This Is An Epic Symphonia, Darling.

found via Shirinai23
Just going to leave this right here and let everyone appreciate the true beauty of this amazing duet ballad song, even if the language is indeed in Japanese and I literally do not speak Japanese—unless sprouting random Japanese words here and there actually count as speaking the language itself. This song is an epic masterpiece and yes, I am not being overly dramatic.

Listen to it, and even if you do not understand a word of it, just appreciate on the beauty of the song. This is one of the little details that make Korean Pop looks ten thousand million times inferior to Japanese Pop. I mean, Korean Pop may be worldwide but only Japanese Pop would ever touch and move hearts like this, ever. Oh Japanese Pop, thank your for existence.

Oh, by the way, the song is 月光シンフォニア (Gekkou Symphonia) by Akino and Aiki, taken from the Aquarion Evol anime. This is actually the ending theme—and I dare to say this is one of the best ending theme song I have ever heard throughout my entire life, aside from Bird by Matsushita Yuya from the Kuroshitsuji 2 anime.

An ANOTHER Horror Train Ride.

found via Wan Abrar
Although I could call my self somewhere close to an anime freak, I do not particularly like to watch anime anywhere near the genre horror. I could digest psychological and thriller a lot, but strictly no horror. I am a coward yes—but only when it comes to horror anime.

Seriously, has anyone ever seen how gore a horror anime could be? I mean, if Japanese horror films are gore, then Japanese anime takes it all to a whole new level. They are able to fuck with imagination because they are animations, thus they manage to come out with all those creep and shit that still scare the hell out of me.

It seems I could be easily influence by this local magazine I buy monthly—that covers on anime and things that sorts of branch out from that it self—and I come across the review on the horror sans thriller and drama altogether, Another.

I have come across this title some months earlier while I am searching through the list of winter anime for some good anime to fill my time. But when I see the genre of Another to be horror, I practically skip it over as if I never even know it in the first place. It is actually intriguing at first. I contemplate on whether I should follow this series or not, a lot. But then I realize no way I am going to spend my nights watching something horror.

But that damn magazine makes me want to watch it—to at least give it a chance, somehow—and yes, I download the first episode, because with my current internet connection, the buffering of online videos takes almost the same time as the period to download it.

Only one thing I would really want to say upon the first episode of Another—the fuck with the scary high school ambience?

I love how the death that occurs many years ago in the junior high school becomes something close to an urban legend. All schools have at least one urban legend—I know my high school has a shit ton load of urban legends of which I rather not talk about here or else I would not even want to walk pass its gate anymore near future. Another is basically dark and, well all I could actually say after the first episode is very dark.

It may just be me but throughout the twenty-four minutes of the first episode of Another, all I could say to my self is literally the fuck is this. I come with all this possible ideas to match and link all the dots together but come on; I am only at the first episode. I think I am going to enjoy this horror train ride more than I actually want to.

This is somewhere along the same line as Future Diary—or as I would refer to it as Mirai Nikki—but not as mind-fuck as how the latter actually is, or perhaps it is but I could not tell yet since I am still on its first episode. I like the hints that make me point out to various characters in the anime series, to what they are talking about to all the minor details that make the whole situation scarier than how it looks.

The idea of a transfer student to be the one who become awfully stuck in this scary situation is not quite a new one—I think Shiki has the same idea but I may be wrong since I only watch several episodes of Shiki and could not finish it due to circumstances, of course. I learn on not to bother on the typically cliché parts of anime a long time ago but I love the character Misaki though it might chance if she gets anymore scarier after the first episode. But most of the time, I could not get it out from my head on how she almost seems like the female counterpart of Ciel Phantomhive from Kuroshitsuji, but this is a joke.

I am sorry to say but the opening and ending theme do not leave any permanent and significant marks on me. I usually tend to listen to how thriller and horror anime fair in the soundtrack department and I still do think that the first opening theme song for Mirai Nikki is amazing. But for Another, I do not quite feel the impact.

I am going to stick through this horror train ride for a couple of episodes, to consider that Another is only seven episodes in and I already have seven anime I am currently following diligently for this season and Another makes it a successful eight altogether. If it does not click during the fifth episode, I am sorry to say that this anime is permanently out.

It is time for me to download the remaining six episodes of Another before I leave for Electronic Publishing class later.

Here Comes The Severely Sad Music Video.

This is simply awkward but I really do not have any word to describe this music video—and this is not in the good speechless way. The song is fabulous and somehow reminds me of the 80s and 90s Malay rock ballad my older sister put on full blast through her car audio system but I could not say I like the music video. Everything looks perfect but does FNC Music really have to have FT Island rely completely on Lee Hong-ki? Not even a two second appearance by any other members? Not even just one of them to act as a passer-by in this six minutes music video? Someone should finish the ritual—every member of FT Island suffers greatly in their music video. When will it be Seung-hyun’s turn to get beaten up badly or just die in their music video?

But seriously, the song is good. I mean good as in marvellous.

This Is The Severely Teaser.

Strangely this is the first music video teaser from FT Island that does not bring out the usual respond from me. I actually manage to watch through this forty-five seconds teaser without hyperventilating or even screaming. I find my self sitting on my chair calmly and watch it until the end before I immediately click on the exit button. I mean, my calm and emotionless respond surprised me that I am completely freaked out about this change. Seriously, I was showing excessive human emotions afterward when I was watching Inu x Boku SS and Guilty Crown more.

Anyway, back to the teaser—it is finally time for FNC Music to return the rock ballad times for FT Island. I have been missing their amazing rock ballads for years—but in return FNC gave us some pop rock which I still love and all but would not even compare to how amazing their rock ballads are. I am more excited about the song rather than the music video—probably because it featured Hongki again—and sorry to say this to all Hongki’s fan but he is overrated. I mean, come on. The band has five members—is it time to feature Seunghyun and have him killed or beaten up to death. It is a ritual. But then again, I am not going to complain much.

Full music video and mini-album will come out on January 31 and the comeback performance will follow on February 2. As for all of the comments I want to say, I will keep it after I watch the full music video and hear the full song. Regardless how emotionless I become while watching this teaser, there is always a part of my heart that I dedicate for FT Island.

It Happened Once, It Happened Twice.

found via Faded from the Winter
It eventually happened because of my eagerness in writing as much fan-fictions that I could that lead to this decision actually. I did this earlier—a couple of times to be precise—but I really do hope this one chance lasts forever. I may not have an ample time to run two blogs in one time but I will give it a try again. I need something to keep my mind off my crazy life after all.

六等星の夜 - Night of Sixth Magnitude Stars

So here it is again—my new creative writing blog where I post all of my fan-fictions and all sort of creative writings I write whenever I feel like writing one. You can drop a comment and tag me once in a while. Only one chaptered fan-fiction is currently up and it is still on chapter one. More one-shots and drabbles are coming soon. Please support me, do not bash me in any cruel way. I am practically just doing what makes me happy.

Fly High Like The Birds, FT Island.

I could not believe that I will skip class because of FT Island—the consequence of staying up pretty damn late to watch the new music video and listen to all the songs in the new remake album from FT Island make me wake up damn late to attend the morning class in college this morning. The class starts at nine and I find my self waking up at eleven. Yeah, this is like so fucking well to my upcoming grade.



Anyway, back to the original reason for this post—FT Island finally releases the music video for 새들처럼 (Like The Birds) as the title song for the remake album MEMORY IN FT ISLAND they simultaneously release on midnight of October 10.

Oh my God, what in the world is this perfection. It is not a lie that the five boys of FT Island are all pretty much perfect in their own personal way but for the sake of my fucking life—how could they become this amazingly perfect in such a short period of time. The image for the music video is so beautiful, I shed tears of happiness over this piece of perfection in three minutes and thirty seconds.

The original song is quite lovely by its own but the remake from FT Island makes the song a million times more wonderful. FT Island does all the justice in the world for this song—to be able to make an even lovelier song from a song that comes out before any of the members are actually born. This is the kind of song that sticks to your mind after just three to four times. It is smooth and upbeat, mostly a fun song to smile and dance along in whatever situation.

Have I actually mentioned how lovely Hongki sings and how it wonderfully blends in with the harmonizing raps from Seunghyun and Jaejin. I have no doubt that the three creates such a beautiful collaboration and a harmony that not all groups in this growing Korean Pop world would manage to create but this song proves that these three boys are perfect in terms of vocal.

I love how Seunghyun sounds stronger and more powerful in his rap nowadays. He sheds the image of a new member pretty well and he blends in with the flow of the music just perfectly. He raps smoothly in this song and makes a nice collaboration with Jaejin. Jaejin—he has such wonderful voice that it makes me want to cry every time he manages to have parts in songs to sing. He is good in the terms of vocal but his rap talent is incredibly good. As for Hongki—come on, do I really have to say anything about this powerful vocalist with his incredible vocal. His voice is distinctive and very powerful, he makes this song wonderful.

FT Island does justice for all the songs they remake, unlike some.

The music video, again—it is beautiful in terms of the cinematography and the colors and the overall video. It does not have an obvious storyline—or maybe not obvious enough for me except that five boys having a ride on a Jeep which a drummer kid drives while dancing randomly before they begin to run wildly across this empty desert and ends up with their instruments and mysterious sets of spotlights that appear out of nowhere. I am not the Director but I like this concept because it gives a free spirit sense to whoever watches it. Putting aside the usual heavily dramatic and emotional music video from FT Island—lets count the time we cry at the music videos of Until You Return or maybe Heaven and even the oblivious storyline of Hello Hello—this actually gives the boys of FT Island a bright and light environment, probably similar to how they are in the music video of I Hope but minus the romantic time travelling storyline. It is fun and light and makes whoever watches it want to join in the fun. Well, I know I want to be a part of that fun music video.

I do not give a damn about the controversial Jeep or anything. I only pay attention to the great music video and the song itself. As for the boys of FT Island—well, they are like the cherries on top of my favorite sundae. They give perfection and satisfaction, all in the same time—to my ears and my eyes.

What makes this music video fun is the fair share of camera time on each member—this time we could not see too much Hongki like how it is in the music video of Love Love Love or too little time of guitarist Jonghoon like in Hello Hello. We have ample close-ups shots for each member—with an exception of Hongki who of course snags most but who is going to complain anyway—and we have the opportunity to enjoy a solo guitar riff from leader guitarist. All fan-girls will not be able to complain anything now.

We have many eye candy moments to share around.

Most fan-girls and that includes me, probably miss the time when FT Island comes out with heavy dramatic and emotional music videos that make us cry and want to kill someone or just simply cut our wrist in exasperation—watching the boys severely beaten or just simply killed off by some villain we still have vengeance on—but to have a space to breath and just have fun in music videos are actually quite fun. The only time we manage to see them brightly smile or jumping around like the kids they will always be are probably in their Japanese music videos—the overdose of jump scenes in Let It Go and the swag moments in Flower Rock, who could forget. I give out my compliment to the director for this chance for the members to just let go and be free to have fun in this music video.

Yes, I have listen to all five songs in the remake album and yes, I have already point out my favorites. I do not know if I will have the time to write a review on each song but I guess it will probably happen within this week. I am not quite sure about the first comeback performance from FT Island—whether they will appear on MNET M!Countdown or not but I certainly know that they will perform on SBS Inkigayo on Sunday.

With the upcoming comeback from the girl group I still refuse to write in my blog because on certain reasons that piss me off big time and Secret—my new favorite girl group—I surely do hope that FT Island will eventually win something on music show charts. I miss the time when they have the chance to say out their acknowledgement upon a victory. Korean music world needs something that branches out from their usual Korean Pop bubblegum pop songs with dance moves that has somehow bore me—like the music from a band like FT Island. FT Island deserves to win. They deserve to win more than anyone else and I am sorry to say this to fans of other groups but they really need to win. FT Island needs to win.

Anyway, I need to perform my prayer right now. I will get back into considering the review on MEMORY IN FTISLAND soon. In the mean time, let us all pray that FT Island will have a huge success with this remake album. FT Island, all the best.

FT Island Says, "Like The Birds".

Oh shit, thank you FNC Music for actually giving me a reason to update my dying blog. And yes, thank you the five boys of FT Island for making me want to write about your perfection again. Yes everyone, it is finally the time of the year—the time when I died, and came back to live, died again and still, return into the world of the living for the greatness of FT Island has shown.



FT Island is set to make a comeback after months of hiatus since their last release of mini-album Return, on October 10th. The band of five gorgeous members will release a remake album—Memory In FT Island—on October 10th and the teaser for the title song, 새들처럼—translated as Like The Birds—has been released on October 7th.

And yes, allow me to shine some light upon this perfect fifty-three seconds teaser. Dear every other entertainment companies out there—yes, I am talking to each and every one of you—please take example of how amazing FNC Music does with the teaser for their artists. They do not put in something that will ridiculously disappear in the main music video, some random music bits that does not even have anything to do with the original song. Learn how to tease properly like FNC Music does.

Good job, FNC Music. That was one hell of a perfect teaser that literally tease.

Next, let us talk about how gorgeous the boys look in the teaser. Song Seunghyun my dear, I know I practically want to kill someone when I saw your current hairstyle previously but now that I managed to accept with an open heart, I think it suits you perfectly. This goes to all of the members—Hongki, your curly hairstyle receives two thumbs up from me, don’t worry. As for Jaejin, I am so freaking thankful you cut it shorter. Even if it is still blonde, I like it. Leader Jonghoon, why do you always look ridiculously perfect? Please don’t ruin my bias list. And hey youngest Minhwan, God you look awesome.

Anyone wants to join in the troll session as I can’t get over Minhwan driving the jeep?

The song is a remake of a 1988 song by Byun Jisup. Yes, I have heard the original song and yes, it was amazing. But it was in a slower tone. FT Island just made it into a song worth the head-bang and the dorky dance. Yes, it worth destroying that controversial jeep. I don’t see the harm in it. Mr. Jeep Owner, you are a big time troll.

I still could not figure out a storyline, basically just a music video about a group of five boys cynically vandalize a jeep in the middle of the dessert while throwing random music notes and dance around like monkeys before they find their place with the spotlights and instruments to rock their heart out. Okay there dear Mr. Director, I see what you have there.

Now I demand the full music video to be released now.

How am I supposed to go through until October 10th without constantly raping the replay button on YouTube? I don’t feel like doing anything else and thank God it is already Friday here in Malaysia and the weekend is coming. I am going to continuously die with this teaser.

And hey, if there are news about how other artists are avoiding making comebacks in the same month as the girl group I refuse to mention in my blog because on some particular reasons is also making the so-called epic comeback this month, I can see that FNC Music does not fear this. FT Island is still going to release their album, may come whatever in their way.

It is not about the winnings on weekly music shows or the CD sales that matter, it is the gift they want to give to their fans and the music they want to do. I don’t give a fuck if they do not win anything. All I ever care is that FT Island is making a comeback. My whole family will have the weekly dose of FT Island on television with this comeback. Wait until I tell my mother, she will completely freak out.

The full music video is set to release on October 10th, along with the remake album.

Now, it is time to beg my mother to lend me some money to get this into my collection.

We Are Definitely Not Rockstars, Honey.

found via favim.com
It is not peculiar to say that I am crazy about a band with five freaking handsome members from South Korea who mainly assume that they are practically doing rock music although I could not completely consider their music in South Korea as rock but as pop rock or rock ballad. Whereas, if they are categorizing their music in Japan as rock, I completely agree—come and kill me, I do not care because listen to Let It Go or Flower Rock, even stupid people could say that are rock songs.

However, it is a bit peculiar for me to say that I am a fan of rock music. I do not really like rock music as an overall—I could not like the genre of music as an entire genre—and perhaps I have the least rock songs on both my Windows Music Player and my mp3 player.

I know I might scare someone out there—some friends or not—if I confess that I am a fan of My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco.

The real problem here is not that whether I love or detest rock music. I like bands—I mainly like people who are able to perform and play their own music rather than just writing and composing it—and most of my attention in bands music is referring to the fact that I am a completely bias and die hard fan of that Five Treasure Island. But I would not tolerate if someone—cough, that someone actually refers to a friend who considers her self without my acknowledgement as my best friend, cough—tells me that I know nothing about rock music and talks badly about my favorites when I do not do any harm against her favorites.

Here is the deal, I have my own list of favorites and she has her own list of favorites. I do not care if she says she is a die hard fan of any rock bands because I would not care. I do not even bother to judge her because everyone has personal favorites. I respect her favorites and I will accept it with an open heart, God blesses my soul.

It just happens that she starts to get on my nerve—by judging me for the music I listen to. First, if she considers her self as my best friend—although I am not doing the same, because I do not need a friend like her, even more a best friend—she will not once talks badly about my Five Treasure Island. No, do not do that. I will definitely kill her, I mean it seriously. There is no need to say that my favorite band is no better than anyone else in the world of Korean pop. That is enough, I mean it literally. I do not need a friend—even if it is only her who assumes that—to say bad things about the vocalist and criticizes the songs from that band.

Now, I really need her to shut her mouth or else I will definitely murder her, chops her body and throws bits of it into some river and let her death unknown to the entire world.

I could take it if she hates the band I like but I do not need her to continuously talk about it. Never will I talk badly about the girl group she incredibly admire—cough, that girl group with so many members who are basically so popular I would not care about it anymore, cough—even when I completely detest that group. I will not try to do something that would somehow hurt her. But does it necessary for her to hurt me by talking badly about my bias? It is really necessary?

Now, as if it is not complete by just talking badly about my first bias, she continues to bash my favorites bands—My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco. Oh girl, she is going way too far that I might one day kill her. Listen here, I have listen to My Chemical Romance way longer than the period she takes to listen to her favorite bands. I am a fan of My Chemical Romance since high school and I have listen to band music way longer than she does. She does not have the rights to criticize my favorites.

She says she likes rock music, okay—I am actually quite fine with that. But is she really does likes rock music, would it be more appropriate if she says she listens to some real rock bands—I do not know, maybe Scorpions (it is a bit more older than our generation but hey, the music is amazing that no argument is relevant when it comes to the scorpions) or maybe Thirty Seconds To Mars (could I say that this band is slowly making its way into my favorite lists for its amazing songs and music videos) or perhaps Linkin Park (my all-time favorite since high school, the years I spend screaming my heart out to all of its incredible songs) or something even more moderate like Simple Plan (ah yes, the times I consider my self as a fan, those times are the best still in my memory) and if she could listen to Tokio Hotel, Paramore or even the all-time Nirvana, that would be even better.

It is rather obvious that my interpretation of rock music is way different than her interpretation of rock music. Well, she does listen to that one band just because she is in love—maybe—with one of its member.

If I choose to listen to rock, I will choose a real rock band. I will choose a music that really reflects rock—hard and loud guitar riffs, songs that make me want to bang my head onto the wall or just scream my heart out—rock songs that are sort of like that. If I listen to something lighter, I will admit I am a fan of pop rock or rock ballad.

It still hurts to listen to her words and feel like murdering her every time she brags about her favorites yet criticizes my favorites. I am a pretender; I am good in putting up a façade to lie. I am still going a good job because she still thinks I am not harm to her life. Well, we will see up until where this will take me, girl.

And now, I am off to bang my head onto the wall with some My Chemical Romance previous hits. I still love all of its songs—even after so many years of becoming a fan. And perhaps after that, to soothe my aching heart, I will give my self a plentiful dose of some lighter rock by FT Island. I need some rock ballads, those songs will never do any harm into my life.

This Time, Let It Go.

According to my pessimistic side, it seems like FNC Music is trying to squeeze every fan of FT Island out of money by the end of this year with all these continuous releases—not that I am here to actually complaint about it—but considering the previous releases that I have not yet been able to actually buy, I might as well be homeless and moneyless for all these good releases by my favorite band.

Okay, enough about that. Let us all refer to the nice video I attached to this post.

It has only been a month or slightly more since the previous release, Hello Hello—but the fabulous Five Treasure Island is off to release yet another amazing release. This time, the five boys of FT Island are going to release Let It Go—yes, another Japanese single. The thirty seconds teaser for the upcoming release is out and fans are allowed to hyperventilate. Please do, I have already did my part.

Why does this bring so many memories of Flower Rock and Brand New Days? Do not get me wrong, I love their Japanese releases but nothing beats their debut single, Flower Rock. I am still in love with every bit of that rock song. Let It Go brings back that rock feelings, I feel as if I want to jump along, even just through the thirty seconds teaser. The Japanese record label does not actually give interesting storyline to the music videos by FT Island but beggars can’t be choosers. I will take whatever they are going to give.

I am a happy fan as long as the song and the music video have enough ear and eyes candies.

God, the boys have killer schedules. They are off to perform their Goodbye Stages this week on all music shows and will begin the Summer Tour in Japan for one whole month. In the same time, they will release Let It Go, and of course will go on some promotional work. In August, they will be back with a concert in South Korea—although I am still taking this is as a rumor—and probably an Asian Tour, of which, my pessimistic side still say that Malaysia will definitely be off the list—again.

FT Island, do you think you do not have enough fans in Malaysia?

Anyway, let us all have our fingers cross for the wish to actually happen. I am going to sell my brain to see FT Island live in concert. Yes, I will do that without hesitation. As for now, let us all pray for FT Island—for their health and for their success. It does not matter if they do not win first place in any music shows in South Korea, we all know Japan loves our FT Island. Let them kill the Oricon chart this time, God blesses them.

Comeback Performance One, Flawless.

I HAVE NO WORDS TO SAY EXCEPT TO TYPE IT ALL OUT IN CAPS LOCK TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT OVER THE COMEBACK PERFORMANCE OF THE FLAWLESS FIVE TREASURE ISLAND. I DO NOT CARE IF YOUR BIAS IS BETTER THAN MINE, I DARE TO SAY MY BIAS IS HUNDRED TIMES BETTER THAN YOURS. ALL FIVE MEMBERS SANG, MY LIFE IS PERFECT, GOD. FT ISLAND, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE WORLD SUCH A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A REASON TO LISTEN TO YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC, THANK YOU.

Choi Jonghoon, Lee Hongki, Lee Jaejin, Song Seunghyun and Choi Minhwan; thank you for being such perfections. I do not care if I have to wave my pentastick sadly at home and watch the comeback performances one hour late, or I have to spend three days away from the Internet and miss three of your upcoming comeback performance, I just want to thank you for this wonderful experience you are giving me as a fan.

Hello Hello is such a flawless performance, I could not even find a word to describe it. FNC Music, thank you for making the boys of FT Island perfect. God, thank you for creating such perfect five human beings in this world. FT Island, thank you for the good music and the fan service. I will go and have my vacation in bliss right now.



I AM STILL GOING TO USE CAPS LOCK TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT OVER THIS AMAZING PERFORMANCE. I STILL DO NOT CARE IF ANYONE ELSE IS BASHING OR HATING THEM, FIVE TREASURE ISLAND IS THE BEST. GO TO HELL, HATERS. THEY ARE AMAZING AND US PRIMADONNAS KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE AMAZING FOREVER. YOU GUYS A PERFECT, PERIOD. ENOUGH CAPS LOCK, THANK YOU FOR THE PERFECTION. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE, GOD BLESS MY SOUL.

I am off to my vacation in bliss and calm right now.

Everybody Say Hello, Hello, Hello.

BREATHING AND BEING ALIVE ARE IRRELEVANT, THE AWESOME BOYS OF FT ISLAND ARE BACK WITH HELLO HELLO.

I have died, got back to life, died again and was revived just in time to make this update. My favorite boy band has finally returned with such an amazing comeback song, Hello Hello.

FNC Music, although I am expecting the amazing guitar riffs in this song and music video, I am completely grateful that for once, you managed to give an amazing song to the most amazing boy band I ever encounter in my life. I mean, I love this song to bits. The lyrics and the rhythm—they are no longer just another boy band with mellow ballads. They start to sound darker and more into the rock genre, finally.

Although, I do not mind if they take out the bridge part, the one that goes everybody say because it sounds so much like their junior counterpart. I mean, the whole sound is totally different from their junior counterpart but that particular bridge makes them similar. I love FT Island sound, it is more define and sounds rock better than the junior counterpart but the bridge makes it all similar. The bridge however, could act as a fan service—imagine how the fan chant will be—it will be awesome. The verses are amazing—remind me more of My Chemical Romance, but slightly lighter. The chorus is well made; it got stuck easily and easy to remember.

The music video however, I am still in the process of interpreting it into my own understanding. You are allowed to share your opinions about it though. I am guessing that Hongki died, trying to save the rest of the band. But I am not sure, it sort of feels like a déjà vu or an imagination. Or is it the other way around, the four of FT Island died and the vocalist is outside, watching.

But oh my God, no one has ever look as sexy as Seunghyun in a tight red pants. And there is a goat on the fire truck, Jaejin—who sits there amidst of a fire like a boss. There needs to be more Jonghoon and Minhwan though, I mean—look at Jonghoon’s guns. Since when does he have such great guns, I am drooling over it. I dare to say this Hello Hello era is the best era for the five boys of FT Island. No disastrous hair and even the blonde ones look good. I love the styles they are putting on, a bit more stylish that before. They should keep this look for a very long time, I approve.

I love the cinematography of the music video and the creativity too, congratulation Mr. Director. I love the appearance of all ethnicity in this music video too—I mean, I see Caucasians, Asians, et cetera. If you wondering where they are filming the music video—and if you answer New York, you are wrong—they did it all in South Korea itself. I saw a picture of the filming site on DCGallery. They manage to fool you with the New York Fire Department, Flaxton Street.

I am willing to break my piggy bank to buy RETURN mini-album because the songs are amazing, all of it. There are no mellow ballads, just upbeat, rock songs with a sweet sound tune among the five songs. I am going to break my head to get my hands on the mini-album.

Five Treasure Island And Its Satisfaction.

This is actually a surprise—FT Island has releases the music video for their latest Japanese single, Satisfaction on April 5. I remembered that the teaser was released just a little less than a week ago. Anyway, I am not going to complain about it because I like my satisfaction to be sent in early too.




The slow-motions scenes in the music video of Satisfaction must have been the slowest yet the best slow-motions scenes I have even encounter in my life. These slow-motions scenes give a fan girl the perfect moments to stare at the perfections of these five gorgeous boys. Although I have to unwillingly agree that the music video is a bit dull and slightly too simple, but—God saves me—the boys have never look as awesome as they are in any other music video but this one.

Satisfaction—the song is a better improvement than their last Japanese single, So Today—which has to be my least favorite Japanese single from them since their major debut in 2010. I am sorry but I don’t really have So Today as my daily dose of FT Island. I would skip that song most of the time, sorry. But this has a nice anime feeling to it and considering that it is an ending theme for an anime currently, who would argue about that. I love the amazing beat and the flow of the song from its beginning to its end. One thing I particularly like about Satisfaction that it has fair flow of the voices from amazing vocalist Hongki, Jaejin and my absolute bias Seunghyun. I like his rap parts; it adds some edge and funkiness to this song. It gives somewhat an energetic feel to it.

I do not do Japanese translation because I have ditch my Japanese lesson years ago so I will not complain much about the lyrics. Based on observation though, I hear not much of English words but the word Satisfaction in the rap part. I like that it does not have some random English lyrics here and there (in reference of Flower Rock and my favorite Brand New Days).

As for the appearance and the eye candies of the music video, I would have to say that this has to be the most normal yet absolutely amazing appearances of the boys of FT Island that I have ever see. I like this, simple yet it brings out the awesomeness of each member. Although I am missing the blonde on Seunghyun lately, I could not agree more than his current black makes him looks younger by five years. I love his blue jacket, someone please buy one for me. I also like what leader Jonghoon is wearing, it brings out the leader charisma—of which I do not know why I feel it that way. I approve Hongki and his hair, with no extra rant attach.

Jaejin makes putting on a jacket looks so amazingly sexy in the slow-motion scene. It is not easy to make something easy looks sexy but Jaejin pulls it off. I was staring at the screen of my laptop like crazy over the slow-motion scenes. I already expect Seunghyun to do something no one else will—jumping. But hey, he must be the coolest person to jump and looks good simultaneously in a slow-motion shot. Good job, my favorite guitarist. One thing to rant though is the lack of drummer Minhwan and Jonghoon in this amazing music video. Come on, directors tend to have this flaw from one music video to another. Why can’t you satisfy all us fan girls?

Now that I am complete head over heels for this song, I am considering the option of buying the single. Although with the news that FT Island is going to release a Japanese full album—with their previous hits and new song s include in May—I am also thinking about just buying the full album instead. But if I could stare at the perfect album cover of Satisfaction all day long like an insane fan, why would I take the time to wait anyway? I believe FT Island will have it big with Satisfaction, now that it reflects their awesomeness plus it is featured as the ending theme for anime Toriko. Good publicity never hurts, and they are awesome in their own ways anyway.

This Satisfaction, Sweetheart.

I feel like a freaking proud mother and this ending theme gives me the most satisfying one minute off my plain and dull life, period. This one-minute tune is going to be hummed by me all the time from now on until its release.

Escape All Reality, Sucker Punch.

Call this a new madness or just a plain new hobby of mine but I think I love this thrilling ride of watching movies whenever I need an escape off my reality. I have finally found a slight hole in my busy schedule for me to escape and watch Sucker Punch after much consideration since its premiere week. I thought, if I continue to hesitate to actually just go and watch the movie, I might not be able to watch it at all. I should just drop everything I am holding on to and just get some two hours off my life and just go watch this movie. The deal is that the movie worth every minute I steal from the twenty four hours off my life.


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Sucker Punch is basically an action-fantasy movie—like Alice In Wonderland but minus the insane characters and the bunch of random colors thrown here and there but replaced by girls in sexy outfits and machine guns and all sort of weapons a man could possibly imagine. I am not really good in trying to describe this whole situation, you should just try Wikipedia. I know that usually it would be the males who are practically excited over movies with hot babes and as much guns as they could find in one movie—but I do not know why I am excited for Sucker Punch too. I guess I am weird in all the wrong way—not that I have mutual interest with any of the female casts. I am just a fan of things that are creative and beyond imagination.

Baby Doll—of whom I assume the main protagonist—is send off to an asylum after the death of her mother and the incident that caused the death of her younger sister. In the asylum, she encountered an altered reality just before a lobotomy procedure. Her alternate reality consisted of her as an orphan, sold to a brothel and she is scheduled to be sold to High Rollers in five days. Surely Baby Doll met the dancers of the brothel—Sweet Pea and her sister Rocket, Amber and last but not least Blondie. Although most girl did not actually get along with Baby Doll well, except Rocket, they soon became friends who planned to escape by searching the four things they needed to escape the brothel while Baby Doll mesmerized everyone else with her somewhat passionate dance and entered her third alternate reality—a world where she became a fighter with her fellow friends and fought against all sorts of machinery and creatures.

It basically tells a tale about a girl and her alternate realities, as it has been the only way she could escape the cruel reality that she has to undergo lobotomy and suffers inside an asylum after the death of her family. She met friends who are brave enough to follow her and her escape plan.

Personally I think that the movie is creatively produced. I mean, who would have such imaginations to create a movie like this. The storyline is rather clean and neat although for some who might not think much while watching movie, this could become quite a question. I like how it plays around with our minds, to dig deeper into as much alternate realities a human could posses. I love that it transform a reality into another reality that is sweet and promising that no one would ever want to leave. I don't know what the director thinks when he directs this movie but I like the way the movie flows until the very end. I even like the way it ends, the way it twists our thinking and finally presents us with an ending that is rather almost perfect.

Honestly, I like the character Amber by Jamie Chung and Sweet Pea by Abbie Cornish. It is not that I do not like the character Baby Doll—it is just that I don't like to like the main protagonist that much. I love how Amber has her own sense of insecurity and how Sweet Pea is defined as the toughest and the one who have control over her self. I love the way Sweet Pea made her self strong and brave for her sister, Rocket.


The music featured in this movie is amazing—the song Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) performed by Emily Browning is currently my new favorite original soundtrack song off the movie itself. Who knew such cute actress could sing nicely in such song. Throughout watching the whole movie, I am partially interested in most of the songs featured in the movie. The songs used fitted the mood of the movie just nicely and it created a more intense feelings while watching it.

Overall I do think that Sucker Punch is quite a good movie for a fan of any action-fantasy movie. I mean, where else could you get a movie with hot babes running around carrying machine guns, swords and all sort of weapons and kill creatures and machinery. Even my lecturer agrees that this movie is one way of escaping reality for a moment it self. I dare to say, I am listing this movie as one of my favorite action-fantasy movies. You should spend some time off your reality and go watch this movie too, I bet you will like it as much as I do.

The Malay Chronicles, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa.

found via Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa's Facebook Page
Truth to be told, I went to watch Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (in English translated as The Malay Chronicles: Bloodline) with my dearest best friend last Monday. I know I should not waste my time watching a movie when the fact this week is my mid-term examination week but I can't actually resist the epic movie. I mean, surely the trailer it self already makes me feel half of my heart is already inside the cinema. With a great movie like this, I don't really mind spending RM11 for my ticket.

I personally love this epic movie—regardless that I am not a big fan of epic movies. I mean, I don't really spend my time watching some epic war movies. But Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa might just be an exception because it is such a good movie. It was well-made and well-executed. Of course, as usual there will be minor flaws here and there but this is such a good Malaysian movie—even though eighty percent of the movie uses English as it main language medium. I understand, it is to be easier for foreigners (well, consider that almost half of its casts are foreigners too) to understand.

I look at this as a good way to teach foreigners about our old folklore and tales. I mean, I have heard about this tale of Merong Mahawangsa but only after I watched the movie that I went for some quick research. Yes, I am that crazy sometimes. The casts are amazing, make it that I don't have any complains against the casting of Stephen Rahman-Hughes as Merong Mahawangsa. Such a handsome actor, I must say. My mom only thinks that he is the major reason why she watches the movie.

On another note, such amazing CGI techniques for local people. Not as amazing as Lord of The Ring or whatsoever, but still such a great work for the people of Malaysia to feel proud of. Everything is rather clean and neat, I like it. The music arrangement, magnificent and incredible. I do not mind listening to the music scores over and over again throughout the movie itself. Honestly, I am still listening to its theme song sang by my mother's favorite male singer, Anuar Zain—Sedetik Lebih or the English version titled The Memories Remain—because it is such a great masterpiece.

If you are not a fan of local Malay, I still recommend that you give Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa a chance to amaze you. I mean, my father is still amaze by the movie and he does not watch any Malay movie at all if you ask me. The movie is great and I may let my bias speak on my behalf but it is great. I dare to give it five out of five stars, considering that I do not watch Malay movies at cinemas. I do not waste my money for my own local film industry, yes I am that horrible. But this Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not watch.

Go and watch the movie your self and you will absolutely believe my words. Such a good production from a local production house. This is what I could call a great Malaysian movie—a movie that brings our local filming industry up to a new level.

I will be spending another RM11 for the premiere of Sucker Punch this Thursday, as if I don't have to study for my examinations. And this is not any kind of advertisement for any sides that may gain benefits for the movie. I am solely doing this because I like this movie and my intention does not relate to any production or any kind of beneficial people.

How a Resurrection Really Feels.

Practically, it seems like I am slowly losing my designing skills. With the assignments that are continuously making me wish that I have more than just twenty-four hours in one day—it is actually quite impossible for me to keep on designing, to improve my lack of grandeur in my poor designing skills. I have not use Adobe Photoshop for such a long time. I try to become good friends with GIMP and PhotoScape but either work well with me.

However, I assumed that I still have a little of those skills. I successfully designed a soda can with my own brand as the first assignment for Principle of Advertising class. I did not think that I have done a magnificent job but at least I still have a little longing towards my forgotten desire of becoming a graphic designer in an advertising agency. I can still do this—although not as good as my graphic design's friends—but at least it was presentable.


Who would have thought that having a plentiful collection of FT Island's pictures would aid me through the process of designing the soda can for my assignment. It was actually an idea proposed by my mom after she watched me designing the soda can in my room. Truthfully, I would love to have a soda brand by the name of FT-Fresh and have the whole FT Island—not just Hongki as presented on the soda can—to endorse my soda. Although his appearance on the soda can did raise several question among the classmate who did not know who he is.

I have started to draw and illustrate again lately. I am spending a little more time to become good friend with my dearest sketch book—who now loyally occupies my bag that I bring to college everyday. I am drawing discreetly in the library, like a geek. I like this though. I like it a lot.

Love Is Never Ugly, Not Beastly Either.

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I found my self currently addicted to two things after watching Beastly—the theme song Broken Arrow sang by Pixie Lott and the handsome actor, Alex Pettyfer. It is official, Beastly is making its entrance into the list of my favorite romance movies. Regardless its flaws and its lack of every other thing, I would watch Beastly for five times in the future if I could. End of story, Mr. Pettyfer is the most handsome beast ever to walk on the surface of this Earth. No, I do not want to include any of those beast idols in this list.

It was rather pathetic that I went to watch a romance movie all by my self. I quietly walked into the cinema, following a couple who walked in front of me. Like serious, it was horribly awkward and pathetic in the same time. But hey, at least I am not the only one who went to watch a romantic movie by my self. Hello, there is nothing wrong with going to watch romantic movies by one self. It is actually rather relaxing, because you could watch the movie well without getting into some conversation with the one next to you. Ah, I like this experience and I want to continue this bad habit.

Beastly—the movie is generally cheesy and cliche, yes. It is basically a romantic movie about the modern Beauty and The Beast. One could actually expect how the end will be right from the beginning but it is not really a bad movie to watch. I mean, I enjoyed the chemistry between Pettyfer and his on-screen romance, Vanessa Hudgens—regardless that watching Hudges felt like I am watching some Disney's movies. But, she acted in Beastly quite wonderfully, though she is no where near the Lindy portrayed in the book. But honestly, Pettyfer does not portray the real beast as in the book too. But hey, you do not hear me complaining about it.

Personally, I like the flow of the movie. It is rather quick and simple. This is not the best romance movie you could watch but it is still something that entertains you, if you a hardcore fan of romantic movies like I am. There are scenes that manage to make me want to cry—although I do not favor the idea of crying all by my self alone in the cinema—and yes, it hurts too when I saw Pettyfer dealing with the pain he has to bare after becoming a beast. Although, he does not look that ugly as a beast in this movie.

The ending however, it is like a 360 degrees transformation from the real ending from the book but when you are watching a Hollywood movie based on a book, you should expect that it will not be the same as how the book ends. I have learn my lesson. Disappointed, I have to admit that yes, I am quite disappointed with how the movie ends. I will basically love it better if it could end similarly to the book. It lack the dramatic effects once it reaches in conclusion. Yes, it still brings in the same conclusion to the book but I want the dramatic flow of it. I will not say any more about the ending because obviously I do not want to spoil it for anyone who has not yet watch. Go and buy your own ticket and watch the ending by your self.

I could actually list down a lot of my favorite scenes but the ultimate favorite scene of mine would be the scene where Hunter (portrayed by Pettyfer, the transformed Kyle—which in the book he changed his name from Kyle to Andrian but it became Hunter in the movie for an unknown reason) looked at at Lindy (portrayed by Hudges) from outside the train she was on, when he saw her started to read his letters and suddenly wished that she never read it in the first place. I did not know why I like that scene so much, but I guess I like that Kyle/Hunter was afraid that once Lindy knew his true feelings towards her, she might not love him back—obviously because he thought he was too beastly for Lindy. Hey come on, if a beast actually has the same personalities as Kyle/Hunter, I would love to spend the rest of my life with him too.

It is hard not to like the character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris because I love his cynical jokes throughout the movie. A blind man who goes to regular school and has a sense of sarcasm in most of his words, I like that. I quite admire the appearance of Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra, the witch. I freaking love her sense of style, especially the shoes she wore. I mean, I want to steal all those funky outfits and shoes she wore, like seriously. She should have more appearances so that I could continuously admire her sense of style.

Guess that I am going to watch this movie for the second time probably some time next week—because my younger sister is currently begging me to bring her to watch it. I don't mind the second time though because I still love this movie. I am considering the idea of buying the DVD once it releases to add into my small collection of DVD of my favorite movies. I could give any reasons to continue to watch Pettyfer topless throughout the movie over and over again. Ah, my pervert side is coming out again.

On Days When Movies Matter.

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The modern adaptation of my all-time favorite Beauty and The Beast—Beastly—has been a movie I am dying to watch every since I came across its Wikipedia page while searching for something which I would choose not to reveal. I used to have a huge crush on Alex Pettyfer since he starred in the Stormbreaker in 2006. Honestly, that was five years ago—when I was much too oblivious to actually consider what movies I would watch. At the age of fifteen, even something as lousy as Stormbreaker seemed rather intriguing. I blame my gullible side.

Any way, I am looking for the perfect time to go and watch Beastly. I don't really favor the idea of going to watch a movie all by my self—because other people would simply look at me and label as pathetically alone and an outcast—but I don't think any of my friends would want to spend more than an hour watching some adaptation of Beauty and The Beast with me. I am thinking about Monday—there will not be a long queue for ticket and I could make it back to college for my two o'clock class.

It is rather unfair that I have three movies lining up in my wish list this month—the epic Malaysian movie Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, Beastly and last but not least, Sucker Punch—and two actually have Vannesa Hudgens. I mean, I like her from High School Musical, but this is actually too much. This has been one of those rare times when I am really intrigued by the trailer of the Malaysian epic movie, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa because firstly, it is a KRU Studio production thus I could expect some awesome CGI off the movie and secondly, how could I not like Stephen Rahman who played the main lead? I mean, he is gorgeous. As for Sucker Punch—I am just a sucker for a movie about a bunch of girls in skin tight outfits and armed with freaking dangerous weapons as they kick the assess of everyone who stands in their way. Enough explanation, right.

I am still considering the idea of going to watch Beastly by my self this Monday. I like the idea, but I don't think it is appropriate and I don't think that my money will like this idea too. Face it, I promised my friend to go to her favorite Korean merchandise shop this Thursday and I could expect my self to spend like hell over things I like. I am already facing a critical financial problem. But I really want to watch Pettyfer in Beastly.

Let me be honest—Pettyfer gives me the major reason why I really want to watch Beastly. I mean it, seriously. I would do anything to watch him, regardless the hideous scars and tattoos because boy, you look oh so mighty fine even with those. God, I have to stop this madness towards boys.

Wonbin Says, C'mon Girl.

Oh God, please save me this from sexiness. I mean, there is nothing more sexy than witnessing my first Korean crush—Oh Wonbin—looking all mighty fine with all the hand gestures and lip rubbing, plus one hell of a sexy smirk all in fifteen seconds. Sexiness overload, yes. Wonbin, don't make me want to molest kiss my laptop because you are just too perfect and too sexy for my words to express my feelings right now. Oh Wonbin will release his first Japanese single “C'mon Girl” on March 14th. I am watching this damn short yet super sexy teaser for the thirty seventh times and still squealing like a crazy girl over this perfect sexiness. I will have him singing this tune to me anytime, anywhere for sure. This is distracting me from finishing my assignments, seriously. Thank you God, for creating such perfection in the form of Wonbin for me to drool over.

Good Morning, Gorgeous.

This must have been one of the best first day of January ever in my life. Picture this in your wild imagination—breaking into FT Island's house to find Hongki sleeping without his pants, and shirtless Minhwan sleeping on the same bed with Seunghyun who is also not wearing any pants. Okay, enough with the imagination.

I must be one of the happiest fan girl right now. I am so freaking thankful of the PD of KBS2 TV School Variety, 100 Points Out of 100 Points for doing this to satisfy the curiosity of all fan girls all around the world. Half the casts of the variety show broke into FT Island's house to wake Hongki up for their Membership Training trip. Oh, I am so thankful Seunghyun and Minhwan are still asleep too.

No, there are no chance of seeing leader and bassist together though. They are no where to be found. They must have been somewhere else, or just still sleeping soundly in the comfort of their own locked room of which either Super Junior's Eunhyuk or SHINee's Minho could break in. The cutest part when Seunghyun hid in embarrassment when the three girls greeted him when he was on bed. Seunghyun, you never fail to make me smile all day long.

Seunghyun sleeps without his pants on, the same goes to Hongki. Minhwan on the other hand sleeps without his shirt on, which I find very cute indeed. God, I will do anything to break into FT Island's house right now. To have the members sleeping half naked—oh God, save me from my wild imagination.