In my 3rd Wota Wonderings post, I mentioned having recently gotten into Angela Aki thanks to モーニングBerryz.

In the few months that I’ve been listening to Angela, I have slowly started to build my Angela Aki collection. I have her latest album, ANSWER, and the one previous to that, TODAY. I also have her single “Kokoro no Senshi” because one of the b-sides is her version of “Eyes on Me” which was obviously a “must-get” for me. XD

My current Angela Aki collection

Now, my two most recent Angela Aki purchases are my favourite ones thus far. The one that arrived first (about a week and a half ago) were her 2 concerts which I purchased on blu-ray. I love HD.. It’s beautiful to watch, and seeing as I can’t actually attend an Angela Aki concert at the moment, blu-ray will have to do. HMV Japan has a sale going on where buying 2 music DVDs or blu-rays gets you a 23% discount, so I went for it. The price even with shipping was cheaper than buying through yesasia, which is where I usually go for my J-music needs.

But what has really got me excited was the package that arrived today… Angela Aki’s piano books for her albums Home and TODAY!! <3 I made the order for these two books on March 13th... It took nearly a month for HMV Japan to find the books from suppliers, but they did and it finally shipped out on the 12th!! ^_^ It would have been nice if they would have arrived yesterday - that would have been an awesome birthday gift (one of my many gifts to myself XD), but I guess a day late isn't too bad, right? I mean, I got my gift from my grandma today too, so HMV Japan is as cool as my grandma. ^_^

I've already gotten started on learning some songs. When I made the purchase, I told myself the first song I'd play would be Rain (I absolutely love that song), and I followed through on that! Rain is actually quite a simple song to play. I can already get halfway through the song without too many mistakes. However, what I'm finding is that I'm having the hardest time singing along and staying on beat. XD It's like my brother playing the guitar and singing at the same time. However, I will make it my mission to master this song and be able to sing along with it too (I should learn the lyrics, I guess). After Rain, we'll see what song comes next - "Tashikani" maybe? Or possibly "Kiss me Goodbye".

So, this was a bit different from my usual posts, but I was just so excited to get these piano books that I thought I’d share my excitement with you all. XD Don’t worry, we’ll be back to the regularly scheduled H!P post soon (not that I’ve been posting all that regularly). I’m almost done my Elder Club graduation concert review, just a few touch ups and screenshots are required. I’m hoping my DVD comes in tomorrow (also from HMV Japan). ^_^