A Great late night soundsystem style mix from “King Midas Sound”, consisting of the trio of Kevin ‘The Bug’ Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi courtesy of FACT magazine.

Well worth checking (it just revealed to me where the sample on one of my favourite jungle tunes came from for a start)… throws it’s net a bit wider than just reggae…

check it out and download it from here

King Midas Sound

Yes, a great way to start the weekend, and a great way to rinse my head of the tacky ’80’s-themed track I’ve been working on all day.  Freshly arrived in the inbox a little while ago…the album from King Midas Sound, the project of Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin.

King Midas Sound mutated from a chance discovery during a collaboration between the two for for Kevin’s other project as ‘The Bug’.

Kevin had employed the skills of Roger as a highly respected poet, but when Roger opened his mouth to sing in a fragile falsetto, everything changed and King Midas Sound was born.

The album can’t be readily compared to Kevin’s previous production work. Although there is a militancy to the beats as always, King Midas Sound is more like the aftermath to  the fierce battleground dancehall of the Bug, Roger’s voice is like a paranoid and vulnerable soul resting inside a blanket of  bass and heavy vertiginous atmosphere.

As opposed to Roger’s spoken word pronouncements and The Bug’s fierce battleground dancehall, King Midas Sound is more like an opiated aftermath; a sound somewhere between Gregory Issacs and Vincent Gallo, nestled inside an intimate blanket of bass and vertiginous atmosphere.

On three of the album cuts, the duo becomes a trio, as the bittersweet backing vocals of Hitomi (Dokkebi Q) adds a further disorientating swirl around the mix like memories gatecrashing the present.

“What genre is it” you ask?  Blues.

‘Waiting for you’ will be released November 30.

Hyperdub on the case again!

Today I’ll be looking at the Natsumatsuri Hibiyayaon concert.  It’s a favorite of mine, so I don’t have all that many bad things to say about it.

Click the pictures for the review, or you can read it all below!

MC

Today’s concert is actually done outside!  This is AKB’s first major outdoor concert, and the idea of a summer festival is present with the lanterns decorated by AKB48 members.  Also, this is AKB’s first actual concert using all three Teams.  Shibuya AX doesn’t count in my opinion.

To start off the show, Nacchinon comes on stage to talk about… whatever they’re talking about, and then they count down for the (live) overture!

Overture

This is the second time the vocalist of ‘Overture’ comes on stage for us.  The first being in AX08.  That time, I don’t think he had ever listened to the overture since he recorded it.  Luckily this time he was better: probably because he heard the overture only eight months ago.  Very little progress was made, despite his wearing of a rainbow purse and a towel over his head.  He even ended his own lyrics with “Are.”  I mean, at least finish the sentence if you decide to start it.  Oh well… On to the short skirts!

Dear My Teacher

Team A does their instructor-pleasing shuffle on stage non-nonchalantly and the concert begins!

My favorite parts of the song are the opening lines with Mai and Rina and then we they come back closer to the start of the chorus.

As you can see, it’s already raining!  I wonder if that’s the reason why there hasn’t been another large-scale concert outside…

What!?  Why are they moving?  Oh wait, does this mean what I think it means: they’re going to sing the second verse!?  Yes.  Yes, it does!

If you listen super closely, during and after the above three’s trio line, you can hear the Team K fans chant “1 + 2 = N-Nacchi.”  I love it.  Best chant ever.

Since so many girls have graduated and/or been added, the second verse has a few new additions like Mariko, Amina, and Fujie.

I definitely forgot that Acchan had lines in this song.  I need to watch A1 again, I think.

As you can see, it’s already raining!  I wonder if that’s the reason why there hasn’t been another large-scale concert outside…

Saishuu Beru ga Naru

Next up is Team K’s fourth Stage’s title song, which happens to be a new favorite in the time period of the concert.  Team K fist pumps out on stage, but with the now damp floor, it seems to be slippery as evidence of Sayaka tripping during the transition.

Natsuki’s back with an awesome hair-do!  Yay!

Please note the water on the camera lens.

I love when they get to perform all the verses of a song.  It gives the whole Team their original parts, and usually is the half of the song that my favorite member sings in.

I love how they had that whole ‘Amai Kokansetsu’ single and one of the reasons for it was the part of the stage that Ohori would often be in during songs due to her popularity.  They said that she was often in the back corner, all the while showing video of ‘Saishuu Beru ga Naru.’  What the viewer doesn’t see is that she mirrors Natsuki during the majority of the song and Natsuki is in the other corner, and that the duo get to be front and center in the first chorus and part of the bridge.

Shounichi

Team B’s most popular song gets presented for the first time here.  I used to dislike how they didn’t get to do their prayer, but in reality, that’s really not part of the song, but it’s more like it’s the intro to B3 and is just associated with the song because it’s similar in concept and immediately before the song when it was performed in the theater.

Just a little earlier that month Sasshi had been promoted, and only a little over a week before this concert, Ayarin was fired.  This kind of shows how Sasshi was given Team B front girl status immediately after she was given a full position.

Look!  A camera!

Aitakatta

Now the entire AKB gets to be on stage at the same time!  Who would have ever thought?

Natsuki gets the first real close-up.  That makes me happy inside.

Team K took off the removable raggedy parts of their costumes like in K4… if you care.

Moeno also was promoted a little while before the concert.  Since they probably only have sixteen ‘Shounichi’ costumes, she’s stuck with the ‘Boku no Sakura’ uniform that the RS wear here.  Also interesting to note: Inoue Naru has yet to graduate.

The current RS join in during the last chorus.  I find it funny that the first time I saw this concert, I had no clue who any of them were, yet now all I can think is about how I love a ton of them!

Nagisa no CHERRY

One of the perfect summer songs actually got a spot here.  I love when they perform seasonal songs in the right season.  Here, Mayuyu takes Acchan’s spot as she’s performed it the most recently.

Harugon, Haachan, and Rabutan get stuck with the back-dancing.  Nakagawa actually seems to out-dance her fellow Haruka despite her side position.

Namida no Shounen

Another fitting A2 song.  We even get a multi-Team cast!

CinDy takes Orii Ayumi’s lines as she does in B2.  It’s nice to see her with her old Team’s members.  She looks less old compared to them than she does with Team B!

Each time I watch this performance I always wonder about how Mai’s hair stays so styled dispite the humidity and rain that’s currently pouring.  I know that I should wonder this about all of the girls, but it’s only Mai’s hair that makes me wonder this.

Nage KISSU de Uchi Otose

Acchan’s unit for the night is her cowboy-costumed one from A3.  It seems like this is the wota fall-back favorite next to ‘Nagisa no CHERRY’ when it comes to Acchan.

Fujie has taken over Masuyama Kayano’s position… this is a very fitting selection.  It just sucks that I like both of them, so I never know which I’d prefer to see in this song at AX.

I love these costumes.  They’re so colorful.  And sparkly.

Gomen ne Jewel

I’ve always felt that these costumes looked a lot like ‘Nage KISSU de Uchi Otose’ and so having them right next to each other in a concert’s set list helps me confirm that they really do look similar and it may very well be on purpose.

The RS’s outfits look even more ‘Nage KISSU’-like…

I’ve heard many people complain about how they don’t like how Asuka and Yuka don’t get solos during the dance break.  While yes, that isn’t very great for them, we must remember that the other half of the unit at the time was the two most popular members of Team K and that Mocchi and Masuda got the same amount of solo lines (albeit in worse positions), so they had to loose something, which ended up being contrasting colors on their costumes and they share a dance part.  Good for them, regardless.

The stage seems to be getting even slicker.  Suzuki definitely took a tumble here.  Speaking of which, Nakanishi Yuka, Hatayama Arisa, Suzuki Nae, Oya Shizuka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, and Arima Yuka (I think) back dance here.  I might be wrong on the last two.

Glass no I LOVE YOU

I like how this song’s opening positions always tend to be sort of interesting.  Going back to the A2 roots, two girls appear on stage and the other two appear on speakers on the outside of the stage.  Very original and cute.

Why does Akimoto do this to me?  Rie, Moeno, and Sasshi are grouped so often.  I seem to always find them together.  It’s almost lucky that they will all be in different Teams soon.  But then I wonder if during a shuffle performance they’ll just take each other’s units.  Oh, and Myao’s here, too.  She gets to lead.

Junai no CRESCENDO

This is especially fitting in this concert.  I’m pretty sure the lyrics might mention rain.  And it’s raining.  Awesome.

I love how the setting matches their costumes so much.  I’m serious, this all works so well that I think it’s perfectly epic.  The blue, the pink, the rhinestones.  Sexy.

No3b looks like an actual music group here.

And again, suburb lighting.  Lovely.

Ame
no Doubutsuen

Ruining the mood like it always does comes the original song about rain.  And a zoo.

I love how dispite how unpopular Kana might be now, she still gets her part whenever Team K performs this song.  Oh, and that’s the lineless camel by Naruse in the background there.

Such coincidence.  Wonderful.

Ah!  The French revolutionaries are coming!  Quick, animals, go back to your cages!

Kagami no Naka no Jean de Arc

The choice to show this unit song so close to the time that its leader left AKB is a curious one.  They most likely had time to choose a different one or just cut it out since Ayarin had stopped regularly performing about three weeks previous to the concert, yet they decided to keep it in the set list.  Was it a diss at the original performer, or was it simply a push of it’s new one?  Maybe one day we’ll get to see Ayarin on stage with her flag.

I love Rumi’s spot in this song.  Everything about it.  She gets the same amount of lines as the center in the first verse (Ayarin/Sasshi get one solo in the second) and has the best outfit.  And she’s a perfect fit here, too.

CinDy gets to rev the audience up.

Despite the flag only really being used at the start and end of the performance, it’s so intense whenever the lead grabs it.

Blue Rose

‘Blue Rose’ half-shuffled version.  Here, Kashiwagi takes Yuka’s spot since she performed in ‘Gomen ne Jewel’ and Mika takes Ohori’s position because she’s about to have a unit song.  I love how they pushed Mikachi all of the time.

I think they chose the ‘Temodemo no Namida’ duo to substitute in just because they wanted to add in their unit, but they already filled the set list.  ‘Temodemo’ would look so amazing here, though.  I’m going to take a moment to imagine it… and yeah, it would be great.

Fog much?  I’m pretty sure that even Memolist mentioned there being a ton.  I guess that they don’t have very much practice with using it outside, let alone with rain there to contain it on stage.

Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou

One of the more famous versions of this song is here.

It used to be that there were often costume changes for ‘Oshibe to Meshibe,’ but they kind of slowed down after this time.  Off-hand I remember that there were variations like teacher/student, office ladies, gangsters, Middle Eastern-wear, and a lingerie version.  On the second to last night of K4, they performed a version wearing the ‘Kinjirareta Futari’ costumes and an ‘Original Mix’ of the instrumental featuring a melody that sounded similar to a music box and like ‘Kinjirareta.’

I wonder how it feels for them to perform with bare feet.  I’ve heard that since everyone was slippery, Nacchan came up with a great idea to save them: pouring some sort of cola soft drink on the ground, placing a towel over it, and then stepping on it.  This made their shoes a bit stickier so they could hold on to the ground a bit better.  With these two rolling around on the wet, now sticky surface, I wonder if it was a bit uncomfortable.

Romance, Irane!

After an MC (shown on the second disc), comes
AKB’s most recent original single that was distributed traditionally.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this song.  The costumes, the lyrics, the choreography, the epic-ness…

They get to do two verses again, and so we get to see Natsuki singing in the very middle of the stage.  Aren’t we lucky?

So gosh-darned cool.

RUN RUN RUN

Usually, ‘RUN RUN RUN’’s opening consists of the girls taking off their vests and running to put them on the sides of the stage before proceeding to sing.  Here, the girls who just performed get to dance about for a moment before going back.

The Team performing this song and ‘Romance’ are modified Himawari-gumi Teams.  ‘Romance, Irane!’ had H2 Team 1, minus Sae and Yuka and adding Fujie and Chikano, and ‘RUN RUN RUN’ has H1 Team 2, minus Kayano, Yukarin, and Deguchi and adding Rina, Sae, and Yuka.

It’s always interesting how they use new costumes.  Since K4 was the newest Stage at the time.  They were pimping-out the ‘Shamu Neko’ uniforms.  These girls get to wear them here, and in an important performance of Baby! Baby! Baby!, the participating girls (Team A, I think) got to wear them.  It’s a shame that I’m not really all to fond of them.

By the way, for consistency, both verses were sung here.  It seems like every Team (A, K, B, 1, and 2)gets to perform one song by themselves with two verses.

Wasshoi B!

Ah!  ‘Wasshoi B!’ and some of my favorite costumes!  Yay.

This is one of the only nearly-full-member ‘Wasshoi B!’’s I’ve seen.  I think that the 3D show that featured some B3 Team songs may have had the full Team, but I’m not sure.  At least Naru is here, though!

I found Natsuki’s lantern!  I had never seen it before, but I just caught a glimpse of something that looked like an ‘N,’ and sure enough: it was!  I had always figured that that’s what Natsuki would have done with hers, but I never had proof.  Now I do.  Of course, I technically have no clue if it’s actually hers or someone else’s, but ‘N’ is kind of her thing, so it would have to be Natsuki’s or Mikipomu’s, as she’s a Natsuki fan.

I remember the first ‘Wasshoi B!’ I saw in that 3D show.  I couldn’t figure out why a couple of the girls didn’t have microphones for a moment and then were given some a little while later.  I think I kind of studied this for half an hour before seeing that they had given them up to lift another girl.  I was so impressed by myself for noticing it!

I love Team B.  The original, the new recruits, and the New Team B.

Gokimen Naname na Mermaid

I love this song.  Why on earth did it not get into AX09?  What is wrong with the world?  The rest of B3 got in!

In B3, the first verse and chorus is done by only half of Team B, as they left during ‘Hissatsu Teleport.’  Here, they give the other half of the girls choreography and present it as though everyone is usually on stage.  Also, they’ve added a few RS for no apparent reason.

Except, they do have at least three very good performers up there: Chiichan, Sara, and Chunchun!

Korogaru ishi ni Nare

Team K pops out for their anthem wearing the red Kouhaku fringe costumes.

Yay for Natsuki!

As you can see, some how my favorite lost her amazing costume from the last time she performed in it.  She used to have the best out of the three: the shorts.  Now, she’s stuck with the conservative one.  I’m guessing Sae is wearing hers, as Sae’s was white, and they put all of Team K in red for this.

Melos no Michi

Okay, the video of the very start of the song, the battle of Sae versus Nonti, is terrible.  You can’t see a thing.  I don’t know if they thought it’d be cool or what, but it just looks bad.

See, if Natsuki had her costume, she could look as awesome (even better, probably) than Sae.

The only reason I really like this song is because of N’s placement.  Her group has very, very similar voices, and you can hear hers pretty well.   It’s also nice that it’s one of the first two groups, which have the longer lines in the first verse.

At some point, some Kenkyuusei come in the back with the blue Stage-version ‘Skirt, Hirari’ costumes on.  I’ve never understood why there are so many versions of these costumes.  I’ve only seen the blue variations here in one (small) video and one picture.  They’re just not very attractive.

And they definitely don’t match.  They could have put the RS in the white Kouhaku outfits or something instead.  Those would match Team K and the Research Students’ costumes from the Team B Research Students’ costumes.

Only Today

This is another one of my favorite songs.  It’s so catchy and cute with a nice poppy instrumental.  And the girls get to wear the ‘Ato 1cm’ outfits!  I love these so much.  Almost as much as the ‘Romance, Irane!’ costumes.  The large amount of girls in Team A makes me wonder how many costumes they have per set for Himawari-gumi.  Since there are so many girls that have weird sizes, they must have more than sixteen and closer to twenty.

I found the lantern again!  I didn’t even have to try this time!

Normal-sized hair accessories on normal-sized girls…

And Takamina-sized hair accessories on Takamina-sized girls.

Skirt, Hirari

When I first read about this performance, I was super-excited because it was Team A-only, and I heard that it put the “SukaHira Seven” in their rightful places.

Too bad this is actually an encore version of the audio, as it has the single version with added Team A voices so you hear a lot of whoever is singing, but also everyone else simultaneously.

Who is that behind Amina?  Creepy.

Only a portion of the girls are actually wearing skirts.  And those skirts can’t flutter.  The irony.

Team A sang two songs without RS in the back?  It’s almost like they’re favored.  I guess they’re shuffling Teams for a good reason.

Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008

For the last song of the night, they sing their first single.  Team A is in front for the first half.

Then Team K pops up to form a line dancing with a forward-backward motion.

And then they go into ‘Nounai Paradise’-mode and add in some of that choreography.

Team B’s turn means they bring in the thumbs up and jumping motions of ‘B! B! B! Wasshoi!’ from ‘Wasshoi B!’

Team A has no characteristics, so they just act as though they are all good buddies and rock side-to-side and then pose and wave ‘Aitakatta’-like.

Pretty…

And this is the cover of the DVD and the PB to go along with it for this concert.

(Kenkyuusei Dance)

Yay!  I love this one.  It’s short, meaningless, but a transition, and I count it as a song.  I want a studio version!

The RS get to wear Team A, K, and B t-shirts.  I wonder how many got onto the Team that their t-shirt said.  And oh look, Chiichan!

Takajo Aki gets to introduce the encore.  One would think that it would be Oya’s job since she was the un-official Kenkyuusei leader, but I guess not.

Virgin Love (Research Students ver.)

I always think that ‘Virgin Love’ is just an okay song, but since I love just about every single performance I see of it, I think I actually really do enjoy it.

Who is this?  I have no clue.  Please fill me in.

Takajo is all over in this performance.  They were pushing her before she even joined Team A.

Yuka gets to perform with SKE48 tonight, too!  She’s busy.

By the end of the song, Team A starts coming out and the ‘Virgin Love’’s start sounding better.

Baby! Baby! Baby! (Team A ver.)

For whatever reason, Team A gets to sing an extra single.  Again, they’re just that special.

All three Teams performed ‘Baby! Baby! Baby!’ as part of their Stages (A4R, K4, and B3) for a little while when it was first released, so I guess they didn’t have to stage a new version or anything.  I just wish they would have just used the selected members or something.  Maybe without Ayarin.I usually really like short over-alls, but the ones that Hiichan and Acchan are wearing aren’t very attractive.  I feel sorry for them.

And I totally love seeing Fujie and Rina on the same stage.  Yes, I’m aware that Fujie is not in this screen capture.

Also, more talk of the costumes: I usually don’t like encore costumes like these from AKB, but I really like them here.  I think that it’s because the tops are light and seem more effortless and since it’s outside, it seems more fun-friendly instead of how I always expect to be awed by concert hall performances.

The lighting during the bridge alternates side-to-side.  I’m not sure if I like it.

Kojiharu definitely just shot someone.

PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (SKE48 ver.)

SKE48 performs ‘PARTY.’  It’s of course super-interesting since I’m not that big of a fan of the song, and I can’t tell the difference between a bunch of them at this point.  They hadn’t gotten their makeovers yet.

But there’s my Rikako!

Boku no Taiyou

For the third all-AKB song of the night, we have a single that hadn’t been performed in a real concert yet, and one of their better selling due to a one-of-a-kind photo included with each CD.  Here, a double-Team Himawari-gumi performance is given with Team B in the back.

Yay!  My girls are together!

Seriously, I’m loving this hair.  If only she dyed it back…

Team A and Team B get to wear denim shorts/skirts/pants/overalls, while Team K gets to wear white bottoms, similar to the RS.

Natsuki!  You are my sun!

Ohori’s recently-published memoir mentions that her grandmother passed away shortly before this performance.  Meetan had never had much support from her parents but her grandmother was a big part of her life.  In the book, Megumi says that this is one of the songs that she really sang her heart out in remembrance of her.

AKB48

AKB48’s fight song!

Team K starts in the front row, so that means it’s an instant N attack!

And it’s still raining…

The RS jump on stage at some point.  Now, where is SKE?

BINGO!

Takamina announces this one as usual.  I don’t know if anyone other than her and Ohe have ever done so.

It’s another modified Himawari-gumi performance with the less popular girls and RS in the back.  Natsuki’s in front and she gets her usual lines.  It’s wonderful.

The audience get their little strands of metallic tape.  Soon they’ll be flashier than the AKB members!

Natsuki!

Guess who’s pretty much dead center for bows?  Yup, that’s right.  No need to ask where she for this one.

And that’s Natsumatsuri Hibiyayaon in just under five hours.  I made sure to be really quick with this one for whatever reason.  Next stop: Budokan!

Olá pessoal! O tempo que fiquei afastado da Internet me fez ver que eu sobrevivo a isso!!! Rsrsrs! Bom, eu com meu desktop com Windows 98 peguei vírus no pc visitando páginas de Pequim e Xangai. Novamente peguei vírus nestas páginas (não as de mesmo endereço) no meu laptop com Windows XP, mesmo com McAfee Advisor que me é uma super segurança. Enfim, eu estou com Windows Seven Ultimate! Rsrsrs! E pessoal, o trem é lindo demais uai! XD

A postagem de hoje sobre Kung Fu é dedicada ao meu amigo Matheus (foto a direita)!!! ^^ E vamos de Kung Fu! Ou Wushu (chinês tradicional 武術 ou chinês simplificado 武术; pinyin: wǔshù) é um termo chinês que literalmente significa arte da guerra. Este é o termo porque no ocidente que chamam de kung fu. Na China o termo Kuo Shu, que significa arte nacional, também é usado, na acepção de arte marcial.=)

Existem catalogados na China centenas de estilos de arte marcial, e estes podem ser classificados em duas escolas: Waijia ou escola externa, e Neijia ou escola interna. Na primeira se inclui a maior parte dos estilos de wushu, alguns supostamente originários do templo de Shaolin, caso do Karate Kyokushin; ou outros templos, como Emeishan, Fukien, Huanshan, para citar os mais famosos). Já a segunda se tornou mais famosa, em teoria, a partir do templo do Monte Wudang, centro que enfatizava estilos tradicionais, alguns muito famosos no Ocidente, como o Pa Kua Chang (Baguazhang), Hsing-I Chuan (Xingyiquan) e o Hsing-I ChuanTai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan); entretanto, algumas modalidades da escola interna, como o I-Chuan, o Hsing-I e o Pakua, não tiveram origem em templos.  =P

Uma reformulação moderna com um intuito esportivo de alto desempenho é o Wushu Moderno, que consiste na criação de Taolus (chamados por alguns no Brasil de Katis) ou Formas (coreografias) desenvolvidos com as principais técnicas dos estilos do norte e do sul da China e suas armas, exigindo principalmente a execução correta dos movimentos marciais. Jet Li, ator chinês, foi um grande disseminador do esporte pelo mundo e realizou a primeira demonstração do esporte dentro da Casa Branca (Estados Unidos). =O
Curiosidade: O Jeet Kune Do estilo criado por Bruce Lee teve como fundamento o kung fu. ^^

Paralelamente à reformulação do Kung Fu/Wushu para o foco esportivo de alto desempenho, o Kung Fu/Wushu Tradicional permanece disponível para a prática, tendo inclusive muito mais praticantes do que o Kung Fu/Wushu Moderno. O foco do Tradicional é oferecer uma prática esportiva e marcial para todas as idades, ou seja, ser uma arte inclusiva. O treino do Kung Fu/Wushu Tradicional é composto também por Taolus ou Formas com e sem armas, aplicações de golpes em um ambiente controlado por um instrutor/professor/mestre qualificado, Toi Tchas (lutas combinadas), etc. =)

Tratando de dois assuntos no mesmo post, este é dedicado ao meu amigo James!!! Que pediu há tempos para que eu contasse um pouco de Cingapura! =) Vamos então falar de Cingapura! ^^

Uma vez que Cingapura é uma pequena e relativamente moderna aglomeração de povoamentos chineses, malaios e indianos, existe pouco de uma cultura especificamente cingapuriana. De uma forma inteiramente única, os vários grupos étnicos continuam a celebrar as suas próprias culturas. Cingapura é provavelmente o único lugar do mundo onde se pode encontrar um casamento malaio a ter lugar lado a lado com um casamento chinês, por exemplo. Os feriados principais refletem o modo como a cultura local celebra esta diversidade. Ao contrário de muitas outras sociedades multiculturais, os feriados públicos principais incluem o Ano Novo do calendário gregoriano, o ano novo chinês, o Hari Raya Haji e o Deepavali. =)

A história desta pequena ilha remonta há muitos anos, época em que já era um importante empório comercial dominado sucessivamente por distintos reinos marítimos. Em 1819, passou a ser um domínio britânico com o desembarque na ilha de Thomas Stamford Raffles, da Companhia Britânica das Índias Orientais. Raffles foi o artífice e fundador da Cingapura moderna e, excetuando o período de invasão japonesa em 1942, Cingapura foi colonia britânica até 1959, quando alcançou a sua autonomia e entrou na Commonwealth. Em 1963, uniu-se à federação da Malásia, da qual se separou dois anos depois para se transformar num estado independente em 9 de agosto de 1965. Porém Cingapura e Malásia em questão de povos são separados só no papel pois ambos vivem muito bem juntos! =D

Cingapura é uma ilha na margem norte do estreito de Cingapura, entre a península da Malásia e a Indonésia. É densamente povoada e tem uma área terrestre total de 697,1 km². A linha de costa tem 193 km. Encontra-se separada da Indonésia pelo estreito de Cingapura, e da Malásia pelos Estreitos de Johor. Suas condições naturais favorecem a instalação de portos. =D

Por hoje é só pessoal! Espero que tenham gostado! =)

E vamos de vídeos:

Esse vai para meu amigo Daniel! Hihihi! XD E para galera toda rir bastante! =D

E vamos de jpop!!!  Hitomi!!! ^^

Olha só pessoal! Estou aumentando meu portifólio! =) Eu faço Administração e um amigo, Diego, também! Ele  fará uma apresentação sobre a empresa Outside que é dele mais a turma dele. Ele me pediu uma força com Power Point, então eu mandei ver na apresentação caprichando bastante no visual uma vez que o conteúdo ele já tinha no Word. Logo, fiz capa, imagens de fundo e adicionei algumas imagens e ficou muito bom! Melhor ainda foi que ele aprovou tudo depois que viu! =D Por exemplo a caixa é arte minha hihihi! Comecei a semana bem feliz! ^^

Confira a apresentação pessoalmente! =)

FEMF – FEIRA DE EMPREENDEDORISMO DA FACESM:

Dias 22 e 23 dàs 14h às 23h, no estande da Outside, com entrada franca!!! =D
A FACESM – Faculdade de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas do Sul de Minas Gerais - fica na Av. Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves, 45 em Itajubá – MG =)
Não deixe de conferir! ^^

E por hoje é só pessoal! =D

Arigatoo pessoal! =)
ありがとうございました!
ラモスウェリントン

- Chefe de justiça	Chan Sek Keong
Formação
- Fundação	29 de Janeiro de 1819 (190 anos)
- Autogoverno	3 de Junho de 1959 (50 anos)
- Independência do Reino Unido	31 de Agosto de 1963 (46 anos)
- Fusão com a Malásia	16 de Setembro de 1963 (46 anos)
- Separação da Malásia	9 de Agosto de 1965 (44 anos)
Área
- Total	710.2 km² (187º)
- Água (%)	1,444
Fronteira	Malásia
População
- Estimativa de 2008	4.839.400 hab. (114º)
- Censo 2000	4.117.700
- Densidade	6.814 hab./km² (2º)
PIB (base PPC)	Estimativa de 2008
- Total	US$238,755 bilhões USD (42º)
- Per capita	US$51.142 USD (4º)
Indicadores sociais
- IDH (2007)	0,944[2] (23º) – elevado
- Esper. de vida	80,0 anos (15º)
- Mort. infantil	3,0/mil nasc. (194º)
- Alfabetização	92,5% (79º)
Moeda	Dólar de Singapura (SGD)
Fuso horário	(UTC+8)
Org. internacionais	Apec, Asean, Banco Mundial, Comunidade Britânica, FMI, OMC e ONU
Cód. Internet	.sg
Cód. telef.	+65

Singapura ^{(português europeu)} ou Cingapura ^{(português brasileiro)} (AO 1990: Singapura)^[3] (literalmente cidade do leão) é um pequeno país do Sudeste Asiático que ocupa uma ilha principal e algumas ilhotas secundárias ao largo do extremo sul da Península Malaia. Um canal estreito separa Singapura da Malásia, a norte, e um outro mais largo (o Estreito de Malaca) separa-a da Indonésia, a sul. Capital: Singapura.

Índice [esconder] 1 História 2 Geografia 3 Demografia 4 Política 5 Subdivisões 6 Economia 7 Cultura 7.1 Desporto 7.2 Feriados 8 Ver também 9 Referências

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Estátua de Thomas Stamford Raffles por Thomas Woolner, erguido no local onde ele desembarcou pela primeira vez em Singapura. Ele é reconhecido como o fundador do moderno Singapura.

Ver artigo principal: História de Singapura

A história desta pequena ilha remonta há muitos anos, época em que já era um importante empório comercial dominado sucessivamente por distintos reinos marítimos. Em 1819, passou a ser um domínio britânico com o desembarque na ilha de Thomas Stamford Raffles, da Companhia Britânica das Índias Orientais. Raffles foi o artífice e fundador da Singapura moderna e, exceptuando o período de invasão japonesa em 1942, Singapura foi colónia britânica até 1959, quando alcançou a sua autonomia e entrou na Commonwealth. Em 1963, uniu-se à federação da Malásia, da qual se separou dois anos depois para se transformar num estado independente em 9 de agosto de 1965.

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Ver artigo principal: Geografia de Singapura

Singapura

yea….so gam dong actually….again thx to hitomi…
@http://hitomi5.blogspot.com/ for all those food picture
i wanna really eat it…damn hungry….today should stop at kepong and eat it

then the post was really nice la…”ta pao ta pao ta pao for me”

source:hitomi:still my very very hitomi xD

A bit of background on how I came to like Morning Musume:

Ive known of them since about 2001 or a bit earlier. I guess I could never really like them until recently, (i was about 12-3 back then) so it must of been weird to like a group of girl singers who were clearly marketed to guys in their 20’s. That, and I didnt understand their appeal? They werent pretty (although they have all become very pretty now), so I didnt understand the hype around them. Also my proficiency in Japanese was lower and I didnt understand / like the upbeat happy songs. I was really into ballads, and i think Cantonese slow songs. I liked Japanese songs too at the time, but they were mostly anime theme songs.

One of the first songs I heard was The Peace, and although I really found it annoying back then (especially at the end haha, how it stops and comes back on) but its now one of my favourites!! Funny how time changes you. I guess my experiences and the pressure I now feel as an adult, the songs help me relax (instead of slow ballads). So thats how I came to like the songs I guess!

So, the only real member i remember is Aibon, with her “twin” being Tsuji. THen I came to find out about GAM, and thats how I started liking Ayaya (i liked her before, but a lot more because of GAM) and Mikitty. Although I dont really like mikitty now , but my love for Ayaya has just increased exponentially

Finally,  after watching 3,2,1 Breaking out (that song really made me like Morning Musume, especially the later gens) and a lot of Utaban, i finally got hooked onto morning musume ^^”. It made me discover their personalities, understand the amount of members / transitions theyve had, and listen to their songs.

So who do I like?

I like everyone in Morning Musume. But there are still favourites

If i had to choose only 1 member, its without a doubt Nacchi. To me shes everything a girl should be
Just look at her smile!! Shes always smiling and she has that perfect short hair (showing her pretty face, usually long hair is just a cover up ). Shes bright, funny, talented as a singer and dancer!! If I could marry anyone shed probably be it!!

Nacchi!

Other members I like (recently/still and used to) include:

Aibon (she was so cute as a child…now shes ]

Tettekete (if you havent read my other posts, you will know I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER, shes my new nacchi: she sings well and can pull of this sexy male voice, dances well, is natural with her emotions, had short hair and looked great with it, plus shes 3 years older than me )

Konkon (Konno Asami is the genius who works hard, plus shes so cute and only 2 years older than me. She goes to Keio university now [equivalent of Ivy League in Japan])

Linlin (she has yet to actually sing some lines in a song, but shes got the talent and potential, plus shes so funny)
Tanaka Reina – shes like the pretty queen, Yankii (badass/delinquent) girl type (without actually being a badass). Shes also a good singer (though her voice is a bit whiny). Plus she has this really cute wonky eye condition (that was fixed recently through surgery).

Tanaka

Other notable members i liked: Sayaka (okasan) Ichii, Goto Maki, and Koharu.

Gottsan

As a generation: I dont consider the originals as a generation .
I think the 5th generation spoke out to the most. I really like Konkon and Tettekete, so thats 2/4 I liked. Plus Ogawa has this funny place in my heart and Gaki is…cute/blonde . A flawless generation!! In my life, Ive found that i communicate best to girls who are 1-3 years older than me.

2nd generation was too old (though the age gap has kind of closed down),

3rd generation never got to display their personality (it was only Gottsan, and while shes great…)

4th generation was  like Aibon and Tsuji only to me, Ive never really liked Yossi and Charmy (One was too manly, the other was too feminine and she looked like my friends sister). While I did like Aibon, it was only for her playing pranks and jokes and being funny and adorable (shes grown out of both)

6th gen should be the ones I can relate to most, but Mikitty is older than Gottsan and even Matsuura Aya! Ive never really liked Kamei and Michishige (if Tsunku wants to kick someone out of MM, these 2 should go first ) so that only left Tanaka. Also,Ive never been good at communicating with girls my age or younger…
7th gen: I like Koharu (is she 7th gen?) but only cause shes tal and pretty (compared to the rest in MM )
8th gen: I like Linlin a LOT!! Junjun is ok too and Mitsui Aika is cute..but I havent really discovered her (is she 8th gen).

Ill leave you with a favourite song, from my favourite girls group, with my favourite generation:
Suki na Senpai (the senpai you like, senpai meaning your elder (in a field, eg school, work etc) i think)

no habia tenido tiempo de escribir pero el pasado 15 de septiembre se celebró una de las fiestas mas esperadas por nosotros los mexicanos “La independencia de México” y yendo hacia el bicentenario de independencia y el centenario de la Revolución Méxicana pues todo el pais se esta vistiendo de gala y luciendo los manteles largos.

El 15 es tradicional que las familias se reunan y cenen comida mexicana como son: El pozole, pambazos, enchiladas, carnitas, quesadillas, gorditas, y demas antojitos meramente mexicanos

En mi familia nos reunimos en casa de mi tía y prepararon pozole rojo mmmm que rico hehehe. Estuvimos tronando cuetes a nuetro estilo hahaha >> con una pistola y estopeta de diabolos O_o hahaha que divertido. Teniamos pensado ir a Coyoacan al grito como todos los años pero lamentablemente estaba lloviendo muy fuerte y no pudimos salir u.u

Pero estuvimos en familia platicando y despues vimos el grito por la tele y la vdd me dio mucho coraje que no estuve ahi ya que pasaron un espectaculo multimedia en toda la fachada del palacio nacional en el cual cuentan la historia de México con efectos luminosos dejenme les pongo un video para que vean a que me refiero…

y pues si esto es lo que hicieron a un año del bicentenario que se espera para dentro de un año y no pienso perderme el show asi sea en el zocalo jajajajaja donde dicen que matan los empujones haha

bueno pues cuidense mucho y recuerden saber se su cultura porque si no no saben ni porque viven

saluditos

hasta el prox post

matta HAPPI ne!

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This morning i was like I so do not want to go to some japanese school shit. When i got there i was like its not too bad. then i saw my friend Hitomi there. And it turns out one of her friends from school goes to my old jap school so they know some of my friends from there. Do you follow? Anyway i was went with hitomi and she bought like 50 magazines normally would of cost a few hundred in total but it was a bazaar thing so they were like 50c each. I said she needed some major help with her addiction to shopping and Japanese magazines ‘Popteen’ and ‘Ranzuki’.

Earlier this year when i went back to japan i took the time to find her precious Popteen, Ranzuki and Men’s Egg. Such a weird title, Men’s Egg. apparently Hitomi has a crush on one of the guys in Men’s Egg. Anyway, i couldn’t find it in a bookstore so i asked the lady where i could find them and she just stared at me blankly :| She asked me if i was sure that was the right title. I am yet again going to be courageous when i go back to japan and buy more issues of Ranzuki, popteen and the dreaded Men’s Egg.

The three of us shared a curry thing and you’d never guess it but after we were done Hitomi was like ‘okay more shopping.’

Anyway, Cya peoples.

Hoje, dia 9 de setembro, foi lançado o 10º single da Takahashi Hitomi, em parceria com o BEAT CRUSADERS, “ウォーアイニー” (“Wo ai ni”), cuja música-título é o 14º encerramento do anime Gintama, que é a série predileta da cantora, sendo esta a segunda música dela no anime.

A primeira, que foi o 4º encerramento do anime, foi a “Candy line”.

Hitomi Takahashi foi escolhida através de um concurso da Sony Music em 2004, com mais de 20 mil candidatos e se destacou pela sua voz, com apenas 17 anos. O seu single de estreia, “Bokutachi no Yukue”, cuja música-título é a 3ª abertura de Gundam SEED DESTINY, foi para o topo da Oricon em sua primeira semana de vendas, o que fez a Hitomi ser a segunda solista feminina a atingir o topo com o single de estreia e a terceira, no geral. (O primeiro artista que teve essa façanha foi o Masahiro Kondo, mais conhecido como MATCHY. A segunda artista foi a Uchida Yuki, que hoje está apenas atuando)

Depois desse boom, a Hitomi não conseguiu mais chegar ao topo e seus singles mais notáveis foram “Aozora no Namida”, 3ª abertura do anime Blood+, com uma 8ª posição e “Candy Line”, com um 14º lugar.

Fazia algum tempo que a Hitomi não lançava single. Seu último single foi “Atashi no machi, Ashita no machi”, em junho de 2008. Depois de 1 ano, ela fez parceria com a mesma banda BEAT CRUSADERS na música “Because the night”, para o mini-drama “PRETTY IN PINK FLAMINGO” (em comemoração aos 10 anos da banda), cujo álbum de trilha sonora foi lançado hoje também e conta com as músicas “Wo Ai Ni” e  “Because the night” na trilha e tem os membros do BEAT CRUSADERS atuando.

Agora, falemos da “Wo Ai Ni”. A letra foi feita pela Takahashi Hitomi e a composição, pelo BEAT CRUSADERS. Acho que a música se encaixou bem no anime, pois “Wo ai ni” significa “Eu te amo”, em mandarim e tem uma personagem com estereótipo chinês, a Kagura.

Quanto ao PV, eles se situam na mesma época do anime, estando vestidos de samurai, iguaizinhos ao Shinpachi, e tem até coreografia, que, aliás, era sonho da Hitomi ser dançarina, mas suas amigas a incentivaram a seguir carreira musical.

No mais, gostei da música, bem agitada, o ritmo que o BEAT CRUSADERS coloca nas músicas é muito bom e a Hitomi adiciona seu toque pessoal.

Seguem informações do single e o clipe abaixo.

高橋　瞳 × BEAT CRUSADERS – “ウォーアイニー”
Takahashi Hitomi x BEAT CRUSADERS – “Wo ai ni”

01. ウォーアイニー
02. 珈琲ミルク (Coffee MILK)
03. ウォーアイニー (Gintama version)

PV

Até mais, pessoal!

If you’re lucky to be in Japan right now, we over here envy you and want you to contact us. Why? This is why.

All these great events are happening and we want an on-site live review of it all. Not just V-Rock Fes, but now WOW FES!

WOW FES! is a yearly event four different live houses. The first is WOW LIVE! THANKS FOR MUSIC at the Kokuritsu Yoyogi Gymnasium and will showcase 14 amazing artists: DA PUMP, DEEP, Do As Infinity, ET-KING, FLOW, flumpool, hitomi, MONGOL800, monobright, Ryuichi Kawamura, Nana Tanimura, Tsubakiya Quartet, Shunei Baba and Hara Yuuko. There maybe more, but they have yet to be announced.

The second will be at SHIBUYA BOXX; 3D Theater feat. Yumi Matsutouya, concert tour 2009, TRANSIT.

The third is Jung Woo-Sung at SHIBUYA-AX, starring in the MOVIE STAR’S PROJECT. The fourth will be the second episode to the WOW LIVE!, but for a world title match between Toshiaki Nishioka VS. Jorge Linares.

For more information: http://wowfes.wowow.co.jp/participate/music/

So in about 2003 or 2004 the Morning Musume group had its largest set of members ever, however Tsunku was nice and wanted to allow those in the more rural/regional areas of Japan to be able to experience the wonderful, passionate concerts that Morning Musume and Hello!Project do.

Thus the Sakuragumi and Otomegumi units were born. I REALLY love the lineup of Sakuragumi, it has all my favourites (or the ones I like more) such as: Nacchi, Tettekete (Ai Takahashi), Ai Kago, Konkon (omg <3 Konno Asami) and the others in the group; Yoshizawa Hitomi, Kamei Eri, Niigaki Risa, Mari Yaguchi. hopefully i didnt leave anyone else out

Otomegumi had a catchy song too, which ill post later. They expanded into the more regional areas with their concerts and singles released, but the only sad thing was if the other group had your favourite members you were kinda outta luck.

SO:

Morning Musume ~ Sakuragumi: Sakura Mankai [2nd single]

Alright, I don’t know what kind of fanbase we’re gathering, but I checked out our blog stats, and the top three search terms that lead people to our blog today are “pregnant anime girls” “Japanese anime girls” and “Japanese pretty nude women.”  Yesterday it was “Japanese boobie snack treat” “lucky mole nose Philippines” and “Hitomi j-pop singer.” I guess this means our audience is pretty diverse.

It’s Suzie’s boobie cake post and pregnant entry that is attracting viewers. Oh, and not to forget Amy’s wonderful piece on the hairy mole.

Emily