Christmas Celebrations (outdated) + のだめカンタービレ (Nodame Cantabile) movie reviews

Friday
It's christmas eve and I have invited some of my friends (yes, the same old few who came to my house back in one year ago) for christmas celebration.

Old rule, bring an exchange present worth around $5 to $10 .

This year's christmas was kind of budget, which I don't know why too. I seemed to have overspent. Nevertheless, it's nice and simple celebration .

Ok, now let the photos and the short captions to do the talking.


Shaun, Edmund & XW.


Lyn and Joel .


Supper for the night; Canadian Pizza.


And I somehow caught my sisters in the photo.


Typical Colleen pose and Dear.


My cousin, Adrian.


Stupid face. LOL.


and his new haircut.


Lyn 'ah yi' with pinky, gigi and rara + 2 uncles.


Ivan finally arrived.


Camwhoring time.


Busying playing Wii.


DDR. I prefer playing on dancing map though xD


My 2 sisters.


Finally, one photo of myself.

And after awhile, it's CHRISTMAS ! TIME FOR PRESENTS !


Here are the presents which I got for christmas.


People with their exchange gifts (and thank goodness that I didn't get the spongebob).


unwrapping presents one by one.


camwhore.


These are my presents.


I love the necklace which I got from my sisters and the exchange gift (:


XW was attempting to bite my Gigi pooh yet again. RAHHH !


The log cake sponsered by my aunt (:


Pardon it's look. My little cousin 'damaged' the cake, though not too serious.


Vodka at night during movie time.

Yesterday
Merry Christmas ! メリクリスマス！

I woke up late and everyone went home already. It's abit different from last year as they stayed till night and we watched many movies.

Anyway, I have a different plan for this year. I went to Joni's house for Christmas party. And it's expected that the place was filled with ballet lovers (:


The food that was prepared for us.


Game time; of course, it's ballet related.


Forefeit time.

I stayed till quite late as we played taboos till forget about time. Luckily, Joni's friend sent Nadirah and myself back home.

Today
My throat hurts . It must be the heaty food and the reverse sleeping time which caused this. Sigh, fall sick at the wrong time :/

I stay at home for the whole day, trying to finish watching my のだめカンタービレ movie 2. I must say that this movie is as good as the anime.


のだめカンタービレ 最終楽章　前編 (Nodame Cantabile Final Score Part 1).

This is similar to the anime, paris hen. It is about the life when they went to Paris for further studies; Chiaki Shinichi wins he prestigious Platini International Music Competition and becomes the new orchestra conductor for the Le Marlet Orchestra.

Of course, it's abit different from the anime.

Overall, I will give a rating of 9 out of 10 for the begining of the movie. I love the part when ウエンツ瑛士(Wentz Eiji) spoke in french. It really amuse me (though I know in real life, he can't speak German and English).

Best piece, it will be Ravel's Bolero.


のだめカンタービレ 最終楽章　後編 (Nodame Cantabile Final Score Part 2).

This movie continued where it stops from the first movie;
Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while. While Nodame practices, Rui Son takes her place as Chiaki’s pianist.

To make matters worse, Rui and Chiaki are set to play the song Nodame dreams of playing with Chiaki herself: Ravel’s “Concerto in G Minor”.

Overall, I will give a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The movie is good, but the part where nodame supposed to change the tempo for Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 went missing.

Kinda of disappointed because that's an interesting part.

Ok, that's all for now.

love festive season (:

Anime: のだめカンタービレ- パリ編 / フィナーレ + Ballet + Daily rants.

Thursday
I went to meet Ashley for a short shoot. It's somewhere at Raffles Hotel . We were wearing Chinese and Malay Traditional costume for the shoot .


Yeah ! Done with the shoot (:

After that, we went to Suntec for shopping before having a meal at McDonald's .

I was spending my night watching のだめカンタービレ - パリ編 (Nodame Cantabile - Paris Hen). It's mainly about their life in Paris, continuation of the first season.

There are more wonderful music in this season, especially those orchestra music .

Here are some of the pictures of the anime:

Chiaki and Nodame .





Overall, I will give a rating of 10 out of 10 . I find that this season is pretty good, although they have a piece that I hate the most; Mahler's Symphony No.2 Resurrection.

Like I have mentioned on the blog post when I went for my GEMS project concert, this piece was like 'dying' instead of the title 'Resurrection'.

Friday
I went for a haircut at Twister with my mummy and my sisters. Both mummy and I did treatment and touch up for our hair . Now it's healthy again !

Nothing much, just that we went around with mummy .

Her rented car really sucks. I still prefer the Mercedes 'cos the Toyota one was really slow and it makes my headache worse (I can't sit in car for very long).

Yesterday
As usual, I had my ballet class early in the morning . I really have lots of to practice for my grand battement. Kind of suck at it :/

After my morning class, I went to McDonald's to buy breakfast for dear and my sisters. I took a nap after my breakfast as I was too tired .

In the afternoon, both dear and I headed out for our classes. The afternoon class was less tiring, but I have a lot of work to do.

I must practice till I do nice glissade, petite jeté, jeté ordinaire, assemblé and balancé!

After my class, I went to dear's house before heading to Northpoint for dinner. Finally, I bought my new cleanser !


My shiseido Aqua label cleanser !

I think I will start writing reviews for some skincares which I have been using. It has been a long time (:

At night, I 'chiong' finished のだめカンタービレ- フィナーレ(Nodame Cantabile - Finale). The ending is quite acceptable .

Some pictures from the anime:





Nodame in her piano class.

Overall, I will give a rating of 10 out of 10 . My favourite pieces from this season will be Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 .

Sighh~ only if I have practiced hard and attended all piano lessons, maybe I could have finished one sonata .

I can't even finish playing all 3 movements from my favourite Piano Sonata K545 .

Today
I would say it's a boring day, other than watching Special A in the afternoon .

During evening, I failed to tie the hairstyle that I wanted to try out . Must be because of the haircut :/

I skipped my ballet class for the wedding dinner . Well, I have no choice because I am invited to the dinner .

No comments for the whole thing . I am just mere tired .


Outfit of the day.

That's all for now .

bored .

Anime reviews - 君に届け & のだめカンタービレ+ Rants about Bus drivers.

Monday
Last week of holidays and I am staying at home to rot as much as I can .

I spent my day watching 君に届け (Kimi ni Todoke) and I have finished the whole season. It's really nice and I can't wait for my sisters to buy the manga so that I can read !



Here's the plot:

Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people.

However, despite her appearances, she is a sweet and timid girl who longs to be able to make friends with everyone and be liked by everyone else. When her idol, popular boy Kazehaya, begins talking with her, everything changes. She finds herself in a new world, trying to make friends and talking to different people and she can't thank Kazehaya enough for giving her these opportunities.

Slowly, but surely, a sweet love is blossoming between the two as they will overtake any circumstance or clear obstacles in their way.

Here are some photos of the main characters.

爽子と風早。


I really love chibi sawako. (:


キャアーー！風早!

Overall, I will give a rating of 9 out of 10 . Indeed, this anime has a very good storyline and the seiiyu(s) have did a great job for the whole show .

However, I don't really like the ending . It's kind of expected that it will stop earlier than the manga 'cos usually when anime is shown, the manga hasn't end .

Still, it's worth to watch . I really have a great laugh for this romance comedy . It's highly recommended to watch !

Ok, that's all for my rating .

I received my package again ! It's from Simplifiquez (:


Like always, I love mails !


My new pink top with girly looking sleeves .


New jacket (:

Yesterday
Just like the past few days, I spent my day at home.

Of course, I continue to watch more anime . After finish watching 君に届け, I watched another new anime: のだめカンタービレ (Nodame Cantabile)

Nodame Cantabile is great for people who love music, especially classical and orchestra. The music is really nice !

This anime has 3 seasons, total of 23+11+11= 45 episodes (:



Here's the plot:

Noda Megumi, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend's lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Chiaki Shinichi is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy (namely Prague), he is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean.

They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Along the way, they meet some crazy people (like Masumi, Mine, and Stresemann) and make lasting friendships.

Because of Nodame, Chiaki gets the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

After graduation, Nodame succeeds in curing Chiaki from his phobia and they both move to Paris where Nodame continues her piano studies at the Conservatoire de Paris while Chiaki starts a professional career as a conductor. In Europe, they encounter new friends and rivals, as well as keep in touch with their friends from Japan.

Here are some of the pictures:

キャアーー! 千秋真一


The last few scene for season 1 (:

Overall, I will give a rating of 10 out of 10. This anime is funny because Nodame tends to have wild imagination and she loved to make funny sounds like 'gyabo' etc.

I think the classical music played was great, even those whereby the 'purposely' played with mistakes for the anime .

The best part is they will show the title of the classical music played . So if someone wants to look for the music scores etc, it's easy .

I would say that it's almost perfect, at least for a classical music lover like me (:

Today
I was damn pissed off this morning because I got wakened up by my sisters .

Anyway, I slept till late afternoon and I prepared to go to my grandma's house . If not, I will sleep till even later that 4pm .

When I boarded up the bus, I was stopped by the stupid Bus 8 driver . I nearly quarrelled with him .

Indeed true that I was using my sister's ezlink card . But so what ?

If it's not because of the expensive fare and concession for tertiary students, I would have used my own card .

Aren't polytechnic students mostly come directly from secondary school ? Just because we don't wear uniforms like ITEs and JCs , do that make us not like a student ?

Seriously, something has to do for the fares . I know everything is unfair, but not every students have purchasing power for expensive transport .

Ok , whatever . I hate most bus drivers, particularly SBS (old, SG chinese ones).

That's all for now !

I love anime (: