Stormy Waves

Friends Only

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:11 -0500

This is an experimental blog. Currently it is restricted to friends only. Please comment to be added. I've not decided what I want to do with this yet. It would most probably be for uploading and sharing my Arashi clips, music and other stuff related to Arashi.

Arashi being a boyband from Japan.

If I decide to expand on that, I'll think about it. Please let me know if you have added me to your neighbourhood. Since most of my posts are friends only, I'd like to know who is reading. Even if I'm in your neighbourhood, it does not mean that you'll read my friends and family posts which 80% of them are so categorised.

If you're in my flist, as a courtesy, you may share the files I have but do not claim them as your own. The copyrights to the files belong to Arashi, their labels, the TV stations, Radio Stations and J-Storm. If I do post files that are shareable they are most probably found in my clubbox.

All watermarked files belong to the person that watermarked it and is not shareable. I may share them with my friends at my discretion. Unless stated otherwise, please observe the general posting, crediting, unofficial rules.

Please introduce yourself, I don't bite. Thanks.

Also, This is the original Arashi Fan's Location map which was started by Baby Pixie and few of us in IRC a couple of years ago. Do add yourself in there if you haven't done so already.

Arashi Fans Locations

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Jun on TVBS-G

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:27 -0400

Bitroad Referral

It seems there was a tiny snippet of Jun doing a promo on TVBS-G a Taiwan TV station. He spoke a bit of Mandarin in his introduction.

Anyway, I've uploaded the file to this file hosting website that seems to be legit. They offer unlimited storage and unlimited time line. Please click on the banner above for referrals. Thanks.

And the file link for download here:
http://bitroad.net/download/d314a0553666/20080513-TVBS-G-Dream-A-Live-Promo---Matsumoto-Jun.mpg.html

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TVU Networks <333

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:34:26 -0400

I've been looking for more streaming TV programs. This program works like SOPCAST. Lots of channels and the 4 TV stations from Japan is broadcasted here too.

http://pages.tvunetworks.com/downloads/index.html <-- download the latest version here.

This file is free of course. One feature that I like about this program is that it can go to full view which is in fact quite clear in comparison to KHTV. Since KHTV sometimes logs a person out, having a few more programs as backup is a good thing.

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YOUTUBE and MediaMax

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:27:45 -0400

Firstly, my account in Youtube have been permanently disabled. *shrugs* Not that I have many vids on it but it's kinda sad to see Arashi files being deleted. So all the free advertising for the guys are slowly but surely being eroded away. Most fans these days I know have come to know of Arashi due to the influence of Youtube and the sharing of these files which showcase their many talents. It is a sad fact that copyright infringement is illegal. Although it is so, there is no way else that we can get to know of these wonderful guys other than these "underground" methods.

Without the sharing of files on the Internet, I doubt that they would be that hugely popular outside of Japan. I am not being biased here but the marketing of Japanese artistes is very limited overseas. It is not enough for them to cater just to the Japanese population residing in other countries. If they are to curb these free advertising and marketing from fans then it would be difficult to gain more fanbase. Looks like there will be a need for another source of sharing soon other than YOUTUBE. *let's see what we can find a bit later*

On to MediaMax. For those of you who have a free account in Mediamax, I hope you are aware that they are going to delete all your files when they migrate over to another platform and service called THELINKUP. If you don't, please read it here http://mediamaxblog.blogspot.com/ They have stated their intentions on this blog.

I have a paid account with them and they will migrate my files over as well. I'm offering to save the files of those of you who are in my flist. All you need to do is to send me the files and I will save the attachments into the different folders. You can have them back after you have signed up onto the new service. I will then re-transfer the files to you under your new id. I think that it is very silly and stupid of MediaMax to allow for such restrictions. They seriously have to re-think their business model.

For those of you who have my access list to the files, please be aware that there will be some changes once the migration is complete. In the meantime, if you can't download any file, please be patient.

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SopCast another <3333

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:01:30 -0400

Okie, Keyhole TV is great! Now there is another program that I've been using. It's called SOPCAST. Currently it's ver 3.0.1.

You can download it here : http://www.sopcast.org/download/

Some screencaps:

Sopcast01

A few things to note for SopCast, it has more international appeal as it's got a whole lot more channels. Which is good. The bad thing about it is, it takes a lot of bandwidth. I notice that my browser tends to lag when streaming from SOPCAST, but I can live that as I have more than one computer where I can watch online TV and surf at the same time, while downloading files on another. The screen is bigger than Keyhole. It's more stable and not so pixelated.

Anyway, have fun with it.

I could also embed SOPCAST in this post!! YAY!! This is FUJITV:

SopCAST FujiTV

And NihonTerebi:

SopCAST NTV

And TV Asahi

SopCAST TV Asahi

I tried to get TBS but it's not being broadcasted right now. Hopefully someone will broadcast it in the near future.

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Arwenna's Bookworm Club

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:31:08 -0500

Reading is one of the many pleasures that I enjoy. From young I've always had a fascination with the written word. Truly I admire the great story tellers. These days I seldom have time to join the library to borrow books. Neither do I have time to read the books in the specified time for the loan of the books.

Over the years I've accumulated lots of books to read in my leisure time, but ever since moving to my present location, I've not been able to read the old books that I love. Luckily for me there is the Internet. I've been visiting sites that provide free books and I've also been downloading lots of e-books and audio books. I've yet to finish reading all the books I've downloaded.

Currently, I'm uploading all the books in my cyberlibrary to mediamax. As I like to share the written wealth, here is the link to it: http://www.mediamax.com/arwenna/books

There is no passwords on this link. Feel free to download the books and spend many happy hours travesting the works of all the authors. Some you'll need the Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader or DJVU reader to read. Others you'll need Stuffit to unpack before reading. I hope you'll have lots of fun reading. Some of my favourite authors are Louisa M Alcott, Emily Bronte, Anne McAffrey, Robert Jordan, Tom Clancy and many more. In time I hope to update this cyberlibrary with more books.

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Mind control and Crowd control

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:44:20 -0500

Being a fan of a group of guys who are multitalented is very hard. It's difficult to buy goods and well nigh impossible to attend events unless one is prepared to go to great lengths to do so, for example overnighting it to queue for tickets, travelling miles to reach the place and sitting in front of a computer to ballot/bid for items.

This happens not just for Johnny's but it also happens for other talents. The talent agencies that manage these groups definitely know the power of mind control. Tie the carrot in front of the donkey and the donkey moves forward. The psychology of a fan is in a way the same. Tantalise with something and reap the rewards.

Much as I love the guys that make up the group called 嵐, I have a distinct abhorance for the way the upper management of J-Storm is handling their publicity. Case in point is Ohno Satoshi's Freestyle Exhibition. Yes, it is free but that does not mean that anyone can attend. Although no admittance fee is charged, they are selling "souvenir" goods that is coveted by the fans. Only those that attend gets to buy them. That is fine, very understandable but it's causing an inconvenience to the other patrons.

Why did they not anticipate the number of people that would be attending the exhibition? Some coming from overseas too. In this case the exhibition is too short a time and after all the publicity they had garnered, it is such a waste that the general public is not allowed to view the exhibition because now it has become an exclusive event meant for J-Web members only.

Being a fan, I am very proud of Oh-chan's talents and his debut in the Art world. It is really magnificent that his talents are show cased in such a manner. It would be even better if the general public can view his works and not think that it is just another Johnny's gimmick. He deserves so much more than being used as a commercial for the merchandising of the "souvenir" goods.

For me, I am not envious at all of the fans that got to view his art in minute detail and leisurely time. Neither am I envious that they could buy the "souveniers". I am just very proud that Oh-chan's works are appreciated and I do want more people to appreciate it. Art in any form is only valued if it can be appreciated by the beholder. Why can't Oh-chan's works be exhibited permanently somewhere, admission need not be free, but it is there and people will know of it and can appreciate it over time. Who knows one day "Satochi" maybe as valued as the "Mona Lisa"?

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I LOVE <333333 this!!!!

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:45:30 -0500

I've been searching for so long for something like this!!!

Go here: http://www.v2p.jp/video/

Click on the download and install the program! It's version 2.13 now.

It's a direct online streaming program to watch Japanese TV in REAL TIME!!!

The programmer is SAIKOU!

or = Fuji TV
= NTV
= TBS
= TV Asahi
= TV Tokyo
= Tokyo MX

Just experiment with the channels everyone.

It supports mobile content too, so if you've got a cell phone that have that feature you can install it there too.

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Arashi PVs (mp4 format)

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:02:34 -0500

For the last few days I've been busy at work, and tried to find time to convert my existing vob files into mp4 files for my ipod. After I've done that, I've also uploaded them to divshare for gelyn. Angel, sorry it took so long.

Anyway, the files are also uploaded to my clubbox. I wish that vox would let me upload it properly since divshare does not allow for mp4 embedding.

Arashi PVs links:

A.Ra.Shi , Sunrise Nippon , Typhoon Generation , Kansha Kangeki Ame , Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru , Jidai , A Day in Our Life , Nice na Kokoroiki , All or Nothing , Pikanchi , Michi , Tomadoinagara , Hadashi no Mirai , Lucky Man , Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono , Pikanchi Double , Hero , Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy , Sakura Sake , Wish , Kitto Daijoubu , Azora Pedaru , Love So Sweet , We Can Make It , Happiness

I've also converted HYD and HYD2 files from the SARS subbed files into mp4 formats. If anyone wants them, just drop me a line and I'll see where I can upload it to for you.

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The meaning of Christmas for me

nobody@vox.com(arwenna) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:19:49 -0500

What does Christmas mean to you? I asked that question a couple of days ago. JunNoHime did answer me and posed the same question to me.

As a child, Christmas was a time to receive presents and have lots to eat with time spent playing with my siblings and cousins awaiting for the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve. Then we all get to open 1 present each and the rest are only to be opened on the day after Christmas.

Over the years into adolescent and then in my young adult life, it was going to Church on Christmas Eve then going home for the traditional 1 present and wishes with the family. As I advanced in the corporate ladder, Christmas was spent working or partying with friends.

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life and the vast commercialism of Christmas, over time I may have lost the true meaning of Christmas. True, I still follow the norm of giving presents, spending time with family, going to church or working, but that is not the true meaning of Christmas.

Christmas is the day set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. If you take that away, then there is no Christmas. To me, it is also the day that I celebrate the birth of Christ in my heart. Not just living everyday as a righteous person but to strife to be a godly person.

Christmas isn't Chritmas till it happens in your heart
Somewhere deep inside you is where Christmas really starts
So give your heart to Jesus and when you do
That is Christmas really Christmas for you.

That chorus is an excerpt from a song I heard a long, long time ago. Every year without fail, it will pop into my mind from the start of Advent until Christmas morn. Sometimes I'll take no heed of it in the bustle of work. Sometimes it'll creep up on me and catch me unawares and keep me thinking of my walk with God for the year. Sometimes it will buzz non stop in my mind till I share it with someone else. Sometimes like now, it will make me contemplate if I have made room in my heart for HIM.

"Unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given"

To Everyone,

I pray that you will have a Blessed Christmas and may the new year bring you LOVE, JOY and PEACE.

If I have offended you in anyway, by words or deeds, I humbly ask for forgiveness.

Arwenna

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