Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Gatten Gatas 2009-03-30 (02)



Maichin: Thank you for listening for 1 1/2 years. Let's meet again.
Rika: Until now, thank you. Please continue to support Gatas.
Yossi: It's radio again. Thank you for listening. It's fun~ Thank you


Rika's handwriting is neat and squarish, like someone who doesn't write often, because that's when you start to scribble.
Mai-chin writes like a doctor. Yeah, if you know what I mean.
I like Yossi's handwriting. Her strokes look like an art. Like the English touch too~

Is it norm for Japanese to draw 3 dots above the heart, because our favourite couple does that.


Gatten Gatas 2009-03-30 swansong

What a parting gift~
Finally, Rika and Yossi are in it together, with Mai-chin and Konno. YEAH~~


***
Mai: During Haroten's last MC, you (Yossi) said you were a guy (otoko) from Saitama... what happened?
Rika: You said that ne.
Yossi: Yeah...

Yossi mentioned she had no idea why she said that. She was talking normally... and the word just came out normally and when she realised it she thought 'what did I just say?'. She explained (in the studio) that it might be because she always thought herself as a 'guy', so yeah...


***
Rika: If Tsuji gave up her ribbons, I would stop my 'HAPPY~' (thinggie).
(bla bla bla...)
Yossi: Mine will be 'LUCKY~'


***
Yossi: Recently, I found myself not locking up when I visit the loo.
Rika: I don't lock up too.
Yossi & Mai: EH!
Yossi: At home?
Rika: un
Yossi: It's okay at home, isn't it? Mine is while I'm outside. Once when I was in the bullet train.
Mai: dame dame dame.
Yossi: Ain't it bad? What happens if someone opens it? It will be so embarrassing.


***
There are some more anecdotes which I'll come back, or maybe not. >_<

Monday, March 30, 2009

ピンク レボリューション

KAWAII ~~~


ピンクが似合う ~!~
Even her nails are pink!!!!

Sweetness overload
*snail drops dead*


29th Mar

29th March...

when they are thousands of miles...


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but doing the same good cause~ >_<


Sunday, March 29, 2009

Book, anyone?



New Ishiyoshi clip at Dohhh-up. They are promoting a book.

Yossi looks like she is dragged right out of bed, and she sure is talkative in her 'drunken state'. >_<


Friday, March 27, 2009

Ishiyoshi in Elder's Thank you for you LOVE!

R: Embarrassing~ this is so embarrassing.
Y: Ishikawa Rika-san, come over here please
R: Embarrassing~

bla~ bla~

R: People who know me know that I'm very in love with myself.
Y: Yes, I know that.
R: And when I am free, I will watch vids of myself.
Y: I know that (too).
R: But, where had those (vids) come from?
Y: That's why those are called 'precious' shots.
R: So, what you think?
Y: You looked CUTE... But you look like an obachan now.
R: Why?
Y: You know, actions like these...

bla bla bla~

Actually, you just need to know what had been said in bold, and how Yossi was laughing so very happily when watching the vids on the big screen. >_<


Thursday, March 26, 2009

じょうだん PART Ⅱ

gossip!

Someone from mixi blogged that she saw Rika with four other guys in a casino during the early hours of 25th Mar.


I know this isn't going to go well with readers here...
but I wanna share things I know. >_<

*snails away*


Wednesday, March 25, 2009

おめでとう!



Congratulations, Miki-sama.

You look so happy~

But when I see him...

*sigh*



Sorry~ Really sorry >_<
I feel that beautiful women, thinking for the welfare of their offspring, should always make sure their dad is at least a looker.

off topic

I think Japanese (or most of them) are really nice people. I felt this way because my neighbour (yes, my neighbour is a Japanese) suddenly came over and gave my dad a box of expensive-looking cookies because my retired and very free dad has been helping her water her plants. It's really so very sweet of her, and, she speaks English with a cute accent~

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

not really related, but who cares; it has Rika!

In her blog today, Kemeko mentioned that Rika-chan called her after she had read her blog and knew that she was watching WBC 'live'. So, they chatted on the phone.


Guess all the girls are free today~
Ermm...
*wonders*


By the way, WBC (World Baseball Classsic) is the biggest thing in Japan right now, and the girls were frequently talking about it. Congrats to Japan for winning it again.


じょうだん~じょうだん~



man... will this day never come? (笑)


Gatten Gatas

Radio Gatten Gatas ends next week...

which means...

we will never get to see Ishiyoshi together in it.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Whose heart beats faster?



*dokidoki*



Their t-shirt colour turquoise makes them look so bland. They should wear light pink. Rika and Nono would love it. Besides, I think Yossi, with that fair complexion of hers, would look really good in pink, though I doubt she ever wears one >_<
Argh~ she really should~ Haha


Sunday, March 22, 2009

Haro Party 2 @Zepp Tok_yo

Today, H!P elder girls had their last Haroten event.

And it seemed the girls had a good time.

- Rika hid behind Yossi after she had made a bad joke on Yuuko about her age. Yossi stepped forward as if to protect Rika, but instead she told the angry woman to go ahead and carry out the punishment.

- Kemeko told the fans how she had a difficult time, back in Pucchimoni days, trying to get Yossi to open up. Once, when she suggested they go together for 'shabushabu', Yossi had turned to Gotchin (they were closer back then). When Gotchin said she couldn't go, Yossi then said she had something on too.
Yossi: ????(see note: ***)
Yaguchi (to Kemeko): "I thought you and Rika often go for shabushabu nowadays?"
Kemeko: "Yeah, because Rika-chan's ok with it*** So Yossi, you should join us too."
Yossi "All right, let's go later."

- Yossi: "Recently, Rika-san runs out of breath easily"
Rika: "It actually started two years ago"
Yossi: "Before, she wouldn't leave play even when it's time to switch player, but nowadays she just walks out as and when she likes it."
Yaguchi: "How much longer before you get side-lined (permanently)?"
Rika: "Another year?"

-Tsuji: "There was a period back in Minimoni days when I had found it tough."
Yossi: "I understand that feeling. It's was really tough for me too when I was doing 'Shiawase
desuka' "(The crowd laughed themselves silly.)
Yossi: "Sorry, the bentou was really yummy back then."


*** Yossi seemed to be complaining about a particular dish in shabushabu she doesn't like, which explained why she didn't go.


Spotted!

Yossi spotted attending Rika's STB event yesterday!

At least that was what some fans thought when a lady and another man appeared and sat around a table on the second floor of the hall. As lights are dimmed for the event, no one had a clear look. However, someone, who happened to near the table, reported that it was Yossi, and the man could be their manager. Although the woman was dressed in dark clothes and trying to be incognito, the giveaway is her blond hair. Fans think Rika's dad was there too.

Red: where Yossi sat. Yellow: Rika's dad.


During a Q&A time when a question asked who are Rika most friendly with, Rika said it has to be Kemeko and Ogawa. Amid the cheers and teasing - because someone's name is missing - Rika said she often hang out with Kemeko, and recently when Ogawa called they had gone out for lunch. Then she added, 'But it's always Yossi whom I often hang out. We would go out for meals and karaoke~'

Finally! This is the first time, after what had been forever, that Rika was talking about Yossi again.


Friday, March 20, 2009

stalker?

Stalker info, from a stalker who... well, stalks the girls!
Someone was asking why Rika and Yossi were never in scandals, and this is what the so-called stalker said:

石川
家からあまり出ないひきこもり
家に来たのは小川か吉澤ぐらいだった
Rika: A hikikomori who seldom leaves home. Occasionally, the likes of Ogawa and Yossi will come visit her.

吉澤
出かけたと思ったら家の周り回って帰って来た
Yossi: Even when she does go out, (I think) it is to walk around the neighbourhood before going back.

You decide how much to believe.

Me? I just thought if I had the opportunity to stalk them, I would have done more, yet would never disclose anything about them >_<


emcee

Come Together concert MC.

Rika/Konno:
First, Rika told the crowd the MC would be all about Konno, because Konno never talked much in past concerts. Changing quickly into a very serious tone, Rika then asked Konno if it was ok to pop a question. And just as the crowd was wondering why Rika had gone serious, Rika asked 'can you tell me how campus life is like?' The bathos caused the crowd to laugh. Rika explained she is curious as she has never been to one. Konno said her university has a nice learning atmosphere. However, the talk invariably changed to food - the one thing Konno only talked about. Both topics ended quickly. But we expect to hear more about Konno since Rika had said it was Konno's MC, right?

Wrong! Because that could never happen with Rika around. So, before the crowd knew when or how it happened, Rika was already on her way to talking about herself. She talked about her recent trip to Hawaii and her first time on a helicopter - one that she got to pilot. Then she went on and on and on, telling the crowd how afraid she was before she got on the helicopter as she was supposed to read and remember everything in a manual given to her earlier. According to her, the studying was as difficult since she hasn't been reading after she left school years ago. But to her surprise, her flying instructor actually told her, after the flying experience, that she was one of the best ten students he ever had; that she owns the 'touch' to fly. Rika felt over the moon about the compliment. She recalled that at one time, the instructor was so confident with her flying that he took his hand off the stick, but it made her more nervous and she stopped talking. As there were three cameras filming her, the cameraman eventually told her 'hey, you have to talk'.

Yossi/Mai:
Mai was talking about her blog when Yossi interrupted and said she was checking Mai's blog one day when she came across a title 'marriage'. Reading further, she realised Mai and Ayaka had gone out dining without her. When Yossi looked pretty upset after she had said it, Mai stepped back upon Yossi's questioning gaze and said something like 'I know that will come from you'. Mai recriminated that they had done that to her before, recounting how there was a time when Yossi, Rika and her were dining together and Rika and Yossi both received an email. She thought nothing of it until she found that it was Ayaka who had texted them, which made her very angry because she realised Ayaka had bothered to text their group's new member, Rika, but not her. She recalled, too, another time when Ayaka, Yossi and Rika had gone out without her. She felt so left out. So she now called it quits. Yossi seemed to accept the explanation and shrugged it off saying 'that happens...'. Next, Yossi talked about her first surfing experience and quoting what Rika had said about having a 'touch', she said that she, too, has that touch since she managed to 'succeed' during her first attempt. (She meant being able to stand on the board.)


Note: I may have made some mistake translating.


Do not repost. Not even with credits.


Thursday, March 19, 2009

I did not write this, only translate it.

Found another interesting post in Chinese. Thanks to loveyossy who cut paste this in h!o Yossi's thread. It's quite a funny post. The problem seems to arise from an upfront official polaroid of Yossi, Koharu and someone else, who sorry-I-don't-remember-and-don't-bother-checking, and the debate is on their height. Let me translate it for the benefit of those who don't read Chinese.


我操,你們這群美國佬真是要把我氣死了。我要非常清楚而且鄭重的告訴你們,吉澤瞳的身高是165cm!!!!這在早安家族03,04,06年的運動會的身高表上都表示的非常清楚,不信你們自己去拿尺子量!!!!!而且就這張圖而言,吉澤瞳看起來還是要比小春高的,雖然只高一點點,因爲小春也基本是165cm 了。
告訴你們一個事實吧,去年在早安來上海開演唱會之前,純純和琳琳曾先一步回國做宣傳,在接受網上聊天採訪時,純純親口說自己只有166cm, 之後早安去韓國開演唱會的時候,視頻資料裏純純的身高也寫的是166cm。因爲這個很多人都認爲純純的身高是166cm。可事實上呢,純純至少是 168cm,準確來説是169cm,因爲她自己說到了日本之後又長高了1cm。
所以不要以爲她們自己說的話都是真的,謊話誰都會說,尤其是藝人!!!!!而且Yossy自己不希望別人知道她有165cm,那麽誰都不會閑的沒事去惹她不高興,尤其愛又是她的徒弟。而且音樂戰士這個節目是錄播的,中間剪掉了什麽不能被外界知道得你們永遠都不會知道。但是早安家族運動會身高表做得相當隱諱,幾乎是沒有人能看得懂的,除了我這種推理能力超強的人,所以就算在上面表示出真相也沒人會發現。我早就說過,在日本女生身高165cm這條綫是有特殊含義的,這是你們這些歐美人永遠都不會理解的事情!!!!!
沒事的時候拜托你們去看看2ch上罵Yossy的討論串,用詞之惡毒都令人髮指,我每囘看得都想哭,那些有的沒的真的好過分。Yossy她也會上網,這些她自己也會看的到。對於一個十幾嵗二十出頭的女孩來講,都是愛漂亮的,沒有人願意被人這麽罵,什麽豬,白熊,這詞都算客氣的。想當年明明是被淳君稱之爲天才可愛的美少女的,老實講Yossy應該算是4期裏第一個被捧的,可現在卻被人討厭,被人罵,甚至有有人罵:“讓那個隊長快點滾蛋吧。”她心裏會是什麽滋味。還有純純也是,大老遠的從中囯來到日本,一個完全陌生的國家,甚至連語言都不通,只爲了實現夢想。可是夢想都還沒實現呢,就先用蹩腳的日語聽到的是謾駡,什麽香腸火腿香蕉,她心裏會什麽滋味你們懂嗎??????於是理所當然的,她們會想這究竟是爲什麽,最後的結論是因爲自己看起來太大個,在一群小女孩裏有种違和感。於是她們希望自己在別人眼裏看起來嬌小一點,哪怕只有一點點也好,你們就不能理解一個女孩的小小任性嗎?至於爲什麽小春可以這麽坦率地說出來,是因爲她向來都是被捧的,沒有因爲這個被人罵過,她自然不會明白其中的痛苦。

所以請你們多用用大腦吧,不然我只能給你們一句話:四肢發達,頭腦簡單!!!!!!!



Note: I did not write this, merely translate it. The vulgarities are from the original writer, not me. >_<


Fuck! You Am_ericans are driving me to my grave. Let me tell you clearly and seriously that Yossi's height is 165cm!!!! This was clearly stated in the stats of H!P sports festival held in year 02,03,06. If you don't believe me, get a ruler to measure it yourself. And even in the picture per se, you could still see that Yossi is taller than Koharu, though only slightly taller, because Koharu herself is 165cm.

Let me tell you a FACT: when MM went to Shanghai last year, Junjun and Linlin had arrived earlier, and during a net interview Junjun had said that she is 166cm tall. When MM went to Korea later, official stats, too, put Junjun's height at 166cm. Because of that, many people believe that Junjun is 166cm tall. The truth? She is at least 168cm tall. Frankly speaking, it should be 169cm now since she said she has grown another 1cm after arriving in Japan.

So, do not believe that it is true even if the girls said so themselves. Everybody can lie, especially celebrities!!!! Besides, Yossi doesn't want people to know that she is 165cm tall, so that idle people won't be messing around with her, moreover, Ai is her disciple. Music Fighter is a pre-recorded tv show, and you never knew what was edited away, like things they don't want people to know. On top of that, the height chart in H!P sports festival was done so elusively that not many people will understand it, except me, of course, who has great analytical skills. So, even if the TRUTH is out there, no one will ever notice it. As I had said earlier: in Japan it means SOMETHING if girls are taller than 165cm, and that is something you Europe_ans will never understand!!!!

Please, if you are free, go read up those jap forums with threads scolding Yossi. The words are so vicious and inimical that I almost want to cry when I read them. Those rumors and gossips are really too much. Like any girl who is in her early twenties, she wants to look pretty, not getting scold at. PIG! WHITE BEAR! Even tags like these are considered mild. At those name-calling times, do people actually remember Tsun_ku had once called her tensai dekini kawaii? To be frank, Yossi should be considered the first among 4th Gen the company groomed. To think she is now so hated and scolded; one even said 'Quick get rid of that leader!' How would Yossi feel?

And there is one Junjun, who traveled alone, all the way from China to Japan, to a country where she has language barriers, to pursue her dream. But before she can fulfill her dreams, she hear, with whatever little understanding of the Japanese language she has, unkind words like sausage, ham and banana... Naturally, she would wonder how she had become the target of such nasty criticisms. It won't take her long to realize it was because of her size, which is considered an anomaly in a group where all the girls look small. That is the reason why the girls want to become 'small' in peoples' eyes, even if it means just a little smaller. Why can't you accept a girl's little wishful thinking? If you ask, why is it that Koharu can be so frank about her height. I say it's because that girl has never been harshly criticised before. Since the day she joined, the company has set its mind to groom the miracle girl; she will never understand the plight of others.

Hereby, I beg you people to think with that big brain of yours or I would have to call you STUPID!


-END-


My thoughts:

I won't judge the writer because everyone has their right of speech, although I would say the article is very interesting (not that I agree with him/her).

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

2 + 9


I love shots like this.


Yossi, from being the fattest to the slimmest, a woman with undeterred determination. We know she isn't one who will give up easily. So Yossi, you see the target in red now? Ganbarou!


Tuesday, March 17, 2009

1444 in Come Together

Whenever I watch a Gatas concert I would wonder why they have the worst-looking stage outfits ever! Ok, I know it's not the girls' fault at all, besides some people may argue that Yossi was looking so very cool in that black outfit. Anyway this place isn't about that but 1444!

But this is...

the only scene I see them interacting. It was as if they had purposely restrained themselves so that they won't become any talking point in jap forums, where they had been for past concerts.

Sad ah?

Haha~

However, I think I still manage to notice a little something else....

during EGGs' MC when Yossi asked where would the girls go (for holiday) if they had a few days off from work. Koretty and Sawa-chan chose to go overseas while Sengoku and Notchi preferred to stay in Japan. Following Sawa-chan's invitation to have Yossi join her in her holiday to Korea, Notchi, too, asked Yossi and Maichin and Konno - basically, all Gatas senpai - to go together with her to Hokkaido when Koretty asked 'why didn't you ask Rika-chan along?'. Although everyone - and I really mean everyone - in the venue (yes, including the fans) knew why Koretty had asked that question, Yossi had taken a longer time to response. She seemed stunned for a few seconds before she appeared to understand Koretty's real reason for asking, which everybody, of course, knew was 'why hadn't Notchi included Rika in her fav. senpai list?' However, during that few seconds, Yossi had appeared like she was thinking of other things, as if there was another connotation - like Koretty was asking 'Oh Notchi, don't you know Y would prefer to travel with R too? Of course you should but why didn't you ask R along?'. So, maybe Yossi didn't want to response and was waiting to see where things were heading so that she won't be caught saying the wrong stuffs. Come on, isn't it obvious that she wasn't thinking what others were thinking?

Me crazy? Well, just my little idiosyncrasy.

Anyway, let's clap for a job well-done!


and Good bye!


P/S: Yossi, anyone told you that you actually look great in pink?
especially with that complexion of yours. >_<


songs best 3

Memorable song selection Best 3

Rika:

1. Happy Summer Wedding
My debut song in MM and H!P

2. Chuu Summer Party
My first unit. I was really into the image (costume and hairstyle).

3. ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL
The last song of our H!P graduation concert.


Yossi:

1. Happy Summer Wedding
My debut song

2. Baby! Koi ni Knockout!
My first unit. A song that even when it was sung many times in a concert, would still manage to hype up the tension in crowd. Enjoy making the PV too.

3. Mr.Moonlight~Ai no Big Band
First time I cross-dressed and took centrestage. I remember being very very nervous when doing the recording for the dialogue part. This is a very important song to me.


Monday, March 16, 2009

my thoughts...

http://blog.oricon.co.jp/hangryandangry/archive/18/0


Watching hAngry and Angry performing in a live house I wonder if Rika had any rocker blood in her, or was she playing the role of Angry to a T? As for Yossi, well, she rocks badass, at least she appears to be. She was really enjoying herself. The camera seemed to like her too as it was on her most of the time, poor Rika getting a cameo only when she was near Yossi.

Sometimes I rather see a crazy Rika, because a reserved Rika is a dull Rika. >_<


Saturday, March 14, 2009

i-shi-yo-shi in China



I have never seen an Ishiyoshi article in Japanese lest expect one in another language, so you can picture my surprise when I saw this posted in a jap forum. The article is from China although I have no idea if it's from a newspaper or a magazine or a newsletter. I was, nevertheless, intrigued.

The writer is no doubt an Ishiyoshi wota. He or she brought up some interesting points, some so in-depth that I thought only a die-hard wota would know, and for a moment I even had this strange notion that the writer actually visited this place. I may be wrong though I remember a China I.P had made over hundred hits in a single day on this blog a few weeks ago. That is because this place seldom have so many visitors, so I remember it clearly.

I wanted to do a translation for people who can't read Chinese, but I realize my translation skills is lousy and the fact that my Chinese isn't really that good. Fret not though as there is nothing new in the article as everything mentioned can be found in this blog too, except for one where it says Rika was caught adjusting Yossi's clothes when they were watching a baseball match, which I have no idea when that happened so I would appreciate if anyone could enlighten me. Other than that, I really appreciate the article though I just thought they could use better pictures. >_<


Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Yossi, thank you~

Haroten @Zepp Osaka 7th March / Gatten Gatas 090309

Haroten

* When Rika said she was a little nervous before they sang her request song 'okina ai de motenashite' because she isn't young anymore, moreover with cute members around, Yossi said 'Rika-chan, it's all right. I'm here too.'

* When Rika said Yossi and she are together in h!p for 9 years now, Yossi corrected Rika and said "10 years already".


Gatten Gatas 090309

Rika mentioned briefly (to Mai) that Yossi likes to dance a-la-Beyonce.


Sunday, March 08, 2009

Girlfriend



She really is girlfriend material. Probably the one, from whole of h!p, who looks best without make-up. Surely a face I would love seeing when I wake up in the morning.

Yossi, you sure have great taste. >_<