FYI.  to those who ordered their tickets via ticket365.  Mine arrived today via DHL.

YATTA.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: My ARASHI Senti List

I'm not really too sure if this has already been posted elsewhere but the ticket365 in shanghai is already accepting booking and payment for the NOv 15/16 concerts.  Right now, they only have the 680 and the 480 slots.

you can access their site via http://www.tickets365.com.cn/tk2005/eng/ticket_detail.jsp

According to my very accomodating tour guide in Shanghai... this online ticketing site is credible and she has used it several times.

You can remit your payment or pay it online via credit card.... and you have the option to send your tickets to your overseas addresss.....

anyways.... if you still haven't booked/bought your tickets... you may want to include this options to grab them....





 

Tags: aaa2, arashi, shanghai concert
Current Mood: bouncy

After reading the update on Ohno-kun's new drama.... i checked out the local video store near our area to check if Mawang is already available.... fortunately they have it stocked....  ^_^

i'm very curious of the plot and i want to visualize how Ohno is going to portray the role....

So far i've watched the first 5 episodes....  the plot is interesting but a bit slow paced compared to Japan series..... hopefully the pace will pick up or else i may watch the ending again after the 8th episode...(gosh i hope not).....

watching the series now bring me to 2 realization....
1.  ohno will fit the role of the two-faced lawyer, the kind one and also the evil one
2.  will the always spaced-out ohno be able to carry the intellectual character of the lawyer?..... 

hopefully he can exceed the acting of ji hoon... i find his (ji hoon) character a bit too stoic.  even when acting kind... he seems to be too uptight....
hopefully ohno will be able to balance the light and dark character of the lawyer to make it more interesting....

can't wait for july ne.....  

Current Location: in my living room
Current Mood: watching Mawang

where is it?..... where is it?..... i'm too excited to stay put....

hopefully it will be delivered before the 29th or else i'm TOTALLY going to MISS it....

i'm flying back to the philippines to attend my friends wedding.... my only consolation is that I'm DIVING ^_^

Now that's something that I'm looking forward to for 6 months...

Tags: ramblings
Current Location: at home watching Coffee Prince
Current Mood: and excited

It's been always my obssession to learn the Japanese language...

I really love ANIME and I'm fascinated with the JAPANESE Culture.... but even though I've bought the Colloquial Japanese book about a year ago... I've never finished Chapter 2...

I will always be bored and stucked....

But now...

I want to do it seriously.... I'm planning to go to JAPAN again this September and hopefully.... I will be able to understand and speak japanese aside from "Ikura desu ka?"... Really that's the only Japanese phrase that I was able to use when I went to Japan this year.

And Aside from that.... I've bought the ARASHI Concert DVD's Japanese Version and I'm not able to understand any of their conversation T_T

I'm really frustrated...
And then I regret not studying Japanese language all the past months..... Hopefully I've learned my lesson and be able to finish the whole book this time.
I don't want to stop again at Chapter 2. I-ya-da na!!!! 

PSSST... Anyone interested with the Colloquial Japanese Audio... just PM me.   ^_^

Tags: japanese language
Current Location: At home, watching What Lies Beneath
Current Music: Arashi... Tomadoi Nagara

Yay!!!!

I'm so happy.... got my Arashi Concert DVD's today.

Yatta!!!!

 

Tags: arashi
Current Mood: hyper

 I'm a travel bug.... but as far as i can remember i always travel with my mom or with a friend.

This time, i wanted to experience travelling alone.  And since I'm not really confident enough to travel far... I chose the easiest and most accessible from Singapore....

This post accounts this travel experience....

From singapore.... I decided to use a new travel agency... I always use the agency near my work.... but since I wanted to experience the service provided by other agency I decided to use the one near my house....

And it's such a complete waste.... 

1.  the hotel confirmation was supposed to be done on Mondays but i did not received any call from them.  I decided to call them on tuesday but they say my hotel is fully booked.  So they offered a different one with a higher rate.  Thankfully I was able to collect my voucher on Thursday afternoon (travel was set on Friday)

2.  Their rate is much higher than my usual agency.  I think the difference is about 30 - 45 SGD

3.  Their travel agency contact is dedicated for chinese speaking tourist.  


Okay.... enough of that....

It's Friday morning and I overslept.... I'm suppose to be at Harbourfront by 10:50 AM.  I woke up at 10 AM and I need 45 minutes to go the terminal....  Thankfully the person in-charge of the trip stayed for us late-comers (Note:  I'm not the last person to collect my ticket ^_^)

After almost 1 1/2 hours, I reached Batam.  Underwent the immigration procedure and so forth....

And I met my guide, Acutally there's two of them; a guy and a girl.  The guy, I don't have a problem with him he can speak english and it enough for me to understand his instruction.  But the thing is he is in-charge for the other group.  So after I was briefed, I was left with the girl.  And that was a complete let down.  She can't understand english at all....

(enough... my tension is rising again....)

So after that I was able to check in and since its already lunch i decided to ate at the in-house korean restaurant....

The meal is quite good.  (it's so good that even with my previous experience....  i decided to ate dinner on my last evening)

This is where my adventure starts.... 

I'm watching the newly downloaded clip of arashi on my zen when i remember that I brought my laptop and the place is not dangerous at all if i'm to use it... oh boy i'm so mistaken.....

So after 1 hour.... in noticed that all my fellow diners is gone.  And the staff is runing outside the restaurant.  

HOnestly, i thought there's a parade.  The girl is shouting in indonesian language and I'm not able to understand it at ALL!!!

Fortunately, there's one staff that is able to translate whatever they are saying... "FIRE.... The KITCHEN is on FIRE!!!!"

EHHH, hontou ne!  I grabbed my things and went to the next exit.  But i was held by the cashier.... I need to settle my bill.... HOnestly, there is fire and they still want me to pay.... 

Okay, I totally understand that i need to settle my bill so i went back and check how much i need to pay.  26 SGD.  I don't have exact amount so i gave 30.

and then that's it.

GRRRRRRRRR

The gall has the nerve to collect the bill but it seems that she does not have any intention to give the change in return.  She did not even ask for my room number so she can give it to me later on.....

And now after the trip.... i'm already in Singapore but sad to say  I still haven't received my change.

It's just 4 dollars.  But i thinks this really reflects the attitude of the hotel.

So as per my review and comment for Planet Holiday in Batam:

1.  Staff's english skills is very minimal.  Only the front office staff is able to speak little english.  If you ask them any question and use english terms that are not really common.  I say Good Luck... ^_^

2.  I don't think they have enough insurance policy to cover unexpected circumstances.  I think during the fire emergency, since it happens in the kitichen, the insurance should have covered the amount for the losses.  Inclusive of the bills not payed by the customers.


On the positive note:
3.  ehhh.... i can't think of any.  I think I've been so disappointed that I am not able to see the hotel's good side.



 

Tags: travel
Current Mood: cranky