This post has nothing to do with YUI.

Two weeks has passed ever since I started this Atkins diet. The results? I lost 3 kgs, getting used to the life without sugar, been drinking nothing but plain water, half of my acne gone (no joke), got a little better at cooking, though I still have a lot to learn, if I want to cook real food.


I love tofu. I cannot afford wild salmon, those are farmed ones.

Tomorrow I got to have a bite on 86% chocolate, almond, and fruits~ But I'm not really that excited about it. I feel that I can live with this current diet, for now. Hmm......

Yesterday I went to RADWIMPS live at Zepp Tokyo with Nahoko, which is nearby Odaiba.



Live houses are wayyy better than those halls with seats. I was jumping and yelling here and there. RADWIMPS has a younger fan base, so most of the fans are more on the crazy side. The vocalist cried halfway during the live, which was totally unexpected.

Tonight I'm going to Akita, somewhere 8 hours away from Tokyo. Tomorrow will be Base Ball Bear concert, with Chatmonchy as guest.

According to this website, JYONGRI is coming to Waseda University to perform. Cool.

I don't have a better looking picture for the Sea YUI mentioned in the song. when I was there, it was cloudy, raining and shitty.


Shingu beach, 22 February 2009

Check out the preview of Sea at YUI-net. Or YouTube.

Shigezou san was 'teaching' someone to play the evil F chord.

Partial Lyrics
Chords

Time to drag a member in my music club to sing this song =D Love it!


Speaking of the music club, I joined their camp thingy last weekend at Chichibu (秩父), Saitama prefecture. Apparently it was my first time staying in a ryokan (Japanese style inn), normally staying in such place in more expensive than hotels, but you'll get to eat traditional Japanese food, and hot spring.

As I'm still on Atkins diet, during the drinking session, I didn't touch any drinks or chips, snacks, junk food. MIRACLE. I just sat there and eavesdropping, learned this thing called Circle of fifths from a senior who played DEPAPEPE and Oshio Kotaro's Savanna. Way more fun than trying to make friends with people who already has their own friends or doesn't give a poop on you.


Guitar is a must have for this music club.

I wore the Singapore YL T-shirt to show how much I love guitar and YUI, telling them I am the 'head' of some international YUI forum lol, and played a couple of YUI songs in front of those first year students (future *victims*). If not no one will know what a YUI maniac we are, even though we are from overseas.

Today I managed to get one first year to drag other first years to sing CHE.R.RY together on next week's gathering, because another YUI fan (guy) said that guys would like to see CHE.R.RY, when she couldn't decide which song to sing lol.

I'll work hard on the barre chords >.<

Oh I have a temporary band now, and I get the chance to play these songs in newcomers live on June 28:

1. YUI - feel my soul (either electric or acoustic)
2. Chatmonchy - Hana no yume (electric guitar)
3. flumpool - Over the rain (bass)

Apparently YUI and Chatmonchy have the most votes among our group, I suggested Hana no yume and they seemed to like it heehee. They encourage members to try out other instruments so I chose bass instead. Hopefully it doesn't take up much practise time because I want to improve my guitar skills more.

Even though I was kinda alone most of the time during the trip, I didn't really mind since I'm going back soon, no more time for random chitchat or trying to fit/squeeze in first year's or second year's group. People like to be in groups, I'll just do my thing and if someone noticed my existence, that'll be a plus.

Wednesday will be RADWIMPS live~

I'm so gonna screw up in my Japanese classes.

Request: Any kind soul willing to send me the Last Train performance video in Yume Chika Live or YUI Radio #5??? Last Train performance only. I have the videos, just that I'm lazy to figure out how to cut it.

YUI-net has updated again, did you guys check out the red button?

According to the latest YUI STAFF DIARY, they are planning to give away YUI again wristband, and Fender picks with YUI sign on it, to celebrate the release of again.




Source: YUI STAFF DIARY

You guys can check out the close up of those prizes at YUI MOVIE SHOW. The picks look so darn cool.

In order to win these stuff, first get a copy of again CD. There's this special post card thingy inserted in the CD. Fill out the form and write down your again story. Something that you have decided to try it out or do it again, and send it to Sony.

The deadline is on June 30, and you'll get your prize around the second half of July, I guess we'll have another new episode of YUI RADIO then =D

So if you guys wanted to let me win this contest, send me your again postcard haha. I'll give you guys my address in Japan hee.


A little bit update on myself:


Playing YUI's I'll be, with Marina san =D Photo by Yukio.

Next week will be Last Train. Maybe I'll get to play with a real band in next month??

Time to get serious in guitar-ing. Play something more 'complex'.

Album: Elephant Kashimashi - Noboreru Taiyou, The Killers - Day & Age

Last weekend, first I met one of my beloved junior in Nagano, then the next day I went to Yamanashi prefecture for free. The scenery in Yamanashi is one of the best!


Finally, I see you, dear Mount Fuji.

According to the tour guide, Mount Fuji is a girl and 60% of her ass is in Shizuoka prefecture and another 40% is in Yamanashi prefecture. If she decides to pay Osaka a visit, it would be impossible because her ass can't even fit whole Osaka.

Right now, everyone in Japan is having Golden Week. Waseda students get 7 days off consecutively. Technically I should have been travelling or going out, instead, I spent most of time going to gym, supermarkets, cooking, listen to podcasts/audiobooks, reading, and surfing the internet.


It only costs 2000 yen per year to use Waseda's gym. Unbelievable. I'm too lazy to learn how to lift weights and do exercise such as burpees, squats and what not, so I run on the treadmill and cycle instead.

I don't why I suddenly have this urge to go on a strict diet regimen, the more I read, the more I wanted to discipline myself. Hence I started Atkins diet, forcing myself to cook every meal, reintroducing pork and chicken into my diet in order to make myself full since I can't eat rice/pasta/bread any more.


My dinner today, I only ate half of them.

In order to keep my daily intake of carbohydrate below 20g (1 banana already has 14 g of carbs), I have to eat more meat than usual. Suddenly my grocery spending has gone up twice as much because I have to eat those whole fresh foods instead of cheap junk food. Well, I'll take it as an experiment, really looking forward to the results. I count all the carbs of the food I ate using FitDay, it has been pretty interesting, so far. Who wouldn't know that carrots have kinda high carb count too =.=

Today should be my 5th day on the induction phase (2 weeks long), I failed it because I ate 86% dark chocolate which is not on the acceptable food list. Aiks have to do all over again.

I can't wait for these two weeks to pass, then I can have some low GI fruits and nuts. Fighting! Been reading all the food labels I can find on my grocery shopping these days. I love grocery shopping.

Anyway, YUI stalking activity is still going on and tomorrow I'll be going to DAI's acoustic free live with another YL, from Canada ;)