just finished watching this series and i gotta say that if it werent for sho being the host, i probably wouldn't have watched. The plot idea itself wasn't bad but it was just really repetitive to watch after the 3rd episode and i really just skipped through most of it to see the advances in the story line between honma and kamiyama. overall, it was okay but the acting by either one of them wasn't so great... maybe if nino played the role of honma it would've been better. XD

so i've been back from japan for almost a week now, and even though the trip was only a week, i miss it soo much already.

this time around, its not that i didnt have fun (cuz believeeeeeeee me it was amazing) it was just a very different trip from last year's. different people, bigger group where everyone had their own little pickiness on certain things -like where to eat, when to eat etc. last year since it was just me, my sister, and halie (where the two of them really didnt care much about anything), i pretty much made it MY trip. also last year, seeing everything for the first time had that wow-factor that hits u in the face. This year, it was that nostalgic feeling like it was great to be back.

it was kind of like a reassurance too for how much i wanted to come back and that desire to see more and experience more. sometimes i worried about whether i just wanted to go there and shop/fangirl as a place to visit and vacation, but this proved to me that i don't only want that, i want to soak in daily life and culture there as well. honestly, standing at tokyo tower looking at that city at night, i just stood there by myself at one point and got teary-eyed thinking about how much i want to be back there in a year ... for good.

*crosses fingers. jet applications are just around the corner and i get sooo nervous just thinking about it... but atleast its that excited nervous and not a scared one.

so i just finished watching the first ep of "The Quiz Show" and Jun on Hanamaru Cafe (for Smile) and it made me think about each of the members' acting skills. Not that this is any suprise but honestly, nino is just amazing! hahahaha so here is my ranking:

1) Nino - whenever i watch him in a drama, i completely forget his "idol" image and forget that he is Arashi's nino. I feel like i'm watching a real actor -and not a singer who acts. especially in door to door where he was just awesome and i wondered how is this guy the same guy who makes me melt with niji?? kyaaaaa!!

2) Ohno - he way he takes on each character to me is amazing. from seeing his acting change in tensei-kunpu to maou and then to uta no onii-san and then seeing him completely spaced out in every single show arashi hosts just boggles my mind. ohno why are u so amazing??

3) Jun - k, its not that i necessarily think that he is a really good actor its more that i can see that he puts everything he has into a role. unlike ohno and nino, when he acts, i still see arashi and i still see jun-"ness" in his characters. he wasnt that great in anything other than HYD, but i gotta admit, he plays the best domyouji EVER and no one can even touch that.

4) Sho - its been a while since he's acted in a drama. like its not necessarily good, but its not bad either as long as he sticks to roles that are close to his real personality. Like he's perfect in the quiz show b/c hes already a great MC and it suits him. but like it would be really hard for me to imagine him in a domyouji-type role, or taking on a nino role.

5) Aiba - i dont really have a comment on this yet b/c i have yet to see aiba in a dorama ><"

june 2, why can't you come quicker? =(

mizushima hiro, you are wayyy too beautiful.
its taking me forever just to get through 1 episode because i keep kyaaaaaa-ing and pausing the video to get a hold of myself LOL

DORAMAS / MOVIES I'VE WATCHED
[x] hana yori dango 1 & 2
[x] hanazakari no kimitachi e + SP
[x] kimi wa petto
[x] yamada tarou monogatori
[x] bambino
[x] proposal daisakusen + SP
[x] honey and clover
[x] 1 litre of tears
[x] sore wa, totsuzen, arashi no you ni
[x] my boss, my hero
[x] nobuta wo produce
[x] nodame cantabile + SP1 & 2
[x] last friends
[x] zettai kareshi + SP
[x] maou
[x] koizora (the movie)
[x] kurasagi (the movie)
[x] galileo + SP
[x] bloody monday
[x] code blue + SP
[x] ryusei no kizuna
[x] akai ito
[x] uta no oniisan
[x] voice
[x] mei-chan no shitsuji
[x] love shuffle
[x] gokusen 2
[x] door to door
[x] myuu no anyo ni papa ageru
[x] kami no shizuku
[x] atashinchi no danshi
[x] the quiz show
[x] mr. brain
[x] majo saiban
[x] ninkyo helper
[x] buzzer beat
[x] karei naru spy
[x] othros no inu

CURRENTLY WATCHING
[ ] tokyo dogs
[ ] guest of room #0
[ ] my girl

WHAT I EVENTUALLY NEED TO WATCH/FINISH
[ ] gokusen 3
[ ] smile
[ ] stand up!!!
[ ] kurosagi
[ ] rookies
[ ] tatta hitotsu no koi

there is a reason u are my husband :) <3

regarding lives::
"In those three hours, no one got hurt, no one thought about unpleasant things; it was just filled with a super happy mood all around."

regarding arashi::
"It kind of feels like the bonds between us have strengthened as time kept on passing. Though I've always been aware that only these five people alone can be Arashi, on the other hand I've also started to become aware that we can't accomplish anything on our own either, that perhaps Arashi is the solidification of the thoughts and feelings of many different people"
[credit say_it_again]

and like honestly now, none of my other husbands can even compare to how good you look in a blazer *drool

so i somehow stumbled upon this post and i just laughed because it is soooo true.

hahah so when we were in japan, we were debating whether we should try to fit ourselves into a certain train cabin on the JR line during the morning rush... and so we decided to just push the limit and squish the 3 of us in. HOWEVER, after we thought we were already squished in, still more and more passengers got on and all three of us were like whaaaaaaaat? (O_o)

oh japan, how i miss u so.

darling, you are two years younger than me, and even though i usually hate younger kids,
i would marry you in a heartbeat ahhh!! i cant wait for bloody monday to finally get subbed!! >=T

kyaaa! congrats to RnK for having such amazing ratings for ur first episode (although i'm not that suprised since i thoroughly enjoyed it). 21.5% for a friday night is pretty good and i think it even beat the ratings for hana yori dango when that first came out.

nino hasn't been in a drama for a while so it was nice and refreshing XD and ofcourse he was ultra cute. *hiccups* (u'll get it if u watched the first ep). and ryo's taisuke character is such a nice contrast from seeing him as sousuke in last friends. he's so much more baka and it's cute!!

best moments:
> post-its
> hayashi rice
> peeping nino

and on another note, arashi, all your hairs are starting to get long. cut them soon please? :(