Geraldine's Osaka Diary!: 28 Nov 08

28 Nov 08 - Osaka, Japan!

Day 1 of training at Osaka School of Music (OSM)!

Woke up at 6.45AM thanks to my super loud phone alarms xD
Washed up, then went to meet the rest at the breakfast area.

Onigiri!

ㅋㅋㅋ...

We met Ms. Asaka outside our hotel and she brought us to OSM!
It's a really beautiful place omg <3
We had a school tour, and I have to say, my favourite spot is the Live Space!

Totally awesome, isn't it? =D

And of course, not forgetting the recording studio!

That's Mr. Na, by the way. One of our vocals instructor!

After the tour, we headed to Bass on Top for our first vocals lesson by Mr. Na!
He's Korean, but stays in Japan.
We all thought he's Japanese until he mentioned he's Korean.
The song for his lesson was SG Wannabe's '죄와 벌 (Crime & Punishment)'
He gave us music scores, and not all of us could read
So we were trying to keep up while he taught.
It was a pity though, because there wasn't enough time for a proper lesson.

Had a short break after his class
And we went to the convenience store next door to grab some bites.
I am so in love with convenience stores in Japan xD
They have EVERYTHING!

And this...

…is TOTAL love!

The milk tea there is like...HEAVEN! <333

So after our break, we had class with Nakai-sensei!
He was really funny, we all like him a lot. (all the 'BREATH!' moments xDDD)
I will never forget what he said - "In class, you're nobody. But on stage, you're the best."
We split into guys and girls to sing 'Hitomi wo Tojite' originally by Ken Hirai.
When we first sang, he said we were just singing for the sake of singing, and we weren't feeling the song.
He said to put emotions into the song, and so we did.
I almost wanted to cry when we sang it again…seriously.
Looking at the emotional lyrics and feeling the song, it really worked.

Headed back to our hotel to prepare for our photoshoot.

We only had like, 15 minutes to makeup so everyone was rushing like mad.
Thank goodness the studio is just nearby.
The photoshoot was a fun experience.
I thought the photographer was cute hahaha.
Not cute as in cute-looking, but in terms of his actions.
Apparently, as what Yun and the rest told me, I shocked the guys with my 천사 smile xDDD

I look super weird here T_T Don't like my hair zzz

After photoshoot, went out shopping hehehe.
We walked to Namba where all the pretty host boys were ROFL.

The food street!
Spot the gigantic crab woohoo.

We stopped by this restaurant and this Korean waiter thought we were Koreans xD
He didn't believe we're from Singapore and kept asking "진짜? 진짜 로?" LOL.
So with his help, we managed to order food without any difficulties HAHA.