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Even though I didn’t expect Japanese media will write something about Johnny or catch his photos of his performances, I’m still disappointed to read this article below, http://www.toyama.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/E20090627001.htm ( Japanese ) As a Johnny fan, I want to know about him the most, how he skated and the reaction for his performances. But in this article they didn’t even mention anything about him, while they mentioned other foreign skaters, Victor Petrenko, John/Rena, and Stephane Lambiel attracted audience with their unique performances. I did understand Japanese media always care for only top Japanese skaters mainly, and little about Lambiel. I have no idea why, but I think he is definitely very popular in Japanese skating world especially in men‘s skaters. It’s really shame to see this difference between Korea and Japan. Also, I was a little worry about his Poker Face in Japan, whether it is loved by many Japanese Johnny fans or not. Just like it happened f...

It was shocking to hear the news about Michael Jackson’s death by heart attack yesterday. When I was a teenager to 30, I often listened to his music, especially Thriller video was always the biggest hit on TV while I was around 20. I’ve been to his concert only once. It was when I was around 29. He was so popular and at that time it was hard to get his concert ticket and to get the tickets, everyone had to line up in front of the ticket centers, and there was no phone selling. I remember that my friend’s co-workers spent 3 days in front of the entrance of the ticket center and could get good seats. And they shared the tickets with me and my friends. Our seats were row 10 in the biggest concert hall in Japan, so I was luckily able to see him clearly, and got to see his famous moon walk and his amazing dancing and performance. Even though I’m not the biggest fan of his dance, I had no doubt he was a wonderful dancer. And his talent,he composed many music. He absolutely was on t...

I got a pimple on my face a few days ago. Maybe because I ate ice cream , or maybe it came from Muenster cheese. And while checking about some info for how to remove pimples, I happened to find the info which says toothpaste can relieve pimples fast at one of yahoo questions & answers. So I tried it , putting a little toothpaste on my skin before going to sleep, now it’s almost disappeared !!! I never knew toothpaste has such a power to remove pimples, but actually mint has power to kill germs , so I’m glad to find this discover !!

http://www.figureskatersonline.com/JohnnyWeir/journal.html This journal was wonderful and very touching. I don’t remember how many times I got that same feeling seeing and reading about his life. Although he is one of the top athletes, an Olympian, I’m often feeling like he is one of my family. One of the nice things about reading Johnny’s journal every time is that he always shares his true feeling with many details, not only the things he feels proud of, but also both good or bad. Things change so his mind may not be always the same. I didn’t think his result of last season as failure, it was just one of the results he received one his way to get to his dream. I believed that he will be okay and he has experienced tough times in his life many times, so he can handle it again. Seeing Johnny’s experience, I can also learn many things, and apply them to my life as well. I believe so do many people, and never give up or lose your dream. It’s also very nice to hear about that he has ...

Seems like Johnny’s film has been getting all positive reviews so far. I wish they would also show it in Arizona area. Or I wish I was living near New York or if there was miracle door which can get to everywhere wherever I want by just opening the door. The film sounds really awesome according to all the reviews. It started from Johnny’s cool triple axel (?), and his childhood, how he got into skating till 2006 season. Also the strictness of his training required by the sport, and his need to freely express himself at the same time . You can hear Johnny talking throughout so you get to listen to his explanation about events described or shown. It will be published in DVD in this fall . I can’t wait to see it ! On June 11, Johnny was at his movie premiere , New York and the video was already up in ice network.com and also in life skate.com http://www.lifeskate.com/ Must write about it. I really loved this interview. There are Part1 , Part 2 for the in...

I sometimes check Japanese Amazon.com site to look for some interesting books, and while I was surfing around the site, I happened to find a Japanese long time best-seller cartoon “ Mask of Glass “ by Suzue Miuchi ‘s series 43 finally ! It’s a series from a long long time ago, since when I was a child. I started reading the cartoon when I was 13. I collected all of them which were published until series 42 and was waiting for the next series coming. It’s one of my all time favorite cartoons, because the story is really interesting. The main story is about two theater actresses who were born in different situations, different type of talent. both girls challenge to perform in the legendary award story which is owned by a genius actress called Chigusa who was the only person who could perform the drama, and is considered as very difficult to perform. The main girl called Maya in the story was born in poor surroundings , with her mother who worked for a tiny noodle res...

I remember that while Ray was watching American Idol, he said Brian May and Roger Taylor who are members of the English rock group Queen, asked Adam Lambert who was in the American Idol show if he would be interested to be the singer for Queen. Seems like Paul Rodgers and Queen already broke up after 4 years together. And they might be looking for a new singer for Queen. When I first saw Adam Lambert in American Idol, somehow he reminds me of Emanuel Sandhu who is a Canadian figure skater . I don’t know why, but he really reminds me of Sandhu. Even though their faces are different, but hair style and looks are something similar. And we noticed Lambert is a great singer, and it may be great if he joins Queen as lead singer. Paul Rodgers is a great singer who has nice voice, but I thought he was not really fit with Queen’s music. I like Paul Roger’s some of his solo songs, but with Queen, Ray and I both already had the strong impression of Freddie Mercury’s stage performances ...