I'm about to go home now. :)
I have been arriving late at home for a couple of days already. And now, I'm doing this post at office. Yes, 11:20pm and still at the office. Well, it's a normal thing here in our company - and in Market Research in general.

Anyways, I'm just waiting some data to be sent to client today. Then, I'll leave the office already.

Wish me a safe trip! Ciao~

Poseur post before the day ends! :)

It's a failing goals day. LOL Remember I posted up my goals/rules for 2010 and for Day 5 of January, I have failed to do some already. Heehee

1. Arrived at office 9:48am, which means I'm late. Well, I CHOSE to be late. I accompanied "Best" to school for her 9am meeting and her school was quite far away/out of way from the office. But no regrets. ♥ Actually, my goals have allowances too! I will try my best to avoid being late but the maximum days I can be late is only 2 days -- which may account to other important and uncalled reasons. Fair enough.

2. Save! Yeah, I'm a sucker for saving money nowadays. And I failed today. Because I ate dinner at a fastfood restaurant. It was kinda late already since I accompanied my friend to a bookstore (yet again xD) and we/I decided to eat dinner already. Well, still a valid excuse ... but still I wasn't able to save. Hahaha!

3. Haven't started studying Nihongo for the week yet. And I needed 10 hours of study time (according to my goals). Gahhh hopefully I can still make up for it during the remaining weekdays plus the free time during weekends. I might hook up some e-books/audio files with regards to Nihongo on my PSP.

There you go. I don't know if I'm being too strict to myself - but its kinda fun and motivating. And luckily, I still didn't miss a single day writing on my LJ. Cool ne?

... first day of work too! I slept at 1:30am, woke up at 5am. And left home at around 6:20am. I wanted to leave the house early since it will be pretty hard to commute since the holidays are over already and for sure people are all coming over the metro in full blast. X_X

And I was right. The bus and FX were full. Luckily I was able to hop on one bus thought I was standing. Bad thing was I chose to ride the bus all the way to the place near the office instead of the train. But the roads were traffic and we moved really slow. I thought I was going to be late. Luckily, I wasn't.

Also, I was able to move to a new place in the office. A bit smaller than my previous place but with this new place I will have more interactions with my teammates and other officemates -- which I think will make my office days more exciting. :)

Lastly, ending the day, I was kinda off with my mother due to some "dinner" reasons. LOL A bit shallow but yeah, I'm over it already. Maybe because I have this headache and big hunger a while ago.

Anyways, I was successful to lessen my expenses today. Further, I was able to resist eating food/quasi-dinner so that means more savings. Heehee Hopefully I can maintain it. XDD

PS: Muffler is really good. I like it more than GLORIA. To download the file, go to yuistalker. Enjoy listening~

Sadly. I think my holiday was not that productive enough for me. Though, I did some productive stuffs -- I still think I wasn't able to fully maximize my 11 days vacation. Sad. Tsk tsk

Anyways, here are the list of things I have done and I wasn't able to do, just to make a recap:

Things I have done:

- Wash all my bags and shoes. They were utterly dirty already due to excessive use without even washing. It was a nice achievement for me. Ehehe
- Arrange my disorganized college stuffs. These were handouts/exercises/exams and other stuffs in my Statistics class during my college days. It was REALLY disorganized (I was ashamed for one moment LOL) but I was able to sort it by subject though I haven't really organized the pages in order yet. xD Need to sort these since I'm planning to do some sort of review on these subjects
- Arrange my computer files ... halfway. Ahaha! I was only able to sort the stuffs in my two HD. Not yet finished doing the third one. This will take time. XDD
- Organize/Format YUI News. It's kinda neat and updated already. But I wasn't able to "organize" yuistalker yet. I still need to find a suitable theme/layout. Anyone care to suggest?
- Able to finish some pending works. xD

Things I wasn't able do:

- Watch any movies or dramas. It sucks. I was downloading so many movies and I haven't even watch a single one. :| Well, there's weekend so I can still watch, I guess.
- Organize my PSP. I was planning to install some stuffs and update the music. But I became lazy and lazy, so whenever I was planning to search the stuffs -- it was pushed back and back until I won't do it anymore. Ahaha
- New layout for my room. I was planning to have a new look for my room since its new year. But lazy bug has bitten me again and all I did was organize the stuffs inside my room but still the same layout. I might do it next weekend. :>
- Start reading a book. I guess I can start tomorrow while going to work.
- Start learning something new -- more on Nihongo, an instrument or other interesting stuffs. I was thinking of doing this since I though I had lots of vacation time. But some of my vacation time was eaten up by laziness and rest (and eating), so yeah I wasn't able to do it. XD

Well, at least I was still able to do something ne? But I think what is important during vacation is that you were able to rest and enjoy. And I think I was able to do that. So, I can still call this a meaningful vacation ne?

Work again tomorrow! Office here I come. BTW, I will transfer to a different location in the office. New year, new place. I hope it will bring good luck to my career and work as well.

Ciao, everyone~
(But, I won't be sleeping yet. Will be watching something by 1am. It's a habit. xD)

I was planning to do a Okada picspam from the recent Johnny's Countdown 2009. But the file I downloaded (the 961MB in size) creates "crappy and pixelated" screencaps. Too bad. Maybe the picspam can wait after my HD version download finishes -- which is around a week or so! Ahaha! I might not remember doing one or my post is out-to-date already! xD Anyways, let's see.

But, maybe one screencap of dear Okada will do!



Johnny's Countdown highlights for me:

- It's amazing to see Arashi full of energy after their Kouhaku performance and travel. And they performed amazingly too!
- Tsuyoshi looks like an Indian/Bombay. xD
- Ok I might get flamed but all KAT-TUN acts that night was fail for me. :P Sorry for the hate. xDD I think I'll never learn to love them. Though, I like some of their songs. XD
- Kanjani8 is win! Though they failed in the One Love rendition but since they are Kanjani8 -- it's okay! I don't like Ryo's hair but his smirk is enough! xD
- I didn't care much with NEWS. XD Except for Ryo's seperate performance in some other dome.
- I hate Tackey. Why have a seperate empty theater for your performance? Good thing Tsubasa's there! He has been missed!
- TOKIO is fine. That's all. Taichi is naughty as usual.
- NYC Boys and Hey!Say!JUMP are okay too. But haven't listened/not updated to them. Heard/read that NYC Boys are getting permanent. Tsk tsk
- And lastly, V6 was the best *bias*. But, pretty please -- burn those pink suits. It's... annoying. LOL They had lots of Okada close-ups which made me happy! ♥
EDIT: And how can I forgot the unison backflip of the guys~ ♥

Other Highlights:
- I really like the red costumes of Arashi and blue/purple costumes of V6. But, the winning costume that night was... Kanjani8's Ninja Costumes!
- NEWS dancing in the tune of Ai Nanda. Senpai loving!
- T&T sang Venus! Ignore the flying Tackey! Venus with Tsubasa is the best!
- Bussan and Bambi interacts again!
- Arashi's Riida and Inocchi bugging Tsuyo is fun!
- Ikuta Toma and Uchi Hiroki as back-up dancers in Kinki Kids' version of Darling. :3
- Sukiyanen Osaka of Arashi is EPIC WIN.
- Kanjani8's version of One Love is FAIL but since they are Kanjani8 its okay! ^^
- And lastly, Okada being so handsome and cool at any angle at any moment is a definite highlight of the program! He had lots of close-ups! :3 Okay, I'm bias. xD

Too bad, No GUILTY or Spirit during the performance, which is pretty weird. >_> OR even just seperate performances from 20th Century and Coming Century. Tsk tsk. Nothing really beats the JE Countdown last 2007.

Lastly, since it's JE Countdown already...

HAPPY 2ND V6 AND OKADA JUNICHI ANNIVERSARY TO ME!

Yes, the JE Countdown started the V6 and Okada Junichi fandom I have today. Thank you guys for being such happy, dorky but inspiring people. Sempai and Member loving! ♥ I may have been in hiatus in the fandom but I'm currently catching up! I need some dose of dorkiness. :P

Have you guys watched it? What did you think about it?

PS: Obama (my pet cat) did not ate anything today. I'm getting worried. She's only drinking water. I wonder why? Also, lately she's been cuddling to me. Maybe she's sick?

Anyone care to create/give/make me one? :D

If you would like some baseline points (?) or something like that to serve as your basis for doing my banner, I would be glad to have a discussion of it under the comments section of this post.

Please do me one. ^^

First Day of 2010. It's amazing that it has been a decade already since 2000. I feel so old. *_* I still remember high school back in 2000 (and we just had our reunion about a week ago -- well sort of a reunion/get-together) and now it's been a decade ago already. Time really pass fast!

Anyways, since its 2010 already, I can already use my nifty planner! Ahaha I didn't had a planner last year (dunno why) and I hope that this planner of mine will give my year a better direction -- which is to saving money. LOL

I've listed some of my goals/rules (short/long-term) this 2010, though this is still partial and might have additional ones as time goes by:

- Self-study Nihongo at least 10 hours every week. Hopefully, I can pursue this. But, well, while on a 1.5 hour travel to work I can hook up some earphones to listen to some Japanese audio book ne? That counts too!

- Do at least one of the following every week: (1) Design a room or home -- need to go back on my Architecture interest roots, (2) Write a short note or story in full Nihongo -- I wonder if I can do this? (3) Study YUI 101 -- I need to since I am planning something this 2010 for my YUI fandom. (4) Review Stat Subjects -- my statistics skills is getting really really rusty and the only way to sharpen it again is to review it!

- Save! Save! Save! -- this is my primary resolution/goal as well!

- Reduce or avoid being late in the office -- during the last half of 2009, I think I have been late too much. Good thing that our company doesn't issue memos on consecutive late-comers. But, I want to change this!

- Finish reading a book at least 1 each month -- I doubt if I can do this. But, lemme try! I have lots of Murakami books left to read. This includes re-reading too since I might re-read Dance Dance Dance. :3

- Try to write an LJ entry everyday -- in the hope of making this more personal and active, I think I should try to write more here.

- Re-arrange room once a month -- I don't want my room to be too stagnant. Dynamic it is! Ahaha! Well, I think last year I did this. :3

- Write instantaneous/impulse things I want to buy and strike off when bought already -- this is a good way (well for me) to remember things I would like to buy. Ehehe

There. Hope I will be able to make/do these things. With my planner and my partial goals set, I'm prepared to face the challenges and happy moments of 2010.

Hope you are prepared as well too! ♥

PS: I'll start tagging my post as well. I might tag all my previous post too. I think its important to tag ne?

It's New Year already in Japan! And less than an hour here in the Philippines.

In advance,



Let's all wish and have a merry and great 2010. I'm hoping for the best. Hope you are too!

*goes out of the house*

I wonder what will happen in Johnny's Countdown this year? :3

A few more hours till New Year's. Time flies like a rocket! I'm still unsure what I'll be doing tonight. New years always put me in such a retrospective mood.. *sigh* Maybe I'll just stay at home ~_~

Movie wise, 2009 ends with a bang! Here are my top 5 movies seen this month..
1. Sherlock Holmes

ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! I've always been a fan of Holmesy and mysteries (and action and Fight Club and comedy) and this movie had them all. I must admit that I wasn't sure of Robert Downey Jr's casting as the famous detective and never imagined Watson as someone as suave as Jude Law but they both turned out to be sooooooo awesome. I want to see moar! Brilliant.. and then there's Rachel McAdams. Which is why for me this movie beats...

2. Avatar
..which I thought was going to suck, but didn't. Quite the opposite.. and it's not Avatar the Last Airbender. Lol. I'm so glad they didn't reveal much in the trailers. I was really amazed at how the beautiful the movie was.. and the story, although we've seen many times before, was done with a lot of heart. Stunning!

3. Ichiban Kirei na Mizu

Rosa Kato <3! *is biased* This definitely my favourite Rosa Kato role ever. She plays a girl who has some kind of "Sleeping Beauty" sickness. I've always thought happy characters suit her better than the emo ones (which she seemed to get a lot of early in her career) and she's so overly happy, and adorable and pretty is this one^^. The story is just okay. It's very simple but sweet. Oh yea the kid who plays her younger sister is the same girl who was in Dark Water. Another "mizu" movie xD She's grown up.

4. Zenzen Daijoubu (Fine, Totally Fine)

I don't know how to explain this movie in words. A quirky and sometimes weird slice of life comedy that has tons of dry humour? It's been compared to Taste of Tea a lot so if you liked that style of movie and pacing you're going to enjoy this one. For me I liked it a lot and found it very funny, with a few good lesson too. Akari is very pretty but must be the clumsiest character ever. She couldn't do anything right and broke a finger while pushing an elevator button among other things xD

5. Sex is Comedy
Another simple film involving a movie director who's having problems completing the movie, caused by many things including the weather, the whiny main actor, her own perfectionism and most of all how to film an intimate sex scene between two actors who don't like each other off screen. I loved the dialogue.

( Just a little bit more.. )

Okay I'll stop now. HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

It's about time. In less than 9 hours, 2009 will end and the year 2010 will start. 2009 has been a rough year, especially here in the Philippines, but definitely quite memorable. I would like to highlight some of the memorable 2009 events/happenings (not in chronological order or in any order):

- Held the biggest and most attended YUI Lovers PH Meet-up last March. First meeting with spice_soda -- I just needed to mention this. :3

- Three close teammates/officemates resigns from office. :( But life and work still continues for me with the same company.

- Celebrated two years of blogging in LJ. Can't wait to turn three.

- Celebrated two years of YUI Stalking. I miss my fellow YUI-Lovers in PH.

- Celebrated first year in work. Expects to celebrate the second year on May. :)

- Celebrated first year of yuistalker. Still remains as the only LJ community dedicated solely for YUI.

- yuistalker expands with YUI News.

- Traveled into local places much this year -- went to Marinduque and Cebu!

- YUI returns back in the scene after her hiatus with again last June.

- yupeh went to the limelight after exposing a Filipino artist giving a song he initially claimed he composed to a couple for their wedding and eventually, retracted and said that he was asked to do a version of the song. Quite crazy but it was fun. I think I had lots of traffic back then. MY blog was even on TV! :3

- One of my Arashian friends (Niko aka Saigo) bids goodbye to us Filipino friends as he migrates to the United States.

- Too many deaths this year -- Michael Jackson, Cory Aquino, Francis M., my beloved Mami and my tito. They all passed away this year. :((

- Fandoms was high and low this year. Two new fandoms -- Kana Nishino and Namie Amuro. ♥ I was pretty low in fanboying with V6 but I am coming back this year. I miss those dorky guys. :3

- Got myself a credit card and had been using it for over 5 months already (I think). Though, I don't know if it has been helpful to me. XDDD

- YUI cuts her hair short for the first time (?) for "It's all too much/Never say die" Single release.

- Manila was extremely flooded due to typhoon Ondoy. I was supposed to go back to Manila by then and we got stuck in the airport for a day. Devastation indeed. But, me and my family were safe.

- Work has been high and low too. Since my other teammate left the office already, I had more responsibility more than ever now. I think it's for my betterment as well. I think of it as a challenge. And I'm ready to face more "office challenges" by 2010.

- Had my first ever girlfriend. I am too happy to explain in words. I'm so much in love. ♥

There you go. I hope I didn't miss anything. Maybe I'll edit this post once in a while today if I remember something important that I forgot to wrote in this blurb. Anyways,

ADVANCE HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

2009 was really something and I hope that 2010 is as memorable too! ♥
Hopefully, 2010 still have love in the air. ♥

... I need to do more prolific and productive things! I've done a little of this and that but not that much. >___>

I haven't even watched the movies I downloaded a long time ago! Laziness and being online like almost every hour are the reasons. X_X

And with more or less than 3 days to go before 2010 arrives, I'm thinking of my New Year's Resolution. But definitely, the biggest resolution I need is to...

*insert drum rolls*

TO SAVE.. BIGTIME!

Seriously, I need to save! Save, not just like when I'm still a student. Save a lot because I'm already working. Any tips to make this resolution happen in 2010?

BTW, what are your New Year's Resolution/s?

ADVANCE HAPPY 2010, Everyone~

*lazy*