Rurouni Kenshin the Movie...

To those not familiar with Samurai X / Rurouni Kenshin, 

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Rōmantan^?),^[1] also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated byNobuhiro Watsuki. The fictional setting takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. The story is about a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin, from theBakumatsu who becomes a wanderer to protect the people of Japan. Watsuki wrote this series upon his desire of making a shōnen manga different from the other ones that were published in that time, with Kenshin being a former assassin and the story taking a more serious tone as it continued. Wiki. 

Nuff said... so guys, If you have not done so... GO watch the movie. Awesomeness I kid you not... !!! 

When I first watched the anime years back, I swooned over this goofy samurai. 

Now when I think of Samurai X, I'll think of this guy. (Played by Sato Takeru... last I saw him was in Mr Brain and Q10.. Jdorama. )


Move over Edward and Jacob... 
Give me Battousai over The Wolf and the Vampire.. anytime  !!! Anywhere. 

and here's the official trailer... 

In SG, it's only showing at FilmGarde Bugis as well as FilmGarde Kallang. It's not cheap tho. One weekend ticket cost us $11 each. (but it's worth it ! )

Here's the link if you wanna watch the anime. http://www.animeseason.com/rurouni-kenshin/  
(and If you happened to go there, try watch Nodame Cantabile as well)

or read the manga here http://www.mangahere.com/manga/rurouni_kenshin/

PS 
Remember the Diya colouring contest?
We got 3rd. You girls did a fantastic job. Well done girls... !! 

What's the prize?? $10 NTUC voucher each .. kekeekek not even enough to cover the poster colour and paintbrush cost. Jadi la kan.... Rezeki. 

pss...
I'm going to dream of Battousai tonight. 

psss...
I realise I have so many draft entries...

Wing's Live in Singapore 2011 (Way Overdue)

This was last year's event after Hari Raya.

Way overdue.. I pretty much forgotten much of the details cept that it's a great concert. Right from opening act to main act. Sound system is great as well.

As per norm, we took our own "sweet" time ..

Opening act by Kristal

Wings in action

Here's Wings singing Taman Rashida Utama



Sejati



Musaffir di Aidilfitri



After that we went to Lau Pa Sat for Satay and we saw the whole Wings and Kristal gang there makan satay :-)

Search XPDC Live in Singapore

Search XPDC Live in Singapore


Where  : Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date : 28th Jan 2012 (Saturday)
Time : 8pm to 11pm
Organiser : D'Touchz 

Who are they? 
Search is a rock band in Malaysia. It was founded in 1981 by Yazit (drums), Hillary Ang (guitar), Nasir (bass guitar), Zainal (guitar) and Amy (vocals). The group went through many line-up changes in its career, but the songs and music remained strong and unique among Malaysian and Singaporean fans. (Click the link for more. Thanks Wiki)


XPDC is another Malay heavy rock band featured. The only song I know is CINTA and I hate that song. Babe who wasn't exposed much to Malay songs, don't even know who they are.


I went from work. The plan was to meet babe there.
Now that the circle line to Stadium is in operation, the journey from Tai Seng to Indoor stadium took me less than 30mins and there is no need for me to change train. How convenient! 


Anyway we had Burger King for dinner. Babe bought it from BK Leisure Dome. Babe met Shaz there. Shaz called me asking where we were seated. They bought standing tickets .


We took our own sweet time to enter as we were not interested in listening to opening act. 
So we stood outside people watch.


(It's interesting as we get to watch former Minah rock and Mat rock who are all now makcik and pakcik. Some even brought their anak2 along. 


Some of the former rockers still pakai baju2 rocker dorang so the end result quite hillarious actually tengok pakcik pakai seluar ketat accompanied by the usual rockers accessories.)


We met Sharon and Yusran. Like us they also want to avoid opening act. They went in before us.


After bout 45mins waiting outside the venue we went in and Horror Horror.. Amy was up there belting out. Okie great we missed out a few mins of the songs but It's ok, I don't recognise the song anyway.


Seriously. For an old man, Amy is STILL good looking. Still stylo as usual and still energetic. The rest of the gang doesn't age as well as him. 


Here's some pics.. which was taken by my trusty DMC-TZ7. Thanks goodness for 17x Zoom.

They performed the following songs, The list below are not in order. The only correct order are the last 2.


- Fenomena
- Isabella
- Pelesit Kota
- Cakap memang murah
- Isi atau kulit
- Pawana
- Fantasia bulan Madu
- Gadis Ku  (encore)
I did not list out 2 or 3 songs as I don't find it familiar. 


Here's Search performing Fantasia bulan Madu. 

After performing the last song Gadis Ku for encore, Amy said the usual thanks etc etc and invite us to wait for the next performer which is XPDC. 


Wow !! 


That's news! Shouldn't XPDC be performing first? They are the lesser popular band right? 


We saw alot of ppl making their way to the exit. We decided to stay cos we were still hopeful that Search will perform again cos we don't think that program line up so screw up. Takkan organiser tak tahu orang just nak negok Search kan. Tak takut ke organiser kalau orang sumer balik lepas Search nyanyi? 


So we sat... listening to bad soundsystem and sometimes out of tune 2nd vocalist. (2 vocalist for XPDC. The first vocalist has a nice voice) 


First singer. I don't know his name. He has a nice rough rocker voice. 

And we sat


And we waited.. 


And babe was asking me. "Seriously who the f* are these ppl" hehehe 


And we were restless..


And we cannot stand the XPDC vocalist who kept flicking his hair. 


And we went to the toilet


And we came back from the toilet


And they were still singing ... 


sampai kul 11:50 pm gitu tau. Almost 2hrs. Panas bontot aku. 


Then.. ada last segment plak.. Last segment dorang nyanyi acoustic, which was quite ok


Then... "ok bye everyone" 


Aish tu jer? 


Amy tak keluar lagi ke? Kalau tahu.. siang2 aku da balik. 


Anyway, this concert betul tak best pasal : 


1) Program line up. Search as opening act and XPDC as main act? 


2) Song's line up. One thing bout 'Search' is that, they have lesser popular songs that made it to the mainstream. Babe don't recognise most of the songs. I'm dissapointed that they did not perform Kejora and Rozana :-( which in my opinion are much more nicer that the other 2 or 3 songs that I don't recognise. 


3) Comparing Wings concert to Search concert, Wings' concert was way much better. Awie performed most of their popular songs (but that's because they have more nicer songs) and I more goose pimples moments when they were playing some of the songs. Search on the other hand sounded normal but this may also be due to the bad sound system. To say sound system is bad is an understatement ! To hold a concert in indoor stadium is a bad idea. Yes I know that place can accommodate big crowd... but the sound really sucks. 


4) At myself. Stupid me... did not backup my SD card. 6G in used and i cannot take more video. Uwaaaa 


The moment dorang cakap selamat malam.. kita apa lagi terus rush to MRT station. Hoping we do not missed the last train back. 


Kalau aku tahu Search tak perform lagi, siang2 aku dah balik. tak payah la aku rush rush. Ishh.


Tak lah sampai rumah kul 1pagi kan? 


PS : Just notice that i did not blog about Wings concert.. Hmm.. 


Dear D'Touchz, 
I heard Ella & Awie performing in March? Can you please do it at Suntec or Esplanade please?


Regards
Liza K.

Pearl Jam 20 is awesome

Don't miss it !!!

The killers vs Muse

I'm thinking of surprising hubby...

with The Killers tickets.


but it's sold out.. Blame myself.. concert on 24th January.. and I only logged in to get it today...

He's been raving bout The Killers... i have no idea what's so good bout them..
To tell u the truth... i've never heard of em till now heheheh


but at least this time, we manage to get Muse tickets...

I'm pretty exited bout this.

The last time Muse was here, we missed buying the tickets as well.. They had another show in KL, yup, we are willing to travel up to KL, but it's sold out as well.

Muse live concert is voted one of the top 10 live action you must watch. Best live band in the world etc etc..

Let's see if all that is just a hype..

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto ... Li Yundi

Gala: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Extravaganza Li Yundi: ''No. 1'' (SSO)
Date : 24th July 09
Time : 7:30pm

Lan Shui, conductor
Li Yundi, piano





We've been discussing this for weeks. How can i forget to buy? Right now, i'm blaming hubby for always tasking me to buy tickets.

He keep asking, " have you bought the tickets ? " at the wrong time... example.. when we were on our home from work.. which is late night by the way and by time we reach home.. i just want to crawl in bed.
Who can remember then? grrrr

or another time he asked me that where we were shopping for groceries... err hello... do i have a pc infront of me now?

Those times when i do remember and infront of pc, i couldn't do it... cos it's working hours.. and by lunch time, i forgotten all about it..

We've been busy.. We forgot...

I'm on OFF today and i remember ...

and i'm upset..



I really am looking forward.. If i only have time to watch 1 performance, this is the only show i want. I want to witness is Li Yundi as great as those critics say.. or maybe i should take MC or leave and watch the rehearsal at 9am on same day hehehe.

psst : babe... you keen on Postcards From Spain (SSO) or not ?

Amagasa by Tokio - Lyrics

Okay okay... i'm hooked.
here's the lyrics (copied from http://michannosekai.livejournal.com/)

雨傘　(TOKIO)
lyric and music: Shiina Ringo
arrangement: Tokyo Jihen


待って
matte
鼻を利かせなよ
hana wo kikasenayo
今宵は雨だろう
koyoi wa ame darou
傘くらい　携えて行け
kasa kurai tazusaete yuke
恐いことは　流されること
kowai koto wa nagasareru koto
五官が有るだろう
gokan ga aru darou
なにより　頼れば良いのに
nani yori tayoreba ii noni
お前の瞳が
omae no me ga
暗く翳っている
kuraku kagetteiru
瞬間は　何時も
toki wa itsumo
気圧の所為にして
kiatsu no sei ni shite
忘れているんだ
wasureteirunda

思い起こせ　生命
omoi okose inochi
自分の道具を
jibun no dougu wo
待て余す位なら
mate amasu kurai nara
濡れて帰れよ
nurete kaereyo

ご覧よ　ほら
goranyo hora
耳を澄ましなよ
mimi wo sumashinayo
雨音は何処に
amaoto wa doko ni
ぶつかり　派手になるのか
butsukari hate ni naru no ka
酷い騒音に　言葉失えど
hidoi noizu ni kotoba ushinaedo
五感を涸らすな
gokan wo karasuna
其れだけ頼れば良いから
soredake tayoreba ii kara
お前の瞳が
omae no me ga
濡れて　火照っている
nurete hotetteiru
瞬間は　何時も
toki wa itsumo
文明の所為にして
bunmei no sei ni shite
怠けているんだ
namaketeirunda

使い果てさ　生命
tsukai hatesa inochi
自分の　脳味噌
jibun no noumiso
飼い殺す位なら
kai korosu kurai nara
たち尽くしている
tachi tsukushiteiru

思い出せぬ程の
omoidasenu hodo no
深い痛手と
fukai itate to
使い切れぬ程の
tsukai kirenu hodo no
高い理想　抱え
takai risou kakae
びじょ濡れになったら
bijyou nure ni nattara
迎えに行くよ
mukae ni ikuyo
ただ自分の現在地*
tada jibun no genzaichi*
見誤るな
miayamaru na

Amagasa by TOKIO

One of my fav song by Tokio

This song is from the drama Yasuko to Kenji

Raychel Ray Magazine

I bought a copy back From NY and love it...

Anyone knows where can i find Rachel Ray's Mag here.
I've tried searching Borders, Holland V ... etc

American idol winner

SO expected but i'm so upset with the results
David Cook (right picture) won.

i didn't watch the whole season only the last espisode (final) rerun yesterday but i'm now Archuleta fan

David Cook perfomed

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - By U2
"Dream Big"- Written by Emily Shackleton (who the fish is Emily)
"The World I Know" - Collective soul

Yes he is talented and can sing and can rule the crowd. His own choice of song is bad but my first impression of David Cook is "OVERCONFIDENT" and arrogant.

I so very much want David Archuleta (left) to win.

David Archulata perfomed

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - by Elton John
"In This Moment" - Written by Ryan Gillmor
"Imagine" - by John Lennon

He perform flawlessly for all 3 songs. I love his rendition of Elton John "Don't let the sun goes down on me "



But it's OK Archuleta... you are still young. You got so much potential... and the last i heard, runner up did so much better than winner :-)

Zeitai Kareshi

New Jap dorama..
see if you find the robot nice or the rice guy nicer?? :D

Petronas commercial

I love Petronas commercial. My husband got me hooked on it.
All the commercial tells life and family values

Some funny...



this commercial took me a while to understand the humour



some sad




Go you tube and watch it...

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Hahahahha this is equally hilarious cameo appearance by A listers.
Personally Sarah's song more catchy. hhhahaah

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Ok guys here's the video. JL you are right... it' is hilarious!!
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