eggchan: (J-Pop//Arashi - Ohno beauty)
eggchan ([personal profile] eggchan) wrote2009-12-29 12:08 am

It's almost 2010!


This photoshoot is freaking awesommmeee just look at how inflexible Mr. Failboat is there haha


What an interesting year it was.

I did and saw way more than I ever thought I would.

Biggest accomplishment for me - exploring and experiencing Japan. Loving it. Hating it. Making wonderful friends. I experienced things that I'd never experienced or thought I would experience before in my life.

+ Lived through 3 earthquakes
+ Saw a solar eclipse
+ Wore a yukata
+ Rode the shinkansen (so freaking awesome )
+ Saw Tohoshinki
+ ARASHI CONCERT 5 FREAKING ROWS AWAY FROM THE FRONT
+ Went to a matsuri
+ Explored Nagoya
+ Ate crepes
+ Went to Tokyo Disney & Sea
+ Went to Tokyo!
+ Visited Johnny's Shop 6 times
+ Addiction to Book Off
+ Addiction to Kiatenzushi (curse you discount sushi!!)
+ Traveled and saw Ise Shrines, the ocean, Nara, many many many many other places
+ Climbed mountains, saw 1,500 year old trees and temples
+ Saw Mount Fuji
+ Went to Odaiba -- SAW VS ARASHI TENT AND VS ARASHI COIN TOWER PUCKS (I have pics I never shared them sorry ) and saw giant gundam
+ Stayed at a ryokan

....etc. etc. etc. etc. I don't think this list will ever end.

2009 was a rollercoaster, to say the least. I'm looking forward to 2010 although it's through some pretty terrified eyes. There's going to be a big change in my life, whether I like it or not.

I've also accepted a translators position at [livejournal.com profile] ao_no_michi. I'll still be posting up small little projects here possibly, and most definitely will be continuing to post magazine articles here, so if you have any requests please let me know

With all that aside... I'd like to share something amusing.

My friend [livejournal.com profile] daone_shh I met in Japan sent me a holiday card and I received it a few days ago. But, when I looked at where it was addressed to, I suddenly burst into laughter.


The United States of Singapore America


Tsemin, hun.. I couldn't tell if you did that on purpose or if it was a mistake. Either way, it made me laugh and sorry for making fun of you on my blog

Well -- HERE'S TO A WONDERFUL 2010 GUYS *clinks glasses*

[identity profile] voleur.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
ok i read your post now, and i wanna say that i'm very proud/happy for you. i think you're awesome and i feel that japan was a great experience for you. (: so happy you got to do all of that!! i want to travel while i'm still young hahaha. 2010 will be scary for both of us, but we're not alone. you can do it!!!!

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
thx grl.. :D i'm so glad to have you as a friend ♥♥

[identity profile] jadeswallow.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
aww so many wonderful experiences for you this year...
i should start saving money to go to japan and watch arashi concerts....

i noticed mr.failboat too in that shoot! aiba picked the most difficult poses!

and i think those photoshoots are my favourite for this year! so cute!!

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
haha yes Aiba definitely picked the most difficult, but doesn't he look like he's doing it with such ease?? I need to work on my flexibility x_x;

[identity profile] ohmyghost.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
YOUR YEAR SOUNDS LOVELY. THAT TRIP LOOKS LOVELY. YOU ARE LOVELY. ♥!!!

HERE'S CHEERS for a happy 2010!!!! *clink clink*

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU ARE LOVELY TOO ♥♥ Aw look at MJ's little heart icon there. That was such an ugly outfit ♥

AWESOME 2010 AHOY 8D *clink!*

[identity profile] whoompah.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
ROFLMAO UNITED STATES OF SINGAPORE!!!! XDDDDD

and whoa! bb I say from looking at that list you've accomplished a lot! O.O

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
:D yayy yes I feel like I've lived through so many different experiences now, and it was all crammed into one crazy summer. (I wish time travelling was possible right about now ;^;)

[identity profile] jadeyeap.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
HAHAHAHAH YEYYY SINGAPOREE :D have a great 2010 <3

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
have a great 2010!! :D

[identity profile] melonpunch.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You did a lot more than I did in 2009!

I think the most notable thing I did was graduate from college -___-

OMG EARTHQUAKES?! :o

You should share more pictures from Japan because I'd love to see them! ♥

Happy New Year, Egg! =D

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
graduating from college is a big accomplishment! I'm doing that next year, which is.. why I'm kind of scared ;_; *clings*

and yes.. earthquakes. Mainly pretty small ones, but I was in a 4.0 at 5am in the morning and a really really tiny one but on the 13th floor of a hotel.. that was interesting xD; my room was moving back and forth

[identity profile] melonpunch.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
OH MY GOSH I would be crying and panicking and possibly faint! :o :o :o

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL.. ermm.. the 4.0 one wasn't so scary as I was fairly low to the ground, but man.. everything was banging into walls and it was strange.. XD

but the tiny one in the hotel was actually scary.. i had an umbrella on a hook, and suddenly I felt the "start" of an earthquake (I can tell now when there's gonna be an earthquake haha) and I was like, "oh crap" and then my umbrella started swinging back and forth, and I was like "Nuuuuuuuuuuuuu this is scary T_T *put on clothes so I can run downstairs*

[identity profile] melonpunch.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You are the bravest Egg ever! I would just scream and wail and not know what to do!

Where did these earthquakes happen?!

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
ahahhh.. well, the 4.0 one happened in my dorm room.. I woke up to the earthquake, and then for some reason decided to get out of bed and stand in the hallway going "o_O it's an earthquake" lol

the other one happened during my tour of Tokyo.. I happened to have a room on the 13th floor Image;; honestly, though I shouldn't have been as scared as I was, seeing as A) the buildings in Japan are built to withstand earthquakes and B) like 2 weeks earlier there was a 7.0 earthquake in Tokyo, and the building wasn't crashed to the ground from that, so.. Image;; but still.. kind of scary to have your room sway back and forth, yeh?

[identity profile] soothing-sight.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
3 earthquakes and a solar eclispe? o_o Wow.

Arashi concert!!!! Oh Geez, oh my Gosh!! Seriously? MAN I wanna go tooo!! I CAN'T believe you've seen them LIVE. They were... right there!! You've spent 3 hours with them... right there!! *I'm at a loss of words*
T_T

:)

Congratulations on joining Ao_no_michi!! I love this community.^^ The quality of your translations is awesome, so this piece of news rocks!! :DDD
Arashi fandom is <3!

Well, quite a year, quite a year. I should definitely go do the same on my LJ. Thanks for giving me the idea. ^^


Have a very good 2010, Eggchan. Even though there might be major changes to come. Happy 2010. I'll keep on supporting you on your personal LJ, and at Ao_no_Michi! ;D

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
yes, 3 earthquakes and a solar eclipse! It was really interesting! I never thought I would experience any of those things. Apparently the solar eclipse isn't going to happen again for 20 or so years, and it was only visible in Japan and part of Asia. I'm really glad I got to see it.

Thank you for all your support! You've been a really great and supportive LJ friend :) glad to have you around!

I'm curious as to your post, I'd like to see it when it's done :D

Have a great 2010 yourself!! :'D

[identity profile] soothing-sight.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well, you see, I don't fangirl on my personal LJ, since that would totally scare my family members, and they wouldn't read it anymore. Seriously.

I've got Arashi as my layout and for my icons... and there I got an email from my big sister telling she was completely overwhelmed by the amount of Arashi there was. She mentioned she would wait for emails to get news from me. ¬_¬

And I had tried not to scare them with my being an fangirl. x)

Haha... I'll tell you when I am done with that post. Isn't it quite... well, hard to look back at a whole year, to determine major events, how we've changed, etc? So, it might take me a while to write that post. I'll do my best to get it done by 2010. ;)

Ja, talk to you later! I'll go back to cleaning my room. It needs to be done at least once per semester, haha!! ;)

-- 20 years or so before another solar eclispe? Wooo... I remember there had been one when I was... a kid! I don't know. I was something like... 6 y.o.

Lucky you!! :D

[identity profile] matineelove.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
you've had such an awesome year
hope your 2010's wonderful as well *throws confetti*
8D

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks you! here's hoping everyone's 2010 is wonderful! 8D

[identity profile] whifling.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Lang mey yer lum reek : ) Wi' ither folks coal! >: )

Happy New Year eggy egg egg <3

Mey the best ye hae iver seen be the warst ye'll iver see.

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! Image so sweet.. but you got me all curious to know what the first line says Image

[identity profile] whifling.livejournal.com 2010-01-06 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Long may your chimney smoke :D My gran always says it at Christmas.

but maybe....
Long may the hamsterwheel in your PC continue to turn ^^ (slightly more relevant in this modern age.

[identity profile] tomoyodesu.livejournal.com 2009-12-29 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
your year definitely was exciting!!! :D
i hope 2010 is awesome as well~ ♥

[identity profile] daone-shh.livejournal.com 2009-12-30 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
tsk egg chan.. i dont mind :P at least i know you received the card!
that's what you get from an overworked OL :P the best part was.. i didn't notice that i'd written it wrongly.. my sister was gonna send it out for me, saw it, sent me a text whilst i was at work.. and i was like -_- haizzzzzzz.

and so.. she amended it for me.

btw, YOU NEVER MENTIONED VS ARASHI TENT AT ODAIBA!!!!

was it because.. we were all so tired during that time with all that travelling and preoccupied with what we were doing? i dont recall you saying it at all!

and i look at your list of things you've done in japan and i'm like.. shittt i totally wasted my time there (including sleeping through all the earthquakes) -.-

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2009-12-30 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
haha you definitely DID sleep through earthquakes XD;

but poor Tsemin.. so tired you write US of Singapore XD it's okay I still ♥ you. But I will mention.. YOUR HANDWRITING IS LIKE SO CRAZY D: it's like a font, every letter is written the same x_X; how do you do it?? I was gonna mention it when you gave me the letter in Japan, but I think I forgot.

And the VS Arashi tent?? Umm, I dunno I guess I forgot about it!! I was so preoccupied with TJ coming to visit, and then the Arashi concert the week after.. I dunno! XD;;

[identity profile] daone-shh.livejournal.com 2009-12-30 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
yikes.. i might just be the most 'fail' person after sho :X
i have no idea what i was thinking then. but it was definitely after work. messed up brain i have ;P

haa. crazy handwriting implies: illegible? it's deceptively neat i'm told.. but it's difficult to make out the letters. and i hope your eyes didnt get killed by the colour i was using (i used the light blue, didn't i?) had to make myself happy by shopping at muji :D

geez i miss you guys so much!

here's to 2010. i'm very glad for you.. with all that translating and all. it's good practice :D with arashi at that :D ganbatte ne! i'll be trying my darnest to level up as well :D

[identity profile] atrandum.livejournal.com 2009-12-30 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
hahaha seems like this year was an eventful one for you :D hope next year will be great!!

i saw the VS ARASHI tent too. wasn't it epic? XD hahaha so huuuuge. i need to write an entry on that lolz

[identity profile] splitstep.livejournal.com 2010-01-07 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh... the pics you choose are always awesome and leaves me wondering where they came from ;D

Please share with me where that pic above came from 8D? (magazine?)THANKS!

[identity profile] eggchan.livejournal.com 2010-01-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
haha ahh.. the pictures are always from lots of different places.. I don't really remember where I get a lot of them.. Image But I know that this photoshoot was recent.. if I figure out which magazine it's from, I'll let you know Image

[identity profile] splitstep.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! ok THANKS!!!!