All of a sudden I just started watching 一リトルの涙 , one of the more famous dramas released in late 2005 which was the "breakout" drama for former idol/actress 沢尻エリカ(Sawajiri Erika). What that I searched through my CD collection since I do recall her having 2 song singles under her name(not to be confused with her releases under her drama character name Kaoru Amane).And so I found it and ... gosh makes me go down memory lane.Back in 2007 when my hype over J-pop and Japan in particular was at an all-time high.How things changed just within 2 years!!!

1. I no longer spend hrs and hrs everyday lurking around Internet forums to find out about the latest news on 上戸彩(Ueto Aya).
2. I haven't checked anything about 下川みくに(Shimokawa Mikuni) although I do check her blog on ameblo.
3. I'm behind Avex Trax now just like how I'm backing Aston Villa FC. A company where I love it as a whole, not just one or two of their employees.
4. From "making fun" of モーニング娘(Morning Musume) about their debut song Morning Coffee ... to your typical fan that camps at forums.

And speaking of Erika ... she's in a whole lot of trouble now with her agency Stardust Promotions. They're planning to terminate her contract and give her role in an upcoming movie to another one of their artistes.Can't be good for Erika but seeing how she chose to disappear from the public eye during her "scandal",came back a year later to say that she's getting married(to the disappointment of all her diehard fans) and then promptly disappeared again to take up a course to study.I think that says everything u need to know about how much(or rather how little) she really cares about staying in the entertainment sector.

Still her songs from her 2 and only singles are pretty nice.Wonder why I didn't rip them back when I'm taking all the CDs for a "one-time-only" filling up of my newly reformatted laptop.

Oh well.