Oh... my... god. KAT-TUN's new CD, due to be released on 4th June, has been leaked! I'm listening to it right now and it's so unbelievably good. So much better than Cartoon KAT-TUN. I've already ordered the Limited Edition off YesAsia. I can't wait for it to arrive, now that I know how awesome it is. I'm so happy they re-opened pre-orders to the Limited Edition too. I hate buying normal editions of Japanese CDs.

Like I couldn't get the LE of Arashi's Dream "A" Live, so I don't love it as much as my other LE CDs. I am so particular about the stuff I buy, or things I own. To give you an example of something that happened recently, my $150 silk blouse got snagged on something and it has a tiny pull in it invisible unless you look really closely, but I've stopped wearing it since it happened. Just knowing that it isn't perfect anymore really irritates me and I've sub-consciously rejected it.

Track 13, 12 o'clock made me LOL because the JINgrish is so terrible. But I still love him.

I got up early and went to church with my mother, brother and sister this morning to attend a Good Friday service. I don't go to church regularly, but occasionally I give into my mother's requests and go to services. I was brought up as a Christian and went to church up to the age of 16 when I started working a part-time job on Sundays, much to the dismay of my mother. Anyway, I've heard the story of the crucifixion a thousand times, but it was the first time I had heard such a graphic depiction. They even had accompanying photos to demonstrate where the nails went in and the processes the body went through in a slow and painful death. I felt a little ill after it finished.

Anyway, my parents and younger brother have gone to Mittagong, where my Aunt and Uncle live until Sunday. I'm totally excited because my sister will be out with her boyfriend, which means I'll have the whole house to myself. I feel bad saying it but a holiday with my family just doesn't feel like a holiday because I feel as if I need another to recover from spending that much time with them. I get along fine with my brother and sister, but my dad is insufferable and my mother in anything other than small doses, is also hard to deal with.

I spent the day watching the drama Yamada Taro Monogatari which I've decided isn't all that good. I've now seen 7 episodes out of 10 and I'm struggling to finish it.  As much as I love Nino and Sho, their characters' personalities are just so boring, the show moves slowly and it's also extremely repetitive (and not in a good way!). Also, speaking of drama I just found out that the manga Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend) has been made into a drama and will be aired on FujiTV in April. Although I haven't read the manga, knowing that Hayami Mokomichi (Gokusen 2) and Mizushima Hiro (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) are starring in it is enough to make it a definite on my must-watch list. So much drama to watch, so little time.

Oh! It looks like Yesasia.com finally shipped my kat-tun calendar and NEWS 'Taiyo no Namida' First Press Edition single. I was worried that they would cancel my order because the KT calendar is now out of print and almost impossible to find online. I guess they got another shipment of stock in. I've also decided to start gaming again. When I say gaming, I mean playing nintendo, like Wii or DS. I can't seem to find my DS gamecase containing ALL my games (not very smart to keep them all together, I know) so the only game I've been able to play on DS is a Harvest Moon: Sprite Station for Girls (like Harvest Moon DS) but you play as a girl. I also ordered Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2nd Season from Play-Asia.com. I've played simulation games with elements of love and building relationships with other characters like in Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing and NANA but Tokimeki Memorial is a full-blown dating sim (Stop judging me). Apparently there's a feature called 'skinship mode', in which the guys will respond to your 'touch' of the DS stylus on their arms or torso depending on their feelings towards you. Haha. I can't wait to play it.

Anyway, I had better go to bed if I don't want to stuff up my body clock even further- I had a nap this afternoon... a 3-hour nap.

I got a voicemail from my Manager while I was away at corporate sales training last week saying that the HTML newsletter I created using CSS "wasn't working anymore" and she couldn't figure out why. It was working fine when I left work the Friday before, so I was wondering what she did to somehow make it stop working.

I get to work Monday morning only to discover that she's installed Outlook 2007 on her machine, which made my HTML newsletter "break". I'm probably really late voicing my opinion on this, but what was Microsoft thinking with Outlook 2007 using the Word 2007 engine to render HTML emails instead of Internet Explorer?

She's since insisted that I use tables to design all e-marketing materials. I have to resort to using simple CSS as I can't float layers or use background images in my layouts anymore. So much for creating table-less layouts for better web standards. The Campaign monitor blog is totally right in saying that Microsoft has taken design back 5 years as email designers HAVE to adhere to Outlook standards in fear of ostracizing too many recipients if they don't.

On a happier note, I got my YesAsia shipment today. I bought the Oguri Shun photobook 'High', Otsuka Ai's new album 'Love Piece', which is pretty good so far and Arashi's latest movie 'Kiiroi Namida'. I have a new HanaKimi moodtheme thanks to the lovely chochajin. I was getting tired of the Supernatural one.

I went to karaoke with Lisa yesterday at Echo Point on Park St. It was surprisingly cheap, just $5 per hour. They had a fair selection of Japanese songs, too. It made me miss Japan again. I love going to karaoke with Lisa because both of us sing well enough that there's no terrible warbling going on. Terrible singing is my pet peeve and going to group karaoke sessions, well, that's something I have to deal with.