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Misc YUI Facts:

Congrats YUI for winning Best Pop Video in SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards 08!

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To Singapore and Malacca YUI Lovers, CCDDSS is organising a Green Flying Marimokkori MO. She will be ordering from Strapya-world, GREEN only.

I think it is better for Singaporeans and Malacca YLs who have ordered from me, to order from CCDDSS instead.

Meanwhile, our small experiment turned out to be successful.


They are Made in China

CDS ordered 2 Green and 2 Blue from Rakuten's Kitanomori shop on February 27, then they shipped on March 6, and reached Singapore on March 10. The shipping fees was 1520 yen. Due to miscommunication, the shipping process was delayed.

CCDDSS:" You have to keep on bugging them with email, and ask for your ems tracking number also."

My suggestion is that it is better to order from them directly or do a country based Mass Order, to save up costs and time. I will still continue my order, because I wanted to buy the laughing one personally. The problem is, Kitanomori shop only has 2 Blue Marimokkori left.

We have to track down any shop who has 15 Blue marimokkoris. I emailed another shop, Tanukiya to check whether they will restock Blue ones, and within one hour, I received their reply. Apparently there are no manufacturers making this particular model at the moment, and currently there is still no news on when they are going to continue their production.

I will try other shops in these few days, lets hope that they will restock blue Marimokkori soon.

EDIT: I have placed an order at Marimoland. 14 Blue, 6 Green.



I asked them to send to my sensei's house on March 31. I need to double confirm from you guys whether you still want it or not:

1. jo x2 - B, G (Singapore)
2. John x2 - B, G (Canada?)
3. shinji x2 - B, G (Philippines)
4. gotchi - B, G (Canada)
5. natchi - B (Malaysia)
6. kippei x2 - B,G (Malaysia)
7. PeaceViolet - B (Malaysia)
8. STEPH y. - B (Canada)
9. Riku - B (Malaysia)
10. Sherwin - B (Melaka)
11. Rob - B (Philippines)
12. chiyo - B (Malaysia)
13. akyna24 - B (Malaysia)
14. Hammie - G (Malaysia)

Each costs USD 9.43 (RM 28.57, for Malaysian), excluding shipping fees to you.

That means, I have extra 2 Blue left. What shall I do with it......Those who are interested feel free to grab the remaining ones.


Me like the concept of this picture.


Blue Marimokkori has the word HOKKAIDO in white, Green = Yellow Hokkaido

PS: I heart BKK.

Source: YUI-net.com


Left: Limited Edition, Right: Normal Edition

Release herself out of box (跳出框框)?

Track List:

1. Laugh away
2. My Generation
3. Find me
4. No way
5. Namidairo
6. Daydreamer
7. Love is all
8. I will love you
9. We will go
10. OH YEAH
11. My friend
12. LOVE & TRUTH
13. Am I wrong?

Limited Edition comes with DVD which consists of:

- Good-bye days, I remember you, Rolling star and CHE.R.RY Music Video
- Special live images from YUI's First Budoukan live.

There you are. Announcement. Lets have a look at the song titles, I will love you omg Love is all. I smell something...can't wait to read the lyrics. People in YL forum starting to connect things through the titles, funny stuff.

As 'hinted' in Laugh away PV, the album titled I LOVED YESTERDAY. Laugh away being the first track, I think something is lacking, even though I love this song and play it some much until my fingers hurt. Speaking of album's first track, we still never have the chance to see How crazy live performance, I wonder how long Sony is planning to hide that performance from us fans.

So far, the big names who are going to release album on the same day will be Mariah Carey, Tokunaga Hideaki (and maybe ayaka). Who will get number 1?

And, the official title for YUI's upcoming tour is "YUI 3rd Tour "oui"～I LOVED YESTERDAY～



From adieu to oui (ウゥイ?). Oui means yes in French. Lucky I took French in first semester, even though I already forget most of it. I wonder why YUI didn't use si, chai, 네, yes, はい・うん・ええ, 是, betul......

Maybe oui sounds nicer. The 3rd tour will start on May 5 in Fukuoka. To those who are going, buy more sets of tour goods, then give one to me.

Till then, au revoir~

It costs RM 3.99 at KLCC's Cold Storage, I find it too gassy. Check out this thread if you are wondering why am I introducing this drink. Everything has something to do with YUI, that's for sure.

Lets see if Thailand has bottled version or not. This coming Wednesday me will be going there, I will be meeting some members from YUI Thailand Fan Club as well. My second air trip. But,

Chan put Thai mai dai (タイ語が話せない).

Gotta pick up some other useful phrases. Before that, I have to start practise my presentation, in order not to let down my university, and my fellow Malaysian citizens, since it is an international thing. Must ask my lecturer to record lol, my first ever conference presentation.

After that, I'm gonna treat myself with some nice massage and of course, shopping.

Tomorrow there will be some announcement on YUI's new album, I wonder what will that be.

PS: Yesterday's election was interesting. Even though I'm too 'young' to vote, I managed to prove to my dad that internet >>> TV.

Hail the Internet~ Oppositions, we shall wait and see on their performance.

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Misc Updates:

YUI-Lover Collaboration 2 is out!! We are going to send this to YUI for sure. I will make dear YUI mention my name again LOL.

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Guess how many times YUI had performed in MS? Including Special episodes.


Wuu~Wang!!

This episode of Music Station is fun.

Opening talk (modified from depyon's translation in YL):


Finally YUI has reached the status of being in the middle, besides Tamori and Mariko san, instead of standing at the corner.

Tamori: YUI chan, Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.
YUI: Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.
Mariko: YUI will be presenting to us her new single for the first time, which is also featured as the theme song of a TV drama, Namidairo. Last month, she got a break, and went back to her hometown, Fukuoka.
Tamori: How long were you back?
YUI: About 4 days.
Tamori: So where did you go?
YUI: I went to pay homage.....
Tamori: Pay homage?!
YUI: And went to eat tonkotsu ramen, at the shops that I used to visit.
Tamori: Which shrine did you visit?
YUI: Miyajidake..
Tamori: Miyajidake!? That's so nostalgic! I haven't heard about it for a few ten years!

Btw Teshima Aoi is from Fukuoka as well. Her voice is really beautiful. Gedo Senki puts me to sleep, even though hottie Okada Junichi is the main voice actor.


I kinda know why she is smiling. Because she made the mic work. Dreams Come True's new single cover pwns.

The oppappi guy is getting more and more famous lol. In Music Topics they have this Top 5 songs will go around you head when you pass/fail university entrance exam.

Pass:
1. Arashi - Sakurasake
2. mihimaru GT - Kibun Jyoujyou ↑↑
3. V6 - HONEY BEAT
4. Ulfuls - BANZAI ~suki de yokatta~
5. Ikimonogakari - Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushii

Fail:
1. Zard - Makenai de T.T
2. DREAMS COME TRUE - Nando demo (that's true)
3. Aoyama Thelma feat. SoulJa - Soba ni Iru ne (SoulJa has a sexy voice)
4. Mr. Children - Owarinaki Tabi (I LOVE this song)
5. TOKIO - Honjitsu, Mijukumono (today I'm a novice LOL)

If I failed my Level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test, I will listen to Laugh away. Never mind, never mind....T.T

It is such a fun song to play along.

YUI's turn (translated by depyon @ YL, thanks!!).

Tamori: Next up is YUI and Kato Miliyah.
Mariko: We heard that YUI has a special way of refreshing herself when doing recording in studio.
YUI: I often spend lots of time in studio, and seldom get to go out. So I sit back deep into my chair, and imagine that I'm in an onsen.
Mariko: Just your imagination, right?
YUI: Yes, imagine that I'm in an onsen, and relax.
Tamori: Like this, right?
YUI: Yes.


Imagine you are in onsen......

Performance time~ As usual, the instrument parts are not live, and the drummer is a girl.


Martin baby~

A very solid performance, a lot of constipated look as well. Love it. Hopefully YUI will do an acoustic performance. Speaking of Namidairo, here are some interviews regarding this single (with translations by depyon @ YL).

Interview on excite music
Interview on WHAT's IN? WEB
YUI Special Interview, at Oricon Site and Pakila
YUI Diary Updates, Oricon style, Deview, etc., from Odilon Redon's Blog

Basically I just copy and paste lol. I always look forward to know YUI's explanations on her songs, as she said, everything about YUI is in her songs.

YUI interacted with some of the artists too, Kato Miliyah and Chatmonchy.


Left: Kato Miliyah is 'approaching' dear YUI and immediately YUI moved closer to her xD.
Right: Chatmonchy's bassist is showing YUI something.

Hira Hira Hiraku Himitsu no Tobira ROCKS!! Chatmonchy said that even though they are the one who made this song, there were several times they fell like skipping this song in their concerts because it is too fast paced and the lyrics is long. Playing this song is just like running a marathon lol. That's why me love Chatmonchy, I feel like learning bass now xD

Eriko san was using another Telecaster..how many Teles she actually has?? Three?

Lets go back to original question. How many times YUI had performed in MS.
Answer: Grand total of 10 times.

1. feel my soul
2. LIFE
3. Good-bye days
4. Good-bye days (MSSL)
5. Rolling star
6. CHE.R.RY (Live band)
7. My Generation
8. LOVE & TRUTH
9. CHE.R.RY (MSSL)
10. Namidairo

As I was watching last week's Music Station, Mariko san said that the lyrics shown in Shimizu Shota's HOME performance was handwritten by him. HOME is a very nice song, Shimizu Shota has an interesting background too.

Then it struck me, which means, the lyrics in feel my soul performance was YUI's handwriting?!


I feel my soul, take me away~ Oh Yamaha~

I only realised this after 2 years.

PS: Marimokkori is still under experiment, sorry with lack of updates.