To be Free

Title: The Legend of Shabu Shabu
Beta: jheili
Length: One Shot (~1.8k words)
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi Friendship with a hint of Ohmiya
Summary: A long time ago, there lived a dragon called Shabu Shabu...

A/N: For the particular person who finds the sound of the words "shabu shabu" fascinating.

( It’s a terrifying monster that shoots lightning out from it’s eyes! )



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Afterword:

The 'Shabu Shabu' rock in Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang. No, it's not about the Legend of Shabu Shabu. Yes, it's in Chinese. No, I'm too lazy to squint my eyes to try and make out what it's talking about.

Special thanks to unsup and family for bringing me around and providing the prompt for this story.

Shabu shabu, in case you didn't know, is a Japanese hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables.

Sigh.

It's been a long week...

JLPT tmr and I have no doubt about how I'm going to fail N1. Cos I was too greedy and decided to skip N2... And cos real life has been taking too much of a toll on me and I've not been able to find the enegy to study.

I actually had some time on my hands this week since I took sick leave from work on Thurs and Fri... But well... I was sick. And just unable to concentrate on getting those Japanese grammar into my thick head. So yeah... All the time wasted. Still not really well now... But better... At least I'm able to function... I just felt like curling up in bed all day on thurs and fri... It's amazing how some food poisoning related contipation and bloatedness can make you feel so bad... I couldn't even sleep at night... Hence the reason why I raised the white flag and went to the doctor....

Anyway.

Power of the Paradise!

Nope, I didn't watch the whole Music Day show... But I did see Arashi's Power of the Paradise performance and boy do I love that song!

So cheerful, upbeat, hopefull... And unlike Akashi, this one is fast paced. I love fast paced songs. Is it... club or something? Music genres... *shrugs*

I've updated nihongo manabu with a post about the new single. Upcoming new single at least. Please check out the post! XD

As I was researching for the post... Arashi just... Amazes me. It's the 5th bloodly hell time Sho would be covering for the olmypics... And it's the 6th time Arashi is providing the NTV Olympics theme song. Just... blows your mind doesn't it?

Alrights.

That's all from me for now! 

Title: Seaweed
Length: One Shot (~673 words)
Rating: G
Pairing: General Arashi Friendship
Summary: Sho really loves/hates seaweed.

A/N: Hi all! It's been really, really long since I wrote a fic, hope you enjoy this short one shot!

PS: I wrote a smut version of this fic here!


( Sho bellowed. )

Gosh.

This is just too crazy.

You know how rl has been really busy for me... Well ever since unsup got back from her maternity leave she's been working me non-stop. (Then again... I didn't have to work that fast or that hard...)

But yeah.

It feels like just a few days ago since Fukkatsu Love came out and now this...

Ok. Actually, it is only a month ago since Fukkatsu Love was released!

So yes. New single. Double A. Two PVs and two makings. Double the fun, laughter and joy, but also double the burdern on your pocket. Hahaha!

Three editions this time, two LE, and one RE.

More information as usual on NM here. Pre-order links are there too. :)

Cheers!

Crazy crazy crazy! It started with a tweet...

I didn't believe it at first because what... 1st Jan? It's way too soon, on a public holiday, and it's not a Wednesday. But JE/Arashi keeps surprising us eh?

Miyagi BLAST DVD (And Bluray) is out!!! And will be released on the 1st of Jan next year! Maybe it'll come with the new year greeting post cards thing or whatever, since the first press edition says it coems with a 'letter set'. We'll see. Already pre-ordered my DVD copy on CDJapan... goodbye money!

I'll be updating my post on NM as more info comes out!

Title: Birthday Message
Length: One Shot (~350 words)
Rating: G
Pairing: Sho-centric
Summary: It's Arashi's birthday.

A/N: I would have posted this earlier but Evernote was messing with me... oh wells. just a really short one, please enjoy.

( Happy 16th Anniversary Arashi! )

Title: Hi, I am Ohno Satoshi
Length: One Shot (460 words)
Rating: G
Pairing: Ohno-centric
Summary: Ohno's life took a 180 turn.

A/N: Another short one shot. I started writing this a loooong time back, but never was able to finish it till last Sunday... Hope you like it!

( Hi, I am Ohno Satoshi. )

As promised in my earlier post (read Ohno's message there), I translated the greeting message on the site by the spokesperson/representative from the Marching J foundation. I also included some other info from the site.

Here we go! I put the screenshots under the cut since they are pretty big...

( Greeting message )

About page:
Comment - Greetings

Thank you for taking the trip now to view the "Ohno & Kids', Future Art Exhibition"

Marching J foundation was set up to plan and manage the projects by Johnnys Groups that are in aid of the Great East Japan earthquake (Touhoku earthquake).

Put till now we've been putting the spotlight on the children, getting them to face the "future", presenting them with music instruments in the hopes that taking part in activities will help them move on and live their lives with vigor.

This time, in conjunction with the opening of Arashi's BLAST in Miyagi, we thought of having Arashi's leader Ohno Satoshi, as well as the children to present their dreams and hopes towards the "Future".

Drawings by primary school children from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima with the theme "Future" were collected. Many drawings with child-like, elastic imaginations were received.

We give our thanks to the primary school children who drew the art pieces, and the parents and guardians who provided support for the submissions.

Please enjoy the "Future" world drawn by Ohno Satoshi and the children.

18th Sept, 2015
General Incorporated Foundation Marching J Foundation
Representative, Sato Shunichi*

Note: *At least that's what I think his name is. The only information I could find was from here, which says that Sato Shunichi is the president of Marching J foundation. I'm too lazy to google any further.


More other info about the exhibition:

( More info! )

For those who are interested, I've complied a list of noteworthy vocabulary from the few webpages here.

Title: Pokemon Guide: How to Catch Wild Arashimon
Length: One Shot (1000+ words)
Rating: G
Pairing: General
Summary: Calling all Pokemon trainers! Learn how to catch your very own Arashimon now!

A/N: Yay! Finally! A fic guide! I've been playing this game called EvoCreo... it's basically a mobile remake of Pokemon. It's made by a Pokemon fan, and they are many similarities and differences to the real thing. Or should I say... similarities and improvements over Pokemon? Either way if you love Pokemon, I highly recommend you to check it out. It's USD 0.99 cents though, but definitely worth the money. There are in game purchases but NOT needed at all. You can get enough of the 'paid' currency for free (finding them in game, pop-ups to like their FB page). Unless say, you want to collect every single avatar or something. The game is available on both iOS and Android, and the save games can be transfer cross-platform via Google Plus. There's a multiplayer aspect too which I've yet to try out. Ok, that was a really long note. Now on to the guide!

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( Catch your Arashimon today! )

Arashi's new album has been announced! I made a post on NM about it, check it out for more information!

What a weird name though... I wonder how the songs will be like... with a shounentai cover too huh? And freaking three editions. JE is out to make us BROKE. Amayzing crazy.