Bye, bye 2012...

2012 was a really exciting year, that now comes to an end. Many things happened, we survived the end of the world, all the year-end festivals were great and now we look forward to 2013. I somehow think this number looks odd :'D Don't know why though. Nevermind.
Today I will celebrate the end of the year with my friends, eat, laugh and watch movies with them and than watch the big fireworks all over the skies *-* Yeayyy.
But now I will talk about the most important things that happened in 2012.

The best book I read:

Definitely Matched by Andie Condie. I got that book for Christmas last year, so it was one of the first books to read at the beginning of the new year. And I still remember how I read it in one evening + night while listening to Akanishi Jins 'Seasons'. *-* The book was just wonderful. It was written so well, I even started to cry (and I don't cry that often while reading books). The second book followed in Febuary 2012, so I read that, too. And I was impressed again. Such a wonderful book. :) Now I'm still waiting for the 3rd book to be released in Germany (it will be released on the 8th January *-*). Already looking forward to that xD

Best movies I watched:

I didn't watch that much new movies this year. But three ones really shined among these (in no particular order):

1. The Hunger Games
I didn't read the book (but I still want to) but I was hooked from the very beginning. The movie is sooo cool. I like how the whole world in the movie is drecribed and the characters are also really good.

2. Skyfall
Just aaaaaawesome. This convinced even my anti-Bond friends that Bond is cool. LOL
From the epic song to all the characters and the thrilling story it was one of the best movies of the year.

3. Wreck-it Ralph
Well, I wrote a review about it but I have to say again that I really recommend watching it, because it is a funny, cute, but also touching movie.

Songs, Idols and moore

Most memorable K-pop songs of the year:
1. This is war – MBLAQ

This one s really important for me. It was one of my longest favourite songs ever, even to that despite, that I listened to it the whole time of the day. The video is also epic (a little bit too dramatic, but it's good). It was a good start for MBLAQ. Scribble and Run were also amazing songs, that I really like to listen to.

2. Blue/ Fantastic Baby – Big Bang
These are two songs, as you can see. Well, after Blue was released I totally, totally loved this new style of Big Bang. The song is just so wonderful. But then they released Fantastic Baby, the opposit of Blue. (I didn't forget Bad Boy, it just didn't stood out to me that much) But this song was really catchy and more like a dance-song. I just say I like both equally.

3. Electric Shock/ Beautiful Stranger - f(x)
OMG such a goood song. I didn't like the 2011 releases of f(x), so this was quite a saviour for my love for them. It's just so awesome. And so is Beautiful Stranger. Okay, it is just a song on their Mini-Album but it is sooo amazing. (And did you know, that Amber let her hair grown a little bit longer? Gayo Daejun.. It looks good o.O)

4. Twinkle/ Baby Steps – TaeTiSeo
Again a single with a song from the Mini-Album. Twinkle was a really good song, that highlighted the (aaaweeesome) individual voices of the 3 members. While it was a rather up beat song, Baby Steps is a more slower song, that just sounds beautiful. *-*

5. Sexy, Free & Single/ A 'Good Day' – Super Junior

SFS was a really good song. Just not as good as SuJus other singles (sorry). But nevertheless it was a cool song, with an awesome dance (Eunhyuuuk). The whole album was really, really good. Especially A 'Good Day'. It is soo beautiful. :3

6. Sherlock - SHINee
Coool song. And the dance is really good (okay it's SHINee, so they can dance really, really good).

7. Tarantellagra – Junsu
A song that was a little bit different, but nevertheless catchy and really cool (Junsu as a women LOL)

8. I love you - 2NE1
This one is slower than many other 2NE1 songs, but shows that they can sing these songs, too.

9. Humanoids – TVXQ
The newest release on my list. I missed them a lot so it's really cool, that they are finally back. And the song is really cool.

10. Touch – Miss A
Last but not least is this song. I love the song soo much. And the sound at the beginning of the song is really cute.

Other special things to mention:
-Gangnam Style by Psy -> because it got soo popular. 1 billion clicks on YouTube.. WOOOOW o.O

- EXO. The teasers annoyed me, but the songs on the mini-album are all great (fave: Two moons).


2012 Japanese Songs that I liked:
'Ren'ai Hunter' by Morning Musume (This really brought me more into J-pop, even though I first watched it a months after its release.. like July?)
'UZA' by AKB48 (Because with this one I started to become an AKB48 fan)
'Kataomoi Finally' by SKE48 (In this one I finally recognized Jurina as the cool one I liked in UZA, LOL [I watched it in October so yeah for me it was AFTER UZA] xP And I want to review it some time... because of the aaaawesome video and of course the dance and the cool song xP)
'Saraba itoshiki kanashimi-tachi yo' by Momoiro Clover Z (I knew them before, but with THIS song I began to care more about them)
'Cha Cha Sing' by Berryz Koubou (I talked about it before. It's so addicting)
'Aitai, Aitai, Aitai na' by C-ute (a cool song that helped me liking them so much more)

Japanese Idols:
- Takahashi Ai: Probably the biggest impact one me (lol). Well, she was the first I could tell apart in  Nanchatte Ren'ai (my first song of MM) so she somehow was the first I wanted to learn more about.

- Niigaki Risa: I recognized her second after Ai in MMs videos and then she slowly turned into one of my all-time favourites of the group. Well, sadly she graduated. *sob* I'll miss her funny expressions and her voicee -.-

- Ikuta Erina: One of the first to recognize from these new kids (9th and 10th gen.). She is just so funny and gets better with every single. ;) Aaaand her love for Gaki is soo cute. :3

- Yoshizawa Hitomi: Brought me into old Morning Musume. Yeayy <3 xD Such a cool and funny personality and I really like her tomboy appereance.

- Oshima Yuko: One of the first to notice between the thousands of girls in AKB48 ;) And that means something. She has a funny smile and her personality is great.

- Miyazawa Sae: I didn't actually recognize her that fast. But after seeing more videos of her, she climbed to the top of my AKB ranking (that doesn't really exist). She's just so funny and adorable, the Genking-person of the group. Well, sadly she was transferred to SNH48. *sob* But at least she didn't left the whole group.

- Matsui Jurina: Last but not least another big impact... The girl that looked soo cool in UZA *-*
No but really, after learning more about her she is such a great person, I love her in the music videos, she's such a pimp but at the same time cute and most times defenitely doesn't look (and behave) like she's only 15.

Now a little bit more about Super Junior ;)
I went to my first and only K-pop concert this year and it was Super Juniors Super Show 4. *yeaaaay*
For that, me and my family drove the long way to Paris... sooo cool! (I had soo much luck that it was in my holiday) My mom and me went to the concert, while my dad and my sis walked through the city. My mom actually likes them. xP And after the concert she liked them even more.
I've never met that much Super Junior or even K-pop fans before. That was such a great experience *-*
The concert was really awesome, I enjoyed every minute of it and had to cry at the end. -.- Aaaaaand when they went around the audience, Sungmin walked to the corner where I stood aaaand so close that I could touch him. *-* I could shake his haaaand :D That was soooo cool :3
Only Super Junior with all members (or at least Heechul back) could top that!! Or Big Bang, that would be also cool.^^

SO when I'm already talking about Super Junior, I also have to mention Hangeng.
I started to look at his solo work this year and was really surprised. His songs are SOOO good. o.O
And then, shortly after that he released his 2nd Album with more awesome songs. I absolutely love Clown Mask and all the other songs. *-*

My first Blog
This year was also important, because I opened my first blog. *yeayyy*
I wanted to post about K-pop and other things I like, but soehow I think I posted more about J-pop. :'D But it's another genre I really, really like and love to know more about.
I will continue to post things next year, so stay tuned. Muahahaha
Bye, bye and enjoy your last day of 2012 (I definetely will).
Ronii