Are you excited about weekend?

I am always excited about weekend as it means a time to relax and sleep in! Weekends are certainly the best days of the week when I am buried in school related stuff.

Seems like BoA is excited about weekends as well as her new Japanese single is named WOO WEEKEND! The PV teaser for WOO WEEKEND is finally released and it does sounds very cheerful and cute! WOO WEEKEND is also a song for 25th Anniversary of Disney on Ice in Japan.

Check out the WOO WEEKEND PV teaser below!



Covers and track list for WOO WEEKEND are already released. Personally speaking, I like the cover for CD + DVD better. She looks cute in it!

WOO WEEKEND CD Only Cover

【CD】
1. WOO WEEKEND
2. NO DANCE, NO LIFE
3. WOO WEEKEND INST
4. NO DANCE, NO LIFE INST

WOO WEEKEND CD + DVD Cover

【CD】

1. WOO WEEKEND
2. NO DANCE, NO LIFE
3. WOO WEEKEND INST
4. NO DANCE, NO LIFE INST

【DVD】

1. WOO WEEKEND music video
2. making ※初回盤限定コンテンツ

There isn't any previews for the B-Side, NO DANCE, NO LIFE so far. I am rather curious how the song would be like, considering that it has such an awesome title, it better be good!

WOO WEEKEND will be released on July 21st, 2010. BoA will be facing tough competition since July is the month which famous singers like Koda Kumi, Ayumi Hamasaki and Namie Amuro are releasing their stuff as well. Hopefully with the Disney family behind BoA's back, her single, WOO WEEKEND will sell will in Japan!

Gals Day: Popteen Natural Look

I had actually wanted to hold Gals Day with Samantha during the long vacation I had during the March to April period. However, I had finalized the idea way too late so with those annoying restrictions at home, I didn't have enough time to finish Operation Clean Up (OCU). Alas, I had no choice but to push back Gals Day to the short two week break during June. Samantha was rather understanding when I told her.

It's June now and unfortunately, HRA is going to be at home most of the time during my two week break so I'll just have to make do with performing OCU on the area where we will get started with Gals Day. It's mostly makeover and girlish stuff like that.

Hopefully I will be able to finish the stuff I want to do!

Anyway, here's the look I am thinking of doing.



It's cute isn't it? Hopefully I will look as cute when I am done! （人´∀`*）☆彡

P.S I am currently considering of getting a curly/wavy hair wig!

BoA Shanghai Expo Performance + BoA's USA Songs

As some of you know, BoA has performed at Shanghai Expo on May 30th 2010, along with Super Junior, Kang Ta, and f(x) to represent South Korea during the Korean Music Festival.

I was actually kind of hoping that BoA would be performing at least one new Korean song since her Korea comeback is rumored to be on 25th August 2010, which happens to be the 10th anniversary of her career since her debut in Korea, 10 years ago. It's amazing how time flies and how much BoA has achieved, considering that BoA is only 23 years old. o(^^o)(o^^)o Anyway, BoA didn't perform a new Korean song but performed three English songs, Eat You Up, Energetic and Look Who's Talking, from BoA's self entitled USA debut album. Both Eat You Up and Energetic are singles from her USA album. To me, it's a little weird that she performed English songs in a Korean Music Festival, but oh well, since she had already done it before when she was back in Korea... ｢(ﾟﾍﾟ)...I aren't complaining anyway, since at least I can understand what she is singing!

Alright! Enough talking. Let's watch her performance in Shanghai Expo! All these videos are not taken by me! As they are fancams, the quality is not great but these are relatively stable and clear as compared to some other fancams. I hope that they will broadcast her performance on TV so that HD video uploads can be guaranteed!

For the sake of easy comparison of BoA's performance at Shanghai Expo, I had embedded the videos of her performance along with the official MV if there's one for enjoyment. Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

BoA's Eat You Up at Shanghai Expo
This is one of the clearer versions but the front part got cut off though. Sorry!


BoA - Eat You Up Official MV


Next up is Energetic by BoA!

BoA's Energetic performance at Shanghai Expo


BoA - Energetic Official MV
I am interested to learn how to dance this dance but I don't have a foundation in dancing. I should really stop thinking about how to run before I know how to walk.


Lastly, it's Look Who's Talking by BoA. She didn't released a single for this so there's no MV. She has performed this song for couple times so who knows, this might be the next single. Then again, the promotional team better do something big for what's the point of releasing album and singles if you don't promote it well?! People wouldn't even buy it or listen to it if they don't even know it exist! Anyway, since there isn't a MV for it, I had found a video showing BoA rehearsing the dance for Look Who's Talking. It's pretty cool too.

BoA's Look Who's Talking performance at Shanghai Expo


BoA's Look Who's Talking Raw Rehearsal for Extra


That's it for BoA's performance at Shanghai Expo!

However, that's not all. I am not sure why but her 2nd single, I Did It For Love feat. Sean Garrett, doesn't seem to be really popular. Hmm~ ｢(ﾟﾍﾟ)... I think that her MV for I Did It For Love is pretty cool. It's not easy to dance either. At least it looks complicated to me. if you are wondering who on earth Sean Garrett is, well, he is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer. He seemed to more of the behind the scene guy in the music industry. You can read more about him in Wikipedia.

So here it is!

BoA's I Did It For Love MV



I know that all the videos of her performance are all far away so here's a a couple close up images of what she is wearing on that day below! Not taken by me. She looks fabulous don't you think? I like her style. ☆d(o⌒∇⌒o)b ★イエーイ★ d(o⌒∇⌒o)b☆





This is the end of my short video report of BoA's performance in Shanghai!

You know, I had heard that some of the kids/teens (those around 12 years old to around fifteen years old) who listen to the very auto-tuned K-Pop that's very popular right now, have no idea who BoA is. That's kind of sad since well, BoA is like the diva in the music industry in Korea! Never mind, I am anticipating her comeback which should be around during August time this year. I hope that she will surpass herself and rock the Korea music industry! Show them what she got!

That's all for today!

NTT docomo Summer 2010 Presentation

The day I am waiting for: 18 May 2010, Tuesday!

STYLE OR PRIME?

Three days left!

I hope that they wouldn't disappoint me! I can't wait!

*P.S. I will be watching 'Live' if possible! If I can't I'll just have to check out the press release during the short 10-15 minutes break in CMSK since I am having CMSK lessons then. What a bad luck isn't it? However, in my opinion, lugging the laptop to school to be able to catch the presentation/read press release totally is worth it!

Mini Keitai Gathering @ Marina Square Starbucks

Note: Keitai (けいたい) is short for keitai denwa (けいたいでんわ/携帯電話) which means mobile phones in Japanese. In this context, I am referring to Japanese mobile phones in this post and not mobile phones that are sold in Singapore.

This is one of the most impromptu gatherings I had ever seen. It was actually organized one day before the actual day itself. Imagine that. If I didn't go online the day before on February 19, 2010, I would actually missed the actual gathering yesterday that is on February 20, 2010!

I was bubbling with excitement when I know about this gathering. Finally! A chance to get my hands on the keitai itself instead of looking enviously at the pictures online!

I wasted no time in contacting Jaslyn to see if she was interested. After all, she was the one who fell in love with SH-05A which was unfortunately, a 3G only keitai that at this moment, could not be unlocked for usage locally. Not to be deterred, her heart went for SH-06A. However, with the release of the latest Winter 2009/Spring 2010, SH-01B caught her attention as well. I can tell that she is having second thoughts about getting a keitai or just save up for her trip Korea. This keitai gathering would be a good chance for her clear her thoughts, get hands on, as well as getting advice from the experienced keitai users. Plus, after the interaction with the other keitai users, if she decides to get a keitai, she can also take this opportunity to choose between SH-06A and SH-01B.

In my opinion, getting SH-01B would be more worth the money since SH-01B is the successor of SH-06A. The quote below shows the write up on SH-01B and why SH-01B is better than SH-06A. This is written by Aaron.

NTT Docomo SH-01B Specs/Function summary (also including improvements when compared against previous predecessor SH-06A)

* 110 x 50 x 14.7mm (weighs 126 grams)
* Slimmer at 14.7mm depth vs 16mm depth on the SH-06A (both still share same thickness point at @19.9mm maximum <- usually referring to the camera-portion area)
* Lighter Weight at 126grams vs 135grams on the SH-06A
* Larger 3.4" 480 x 854 pixels main display (New-Mobile ASV 16.7 million colors LCD) as compared to 3.3" on the SH-06A
* Larger 1.4" 192 x 64 pixels external OEL display (Organic Electro-Luminescent) as compared to 0.8" on the SH-06A (also able to display more details such as Calendar and Mail Message Preview this time round)
* Internal Phone memory stands at 140MB vs 128MB on the SH-06A
* Comes with 430K-pixels resolution CMOS
Inner-camera (for making video-calls or self-shot, similar as SH-06A)
* 12.1MP CCD sensor vs 10MP CCD sensor on the SH-06A (both still shares the same 1/2.3" CCD sensor/lens focal length, actual specs taken from Sharp Corp's white paper specs as seen in the picture link)
* 6-Axis Handshake Correction and High ISO-sensitivity Image Stabilizer (as compared to SH-06A which only comes with a normal 6-Axis Handshake Correction Image Stabilizer)
* Background Picture-Saving Mode (Softbank Sharp had it since 930SH last year? Those who have used before Softbank Sharp recent CCD models will recognise this feature)
* Under Camera mode, when Smile Facial-recognition is enabled your subject names can be previewed live on the LCD viewfinder as long as you have the subject's facial data saved in the phone before-hand (can be tagged to create albums up to 10 individual face profiles each)
* Pretty Arrangement function under Camera mode allows user to beautify/change the subject's face w/o resorting to doing post-processing on a PC with software like Adobe Photoshop (*additional note: this feature will make use of Hand-writing support in the SH-01B, just like F-01B to enable user to do fun stuffs to your taken pictures)
* Hand-writing Support for Text Memo input only (slightly inferior in comparison to Fujitsu's implementation for the F-01B/F-04B models, which supports Hand-writing for Mail Message input as well)
* New Illumination Style Design (LED lights up in variation of colors when flip is opened, closed, or when there are incoming calls or mail msg arrival. Some examples can be seen here and here.
* Pedometer/Accelerometer Function built-in (Can be used for camera operation and sub-display, additionally Sharp has implemented an i-Appli software making use of the Pedometer known as Karada Tune to track and manage your burnt calories everyday, records can be previewed and kept up to 3mths before old data is over-written)
* Touch-Cruiser function has been changed to capacitive electrostatic-sensor type, was mentioned by Sharp to improve slimness of the handset dimension since the sensor is smaller (previous SH models were based on optical sensors such as SH906i/SH-03A/SH-06A)
* Time/Date large display option is no longer automatically shown on every text message preview/compose screen, this is minimised to small display instead (displayed on the top-right hand corner of the screen usually, example shown on SH-01B, as compared to SH-06A previously for compose screen)
* Battery life doesn't seem to be increased much, only comes with a 770mAh battery pack this time round (a slight improvement increased from the 700mAh battery pack found in SH-06A/07A previously)
* Colors options will be available in Black, White & Gold

I was wondering why Jaslyn didn't express much interest in this gathering initially but it turns up that she thought that I was not going. DUH. How could I miss such a good chance to get some hands on and opinions? I had wanted to ask Kristy and Samantha along too but both of them were busy. What a pity. Especially for Samantha since I didn't have the chance to expose her to the little keitai knowledge I had like I had done with Jaslyn.

I made plans with Jaslyn to meet her at the City Hall MRT Station since the gathering was at the Starbucks of Marina Square.

I was lucky that I wasn't late as I had managed to catch the train. In fact, I was early by couple minutes. I was waiting for Jaslyn while Umme, who was on her way to her religious class, spotted me. Too bad Jaslyn arrived a little later or we could have a mini gathering. Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

Jaslyn and I arrived at the location but didn't spotted anyone there yet. Turns up the two organizers were late. I was hungry so I had gotten a Blueberry Muffin and shared a Dark Mocca Coffee with Jaslyn. It was really interesting and cool to see so many keitai in one location. A plus that I get to use it! Keitai keypads in my opinion, are definitely much better than my Sony Ericsson W595. They are kinder on fingers and less stiff. The bigger keypad size helps too. When asked about the durability about keitai, all the users vouched that it is definitely much more durable than local phones. In fact, some had used it for 5 years plus with several drops on the floor and it is still going strong. One of the user must be really rich for he owned at least 8 sets of keitai and who knows? He might have more at home.

The pictures below are taken by ipwnj00. All the keitai in their glory!






I went to eat dinner with Jaslyn at KFC and went home after that. What a day. It was worth the time going down for I managed to pop a few questions which Jaslyn was afraid to ask. Jaslyn stayed true to her word of going there to get hands on only and will not stay anything. It was as if she didn't understand English/Japanese and I was her translator between them. Hoho! However, it was interesting to be with them as I had learned a couple more things about keitai. I will definitely go to the next gathering and hopefully, I will have my own keitai by then!

First post in year 2010

Yes, I know...I couldn't believe that it took me till February 7 before I am finally writing my first post of the year. In my defense, I had to say that I had been busy with school and that's the truth. Project submissions deadlines, tests, presentations bombarded me senselessly. It is amazing that I am still alive. I have been pretty much not getting enough sleep for the past several weeks. Many of the nights were spent rushing through my projects to meet the deadlines. I can't say that I have enjoyed my past one month plus. In fact, the last month was utter hell, something which I hope that I would never have to go through again. Unfortunately, life doesn't work like that.

Still, I am happy that things has started to slow down for last week. Most of my stuff have already been submitted so I was able to start reading the novels that were due soon. How I wish that I am able to relax all day, not needing care about school and yet, get paid to do so!

I have to enjoy while it last for I have two OOPG test next week. One OOPG lab test tomorrow (February 8, 2010) and the other OOPG written test, on the Friday (February 12, 2010). Even though I have the OOPG test tomorrow, I don't feel like studying for it at all. In fact, I haven't even look through the materials. A bunch of jumbled materials that doesn't really makes sense to me. Why oh why? As I ask myself again. Why on earth did I even put this course into my list of choice when I am not even sure of what it is in the first place. If only all I have to do was HCI. That was something, at the very least, I had enjoyed it pretty much. From what I see now though, that aren't happening any soon. I seemed to be making mistakes through my whole life. No matter big and small, they are all the choices I had made. Some which I had made even when I had given much considerable thought, and some which I had made due to me not wanting to think about it anymore. I always regret later. I always do. I seem to be doing a lot of regretting as well...*Frets*

*Sigh* back to the topic...so, after the two OOPG tests, I have to prepare for my CMSK presentaion on Thursday (February 11, 2010). I don't really mind much about that presentation since talking about my report doesn't seemed to be too hard, though I have to be mindful of the 3 minute time restriction. Sometimes I talk too much.

With that, the study week begins which unfortunately, clashes with Chinese New year. It has not doubt, dampers my spirits for Chinese new year and in fact, I have already decided not to visit my relatives this year in favor of studying. Aren't I a good girl? of course, the usual reunion dinner at my grandparents' house will still be carried out as per normal. At least it means that I will still be able to get some red packets! Hoho. $.$

Examinations will begin after the study week. Although I only have three papers, they are spread out so my last paper will be on a Thursday. I hope that I will NOT make some silly mistakes like remembering the wrong time or venue for the paper again. Once is definitely enough for me. I can't wait for the holidays that comes after examinations!

My room certainly needs a good dusting and throwing. I had procrastinated my time away last holiday and I am not going to do it again. After all, I do need more places to keep my textbooks and novels! Plus, my poor deck of tarot cards is buried under so many copies of Seventeen and Popteen. Besides that, my mum has been nagging me to get started on the cleaning too. I will never get her to stop nagging if I don't do it. Plans must be made and actions must be carried out! No more procrastinating!

Anyway, I have been toying with the idea of having a Chinese blog for a long time. By that, I mean that the blog post will be fully written in Chinese text. There are times when I find myself being able to express myself better in Chinese so I will update the blog as and when I like it, just like my current blog which you are reading. However, I don't think that I will be doing double posting, such as translating my English blog post into Chinese and vice versa. I don't think that I will be choosing Blogger as my Chinese blog host so I am currently look at three different blog host. They are namely, 新浪博客(Sina Blog), 痞客邦(PIXNET), and 无名小站(Wretch). Could anyone tell me which blog host is better and why? Thanks~

I guess that that's all for today!