Homemade Skincare Series: Yogurt my trusty sidekick

I’m sure you’ve encountered several DIY masques on the net yet you wondered to yourself, does it really work and worth the effort?

Messy, slippery, troublesome, I much rather use a simple packaged product from a mainstream line that has undergone test by the authority than use this…this…food. Thingy. Thingamajig. Thingy.

In my opinion, homemade skincare can be quite impractical considering how they'll get rotten real quickly, thus you can’t store them for long, and it isn’t too travel-friendly, but as they say, you’ll get what you pay for.

Nevertheless, I’ve tried some of them, and here’s my take on them. Due to my slightly twisted fate, I’ve been blessed with horrible skin, and so I’ve tried everything under the sun in order to rejuvenate the moon surface.

Word of advice:

1. If you suffer from terrible skin condition and no matter what you do, it doesn't seem to fluctuate or run like a bunch of coward monkeys, make sure you investigate the core of your problem and later strangle the culprit who ruined your life to death. Take the time to examine yourself thoroughly and take whatever precautions needed to banish that thing out of your way. These remedies would only treat the outer part, not the inner part, so it is best for you to have a dual-attack by treating your skin from within and out.

2. An unsuitable product might be the cause for your problem—take the time to investigate which works best for you and which doesn’t, chucking out the ones that let you down. Cut down your skin regime one by one, monitor your skin behavior, and after you have determined the source of evil, SAYONARA ADIOS BYE BYE CHACHA!

3. Most often we did not cleanse our face well, sometimes the sunscreen and makeup residues settled into your pores, which further contributes to excessive skin problems, so take the time to do proper cleansing—dual cleansing if you may (oil and cleanser).

One last thing: I have a chronic problem of fungal infections and eczema.

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Yogurt is loaded with lactic acid, so if you are allergic to lactic acid (or if you didn’t know, check the ingredients of your failed skin products and see if it was listed) then perhaps this treatment won’t work for you. However, lactic acid is a natural substance found inside the body, so it would cause less irritations. And since yogurt produced natural lactic acid and not chemical loaded stuff, it is unlikely to cause reactions.

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When you think of yogurt, you would think of those savory flavored sour milk in small tubs filled with chunky fruits and fruit juice- NO NOT THAT ONE.

This is what I mean.


PLAIN YOGURT, plainly put.

In the quest of finding a good warrior in attacking my fungal infections and eczema, I came across multiple articles that suggested on using yogurt—the understated Mary Jane (and I refuse to use La Mer, the overrated Mary Sue, but I wouldn’t deny that I would love me some of that). Plain and simple, yet effective in combating yeast/fungal. Initially, I bought it for the sake of my fungalities, but later on, I found myself struggling to swallow the stinky madness, so I decided to slather it on my face instead.

Because you know, I play with food. >.>

Yogurt is quite a famous ingredient to add in your cauldron of homemade skincare potion (same could be said with honey and lemon). I was tempted to try that, but living with a family who only eat flavored yogurt didn’t leave me much choice, it is quite bizarre to suddenly find a tub of plain yogurt sitting idly among all those tongue ticklers in the fridge. Not to mention the yogurt is nowhere under the category of ‘el cheapo food’, so it is extremely bizarre to find a simple PLAIN YOGURT in my house.

Yogurt in general didn’t cost such a bomb, but whenever I see yogurt, I automatically think—YOGURT—EXPENSIVE. (it only cost RM5+, in all honesty)

But I digress.

So for the first experiment, I decided to be adventurous and added a squirt of honey and a teaspoon of rosewater while bellowing the magic spell. (I was following a recipe that I nicked from Makeupalley)

First impression…

Well, it’s good. Nothing special. It did calm my skin though. Maybe it’s the honey. Or the yogurt. Or the rosewater. Or all of them. Or both. Or maybe one of them. Or. I am confused. Orz

Maybe I shouldn’t mix a lot of ingredients on my first try. After all, I am a newbie witch.

So on to the second try.

I opened the lid, and scoop a teaspoon of yogurt out of the container.



The sour milk is looking straightly at me. The smelly, stinky, sour rancid milk—and it tastes just like that.

I am enjoying the savory sourness however. It tickles my tongue.

Onto my palm it goes…OH! COLD! OH! SAMUIIIIIIIIII!!!!!

My first reaction. Honestly.

You bet its worse when it found its way onto my face.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Fortunately the coldness doesn’t linger forever. Afterward, it meddles with my skin’s chemistry, combining the warmth and evoking quite a comfortable and delirious sensation called sooth.

Nowadays, I am quite immune to the numbness that is cold. All I feel is sooth. Aahhh…

Freshly applied, you would look as if you were drenched in milk…sour milk to be précised.



Leave it on your face until it dries to a matte, transparent finish. You might experience some kind of a tightening sensation—do not worry, the yogurt is just doing its job—or a crumbly finish—do not worry, sometimes the yogurt acts cranky.

(the yogurt hasn't dried down completely yet, but you can tell that the center has completely dry to a matte and transparent finish, while the edges has this sort of frosted saliva look to it. The moist part is glossy like a shimmery silver liquid eyeshadow...I joke.)

The rigid and numb state of your face is an indication that it has absorbed all there is that need to be absorb, so off you go and wash your face from the rotten smell. (Okay, the smell isn’t that bad, but you can’t deny that the smell is quite…apparent) However, if you didn’t mind sleeping in a marbleized state, then you could wash it off in the morning. I left it in on my eczema patch overnight, and it diminished the evil thing instantly.

Next time I have an eczema patch, I would try to remember to photograph it.

So after washing it off, how do I feel?

Truthfully I must say it works better on its own.

>Moisturized!
>Plumped!
>Softer!
>I have small bumps scattered around my face. Decreased!
>Smoother! No joke!

The bumps-decreasing sold me. I have been searching for anything to kill those scattered bumps. Nothing did its work better than this plain ol’ yogurt.

For one month, I slathered this on my face faithfully every night. However, you should know that once a week, I mixed my yogurt concoction with a squirt of Vitamin E.



That will be reviewed in another post, but here’s my take of the whole yogurt treatment on its own.

1. Does it lighten your skin?
I must say it brightens your skin, not lighten per se.

2. Does it even your skintone?
Definitive yes. Matching foundation has never been easier.

3. Does it brighten your skin?
See answer above. Yes.

4. Does it treat your acne?
Yes, the yogurt attacks those acnes until it gets all dry and scabby.

5. Does it prevent acne?
I must say yes as well. I noticed I experience less breakout nowadays.

6. Does it lighten scars?
I am tempted to answer yes, but I have the slight suspicion that the Vitamin E is doing the main job, not the yogurt. However in my opinion, the yogurt may have contributed a bit.

7. Does it shrink pores?
Must say it did not. My pores remain the same size.

8. Does it help in unclogging pores?
YES!

9. Does it help in smoothing skin texture from bumps and other skin ailments?
YES! I can’t say for other skin ailments (milia seeds for instance) but for bumps, yes for sure.

10. Will your skin regain its horrible condition if you stop using this?
I must say no. I purposely stopped using it for a week and aside from minor breakout here and there which is a regularity for me, I didn’t notice anything obscure.

11. Can you use this in exchange of other products?
The yogurt would be a great cleanser alternative. It is mild and gentle yet its ability to deep cleanse is better than any abrasive cleanser out there. Definitely a gem.

12. Have you found anything like this in the market?
No, although perhaps other products that contain lactic acid would give you the same results.

I can’t think of any question for now, so if a bolt suddenly strike me, I will update this questionnaire.

In the mean time, I hope your yogurt experience would be a total blast, just like mine.

If it doesn’t, well, I’m sorry it didn’t work for you.

I’m giving this…a five gazillion out of five.

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Huda’s Random Corner

(I can’t think of a time when my mind isn’t doing some random calculation of random things that is purely random but interestingly random)

I’ll be the first to admit that GAKIKAME (Or RisaEri…they should have done Erisa and stick with it) radioshow annoyed me sometimes. Aside from constant H!P songs (which is inevitable) I often did not know which song were played by Gakiki and which were played by Kameme. Oh, I do know which song was Kame’s selection, she always raved about the song (for example, she mentioned how she collects BoA and Cocco’s albums, which is useless information for me, but somehow I know. I shouldn’t suppose to know. I wouldn’t want to know. Why did I know? Bad Kame.)

Oh I know Gaki-san likes Yoshii Kazuya. She talked about it on the NHK radio program. She openly admitted it in front of Yoshii Kazuya himself. She repeated it on her radioshow as well…she likes to repeat herself too, huh?

Anyway, when Gaki-han said she likes Yoshii Kazuya, I got the impression that it’s more under the pretense of “My mom likes him and listens to him all the time so I kind of get used to him and I also listen to him and I like him now.

=.=

Long after, I have concluded that they might take turn on playing their song selection. Yet I was not thoroughly convinced.

So the latest Gakikame show, Kame poured her everlasting love towards the Gakz, and then Mame-chan was all teary (perhaps later on…) and explained the reason for her song choice.

It was Kimi ga Iru Kara –My Best Friends— by JUJU. Supposedly the lyrics reminded her of her friendship with Kame and other important people in her life (Taka included of course).

Okay. Let me tell you the truth.

I didn’t listen to this radioshow.

No I didn’t! I read the translation.

Naturally, I didn’t listen to the precious Gaki-san selection song.

Frantically, I searched for the song on Youtube.

THERE IS NONE. EXCEPT FOR A GUITAR COVER.

No matter, I search for the song online.

THERE’S ONE, BUT I NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE ALBUM.

Oh whatever. I’ll listen to the whole album then.

The day after…

Song(s)! :D

*plugged my ears*

It must have been just me but something about JUJU’s voice/style reminds me of Niigaki Risa. In fact, if she were to sing JUJU’s song, I don’t think she would sound that off—she would nail it greatly, I’m sure of that.

What could be the reason for the uncanny resemblance?

Perhaps JUJU is an influence to Gaki.

*hat hat hat hat hat hat*

YAY!

Favorited.

No, really. I do like her songs. Like, intensely so.

Especially Ashita ga Kurunara with Jay’ed. That is just so sick! :D

Tata. :D

I'm inspired to...ah.

I have not been writing anything these days. Yes I’m aware that I am currently writing this right now, writing this damn entry, posting in forums, commenting in facebook, writing my work, yes yes all of that equals writing.

But what I meant is that nowadays I haven’t written anything worthy on MS Word that actually has a plot and not just my own two cents regarding moment of obscurity.

I’m trying to pinpoint the core and culprit of my distraction. Hmm, facebook? Damn you evil facebook I loathe you. Work? Chyeah right I have yet to start Module 6! Games? Recently I’ve acquired Monkey Island full version but I haven’t been playing it ever since I’ve completed the demo. Books? Long neglected is Emma, accumulating dust in the corner of my iThingie.

Writing requires supreme attention. I’m just waiting for the time when my life would be totally free, and then I could resume writing again, but I’ve recently concluded that its not going to happen anytime soon. Even though my work has noticeably decreased, I still spend the day as if there's a million hours left. Time is running out so fast I don’t find myself doing anything worthwhile except for posting hate messages on forums and spazzing about anything worth spazzing. By the end of the day I usually know nothing significant except for the glorious fact that someone photoshopped soshit’s nose to make it even larger than it already is. Hey, that person is not doing anything wrong, she is just pointing the fact of how they would look like if their nose hasn’t been touched by the magic hands of plastic surgeons.

And so, I have been wondering. It perked my curiosity greatly, I wondered how nose could make such a difference to one’s face, prompted them to undergo the knife or visit a plastic surgeon. I used to have an obsession with hair; isn’t it amusing on how hair could change and frame a person’s face and so on, making them far attractive than they actually are? I think I stared too much at those people with great hairs, so much so that some people think I have a crush on them and asked me if I was checking them out when really I was only admiring their hair wtf are they smoking?

Ehem. So. Nose. Right.

I have been doing my dutiful staring activity and from my observation, those people who were deemed cute mostly have a nose that is no bigger than their eyes, with a pair of unobvious nostrils. Same size mouth is fine, as long as big eyes are in your features. If your nose are bigger, the coordination of your face would be slightly off and thus makes you look as if you have a big nose, which of course you do. Nostrils are also an important factor; no flattering faces should have apparent nostrils.

Being an avid beauty blogs’ reader makes it easy for me to stare and scrutinize their features outside their knowledge (internet is awesome haha erm...) and ultimately calculate their nose’s length.

I am sorry this is for experimental purpose only!

Anyway. Where was I.

Yes. Nose. Perhaps that is the reason as to why everyone is sporting an ulzzang-style makeup nowadays (including me hehe) and circle lenses (excluding me hoho). And for those who wanted permanent beauty, well, they opted for a nose-job. Smaller nose does make one’s features sharper and more define, I kind of agree.

Whatever it is, a nose is a nose. A borrowed nose lmao. Smaller nose means smaller access to the air. Maybe. Harhar.

What is the definition of today’s beauty? Big eyes, small pointy nose, pouty lips, small face, bla bla...it would be such a bland world if everyone looks the same, with no variety whatsoever...prime example would be the fate of Kpop nowadays. Same tune, same lines, everyone brings the same dish each time...and then others will bring something refreshing, and people will like it because they are bored with the same stuff, and then others will copy them, and so on, and so on. Perhaps one day big nose would be the next best thing. They are just waiting for someone to pop into the news looking all pretty while flashing her big nose, brainwashing the humans to have a nose just like her and next thing you know, they alllllll wanted big nose.

Ah...humans.

Complex things, aren’t they?

Amusing nonetheless. But I rather stay at the background and watch them move.

And so I have concluded...I will write something about nose.

Sounds foolish, I know!

Maybe the adventure of the big nose. Big nose vs Small nose. Big nose pwns. Anything.

We’ll see.

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On a random note, I have been watching TVXQ’s live performance of Stand By You.

Truthfully, I don’t like that song.

After multiple listens, I still don’t. But Junsu’s voice is heavenly how could I resist?

I resist so many times. I hated most of their works. But I love Junsu’s voice.

Although I can’t deny, whenever they did something right, they hit golden. Really golden. I hate most of their works, but I desperately love some of their songs. Curious, isn’t it?

Anyway, back to Stand By You.

Just for laughs, I decided to check their credibility of bringing this mumbly song to life.

They failed. HAHA!



First of all, this song is awfully low, too many words, which contributes to the half-assed mumble madness. The only one who did great at the low tones was Yucheon; at least his voice wasn’t drowned out, but when he hits the high notes, I cringed. Stick to the bass, Yucheon. Your high notes are painful. So does Changmin. And he supposed to be the tenor.

The only one who sounded great was Junsu, but that’s only because he didn’t sing as low as others. He was singing in his comfortable zone, so he didn’t have to struggle much. But as you can see, he struggles anyway, he always struggles when singing, I’m thinking that’s his way of showing his emotion. Maybe. He always looks as if he was struggling. I sure hope antis won't struggle him.

Overall, I like Bolero better than this mess.

My Secret Wish...

...is to attend a MM concert.

But that didn't seem appropriate, so I'm waiting for another musical. They did a Cinderella musical last year, with Gaki as the prince charming, and while I knocked my head hard and cries mountain of blood, I knew that if I did go to Japan just for the sake of attending the musical, it's too far of a dream to reach. As if my sister would bring me there. XD

Next musical (hopefully another collaboration with Takarazuka) however, I will make sure that I will not miss this opportunity. Provided the timing is right.

Knowing me though, its not always right. Meh.

But my ultimate secret wish is still attending a MM concert. Surrounded by wotas and glowsticks and adrenaline and...uh...

Yeah that didn't sound appropriate for someone like me didn't it?

For some reason, I have never been tempted by TVXQ concert.

Liar.

Okay, once upon a time, I was tempted, can't blame me, everyone was like, TVXQ is coming to Malaysia! You should go! Yeah I should go! That was during TVXQ's prime time in Korea. After the release of their second album, Rising Sun. I was tempted, tempted to meet everyone, but at last, I didn't go. As if I could go. Heh.

Nowadays, I don't really care for their concert. Saw their performances from previous concerts, but my feelings are just lukewarm, mediocre, I'm not sure what's wrong with me.

I've never been tempted with MM's concert, not until lately. With them appearing at AX, having a personal conversation and autograph session with the western fan...hell I am dead jealous really hellish jealous I don't know I get jealous for the wrong reason. Yes I know right?!

Morning Musume's concert...pfft. I rather go to Kinentai. But Kinentai is no more. Gocchin is gone. Gone to Avex. Gone to Avex. Gone to Avex.

She should have let Gaki tag along but I doubt Gaki wants that.

But now, after watching Platinum9Disco concert, I get kind of giddy.

I want to be there, you know? Actually be there.

How wrong but I want to be there like I REALLY REALLY WANT TO BE THERE WHERE IS THE DAMN THESAURUS I AM REPEATING MYSELF AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

This is the most heart-wrenching performance from the concert. I didn't like this song that much, like it of course because it is a chorus song, but didn't like it that much because Gaki has no lines, but like it of course but not as much as Mirai Yosouzu II, where was I. Where was I? Yeah. Anyway, didn't like it that much because of the Panda's solo *snore*

BUT I LIKE THIS PERF!




Interesting things to note in this perf.

-Gaki is serious. How alluring. Kya!
-Too much Kame. Too much. I get it. Cameraman has a crush on her. Okay I get it. Can we get to the other girls please??!!!
-Shige crying. Cuz you know, the audio people filtered what's really happened during this song with their machines. If you listen to the concert rip, you'll hear that ALL THE FANS IN THE STADIUM sing along to this. Basically, ALL OF THEM SING TOGETHER. So that's why there's some noise at the back.
-uh...

I concluded that there is not that much interesting things to note after all.

Then, next! Interesting things to note at the final farewell.
-shige you lesbo
-I love how everything is on que
-gaki bows the lowest :D
-ame furanai remix!
-they are dancing to the beat!
-gaki's and taka's hair stuck with each other! look at their expression nyahaha XD
-I just felt the need to say this again. Shige you lesbo.

Anyway, LOVE THIS PERF. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

>><<

NANCHATTE RENAI'S PV!!!

Things to know about MM's PV.

-they suck
-Gaki looks hideous most of the time
-they suck
-cheapo
-they suck
-stiff dancing
-they suck
-one-shot close-up, one-shot dance-part
-THEY SUCK I'M NOT LYING!

Sometimes if they have the rare moment of creativeness they would include random stuff in the PV...examples would be crying parts under the rain in Naichau Kamo. College times in Shouganai Yumeoibito. Girls doing random things in Resonant Blue.

They're not that creative but at least they are trying.

This new PV is not that creative but I applaud their effort.



Pros
-mannequin gaki! and she's at the front in the beginning and ending of the PV!
-it doesn't look that cheap. In fact, it seems to have some quality that most MM's PV lacks. I think they are trying new filter technique.
-the black outfits are delicious??!
-the dance seems nice
-hey look! not just close-up but some acting-scenes and group scenes which...only lasted for a couple of frames. (told you about moment of creativeness)

Cons
-gaki looks hideous sometimes
-not enough gaki closeup!!!! hahaha
-moment of creativeness number two (see? they're improving) white clothes. with white and black backdrops. Harhar. What is that? Hideous. Oh.

Despite all that...

I LOVE THE DAMN PV AAAAAAAHHHHHH

As for the song...

The ewwness
-koha's singing
-shige's singing
-koha's rapping
-the panda's rapping

The awesomeness
-risa's singing
-aika's rapping
-shige's rapping
-taka's singing
-reina's singing
-kame's singing

Ok bye bye.

THE TRUE DEFINITION OF XISA~~~~

I just realized that my previous post contains an excessive amount of the word ‘ever’. Whoa, I must have been too ecstatic about the whole ‘ever’ thing. Really, ‘ever’ is such a sacred word. For me to use it continuously is unusual. There is a small amount of things that has 'ever' attached to it. And I’m not going to tell you. Ever. Okay, I lie. I still am not going to tell you. At least for now.

Okay, I’ll give a slight insight into my brain. I think Sackboy from Little Big Planet is the cutest thing ever, and I don’t generally find things cute, except maybe GKS’s cute antics, but she is not a thing, so she didn’t really qualify. Or did she?

Anyway, today is a strange day and filled with indescribable blandness. Nay, I haven’t got a clue. Nevertheless, just when I think that the day couldn’t get any better (yes, even if I heard that there’s going to be a ZYX-a new single I won’t be over the rainbow, since a new song is a new song, although I can’t deny that I was slightly jealous of the whole Aa!, Tanpopo# and Pucchimoni V getting a new song whereas ZYX-a performs stinking Iku ZYX! Fly High at the Champloo concert. I was hoping for a mic hack rip from Gaki’s mic; that way I could hear her sing Mirai Yosouzu II solo, but alas, that is not happening. NOT HAPPENING. And really, Aa! is just Buono! without Momoko with Akari, poor Momoko. She is being left out. And I’m not big fan of Momoko in the first place. Yet I sympathized her. I think my second favourite H!P member is Airi. But even if she is second, she is far from being number one. If not, I would have listened to Aa!’s new songs and the rest of Buono! all day long. But I didn’t. Damn those names. What’s with the exclamation marks? I’m going off-track wasn’t I? What was I talking again? Oh yeah, close the bracket)...

I figure this news deserve a new paragraph rather than stuffing it in the champloo concert rant.

Anyway...

ZOMG GAKI-SAN GETS NUMBER 12 ON ORICON’S MOST VIEWED PROFILE. FOR NO REASON.

FOR NO REASON.

FOR NO REASON!

FOR NO REASON?

There must be a reason. A good reason at that. I have no clue as to what is the reason that’s good enough to be called a good reason.

Ahah! Maybe her superb performance in Platinum9Disco concert was the cause of the extra point.

Nah, it’s not as if P9D is her first concert that oozes her awesomeness or something. (I tell you, whenever someone writes P9D, somehow I have PCD in my mind. Hmm. Ignore this.)

Maybe its the Yokohawa CultureQ show!

MAYBE.

Maybe it’s the Kizuna SP show!

MAYBE!

SEE UFA?! SHE ONLY APPEARS IN TWO FREAKING SHOW AND SHE HAS GOT EVERYONE UNDER HER FEET! TAKA EVEN APPEARS IN KIZUNA BUT DIDN’T MANAGE TO SCORE IN THE TOP 20! NEITHER DID ANY OF THE OG! SO STOP MILKING SHIGE AND START PROMOTING GAKI! YAH!

Ehem. Yes I’m aware that my previous line sounds wickedly offensive.

Heh.

I’ll be frank here, and admit that never in my mind would I think that Gaki-san will get the attention she deserves. Oh, I dreamt of her being ultra-famous and stuff, but that solely supposed to stay in my head. I have long given up the hope of seeing her taking over Taka’s popularity, heck, I think Kame’s annoying moeness surpassed her aneko personality, but PATIENCE SURE MAKES EVERYTHING WORTH IT. >D Yes, I know. This is just a stupid ranking. Sooner or later she will be off the chart. But Gaki-san getting the attention she deserves is a rare thing, so yes, I know I’m making this way too much of a deal.

Even in Japan, her green glowsticks was overwhelmed with yellow and blue, even in Korea, her special ability of speaking Korean was trumped down by Taka’s mighty voice, even in US, her genuine cuteness was overthrown by Kame’s moeness.

So what’s not to like?

Oh, actually, there is another factor that adds to my fangirlism.



OMG stinking THSK is number 16 <3

Let’s have a closer look, shall we?



OMG, STINKING THSK AND GAKI. <3

I'M IN LOVE.

Next best news, Gaki collaborating with THSK.

If that happens, I have nothing else to wish.

:D

On another side note, I have been transforming Bumblebee.

Gah the head is so rotten I was afraid of breaking it off (not like I have super-strength of actually breaking it but you never know)

So while the transforming was a success except for the rotten head, another challenge bestowed upon me of putting it back as Chevrolet Camaro.

Wow, that wasn’t so hard. Except for the stinking head.

I’ll try Ironhide next.

Hopefully Optimus Prime would visit us by the end of this week. :D Hello, Optimus Prime.

Too happy to hum...

*long story-scroll down to hear the songs*

Waiting for this album is a sweet torture. (what’s with the oxymoron?? XD)

It was announced way back in April, but back then, I wasn’t interested. H!P album? I bet it’s filled with Takahashi Ai, Tanaka Reina, Yajima Maimi, Suzuki Airi, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Sugaya Risako and Mano Erina’s voice.

Then the news of Mini Moni’s revival on the album surfaced...like I care about Mini Moni. Like I care about Linlin. Just because she did the unusual from the H!P realm, everyone is her fan right now.

Speculations of other subgroups emerging from the dead began to rise, but I kept a nonchalance air.

The tracklist was finally out, and…

NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.

I was officially intrigued.

I have always loved Onitsuka Chihiro’s version of Mamotte Agetai and Aoyama Thelma’s version of Mirai Yosouzu II, so the sheer mention of the titles is enough to send me to the moon.

Imagine my surprise when the songs are the same version.

Still, I kept my cool. You know about these albums, sometimes the right song could go to the wrong person. So to avoid the risk of being disappointed, I tried to inflict as little excitement as I could.

When the full tracklist with the singers’ name are out, fans were confused with the rise-from-the-ashes subgroups. Not surprised, but confused nonetheless. Shin Mini Moni, Tanpopo #, ZYX-a, Pucchimoni V…

I was relieved to see Niigaki and Kamei (that turtle?? Not really) appointed to Mamotte Agetai, but the thought of ZYX-a singing Mirai Yosouzu II didn’t sit too well with me.

ZYX were filled with…kids back then.

Like I care about Berryz and C-ute.

Speculation about Niigaki in Tanpopo added the fuel to my wavering conscious, but I tried to think positive.

I didn’t check out the Tanpopo song since it was indeed, obscure at its best.

So I waited…and waited.

Then the song samples were out.

Unfortunately, the samples were only accessible to those in Japan who subscribed to the mobile thingy…something…I don’t know.

In short, they could listen to the previews on their phone.

But they didn’t upload it to the net.

Bummer.

Anyway, once again, speculation surfaced.

They thought they heard *blabla* on *blabla*, and Niigaki on ZYX-a.

Of course, Tanpopo-hoping Gaki fans were disappointed.

Me on the other hand…

*asdfghjkl*

Still, it was undetermined…don’t get your hopes too high…

At that time, I was itching for previews.

WHAT’S WITH THE LACK OF PREVIEWS???!!

Usually, whenever a new song is coming out, many of those H!P radio girls will play it on their radio show, but this time…

Zilch. Nada. Zero.

Every single day, I refreshed the damn thread, hoping for some previews. Anything, please.

Until today.

Finally.

I am so happy.


>Gakikame's Mamotte Agetai preview<


>Onitsuka Chihiro's Mamotte Agetai live version<

Truthfully, I was scared on how they will arrange this song. I am not that fond of the original version; I find it too classic pop, but I love Onitsuka’s version to bits, although that may due to the melancholic sound of it.

I am not that surprised to find that they kept the original arrangement with a tweak here and there, but what shocked me the most is how much I adore this version. It is cute, a nice change from Onitsuka’s version. I must say the opening is the highlight of the song. Take note, one of the reasons I’m not fond of the original is because the opening is hideously dreadful (strictly my opinion). Glad to be proven wrong.
One more thing that I found particularly interesting and quite ear-catching is how similar they sound. Heck, listen to any song that features Gakikame (recent example would be Nanchatte Renai) and try to differentiate their voices. Easy-peasy.

After two or three more listens, the difference of their voices become apparent to my ears.

One slight flaw of the song: Kame’s ‘Mamotte agetai…oooh~’ DO NOT WANT. Ew turtle NO. I want to puke. Major turn-off. What happened to the fair line distribution??!

Ehem. Next.


>ZYX-a's Mirai Yosouzu preview<


>Aoyama Thelma's Mirai Yosouzu<

Aoyama’s version is tough to beat. No kids can come close. For a second I was afraid for the outcome. Momoko and Erika might possessed a pleasant voice(as of late), but Koharu…and the eggs…

*plays*

IT’S A FREAKING CHOIR SONG OMG

XD

Gaki’s voice wasn’t that apparent during the first few seconds(I heard her voice now, after a gazillion listen), but as soon as the song began to pick the tempo, her beautiful voice (hahahahahaha ehem) shines through.

WHY ISN’T THIS A GAKI’S SOLO SONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

*cries*

Anyways, I love this song. Aoyama’s version is tough to beat, but they manage to make it up to par with her version. Choir songs portray much bigger and fiercer emotion compared to solo songs, and their feelings are definitely apparent in this. I was on the verge of crying by the end of it(not really) so you know they did an amazing job in this song.

Two thumbs up from me for both of the songs. Especially Mirai Yosouzu. Love it to pieces.

Other songs?

Yeah like I care about highking (Ayaya’s version is probably better than HK’s version. I listened to hers back then. Ayaya kicks Takahashi’s arse anyway) aa manoeri berryz c-ute zoku biyuuden and all that jazz-

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I bought a new camera today. Canon Digital Ixus 110 IS in turquoise.

The seller is really nice…唐禹哲みたい lmao
Not going to rave about it now, so here’s a little preview (minor photoshop touch-up) before I go all out.