Tag: fandom

  • 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

  • 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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  • Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone

    One of the most tiring things on technology blogs is to read comments from people. It’s been specially tiring when Apple fans start blasting Samsung/Android posts, and viceversa. Though I must admit The Next Big Thing Commercial [1] was pretty funny. However, there was always something in common for the both of them, they could piss on Nokia.

    Well, Nokia won’t stand for it no longer!

    And their commercial speaks the truth.

  • Yuguo Withdrawal Symptom

    I am having serious Yuguo Withdrawal Symptom, especially because I thought Yuguo’s latest album would be out and about in March — it’s nearly mid-April and I’m still dry. I need my next fix! ASAP. Especially considering they do have the promo images for the album, and the official track listing. What happened???? I’m freaking out O_O

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    I’ll have to settle for replaying one of my favorite albums of them, which by the way, I got my aunt to buy for me in her last trip to Shanghai coz- it’s like impossible to get online if you’re not a resident.

  • Doona, You’re so Expressive~

    I didn’t know Doona spoke English this great, but I’m more delighted to see how expressive she is when she talks. xD

    No wonder she placed on #2 on my list three years ago, and I lvoe her even more so than I did then. If I were making that list again, she would be my #1.

  • Mayday – Masquerade (Male, Female, One Body)

    I just began listening (truly listen) to Mayday’s discography pre the Born to Love days, finishing off titles/pinyin/title translations, when I ran into this song titled Masquerade (Male, Female, One Body) from their 2003 album, Time Machine (時光機). The thing is, the title of the song is Ci Xiong Tong Ti (雌雄同體), which is the term used to refer to “hermaphrodites” (which, by the way, isn’t longer a term accepted for people, who are now referred to as “intersex”). Perplexed, thinking that Google Translate was giving me a wonky translation, I checked the dictionary to double check.

    On a quick google search, I found a pretty terrific (singable) translation of the song.

    Rather than you understand me—I’d rather be a mystery
    A puzzle you just cannot solve, of what’s false and real, it’ll play at your heartstrings
    I’ll play you, or play your opposite form; partake in this game of love that you’ve borne.

    via NoStarWords @ LJ + starriheavens

    My mind was melted. I mean, it’s not VERY often you get playful duality in music, playing on gender-role conventions and completely avoiding the titillation that seethes from… well, everywhere now.

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  • Zhou Xun on Life, Death, and its Impact on Children

    I remember when I was in fifth grade I saw my grandfather die. There he was, lying motionless on the bed. I was close to my grandfather. He taught me how to write. I remember thinking, “If this is the end of life, that means we don’t have to take everything too seriously.” Children who grow up without seeing death don’t have that realization.

    Zhou Xun Looks Beyond Borders

  • Street Fighter III – Fuurinkazan

    Some outstanding animated fanart from Derek Henriques and Victor Hugo from Brazil and their love for Street Fighter.

    https://youtu.be/BEz0mYMPbjU

    Derek Henriques
    Direction, Screenplay, Animation, Project Management, Smoke and Fire FX and Editing

    Lá no Estúdio
    Music, Sound Design, Foley and Mixing

    Lou Schmidt
    Music, Mixing, Hugo’s Voice

    Felipe Alves
    Source Material Consulting

    Victor Hugo Queiroz
    Producer, Co-direction, Screenplay, Art Direction, Character Design, Modeling, Rigging, Texturing, Lookdev, Grooming, Lighting, Rendering, FX, Post-production and Compositing)

  • Brown Eyed Girls Through the Years

    YouTube recommendations worked for once! I ran into this pretty complete compilation of Brown Eyed Girls throughout the years, since their beginnings in 2006. As you may know or not, I discovered BEG from Abracadabra [1] and didn’t appreciate their first two albums completely — I liked them, but just liked them — until my trip to Taiwan when I spent most of my highway time listening to them.

    However, I haven’t actually bothered to look for Brown Eyed Girls performances throughout the years, so I was astonished to actually SEE how much they’ve changed physically. I knew that JeA, Miryo… and specially Narsha had talked about the things they got done, as they often point out the struggle GaIn had to go through for not accepting to undergo whatever their label wanted her to go through. I had seen the photos and some of the old music videos, but to actually see them perform and SEE — it’s shocking.

    I also respect their honesty on the subject.

    I’m also SHOCKED at the part where Miryo kinda reminded me of Bibi, with the hair and the geeky getup, included geeky glasses and all.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8mmM6JJ4LE

  • Movie-hunting Chulpan Khamatova

    I’ve been on a Chulpan Khamatova movie hunt for the past week or two. xD

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    I had been trying to watch her filmography since… Goodbye Lenin! in 2004, but I never got to it. I, then, chose to watch Luna Papa. I realized I couldn’t call myself a fan if I hadn’t watch more of her movies, so I went finally hunting. I’ve already seen The Land of the Deaf, 72 Meters, Doctor Zhivago, The Sword Bearer, and Domovoy.

    I also got The Dancer’s Time (but it’s got no subtitles), Tuvalu is on its way, and I’ve got Paper Soldier ready to go.

    I hope that in a few months I have enough information to write a YAM Loves post about her :) Coz her face is perfection personified and from the little information I was able to find, she’s also a fascinating person.