[alan] Follow the Summer's Ocean to the Heart in the East ~ alan's 19th thread

[noidea]

^ well, thats an expression thats often used in japanese, isnt it something almosdt everybody says at least 20 times a day in japan? xD some phrase or something

[Polyrhythm]

Originally Posted by pommy48

I think she sound serious in Chinese and Japanese XD At least she doesn't say "i'll work hard" in Chinese, cause she does it a lot in Japanese

Oh. LOL....i dont watch her Japanese interviews that often since I dont understand...but I remember seeing one of her videos where she was introducing Hitotsu or something and she sounded happy enough. Oh and I saw the pictures in your blog....the one where alan is at the HMV store.....I wish I could be at that store . In that small picture I can see like 5 things I would buy. Is it weird that they put her Chinese album in the jpop section? Or is it just so it can be displayed with the rest of her discography? @_@

[Ayu_desu]

Originally Posted by noidea

^ well, thats an expression thats often used in japanese, isnt it something almosdt everybody says at least 20 times a day in japan? xD some phrase or something

I don't think so. Just that it has already become a habit for alan to say it in every interview haha.

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

HMV HK charged me about HK$173 (S$32+) for the album inclusive of shipping (they only have registered airmail & EMS here so I choose registered airmail as I get things from them relatively fast , within 4-5 days)

if I were to get it from YesAsia , they will charge me US$25.96 [~S$37.76] inclusive of shipping

it's still more pricey despite them lowering the price of her album & god knows how long it will take for me to receive her album from YesAsia if I were to order from them @_@

doesn't help that the alan's in the 'usually ships within 7-14 days mode' now

well, yesasia have free shipping, so it's only SGD$24.82

Originally Posted by pommy48

XD you should totally go work for avex XD i love that idea <3 especially the cushion *o*

ho ho! u know i ALWAYS wanted to work in record companies' marketing department, i ALWAYS have crazy good ideas for promotion and stuff.
i love giving ideas for this things.
Back when i was working part-time in local record company, i'm always helping out with stuff whenever the artists came to Singapore, i remember there's jolin, energy, 5566, SHE.

[KarenPang]

oh Genie I was comparing it against the non shipping aspect of YesAsia & HMV HK

ya I know by right if you go for the free shipping mode you don't need to pay extra charges but ick , after my last encounter with YesAsia with it being so poor & shabby , I'm not taking any chances again

[Polyrhythm]

Karen, what happened with YA? I ordered from them so now I'm worried x_x

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by xheartstation

Karen, what happened with YA? I ordered from them so now I'm worried x_x

Bryan , the last order I placed with them was when I ordered the 1st press CD only of KAT-TUN's ONE DROP

that was in Feb & it took me 13 days to receive the single @_@ which's so retarded

the last time I ordered the OS press of otsuka ai's Kurage Nagarseboshi single on behalf of jiarongisme , it got 'lost' in the mail as initally I didn't add that item in my order til much later on

it was finally sent to Jia Rong much later on & this's what really put me off YesAsia big time

doesn't help that sometimes they takes FOREVER to find certain stuff that you ordered & etc

that's why I stick to :

- buying stuff from my Taiwanese friend Cliff
- HMV HK
- CDJapan
- HMV Japan

I only use CDJapan & HMV Japan as a last resort since their charges are quite high & the Yen's not working in my favour like all the time

[LacusClyne]

actually 13 days is quite normal, as it's standard shipping afterall, sso it's quite reasonable.

i had xxx orders from YA, and they are quite okay for me. it's just that i have to remember to add in a line for them to pack in a bubblewrap box and their bubblewrap envelope can't make it sometimes and end up with crack cases.
for shipping, normally they arrive within 5 to 14 days for me. i only get my OS press of anime from them.

for japan press, since i'm too used to cdjapan supreme shipping(they ship BEFORE the release date, so i get my cds ON THE RELEASE DATE!!), so YA is consider slower for me, as they ship on or a few days AFTER release date.

[Polyrhythm]

Oh....that all sounds so horrible! LMAO! Well...I might try CDJapan when I order future CDs. The only reason I ordered the album from YA was because CDJapan doesnt carry it...and the only reason I got Next Level (which arrived in tip top shape) from YA was because the prize drawing deadline for CDJapan passed . Thanks for the warning. I'll order from CDJapan next time.

[mcluva420]

isnt YA less expensive because it offers free shipping?

[Polyrhythm]

^I didnt get free shipping because they have this rule where its like you have to order $39 (i think) or more. I got free shipping for Next Level though

[mcluva420]

D: pretty much everything i clicked, "eligible for free international shipping" was there @_@

[Polyrhythm]

^It says that on the items' page but when you check out, they have this display where its like "Buy $20 more worth of items and your order will be eligible for free shipping" or something like that.

[GRACE]

you need to buy like 38 USD before you get free shipping. This is why I use YA for bulk orders, and CDJ for everything else

[mcluva420]

i see~

i went to another chinese store asking for the new alan CD, and the dude went on Yesasia
I guess I'll check the store once you ppl receive your copies xD

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by xheartstation

Oh....that all sounds so horrible! LMAO! Well...I might try CDJapan when I order future CDs. The only reason I ordered the album from YA was because CDJapan doesnt carry it...and the only reason I got Next Level (which arrived in tip top shape) from YA was because the prize drawing deadline for CDJapan passed . Thanks for the warning. I'll order from CDJapan next time.

you really should try cdjapan for preordering items, or if you are really impatient to get it.

i normally use EMS and my cds arrive like a days before release date/on the release date or the latest 1 days after the release day! woo hoo~
even their register mail is fast too, you get them slowest like 2 days after the release date for me.

but if you are on a budget and you are just ordering pre-order older cds, hmv japan is a good idea too.
for preorder items, sometimes on the release date they will have special prices so theprice will drop(i had got kuu's Black Cherry album for 500yen cheaper).
and they used ems so the shipping is quite fast, like 3 to 4 days after release date.

for singapore, if i order one cd, the shipping is 900 yen, but if i order 2 cds, the shipping is also 900 yen. so it's great for bulk order toos.

[glowlydays]

I never used anything beside yesasia... it's because I don't have my own credit card or something, and I must depend on other people and everybody here is ordering from ya...
I wish someday I could get Voice of EARTH first press >.<

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Yesasia is quite good I think, even that it takes a bit longer sometimes. I love the free toys and stuff xD

Cdjapan seems cheap until u get to pay for the shipping xDD and they only have Japanese releases...


(omg i love alan's threads cause they are always soo peaceful, not like the rest of the forum I'm afraid D

[mcluva420]

^ that's right~
ahhh... alan = love and peace

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by mcluva420

^ that's right~
ahhh... alan = love and peace

alan is pure lovee

XD