[the weather in tokyo was those days was almost EXACTLY as i imagined in my story!!! so much rain that there could be flight delays on feb.18, but then sunny on feb.19 and 20!!!!! SUGEHHHHHHHHHH. ^^]
(1) toma pretended to be kazama's manager on the phone, when he was apologizing to him xD....he talked about it on Recomen. and that's what he said to kazama after that.... so cute!!!♥
(1.5) toma said he thinks girls like it when guys ask "ah, did u cut your hair?" btw, he likes girls with short hair!! yess! i have short hair for now. xD
(2) this is what toma said a girl should say to her boyfriend, so that they'd have a home date and could watch hana kimi at 9pm. lol. he said 4 sure, if she said this, it'd make her boyf go moeeee (think u're super cute, go doki doki) and agree to stay home. xD
(3.5) a Maou producer wrote in the blog about filming this drama, about toma! it was raining a lot, and they were having trouble filming... (^__^ thx to Paige 4 re-posting this!!)
"BUT we have a strong alliance...
His name is Ikuta Toma.
I call him "good looking sunshine man"
Ikuta kun attracts sun.
Even if it is very cloudy, when Ikuta kun appears, the sun shines and becomes sunny. Filming staff feel almost awed by his power to attract sunshine."
(4) i thought of this, actually, cuz at the rally for conan recently...amazingly, that happened! it was pouring rain. but when he came out to run w/everyone for a little bit, amazingly, the rain stopped and the clouds parted!! "conan stopped the rain!" his fans chanted!!
(5) toma's said before, if it's a home date, he'd be happy if she could cook dinner for him. if she asked what dish he'd like, he'd say nikujaga!
(5.5) yes, ninomiya kazunari. i like him. ~_~ he's the cutest in arashi ne? i like how he's got that boyish, nice guy look. and he was in a serious hollywood movie, Letters from Iojima!! i didn't watch it, but wow!! impressive!! and he's toma's good friend...standing up for him when toma was not included in NEWS, with yamashita...but then...sometimes nino can look so plain, too. and sometimes he looks like toma?? his gestures too?? maybe that's a big reason why i like him!!
(6) got the idea from inoue mao's movie trailer, they were pushed together in a crowded train. ~_~ the movie: I give my first love to you.
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(6.5) i wrote about the pic f/the dressing room a while back, but then just saw the march ikita kotoba!! toma's pic of himself in the dressing room!! SUGOI!!!
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(6.75) wrote this after knowing toma cried at the premiere. awwwww. i didn't expect him to...maybe only tear up a little, but not really cry like that!! wow. tomaaaaa. *hugs*
(6.8) thanks to careline for the info about the stage greetings!! only knew about it after saw u post about it, and afterwards, i knew to check the NS official website for updates about the greetings... =)
(6.9) i've checked at many toma sites, but no info about when the premiere was...i'm gonna guess it's the last stage greeting that day??
(7) his slender waist.... kyaa!! i remember the webmaster of hanbun.net writing this about toma...it stuck in my mind...something like "his slender waist elicits endless female envy." ah...
this fantasy was actually like...the 1st thing that jumped into my mind when i was thinking of writing this fanfic. after thinking about toma's room, i thought i HAD to have some kinda fantasy like this, right?? xD
and it really was raining hard outside when i typed this up...wow. it was actually pretty hard to write that "bed scene"!! my 1st time trying to write something so daring....i wonder if it's any good, though.... i really edited it so many times. i got all technical about it....trying to figure out how to describe what was going on....lol. kept trying to make it exciting but not go overboard... good grief, the 1st draft of it though!!! 0__0 (it was much longer than the current version, though we don't get much further, but got to the point where toma was shirtless. *dies*) it was...... but it was definitely TOO MuCH. but this version is fine!! still makes me go doki doki when i read it. *melts* ah, i've got a dirty mind...please excuse me!! xD it's amazing how 1 short paragraph can stir up all these feelings in me!!! right??! *melts*
(also, there was a time when i got this urge to gather all of toma's sexy photo shoot pics and talked about it/posted them up here.... http://dec22wemeetagain.blogspot.com/2009/12/picsinfo-links.html (scroll to the middle of the long post). so...yeah...these pics helped me get in the mood to write this fantasy...!)
(8) in an old episode of the Simpsons, homer was trying not to fantasize about another woman by thinking unsexy thoughts. and failing. lol.
(8.5) this is really toma's post from feb.18 (vol.329) (all toma's message translations i use, credit: inseiko at the tomalicious forum)! EXCEPT I HAD TO TAKE OUT THE PART ABOUT HIM BEING ON A SHOW WITH JUDE LAW, CUZ IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE, BY NIGHTTIME, HE IS DONE WITH THE FILMING FOR THAT SHOW ALREADY. SO, JUST PRETEND, TOMA POSTED TWICE THAT DAY. 1ST, IN THE MORNING, ABOUT JUDE LAW, AND THIS IS THE 2ND TIME...AND i just added one line to it. "eating dinner with someone~". haha. i did write a message way ahead of time, but it's better to use toma's real one. this is the one i wrote:
eating dinner with someone~
i'm really nervous!
and ex~cited!!
about the premiere tomorrow.
everyone, please go watch Ningen Shikkaku!! ikuta toma and the wonderful staff worked very hard for this movie.
to your family, friends, lovers, cousins, second cousins, and other people...
please promote it for me.
yoroshiku.
[toma said that in tomagoto: "to your family......please advertise it for me." in tomagoto vol. 205, around jan.16, 2009. he was asking ppl to promote voice's premiere. ~_~ BUT some1 translated it as toma saying HIS friends, family, LOVERS! lol. me and some other fans were shocked!! but no, that's not what he meant. but i guess us fans could be considered his "lovers", no? haha. in a completely different way...]
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(9) toma's said that if his date comes to his room, the 1st thing he'd worry about is if his room smells. lol. i'm sure his room doesn't smell, but he'd probably try to make it smell nice ne...actually, read in an interview that he often uses a rose-like flowery scented perfume to spray in his bedroom to make it smell nice. lol. and he also brought it with him to kyoto and sprayed his hotel room with it while he was staying there to film for ningen!!
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CUT F/MY STORY...
A NOT SO INNOCENT KISS....
i wanted to have at least one *wow* kiss on his bed, and this is what i came up with....but then...it's just too much, and i wanted this scene to end sweetly....not like this... but then... it'd be a waste to not share this kiss with you, so.... please enjoy!! xD
toma gets out of bed...i sit up a little and look at him. he walks towards the door, but then he pauses...and turns around and looks at me...
me: nani?
he walks back to the bed...leans over...and starts kissing me gently, holding on to my waist with one hand... *doki doki* *melts* i wrap my arms around him and sink back down to the bed... he's leaning over me, one knee on the bed... GAH!!♥ now...this kiss is not so innocent... and knowing his brother is home and he might walk in on us any second makes it even more....!! and then toma pulls away...i reluctantly let go of him...
toma: (still leaning over me. he smiles) to make up for our unfinished kiss earlier...
me: (still staring at him. softly~) ah. (toma stands up and smiles down at me...)
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(9.5) it's really amazing how the weather worked out exactly as i had hoped, perfectly, for my story!!! and it's more amazing that it stopped raining for ningen's premiere night and opening day. it really was raining and snowing a lot the days before that.... again, this is a screencap of the weather report from these days: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l8JBX6PFKZbAK5grpYWt13GSSWhluyrlhAxpvLVCKs9Fcr_fnPtEv29A2H-uLmTUiLFzRN7mWljM1N7hXr_nFUCc2ywiq0w4rEUbJTk2hMHqH4NMqT83Q-IrivkVC0D2PQ6ooFwa1l4y/s400/weatherTOMASTOPSTHERAIN!!.PNG
(9.6) thanks to enshinge for the info of the location and quotes from the premiere night!! ALSO, FOR THE TRANSLATIONS OF TOMA'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MOVIE AND HIS CHARACTER. i love toma more everytime i read things like this...
"In our agency, there's never been a guy who's been successful in acting and drama without having CDs. You can definitely do this though, so do it." REALLY!! i thought there were some other johnnys like toma, never debut, but popular as an actor. didn't know he was the FIRST!!!!!! TOMA'S REALLY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL!!!! AMAZING~ i love him so much. so proud of him. credit: http://community.livejournal.com/ikuta_toma/535375.html]
(9.7) i'm imagining this is what happened (from what i read about the premiere and the pics and the video clips of the news about it)...except for the part that toma cried, i dunno what else happened...
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(11) conan o'brien, my fav late night talk show host (THE KING OF LATE NIGHT!! ^o^) often spins his wedding ring when he's bored. xD so now when i'm bored, i sometimes spin my ring...
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(12) i DO have a grey and black tanktop similar to naoto's that i wear a lot. xD but i bought them long ago, before maou, before i even knew toma existed. and i'm not sure, but i think i've seen him wearing that same tanktop in photo shoots BEFORE and AFTER maou! even once in majo saiban....dunno if it's his or these tanktops just looked the same??
(13) sometimes, it's amazing how things work out so perfectly in my story, locations-wise!! i chose this hotel cuz the room is pretty and it's near shibuya station. but then found out they have POP!! open 24 hrs a day!! SUGOI! needed a place for us to celebrate late at night. and the see-through bathroom!!!! wow...
(13.5) thanks to Anjerin, i got the idea for this heart & soul line. ^.^
(14) got the idea for this part from toma and shun's talk on ANN in dec.2009. xdustbunnys summarized their talk. they talked about the pressures they have as young actors... some of what i wrote is what they actually said... and also some of what toma or the announcer said about the pressures he has when acting, from jounetsu tairiku. [there's a roughly subbed version of jounetsu tairiku at youtube!! =) go here to watch:
http://community.livejournal.com/japan_now/70512.html#cutid2]
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(14.5) "do want". *_* a phrase i've seen toma fans use sometimes when talking about toma. kyaa!!!♥
(14.6) toma's said this about himself... i only remember he specifically talked about it when he and jun were guests at NEWS' concert (in 2008?) and forgot the lyrics sheet so he couldn't properly sing along...lol. he was saying he's still the ikuta toma who messes up at the most important moments!
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(14.7) thanks to careline-chan for all the info about this stage greeting!! careline's ningen stage greeting fan report and also, reports about toma/ningen things she saw/bought in tokyo...
http://careline18.livejournal.com/147794.html
http://careline18.livejournal.com/149355.html
http://careline18.livejournal.com/150129.html
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(14.8) for more info about the johhny's family club (fan club) and how to join:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2227845166&topic=4540
http://je-help.livejournal.com/
http://community.livejournal.com/a_ra_shi/775345.html
http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/2307345.html (really helpful...fans talk about how it was when they went there...)
kyaaa!! trangkun made a step by step video clip that shows u how to go to johnny's family club!!! SUGOI!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=9sY9U-te7CQ
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(14.9) in that pic in ikita kotoba from march2010, the pic of toma looking at the ocean in hawaii in such a cool way, with sunglasses on. ^^ he said in the caption, "im totally pretending to be cool here." xD
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(15) hashimoto ryosuke wrote to toma in wink up's messages section in 2008. he said "i really like you a lot!". haha. and he said if he had "a cousin or something" like toma, that would be awesome. but toma was joking about why didn't he say a older brother, when he says "a cousin or something", it makes it seem like toma is not really an important person to him. lol. u can read their whole messages to each other here at the links below!! toma even said "if i had ohno-kun as a cousin or something, i'd be really fortunate~." XD
http://enshinge.livejournal.com/107625.html
(ryosuke's message to toma)
http://enshinge.livejournal.com/123524.html
(toma's reply to ryosuke and his funny message to ohno!)
(16) toma likes it when girls say this. i know it sounds like that~ first time, but that's not what he means! he just thinks it's nice if she and him can share the first experience of whatever it is with each other...ah...ii ne!! [and with this scene, i have reached the VERY LAST PAGE of my notebook! wow. the rest written on loose sheets of paper.]
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(17) inspired by pauba's comment: 'It was more like he was happy creating this new path for the other Juniors to follow.' and 'I believe that this is his destiny. To be a non-conformist and create a new path for the other Juniors.'
kate: Ah, such a wonderful senpai.. HE REALLY DID SAY HE HOPES THEY CAN LOOK UP TO HIM, AND THAT HE CAN GIVE HIS KOUHAI'S HOPE. toma....ah, i love him!!
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[my post about my ningen photobook. some pics!
http://ikutatomalove.blogspot.com/2010/02/ningen-photobook-pics-and-tomas-2-new.html
preview of 2 pages f/the photobook:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDcQLCvlYzzUABiq2VN7pwBP8yEqF8YtxDm39kRRYRYfg6Hyh6J38XlKaSJy8YY5XJTnBRwZ0dOrIL-Fhewk7kc2jmtAoFv0HaiFsNCoWRP4TOZhHIgmnnVOU_EVZZbpQHgRCn3zOHAwE/s400/NSbookfce8f2f8b825713cd8f9fd2.jpg
you can download all the pics from the photobook here:
http://community.livejournal.com/toma_gallery/]
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(18) FULL HANDSOME GLORY is PAIGE'S WORDS. xD (was describing him appearing on the ningen official website, in his full handsome glory. xD
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(19) seriously, toma has a knee fetish. xD ever since he was young!! i don't know where u can watch that video now, but on some tv show, i think he was saying it'd be nice when a girl sits between your legs, cuz then you can hug her/rest your hand on her knees. I THINK that's what he was saying. cuz they showed a man and his girlf sitting like that. but she was wearing a skirt or dress i think, so he was touching her bare knees.
and wow, i love answers.yahoo.com. lol. seems like almost anything u want to ask, some1's already asked it. i really liked how LOVE GURU differentiated between sensual and sexual. and also about how sex is not always dirty, it can be beautiful. ii ne...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081110133914AA6pUsb
Sitting between a boyfriend's legs...(question for guys)?
(20) thanks to anjerin for giving me the idea, though what u said was "but then again, when u love someone, you can't stop that feeling". ~_~
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(21) toma did have appendicitus as a little kid...and he quickly showed a (probably male) reporter interviewing him his scar, when asked about it!! lol. but it must have been a long time ago, when he was still little...i don't think he'd be so casual about showing his scar down there now!! but of course, he'd show it to me! xD
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(22) toma really did say kyoto is his fav place, out of all the places he went to for filming his movies. and that he might want to settle down there in the future (?) ~_~
interviews where toma talks about the 2 months he spent in kyoto:
http://enshinge.livejournal.com/297162.html
http://w-kassy.livejournal.com/9699.html
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WHAT HE DID THAT MADE ME CALL OUT HIS NAME...
we're sitting in bed, facing each other...toma is holding on to my waist, as he softly kisses my neck...mmm...mmm.... and he pulls back so he can pull off my shirt...oh toma! *gasp* ahhhh... and his gaze moves down to my low rise jeans...he can see the edge of my underwear peeking out...turning him on even more.
he pulls me back down to the bed and gives me an intense kiss....*gasp* and we're lying on our sides...toma slowly unbuttons and unzips my jeans...oh toma!! *gasp* and he lets out a soft sigh when he finally sees my underwear exposed, within reach...and he brushes his hand over my hip bones and barely over my underwear...*gasp*!!! i can't help shuddering from his touch...so close!! oh yes...ohh...
and he...lifts up my tanktop a little, gently kissing my navel. *gasp*!! oh toma!! oh yes...please...please...i'm breathing hard now, which only makes him more excited. and then he...he pulls down my underwear a little bit and slips his hand inside...*gasp*! caressing me just above my....!!! *gasp*!!! my hips immediately rock forward a little, desperate for more...and for the first time, i'm not just thinking it in my mind...i breathlessly cry out his name!
TOMA!!!
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(23)
[my post about my ningen photobook. some pics!
http://ikutatomalove.blogspot.com/2010/02/ningen-photobook-pics-and-tomas-2-new.html
preview of 2 pages f/the photobook:
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/2637/fce8f2f8b825713cd8f9fd2.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDcQLCvlYzzUABiq2VN7pwBP8yEqF8YtxDm39kRRYRYfg6Hyh6J38XlKaSJy8YY5XJTnBRwZ0dOrIL-Fhewk7kc2jmtAoFv0HaiFsNCoWRP4TOZhHIgmnnVOU_EVZZbpQHgRCn3zOHAwE/s400/NSbookfce8f2f8b825713cd8f9fd2.jpg
you can download all the pics from the photobook here:
http://community.livejournal.com/toma_gallery/]
(24) kinda inspired by toma & yamapi's friendship necklace. toma used to wear it all the time, but then he stopped around the middle of filming Voice, at the start of last yr. it stopped showing up in his photo shoots and his tv appearances....i wonder why? maybe toma's manager asked him to just wear it under his shirt or not wear it when it can show, cuz he's getting more popular, don't want ppl to think he and yamapi are really a couple??
and i do have a necklace with an I on it. no, not for that reason. cuz i wanted to make a necklace kinda like toma's friendship necklace, with the ring and the cylindar. i couldn't find a small cylindar, so i just used the letter I instead. but it did make me think....like of wedding stuff. lol. the ring is like a wedding ring, the I is like, i'm thinking of myself as being his wife, Mrs. Ikuta. LOL. i haven't worn it in a while, but now i'll start again. hahaha. it's silly, the way that i wear sometimes wear things that will show that i'm taken...that i only like toma. lol.
and partly inspired by how mulder wore scully's necklace all the time while she was missing in the X-Files. and he gave it back to her when she returned. ~_~ yes, i used to LOVE the x-files show. haha. but the last movie was HORRIBLE. arrgh!!!
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(24.5) toma said in an interview...if he's got a girlfriend, he won't try hiding it from his parents, because they'll be able to figure it out anyway, when he's got a girlfriend, cuz he's all happy and they can tell. so he'll end up telling them about her soon after they start dating...something like that? haha. it's good that he doesn't try to keep it a secret f/his family, though...
(25) inspired by the title of the boys' love movie i watched last yr, w/kato keisuke (he was in hana kimi, in dorm 3). the title of the movie is And the spring breeze whispers: takumi-kun, something something. lol. review of the movie, trailer, and some screencaps:
http://gayinterestfilms.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-spring-breeze-whispers-soshite.html OK, THIS MOVIE IS IN THE YAOI GENRE, but that's only cuz of the one scene where they actually consummate the relationship, but it was a very short and sweet scene (ok, i guess it was also HOT~)! i guess this is the 1st real taste of boys love that i got, and it was pretty sweet... though it's a very stereotypical, predictable, and kinda corny love story!! but the actor playing takumi-kun's role is a really natural, adorable guy, and kato is kakkoii. xD (though i skimmed thru the actual manga it's based on and...WOW. totally not as innocent and sweet as this movie. *blush*!!)
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(27.5) inspired by a scene from Everybody Loves Raymond. debra was happy that ray did not get hurt when he was at a restaurant, and there was a guy trying to rob the place, with a gun. he was on a break from sitting in with his brother, a cop, on patrol. but she's mad he insisted on going with his brother, putting himself in danger. so, she's kissing him and then hitting him, then kissing him again. ^^
(28) i chose kyoto because...i want to be living in japan, but... there should still be some distance between us. cuz it can't be immediately so easy for us to see each other... kyoto is where toma filmed his first movie!! it has a special meaning to him, and he really loves this city. kyoto is 2 hrs from tokyo (by bullet train, the Shinkansen), but around 6 hrs by regular trains/bus. this is why it's the perfect place for me to live, for now.... ~_~
Friday, March 5, 2010
kate's japanese vocabulary list
kawaii = cute (or nice/sweet, too...)
atashi mou = me (fem.) too
yokatta = i'm glad/ thank goodness
kyaa = wow!/ah! (response to seeing some1 cute, some
kakkoii = cool/cute!
uso = it's not true (in this case = just kidding. =P)
dayo = like des, it means "it is"
shittemas = i know
hounto = really
ano = umm...
chigao = that's not it/ it's not true
daijoubu = it'll be ok/i'm alright/it's ok
kitto = certainly
ja = well/so
oyasumi = good night (short 4 oyasuminasai)
ja ne = see u later/bye
yaparri = of course/it's expected/just as i thought
iie = no
chotto = wait
doki doki = when ur heart beats fast cuz of something romantic happens/cuz of some1 u like
doumo = thanks/hi
kyo wa = today/ today is
jitsuwa = actually
dakara = so, therefore, that's why
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yeosh = come on!/alright!
ikemashou = let's go
ii dateh = it's ok/it's alright
boku mou = me (masc.) too.
nikujaga = a homecooked winter dish. a meat/potatos kinda soup....
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikujaga]
iie = no/it's nothing/u're welcome
gomen = sorry
baka = idiot/stupid/silly
wakkateru yo = i know
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douzo= please/go ahead (and come in, sit down, etc.)
boku no kanojo des = it's my girlfriend
otto = husband
tsuma = wife
itadakimas = something japanese ppl say be4 they eat...literally "i receive", it's a way of thanking the the animal/plant for giving up its life so that u can have something to eat...i think it all started as part of the shinto religion, but now pretty much every1 says it be4 eating, kinda like "i'm eating now", or "let's eat".
iteh = that hurts!
nanideshthindayo = what are you doing
nande = why
kedo = but
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shimpai sonna = don't worry.
doshio = what should i do
ikeru yo = u can do it
gambarimas/gambarre = try your (my) best!! /good luck
genki deshitte = cheer up
ameh = rain
fu fu fu = evil/mischievous laugh
kochi koi = come here
doushitte = what is it/what happened/what's wrong
yoroshiku = can mean a lot of things, but mostly... please support me/please look
after me/i'm counting on you
yappe = this is bad.
yukuri = slowly
ii no ka = is it ok/is it alright
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ii ne = it's nice/ it's good
kore = this/ here/ look at this
oishii = delicious (usually said by girls)
umai = delicious (usually said by guys)
iya = no
nandemonai = it's nothing/nothing
aishiteru =
'I love you in the most devoting way'. the most serious way to say i
love you... rarely said, and even when it is, only on special occasions, between husband and wife or ppl in really serious relationships!! [credit: http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+5272] [for more info, check out the links i posted below my 2nd fanfic, in the explanation/links post!]
zutto = always
itchiimatta = i said it
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ureshii = really happy
doshio = what should i do
hayaku = hurry
tadaima = i'm home
okaeri = welcome back (home)
nani = what
bezuni = nothing/it's nothing
atashi = me (fem.)
ma= well/i suppose
ikemas = i'm going
sore ja = i'm off/ i'm leaving
mou = already/also/something like "gee" "darn"
deh = same as des, i think. = it is
oyasumi = good night (casual vers. of oyasuminasai)
(sorry, sometimes i forget certain words or they're out of order, or they are not in the story at all. lol. after many edits, sometimes that happens!! if u don't understand what a certain word means cuz i forgot to list it here, please tell me!! xD )
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chu = way of saying "kiss", the sound u make when u give some1 a quick kiss
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shiawase des. arigatou gozaimas = i'm so happy. thank you so much.
sempai = elders, ppl older/more experienced than you in a certain field
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moshi mosh = short for moshi moshi = hello. (haha. sorry, i should posted this up earlier, but probably every1 knows what it means.)
omedetou = congratulations
ore da = it's me [if a guy says it, cuz ore = me (masculine version)]
yabun = late/ it's late
sumimasen = excuse me/sorry
sou = that's right/yes
yappari = of course/i thought so
ore wa itai = i want to see you (can also mean 'i missed you'? and yes! i got this line from majosai. hehe. LOVED when he said it, looking seriously, at her...ahhh!!)
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iie = no
wakkata = i know/ i understand
kampai = cheers
douzo = please/go ahead
kowai = scary/i'm scared/i'm worried
kitto = surely
rinokimi = toma's and shun's nickname for the drama hanazakari no kimitachi e (or hana kimi, as we call it)
tonikaku = anyway, at any rate
gambarimas = i'll try/do my best
gambarimashou = let's try our best/ let's work hard together
okurimas = i'll take you back/i'll walk you home/i'll take you to where you're going
atashi mou = me (fem.) too
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nani = what/ what is it
nanka = somehow
doushitta = what's wrong/ what is it/ what happened
yada = no way/ no!/ that's not true
sonna jun nayo = it's not what u think
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shittemas = i know
chotto = wait
kitta = he/she/they/etc. have come/are here
daisuki = to like a lot/to love
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konbanwa = good night/good evening
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nande = why
daijoubu desu = it's ok/everything will be alright/don't worry
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soshitte = and
hounto = really
gomenasai = sorry
ikuta toma desu ka? = are you toma ikuta?
kanojo janai desu! = i'm not his girlfriend
mail tomadachi = a friend by email/online friend
yoroshiku onegaishimas! = pls support me/ look after me/ i'm counting on you
iteh = it hurts/ouch
dewa, matta = well then, good bye /see you later
yuki = snow
kono wa hajimatte = this is my first time...[doing whatever. cooking, swimming, etc.]
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sa = i don't know / well (kinda like 'ja')
kouhai = junior (some1 less experienced that u in a certain field)
sou deska = really? is that true?
ya ya ya = no no no =P
boku wa tenshi janai. = i'm not an angel.
nandemonai = nothing/it's nothing
kitto = surely/certainly
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ikuzo = let's go
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yamerou = stop it
okuri yo~ = shorter version of okurimas = i'll take you home/take you there
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wakarimashita = i understand / i got it
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wakaranai = i don't know
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sorry, i somehow forgot it's "itai" and not "iteh" (or is it both??)!!
itai = ouch, it hurts
konboni = convenient store
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yada = no way / no
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boku mou = me too
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skida yo = i love you/i like you
atashi mou = me too
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yatta = yes! (yey, i did it / accomplished something good)
masaka = no way/it's not true
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ohayo = good morning (casual)
yeosh = alright!/ ok!
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urusai yo = shut up/be quiet/stop bothering me (the 'yo' at the end is to soften the phrase...or for emphasis...like, "shut up, i'm telling you!" i think...same with "skida yo" = i like you, actually, or i like you, i'm telling you..... I THINK. please correct me if i'm wrong! =)
dewa = well then
kate's notes and links: bunch of info, pics, etc. i found, in case u wanna know more about whatever)
ano....i found way too many nice pics/gifs of toma where i thought, "i could use this in my story...toma wearing this or toma smiling like this, etc." but then there's too much, so in case i forget to use it in my story, i'll just list them all here. lol. i hope looking at these pics/gifs will make u feel closer to toma while reading my story....at least help u picture his expressions, smiles, gestures, clothes, hair, etc.!!!!! ^0^
-----------ah!! THAT piercing, serious, gaze:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWkRgoQsW3qW3BL-95pt3klfqvjI9bShwHNZ7uQRwPo7MUBydX-1R6-fIkfvkZyAbhChd23cL43_JNyI2Ddf9a-gn0QgprRO3xqNK0z22VN6iXlmgO35Z-hzVNOzBcc4kWZ6wo2R8-s9s/s1600-h/HOTnessssYukatoma.PNG
-------------toma's wink!!! ^__~
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/8/209169/waw.gif
-------TOMA'S CUTE, SWEET SMILE....~_~
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s322/ilovetoma2/3promoteVOICE--5min20090112dokud-4.jpg
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s322/ilovetoma2/3promoteVOICE--5min20090112dokudare.jpg
---[toma smiling on waratte (guess who he is)]
http://i48.tinypic.com/izatsj.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3981/snapshot20100121182109.png
[THAT cute smile!!! ^^ credit: strawberry_gemm]
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/ACUOsmile.gif
-----------[pursed lips]
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4212727912_af0706fe70_m.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq36h0L9_WO9DUBIidAsr2T_uxf8C-f0viaAPLVVqs4N6npiXigDEUfxoZqcoS-V-WH1e9ok7I1vDn_YqQiKrMrOCctrXrn6Bk4tCNVhGf-fBCNz-v2g2gw-OKyAV1bdnzupcyg9NODBxb/s1600-h/2jan29show.PNG
[jan.29show smile/pursed lips/laugh!]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dGf2BZJU32zVHI1YJ1mUw2sK5fXBnfi4JJ5XWy1AHhto_ki66jzio0VUM-rNPfl9lXnu5HPNqoBBxL-pEypDwbzhfjfNtxL1FyaBJQYicxGdL0g_8HFR43uVgTLl6htEQhR31vF9WMYA/s1600-h/hanamura+cuuuuuuute.PNG
------------TOMA'S POUT. ~_~
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQo53XzwCBPaAvKY79CkYxBaRqSFufqatT9hzhYYMMPmp-WrmdWC1prVII7FFdIANzmpi0Jg_MJKkrRN_6WO1ci3SGrsZwarjpZt7phdfaYJCQoMM808t8Tv4d1CNN7FNfFHvQFxT3mE/s1600-h/toma+calendar+pout.PNG [calendar pout]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Prk7LpXzRgPUXrx96s6U25JC-Zn8mvWP4UqIsvn_BX6JDH1RBh-cOjyeUNHLqlnIwQ_fqk6cKdsCTdEgd0guzdUYzg0-q1pVqibBj0LUUKDxriV32D_qU1PjZfJsIu24lijhic0uXgY/s1600-h/aiiza+%E2%99%A5+toma%27s+photostream.jpg
[2 toma/nakatsu pouts]
[and a ton more pics of toma pouting here. lol.
http://ikutatomalove.blogspot.com/2008/09/pouty-pretty-precious-perfect-tomaaaaaa.html]
http://i42.tinypic.com/5x5saa.gif
[pout - lips (waratte iitomo)]
--------toma gestures... come here~! ~_~
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/8/209169/tomacomeHere.gif
----------- nodding/chewing/clapping, sleeping:
http://i46.tinypic.com/21eq34o.jpg
[toma nodding and smiling/pursing his lips]
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/nodding.gif
http://i49.tinypic.com/eurjhd.jpg
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7191/53270877201001241915340.gif
[toma eating/chewing...^^]
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/1%28claps%29tomavideo006.gif
[clapping]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjISk_kHs-RZnNJrUjR8S8XHXI3cjCndAAja2PxjWiaccYxFcpUhccBh3yT6nGY8_nHHmJ-nUlUOTOlZSK07p3c8RDVyP-4Y4gNG-M6Q00C5pCbJBRJKrEIVgFLSwNX1DVEbldGsce8iF/s1600-h/+act---sleep.PNG
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT747Zk7rvxiIxBGoII4d_jDpmTWxUu-_j5QKakI7WT_Nki7QXU6BJNYB9IaynAMknMtcaMjOMYUGBkVUS_FbEMglX0khcnDhsZ3FoP_qZVya4WjTKTL2YLrUL-s2hm8AONL88vvWO3GE/s1600-h/kawaiiSleep.PNGl
[sleep...]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOvG4nJKOb48Gi__-dFQl8fXkYCubb1vSP8d2_KH50SfqOQM5COMALt6wpnyMVv9MV2Z7AM7G9WE36uH_5kseQDL4LhOmGv5-wPZZo8_60-h9b0aMQNCk0x2JeSDhemUN9yOs26orSdY/s1600-h/beauty+sleep.PNG
[sleepy/sleeping]
--------------laughing:
http://i47.tinypic.com/s3f4md.jpg
[toma shy smiling/laughing]
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/8/209169/0003de0y.gif
[toma laughing. :D I AM YOUR WEAKNESS!]
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/aiba-tomaLOL.gif
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/LOL0007tsy9.gif
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/9/9/209169/thumbsupw81x.gif
http://i42.tinypic.com/23ibgwi.gif
[douzo, lol!! majosai team]
[credit: http://ameonna10.livejournal.com/14604.html]
-----------------------------[his hair]:
A TON OF AWESOME HAIRSTYLES TOMA'S HAD!! KYAAA!! lots of pics i gathered!
http://ikutatomalove.blogspot.com/2009/05/toma-looks-awesome-with-almost-any.html]
[toma's not so styled HAIR--- waratte koraete & duet]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHogxlHDD20FDnPUA55sz8qUSiImeIZeDP7B-unfTEKGQ_-2hWmrpgZfPD2rSY1DDYrOCs_beRZEIUtILWrmqchkZjvu93PLSrM0XLNqHZFjNhlOkTjqHw_dXkCHYPduuoDFdwbaIU7xpN/s1600-h/DUETmarchPreview+GAHHHH.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIW0QWvdlyVtmjjRrDEHYu39bjOigj89lmf7gMPTm-knnruEJcJvNDRAuiDHfxGIF6DgIAytnNyhtAuxePaI9veWdU3o5Qy6vmyS9g1mj99RzDPTZ9rgHLkq0-NYSt3IpR4i5SOLlGlVUt/s1600-h/%5BTFS%5D+Waratte+Koraete-+Ikuta+Toma.avi_000150159.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LsRXDs4XyRiCKwkcTOSSkQvr1HPjH5un2NYe2605uKLa-bhm723x8a5wMVEI4GPaoRR9eJTG0ZIf6GIx_NtBJ0Y4V5__3bCpV3km89-FtksomPq9JsOCcXaNMBW5jt9evABlQi2l5WRt/s1600-h/ikuLUMINOUSwaaah.PNG [luminous toma]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_B5-AS1hafra7-DfzwO4lOZ530NZkzXPhFQtcSbdwRWhs3gRMXwd214Ai3m6c8EnoOp9tk_JAH89h7bt2ZObzHLwZL9xdzACaK8iBrtaq1dVQIGpBDDHwEVOeAGw0N9wmc0T7bIQpzeT/s1600-h/mySunshineBoy.PNG [bright toma]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzMVR6dVaYAfApRl3oUvX2NRFAccWWZZN-gwAmozpaEJo-un0VHPVtHizlbRifLktMWewJGBGOil5l-XgXHJuzkCRlYSBeXM2fhH5pczvbUY8eVASFcyc43zKNPBB1Ct8fG5I3FF14933/s1600-h/3cozySweaterCUTE.PNG [bookish toma]
*******
wind blows his hair...
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s322/ilovetoma2/windytoma.gif
************
---------TOMA WEARING GLASSES:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyerE9Mby_pbVXuOfW6RkV82hMG_XHvzfRqDYNo7YRPB-J2ARqzieen1qn4OzMKLFasmxMbr-1giIJbXWzpGbR1K2f3SO_3j8sdgH9lBt5qK9w4AgUNPg_RkRjv-QLJl-4SAKmEGHMhKWB/s1600-h/toma@hokkaidoGLASSES.PNG [toma wearing glasses @hokkaido]
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4428761494_09823099c1_o.jpg
[H&C toma glasses]
---------[toma's glasses/hat]
various pics of toma wearing glasses....cute!!!
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tx28iAOMTbUXI6UkmIbAySs2-UTzhzD_PWKXUcnN-chncMkpvIt7VbrP0R_jMEIm5-skZUYdQaz234VwzBv2YrFz7D34y5SzF6NojjKGhMh9kq14CcACpM08yMyeKgRLfCBHLUWATKT_/s1600-h/glasses...tomaFASHION.PNG
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4327508536_0d58823b7e_o.png
[toma maou team glasses]
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj165/bleahzzz/mag%20scans/TFS0805MyojoScanlationP1.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2324077634_bd3ab5480e_o.jpg
[kyaa!! kakkoii. toma looking cozy & cool...]
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfb2tKgqY1tVb2v2H9DwrIQolGQyKuzSzKaqyorF1M4lICZFRKLfa8Txj1Ast7_Qv9UAfRhyUCZoCBIqcsFLuz9pAPg5aqwWj2MBizpaj-mNTYu6ZXCoBA-xUOIEFbd9S05KIqCoXpG6w/s1600-h/glasses+pout+ikuta_toma_bd_00156.jpg [toma f/a long while back. ~_~]
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4114521554_a9ed7269e5_o.png
[old paparazzi pics]
in a quiet, pretty spot, like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaako/2612777165/
[Camping perfection @hokkaido]
the sun is setting beautifully, with shades of pink and purple...
like this:
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7976/1116/234/z/54496/gse_multipart11961.jpg [pink hokkaido sunset!!!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teepee1/79879384/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teepee1/101265136/in/set-72157600188623788/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/799357336/
---------------- the wedding INFO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_traditions#Japanese_wedding_customs
http://www.hudsonvalleyweddings.com/guide/japanese.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/three_circles/2538849252/
[j wedding at meiji shrine!]
---------------- hotel
[typical small business hotel room]:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/decade_null/3088932055/
My hotel room in Fukuoka. I stayed mostly in business hotels, and all of them looked very much the same. The one I stayed in Fukuoka was the most expensive one, but that only meant that the reception was a bit more stylish than the other places. The rooms were exactly the same. Oh, and for some reason the staff at the reception whispered everything, which made it pretty difficult to communicate with them.
---------------------http://www.granbellhotel.jp/facilities/index_e.html
[the annex single. AROUND USD$99 A NIGHT!!! so 198 total (for feb.18 and 19, fri and sat). WHEW....only staying 2 nights though. so...BUT IT'S 3 MINUTES F/THE SHIBUYA STATION!! SWEET!! and the room is pretty...not too small...]
----------[booking info]
http://www.489.jp/rwrs/evroom2/eroom_select.php?smem_id=157&op_id=22&rmb_id=19132&v_ymd=20100219
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rooms: 3-7th floors
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Narita Express from New Tokyo International Airport
(About 80 min.)
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Is Wi-Fi connection available?
Wi-Fi is available only in Annex Suite rooms and around robby and lounge.
Wired internet connection is available in all rooms. LAN cable is set in the drawer.
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and I didn't think there was an English language TV programmes (not that we were interested to watch one).
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http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1066456-d630480-r53804690-Granbell_Hotel-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
Jan 18, 2010 | Trip type: Couples New
We spent our first 2 nights in Tokyo at the Shibuya Granbell. It was a good choice - central at only 2-3 minutes walk from Shibuya station, but nicely tucked away so as to be quiet. Unlike some previous reviewers, we didn't find it far at all from the station - but we don't tend to travel with more than we can easily carry, even on long trips, so the easy walk up and over the pedestrian bridge didn't involve lugging a heavy suitcase.
The room was comfortable and modern, and no smaller than your average Tokyo hotel room. The bathroom was great - awesome shower, great products replenished daily and one of those toilet control panels that looks like it belongs on a flight deck.
The Japanese breakfast was good, while the western breakfast was not. But hey, when in Japan... what do you expect?
Our view wasn't a Tokyo city skyline, but I the side alley we looked over was intriguing nonetheless, and this wasn't the kind of trip where we'd be spending a lot of time in our room - there is too much to see and do. We found this a great base to walk lots of this part of Tokyo, from Shibuya to Harajuku and Meiji-jingu.
The staff were efficient, and the kind I would expect to find in a business hotel. There did seem to be a mix of business and leisure clients at this hotel.
If we wanted to stay in this part of Tokyo again we would probably stay here. However, we were far more fond of the shitamachi - the older, more traditional part of Tokyo (Asakasa, Ueno) - and next time will probably base ourselves there for our entire stay in Tokyo.
--------------http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikujaga
Nikujaga (肉じゃが?) (meaning meat-potato) is a Japanese dish of meat, potatoes and onion stewed in sweetened soy sauce, sometimes with ito konnyaku and vegetables. Thinly sliced beef is the most common meat used, although minced/ground beef is also popular. Pork is often used instead of beef in eastern Japan.
It is a common home-cooked winter dish, served with a bowl of white rice and miso soup. It is also sometimes seen in izakayas. Nikujaga is considered comfort food, and many Japanese claim they crave it if they do not eat it for a long period of time[citation needed].
---------------------http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3007.html.
Tokyu
There are two Tokyu department stores in Shibuya: the main store with ten floors is located a 5-10 minute walk northwest of the station, while the Shibuya Station branch with twelve floors sits on top of the station.
Main store open daily 11:00 to 20:00 (upper floors until 19:00, restaurants until 22:30). Shibuya Station store open daily 10:00 to 21:00 (Sundays and holidays until 20:00, restaurants until 22:30).
http://shops.japan-guide.com/shops/42
A department store directly connected to Shibuya station!
We are divided into East, South and West buildings on the premises of Shibuya station. We stock a wide range of clothing, food products and more.
On the second floor of our West building, we stock FANCL makeup (a very popular makeup brand, well-known for having no unnatural additives).
We provide floor guides in-store in English, Chinese and Korean.
----------------------DEPACHIKA
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/eat/tokyus-basement-depachika-179920
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/underground-in-tokyo-department-store-food-halls-088599
http://www.japanwelcomesyou.com/cssweb/display.cfm?sid=1251
[
"Depachika"
February 2005
by Robert Cameron
Department store food floors are a fun and relatively cheap way to experience Japan's food culture, and foreign ones as well. Depachika is short for "depaato-chika shokuhin uriba," (department store basement food-selling place) but don't let the name fool you -- these are not bargain basements, nor are they an afterthought stuck in some spare space, as you might find back home.
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----------------------BENTOS and pastries, etc at dept stores,etc!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dessertcomesfirst/1484759787/
[the tokyo food show...big view...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunday_driver/455163608/
[pastries @tokyo food show, the depachika in tokyu's shibuya dept store]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunday_driver/455161868/
[some1 that works there...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunday_driver/455179331/
[pastries and such in glass cases!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dessertcomesfirst/1484761415/
[cakes and sweets]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kozyndan/2848465024/
[making imagawayaki]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54745850@N00/3112552920/
[sushi chefs]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuenkay/4142299494/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrcraft/452161397/
[bentos, bentos, bentos]
close-up of bentos and that 1 popular sandwich, tokatsu??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35593477@N00/1129649289/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kazbad/3289947494/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amanderson/454005933/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrcraft/452145690/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [housing...]
old man's traditional house in VOICE:
http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s322/ilovetoma2/voice-%20screencaps/16ep7v.png
------------- [traditional j homes...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sautot/197855754/ [take off shoes here---genkan (entryway)]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36362445@N00/537020930/ [can sit here during summer...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amerigo/314644666/ [interior...tatami on the floor]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tavibito/3315524444/ [pretty tatami living room!]
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mi-ki/sets/72157607723793967/
[FISH EYE TOUR OF A J HOUSE.....nice!!]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_in_Japan
nterior design
[edit] Traditional homes
Traditional Japanese housing does not have a designated utility for each room aside from the entrance area (genkan, 玄関), kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. Any room can be a living room, dining room, study, or bedroom. This is possible because all the necessary furniture is portable, being stored in oshiire, a small section of the house used for storage. It is important to note that in Japan, living room is expressed as i-ma, living "space". This is because the size of a room can be changed by altering the partitioning. Large traditional houses often have only one ima (living room/space) under the roof, while kitchen, bathroom, and toilet are attached on the side of the house as extensions.
Somewhat similar to modern offices, partitions within the house are created by fusuma, sliding doors made from wood and paper, which are portable and easily removed. Fusuma seal each partition from top to bottom so it can create a mini room within the house. On the edge of a house are rōka, wooden floored passages, that are similar to hallways. Rōka and ima are partitioned by shōji, sliding and portable doors that are also made from paper and wood. Unlike fusuma, paper used for shōji is very thin so outside light can pass through into the house. This was before glass was used for sliding doors. Rōka and outside of the house are either partitioned by walls or portable wooden boards that are used to seal the house at night. Extended roofs protect the rōka from getting wet when it rains, except during typhoon season where the house gets sealed completely. Roofs of traditional houses in Japan are made of wood and clay, with tiles or thatched areas on top.
For large gatherings, these partitions are removed to create one large meeting room. During a normal day, partitions can create much smaller and more manageable living spaces. Therefore, kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and genkan with one multipurpose living space create one complete Japanese housing unit. However, the bathroom, toilet, and even kitchen can be communal. (See Sentō.) Therefore, the minimum Japanese housing arrangement, which is still possible to find if one is looking for the cheapest room to rent, consists of just genkan and one living room/space.
[edit] Modern homes
Housing is typically listed in Real estate advertisements in the format of a number of rooms plus letter designators indicating the presence of common room areas, for example: 1R or 2LDK. R designating room, L for living room, D for dining room, and K for kitchen. In this format, the bathroom and toilet are not mentioned but are included with the exception of some very small 1R or 1K's. L, D and K are not really separate and are part of or next to the kitchen. An LDK is bigger than a DK. The number before the letters indicates the number of additional multipurpose rooms. Often the rooms are separated by a removable sliding doors, fusuma, so large single rooms can be created.
Additionally, advertisements quote the sizes of the rooms – most importantly, the living room – with measurements in tatami mats (jō in Japanese, traditional mats woven from rice straw that are of a standard size: 180 cm by 90 cm in the Tokyo region, and 191 cm by 95.5 cm in western Japan): "2DK; one six-tatami Japanese-style room, one six-tatami Western-style room" is an example.
In Japan, multiple-unit blocks are referred to as one of two types: 1) Apaato (アパート）often older buildings, which are usually only a few stories in height, without a central secure entrance 2) Manshon (マンション) more modern expensive buildings with multiple floors, elevators, and a communal secure gate, with centralised postboxes; they are usually more sturdily built than apaato, normally of reinforced concrete (RC) construction[3].
Though commonly accepted standards for description exist, this is not a legal requirement, therefore descriptions may not be entirely accurate.
[edit] Genkan
Main article: Genkan
One characteristic of a Japanese home is the genkan, or entryway. It includes a small area, at the same level as the outside, where arriving people remove their shoes. As they take off their shoes, people step up onto a raised floor. They point the tips of their shoes to the outside. The rest of the residence is at the raised level of this floor. Adjacent to the lower floor is a shelf or cabinet called a getabako in which people may place their shoes. Slippers for wear in the home are also stored there.
[edit] Toilet
Main article: Toilets in Japan
The toilet in Japanese housing is located away from the bathroom and separate from it. It usually is in a small stall-like room with only the toilet in it. When entering the bathroom, one traditionally replaces their house slippers with plastic "toilet" slippers, swapping back when exiting the bathroom.
[edit] Kitchen
Main article: Japanese kitchen
The modern Japanese kitchen features appliances such as a stove, a narrow fish grill (broiler), and an electric refrigerator. The stovetop may be built-in or may be a self-contained unit on a counter-top, and it is usually gas-burning, although recently induction heating (IH) stovetops have become popular. Common units of all types of stoves include two or three burners. Broilers designed for cooking fish are usually part of the stove and are located below, and unlike many Western-style grills, are not full width. Built-in ovens large enough to bake or roast are uncommon; in their place, work-top multifunction microwave ovens are used. Many kitchens have electric exhaust fans. Furnishings commonly include microwave ovens, hot water boilers, and electric toaster ovens. Built-in dishwashers are rare, although some kitchens may have small dishwashers or dishdryers. The kitchen includes running water, typically with hot and cold faucets.
[edit] Bathroom
(see also Sentō)
Japanese housing typically has multiple rooms for what in Western housing is the bathroom. Separate rooms for the toilet, sink, and ofuro (bathing room) are common. Small apartments, however, frequently contain a tiny single bathroom called a unit bath that contains all three fixtures. The room with the sink, which is called a "clothes changing room", usually includes a space for a clothes-washing machine. The room containing the bathtub is waterproof with a space for washing, and often for showering, adjacent to (rather than in) the tub. As a result, bathwater is neither soapy nor dirty, and can be reused. Many washing machines in Japan come with an extension pipe to draw water from the tub for the wash.
Hot water usually comes from a gas or kerosene heater. The heater is usually located outdoors (at least in warm climates). Its gas supply may be from a municipal utility or from tanks on site. The typical Japanese water heater is tankless and heats water on demand. One heater may supply both bath and kitchen however many homes have two or more heaters.
[edit] Washitsu
A tatami room with shoji.
Many homes include at least one traditional Japanese styled room, or washitsu. It features tatami flooring, shoji rather than draperies covering the window, fusuma (opaque sliding vertical partitions) separating it from the other rooms, an oshiire (closet) with two levels (for storing futon), and a wooden ceiling. It might be unfurnished, and function as a family room during the day and a bedroom at night. Many washitsu have sliding glass doors opening onto a deck or balcony.
Other bedrooms, as well as living rooms, dining rooms, and kitchens, are in a Western style. They usually have modern synthetic floor coverings. Ceilings are typically also synthetic, and might be white or beige. Windows usually open by sliding laterally, although many kitchen windows open by tilting, with the bottom slanting outwards.
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http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2002.html
Japanese Bathrooms
In Japan the main purpose of taking a bath, besides cleaning your body, is relaxation at the end of the day.
The typical Japanese bathroom consists of two rooms, an entrance room where you undress and which is equipped with a sink, and the actual bathroom which is equipped with a shower and a deep bath tub. The toilet is almost always located in an entirely separate room.
When bathing Japanese style, you are supposed to first rinse your body outside the bath tub with a washbowl. Afterwards, you enter the tub, which is used for soaking only. The bath water tends to be relatively hot for Western bathing standards.
After soaking, leave the tub and clean your body with soap. Make sure that no soap gets into the bathing water. Once you finished cleaning and have rinsed all the soap off your body, enter the bath tub once more for a final soaking.
After leaving the tub, the water is usually left for the next member of the house. It is to keep the bath water clean for all members of the house that washing and rinsing is done outside of the actual bathtub.
Modern bath tubs can be programmed to be automatically filled with water of a given temperature at a given time, or to heat up the water to a preferred temperature.
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The fun POP (Plate of Pie) bar and restaurant is open 24 hours a day so you can 'pop' in whenever you desire.
http://www.japan-easy.com/japan-travel/hotel-guide/japan-hotels/tokyo/shibuya-granbell-hotel-tokyo.html
[info and pics!! lol at the entrance!!!!]
http://www.bento.com/rev/2852.html
[plate of pie, POP website
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MAYBE the bar, the POP place looks like this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkyjazz/2866622627/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkyjazz/2866627931/
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http://www.tablethotels.com/Granbell-Hotel-Shibuya/Tokyo-Hotels-Japan/102430
[MORE ABOUT POP....diner like.]
What you can expect is convenience, vibrant youthful style, and the kind of charming details that we love Tokyo for. Chief among them is the restaurant, Plate of Pie, which is named not whimsically but quite sensibly, as pie is what it serves — not just dessert pie but savory pies as well, in a 24-hour diner atmosphere.
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http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/appendicitis-symptoms
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http://organizedwisdom.com/Pictures_of_Appendix_Scars
Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix, a small, finger-shaped pouch that is located at the cecum (the junction between the large and small intestines). The surgery is the standard treatment for appendicitis and patients usually recover from appendectomy without experiencing complications. In the case of a laparoscopic operation, the patient will have three stapled scars of about an inch in length, between the navel and pubic hair line. When a laparotomy has been performed the patient will have a 2-3 inch scar, which will initially be heavily bruised.
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http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501639-kyoto_vacations-i;_ylc=X3oDMTFka28zOGNuBF9TAzI3NjY2NzkEX3MDOTY5NTUzMjUEc2VjA3NzcC1kZXN0BHNsawN0aXRsZQ--
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-http://www.tokyoessentials.com/azabu-juban.html
http://www.pureinsideout.com/onsen-japanese-bath.html
http://www.onsenjapan.net/onsenbasics.php
-----------------Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari @odaiba
http://www.ooedoonsen.jp/higaeri/english/hotspa.html
[official website...pics of all the diff baths!!]
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1066449-d532056-r46528281-Oedo_Onsen_Monogatari-Koto_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html
http://www.travbuddy.com/Oedo-onsen-Monogatari-v172972
[reviews, description, what to do there...]
http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+71348
http://www.ooedoonsen.jp/higaeri/stay/iseya.html#01
[if u want to sleep over]
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/51/3f/4c/to-the-hot-baths-one.jpg
[To the hot baths, one area for men and another for women and kids. Photographs are not allowed f
http://www.flickr.com/photos/super-amanda/270111467/
[outside view]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownie0102/3178578039/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonno212/3830700277/
[outside view, night]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliaaaaa/2304691645/
[lobby ceiling]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownie0102/3178594733/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37214984@N00/447098767/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownie0102/3178601885/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferrando/2314798771/
[food court area]
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/packie/3745728141/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediatinker/489901243/ [ROMANTIC! AND REFRESHING!!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferrando/2314794783/ [AT NIGHT....MORE ROMANTIC!!!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuija/196052264/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuija/196053149/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuija/196053041/in/photostream/
[outside...communal foot bath and other areas...
A LIGHT PINK OR LIGHT BLUE YUKATA 4 ME,
PROBABLY A DARK BLUE ONE OR SOMETHING FOR HIM. <3] ------------------------------------------------- http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+17658+1+jp+105+104 swinsuit not allowed 2005/6/27 Actually, not that you don't need swimsuit, you are not allowed to wear swinsuit in the bath. Strictly speaking, you are not even allowed to cover yourself with a towel in the bath. The reason is that they want to keep the bath and its water clean. So, you first have to wash yourself clean before getting into the water(bath). And stricktly speaking, towel in not allowed to be in the water because they may leave residue or lints in the water. But most places would allow you to cover yourself with a small towel in the water. All the above applies if you are in a female only bath. If you are in a male and female mix bath, you then have to wear swimsuit of course. ------------ 1) i read from the website, saying that the price of admission is inclusive of the yukata? meaning i get to bring the yukata home? The yukata is a rental. You cannot bring it home. 2) do we wear the yukata when we go to the restarants and other game areas? if yes, do we wear anything inside the yukata when wearing yukata to walk around the restaurants and when taking foot baths? yes, and you should wear at least your underwear. you can wear more clothes underneath if it suits you. 3) are the Massages free? No, you have to pay for them. #############################################
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--------------------------- MEIJI SHRINE:
[pic of the path to the meiji shrine, http://www.flickr.com/photos/227am/455346691/]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpellgen/sets/72157604361468999/
[SET of meiji shrinE pics!! LOVELY!!!
AND WITH NICE DESCRIPTIONS/explanations UNDER THE PICS!!]
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=meiji+shrine+path&m=text
[#### meiji shrine path ####]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Shrine
http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/your/1.html
[shrine etiquette...bowing and stuff...]
http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/11/11/how-to-pray-at-a-shinto-shrine/
[how to pray there...ring the bell...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnbiker404/1190536274/in/set-72157601449156585/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neverbird/4000508009/ [by nighttime]
[wish boards]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lichuan_owen/2238801231/
[but charms and good luck, good health, etc. amulets here]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancientsuns/2586535196/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/potatowned/3331699993/
[amulets...]
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/gog/5146037/
[majestic entrance!!!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpellgen/2382795835/in/set-72157604361468999/
[approaching main shrine]
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyharris/3373264141/
[entrance, as exit]
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http://www.kirainet.com/english/meiji-jingu-at-night/
[MEIJI JINGU AT NIGHT!!!! WOW!!!]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ema_%28Shinto%29
==============EMA/MEIJI...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathewajay/2688085571/
[ema wish plates]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevenspotted/3822225841/
[entrance!! nice!!!]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gewitterhexer/3424694743/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gewitterhexer/3424690081/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epler/525781191/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gin_e/265952863/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhayata/2161911706/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vfowler/153596362/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/honus/1473659151/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceekay/2560562892/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalavinka/273481553/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xxooox/1302843559/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryoz/3727924723/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianosh/81521004/
kate's writing process: notes and pics
--i almost almost posted the start of this story, just the dream sequence and phone call, on feb.14 (as a V Day gift to everyone~). i thought i'd post that up and then wait a long while till i continue posting...i thought i'd be done with the story soon after the ningen premiere. but wow, i was SO WRONG. lol. luckily i changed my mind (and thanks, paige, for also saying i shouldn't rush it)!! xD
--this is really amazing!! just today, saw that 1st pic i posted in the story. the pinkish sunset. it's overlooking a river and not the sea, but still!! almost exactly what i imagined...so pretty and sugoi that i just saw it today, be4 posting this up!! really!! wow.....arigatou!!
--wasn't it funny that i was thinking who's the idiot interupting my dream, and it turns out to be toma?? lol. i just thought it was so hilarious that i'm dreaming about him, and the real him calls and i'm actually kinda mad. lol!!!!!!! xD
-----actually, this time i've posted a lot of my thoughts/comments after each update already, so this post will not be that long like the last few times.....but i will still add some more comments here later, i think.......
------here are some pics of 1 of the many pages of my messy notes, with sketches on some of them. lol. i like to sketch little drawings next to my notes sometimes to remember what i want to talk about...and also a pic of the page right after i finished the end of the story back in january. i'm just editing now...trying to add some special stuff to the ending....the original ending is so short and too quick.... (i wrote on that page, that i was listening to ikemen boogie nights, as i finished writing the story)
--coincidences.....
i was writing about the premiere night on the day that i read news about the first preview screening from the previous night!! and i was writing about watching his documentary show and then that day, got to see the super short preview for that show!! ^^
--a song from years ago that i like...just recently happened to watch the MV after so long....used to think it was about his girlf dying soon, but no, it's just she's thinking of leaving him cuz their long distance relationship is too hard to maintain??? awww...it's a sweet sweet MV!!! it's nice to know what the song really means... nanka...the touching lyrics and thinking of my story...like this is how i would really feel if i really had a long distance relationship with toma....made me cry!
in many ways, it goes with my story perfectly.... sugoi~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLaZpuF0Xy8
[Lee Hom - Kiss Goodbye (English & Pinyin Subtitles)]
--paramore's brick by boring brick song.♥ she lives in a fairytale....
i LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!!!!!! and i really really relate to the lyrics, about wanting to live in a fantasy world. especially, since i have been like, in this dream world where i am toma's girlf since december 2009. wow.....i've been in and out of it, but wow.....it's become a little addictive. i hate it when i can't think of something to write. but when i do come up with good ideas and i'm really really deep in my fantasy world....ahhh....it's really amazing and cool and sweet and everything.... *_* and even if it's not real, sometimes i can feel it with all my heart....completely!!
it's funny that this song is about how u've gotta leave this imaginary world behind though....but i'm still in this fairytale, i can't leave yet!! i need to finish the story. and unlike this song, this fairytale is really so sweet and lovely......but i know i'll have to leave this world for a long time after i'm done writing this time, cuz i've run out of ideas and it's so time-consuming to write. lol. but i'll definitely return to this dream sometime in the future ne.....i look forward to that day!!
so go get yr shovel.
and we'll dig a deep hole.
we'll bury the castle, bury the castle....
(not yet though....)
[writing this on feb.27. desperately trying to finish writing additional parts/changes to the story. I'LL FINISH THIS STORY EVEN IF IT KILLS MEEEEEEEEEE!! LOL. KIDDING..... I'LL GET IT DONE ASAP THOUGH!!!!!!!!! OR I'LL....I DUNNO. ANYHOW, GAMBARIMAS!!!!!!!!]
---[thanks to jay's pretty music f/Secret....gotta watch this movie sometime. lol. only seen the MV and read about the plot....]
ah, jay's movie really had a lot of nice music (of course! lol.)
my fav is Angel. and of course, love his A Secret I cannot tell song. really beautiful music that i just recently remembered that i really like....thanks to this music, it really helped me get in the right mood to write for the watching the movie/what i thought afterwards, and other romantic scenes.....arigatou gozaimashita!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypcMQpP6ac&feature=related
[the 1st 3 tracks, it makes u feel many different emotions .... listened to this a lot when trying to imagine how i feel while/after watching ningen..... =)] [tracks titles: Opening, Bicycle, and Morning Exercise]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypcMQpP6ac&feature=related
[ending music + a secret i cannot tell.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRLvTmpN44&feature=related
[Angel (from jay chou's movie, Secret's soundtrack)
--i feel more inspired to write when the weather here is also cold/rainy like in my fanfic. lol. luckily, these days it's cold again....i need it to be....so i can edit/add to my ending!!
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---FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO READ PART OF THE RECOMEN FROM FEB.18. LOL. some really nice coincidences....some things that toma talked about with the guys...are things that i talked about in my fanfic!!!
.toma talked about how his dream is to go to the movie theatre, buy a ticket, and watch his own movie. he's only watched ningen at the special screenings and at home!!
.toma joked about how he's never seen rain or snow, because he's always indoors then. when he's outside, it gets sunny, cuz he's a sunshine boy. xD
---eason's old song, "eliminated". this song is so sad....even be4 i knew what it meant, just listening to it....so much angst and sadness....it really...touched me... it's a really good song!! u should try listening to it: http://www.youtube.com/kate6002#p/f/19/XmXemtFGwGc
the MV is really touching too! eason's face...so sad, emotional, tired....knowing she won't give him a chance....i only remember some1 told me, it's a song about how his girlfriend is breaking up with him....she won't give him a chance, so it's like he's "eliminated" from her life...he's not good enough....
though it's a sad song, but i really listened to it quite a lot while writing this fanfic.....it gives me the feeling of....wanting to be with someone so badly, loving them so much, yet you can't be together for some reason....hai....i guess that's why it fits in with my fanfic....our long distance relationship....i listened to it a lot when writing the ending, too... *cries* they're even running on a pretty tree-lined path in the MV, too!!!
---i thought of having us see a traditional japanese wedding at the meiji shrine (which often happens during weekends). but...nah. those weddings seem a little boring and quiet. and i think it's enough hinting that we're gonna get married someday. lol.
---------MY FAVORITE MOMENTS...
(***SPOILERS***)
there's too many, i can't list them all, so i'll just pick my fav sweet moment. and my fav hot moment. lol.
fav sweet moment: i think it has to be when toma says "skida yo" and nuzzles, cuddles me...sleeping so closely together....ahhh.
fav hot moment: LOL. well, starting from sitting between his legs...all the way to when my stomach starts hurting. yappari.... (>////<) kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
-----------------THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ENDING:
(***SPOILERS***)
----it was really cool, how this fanfic started with toma proposing to me in the dream, and it also ended with him proposing, kinda. ~_~ SUGOI.... i totally didn't plan for him to kinda propose, but when he was talking about kyoto...i got this feeling...and it just happened. and i knew since i'm so sleepy, he'd tell me again later...at the end of the fanfic. yeyyyyyy.♥
---YATTA!!!!!!
I DID IT!!!!!!!!
I FINISHED!!!!!!!!!
SO IT TOOK ME FROM AROUND JAN.15 TO ARIL 8. WOW.
AROUND 3 MONTHS. MARCH WAS THE MONTH WHERE MOST OF THE STORY, THE FINAL DRAFT, WAS THOUGHT UP THOUGH.....MARCH IS NOW OFFICIALLY MY FAV MONTH OF THE YEAR. LOL.......CUZ IT'S WHEN I....GOT THOSE FEELINGS, WHEN THINKING OF TOMA AND I........ (>/////<) AND CUZ I GOT SO MANY LOVELY, SWEET SCENES WRITTEN IN MARCH.....
-----(after re-reading the ending) it's finally sinked in...this is the end....and i feel all these strong emotions that the kate in the fanfic feels......i feel it so strongly right now...the tears keep coming... =,(
---that part, "i finally understand", i kinda got from lee hom's Kiss Goodbye song, the line was something like, "and at this moment, i finally understand, the true taste of love.
-------------THOUGHTS ABOUT WRITING THIS FANFIC, IN GENERAL....
--THIS IS THE 1ST TIME I'M WRITING 2 FANFICS CONSECUTIVELY. AND THIS FANFIC #3, IT LASTS 4 DAYS!! THE PREVIOUS 2, EACH WAS ONLY, LIKE HALF A DAY!! NO WONDER THIS TIME, I WAS LIKE....WOW, THIS IS REALLY FREAKING HARD, TO WRITE SO MUCH!!! xD but somehow, i filled in all the time......and this is the first fanfic i wrote not during xmas time!
--our relationship got so serious, after just 2 months of dating! lol. but like i said in 1 of my comments...it feels like we've known each other for a much longer time, and i've loved him for years already so....that's why. hmm~ [and partly cuz i dunno when i can write the next fanfic, so i wanted to squeeze in as much special moments as i could, and make sure u see how we really love each other so much.]
--like i was telling paige when i was writing it back in january.....i was afraid at first....that this fanfic would be hard to write, cuz there's no more suspense, the "does he like me or not?" feeling is no longer here. and i was afraid of repeating myself...all the doki doki and kyaaa-ing.
BUT, since we're now a couple, the advantage is we can kiss and hug and touch a lot~ and talk about anything...xD of course, there's still got to be some shyness between us, but i mean....since we're a couple, there's so much more things we can do together. heehee. ~_~ and i love how we're so much more comfortable and relaxed when we're together now...ahhh...and cuz we're dating...all the phone calls, texts, flirting, etc., too... sweet.
--i notice...my writing is improving? kinda? or maybe it's cuz each fanfic, the situations are kinda different. but looking back, i felt like the 2nd fanfic was A LOT, A LOT of talking...but of course, still so many sweet moments....the 1st fanfic was......umm.....i tried to put too much things in it...i dunno how to put it....but it didn't seem as natural, it felt awkward sometimes, our conversations.........
of course, now my fav fanfic is this one, the third one!!! haha. there's not as much talking (was there? not sure...we did talk about ningen a lot, though.), and more hugging and kissing. lol. like the song says..."a little less conversation, a little more action, please". xD maybe i overdid it, the parts in the hotel room, though....oh well. it felt right to me at the time, but maybe i was not thinking straight, cuz i was feeling so....(>////<)
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR READING MY FANFIC!!!!!♥
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMMENTING!!!!!!!♥
I REALLY PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO IT, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT. IT TOOK YOU AROUND 1 MONTH TO READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT TOOK ME AROUND 3 MONTHS (well, i worked on it on and off) TO WRITE IT!! but really....it's all worth it. i'm happy that my fanfic could make some of you so happy, that some of you looked forward to my update everyday~ and i really had a lot of fun writing it. well...sometimes it wasn't so fun, but it really was mostly fun!! lol. ahhh, so many sweet, touching, fun, *hot* moments with toma......♥
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