because, well, we were always under control of somebody else historically.
Being Canadian, I can argue that we are, well, generally not that bad of a country, so they can't go on and say how China's communist. Even better would be Hong Kong, but not necessarily because its a better place, but because we can blame everything Hong Kong did on the British.
Of course, I don't believe nationalities should get in the way of anything.
By the way, looking at my iTunes top 25 playlist, it is almost completely made up of Utada Hikaru songs.
Only Bleeding L0ve (7th at 27 plays) and 2 Hearts (21 at 12 plays) are the non-Utada songs.
Oh dear.
Well, I do listen to a lot of stuff not on my iTunes, so its okay...
Number 1 is Prisoner of Love at 44 plays
2 is Celebrate at 39 plays,
but if you add the single versions and album versions together, it would Heart Station at number with 55 plays and Stay Gold second at 52 plays.
28
On Wednesday, I threw up in the morning, so I had to clean up and was late for school.
After that, I felt like throwing up every morning when I was eating something, and sometimes during the school too.
Anyways, I went to the doctor today, and she said it was the stomach flu.
I remember I had it a couple of years ago, but it was much much more serious back then.
After I got back from the doctor, I slept for 5 hours.
Oh, and I also didn't touch Chinese for the entire spring break, so I should go to and study for the test tomorrow and finish all the homework.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
T3-26
Hope for HEART STATION to become number one album of the year seems bleak.
EXILE, who somehow had the largest first week sale last year with studio album EXILE LOVE (~670000 units), debuted with their first of three compilation albums to be released this year, with EXILE CATCHY BEST having a daily index of ~120000. In comparasion, HEART STATION's first day sales were ~67000. That is not good.
But whatever. Utada Hikaru is still going to get number one female album of the year.
I'm not holding out much hope for getting one million units this year either.
HEART STATION might end up as digital album of the year, who knows.
Honestly though, if HEART STATION was never released digitally, it might have cleared the 500000 units first week sales mark.
Quite a few of her competitors don't release digitally, so I guess that might be why she has relatively low (although in reality extremely high) physical sales.
EXILE, who somehow had the largest first week sale last year with studio album EXILE LOVE (~670000 units), debuted with their first of three compilation albums to be released this year, with EXILE CATCHY BEST having a daily index of ~120000. In comparasion, HEART STATION's first day sales were ~67000. That is not good.
But whatever. Utada Hikaru is still going to get number one female album of the year.
I'm not holding out much hope for getting one million units this year either.
HEART STATION might end up as digital album of the year, who knows.
Honestly though, if HEART STATION was never released digitally, it might have cleared the 500000 units first week sales mark.
Quite a few of her competitors don't release digitally, so I guess that might be why she has relatively low (although in reality extremely high) physical sales.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
T3-25
I was reading a Chinese article about Utada Hikaru today, and it was written back in August of last year.
On her blog, Utada talked about how she always gets nightmares which include vicious dogs, kitchen knives being used to kill people like her friend and her parents, and so on and so forth. (She said that there was actually a lot more, but she just didn't feel comfortable in talking about that on her blog.)
Within a week, a sleep doctor of some kind came out and analyzed Utada's mental 'environment', for lack of better word, based on just what Utada wrote on her blog. It was even reported in Chinese press...
Sometimes Utada Hikaru seems so famous and successful that its kind of scary.
On her blog, Utada talked about how she always gets nightmares which include vicious dogs, kitchen knives being used to kill people like her friend and her parents, and so on and so forth. (She said that there was actually a lot more, but she just didn't feel comfortable in talking about that on her blog.)
Within a week, a sleep doctor of some kind came out and analyzed Utada's mental 'environment', for lack of better word, based on just what Utada wrote on her blog. It was even reported in Chinese press...
Sometimes Utada Hikaru seems so famous and successful that its kind of scary.
Monday, March 24, 2008
T3-24
The actual data hasn't been released yet, but an article from Oricon (Japan's premier chart provider) has stated that HEART STATION has sold more than 480000 copies in its first week, becoming this year's highest first week sales so far.
Well, that means that Utada Hikaru's 5 consecutive 500,000+ opening week sales record has been broken.
That doesn't mean much though, because very very few people are getting 500000+ first week sales nowadays, and nobody has done so this year, even though we've already had new releases from Ayumi Hamasaki and Kumi Koda.
Nevertheless, there are many more weeks to go before we get any idea of Heart Station's full sales numbers, though I don't hold out much hope for it being the best-selling album of the year. Utada Hikaru's albums tend to stay on the chart for quite a while, but to beat Kobukuro's 5296 would be quite a feat, even if you don't count their first week sales of 390884 (last week of 2007).
There are also other chart providers, such as SoundScan Japan, and Billboard Japan, but they do weekly charts only, and they haven't been released yet.
Well, that means that Utada Hikaru's 5 consecutive 500,000+ opening week sales record has been broken.
That doesn't mean much though, because very very few people are getting 500000+ first week sales nowadays, and nobody has done so this year, even though we've already had new releases from Ayumi Hamasaki and Kumi Koda.
Nevertheless, there are many more weeks to go before we get any idea of Heart Station's full sales numbers, though I don't hold out much hope for it being the best-selling album of the year. Utada Hikaru's albums tend to stay on the chart for quite a while, but to beat Kobukuro's 5296 would be quite a feat, even if you don't count their first week sales of 390884 (last week of 2007).
There are also other chart providers, such as SoundScan Japan, and Billboard Japan, but they do weekly charts only, and they haven't been released yet.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
T3-23 Celebrate
My favourite Celebrate performance. Actually, the only Celebrate performance.
Here's the entire performance, but it takes some time to load.
If it doesn't work, here's the link: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6494270bK2bBAPj
T3-22 One Night Magic
Oh, I was watching half of Reba and a little bit of Hope and Faith last night, and I was laughing so hard. It was the episode where Van and Reba have an appreciation party for their clients, and Reba takes Cheyenne's nausea-inducing-when-you-drink-alcohol pills, thinking that they were vitamin pills.
Ah...
I've been listening to PLAY, the last album by Namie Amuro, and it really is a very solid album, may I dare say better than some of Utada Hikaru's work. But then again, I shouldn't compare the two, as they both have different roles, different talents, and are in different genres.
Ah...
I've been listening to PLAY, the last album by Namie Amuro, and it really is a very solid album, may I dare say better than some of Utada Hikaru's work. But then again, I shouldn't compare the two, as they both have different roles, different talents, and are in different genres.
Friday, March 21, 2008
T3-21
I was reading some of the comparisions between ULTRA BLUE and HEART STATION on a fan forum (which was one of the better ones actually, a couple other ones were just...terrible), and I was actually quite surprised by the comparisions.
To me, it seemed that everybody had just outrageously high expectations, expectations like that every single album has to be absolutely PERFECT, diverse, interesting, not using synthesizers, not in her upper vocal range, and that she shouldn't have hurt her vocal cords, songs have to be more 'emotional (aka not happy, must sound depressing (doesn't matter about lyrical content, even if its top notch these people dont care))', have absolutely wonderful promotional videos that only her ex-husband can make, and so on and so forth. By the way, it CANNOT be simplistically nice, it MUST be complex and EVERY SINGLE TRACK must be thought-provoking.
It also doesn't really matter to these people what Utada Hikaru as an artist really feels when she's making the album. They all assume things, take what they think as the absolute truth and reach conclusions based on conjecture.
Most people don't seem to care that her album is about what she feels, and if she's not feeling it, then she's not going to do it.
Of course, there are still many people who understand that (and for some reason their posts are almost always short, unless if they're ranting against the other posters).
Sometimes I'm confused when other people say that 'all the pop princesses out there who are at the top of the charts have no talent, etc.' Well, sure, they might not have talent bursting out of every single pore, but they MUST have had SOME talent for some A&R person to choose them (I'm not talking about Asia, I'm talking about North America). They may not be a lot better than the average person, but they're definetly NOT average.
To me, it seemed that everybody had just outrageously high expectations, expectations like that every single album has to be absolutely PERFECT, diverse, interesting, not using synthesizers, not in her upper vocal range, and that she shouldn't have hurt her vocal cords, songs have to be more 'emotional (aka not happy, must sound depressing (doesn't matter about lyrical content, even if its top notch these people dont care))', have absolutely wonderful promotional videos that only her ex-husband can make, and so on and so forth. By the way, it CANNOT be simplistically nice, it MUST be complex and EVERY SINGLE TRACK must be thought-provoking.
It also doesn't really matter to these people what Utada Hikaru as an artist really feels when she's making the album. They all assume things, take what they think as the absolute truth and reach conclusions based on conjecture.
Most people don't seem to care that her album is about what she feels, and if she's not feeling it, then she's not going to do it.
Of course, there are still many people who understand that (and for some reason their posts are almost always short, unless if they're ranting against the other posters).
Sometimes I'm confused when other people say that 'all the pop princesses out there who are at the top of the charts have no talent, etc.' Well, sure, they might not have talent bursting out of every single pore, but they MUST have had SOME talent for some A&R person to choose them (I'm not talking about Asia, I'm talking about North America). They may not be a lot better than the average person, but they're definetly NOT average.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
T3-19/20
19
Sometime ago, on one of those days where I would usually go on a whining tirade on my blog or to people around me, I was reading a blog quite late at night when I should have been doing something else.
It was by someone who I've never really thought about, and I do admit I've had quite a bit of preconceived notions about this person.
There was just one blog I was reading, which just seemed to be perfectly matched to the song I was listening to (Utada Hikaru, and live, of course), and that post was a very... I'm not sure how to describe it, but it was thought provoking and definetly from the bottom of that person's heart, you could just tell.
And reading that, I reflected on my thoughts of that person, and I cannot believe how extremely stupid and idiotic my notions were.
For some reason, there are some people that, subconsciously, I think are just somehow not capable of much reflective emotion. I never realized that, it was buried underneath the surface.
Obviously, now I have learnt from it, and will try very hard to not let those notions ever appear again.
20
I was doing a plan yesterday for what I have to do this week, and I realized that if I wanted to accomplish everything, I would have to do 6 hours of work every day.
Then, I gave up and played games.
I also stumbled upon some of the billions of reflections that I had to write in MACC.
Reading it, I realized that the writing at the same time used words that seemed advanced, and very casual ones at the same time.
I don't dare to look at my writing nowadays and compare the two, as I know how much my vocabulary has worsened over the past two years.
It truly is disappointing.
Sometime ago, on one of those days where I would usually go on a whining tirade on my blog or to people around me, I was reading a blog quite late at night when I should have been doing something else.
It was by someone who I've never really thought about, and I do admit I've had quite a bit of preconceived notions about this person.
There was just one blog I was reading, which just seemed to be perfectly matched to the song I was listening to (Utada Hikaru, and live, of course), and that post was a very... I'm not sure how to describe it, but it was thought provoking and definetly from the bottom of that person's heart, you could just tell.
And reading that, I reflected on my thoughts of that person, and I cannot believe how extremely stupid and idiotic my notions were.
For some reason, there are some people that, subconsciously, I think are just somehow not capable of much reflective emotion. I never realized that, it was buried underneath the surface.
Obviously, now I have learnt from it, and will try very hard to not let those notions ever appear again.
20
I was doing a plan yesterday for what I have to do this week, and I realized that if I wanted to accomplish everything, I would have to do 6 hours of work every day.
Then, I gave up and played games.
I also stumbled upon some of the billions of reflections that I had to write in MACC.
Reading it, I realized that the writing at the same time used words that seemed advanced, and very casual ones at the same time.
I don't dare to look at my writing nowadays and compare the two, as I know how much my vocabulary has worsened over the past two years.
It truly is disappointing.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
T3-18
HEART STATION has been released. And you guys can all check out the preview clips on her website (www.emimusic.jp/hikki). They said that there were preview clips for all tracks on there, but the website didn't load for me.
Give me some time, after the sales of HEART STATION has died down, the official figures have come in, and before news of her English album starts cropping up, and I will wind down on the HEART STATION/Utada Hikaru obsession.
Give me some time, after the sales of HEART STATION has died down, the official figures have come in, and before news of her English album starts cropping up, and I will wind down on the HEART STATION/Utada Hikaru obsession.
Monday, March 17, 2008
T3-17 Prisoner of Love/ Niji-iro Basu
I'm listening to the album right now, and I have to say it is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
Honestly, averagely, the album tracks are actually slightly better than the single tracks.
That's because she wrote the album tracks after the singles were released, so she didn't pick the best ones and release them as singles.
I remember the first time that I was exposed to Utada Hikaru was way before I became a fan of hers. My dad came home from work one night (we were in Yokohama, Japan), and brought UH3+ home, which contained the making of videos and the music videos for FINAL DISTANCE, traveling, Hikari, SAKURA DROPS, and Deep River. I don't think I was amazed by the songs, but I thought they were nice songs.
Then, in 2006, still before I started loving her songs, ULTRA BLUE came out, and I listened to it. Back then, I didn't think it was awesome, I thought it was above average, but the songs seemed kind of bland to me.
Now, of course, I don't think the same way.
And my feelings for HEART STATION reflect that, I think the album tracks are truly awesome.
But, when I first heard Flavor of Life, I was not impressed. Even though it was a huge hit. Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry were nice, but not super wonderful. Stay Gold was amazing, Heart Station was a bit.
Meanwhile, I will be waiting patiently for the sales numbers to come in on the 19th.
Honestly, averagely, the album tracks are actually slightly better than the single tracks.
That's because she wrote the album tracks after the singles were released, so she didn't pick the best ones and release them as singles.
I remember the first time that I was exposed to Utada Hikaru was way before I became a fan of hers. My dad came home from work one night (we were in Yokohama, Japan), and brought UH3+ home, which contained the making of videos and the music videos for FINAL DISTANCE, traveling, Hikari, SAKURA DROPS, and Deep River. I don't think I was amazed by the songs, but I thought they were nice songs.
Then, in 2006, still before I started loving her songs, ULTRA BLUE came out, and I listened to it. Back then, I didn't think it was awesome, I thought it was above average, but the songs seemed kind of bland to me.
Now, of course, I don't think the same way.
And my feelings for HEART STATION reflect that, I think the album tracks are truly awesome.
But, when I first heard Flavor of Life, I was not impressed. Even though it was a huge hit. Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry were nice, but not super wonderful. Stay Gold was amazing, Heart Station was a bit.
Meanwhile, I will be waiting patiently for the sales numbers to come in on the 19th.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
T3-16 HEART STATION album tracks
HEART STATION has *finally* been leaked.
I've been listening to YouTube videos of it.
If you want to listen to them, just search 'Celebrate', 'Prisoner of Love', 'Niji-iro Basu', 'Gentle Beat (Interlude)', 'Take 5', 'Fight the Blues', and add Utada Hikaru's name in the search also.
I like this album.
I've been listening to YouTube videos of it.
If you want to listen to them, just search 'Celebrate', 'Prisoner of Love', 'Niji-iro Basu', 'Gentle Beat (Interlude)', 'Take 5', 'Fight the Blues', and add Utada Hikaru's name in the search also.
I like this album.
T3-15 Reverse Blog
I have to say I was a surprised it happened, even though I think we all knew that something was going to happen sooner or later (and that it would be crushed eventually by Beijing).
Anyways, there was unrest in Tibet for the last week.
If anybody enlightens me on how to do a proper reverse blog, I do one next time.
I'm guessing you read at the end go to the beginning?
Mr. Olson told me to do a reverse blog, except I have absolutely no idea what that's supposed to mean.
Anyways, there was unrest in Tibet for the last week.
If anybody enlightens me on how to do a proper reverse blog, I do one next time.
I'm guessing you read at the end go to the beginning?
Mr. Olson told me to do a reverse blog, except I have absolutely no idea what that's supposed to mean.
Friday, March 14, 2008
T3-14 Deep River/Fight the Blues
I guess was actually worrying about the pre-IB applications last night, except subconsciously.
Either that, or there was something bothering me that I didn't know.
Its worst when you don't know what's wrong with yourself.
After getting the envelope and checking it, I was still...the same, I guess. I didn't feel like a huge burden was lifted off my shoulders or anything.
Later on, I discovered that somebody else didn't get in, and they were very upset with it. I was upset for them too, I don't know why. Its also pretty bad when every single person around you seem to have such control over your mood, even thought you don't want to happen.
On the good side, 5 days left until Heart Station.
Either that, or there was something bothering me that I didn't know.
Its worst when you don't know what's wrong with yourself.
After getting the envelope and checking it, I was still...the same, I guess. I didn't feel like a huge burden was lifted off my shoulders or anything.
Later on, I discovered that somebody else didn't get in, and they were very upset with it. I was upset for them too, I don't know why. Its also pretty bad when every single person around you seem to have such control over your mood, even thought you don't want to happen.
On the good side, 5 days left until Heart Station.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
T3-13 With or Without You
6 days until Heart Station is released....
KB pointed out to me that while everybody is worrying about the Pre-IB results tomorrow, I'm waiting for Heart Station.
Well, it accurately reflects my priorities.
No, I'm just kidding.
Anyways, I don't worry that much. Worrying too much is useless, and it just makes everything stressful.
Actually, I might be worrying subconsciously anyways.
My blogs tend to be about me, Utada Hikaru, or school. There's hardly ever anyone/anything else...
Just to let you guys know, what I blog about usually is probably the furthest thing from what I'm thinking about.
KB pointed out to me that while everybody is worrying about the Pre-IB results tomorrow, I'm waiting for Heart Station.
Well, it accurately reflects my priorities.
No, I'm just kidding.
Anyways, I don't worry that much. Worrying too much is useless, and it just makes everything stressful.
Actually, I might be worrying subconsciously anyways.
My blogs tend to be about me, Utada Hikaru, or school. There's hardly ever anyone/anything else...
Just to let you guys know, what I blog about usually is probably the furthest thing from what I'm thinking about.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
T3-12 Pocketful of Sunshine/Hung Up
I am right now looking around for another blogging service.
Apparently LiveJournal had a Basic account which had less features than the regular free account but with no advertising. However, yesterday was the last day to sight up for it...
For now, I'll keep Blogger.
Anyways, I have a lot to do today, have to go now.
Apparently LiveJournal had a Basic account which had less features than the regular free account but with no advertising. However, yesterday was the last day to sight up for it...
For now, I'll keep Blogger.
Anyways, I have a lot to do today, have to go now.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
T3-10/11
I put yesterday's blog back at my old Windows Live Space, but it was only a couple of lines.
Blogger didn't let me type anything yesterday, and Windows Live was just as slow as I remembered it to be. I will get a new blog sooner or later, because I've been having lots of trouble with Blogger.
Today wasn't such a nice day.
I found out something that disappointed me. Anyways, usually I would rant about how poorly I did (I remember back at the very first term I was supposed to get an I in the film studies unit), but this time I did so bad that I hope nobody will ever notice.
Well, actually, I don't think I should care what other people think, but I do.
Blogger didn't let me type anything yesterday, and Windows Live was just as slow as I remembered it to be. I will get a new blog sooner or later, because I've been having lots of trouble with Blogger.
Today wasn't such a nice day.
I found out something that disappointed me. Anyways, usually I would rant about how poorly I did (I remember back at the very first term I was supposed to get an I in the film studies unit), but this time I did so bad that I hope nobody will ever notice.
Well, actually, I don't think I should care what other people think, but I do.
My first reaction was shock, and I didn't feel that happy.
2. I thought how other would think, and I got a little unhappy.
3. I thought of the actual consequences of this mark, and I was actually content, because there seemed to be lots of advantages
4. I forgot completely about if for a long long time
5. After I got home and worked on some stuff, I remembered what happened, then I became very very unhappy.
Throughout this entire process, I realized how much I cared about how other people think. There was also one person later on who I talked to, and that person dropped some not-so-subtle hints of what he thought about me, and that made me want to never ever talk to that person again.
It was partially his fault, but I shouldn't care that much. I thought I wouldn't care that much honestly, but apparently I do.
There will always be some jerk who thinks he/she deserves something (almost always marks) better than me, and make it clear, and there will always be some jerk who thinks that I am a total retard/jerk/(insert derogatory adjective), and I need to not let them affect what I feel.
Anyways, I had some sleep problems again. I slept at 4:00 on Monday morning even though I went to bed at 11:00 on Sunday night.
However, it didn't feel like stress so much, because I wasn't anxious or depressed like I usually am when that happens. Good thing was that it lasted only for one night.
Now, on to the good things.
I got my piano tuned, and it sounds so much better now.
Last week I got a mark back which I was pretty happy with. And I also got two term grades back which I was very disappointed with. Both were 85%'s. One I do not know how high, the other was between 85.1 and 85.5 %, apparently. In both cases, the teacher didn't tell me.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
T3-9 I Try
Utada Hikaru's HEART STATION has reached 1,067 radio plays, becoming the number one song of this month, beating her previous record with 'traveling' at 1,02something.
At the very least it proves that the disappointing (for her, that is) physical sales of HEART STATION/Stay Gold don't mean that much.
Well, her album is dropping quite soon...
I don't feel that well for the last two days. Its not uncomfortable like I'm sick, its just that I don't feel like eating, and I want to throw up everytime I eat something. But I haven't thrown up yet.
At the very least it proves that the disappointing (for her, that is) physical sales of HEART STATION/Stay Gold don't mean that much.
Well, her album is dropping quite soon...
I don't feel that well for the last two days. Its not uncomfortable like I'm sick, its just that I don't feel like eating, and I want to throw up everytime I eat something. But I haven't thrown up yet.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
T#-7/8
7 Potential Breakup Song
Just to clarify about the post before, its actually not abnormal for people like Utada Hikaru to get drunk all the time.
In Japanese culture, many businesspeople go get drinks after work, but they are very responsible, and don't drive.
Oh, and the marks for school have already come in for most classes. I was sort of disappointed in one class, I guess. And another class. And another class. But oh well, I don't think I care that much anymore. Which I do believe is a good thing, and anyways, its not like I don't care at all.
Though I do have to remind myself not to compare myself to other people. I don't like it when others do that, but sometimes I do that subconsciously.
8 See You Again
I was reading the book for our Decisions project, and I came across the section on 'Secrets 4: Get on your Teacher's Good Side' for decision 1. There's a part which says that you should sit in the front row to change their perception of you.
The first person that came to mind was AD. If you haven't noticed it yet, he sits and the front and centre of EVERY SINGLE CLASS. And it doesn't matter who was supposed to sit there, he just takes your seat. In SS, he took MSh's seat, who then took my seat. And then I sat at the back. Which I sort of enjoyed, cause there was nobody around me who was rattling my desk.
Oh, and apparently there's something called 'extra-credit'. I have never ever seen anything like that in my classes. I do honestly wish we had something like that, it would certainly make life easier for all of us.
By the way, I do hope Utada Hikaru hurries up and releases her next English album soon, that way I'll have more advertising material to throw at my friends. Preferably before the year ends, but that's impossible.
The earliest she can finish up all her PR work for her Japanese album would be April. And I bet you that she hasn't finished half her album yet, which would take another couple of months. By then, it'll be October if she works quickly and the record label does everything fast. (Actually, I know absolutely NOTHING about these stuff, so all this is speculation.) Which means that by the time the lead single is released, it would be November/December, and the album would drop by the turn of the year. That is, IF she doesn't have anything like a tour, or some other work (ie another Japanese single in the middle of nowhere). Honestly, I think that the album would be released mid-2009. Which is a long way to go.
Just to clarify about the post before, its actually not abnormal for people like Utada Hikaru to get drunk all the time.
In Japanese culture, many businesspeople go get drinks after work, but they are very responsible, and don't drive.
Oh, and the marks for school have already come in for most classes. I was sort of disappointed in one class, I guess. And another class. And another class. But oh well, I don't think I care that much anymore. Which I do believe is a good thing, and anyways, its not like I don't care at all.
Though I do have to remind myself not to compare myself to other people. I don't like it when others do that, but sometimes I do that subconsciously.
8 See You Again
I was reading the book for our Decisions project, and I came across the section on 'Secrets 4: Get on your Teacher's Good Side' for decision 1. There's a part which says that you should sit in the front row to change their perception of you.
The first person that came to mind was AD. If you haven't noticed it yet, he sits and the front and centre of EVERY SINGLE CLASS. And it doesn't matter who was supposed to sit there, he just takes your seat. In SS, he took MSh's seat, who then took my seat. And then I sat at the back. Which I sort of enjoyed, cause there was nobody around me who was rattling my desk.
Oh, and apparently there's something called 'extra-credit'. I have never ever seen anything like that in my classes. I do honestly wish we had something like that, it would certainly make life easier for all of us.
By the way, I do hope Utada Hikaru hurries up and releases her next English album soon, that way I'll have more advertising material to throw at my friends. Preferably before the year ends, but that's impossible.
The earliest she can finish up all her PR work for her Japanese album would be April. And I bet you that she hasn't finished half her album yet, which would take another couple of months. By then, it'll be October if she works quickly and the record label does everything fast. (Actually, I know absolutely NOTHING about these stuff, so all this is speculation.) Which means that by the time the lead single is released, it would be November/December, and the album would drop by the turn of the year. That is, IF she doesn't have anything like a tour, or some other work (ie another Japanese single in the middle of nowhere). Honestly, I think that the album would be released mid-2009. Which is a long way to go.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
T3-6
Just to tell you, my attempt at not listening to Utada Hikaru has failed miserably.
Sigh...
Anyways, just to let you know, Utada Hikaru can be very weird sometimes. Like rolling around on her studio floor or wearing pyjamas to work.
I guess that's what happens when you have such success at a young age and nobody seems to dare want to upset you, because you have so much power.
That way, you don't have to worry that much about how people think about you.
And her public image of her is pretty innocent-yet-not-very-innocent, if you understand what I mean.
And she gets drunk a lot. And I mean a LOT.
Once she was talking about the production of ULTRA BLUE, she was probably extremely stressed, and got into a fight at a bar. Among other things.
Sigh...
Anyways, just to let you know, Utada Hikaru can be very weird sometimes. Like rolling around on her studio floor or wearing pyjamas to work.
I guess that's what happens when you have such success at a young age and nobody seems to dare want to upset you, because you have so much power.
That way, you don't have to worry that much about how people think about you.
And her public image of her is pretty innocent-yet-not-very-innocent, if you understand what I mean.
And she gets drunk a lot. And I mean a LOT.
Once she was talking about the production of ULTRA BLUE, she was probably extremely stressed, and got into a fight at a bar. Among other things.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
T3-5
I have always had had a sneaking suspicion that bossa nova was my favourite genre of music.
Now I know it is.
I liked bossa nova ever since I first heard it, but I never knew it was called bossa nova. I did read some things about bossa nova, and I guessed that was what it was called, but I was never sure. After listening to some songs that were definetly bossa nova, I finally connected the two.
If that made any sense.
Now I know it is.
I liked bossa nova ever since I first heard it, but I never knew it was called bossa nova. I did read some things about bossa nova, and I guessed that was what it was called, but I was never sure. After listening to some songs that were definetly bossa nova, I finally connected the two.
If that made any sense.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
T3-4
Kelly: Hahaha I know.
I was reading a book about Asian American literature for my Japanese literature project, and the prejudice and stereotypes against Asians really surprised me. Sure, I knew that Japanese Americans and Chinese Americans always had had some prejudice against them, but to what degree I was really surprised. And it wasn't just the whites, though (although it mainly was), many Japanese and Chinese both were pretty prejudiced.
I don't think I can accurately portray the types and the degrees of discrimination against Asians, so I won't even bother trying.
Anyways, because none of my full-length blogs ever seems to stray from Utada Hikaru, I will be talking about her.
First of all, I sort of realized that I'm overplaying her songs way too much, so I'm trying to go for a Utada Hikaru's music-free week. That doesn't include news, though.
Anyways, the Recording Industry Association of Japan's prestigious (it is, because the rest are all flawed) Gold Disc Awards were presented, and not surprisingly, Flavor of Life became single of the year, and was in the top 3 or top 5 of all download categories, and took PC downloads of the year.
I was reading a book about Asian American literature for my Japanese literature project, and the prejudice and stereotypes against Asians really surprised me. Sure, I knew that Japanese Americans and Chinese Americans always had had some prejudice against them, but to what degree I was really surprised. And it wasn't just the whites, though (although it mainly was), many Japanese and Chinese both were pretty prejudiced.
I don't think I can accurately portray the types and the degrees of discrimination against Asians, so I won't even bother trying.
Anyways, because none of my full-length blogs ever seems to stray from Utada Hikaru, I will be talking about her.
First of all, I sort of realized that I'm overplaying her songs way too much, so I'm trying to go for a Utada Hikaru's music-free week. That doesn't include news, though.
Anyways, the Recording Industry Association of Japan's prestigious (it is, because the rest are all flawed) Gold Disc Awards were presented, and not surprisingly, Flavor of Life became single of the year, and was in the top 3 or top 5 of all download categories, and took PC downloads of the year.
Monday, March 3, 2008
T3-3
I believe that I'm pretty naive when it comes to relationships, especially with friends.
I've never had any complex problems with friends in my life.
That's a good thing, I believe. For now.
I've never had any complex problems with friends in my life.
That's a good thing, I believe. For now.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
T3-2 The Utada Hikaru HEART STATION singles blog
Ha.
Here are all the singles from Heart Station (not including the ones that I posted earlier, or Boku wa Kuma and Stay Gold). By the way, these are all from EMI, and they might not be the entire song.
Fight the Blues isn't actually a single, its only released to radio to promote the album.
Here are all the singles from Heart Station (not including the ones that I posted earlier, or Boku wa Kuma and Stay Gold). By the way, these are all from EMI, and they might not be the entire song.
Fight the Blues isn't actually a single, its only released to radio to promote the album.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Term 3 Blog 1
I've finally caught up on Utada Hikaru news lately.
Anyways, her latest album HEART STATION will have its Canadian debut on April 8th!
At a MUCH MUCH cheaper price than the Japanese version.
And Billboard has finally launched their Japanese chart. And now Oricon has a competitor!!!
Billboard now counts radio airplay in ADDITION to single sales, so now HEART STATION is second weekly rather than third weekly. It also has its second week at number one on radio charts.
However, it doesn't seem that digital sales are counted. If they were, I bet you that HEART STATION would be number one, even though Step and Go has some pretty showstopping sales.
Anyways, her latest album HEART STATION will have its Canadian debut on April 8th!
At a MUCH MUCH cheaper price than the Japanese version.
And Billboard has finally launched their Japanese chart. And now Oricon has a competitor!!!
Billboard now counts radio airplay in ADDITION to single sales, so now HEART STATION is second weekly rather than third weekly. It also has its second week at number one on radio charts.
However, it doesn't seem that digital sales are counted. If they were, I bet you that HEART STATION would be number one, even though Step and Go has some pretty showstopping sales.
88
Finally Done EVERYTHING.
Oh, and I saw the Vienna Boys Choir on Wednesday.
Those boys just opened their mouths and it sounded like they were nightingales.
Wow.
Oh, and I saw the Vienna Boys Choir on Wednesday.
Those boys just opened their mouths and it sounded like they were nightingales.
Wow.
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