Author: Amy

  • This is Still my Fandom

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    I know that except from my 5th Year Anniversary Wiki Update [1], things have been usually pretty quiet on the Yu front. It usually is pretty slow during these months, as Yu’s activities tend to pick up by August all the way into December, January and February.

    Though my fandomess (that’s not even a word) has diminished, Yu still has a special place in my fangirly heart. I would totally be giddy with a new movie, and specially with starring on a new jdrama (as a lead, not guest). I’m not as an ardent fan of Yu’s passion for shaved ice, so those books are missing from my collection, as well as her first few photobooks. But as you can see, I’ve kept on supporting her any way I could.

    I’m still waiting to catch Vampire. The Shunji Iwai Festival team on Weibo told me it would be “soon” when I get to catch it on a proper online channel, so I’m crossing my fingers.

    I do miss that doki doki feeling I used to get when this fandom started. Maybe I’ll re-watch Osen to recapture that feeling. LOL

  • Joseph Chang, Why So Sexy?

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    You know, I can’t really remember him from Au Revoir Taipei, but after seeing Gf*Bf and having just checked out Eternal Summer, I have a mad mad crush on him. Funny thing is… I had a hard time searching for a goooooood photo to use, but find that he looks good on film.

    Having said that- the 2013 LGBT Blogathon starts on Monday over at YAM Magazine!

    Don’t miss it!

  • From Tokyo with Chulpan Khamatova for Chivas

    I’ve been on a Chulpan Khamatova binge for a while, but since Russian is such a foreign language to me, it seems hard to come by with simple googling since Google Translate doesn’t do so well with the language either. This time, though, I was browsing Khamatova.ru and was looking at the Filmography page and noticed that she had a fairly recent short film.

    Titled From Tokyo (Из Токио), this short film also serves as a commercial for Chivas Regal. Directed by Aleksei German Jr., the short follows a Russian businessman on a return flight from Tokyo to Moscow (I suppose), where he’s unable to sleep. When approached by the flight attendant, they begin talking about his reasons to be in Tokyo right after the Tohoku Earthquake and the Tsunami, where he’s rescued a survivor.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhAbV6Nep4Q

    Though I really liked the short by the end, even if that might be my Khamatova bias showing~ there were some things that irked me for no reason. One- the dude is a rescuer flying on Business. Two- he refers to Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City as “a village” because we did not see the Tsunami literally crushing miles and miles of road, bridges, highways, while sweeping tons of cars and other city-related debris.

    Having said that~ Yes! Khamatova! I finally learned how to pronounce her name correctly. I was doing it SO wrong. LOL I’m a little embarrassed.

  • Sammi Cheng in Cannes 2013

    Damn, I know very little about Sammi Cheng — I may have heard a song or two (maybe?) — but damn~ that’s hot. Super hot. Vampire Shane Hot. LOL

  • Dream Collaboration: Ang Lee + Nicole Kidman

    I don’t know how this didn’t come to me before this photo.

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    After her collaboration with Bong Joon-ho, and that she so wanted to work with Wong Kar-wai — it only makes sense that she wouldn’t mind working with Ang Lee, after all~ he’s won two Oscars for director. He hasn’t actually made his actors win anything, even though Heath Ledger should’ve won for Brokeback Mountain as Best Actor instead of Supporting for Batman.

    Kidman has a great selection of director’s on her filmography. One of the very few with really REALLY interesting choices [1].

  • Ninja Turtle Nostalgia~

    This just doesn’t seem quite right :/

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  • Even if I say so myself~

    I’ve got some pretty nice recommendations to share.

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  • S.H.E – The Tree at That Time

    I have created a brand new tag specifically for S.H.E ~

    Rainbows & Puppies.

    Because, well~ this music video and the song are self-explanatory.

    Despite being completely different, this brought memories of Viva Forever [MV] by the Spice Girls. I guess… I can see a tree in The Tree at that Time (那時候的樹)? Oh, and I guess… stop-motion mixed in live-action? xD

  • Yu Aoi Updated Wiki Entry #2

    It’s a five-year fandom anniversary!

    and I’ve just gotten EXTRA lazy now. These are the links to Yu’s previous Wiki entries [1][2].

    I know that over the years (especially the last two), I have been lazying around not stalking enough news and being always late. Though some fans have disappeared from the internet, I still appreciate some of you lurkers.

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  • It Doesn’t Matter that You’re Lying in the Gutter

    Oh, man~ after a few couple of years of waiting for information on Barlow, on a quick google- he’s finally back online with Twitter and Facebook. I’m probably one of the few people with the actual physical album in their collections. I’m even very tempted on ripping it and unleashing it on the net for a while~

    Remember Walk Away?

    Well, Malcom’s got his image, his rock and his crack,
    and if he lives to see twenty, he wouldl’ve beat the clock.
    He’s got his ride and his pride, and girls by his side,
    he makes his stands with a gun in his hand,
    he saw his best friend lying on a stainless steel tray,
    and he walked away.

    That written image reminds me TLC’s Waterfalls [MV].

    By the way, I’m aware Barlow is not 90s music, but TLC is. xD