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Of Karaokes and...
So i went out karaoke-ing with my friend and my sis! That was like... the 2nd time i've been on karaoke ever... the last was in the last year of sec school, when i went with my friends on the last day of school cos i just didn’t feel like going home. I wasn’t close to those lot of friends and i didn’t know a single of those chinese songs they sang so i just sat by the side all lonesome and stuff. Ii didn’t even have to pay because they decided that it wasn’t fair making someone who didn’t sing a single song pay.
But anyway this time! Finally got to meet up with that friend! She's an arashi fan too, Nino's her fav... but she's been so busy she doesn’t even know breathless or calling... and probably hasn’t watched a single arashi thing in yearsssss. But yeah we sang a bunch of old old songs, like barbie girl by aqua and westlife songs... my sis is 5 years younger than me and its because of me that she knows all those oldies... and some like barbie girl is really old. i was only in lower primary when it came out. Of cos there were the more recent ones too, like wreaking ball - and i saw the video for the first time, in HD too. Many of the pv (or MTV?) for the old songs were in bad, bad quality, if there was even a PV at all. Many a times they just had some random video. There were loads for chinese songs, korean songs, and some japanese songs like those from akb. There were a few arashi song as well - hence the reason why my friend chose that karaoke. We sang like ARASHI - only to realise that 1) the PV was some ultra weird video, but at least it was shot in japan. 2) it was a proper karaoke version - no vocal at all (many of the songs have vocal) 3) despite it being their debut song, we cannot sing the whole thing. esp the sakurap.
We also sang like kansha kangeki, kitto diajoubu... not much choices there. But i was impressed that there was breathless, calling, and endless game. AND with the proper, actual, PV. So my friend watched the PV for the first time while me and my sis tried to sing along. Which was hard... i realised i was most familiar with breathless. Calling wasn't too bad too, but endless game? Gosh i barely know the lyrics. Even with the lyrics (in kanji) on screen it was impossible for me to sing most of it... ><
Yeah i know i know... i suck right? I listen and I listen but I don't purposely make an effort to remember the lyrics. I've been wanting to remember the lyrics though... but so far have not done so yet... I did try for Yes? No? quite a long time back when i just started learning japanese, or maybe before i started learning japanese. But that's it. The rest I'd remember if i know what they are talking about and i hear the song often enough. But its hard for parts that i don't understand at all (and it'll stay that way if i don't bother looking at the lyrics/translation, and mostly i don't) Wanting to go through the lyrics so that I can expand my vocab though.
The JLPT registration for July's test start tmr. Today actually, since its past 12mn. And it ends on the 4th of April... not a problem though since i need to go down and collect my cert by the end of this month, so i'll need to go down someday after work.
But at the karaoke I realised... the karaokes in Sg are pretty boring, normal stuff. Its not like the 'onekara' in japan that was featured in the recent AnShi where they get to see like the scores and stuff. Here its just a small room, a tv screen, a touch panel to select your songs, and two mics. And sofa of cos. But that's it. And considering the poor video quality of many songs... and the sound system was just normal too (and it was pretty soft too)... its like... let's just hang out at like... my house or something and i can find all the arashi PVs i have and play it... and then we could go youtube for the rest of the artists like bruno mars and what have you.
But it was fun to meet up again... its been what... a whole year? And we had a sushi marathon after the singing marathon. We headed over to sushi express right after karaoke and ate... and then my other friend came along like 2 or 3 hours later and we continued eating. LOL.
Ah and its Monday again tmr. And I'm two weeks behind in my Arashi tv watching again. Not watched two weeks worth of AnShi and Nino-san. And last week's VSA as well. But at least i wrote a review! Yay me! Of last last week's VSA with Kazama Shunsuke as the plus one guest. I first knew of this guy when he appeared on hachi jida J towards the end. He was a cute little guy then and left quite an impression. But seeing as to how he's not like in any group now I thought he just dropped out of JE or something. Then Nino mentioned him a few times on their shows... and then i googled and realised this guy is still in JE, though he isnt part of any act. He isnt even considered a solo guy like toma or something? Idk. But he's done a bunch of dramas and stuff... and its nice to know that JE didn’t like... drop him because he couldn’t make it into a singing group. Like... as long as you are willing to you can stay? IDK. I'm still very confused on how things work in JE hahaha.
Ah yes! Right on time! MarsEdit has finished uploading all the screenshots for part 2 of my review! Now to put in the tags an LJ cut and links and then I'd better head to bed. Got DNA extraction to do tmr and it'll be a really busy day!
But anyway this time! Finally got to meet up with that friend! She's an arashi fan too, Nino's her fav... but she's been so busy she doesn’t even know breathless or calling... and probably hasn’t watched a single arashi thing in yearsssss. But yeah we sang a bunch of old old songs, like barbie girl by aqua and westlife songs... my sis is 5 years younger than me and its because of me that she knows all those oldies... and some like barbie girl is really old. i was only in lower primary when it came out. Of cos there were the more recent ones too, like wreaking ball - and i saw the video for the first time, in HD too. Many of the pv (or MTV?) for the old songs were in bad, bad quality, if there was even a PV at all. Many a times they just had some random video. There were loads for chinese songs, korean songs, and some japanese songs like those from akb. There were a few arashi song as well - hence the reason why my friend chose that karaoke. We sang like ARASHI - only to realise that 1) the PV was some ultra weird video, but at least it was shot in japan. 2) it was a proper karaoke version - no vocal at all (many of the songs have vocal) 3) despite it being their debut song, we cannot sing the whole thing. esp the sakurap.
We also sang like kansha kangeki, kitto diajoubu... not much choices there. But i was impressed that there was breathless, calling, and endless game. AND with the proper, actual, PV. So my friend watched the PV for the first time while me and my sis tried to sing along. Which was hard... i realised i was most familiar with breathless. Calling wasn't too bad too, but endless game? Gosh i barely know the lyrics. Even with the lyrics (in kanji) on screen it was impossible for me to sing most of it... ><
Yeah i know i know... i suck right? I listen and I listen but I don't purposely make an effort to remember the lyrics. I've been wanting to remember the lyrics though... but so far have not done so yet... I did try for Yes? No? quite a long time back when i just started learning japanese, or maybe before i started learning japanese. But that's it. The rest I'd remember if i know what they are talking about and i hear the song often enough. But its hard for parts that i don't understand at all (and it'll stay that way if i don't bother looking at the lyrics/translation, and mostly i don't) Wanting to go through the lyrics so that I can expand my vocab though.
The JLPT registration for July's test start tmr. Today actually, since its past 12mn. And it ends on the 4th of April... not a problem though since i need to go down and collect my cert by the end of this month, so i'll need to go down someday after work.
But at the karaoke I realised... the karaokes in Sg are pretty boring, normal stuff. Its not like the 'onekara' in japan that was featured in the recent AnShi where they get to see like the scores and stuff. Here its just a small room, a tv screen, a touch panel to select your songs, and two mics. And sofa of cos. But that's it. And considering the poor video quality of many songs... and the sound system was just normal too (and it was pretty soft too)... its like... let's just hang out at like... my house or something and i can find all the arashi PVs i have and play it... and then we could go youtube for the rest of the artists like bruno mars and what have you.
But it was fun to meet up again... its been what... a whole year? And we had a sushi marathon after the singing marathon. We headed over to sushi express right after karaoke and ate... and then my other friend came along like 2 or 3 hours later and we continued eating. LOL.
Ah and its Monday again tmr. And I'm two weeks behind in my Arashi tv watching again. Not watched two weeks worth of AnShi and Nino-san. And last week's VSA as well. But at least i wrote a review! Yay me! Of last last week's VSA with Kazama Shunsuke as the plus one guest. I first knew of this guy when he appeared on hachi jida J towards the end. He was a cute little guy then and left quite an impression. But seeing as to how he's not like in any group now I thought he just dropped out of JE or something. Then Nino mentioned him a few times on their shows... and then i googled and realised this guy is still in JE, though he isnt part of any act. He isnt even considered a solo guy like toma or something? Idk. But he's done a bunch of dramas and stuff... and its nice to know that JE didn’t like... drop him because he couldn’t make it into a singing group. Like... as long as you are willing to you can stay? IDK. I'm still very confused on how things work in JE hahaha.
Ah yes! Right on time! MarsEdit has finished uploading all the screenshots for part 2 of my review! Now to put in the tags an LJ cut and links and then I'd better head to bed. Got DNA extraction to do tmr and it'll be a really busy day!