|tomatoe diary v28 | J>U>N>N>O><G<O<T<H<Y|

Date: 9 April 2005
Time: 22.55
Topic: MR. GOTHY EVERYWHERE!!!

Ooooooh, Gothy Goodness everywhere! Junnosuke Taguchi is hot, hot, hot!
KAT-TUN is on the cover of Duet and I got my Johnny's Jr. 2005-2006 Calendar! Finally, after waiting for it to come out of Logistics 2 warehouse for about a month! So I got all the calendars I need right now. ^___^ I was really a pest for the JBD during this past month, waiting for the calendar. XD I'm sure everybody there hates me right now. *give them raspberries* Consequences, consequences... you want to sell your merchandise to me, you better be quick, frigs!!!

Anyway, here are the samples from that calendar... captured with my Olympus dejikame (sorry for the blaring lens flare on some of the pictures), but that's the best I can do with being lazy and not wanting to deal with the scanner. :3 And of course, I chose the pics where there is Junno... because, well, Junno is my Mr. Gothy and as my Mr. Gothy, he's the one I want to show off. XD

Calendar 1: KAT-TUN
Calendar 2: Junno & Kouki
Calendar 3: KAT-TUN

Look at him. Awww. Isn't Junno sweet? <3

I have to say that the calendar is a bit disappointing. It looks no different from the photo shoots we see in Wink Up every month! >_< It's too sweet and candy-ish. @_@ OK, what did I expect? The calendar has other kids - the younger Juniors in it - and doing something rather bold will exploit them more than they already are. *sigh* As for KAT-TUN's part... when are they NOT gorgeous? XD Hehehe, they still get a good score from me. But not nearly droolsome enough. OPEN SOME MORE CLOTHES, BOYS! ^_^

So here's the record for the 2005 calendars that I own so far:
- Lord of the Rings 16-month calendar
- Lord of the Rings calendar (different one; 12-month calendar)
- Tsubasa-Holic 2005 Calendar
- Get Backers 2005 Calendar
- Tackey & Tsubasa 2005-2006 Calendar
- Johnny's Jr. 2005-2006 Calendar

I am using the LOTR 16-month one... it's the most complete one. ^_~

Oh and I already bought Bidan. And Wink Up. Potato. Duet. And whatnot. Oh my God, I splurged a lot this weekend (read below). I'm so sorry, daddy!

This is not quite Gothy-talk, but now I have the Takumi-kun Series tankoubon! ^_^ Oooh, thank God for these tankoubon... I now understand the whole Takumi-kun story. Who Takumi is, who Gii is, who Akaike is, who Arata is, who Shingyouji is... yay for Gotou Shinobu and Ohya Kazumi! The characters are gorgeous as usual!!! <3 Ohya Kazumi is brilliant. Her guys are dreamy. They can almost give Junno/Tsubasa/Daigo a run for their money! <3 Hahaha...

I'll talk about the Takumi-kun series again at another entry to further explore this beautiful story. I practically can't find it anywhere. I only remember reading about the drama CD on one website and that was that. I am surprised that it's not popular among English-speaking/reading yaoi fans. It's a great love story.

I'm going to spend the rest of my night watching a part of the late Pope John Paul II's funeral (recorded on tape yesterday). Then I'll go hunting for John L. Allen Jr.'s book, CONCLAVE, because it's mighty interesting to know how a conclave goes. Bill Hemmer still owns me.

G'night.

Date: 8 April 2005
Time: 9.45
Topic: DAIGO☆STARDUST BIRTHDAY!

Daigocchi, Otanjoubi Omedetou!

Until April 9th, you can post birthday messages for him in this special BBS. So scribble away and give him some SPACEY GREETINGS!!!

Other than that, you can also visit the following:
Daigo Stardust Personal Official Site: send him a personal message!
Daigo Stardust LJ Community: celebrate his birthday with fan other Daigocchi fans!

What's nice about it is that I saw a lot of messages not only from Japanese fans but also from all over the world. From Germany, from Hong Kong and I also wrote in saying that I'm from Indonesia... I'm sure there are many more of his international fans who will write in. :) You know, it's really nice to be a Daigo Stardust fan because he really cares about his fans and he tries to be as close as possible to us. His relationship with the fans is quite personal and I think, as an artist, this is very important and this is what makes all of us who adore him as a person and an artists love him even more and more. He might be flashy, dress up funny and sing "glam" songs that many people might not get what the hype is all about, but we still love him because of his boke-ness, his quirks and, especially, his appreciation for his fans! DAIGOCCHI, DAISHUUUKI!

Come to think of it, last year I sorta missed his birthday because I had just started working and I was rather confused with his birthdate. It only said 4.8 in his official site and I was kind of wondering whether it meant 8 April or 4 August. But of course it's the first that's correct. XD Hahaha. So sorry, Daigocchi~

Many people are probably going to wonder how old is he this year? Well, if the alleged birth year of Daigo is correct, then he will be 27. It's a little known fact (or just rumor, perhaps) that he was born in ~~1987~~ 1978. Nobody knows for sure and although I've heard it so many times, I never announce it in any of the profiles of him I make for any of my Daigo sites. In any case, if he is 27 then he's a forever-young looking person! XD Can you believe he's 27?! More like 21 perhaps! LOL.

Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAIGO!

Date: 6 April 2005
Time: 10.30
Topic: Save your Kisses for Meeeee...

Just to let everybody in Jakarta know, Bidan 04/2005 featuring Junnosuke Taguchi, a.k.a. Mr. Gothy, is already available in Kinokuniya Jakarta store (PS)! Fans of Junno in Jakarta/Indonesia, go buy it! (I bought two.)

My Dad is finally back from the US! He brought us a lot of omiyage. I <3 them. The most essential of manga tankoubon is included, along with several packs of Barilla TORTELLINI, two new bottles of Dior me Dior me not and the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD.

Yosh, yosh! I'm so going to have a lot to read! ^_^

As much as I would like to witness the Pope's funeral in the Vatican on Friday, I don't think I want to be there. I don't know if I can stand the millions of people swarming Rome. As if Rome isn't already crowded. I'll just watch from the TV and salute the Pope for the last time from afar. (That way, I can also see Bill Hemmer reporting the event on TV. XD)

OK, back to work, back to work... NOT.

Date: 4 April 2005
Time: 10.39
Topic: -

I can't believe that I'm back in the office to work for the next five days again. I'm always in denial when Monday comes. ^^;;; It's like, I don't want to go through all this. I just know what the stress is going to be like for the whole of next week. Can I just go home now?

Well, no matter how I see it, a new week has started and this means I have to try to 'ganbaru'. My no. 1 resolution for this week is to: NOT SPEND ANYMORE MONEY THAN I ALREADY HAVE! Wish me luck. (As if. XD)

An update of my dad: Dad leaves San Francisco tonight and will fly to Hong Kong. He reportedly had gotten all of the things we asked him to buy but when I asked my mom about the tortellini, she couldn't be sure as to whether my dad had gotten that particular item or not. I SMS-ed him this morning and asked him to buy one more stuff that I forgot to include in the omiyage list. He said he'd try to get it for me in HK since I SMS-ed quite late. *cross my fingers* I hope he gets it.

That last-minute thing that I asked him to look for me is Natasha Thomas' album, SAVE YOUR KISSES. For those who don't know, Natasha Thomas is 18 years old, hailing from Denmark, and is a singer who is later signed by Lacoste to be their European campaign model. Her second single, "It's Over Now", was used in the TV commercial in which she starred with this young French tennis player in 2004. Now her new song, "Let Me Show You The Way", is also used for the campaign of Lacoste Pink. Her music is the typical bubble-gum pop with a slight reggae sound, which is said to be reminiscent of Ace of Base (Swedish group, early 90s). I'm interested in her music because I liked what I heard in both Lacoste commercials and it turned out that my sister had also been looking for the song that was used in the commercial. So the both of us ran a search on Natasha Thomas last night. She's quite pretty, but I don't think there's anything special. She looks like any other blonde girl I've seen (LOL) but it's not about her looks. I just want to hear her songs. "It's Over Now" is so stuck in my head.

Changing topic, I want to talk a little about Bill Hemmer, my top favorite CNN reporter. I don't think I've ever watched so many Bill Hemmer in my whole entire life until yesterday on Sunday. He's reporting the Pope, just like any other reporter in the world does, and yesterday he said that the columns of Saint Petter's Square was like the arms of God hugging the crowd of people who were present there for the Sunday Mass. When he said that, I just had to laugh because at that time, he sounded "so American" and "so Catholic" (no pun intended). American, because his accent at that time was so American. Catholic, because he is and his metaphor is very religious. I find that very adorable. It didn't hurt either that he looked so gorgeous in his suit. <3

Closing my entry for today:
- SAIYUKI RELOAD ROCKS!
- I loooooooooooooooooove chicken sandwich
- Mr. Gothy/Junnosuke is LOVE, LUST AND SEX! XD
- Who the hell is doing an image search for KAT-TUN's picture?! Come on, 'fess up! This image search is eating up my bandwidth for both absolut-tomatoe.net and junnosuke-taguchi.com! Well, you know what this means, no more posting of KAT-TUN pictures until the searcher stops doing image searches. Myah.

Date: 3 April 2005
Time: 11.22
Topic: Quiet Sunday

May the late Pope John Paul II rest in peace. My prayers are for and with him.

To Mic and Feli: Thanks for your compliments, girls! ^_^ ~~Junno~~ Mr. Gothy looks great, doesn't he? :D Oooh, I am so in love with him. And yes, I miss him too! ^_^

I might be going to Plaza Indonesia later but I'm not sure when. This has been a very mellow and cloudy Sunday. I miss my dad all of a sudden.

Date: 2 April 2005
Time: 20.31
Topic: New Layout

New layout featuring Junnosuke Taguchi. Yay!

It's been a while since we've had a Junno layout. Heck, it's been a while since I had a person as a layout. The last one was Daigo Stardust in August. :D Well, I just feel it appropriate to use Junno in the layout because it's spring and last year I also had Junno as my spring layout model.

The theme is ... Gothy. Never mind my layout design. The point is, I just want to show off Junno and his Gothy looks. Meeow. He's so hot. I love him. Can I kiss him.

Date: 1 April 2005
Time: 10.10
Topic: Anniversary

happy anniversary, ami!!!

It's my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of working in Kino! ^___^

I can't believe I lasted for one whole year. There were tears along the way and there were times where I felt like I wanted to just give up and quit but no, I didn't. Thanks to some people's encouragement, particularly my mother who kept telling me that it was going to get rougher and tougher as I go along and that I shouldn't be a cry baby, I am still hanging on in this position.

It's a bittersweet experience since day 1. I had to sacrifice a lot of things in order for me to be here right now. I also had to undergo a lot of pains in terms of work relations with my colleagues and also took on a lot of new, seemingly impossible tasks. You can ask my friends - Fi-chan, Shez Darling and my cara Terry - who all listened to my rants and raves about my job. Looking back, I really think I couldn't have made it without the support of my family and close friends.

Another person who helped me a lot included my boss, Mr. PT. He can be pretty annoying sometimes and I often disagree with his decisions but it was something that he said to me in the first few months of working that encouraged me to stay on. He's a likable person, although sometimes it's hard to work with him. So I hope he'll continue to guide me through my career.

Anyway, I thought I'd celebrate the 1-year anniversary of my career. :D Hahaha. It sounds stupid but I just feel like celebrating it. Today I am wearing my new shoes to work, because I think it would be appropriate for the start of my the next phase of my career. Later on maybe I'll ask my senpai to have lunch with me and treat her to some cakes to further celebrate!

YAY, I DID IT!

The Memory: My 1st Work Entry from Last Year:
{{ JEUDI, 1 AVRIL 2004 ~ 22:18}}
{ "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" }

My life as I know it in the past two years is gone. Now a new "era" has begun. It's called "my first job era". XD LOL.

Today was exhausting. Extremely, extremely exhaustion. Actually I didn't do that much. But the traffic on the way home was just an absolute nightmare and it took me one and half hours to get home. >_< Blehhhh. Tomorrow I'm going home with my mom so we can go through Sudirman and hopefully reach home earlier. *sigh* So I guess that was the reason why I'm so damn tired. Not the work but the journey.
Work was actually OK. My boss is nice (for now XD hahaha). He ordered me a new computer. *heart* One just for me. Demo sore wa atarimae deshou?! I'm his secretary for God's sake! XD I suspect I have more 'positions' than anyone else in the division but all right, for the exprience (and the computer!) I'll live with it for now.
By the way, it's just so weird that my seniors at work already know me. I know why they know me but it's really hazukashii. One even said, "I thought it was you! When I heard that there was going to be a new employee in here and they mentioned your name, I immediately guessed it was you. But I had to see it with my own eyes." Eeep! XD And it's not only him who said that. All the others, too. Ahahahahaha.
But anyway, I don't want to talk about this here right now. I'll use my LJ to post work-related stuff. So it won't get boring here. :P

Anywayyyyy. I still haven't finished { junnosuke-taguchi.com } T____T No time. Simply no time. And now I have to scan some pics. @_____@ Gyan. And I haven't really looked at Popolo. I have little time for fun now. ^^;;;;

I'm 90% dead. @_@