We've made it again!!
Walaupun dengan sepatu yg kekecilan, yang pagi2 heboh pada ga ada kabar dan ga bisa bangun, miskom sana sini, pulang macet2an n ngebut2an XD
Just 3 more medals!
Wooott woott!!
We've made it again!!
Walaupun dengan sepatu yg kekecilan, yang pagi2 heboh pada ga ada kabar dan ga bisa bangun, miskom sana sini, pulang macet2an n ngebut2an XD
Just 3 more medals!
Wooott woott!!


Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi lahir di Fukuoka, Jepang, 2 oktober 1978; umur 31 tahun), atau dikenal sebagai "Ayu" oleh fansnya, adalah seorang penyanyi wanita paling terkenal di Jepang. Ayu dijuluki sebagai "ratu pop Jepang" karena kesuksesannya.
Sejak debutnya di tahun 1998 dengan single pertamanya "poker face", sampai saat ini ia telah menjual lebih dari 50 juta kopi album dan single hanya di Jepang saja, belum terhitung di banyak negara lainnya. Ia telah merilis 10 album studio, 47 single, satu mini album, 5 album kompilasi dalam naungan perusahaan rekaman Avex Trax yang telah menghasilkan banyak hits serta menduduki puncak - puncak tangga lagu di Jepang. Ia adalah artis solo dan artis wanita tersukses sekaligus artis kedua tersukses dalam sejarah industri musik Jepang sampai saat ini. Dengan single ke-40nya, "Blue Bird", ia telah memecahkan rekor melampaui angka penjualan single yang mencapai 20 juta kopi!
Dengan perilisan singlenya yang ke 39, "Startin'/ Born To Be .." di tahun 2006, Ayumi telah menjadi artis wanita pertama yang mempunyai 32 single yang duduk di nomor 1 tangga lagu Jepang yang terkenal Oricon.
Ayumi juga telah mendapat penghargaan Grand Prix Japan Record Taishou, semacam Grammy AwardJepang 3 kali berturut-turut. Tapi pada tahun 2004 ia menolak penghargaan untuk singlenya "INSPIRE", dikarenakan adanya konflik dalam Avex antara Max Matsuura dengan Tatsumi Yoda. Setelah itu Ayu juga kerap kali menolak penghargaan yang ditujukan untuk dirinya dikarenakan Ayu ingin memberikan kesempatan bagi penyanyi-penyanyi muda lainnya.
Tahun 2007 Ayu mengeluarkan album kompilasi A BEST 2 dalam 2 versi yaitu BLACK dan WHITE. penjualan kedua album di minggu pertama menembus angka 945.000 kopi, dan dengan keluarnya album A BEST 2 ini, Ayumi menjadi artis kedua yang memecahkan rekor penjualan 2 album yang dikeluarkan bersama dan menduduki urutan 1 & 2 setelah 37 tahun tidak ada yang mampu membuat rekor tersebut!!(Ayu d Best dhe .. !!)
Album studio
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Ayumi berkencan dengan aktor single Tomoya Nagase sejak masa karier aktingnya yang singkat, dan mereka mengumumkan hubungan mereka ke publik tahun 2001.Enam tahun kemudian, awak media memberitakan rumor bahwa pasangan tersebut akan menikah; akan tetapi, tanggal 13 Juli, Ayumi mengumumkan bahwa mereka putus. Meskipun Ayumi tidak memjelaskan alasan perpisahan itu, dia menyatakan bahwa mereka telah berpisah baik-baik dan keduanya tetap berteman.
Pada tanggal 8 Januari 2008, sebuah entri di blog TeamAyunya, Ayumi mengungkapkan bahwa suatu kondisi yang tidak dapat dioperasi , mungkin tinnitus atau penyakit Ménière, menyebabkan tuli total di telinga kirinya.Dia mengungkapkan bahwa dia didiagnosis dengan kondisi itu tahun 2006 dan bahwa masalah itu dimulai tahun 2000.Walaupun kemunduran tersebut, Ayumi menyatakan bahwa dia ingin terus menyanyi, dan bahwa dia "tidak akan berhenti" karena penggemar-penggemarnya dan bahwa "sebagai seorang profesional", di ingin "memberikan penampilan terbaik bagi siapa saja".
Tanggal 24 Desember 2006, tangan kanan Ayumi terluka saat dia jatuh dari tangga apartemennya. Dia dibawa ke rumah sakit dan dioperasi. Menurut dokternya, luka itu disebabkan oleh "anemia yang diperburuk oleh kelelahan" dan diharapkan sembuh dalam waktu tiga minggu.
LOVE AYUMI HAMASAKI!!!
Chocolate (pronounced /ˈtʃɒklət/ (help·info) or /-ˈələt/) comprises a number of raw and processed foods produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America, with its earliest documented use around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Aztecs and the Maya, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water". The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The nibs are then ground and liquified, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate).
Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have physiological effects on the body. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure. Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, including a substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals, though the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, especially dogs and cats.
Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce chocolate milk and hot chocolate. The world's top producer of cacao beans is Africa, where recent controversy has focused on the use of child labor in cocoa production.
Chocolate also good for our health
While chocolate is regularly eaten for pleasure, there are potential beneficial health effects of eating chocolate. Cocoa or dark chocolate benefits the circulatory system. Other beneficial effects suggested include anticancer, brain stimulator, cough preventor and antidiarrhoeal effects.An aphrodisiac effect is yet unproven.
On the other hand, the unconstrained consumption of large quantities of any energy-rich food such as chocolate is thought to increase the risk of obesity without a corresponding increase in activity. Raw chocolate is high in cocoa butter, a fat which is removed during chocolate refining, then added back in in varying proportions during the manufacturing process. Manufacturers may add other fats, sugars, and milk as well, all of which increase the caloric content of chocolate.
There is concern of mild lead poisoning for some types of chocolate. Chocolate is toxic to many animals because of insufficient capacity to metabolize theobromine.
A study reported by the BBC indicated that melting chocolate in one's mouth produced an increase in brain activity and heart rate that was more intense than that associated with passionate kissing, and also lasted four times as long after the activity had ended.
- SUNDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Just about every month -- if not every week -- a new study emerges touting the health benefits to be gained from a daily glass of wine or a pint of dark beer.





The benefits related to cardiovascular health have become well-known. A study released in mid-July, for instance, found that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women by increasing the amount of "good" cholesterol in the bloodstream and reducing blood sugar levels.
But other studies have linked a daily drink, most often wine, to reduced risk of dementia, bone loss and physical disabilities related to old age. Wine also has been found to increase life expectancy and provide potential protection against some forms of cancer, including esophageal cancer and lymphoma.
But don't invest in that case of Pinot noir just yet.
Experts with the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association say that though these studies do show some benefits to moderate drinking, the health risks from alcohol consumption far outweigh the potential rewards.
Drinking any alcohol at all is known to increase your risk for contracting a number of types of cancer, said Susan Gapstur, vice president of epidemiology for the American Cancer Society. These include cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, liver, colon/rectum and breast.
"At the end of the day, if you are at very high risk for cancer, you might want to limit your alcohol consumption even further," Gapstur said. "It's a lifestyle modification you can make, and we don't have as many lifestyle modifications for preventing cancer as we do for coronary heart disease."
There also are other health risks from moderate drinking, including liver damage and accidents caused by impaired reflexes, said Dr. Jennifer Mieres, director of nuclear cardiology at the New York University School of Medicine and an American Heart Association spokeswoman.
The health benefits from drinking generally are related to the antioxidants and anti-inflammatories found in red wines and dark beers, Mieres said, but those substances can be found in a number of different fruits and vegetables.
"When it comes to disease prevention, you're better off changing your diet to include fruits and vegetables and get your antioxidants and anti-inflammatories from natural sources," she said.
For example, people can get resveratrol -- the antioxidant found in red wine that's believed to provide most of the drink's health benefits -- from drinking grape juice just as well as from drinking wine, Mieres said.
"For people that don't drink, not drinking is important," Mieres said. "You can get the same benefits of drinking from leading a heart-healthy lifestyle. To me, it's not worth the risk to start drinking. But for people who enjoy a glass of red wine or enjoy drinking, the key is to stick to the definition of moderation," she said.
Moderate drinking is defined as one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men. What counts as one drink are:
Drinking anything more than that on a daily basis is known to lead to a host of health problems that can reduce your life expectancy, Mieres and Gapstur said.
"I think the take-home message is, if you don't drink, don't start to help protect yourself from coronary heart disease because there are so many other things you can do," Gapstur said. "If you already drink, you might want to limit your consumption."
Though the studies touting the positive health effects of alcohol are scientifically accurate, they also appear to play into people's desires for quick fixes to complex problems, Mieres said.
"To prevent heart disease, 50 percent of the work has to come from you," she said. "Prevention is a big piece, and you have to be accountable. You have to make lifestyle changes, and that's very tough to do. People look for easy ways to get heart-healthy benefits, and drinking is an easy way to do that. It's a known human tendency: Let's find an easy way out that doesn't involve a lot of thought or work."