Saturday, December 28, 2002, 08:22 p.m.

NP: Kinki Kids - "Yokuboh no Rain"

Okay, today I'm CALM. No, seriously... I'm not about to start talking about any nude pics of any Johnny's boys, but I will talk about them!!!
Which reminds me... FIRST, I want to thank Jenn once again for sending me the larger version of that KATTUN pic. ^_______^ Ureshii yo! Yasashii ne, Jenn wa!!! Hontou ni... arigatou ne, Jenn!
I was so happy when I received the pic in the email this morning. NOT BECAUSE IT'S A *HOT* & *SPICY* PIC OF KATTUN, mind you. It's just that now I could see their faces clearly now. I noticed that it was Koki Tanaka at the far right of the pic, not Tatsuya Ueda, as I had thought previously.
Man, Tatsuya really, really has very sexy lips! Arrggh!!! When he dances he sort of reminds me of Tsubasa... hmm, I wonder why. Maybe it's the way he moves. Feli (MUBESU) calls him "Tsubasa's brother". I also found out recently that he *does* look up to Tsubachan as a senpai (idol?) Cool! I like the both of them, and now I'm obssessed not only with buying magazines but also creating families among JE members.
Well, Tsubasa and Tatsuya are definitely brothers (at least they dance alike - OH!! The way Tatsuya wears his black shirt and leather pants in the Shounen Club is somewhat similar to Tsubasa's black outfit in "Get Down" PV!!! (But Tatsuya left all the buttons but one unbuttoned... PHWOAR! YUMMY!) There you go! Another similarity! ^_^) Hmm, I wonder if Tsuyoshi Domoto could pass as their older brother. Huahauhahahahaha!!!
Then... Takki and Jin are brothers as well... Kouchan and Ohchan... Matsujun and Yamashoon... Tsuyopon and Kazapon (I call them the "PON KYOUDAI")...
Then, of course the famous family that includes Tomoya, ME, Junno and Jamapee.(Huahauahauhahahaha!!! The way I write his name... =P It's just a joke between Cecil and me!) No, none of us have any similarities (except that Junno and I both like SMAP! ^_______^) It's just that, I thought that if I could have brothers from the JE Company, Tomo, Junno and Pi-chan would be those brothers.
Actually, Takuya Kimura could be Junno's brother too. They don't look alike that's for sure. BUT THEY DANCE ALIKE! Junno moves like Takuya! (Junno also idolizes Takuya.)

Changing the topic... I've been frustrated lately... not because of the lack of sleep (in fact, I rather enjoy not sleeping for several days because I can do a lot of things, like downloading *EIGHTY* video and mp3 files in the span of two days. It's just that... I just realized that living in Indonesia it's making me even more OBSSESSED with the Japanese and Korean artists.
It's so hard to get their stuff (CD, VCD/DVD, book, merchandise) here that I always have to buy stuff abroad. It's so damn expensive!!! This probably would have made other people give up or try not to like J-pop or K-pop artist so much. But it only makes me feel even more obssessed... because I become even more and more CURIOUS!
Or maybe this is just because I don't have anything to do?! I mean, I only have Japanese course to fill my time, and working free-lance for the magazines. Other than that, it's between the computer and the TV (or rather, the *VCR*). I want to do something more meaningful in life... I want to study something but all I can think of studying right now is JAPANESE. I just want to be so good at the language.
...
Tomatoe shouts to dad: "DAD, SEND ME BACK TO ITALY!!!!"
...
I miss Italy. When I was there, I wasn't obssessed with anything. I shopped a lot for clothes but at least I wasn't obssessed. I learned a lot of things and my social life was at its peak. I had Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, American and Latin American friends who were all very, very, very, VERY nice.
Hiks... T_____T I miss Mikarin, Blanche, Sabrina, Cecilia, Xavi, Susan, Philip, Damian, Eric, Anna, Brenda, Hirotaka, Emiliano, Maria Margarita, Federico, Felipe, Arthur, Elisa, Elisa (there are two), Jinmi, Yoshiko, Yoko, Kathrine, Anne, Marie, Eun Ju, Satoru, Noriko, Reza, Lygia, my professors: Paola Micheli, Massimo Maggini, Alessandro Falassi, Massimo Corti... then Enzo, Matteo (the nice one) and Enrica...

Ah... those were the days...

I think I'll stop here now since I've gone too sentimental... It's the "end-of-year" blues, methinks...
Tomatoe signing out.

Thursday, December 26, 2002, 12:00 a.m.

WARNING!!!
The content of the following entry is CRAZY.
DON'T READ if you're not up to some "hentai" talks, even though just a little bit!
You have been warned.

Daaaaaaaaaaamn!!!
I just saw some really HOT, and I mean *HOT* pics of KAT-TUN. I can't believe my eyes when I saw them. I saw it on the SongJapan website.
So, there were some pics... one was taken from a magazine. KAT-TUN topless with a black background. Normal. Then the second pic was KAT-TUN on the beach, topless, wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
Then... there's this one... KAT-TUN TAKING A BATH! WEARING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT A SMALL PIECE OF TOWEL TO COVER THEIR PRIVATE PARTS!!!
Aiaaaaaaaaahhhh!!! Where the hell did those pics come from?! It's close to being an XXX-rated pics!!! And then I realized, it might have been taken from a TV show... but THAT MEANS... THEY WERE ON SOME XXX PROGRAM?!??!! MY GOD!
Well, I was both shocked *AND* amazed... I mean, shocked because I was thinking, "WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY DOING?!" but, to be COMPLETELY HONEST, of course I can't take my eyes from Junnosuke Taguchi.
I don't care much about the others. The others look skinny... :P But Junno... wow.. he... he's got a really, really great body. His legs are really long and slim, and his arm. His pose was really cute too (no, I'm not lying!) He had his hands wide open on both sides of his mouth and he was shouting.
I also like Kazuya Kamenashi's pose, because it's so silly. XD Muahahahahahahaha... he's so cute, Kame. He's always doing the most ridiculous things, but it makes him even more adorable. ^_^
Oh, and, talk about the TOWEL!!! Junno's towel was close to falling down and revealing his... err... you know... "thingie". I was, again, shocked at first. But, somehow, this really really naughty thought comes into mind... "What if it was just slightly lower?"
And I could feel I had two horns on my head. I've become a she-devil.

I've been wondering lately why I seem to be more excited when I see a pic of Junno or when I hear news about Junno than about Takky. Maybe it's because there are rumors flying around about him and Ami Suzuki still together, or maybe it's because I already know he's so handsome that I don't have the need to look at more pictures of him. Of course, I still squeal or feel something different when I talk about or see Takky, but even more so with Junno.
I'm so happy whenever people talk about him, mention nice things about him and tell me that they like him. I just somehow feel proud when people like Junno.
So far, Jin Akanishi and Kame are the KATTUN's most popular and most "exposed" member. (Proof: in Myojo Jan '03 issue, Jin & Kame always get one whole pages for the posters, while the other four often have to "share" the pages.
That really pissed me off! I mean, come on! There are FOUR OTHER PEOPLE in KATTUN!!!) I have nothing against Jin & Kame (I also like them a lot!!!)
But it feels really "special" when a person says, "Hey! Junno is my fave KAT-TUN member!" I seriously think Junno has a lot of talents. There are still more wonders inside of him that he hadn't shown to the world yet. I want to see those wonders. I want to see how he flourishes with the talents he possesses inside.

Waks! I've become rather sentimental there...
*Sentimental Mode OFF*
Anyway, Junno is sexy, sexy, sexy, sexy, and sexy. PUNTO E BASTA.

Oh, I'm chatting with Cecil again and a while ago we were both talking about J-Friends, the Johnny's collaboration project of Tokio, V6 and Kinki Kids. They have just released their latest and FINAL single, "Love Me All Over", a cover of Earth, Wind and Fire's old song. I've been wondering why J-Friends won't collaborate anymore...
Then it suddenly struck my mind that perhaps now that Tackey & Tsubasa have finally debuted, J-Friends will be replaced by a younger generation of Johnny's groups, like T8T and Arashi.
Then Cecil told me that this other person thinks so too. I remembered that a virtual friend of mine also predicted this, and she said that a lot of other people that she knows also said that T&T and Arashi might join to make a collaboration group to replace J-Friends.
If KATTUN does debut next year (which is still a big rumor - total gossip! -, even I can't believe it), they might also join this new collaboration group with T&T and Arashi. Cecil and I wondered what name they would use. Fara (Mubesu) suggested "J-Tomodachi". Huahahahaha!! That's so lame!! (A good one though, that...)
ANYWAY, Cecil said that the webmistress of this one website wondered if they'd be dressing in BLACK instead of WHITE (J-Friends wears white all the time). I thought about it and told her that those boys must look very, very sexy in black (especially Takky, Tsuba and Junno... ^_________^) Cecil agreed and because of that she suggested that this new collaboration group should be named J-ERO!!!
OMIGOD!! THAT REALLY HIT THE SPOT!!!
Huahahahahaahahahahaha... J-ERO!!! I like that one. :D (But I'm not sure how many people share the same opinion. Hehehe...)
Anyway, for now, I'm just really sad that J-Friends won't continue to make singles together... and I have tears in my eyes every time I see the words J-FRIENDS FINAL and never ending spirit at the beginning and ending of the new PV... hiks... hiks... but I'm full of hope that Arashi and T&T will collaborate. Even if they're not doing something like J-Friends, I'm sure they'll collaborate. Arashi members and T&T are so very close. (IF they debut) KAT-TUN can also join in. ^_^

ACK! I've been talking too much!!! ^^;;; I have to end this right away... =P
So... Tomatoe, signing out again. ^_^

Wednesday, December 25, 2002, 03:27 p.m.

MERRY X'MAS!!!

NP: JTL's MEMORIES

Saaa... I'm blogging twice a day now... seriously, I have nothing to do. I sent an email to Ters, and I'm blogging as I'm writing the Johnny's Jr. fic... so, I really, really am NOT BUSY.

Changed the link to Ephi's blog.
And now posing a question to Fi-chan:
What's the news of by tagboard, and are you going to update your blog soon? =O
Just realized: all the female blog owners that are listed on my CLICK! section use Pitas and the two male blog owners listed there use something else. ^_^ Kawaii yo, minna!!!

I can't stop listening to all THREE versions of the "True Heart" song... ^^;;; Even the Korean versin sung by JTL. ^_______^ Me likey! Addicted to the song... and I've even tolerated the "Why did my heart cry loving me?" part in the Japanese version by Tackey & Tsubasa. Huahahahaha!!! =D
Ideally, it should be like this... T&T sings the Japanese version, JTL the Korean and... MUBESU the English one!!! ^_____^ Isn't that nice?? ;)
At least we don't have to put up with T&T's (euphimistically speaking) "not-so-perfect" English pronunciation!
And then, T&T, JTL and Mubesu can have a joint concert. BIG, BIG JOINT CONCERT HELD IN... err... kinda hard to choose the venue... in Japan, in Korea or in Indonesia?? Oh well, let's make it in Indonesia. ^_^ (Hey, don't blame me... I'm Indonesian!!!) =P
Aaaahhh... it's playing right now... that part... "heng bokk het don... giok dul..." Wow..... LOVE IT! ^_^ Simply love it!!!
Okay, now the song is over and it's changing to the Japanese version... I know I do, kono machi ni sakuhana... BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!
Thank you to M. Funemyr, R. Colgate, CHOKKAKU and Goro Matsui for creating this song and its wonderful versions. (I don't know who makes the Korean lyrics and its arrangement, IF ANYONE KNOWS PLEASE TELL ME!)

Oh, I was just reading the Fine Boys (Jan '03 issue) magazine I bought a couple of days ago, V6's Junichi Okada as the cover model, and I realized that in one of the articles there's this guy featured and if I'm not mistaken his name is NAKAMURA SHUNSUKE.
And wow! He was handsome (^_^ Sexy pose!) in that magazine!!! I don't know much about Nakamura Shunsuke, except that Fi-chan likes him, and that Terry mentioned that he was hot in the pic that Fi-chan put in her blog a long time ago.
Wanna see more of him!!!
Arrrrggghh, there are just too many handsome guys in one magazine!!! I was already drooling all over the Feb '03 issue of Junon! ^^;; I'm afraid it's all wet now... Huahahahahhaa!!! Grrrhhh... and I'm still planning to buy Wink Up, Potato, Duet and Myojo... ~_~
But, no, I'm *NOT* buying PATI PATI Jan '03 issue!!! >________< In Kinokuniya (Plaza Indonesia and Plaza Senayan), it costs Rp 215.000,-!!! DAMN IT! Not even the T&T photo book cost that much! Ick! How can they put a price like that?! Damn! Even though I know there are lots of great pictures inside but a magazine that costs more than a photo book... that's just simply ridiculous!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!!

I think I've said too much now. =P I better get back to the fic. ^^;;;
Tomatoe - now listening to True Heart (int'l version) - signing out!!!

Wednesday, December 25, 2002, 12:59 a.m.

I just got back an hour ago from the X'mas party at my father's relative's house... I met everyone else who was at the Idul Fitri party a couple of weeks ago, including my younger cousins... we ate a lot of fish meatball soup (bakso ikan, bakso ikan... ^_^) until my mom and my aunts put a restriction to us: "You can only take FOUR in every bowl!!!" Err... okay... =P Hehehehe...
Then later on, after dinner, we exchanged ghost stories... >_<
I'm usually scared with these kinds of stories, but as we were talking about it, my father and his brothers (my cousins' fathers) were laughing out loud at the terrace so we didn't feel so scared... in fact, we told the ghost stories while laughing along with our fathers so it wasn't as scary as usual...

Now I'm home... I played a bit with my cat Omittchi...
---WAIT!!!---
Did I mention I got a new cat?! ^_^ The little furball's name is OMITTCHI. Since my nickname is Amichi, I decided to name him "Omittchi". So our names would have the same sound! ^_^
---CONTINUING---
After playing with him and the other cat, Nera, here I am now in front of the computer once again. Actually I'm chatting with Cecil and now planning a new email for Terry since the old one I wanted to send to her is now old news. ^^;;; Heheheh...
Cecil and I are gossiping about Johnny's Jr. (as usual), food (as usual) and joking hilariously at everything.

We were talking about... Takki, Tsubasa, KAT-TUN, 4 Tops and Jimmy Mackey. Yes, them boys.
We were commenting on this article and she said that the story of the boys in the article was so funny that she'd love to bite their ARMS. (I was, like, "CONNECTION?!" ^^;;; But I don't mind... it's funny... =P) Muahahahahaha...
Oh, yes, me too... I'd like to bite Junno's arm. ^_^
But maybe his arm is not chewy... 'cause he really has strong byceps... hmmm... I think he has the best arm in KAT-TUN...

Ooooookay, gee... I'm talking about arms here!!! ^^;;; Whatever... I don't know what's got into me... I go crazy whenever I talk about Johnny's artists... not only the Juniors... just about everyone in that company.
Helloooo?! I made Tomoya Nagase - TOKIO sound like a narcissist every time I talk about him! ^^;;; I dunno why. I don't even know his real personality! I don't know him! ^^;;; I'm not a fan of him... in fact, I've been asking Fi-chan to "teach" me how to like him! Oh I have nothing against Tomoya... it's just that... well, FOR FUN! It's all about the fun!!!

Okay, better shut my yap about them boys or I'll really, really get carried away...
Besides, my mocha ice cream and "Takki" sandwich are already finished. ;)
Better get back to the fic. Or maybe Terry's email first.

Tomatoe, signing out.

Tuesday, December 24, 2002, 04:30 p.m.

I'm back on line again with the blog... after the long hiatus. Sorry about that. I was caught up in studying Japanese and doing house chores during the Idul Fitri holidays that I simply had no time for the blog.

Nothing much has happened, other than I've finally done the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 4 and that I actually cleaned my room thoroughly during the Idul Fitri holiday (and now I've messed it up again. =P)
What else... what else...
Well, for one thing, I'm just totally indulging myself into liking Johnny's groups more and more. Watched a lot of VCDs and videos of them, and buying even more magazines with them in it, and spending a lot of time with the Mubesu girls talking about them in the forums.
I'm just so totally into KAT-TUN now (no, I haven't given up on Tackey & Tsubasa, though... *evil smile* be prepared on more talks about them in the future).
^_______________^
Them boys, KAT-TUN, are just so adorable. I really, really like seeing them dancing and singing. I am actually pissed off that ever since the Shounen Club episode that featured Kansai Jr. (another great, big *new* favorite of mine), NHK World (Premium), the NHK channel I have at home, hasn't been showing anything new... and it's definitely killing be inside!!! >______<
I miss seeing KAT-TUN again... I can't watch the old recordings anymore... I've seen them more than a thousand times that I even managed to memorized their conversations and I don't want to see anymore of it for fear that I will be bored by them... I want to see a new one!!!!!!
Yes, I'm close to being obssessed with KAT-TUN... more than I already am with Tackey & Tsubasa. ^^;;; I dunno.
*screams* Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh... give me JUNNOSUKE!

Shutting my yap about KAT-TUN now. =P
But I'll just say this before I end this entry and get back to my fic: I'M ADDICTED TO STARBUCKS' ICED MOCHA WITH WHIPPED CREAM. Yummmm... delicious...


This blog is property of The Tomatoe, a.k.a. Ami-chan (Amichi), whose real name is Amanda, born 18 September 1982.
However, Tomatoe is not so good with Photoshop thingies, so she always troubles her best friend since elementary school, The Flower for layout. (GOMEN!)
So, The Tomatoe is very grateful to The Flower. ^_^ Arigatou.
Tomatoe's current hobby is to record and watch over and over again The Shounen Club, this NHK show where it features the cute bishounens of the Johnny's Jr. and collect expensive Japanese magazines (bad, bad Tomatoe! *smacks herself*) out of mere obssession for Tomatoe's "love of her life", Hideaki Takizawa, Tomatoe's brothers Naohito Fujiki and Junnosuke Taguchi. Well, she also does it out of habit. ^^;;; Tomatoe is, after all, a habitual person. (is there such word?? "Habitual"?? ^^;;;;;;; Whatever...)
Tomatoe also loves to scan for pictures out of her magazines and WRITE MANY, MANY STORIES... which in the end are left unfinished and make Tomatoe's friends furious.


KATTUN!
KAT-TUN is a Johnny's Jr. group, with Kamenashi Kazuya, Akanishi Jin, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya and Nakamaru Yuichi as members.

(Picture taken from Wink Up 11/2002)

Their names is meant to sound close to the word "cartoon", while it's also the acronyms of the first letters of their surnames.
They are one of the most popular Johnny's Jr. groups, and rumor has it they might even debut on August 2003 (still not sure if this is true or not).
KAT-TUN is the only Johnny's Jr. group at present who has already held their own SOLO concert (meaning: they were the main stars of the concert; not a joint concert with the other Juniors although many danced with them, of course) and they have their original song already, "Love or Like.
The lead singers are Jin and Kame (Tomatoe thinks Jin's voice is the best, while Kame's... err... better Junno or Yuichi than Kame... ^^;;;), Koki raps, and the rest fills the backing vocals. On the whole, KAT-TUN sounds best when they all sing together!!! ^_^
Tomatoe likes everyone in KAT-TUN... but, she just adores and is affectionate towards Junnosuke because Junno-chan is sooooo cute and sweet.


Tomatoe's favorites of the male species:
-Naohito Fujiki
-Kang Ta
-Hideaki Takizawa
-Tsubasa Imai
-Satoshi Ohno (Arashi)
-Junnosuke Taguchi (KAT-TUN)
-Shingo Murakami (Kansai Jr.)
-Pes (Rip Slyme)
-John Mayer
-Bi
-Andy Lee (Shinhwa)
-Vanness Wu (F4)
-Tiziano Ferro
-Filippo Inzaghi
-Goro Inagaki (SMAP)
-Wang Lee Hom
-Ryohei Chiba (w-inds)


Pages that Tomatoe made:
-ARSIP NASIONAL
For previous blog entries!!!
-AMICHI'S ENTERTAINMENT PAGE
SUPPOSEDLY a page dedicated various entertainment subjects (not running yet)
-HATACHI LYRIC PAGE.
Lyrics of Tackey & Tsubasa's debut album "HATACHI".
LYRICS FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES ONLY!
-RUN & GUN INFO PAGE.
The information page about the J-pop group Run & Gun, including a gallery.


Tomatoe's friends blogs:
Pieces by Hana
Hopes by Ira
My Daily Moo by Ephi
Zilch by Dechi
Realm of Darkness by k4rdono
Epsilon Zero by Shun
Illuminations by Vic
Kaijuu ga iru by Kix
Lemon_h2o by Jackie

Tomatoe's hang-outs:
-KafeGaul Asian Music Forum
-Johnny's Entertainment Forum
-Unofficial Neri Per Caso Website BBS
-Mubesu Club

Pitas homepage


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