Flashback X-Japan

Yoshiki of X-Japan
Originally uploaded by PensilShapener.

Just happen I was surfing aimlessly & happen to surf to an X-japan website & it brings back memories.Beautiful songs, great rock playing.. but X-Japan is all about virtual rock.

The 5 man band was created a while back all the way to 1988 with numerous ppl changing but the most influential was Hide & Yoshiki. The band was split up sometime before 1997 but was secretly suppose to be reunite until the sudden suicide of HIDE in May 2nd 1998(he was the guitarist).

Extract from AsiaNews
"I believe hide's death was an accident," said X Japan leader Hayashi Yoshiki at a hastily called press conference the night before the funeral. Sensing the worst, he appealed to the guitarist's fans: "Please do not follow him. Do not commit suicide. Please see him off to heaven warmly."

It was not to be. Within days of the rocker's death, three girls killed themselves in copycat suicides. The first victim, aged 15, was found hanging in her bedroom - described as virtually a shrine to hide - in Chofu. She died in hospital May 7. That same day, a 14-year-old killed herself in Hiroshima and a 17-year-old died in a hotel room in Osaka. Two other girls tried unsuccessfully to take their own lives. One, wearing an orange shirt emblazoned with the rocker's name, jumped off a bridge near Tokyo, and the other cut her wrists at a Tokyo funeral wake for the musician. With the grieving still going on, more deaths are feared."

X-Japan was suppose to perform a memorial in 2000 but was axed as they felt it woul become too commercial.

Pic was from the X-Japan memorial for Hide.

Unbeknown to some, Yoshiki was asked to perform to the emperor of Japan & Yohsiki played the song Anniversary which was an orchestra piece. Coming from them most people would have though them to be rockers & not balla or the orchestratic type. WRONG !
Yoshiki later joined Tetsuya Kimura's GLOBE which was also a great band...

When X-Japan performs ballads it was always great songs.. midi playing here is from X-Japan "Forever Love". X-Japan also had did some songs in anime soundtracks..
Long Live X-JAPAN

STAR WARS CRAZZEEEEE

501st Batallion
Originally uploaded by PensilShapener.

With the Star Wars craze on.... this is great. Too bad due to work i am unable to go even for the premier.
Got a couple of free tickets but coz of my work time uncertain I have to let it go.

Brings back memories. Got my Biker Scout helmet still in my room, no time & money to make the full armour yet, maybe next year... maybe. It'll be cool
Pic on the right is the 501st LEGION. A battalion of Star Wars military spanning from Western countries all the way to Australasia contingent. The division is separated by contingent & has a current members of more than 2000 personnel !! Gosh. Checkout their website at www.501st.com

Well, lets hope EPIII is better than the 1st 2 episode cos it sucks! Only the old Star Wars was great...

Enjoy... & let me know..

Termbeling Resort

Termbeling Resort
Originally uploaded by PensilShapener.

Arrrr..wat beautiful pictures.. i want to go KUANTAN!!!! I need a vacation !!! Feels like I'm gonna loose my marbles.. Works is giving me so much pressure & work I cannot cope.. Just yesterday I came home 3am! Started 9am tilll 3am..i dont know how many hours is that.

Even today I got work after lunch & I dont get to claim at all. And I didn't volunteer for that too.

Pic on the right is from kuantan, pahang at Tembeling Resort.. thats where i usually run to for some cool & relaxing place to sit back, relax & enjoy the sun... join me there !