It's a rather 'old' movie, but nevertheless, pretty good. I've not seen any other Jennifer Love Hewitt's movie ever since I Know What You Did Last Summer.




Samantha (Jennifer) is a violin student currently studying in London and met Ian, a local British. They live together in his apartment and one day, they had a fight, and ended up with Samantha in a fatal accident.



Leaving Ian heartbroken BUT the next morning, he woke up to find the same day happening again! And he begins to freak out, but tried to mend things with Sam while it lasts. The scenery at the countryside was breathtaking and it kinda reminds me of P.S I Love You.




Well, I like this particular background music and I'm gonna look for it, when I have time. Jennifer sang two songs in this movie, both of which are fine. But I do like one of them called Love You Show You Everything.

I think the actor who plays Ian (Paul Nicholls) is great, I mean, the crying scenes, he pulled them off so well.

The dream of most gurllzz....is to get married. And this movie is all about just that. Marriage/Wedding. Two best friends who were desperate to have a dream June wedding at the Plaza. One has been saving for it since 16, the other led a much better life as a lawyer but still yearned very much for THE DAY to come.


Oh just look at those two trying to grab that bouquet of flower >.< And when their respective boyfriends proposed, they went crazy!!!

One had her ring put in some fortune cookies (surprise element, I suppose but I wonder if I really wanted mine in some cookie, though)

The other is desperate enough to rush/jog all the way to his office and actually popped the question before he did! LOL...




and so they went to Sinclair, the famous wedding planner in Manhattan and hoped for a date in June at The Plaza. Things were fine when they each got their dates, until the secretary made a mistake and gave one of their dates to another desperate to-be bride. and so they were left with one date, one venue and TWO BRIDES>

And they were waiting for "the other one" to pop the ultimate statement to change their venue/date. And for the first time in 20 years, they didn't talk to each other for a week.

See, weddings can join people, and also break people apart. #_#


and so the competition begins!!! and we see how they tried to crash each other's wedding, trying to lure one to have an eating binge so she can't fit into her Vera Wang dress, another tried to spread rumors that the other one is pregnant, thus, desperate for the wedding. ^^

Memorable quotes:

' You don't alter Vera Wang to fit you, you alter yourself to fit Vera. What do boys learn in school?'- Liv

'The final week of the wedding to do or die. I expect my brides to be flawless, perfect hair, skin, everything.' - Marianne Sinclair



And accidents can happen, or not...

Weddings...@_@

Departures is unique movie, at least to me. So, there's this guy, Daigo who lost his job as a cello player when his orchestra team disbanded. And he was left with a huge debt for buying the cello. In order to lose the debt, he had to give up the cello and move back to his village hometown together with his wife, Mika.

Back in the small village, he accidently landed on a peculiar job as someone who helped to cleanse and organize funerals. This scene down here, like...OMG so damn funny!!! I really banged on the table when I saw this scene. Totally unexpected and out of nowhere he came out wearing that adult diaper!!!

But oh he has a nice body build xD

And this old guy here is the one who owned that company. The job pays well though, and since he couldn't find other jobs, he stayed with it, without telling his wife. Until she found the tape recording where the demonstration was done, his cover was blown.


Mika was upset, having found out that her husband, once a cello player had to resort to a job like this. Handling dead people. It was too much for her to bear and when Daigo refused to give up the job, she left the village.

As usual, I won't reveal the ending. But oh this movie's really really interesting, especially when they showed you the techniques on how to handle the dead, how to cleanse them, and like dressing them up, facial make up and all, I'm impressed by their skills when they dress them up. Turning their bodies around, without even revealing anything.

It's pretty lengthy but worth watching. And funny as hell too, so don't miss this one out if you have a chance!

Reservation Road stars:
Joaquin Pheonix
Mark Ruffalo
Jennifer Connelly

Ethan and Grace (Joaquin and Jennifer) are a happy couple with two children, a boy and a girl. Living in a small town, their lives are pretty normal, until their young son was killed in a hit and run accident. The driver is Dwight (Mark) who was driving his son back to his ex-wife after running late from a baseball game. And his impatient ex-wife wasn't really helping much in the case either.



I think the most depressing scene from this movie was when they were dealing with the death. It's really sad to think that someone close to you was smiling happily for a second, then the next minute, they can just be gone like a snap.


Joaquin, as a Dad is the first I've seen him acting as. Well, then again, I dont follow his movies much. But i think he pulled this character of really well and convincing as a loving dad and husband, trying to keep the family from breaking apart, protective, caring, and at some point felt the need to defend for his innocent son's sudden death by some irresponsible reckless driver.


The point where he snapped and pulled a gun to threaten Dwight was like..."wow". Imagine going to a lawyer who tried to act all innocent, pulling two faced character on you, and then he turned out to be the one who took your beloved away.

But it's not all just about the family's grief, we were also shown how Dwight tried to deal with the case, feeling guilty yet couldn't find the right courage to give himself to the police.


Great acting from both Joaquin and Jennifer, Mark following behind. It's good. I shall keep the ending to myself. ^^

This came out a while ago, but since I was busy, I only had the chance to catch this now. Umm, I'll Be, like so many of other YUI's songs are mainly aimed to encourage people during their down times.


The song is the usual basic pop/rock style, nothing really special. she actually performed the live orchestral version in some school hall last time, and I liked that version more than this studio one. I think the orchestra put more depth and just sounds better.


Since it's about troubled people, the video focuses on students/ althelets/working adults feeling down.



Then after each of them listens to the song, they became "genki". Umm...whoever said it's gonna be a complicated video anyway?

But i liked the glass floor they used as the stage. The mirror reflections does look kinda cool.


But overall, it's a mediocre video. It did match its purpose though, even without the lyrics, I think people can make out the idea of the song.

She has a new single atm called Again but I haven't seen the video yet. Floating somewhere in Youtube, I just don't watch much YT nowadays, so...^^

Now, before reading further, you may read Part 1 first.

So let's continue where we stopped. Next up, we have Na no Hana Batake. A slow ballad. Soothing in a way coz they just have Ban chan accompanied by the piano here...and again, the backgrounds.



Really nice choice.

For this live, I guess they decided to make good use of the slides and screens for backdrop.After that, we have the rest of the band appearing, Ryo gave a little speech.

Well, from my totally lousy Japanese, I think what he was trying to say is how their music contains certain important messages, maybe like peace, love, freedom...etc...
Then, Ban chan continues and all i can make out is that they're just doing their best (maybe in delivering those messages).





Then Ryo, as always the Joker, he began to ask the crowd to follow his words. And the words are like funny stuffs...and totally random.Oh the next one is GOOD. I love this track. One or Eight.

They always, without fail, have the utmost ENERGY to play this song live. And getting the crowd to join in the fun.
Lol...they like to do random stuffs/stunts during the song.

but seriously, nothing BEATS THIS ONE.
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#_#


Ryo came out with the WIG, during the encore session, together with another two members wearing wigs too. O.M.G. I laughed so loud when i saw this. Didn't see this coming.


They performed Highway Star (by Deep Purple). It's a funny performance really, overall. I'd give Ryo thumbs up for his guitar solo and total sense of humor, not so much for his vocals though.

Still, I am really really AMUSED by their long hair!!!~~ Where's the FACE???



After they finished, Ryo kept on saying stuffs like " Tokyo! God Bless YOU!!!~~~" LOL!!!!!!~~~
I mean, that's hilarious. you can tell that he's really HIGH during that moment. haha...must be the extensions!

Of course, Ban chan then appears from the side. Keeping the crowd high.

And she went straight to Ryo and playfully got rid of his uh...hair.


So friggin funny~
Oh the next song, also one of my favs! It's nice & easy. Great track!
Then comes the part where they introduced their new single for the first time, including performing it LIVE for the first time. (well, back in 2005 though, apparently that song was TAO, their last singl before their break up later on) I wonder if by then, they'd actually thought of the disbandment ...ummh....anyways, the crowd was excited to hear a new single though.


Who isnt? As a fan, I would be if I were among the crowd there that night. But nobody could foresee that this single would be their last one. (before their hiatus for 3 years, then the comeback in 2009)Although i did notice how Ban chan looked kinda sad when performing this, then again, she can be emotional for certain songs. ^^

For a first live of the song though, it's great. No flaw. So good job.

SWEET MOMENTS PICCIES!!!~~~look below~


Ban chan asking Ryo to follow her to the rear side...


and so they went....


Everything went smoothly until...Ban chan made a mistake in the lyrics (I think)...and somehow embarassed...

clung to Ryo...so funny and sweet at the same time.

and then the SUPER HUGGGGG!!!!~~~~
awww~~~~~~~~~~~
i like to see them interact with other, shows how much they've been through together (as a band i mean) ^^


Then...the band thank you....

and more hugs....

As usual, both Ryo and Ban chan stayed behind after the rest of the members went off.


I gotta say, this one here, below...

This is one of my FAV!!! ~~ I don't know, they looked...nice together, with their you know...waves lol...



final goodbye!
and lastly, a view of the entire Budoukan hall.

(finally, i finished this ahhh~~~) I'm satisfied, definitely coz there were just certain things in there that they did differently like the wig thingy and other random stuffs. I'm glad I bought the DVD xDDD