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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

No Paint No Gain !

Sorry for not updating, I was busying collecting my ZONE stuff and didn't really manage to post the videos due to some problems and I'm working on it and hope to share with you guys out there.

No Paint No Gain, if you don't paint your house where you gonna get a nice bright colour for your house and room ? This really No Pain No Gain Lol ~ Actually Painting is fun, just that when you paint the ceiling, you actually stressing your neck because you have to keep look up the ceiling when you paint. It's impossible for a person to paint the ceiling without looking at it, unless that person head have a pair of eyes looking up lol ! Painting the walls are just plain strength or muscle work, you have to apply correct pressure to the paintbrush to paint it to avoid dripping.

Talking about pain, muscle pain to be precise. Neck was okay because last 2 week, my dad and I just wanted to paint the ceiling. Afterall it my neck didn't hurt that much compare to my backbone. After painting I have to bath my dog, that was the tiring part and heck stress my backbone too much for crouching and bending my back in small bathroom to bath him.

While my dad painting the edge of every corner, I in the other room paint the ceiling and wall. This is what they call Teamwork. It might sounds a little boring say to paint the ceiling and wall, but it's fun though. It was a tiring day last Sunday where I woke up early and helping my dad with the painting without breakfast untill 3pm. The next day, I feel my shoulder and arm hurt a little, as I said No Pain No Gain, little muscle pain mean nothing. You have to enjoy what you do when you doing something that are not your specialty. What to do ? I don't have a choice for not helping because I will be staying there and my dad not willing to pay them to paint for us.

I think I gonna stop here and before I go, I will like to share something with you guys. You may saw those pictures from other site already because the pictures I took is from emails. So Enjoy.

Here are 7 pictures of European trucks whose trailers are decorated to look like the sides are missing and the products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back.
This is Creative !




The first one is a bottle of beer and looks so real, like it is coming out the side of the trailer.




The second is canvas tote bag.





The third is Pepsi cases and they are all stacked on the ceiling, and the bottom of the trailer is empty.





The fourth is another truck with the windshield facing the back and there has been a driver painted in the driver's seat looking back over his shoulder to appear like he is driving backwards.




The fifth one is an aquarium with fish swimming in it.





The sixth one is a bookshelf with books lined up in it and a post-it-note with an advertisement on it, probably for the company that sells the books.





The last one is Pringles-Hot & Spicy. The 'inside' of the trailer has the appearance of having been through a fire.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

All About ZONE !

ZONE

From Left to Right: Mizuho , Miyu , Takayo(Former Leader ) and Maiko



From Left to Right : Mizuho(Leader), Tomoka, Miyu and Maiko



ZONE Profile


Name: Maiko Sakae (栄舞子) or just Maiko (舞衣子, まいこ)
Bass and Vocals
Date of Birth : 24/07/1986
Place of Birth : Osaka
Zodiac Sign : Leo
Blood Type : O
Height : 154cm
Family : Parents, Older brother
Favorite Colors : Black, Blue
Name Meaning (Kanji) : “Dancing + Girl”
Hobby : Taking pictures
Favorite food : Tsukemono (kind of japanese pickles)
Food that hates : Green peppers
Likes : Light-emitting objects




Name : Miyu Nagase (長瀬実夕)
Guitar and Vocals
Date of Birth : 20/05/1988
Place of Birth : Hokkaido
Zodiac Sign :Taurus
Blood type : B
Height : 156cm
Family: Parents, Older sister
Favorite Colors : Yellow
Name Meaning (Kanji) : “Fruit (bearing) + Evening”
Hobby : Singing and Dancing
Favorite food : Rice, yoghurt, tomato
Food that hates : Beef
Likes : Shopping





Name : Mizuho Saito (斎藤瑞穂)
Drums and Vocals, Leader
Date of Birth : 12/12/1986
Place of Birth : Hokkaido
Zodiac Sign : Sagitarius
Blood Type : A
Height : 153cm
Family : Parents, Older sister, Younger brother
Favorite Colors : Red
Name Meaning (Kanji) : “Vigorous + Spike”
Hobby : Collect red things to her bedroom
Favorite food : Soft Bones
Food that hates : Pumpkin
Likes : Chatting





Name : Tomoka Nishimura (西村朝香)
Guitar and Vocals
Date of Birth : 19/09/1986
Place of Birth : Hokkaido
Zodiac Sign : Virgo
Blood type : O
Height : 160cm
Family : Parents
Hobby : Skiing, skating
Favorite food : Organs (animals)
Food that hates : Celery
Likes : Her dog Ron-chan





Name : Takayo Ookoshi (大越貴代)
Guitar and Vocals, Former Leader (1999-2003)
Date of Birth : 13/06/1985
Place of Birth : Hokkaido
Zodiac Sign : Gemini
Height : 154cm
Family : Parents, Older sister
Favorite Colors : Black
Name Meaning (Kanji) : “Precious + Age”
Hobby : Digital camera, pets
Favorite food : Eggplant
Likes : Singing

They so cute right ! Their song also very nice. Wasted la ~ T.T

Forever ZONE !!


Information From Wikipedia.org ( Summary )


HISTORY

At first, ZONE started off with eight members in 1997, then reduced to six and finally four – these members were Miyu Nagase, Mizuho Saito, Maiko Sakae, and Takayo Ookoshi – by the time they released their first indie disc in 1999.


Mr. Ominami Tadayuki, a representative of Sony Records, noticed that the crowd reaction to the debut concert was particularly enthusiastic. Back then, ZONE was solely concentrated on singing and dancing. Following his belief that ZONE had the makings of a hit, Tadayuki watched a live video of the band playing with instruments at the KomeKome Klub and felt that, due to the overabundance of dance groups, ZONE had the makings of a breakthrough act, providing they could play their instruments as well as sing and dance.


In late 2003, Takayo Ookoshi announced her graduation from ZONE to pursue her studies and has been since replaced by Tomoka Nishimura, one of the two original members cut from the band when they scaled from six members to four.


Between 1999 and 2005, ZONE released seventeen hit singles, three full lengths CDs, three DVDs, did commercials, and had their own television special, in addition to attending high school. They all graduated.


ZONE officially disbanded on April 1, 2005, after playing their final concert at Nippon Budokan.

Discography

Singles
believe in love (Indies Single)
GOOD DAYS (2001/02/07)
大爆発 NO.1 (2001/05/23) Dai Bakuhatsu NO.1
secret base ~君がくれたもの~ (2001/08/08) Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~
世界のほんの片隅から (2001/11/14) Sekai No Hon No Katasumi Kara
夢ノカケラ・・・ (2002/02/14) Yume No Kakera
一雫 (2002/07/17) Hito-shizuku
証 (2002/09/26) Akashi
白い花 (2002/11/27) Shiroi Hana
true blue/恋々・・・ (2003/04/16) True Blue/Renren...
H・A・N・A・B・I ~君がいた夏~ (2003/07/30) H.A.N.A.B.I ~Kimi ga Ita Natsu~
僕の手紙 (2003/10/29) Boku No Tegami
卒業 (2004/02/04) Sotsugyō
太陽のKiss (2004/06/02) Taiyō No Kiss
glory colors ~風のトビラ~ (2004/08/04) Glory Colors ~Kaze No Tobira~
笑顔日和 (2005/03/09) Egao Biyori

Albums
Z (2002/02/14)
O (2002/11/27)
ASTRO Girlz & Boyz (2003/07/16)
N (2004/02/18)
E ~Complete A side Singles~(2005/04/13)
ura E~Complete B side Melodies~ (2006/04/19)


DVDs
ZONE CLIPS 01 ~Sunny Side~ (2003/10/29)
ZONE CLIPS 02 ~Forever Side (2004/03/17)
ZONE TV special "ユメハジマッタバカリ" DVD edition (2004/09/29)
ZONE CLIPS 03 ~2005 卒業~ (2005/05/18)
ZONE FINAL in 日本武道館 2005/04/01 ~心を込めてありがとう~ (2005/06/22) ZONE FINAL LIVE in NIPPON BUDOKAN

Information From channel-ai.com

In 1999, Studio Runtime held an audition in Sapporo for a new type of group that they called a “bandoru” (band+idol, a group that could both dance and play instruments). Initially, 8 members were picked, but that was later shortened to 4: TAKAYO, MIYU, MIZUHO and MAIKO. This became ZONE. The name “ZONE” refers to the group’s goal, starting from the bottom, or “Z” (the last letter in the alphabet), all the way to number one (“ONE”).

On 1999/12/18, ZONE’s indies single “Believe in Love” was released. More than a year later, in February of 2001 their first major release “Good Days” hit the shelves. “Good Days”, a fast-paced song about overcoming hard times to think positively, brought them a little success, but not nearly as much as their 3rd single, “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~”. With a dreamy, lullaby-like introduction and touching lyrics about saying a sad goodbye to a good friend, everyone in Japan seemed to relate, young or old. A year after the release of “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono” came ZONE’s 1st album, “Z”.


Their 6th single “Hitoshizuku” was used as a theme song of the Japanese release of “Ice Age”. Next came “Akashi”, a dark rock song about feeling lost in the world. This showed ZONE’s versatility as a band. These two songs, along with another single, “Yume no Kakera”, were contained on their 2nd album “O”, which was released at the end of 2002.


“true blue” was ZONE’s 9th single and also was used as a theme song of the hit anime “Astro Boy”. Near the end of 2003 as soon as they had begun work on their 3rd album “N”, TAKAYO, the group’s leader and eldest member, announced that she was leaving the group to further pursue her studies. A replacement member, TOMOKA, was brought in. TOMOKA, who originally tried out for ZONE, was a member of the original 8 but was rejected for being too tall. Her first single with the band was called “Sotsugyou”.


In February of 2005, ZONE officially announced that they were disbanding. The reason was not because of artistic differences or catfights or loss of popularity, they simply wanted to explore options for their futures. That’s a pretty acceptable reason, as at that time 3 of the members had just graduated from high school and one had yet to graduate! ZONE’s final single “Egao Biyori” was released in March and soon a best hits compilation, “E”, was put together.
On April 1st, 2005, the 4 members of ZONE held their final concert. Sadly, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke. At the end of the concert, ZONE said farewell to all their fans as well as the rest of the world with a very emotional “secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~”.



Special Thank to :

http://www.zonefan.com/ for the pictures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZONE for the all the information

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Quiz Answer =)

Question 1 : 22 sweets in total. Rm15 for 15 Sweets, 15 sweets wrapper can exchange for 5 more sweets total 20. 5 sweet wrappers can exchange 1 sweet left 2 sweet wrappers. After finish the last sweet you have 3 wrappers and exchange for the last sweets in total 22 =).

Question 2 : In 20th century, Which Year you turn it around(180 degrees) is also the same year ? Answer is 1961. Try to turn it 180 degrees .


Question 3 : 9 _ _ _ _ 5 fill in so that both 9 _ _ and _ _ 5 is 20. Answer is 9 6 5 9 6 5 .




Not just that quiz answer for this post. I would like to thank whoever pick this souvernir for me from Singapore. Special thanks to Mae Yan cos she's the one who pass it to Chee Jong and Pass it to me.


Front : Singapore is a FINE city






Back : All the Singapore Fines

Overall I think is cute =) Thanks guys.

Help my dog bath today. Before I bath him I actually took this picture which positioned by me when I put him on the chair.


Just before I publish this post, my nose bleed. Must be the weather too hot and I went to clinic to have my antibiotic for my sore throat. thats sucks I hate medicine..... Please drink more water to prevent fever and try not to go out late. Just In Case, you know what I mean. Take Care and Good Night.