Oh, it's just another fangirl.

I'm Charmaine and I live in sunny Singapore (means that I'm located near the equator, where it's summer, summer, and when I wake up the next day, it's still summer). I don't usually expect presents on 7 April, but if you're feeling unusually happy you can give me one on that day. (:

I'm currently crazy over...
CardCaptor Sakura (2003-2005)
Fay D. Flourite (Jun 2006)
Oguri Shun (Jul-Dec 2007)
Fay D. Flourite (Feb-Apr 2008)
Twilight Series + Edward Cullen (May-Aug 2008)
Arashi + Sakurai Sho (Sep 2008 -Present)

Click here for a full boring list of my obssessions.
Click here for a greedy fangirl's my wishlist.

Initially I planned to feature the "Step and Go" PV because it's so beautifully artistic, but when I was roaming around YouTube, I saw the "We Can Make It!" PV thumbnail and decided to feature "We Can Make It!" instead.

Why am I featuring this? Because there are only 10 rehearsals left to the actual Musical performance and this is to remind myself that we can make this work, and we'll definitely get ourselves a standing ovation.

Besides, this PV is really artistic too. It's nice to watch, even if you don't understand Japanese. :D



We Can Make It! - Arashi
Theme song for the JDrama - Bambino!

Unable to look back at the passing days everyday
Just how long will I continue to follow this path?

The rhythm you can feel in your body
The beat becomes wings
The hesitation becomes the running approach
Precious to the point of pain

We can make it true, the real dream is always right beside you
An endlessly wide world, the lone one that sparkled
My dream! My dream!
(We can make it! We can make it!)

Unable to recognize the important things, overflowing tears in my eyes
Just how far ahead will this become a forgotten feeling? What a feeling!

With as much as I have
The strength will become wings
I'll overcome the loneliness
And plunge forward into tomorrow

We can make it true, the unwavering dream is always right here
An endlessly wide world, right this minute I'll take hold of it
Your dream! Your dream!
(Oh yeah! We can make it!)

Tears are surely not the end of sadness (the footprints of the dream)
With fevered heart (from right here, right now) that story begins
Sing your dream!

All I'm doing is silently writing out my dream
reading my goals, heading beyond into the direction of my imagination, go go and go, so on and on

All I'm doing is silently writing out my dream
reading my goals, heading beyond into the direction of my imagination, go go and go, so on and on

I said it, go go and go, so on and on
I said it, yo-ho and go, so on and on

We can make it true, the real dream is always right beside you
An endlessly wide world, the lone one that sparkled

We can make it true, the unwavering dream is always right here
An endlessly wide world, right this minute I'll take hold of it
Your dream! Your dream!

Source: http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/6084/arashi/we-can-make-it!.html

Yatta! Only a week left to the release of Arashi's new single, Beautiful Days! (scroll down for the song)

The CG done on the Beautiful Days PV looked really pretty in the preview. I can't wait for the actual. Furthermore, when the PV comes out, that's when the extension lessons are going to end. Awesome, ne? (:

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Arashi - [PV] Happiness
Uploaded by koichina17

This is the song which I've featured on the skin itself!
Even if you don't get the lyrics, you can just hear the energy in their voices. And just look at them; they're acting like children, and they're having so much fun! That's what I really like about them. (: Twenty-five year olds (2 of the members were 25 when they shot this PV) who are really young at heart.

Here's the English translation for the song!

Happiness - Arashi
Theme song for the JDrama - Yamada Taro Monogatari

Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Rather than grieving in the headwind
If we imagine things will go well, someday times will change

When we’re engrossed in living and by trival matters
When we falter as love hurts us, we have to stand up again each time

If we think of the comings and goings of memories, it is too lonely
Because an exciting future is sure to be waiting over there for us

Start running, start running, let’s go and welcome tomorrow
Let me hear your sound, I feel it all
Don’t stop, don’t stop, these feelings move me now
No matter how small the bud may be, it is just one Happiness

Even the feelings of tears can’t be put into words
Because it’s alright not to worry about things like what color the rainbow of happiness is

When we find the answer, we’ll have accumulated more memories
From here to can head without fear to a new place

Till far away, till far away, the path leads on forever
Let me hear your voice, I’ll always be beside you
Don’t stop, don’t stop, these feelings I’ll always believe in
The bud may not have a name yet, but it is just one Happiness

Start running, start running, let’s go and welcome tomorrow
Let me hear your sound, I feel it all
Don’t stop, don’t stop, these feelings move me now
No matter how small the bud may be, it is just one Happiness
　
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Source: http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/6782/arashi/happiness.html

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Music

Obsessions

All listed in no particular order/chronological order (it depends):

Anime

CardCaptor Sakura
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations
Fruits Basket
D.N.Angel

Books

Harry Potter Series
The House on Falling Star Hill (by Michael Molloy)
The Divide Trilogy
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, Molly Moon Stops The World
The Roman Mysteries (there are 18 books in all - written by Catherine Lawrence)
Avalon: Web of Magic (6 books in all, I've read 4 of them)
The Oran Trilogy (written by Midori Snyder)
The Oracle Betrayed (a trilogy written by Catherine Fisher)
Crystal Doors Trilogy (incomplete trilogy written by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson)
The Circle of Magic Quartet (by Tamora Pierce)
The Circle Opens Quartet (by Tamora Pierce)
The Circle Reforged: Will of the Empress (by Tamora Pierce)
Twilight Series (by Stephenie Meyer)

Colours

Blue
White/Silver

Hobbies

Drawing (both digital and traditional)
Singing
Web-designing
Watching JAPANESE dramas/movies (excluding horror ones)
Playing the piano

JDrama

Liar Game
Hana Yori Dango (I and II)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e - Ikemen Paradise
Kimi wa Petto
Yamada Taro Monogatari
Atashinchi no Danshi

Movies

The Disney Classics (especially the Princess Classics)
Cardcaptor Sakura Movies 1 and 2
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Death Note I and II
Ratatouille
Enchanted
Hana Yori Dango Final
Wall-e

Songs (in general)

Every existing Arashi song
Cardcaptor Sakura OST
Tsubasa Chronicles OST
Hana Yori Dango (season 1, season, movie) OST
Disney Classics' songs

Wishlist

/ Adobe After Effects CS4
/ Adobe Flash CS4
/ Adobe Photoshop CS4
/ Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
/ Anime: Cardcaptor Sakura (Seasons 1, 2, 3, Movie 1, Movie 2), Tsubasa Chronicles (Season 1, Movie), Fruits Basket CDs (entire series)
/ Arashi: Attend their awesome concerts on a yearly basis
/ Arashi: Autographs
/ Arashi: All singles, studio albums and concert DVDs (excluding the ones below)
/ Arashi: Dream"A"live (studio album), One (studio album), One Love (single), Time - Kotoba no Chikara 2007 (concert DVD), Arashi Around Asia 2008 (concert DVD)
/ Arashi: Hold concert in Singapore
/ Arashi: Shop photos (Official and unofficial)
/ Arashi: Uchiwas
/ Book: Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
/ Good grades
/ Improve my web-design skills
/ Improve my drawing skills (both digital and traditional)
/ Improve my piano skills
/ Improve my singing
/ Jdrama: Liar Game DVD, Hana Yori Dango Returns (Season 2) DVD, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e - Ikemen Paradise DVD, Yamada Taro Monogatari DVD, Ryusei no Kizuna DVD
/ Jdrama: Kimi Wa Petto (entire series) DVD Set
/ JMovie: Hana Yori Dango Final DVD
/ JMovie: Watch Yatterman (in a CINEMA)
/ Live in Japan for a few years to do something useful (like study or work)
/ Master Japanese (ie. make it to JLPT Level 1)
/ Try seiyuu training someday!
/ SYF Choral Central Judging 2009 - Gold with Honours
/ Standing ovation for the Esplanade Concert 2008 :D
/ Visit Japan in Nov'09