L'arc-en-Ciel - L'7～Trans ASIA via PARIS 2008 ～ report

i finally went to the L'Arc concert in HK on saturday May 24th!! XD

all i can say is, i'm so sad it's over =.= it's like the end of a really big sugar rush, and I can't get over that i finally had the chance to see my favorite band perform in my hometown...

the concert was unbelieveble XD fishy had managed to get really good seats for us (thanks soo much dear :heart:), so we sat in the first block A, the 10th row!! Sitting there was perfect, as we got a view of the whole stage, instead of a part of it :D

We got to Asia Expo around 6:45 (i forget now..), and lined up to buy concert goods... however, i was pretty disappointed that all they had were various older cds/dvds and tshirts and less of the more 'special' concert goods so i ended up not getting anything~ i guess what also really got me were the people who actually picked up Laruku's latest cd "Kiss" and asked "when did this come out?" =.=;; i will never line up to buy concert goods/go to a concert where i dont' know anything about the band performing!!

anyway, there were SO MANY PEOPLE walking around, it was kind of unbelievable @.@ the lineup to use the female washroom was so long, i think it would have taken about 45 mins to maybe get a chance to use it @.@;; however, it was also a lot of fun to watch the people, and how they were dressed XD I saw so many 'interesting' getups and hairstyles etc. XD

around 7:45, fishy and i lined up to go inside to our seat :D i think it was around that time i started to really get excited...

there weren't a lot of people when we first sat down, but all of a sudden, we heard a bunch of girls squealing their heads off (with one remarking "OH MY GOD, this is the best day of my life! i'm such a lucky girl!!!"), and saw MANY people (mostly girls) suddenly appearing on both sides of the aisle where we were sitting. i turned around and looked to see who appeared to cause such a big fuss and the funny thing was, i had no idea at first. then, one of the girls ran up to a guy who sat nearly directly behind me and shook his hand.. the guy replied in mandarin and after listening in on the other squealing girls, i realized he was supposed to be 大東 from 飛輪海 ... if i hadn't heard, i would have had NO IDEA since i don't keep up with boy bands or anything XD;;
to be fair though, he was a LOT cuter in real life than in the pics i googled of him to show to W who i saw lol... he was really friendly and shook hands with a lot of the girls that ran up to him~ funniest thing was, after the girls stopped harassing him, he took out his camera to snap some pics, and cameras were forbidden in the arena (they checked our bags beforehand)... haha he continued to shoot pics throughout the show, which shows that not many ppl really listen to the rules XD

after all that, the lights suddenly dimmed and the show began!! we all stood up (including mr. boyband star XD he was really excited...) and started cheering!

here is the song list:

1.Get out from the shell
2.Driver's high
3.Killing me
4.drink it down
5.Daybreaks Bell
6.Winter Fall
7.永遠
8.花葬 (i nearly died.. this is one of my favorite, favorite older songs from laruku...)
9.Forbidden lover (one of fishy + my favorite songs)
10.My heart draws a dream
11.Caress of venus
12.Revelation
13.SEVENTH HEAVEN
14.Pretty Girl
15.Stay Away (member change version :D)
16.Ready Steady Go
17.敘情詩
18.Honey (loved this, hyde took out his guitar to play :D)
19.Link
20.anata

In between about 3-4 songs they would stop and do an MC... the cutest thing was, they had prepared and did each MC in CANTONESE.... it was absolutely the most adorable thing in the world~~~~ ::squealing:: i still make a random girly squeal each time i think back~~~ when i watched hyde in LA with raven, i remember hyde did the mc in english as well.. i wish i could hear the korean and paris versions lol XD i also wish ever so much i could get a copy of the mc and upload it for the world to hear =.= cantonese is pretty hard to speak, but they all managed to be able to be understood for most of it... XD

to be honest, i always thought ppl were just fangirling over hyde when they would say how adorable he was... but after saterday's mc by hyde (it was too difficult to stay awake/alive in the LA concert so i dont really remember what he said then.. =.= lol...), i absolutely LOVE him and find him so so so adorable.. he kept on reading his script to himself before speaking into the mike, and you could see his puzzled expression each time when the audience had no reaction~

he said two things i remember most.. one was something along the lines of:
"中國發生地震, 但係希望你o地開心" (there was an earthquake in China, but i hope you're all happy [tonight])
"我今日食o左皮蛋....我以後唔會再食皮蛋!" (i ate preserved goose egg today.. i will never eat preserved goose egg again!")

the second part was super super super adorableeeeeeeeeee because he made this gesture with his hand that was like "omg.. it was the worst thing i've ever ate in my whole life!"..he also shouted random "開唔開心啊??" and "跳!!" the whole time.. i think his cantonese was the best out of the four XD

ken was also very cute.. he had the worst pronunciation but was the most un-shy about speaking it, so although he'd say something and it didn't make sense (the audience was cheering and laughing each time), he didn't mind and laughed with us XD he also said something super hilarious... he was saying something about how he hadn't had anything to eat after arriving and so they ate really late and so he was super hungry... the screens at the sides of the arena then started showing pics of them having dinner at a chinese restaurant, and then a zoom in on a plate of 燒鴨... the camera then zooms in on the head of the duck, and ken then said something along the lines of:

"我覺得好好食, 但係我唔鍾意佢啤住我" (I think it was really delicious, but I don't like how it was staring at me)

that was absolutely hilarious!!! what made it funny was how he really spoke using HK cantonese slang "啤住我" XD!!!

i wish i could remember perfectly what everyone else said but unfortunately the above is all i can remember :( we were also lucky enough to sit in the area where streamers fell from the ceiling and so we caught them to wave back and forth like a pompom~ it was kind of cute to see 大東 also wrap one around his neck and wave it around while dancing like i was lol... he was so excited like a little kid.. it's refreshing to see a famous star act normal and down to earth~

some random pics. there were so many times when they let the audience sing.. it was really noisy so i wasn't sure if everyone was screaming the lyrics like i was (especially for "anata"), but hopefully they'll release this tour's dvd and we can hear ourselves XD

i forgot for which song, but hyde fell/slipped off the stage at one point (he was always jumping onto the speakers/amps the whole time, which i thought was dangerous ~_~;;) and i was like 'omfg... hyde nooo!!'.. not because he was hurt (he made the most ADORABLE "oops! :O!" expression in the world) but because ppl RUSHED forward to grab him ~_~;; i'm not sure if they did, but i know the scary girls behind me were pushing against my seat and trying to run me over to get to him ; ;... it was scary lol... i love hyde, but i dont' want to hurt him by grabbing him @.@;; even 大東 made a joke by pretending to climb over the seats like the other girls lol...

hyde sings a lot better than he used to and he was super super energetic the whole time! i hope i get to see laruku again someday, most likely in japan, and feel this type of atmosphere again... however, having the chance to see them in my hometown (and they were speaking cantonese too! lol) was something i was hoping for since i was 13, and their activities were just stopped because of the incident with sakura etc. etc~ at that time it would be unthinkable ... but look at how far they've come today :D

SO HAPPY i had a chance to seee this..... thanks x 1000000000000000000000 to fishy for lining up for the tickets (for over 4 hours too omg..), then finding contacts to get better seats T_T 太感動啦... (not mention, enduring my squeals and arm-grabbing each time they said soemthing/sang XD;;) next time, we will watch gackt together :P

current mood: touched!

raven~ O M G.. i wish you were there... you would have LOVED every single minute of it! i must follow you to their lives in japan soon =.=
also, i am a lot better now... i think screaming at the laruku concert helped XD i will do my best to 調理身體 and get better :D i hope you are not getting sick lately as well! love you tonssss!

峯~ thanks for reading my blog... i know you're not the type to read so much text (and english too) but i hope you read these msgs i leave for you :P my daily msg will not change: 小心揸車 (唔好揸咁快), 記得查sunscreen, 食多D o野, 試o下早D瞓~~

W~ so glad u're back :D

l'arc/thoughts~

l'arc concert with fishy tomorrow :D
i hope i enjoy it tons.. i'm not really feeling the excitement yet (maybe because it still seems surreal @.@;;) but i think i'll be crazy over it tomorrow XD i get to see hyde again :heart:

feeling blue-ish lately .. mostly because of all the sickness and random unsettling 'shallow sleep' :( i hope this all goes away as I take my chinese medicine and i fall back onto the path of being healthy once i start the whole 調理身體 process!
for those i haven't had a chance to talk to, I've been sick for the past month or so, taking antibiotics twice, lots of random pain medication etc. because i had an infected insect bite (LONG STORY!), then migraines, then sore throat, then more migraines, then more sore throat, then a big cold =.= it got so bad that i couldn't get well from western medicine, so i ended up taking chinese medicine (as per the advice of about a million ppl who care about me ; ; thanks~~ so touched!)... the chinese medicine made the cold symptoms come out, and thus 'cured' it... after two days of coughing, sneezing, fevers and etc. (from two weeks of cold), i finally feel better today, aside from random coughing fits now and then :D i will go back to the chinese dr after i finish the medi (which i finish later today) and hopefully i will be able to get well soon~ that's why i haven't been actively updating my blog ~_~

listening to old songs on my ipod, here's one of my favorite songs from hyde's first solo cd "roentgen"..

cape of storms

So where do I sail?
A ship losing control
My cries swallowed up, lost in the raging sea

So where has love gone?
Will I ever reach it?
The Cape of Storms echoes the pain I feel inside

You'll never notice
The colour of sin
Just as the storm clouds close in
It's dark

Here in the shadows
I am pursued
Until the ends of the earth
Embraced

The ghost ship wanders far
For there is no guiding star
And this treasure has no meaning anymore

So where do I sail?
A ship losing control
My cries swallowed up, lost in the raging sea

So where has love gone?
Will I ever reach it?
The Cape of Storms echoes the pain I feel inside

You know completely
The taste of sin
Melting sweet in your mouth
Like chocolate

A moment of pleasure
You are fulfilled
But every dream has its time
To die

The ghost ship wanders far
For there is no guiding star
And this treasure has no meaning anymore

Will this be my fate?

So where do I sail?
A ship losing control
My cries swallowed up, lost in the ranging sea

So where has love gone?
Will I ever reach it?
The Cape of Storms echoes the pain I feel inside

thanks hyde for creating such beautiful music and lyrics~

current mood: feeling empty inside =.=

ps: mr. 峯 has remarked that the text is too light and too small so basically my blog was scanned for pics only =.=... i've had ppl tell me that before, which means i should start taking more pics of myself again...and try my best to increase the font size @.@
i stopped taking pics of myself since february.. i also haven't picked up my dslr in a long while (i'm sorry Mr. Tuna ~_~), and have also left my guitar unattended in the corner as well (sorry ben 師傅T__T).. i've also neglected a lot of things that i realize i shouldn't.. i hope i can change that and pick myself up soon!

pps: pvp in wow is awesome.. i'm having a lot more fun than i did before, although i do miss my ara dear, aly, wildie, subbie and laffie (the evil twins), nodoz and etc. from our guild, and also miss the english speaking US servers, even though there was so much crazy drama back there :(

ppps: some msgs..

Mr. Tuna, good luck on your exams i really hope you get well soon :( worrying about your eye a lot...

Ara, lots of love as usual XD

Silly, can't wait to see you again dear~

my daily sms person (you know who you are :P) + fishy~~每日都提我食藥, 提我戒口...thanks ~~ 好感動喔 XD 我好番之後, 一定要陪我食雪糕! (but not from macdonald's =.=)

櫻花~

its times like these when i miss toronto :( Spring!

taken by the amazing mr. tuna (haha the name will stick), sakura trees in toronto:


and a few weeks earlier, a bit more pink (taken by Mr. t's friend who's photos are amazing as well)

according to mr. tuna, the trees were given to us by Japan back in 2001 (i remember hearing about it back when i was still at UT)~ click here for more pics by him~ for those who are in the area, the trees are at bloor and keele~ go look at them before the petals fall!

thanks for these lovely pics :D it really puts a good start to the month of may!

current mood:

ara~ i'll post pics of myself soon too :D miss you a lotttttttttttt darling~

silly~ i'm counting down the days till i see youu~

w~ omg.. less than a week and i have a little muib to look after D: D: *runs*

fishy~ i am so looking forward to may 24 XD!!!

j9~ i'm soo busy lately but i'm going to start your story this weekend when i have plenty of time to just sit and read.. i'm excited :D sorry for the late feedback ~_~;;

Olympic torch in Hong Kong :D

a quick entry to say that i saw the olympic torch pass through XD we were notified that the area around central near our building was going to be blocked due to the torch passing through, but I didn't know we'd be able to SEE it from the 35th floor!

at around 3:30ish, we began hearing LOUD screams/cheers from the supporters @.@ Yup, we could hear the cheers from the outside, inside our office (which is an amazing feat if you think about it.. we're 35 floors above @.@;;;) and a bunch of us ran to the window just in time to see the trucks/police vehicles pass through to let the torchbearers run XD it was amazing! we can see the flame shining brightly from up so far away and you can hear/feel the excitement :D it's already ended by now but i'm super glad i was able to catch a glimpse of the torch before it leaves hk :D

i couldn't take pictures (my phone camera couldn't zoom enough :( ) so i'll post some pics taken by random people...

you can see our office building in this pic (the circular windowed building in the background)~ these people were the largest group of supporters that could be seen from the 35th floor @.@ (standing in the building near the mandarin hotel)

i had to post this because i believe he's one of the most popular HK torchbearers.. mr. andy lau XD (this was in the kowloon side, near the multicultural center in tsim sha tsui.. he was the fourth runner~)

you can read more info about the torchbearing etc. here :D

i feel really excited about the olympics and such after seeing this event.. putting aside all the political aspects, although there were lots of protests etc. happening, i have to say that i'm really proud that an Asian country, our country, is hosting this event and we're able to witness it for ourselves. as many have said, this event should be about the athletes and just focusing on that aspect, i'm really proud :D

current mood: touched to be get a glimpse of the torch :D

ps: will update and post pics and stuff soon~~
pps: yay a few more
ppps: thanks for your msgs my dears.. i promise i'll msg more and call @.@