Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!


If there's still any of you left anyway, after I've abandoned my blog for a considerably long period of time XD I'm just gonna drop a short little wish and off to bed soon.

So now, I want to convey my wish for everyone's happiness and well-being for this special and meaningful day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!!

Not just today, but for everyday onwards!! After all, happiness (even the slightest bit) is all we need to get on with all the challenges life presents to us. Isn't that right??

You know before my holiday starts I kept wishing that I wanna go out everyday everyday everyday. And I really went out most of the days. It's uber tiring (although fun and eye-opening) and now I just wanna have one week to myself. But before I know it the next semester of college is here already.

Why in the world time always passes so darn fast? For the good bits I mean?

Sometimes I get the feeling that life's going so fast. There's no time to observe and appreciate what's good and right in front of us. We're always trying to pursue something but the blessings are already here, with us. People say, teenage is a phase where you learn a lot of things. But for me, teenage is, yes, a phase where I learn a lot of things. However, only these 2 or 3 years are the years that I've really learn. About life. About how we treat people and how the world works. About how to accept defeat and learn to climb back up again. About how short life really is and how seemingly important things right now will all be a tiny little past in the future.

From end of 2007 till now, I dare say that I've learned a lot, mentally and philosophically. I've found some answers to some of my own questions, those kind of questions where no one can really answer you but only you yourself will know the answer to it through personal experiences. I've learned to let go and put down certain things in my heart that I'll never forgive myself for. After all, it's the past, why dwell on it? Why not look forward to the future with an open heart and the readiness to accept whatever life will give to us, no matter good or bad, with a smile?

Here I'll quote something from a friend:

"Don't take life so seriously... no one comes out of it alive anyway."

Why, so true indeed. Although yes it's coated heavily with sarcasm but yes it's the truth nonetheless. I agree with it all-heartedly :D Although that's not to tell you all to commit suicide. Please don't get me wrong that way lol. But I can always see people (myself included) making such a big deal out of a simple little things sometimes. Yet when we're in the heat of the moment it's the only thing we focus on and worry soooo much about it. Funny ain't it? Oh well oh well. I should probably stop babbling about that now.

I've just finished watching Code Geass and migod it's WOW. Seriously. WOW. ESPECIALLY Season 2. It's wow-inducing. No take that back. It's a WOW itself. Okay I don't know what I'm talking about now but the point is that it's fantabuloso. In fact now I've listed it into my Top 5 faves. It's worthy of Top 5 but No. 1 is still Honey and Clover for me :D Anyway I'll not say more about it as I plan to do a full post only about Code Geass later (I keep saying that a lot lately huh? I'll post that, I'll post this...when oh when will I post xD).

And now I'm watching Natsume Yuujincho. It's been on my To Watch list for about one (or was it two?) years already and finally now I get to watch it. All because of Rurouni Kenshin *ahem* nothing. It's a very relaxing anime and I NEED more animes like this to calm my soul (LOL as if I've been in the war or something for the past 20 years XD).

OH DAMN I JUST ANN-ED* UP NATSUME'S SEIYUU TO FIND OUT IF MY SUSPICION IS CORRECT AND I'M RIGHT!!!!! NO WONDER I KNEW THERE'S SOMETHING FAMILIAR ABOUT THAT VOICE!! HE'S ALSO THE SEIYUU FOR TAKEMOTO IN HONEY AND CLOVER!!! I CAN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE WHILE WATCHING THE ANIME!! OMG I LOVE THAT VOICE.

*ANN-ED - Anime News Network-ed (also see: Googled)

Ahem. Sorry for the sudden outburst. Where was I just now? Oh. Yeah. Natsume and seiyuu. MAN I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE. Okay, Hiroshi Kamiya is so on my favourite seiyuu list now.

Okay, done with my otaku talk. I'm pretty sure every reader skip that part anyway :D

ANYWAY, so much for my "short little wish". I ended up talking about nearly everything =.= So, have a BLASTING MERI KURISMASU!!! Oyasuminasai!



Yvonne..

Saturday, December 19, 2009

ありがとう 心から...

Been listening to this song non-stop recently. Yes I know it's mellow and not something I usually would listen to but hey it's nice and I like how ORANGE RANGE sing it - with a very kind, grateful, and soft voice. I heard of the indie band ORANGE RANGE since few years back, due to their extensive works covering dramas (Hanazakarino Kimitachi e - Ikenai Taiyou), movies (the record-breaking song "Hana"), and animes (Code Geass). Majoring in alternative rock, in my honest opinion, they produce surprising good songs occassionally. And the unique part of it is that sometimes they're not in the rock genre. And this song is one of those.



シアワセネイロ (Shiawase Neiro)
by ORANGE RANGE


胸の中いつか拾った 幸せのかけら 集めてみよう
I'll try gathering up the pieces of happiness
that I picked up some other time in my chest

忘れかけていた メロディー 色あせず僕の真ん中に
A melody that I started to forget about is
right in the middle of me, unfading



借りたままの漫画捜索中 たまたま見つけた色あせた文集
While I was searching through borrowed comic books,
from time to time I found faded anthologies

「天下を掴む」なんて我ながらアホらしくて笑いが出た
It was me who laughed out loud like an idiot
at stuff like "seize the world"

天下じゃなくて電車の吊革を掴む日々
During the days when I seized not the world
but the hanging strap on the train

あの頃のボクに「ごめんなさいね」と微笑みながら頭を下げた
While smiling and saying, "I'm sorry,"
to me back then, you lowered your head



ありがとう 心から
Thank you, from my heart
僕に今があるのは皆のおかげさ
I owe it to everyone for now to exist in me
ありがとう 心から
Thank you, from my heart
次は僕が皆にHAPPY贈るよoh oh oh
Next it'll be me who delivers happiness to everyone oh oh oh


何もかも忘れないよ あの日のボクモボクだから
I won't forget just about everything since me back then was also me
大好きだよっていつも言ってあげなきゃダメだね
It was useless that I didn't always say 'I love you'
辛ければ逃げてもいいよ またここに帰ってくるのなら
When it's tough, it's okay even if you run away,
if you return here again

いろいろ寄り道もして行こうオリジナルな日々を
Let's go make various stops on the way in the original days


止まらない町の真ん中で いつかからか君はうつむき加減
Right in the middle of an unstopping city,
since when have you been looking down?

抱える「気持ち」が多すぎて 一人きりでパンクしちゃってる
You hold too many "feelings" and blow out like a tire all alone
だから僕の言葉を聞いて 幸せをくれた君のため
So listen to my words, for you who gave me happiness
力を送るよday by day
I'll give you strength day by day


胸の中あふれそうな 幸せのかけら つなげてみよう
I'll try connecting the pieces of happiness
that seem to overflow in my chest

力強くなる メロディー 繰り返されてくメッセージ
A message makes the strengthening melody repeat
涙がこぼれそうな 長い夜は ふっとふり返って
On a long night when my tears seem to spill, I suddenly turn back
足跡をたどるんだ あの日を忘れないように
And follow my footprints, so that I won't forget about that day


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ORANGE RANGE, with this song, I change my perspective and thoughts about you guys. Good work :)

Yvonne..

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Okay

Long time no post, don't worry, I'm not dead (yet). As usual finals slaughtered me and dragged me across a bed of sharp long nails. Well, that's clearly no surprise.

But anyway, I'M DONE WITH FINALS NOW!!! (And another 6 months I'll be dragged across that bed of nails again anyway =.=)

I have so many things to do, I feel like listing them down:
  • Go to Comic Fiesta 2009.
  • Watch at least 5 animes before the next semester (I'm watching Code Geass now :D).
  • UPDATE THIS BLOG (I have like, 30 posts to update and I'm lazy but I have so many things to write!! A lot of anime reviews, food reviews, shits and stuff :D).
  • Scour through all the malls for Christmas decorations. God I love Christmas decorations.
  • Restaurant City unlock 3 dishes for each course, reach 800000 GP before semester starts (I really hate the game now yet I'm still playing it wtf).
  • Update photos on FB.
  • Find new recipes to bake :D
  • Go out, go out, go out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, there're more on my list, but those are personal stuffs :D

So this is a post to tell you guys that I'm still alive, and be prepared to see major spamming of blog posts within this month (I hope I won't drag this till next year :D).

By the way, please note that my latest obsession is:

♥KURURUGI SUZAKU♥
(Omg, I wanna marry him.)




from Code Geass (Jeez I really hope one day I can stop loving fictional or anime characters, did you guys know that in Japan a guy married a game character in a virtual dating game?? Like wtfffffff, I wish I could do that to Shinichi *cough ahem* Kidding. :) )

And yes Does that mean I'm *FINALLY* done with Rurouni Kenshin? Why yes that's RIGHT, after 95 excruciating-but-in-the-end-it's-nice episodes, I'M FREED FROM RK. Actually, I finished watching that like before the finals :X Himura Kenshin is so hot ♥ XD.

Alright I really gotta gather my thoughts now and erm post some more later, now I'm busy. LOL.

Yvonne..