Itchy fingers. Just a couple of things I want to write down.
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I do not know and I’m pretty sure no one knows, whether uploading official releases actually helps or hurts T&T. Fans will always have different opinions on this issue which always create unnecessary tension within this lovely fandom.
There is no official rule on this kind of things. You’ll never get a clear cut instruction on this issue. It’s more like a common sense and proper etiquette, along with respect for artists and other fans around you, especially forum/community owner who, well, owns the space.
If you’re totally supporting the uploading idea, there’s no need to push that idea onto others to make them agree with you in the forum where the admin clearly stated his/her policy against this kind of acts. For instance, if you desperately want to upload files (for whatever reasons), go do it privately or at your own personal blog. No, I still don’t support your actions, but I’m not going to butt in since it’s a personal choice you made on your personal space.
I know we cannot stop uploaders, no matter what. Personally, I don’t really mind too much with older releases (though if you ask me, I’ll point you to online sellers as I love holding these CDs/DVDs in my hands and drool properly rather than having just electronics copies), but seeing new stuff popped up so fast (while we don’t usually get clips of T&T appearance on TV shows at that speed) totally sucks.
Anyway, I’d rather spend my time enjoying and admiring T&T’s hard work, rather than repeatedly discussing the same thing over and over again as I think it’s not worth our time, energy and sanity to go over this topic every single time our beloved boys release something.
One thing I know for sure though — sarcastic comments are not helping them in any way. The more we discuss about this, the more frustrated most people become, every time. Some people are so gifted with words, and able to write beautifully wordy comment that’s difficult to understand (maybe I can blame it on my eng-rish as language barrier is another factor). Some people just love to jump in and throw their sarcasm at others without even reading the entire discussions. Also, there’s no need to get so emotional trying to protect your butt by screaming at people if you haven’t done anything wrong. In Thai sayings, we called it “a cow with a wounded back” (a person who has done something wrong and deeply feared that people would discover it, just like a cow knew the wound was on its back but couldn’t cover it and freaked out every time the crow flew by that the black bird would tear its fresh out.. something like that — LOL Thai idiom a day lesson!).
In the end, the result is nothing short of an upset fandom.
Non-T&T fans out there will probably snicker at us, or snort when seeing those kinds of comments, or even possibly laugh when seeing our boy’s sales figures after all the so-called discussions we always have.
That, I believe, hurts Takitsuba.
I’m proud to be their fan, and it has nothing to do with their sales figures or stupid rankings. After all, Oricon chart is just another damn unfair numbers. Quality definitely beats quantity in my book. And that’s what’s counted.
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I hate spoilers.
Luckily, this time I managed to avoid them before I got my CDs.
Last week, prior to Koiuta released date, there’s a major stir at the forum. I can understand how fans were overly excited about this first single in almost a year, especially with something special like mini drama, and wanted to be the very first to tell/write/post/report to the world. Even before the official released date.
Good intention can simply turn bad (or worse) with bad timing and improper approach.
This is where I think CDJapan rocks (we got our CDs super fast YAY!) and sucks (it made some people get their CDs faster while being less considerate, and rips appeared prior to official release date, damnit!) at the same time.
Posting spoilers in public without proper warnings or telling someone about the ending (without asking whether or not that person wanted to know it in the first place) is super ebil. In general, not only here in this fandom. It’s like when you’re excitedly going to a movie that you’ve been waiting for, and the one particular dude who sat right in front of you kept telling his/her friend, loudly, what’s going to happen next just because that dude had seen this movie during the premier. Or when you first read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and another dude just had to come along and tell you that *beeps* who happened to be your favorite character *grumbles* died before you finished the book. Anticlimax, isn’t it? Probably make you want to strangle the dude(s) at that moment. I don’t think you want that to happen to you, right?
Lessons learned. I believe.
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Lastly, I still stand by my post from a couple months ago:
10 annoying things people should avoid doing
Now, throw being extremely immature, jumping to the conclusion without trying to understand what’s going on, shamelessly begging, and being sacarstic without good reasons on top of that list too. *runs*
BTW, can I emphasize on emoji abuse again? :P
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^^” … much longer than I expected, and pretty much unorganized. If you’re still reading, thanks for bearing with me. m(_ _)m
Any thoughts? Comments are more than welcome as it’s always nice to hear other’s POVs too. :)
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Los Angeles, CA
2008.06.05
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Mini background.
Boonward Brewery, the owner of Singha beer, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008. The company decided to express their appreciation to customers (mainly Thai restaurants) around the world by hosting, for the first time, a world tour concert at Sydney, Los Angeles, New York and London, along with concerts throughout Thailand.
Therefore, Asanee and Wasan Chotikul, brothers and a super famous rock band, were selected as a brand ambassador, due to their hard working background to reach this success point that fitted perfectly with Singha image and history of a fighter.
A song “Khon Huajai Singha” (Singha at heart, aka Lion’s heart) was written to celebrate this year anniversary.
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Asanee and Wasan were my idols growing up (umm, along with some boybands, I confess ^^”). Their songs are really nice. Even though they’re not really an entertainer type as they’re both so shy, they are true performers.
When we first heard about this tour concert. My brother, sister and I agreed on spot, we MUST go, no matter what.
The concert was free as Singha sponsored everything (we just needed to ballot for the tickets) but a trip from Seattle to LA wasn’t! We flew down there Thursday morning as the concert was held that night. Yes, inconvenient Thursday night! Such an odd day to have a night concert that would end right around midnight. Maybe it’s the only slot they could fit in, or maybe it’s just cheaper to rent the place during the week. LOL
Nokia Theatre LA Live, across the street from Lakers’ home, Staples Center was the venue for the night. Yup, the place where they had American Idol this year. Very gorgeous place. Too nice, to be exact. We couldn’t get closer to the stage as they’re tons of guards waving everyone back to their seats. On the other hand, New York concert was held on Sunday 6/8 at Terminal 5, a standing hall, and according to my sister’s friend, it’s much more fun with tons of encores as no one wanted to leave, we should have gone to NY instead T__T
Anyway, back to LA.
The balloting didn’t work out quite well. So we contacted my brother’s friend who worked with the artists. She managed to find us really nice tickets… Orchestra E… the 5th row from the front. SUPER CLOSE! *faints* It was such a nice feeling going to a Thai concert as I hadn’t been to one in such a long time. The number of Thai people scared me though LOL 5,000+ showed up that night, largest gathering in the US ever! ^^
Asanee & Wasan were super brilliant (except for when Asanee almost caused a chaos, with good intention though xD). Almost three hours of absolutely LIVE concert, fully packed with their greatest hits for the past 20+ years. Should I mention that they’re both in their 50′s already? xD They sang every song live and never missed a note, not even when singing chorus! *salutes*
It was so much fun, singing, dancing and waving our hands along with every single song. Dang, I should have brought my T&T popsicle penlight! XD We were allowed to take pictures which proved a super hard thing to do with P&S camera, and made me wonder how the hell could all paparazzi do that?! Btw, my sister also got a Press badge, but the guard still wouldn’t let her leave her seat, so what’s the difference between ‘press’ and regular audience anyway? xD
This trip was very well worth. Every.Single.Penny.
click on thumbnail for more photos
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Had something to take care at home yesterday, so I decided to stay home a little longer and wait for EMS before heading to work. My mail carrier must have thought that I was nuts. She knocked on my door, I ran down the stairs as fast as I could, yanked the door open, and reached out for my package with both hands. She giggled and said: oh, I must be at the right place! XDD *nods rapidly while smiling like a lune*
I ran back upstairs, teared all the packing tape apart, and had all 3 CDs in my hands *purrs* I didn’t get a chance to drool over them yet as I had to run to my office for meetings, but I was super happy already, knowing that my CDs were sitting in my bedroom, safe and sound. *beams*
The best thing was I didn’t have to groan in agony when I come back home and see “sorry, we’ve missed you!” note from USPS and have to wait another day or two for my package! (which is my usual ritual between me and the post office LOL)
I made a silly comment back in January during One! release that I expected something in June for my mom’s birthday. Well, since her b’day doesn’t fall on Wednesday this year, I’d say June 4th is close enough! XD
My thoughts on this single, long and definitely full of spoilers, proceed at your own risk.
GOT IT!!! YES!!
*runs off to work*
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First batch. I bet I’ll want to make more once I see the entire drama and PV. ^^
A couple of twin icons, kinda hard to make the ones from drama really matched since they’re from different scenes. But it was fun, nonetheless :)
And being me, I couldn’t help but make some crack icons too LOL
Taking a screencap of Takki was very tricky. Tono is always in a gloomy lighting. Any outdoor shot is either at night or in the rain! And for the life of me, I could not come up with a way to capture a clear picture of running!Tsu. Wing-san, you’re flying too fast! Anyone has a success mind telling me the trick? xD
