YES, i went to all four events.
YES, my “seats” were pretty close to the stage.
YES, i talked to Takki and he remembered what i said.
YES, there was eye contact.
YES, we shook hands twice.
YES, he patted my head.
YES, he held / touched my face with both his hands.
YES, i preserved the precious Takki-germs on Hidezo.

and my reaction to all of this :
walked off to the side, called my mom, and bawled for 30 minutes *LOL*
couldnt eat my 4pm breakfast. and didnt eat anything else until 10 pm.

you guys. he looked so. DIVINE. If i was religious, i would prob think hes a reincarnation of Jesus or something *lol* He just looks different up close and in person… perhaps its because its early in the morning (he did look tired) and he didnt have a lot of makeup on. But even then, he still looked so jaw-droppingly beautiful. His hair was fluffy, yet spiky (at the top).There were several spots / acne scars on his face. But not so big / dark that it makes him look bad… in fact, it made him look more natural. His lips… those M-shaped lips and DIMPLES ASDF;LKJ and his big eyes… deep and (seriously) chocolate-colored. Although he is photogenic, photos dont / cant show how pretty they actually are.

as for his hands… they were warm and soft. The two times that i shook his hand… and when he held my face… it felt really yasashii. Not firm, yet not too soft. Like all of his handshakes, he shook with his right hand and placed his left on the back of my hand. It felt so sincere and warm… even tho my hands were clammy from being ridiculously nervous vv

the first handshake during the first event, i shook his hand and said “アメリカから来ました” and he replied “あ、本当〜” as the staff rushed me off and before he turned his attention to the girl behind me. I think for me, this was one of the most moving parts of the event. During the MC of the 4th show, he said “People from this place and that place came (all the way here) for this event ne… *the audience yelling out names of places* Nagoya, Saitama, Taiwan! And from Shanghai! ahhh ne~ ano…earlier, we had a handshaking event and we did it one by one… some fans would tell me the places of where theyre from and etc… like ‘I’m from America!’….”

and i just DIED the second he said that. HE REMEMBERED WHAT I SAID. Whether or not he remembers me / what i look like, thats a whole different category of emotions and things to think about. But the fact that it was the 4th show and he still remembered what i had said during the 1st show… i cant even explain what that does to me. And even though he also mentioned other countries as well… he said “America kara kimashita” first. It makes me cry every time i think about it because… lets be real here, who DOESNT want to be noticed / remembered by Takki. All of us try incredibly hard to get his attention… its like a major reason why we come to Japan in the first place… to see T&T and to do whatever it takes to get them to notice / realize how much we love them and how much of a fan we are. To me, this is his acknowledgement of me as a devoted supporter.

For the second show, i also told him “いつもありがとう” and after the last face-touching, i said “ずっと応援します.” Even though he prob hears those phrases all the time, i wanted to tell / thank him myself. I dont mean to sound emotional / dramatic (can u blame me?!?) but i really wanted to because i cant find any other way to express how much he means to me. i wanted to thank him personally for making my life THAT MUCH happier and that much more exciting.

i have to leave the hotel now… gotta get some cold medicine before i go to the airport. all the running around, sleepless nights, and waiting in the cold has finally caught up with me… so i will blog more about this event later (and yes, i voice-recorded all four shows ^^). but i am alive. and i still remember how it feels to be touched in the face by Takizawa Hideaki. ASD;LFKJASL;DFJ faintssss

for those of you who’ve seen the Ai Kakumei performance from Countdown… know that it is quite amazing. According to Nikkansports (one of the few newspapers that wrote about Takki’s Countdown performance), the “Water Picture” machine uses up to 5 TONS of water. For Teikoku Gekijou, this is the first time in history that such a great amount of water has been used for a performance. From the tip of the stage, this water machine can shoot water up to 8 meters in height, only one meter away from reaching the top of the TG ceiling.

For the 1st show, im gonna be in Row G…
Hope i wont will get drenched in the water that is sprinkling from Takki’s body XD

[Takki tidbits]

J-Net updated with TakiRev goods list~

pamphlet : 2,000 yen
poster (A , B) : 800 yen
clearfile (A , B) : 500 yen
original photo set (A , B , C) : 600 yen
shopping bag (A , B) : 500 yen

FC balloting is also available for the additional Ai Kakumei release event on January 7th. Deadline is from 12/31 to 1/5 (or 1/6 by phone). No details about this new event has yet been released, so it is unknown whether it will be similar to the 1/5 event. But it will most likely be held in the afternoon because Takki has a show that day at 18:00.

ne… is it really necessary to have two shopping bags? i was hoping for a new merchandise… like a couples necklace / keitai strap, where the girlfriend gets the top 女 and the boyfriend gets the bottom 男! *lol*

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[Takki tidbits]

Enbujou ‘08 will be released on DVD!!
There seems to be only one version.
Three discs inside.

1st disc : Act 1
2nd disc : Act 2
3rd disc : Takizawa Enbujou ‘08 documentary
(which will include backstage footage and cast interviews)

RELEASE DATE : February 18th, 2009

PRICE : 7,300 yen

Shinseido | Tower

On Day 10, we went out to Wan Chai to get my glasses… i still like the other pair better *lol* Im not really used to this one yet so sometimes, i feel kinda dizzy. but anyways, after that we took the bus back to the Lok Fu apartment to grab some stuff before heading off to the hospital. im getting kinda sick of that place… and i dont really see the point in going EVERY FRIGGIN DAY. but if i was the one being hospitalized, i guess daily visits would be nice. after that, we had dinner with my 2nd aunt at the Thai restaurant located near her apartment. Took pictures… it was ok~ not as tasty as the one in Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill… Before dinner, we went shopping for Day 11’s Xmas party.

it was so fun~~~ everyone brought a bunch of food and my Kou Fu Zai (who is a chef) cooked for us. The party was held at my 2nd aunt’s apartment, so after everyone left… she had to cleanup all the aftermath XD She was kinda pissed… all i heard before i went to bed was *running water* *bang bang* “shit!”

好心涼~ hahahaha

the past couple of days have been kinda normal/boring… Yesterday, my Kou Fu Zai had one more day off so we took him out for a mini-makeover. With a facial and a new haircut, he looks quite handsome ^^; my Dai Kou Fu will be coming home tomorrow, so we have to clean up his apartment ASAP. he’s gonna get HELLA pissed when he comes back because we threw away a bunch of his stuff. *sigh* its all for the better. But since today is Xmas, i told my mom i wanted to stay home… ugh, i REALLY dont want to spend my Xmas cleaning! nor do i want to go to the hospital yo!! i kno i SHOULD be over there helping them out, but WTF. NO. its effing Xmasssss. id rather stay home and eat cup noodles all day…

Everyone, thanks for the Xmas messages! *chu*
wishing you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy Takki&Tsubasa-filled New Year!!
Hopefully, 2009 will be a much better year for everyone~

there will be a special event for Ai Kakumei on January 5th.

it starts at 8:30 am at the Johnny’s Theatre in Odaiba.

you can buy a special edition of the single before the official release date (sale starts at 7am, outside the venue). In this sp edition, there is only one song (Ai Kakumei) so it will only cost 800yen, but the cover and contents are said to be different from the rest of the versions. And with a purchased CD u’ll receive a numbered ticket that will get you into the sp event. Space is limited, so its basically first come, first serve.

Most importantly, Takki will be at the event!! in the Avex popup, it says that there will be a “talk, live, and plus alpha” (which means something special / more than usual) Fans who get to attend will also receive a New Year’s present from Takki~ (dunno if the event itself is the present or if there seriously will be a tokubetsu present! ^v^)

KYAAAAAAAAAA TAKKIIIIIIIII u.. u… this… is PERFECT. i was originally planning to go to Odaiba on the 4th. but now, i guess i’ll be going there on the 5th XD

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i didnt do much besides reorganize all my Dai Kou Fu’s rajicon magazines (he has enough to open a shop…) and wipe dust off of various things. My mom and aunts did a lot more, but to be honest, theyre lucky i even did anything. I didnt even want to do it in the first place… i mean it was a pretty shitty feeling to be woken up at 9am and be told that you’re going to spend a whole day cleaning up someone’s dirty house. LIKE HELLO, i didnt come all the way over here to do chores!

Halfway through, we went down to Lok Fu center to eat brunch at a Japanese restaurant. It tasted DISGUSTING and that is a pretty huge statement considering the fact that almost everything in HK is delicious lol. The customer service was terrible too. Every time a customer walked through the door, all the servers would yell “ILA-SAI-MASEI~” I got so annoyed by their terrible pronunciation, i almost wanted to stand up and scream “ITS IRASSHAIMASE. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. SAY IT F***** RIGHT.” And our waiter was retarded (even though he claimed to be the manager of the restaurant). He had this blank look on his face when we ordered and we had to repeat our order twice before he finally wrote it down on his notepad. UGH, someone please fire this Food-Slave lookalike.

After some more cleaning, we visited Dai Kou Fu and went to a nearby massage place. I wasnt as tired as the others were, so i decided to only get a manicure. Then we had dinner at a nearby Shanghai restaurant. We ordered a lot of food… siu long bao (duhhhh), tea shrimp, soup dumplings, hot & sour soup, fu pei zhai guen, an appetizer that tasted like ham but looked like slices of jelly… and for dessert, we had banana puffs and gwai fa go (which was realllly good). I’ve uploaded pics at my Flickr already~ ^__^

After that, we took a trolley to Wan Chai. Yuki took us to the “optical shop” she usually goes to. It took me a while to choose the frame that i wanted… i actually had two that i had picked out… one made me look like a 21-year old CEO and the other one made me look somewhat less intimidating XD i personally liked the CEO pair of glasses!! but seems like everyone else thought that the other one was better ^^;

so after getting my eyes checked and making my order, we took a trolley to Causeway Bay. There, we took a look at an accessory shop where i bought a bracelet and a ring. Then we went inside Sogo… which was crowded with people and was actually kinda shitty in quality (almost like Macy’s with more brands)

so after all that, we took the bus to Tin Sui Wai and then a taxi to Lau Fau Shan, which is famous for being a seafood community. Inside this little community are a bunch of seafood restaurants and shops. You go to a seafood restaurant to reserve a table, then you go to the shops and pick out the kind of seafood you want to eat (everyting is alive and still swimming around inside clear water tanks). Once you’re done with that, you tell the sellers which restaurant you’re eating at and they will send whatever you picked directly to the kitchen of that restaurant. Then all you do is wait for your food to be prepared~

We picked out a bunch of shrimp (small, medium, and large ones), long clams, oysters, and scallops (which were cooked while they were still attached to the scallop shells). so. sooo. SOOOO GOOD. oh my god. (the pictures tell it all~~~) We go there every time we get the chance to come back to HK. This time, it was especially delicious… prob because i havent had so much seafood goodness in 6 years! lol