My resolution for next year.

Is to remember you.

And to forget you.

I will be bulletproof.



Been there, done that, messed around
I'm having fun, don't put me down
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet
I won't let you in again
The messages I've tried to send
My information's just not goin in
Burning bridges, shore to shore
I break away from something more
I'm not to, not to love until it's cheap
Been there, done that, messed around
I'm having fun, don't put me down
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet

Chorus
This time baby
I'll be Bulletproof
(repeat)

I won't let you turn around,
I'll tell you now, I'm much too proud
To walk away from something when it's dead
Do do do your dirty worst
Come out to play when you are hurt
There's certain things that should be
Left unsaid
Tick tick tick tick on the watch
Life's too short for me to stop
Oh baby, your time is running out
I won't let you turn around
And tell me now, I'm much too proud
All you do is fill be up with doubt

Chorus
This time baby
I'll be Bulletproof
(repeat)

This time, I'll be Bulletproof
(repeat)

Chorus
This time baby
I'll be Bulletproof
(repeat)
This time baby, this time baby
This time baby, this time
This time baby, this time baby
Bulletproof

Dance to the African beat!

Seuss!



I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why

Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause it's too much, yeah it's a lot to be something I'm not
I'm a fool out of love 'cause I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show

The sun is hot in the sky just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the signs and synchronize in time
It's a joke nobody knows, they've got a ticket to the show

Yeah, I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go, can't do it alone
I've tried and I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out, it's bringing me down
I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Just enjoy the show, just enjoy the show

I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show
I want my money back, I want my money back
I want my money back, just enjoy the show

This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles
This one goes out to the ones in need
This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical
This ain't about no apology

This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walking beside the guilty and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when they call your name?

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren't born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

This one's about anyone who does it differently
This one's about the one who cusses and spits
This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy
This ain't about givin' up or givin' in

Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren't born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe

Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren't born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

We weren't born to follow, oh yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah)
We weren't born to follow, oh yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah)

I'm Not Surprised
Not Everything Lasts
I've Broken My Heart So Many Times,
I Stop Keeping Track.
Talk Myself In
I Talk Myself Out
I Get All Worked Up
And Then I Let Myself Down.

I Tried So Very Hard Not To Loose It
I Came Up With A Million Excuses
I Thought I Thought Of Every Possibility

And I Know Someday That It'll All Turn Out
You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out
And I Promise You Kid That I'll Give So Much More Than I Get
I Just Haven't Met You Yet

Mmmmm ....

I Might Have To Wait
I'll Never Give Up
I Guess It's Half Timing
And The Other Half's Luck
Wherever You Are
Whenever It's Right
You Come Out Of Nowhere And Into My Life

And I Know That We Can Be So Amazing
And Baby Your Love Is Gonna Change Me
And Now I Can See Every Possibility

Mmmmm ......

And Somehow I Know That It Will All Turn Out
And You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out
And I Promise You Kid I'll Give So Much More Than I Get
I Just Haven't Met You Yet

They Say All's Fair
And In Love And War
But I Won't Need To Fight It
We'll Get It Right
And We'll Be United

And I Know That We Can Be So Amazing
And Being In Your Life Is Gonna Change Me
And Now I Can See Every Single Possibility

Mmmm .....

And Someday I Know It'll All Turn Out
And I'll Work To Work It Out
Promise You Kid I'll Give More Than I Get
Than I Get Than I Get Than I Get

Oh You Know It'll All Turn Out
And You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out
And I Promise You Kid To Give So Much More Than I Get
Yeah I Just Haven't Met You Yet

I Just Haven't Met You Yet
Oh Promise You Kid
To Give So Much More Than I Get

I Said Love Love Love Love Love Love Love .....
I Just Haven't Met You Yet
Love Love Love .....
I Just Haven't Met You Yet

Das ist sehr seuss!

拼命的奢望 闷坏的胸口让我想大声的呐喊
我努力不放 你冷淡 你让分手 就这样
我连做梦也感觉受伤

一年过了 还是一天 计算著慌张
计程车上的音响 我们最爱的情歌
这一刻却重重击破思念的 心脏

夜深了我怎么办 寂寞了谁在身旁
心情变得好复杂 想她 念她 恨她
一个人你害怕吗 细数过漫天星光
说好永远不分开 多假 多假 多假
让记忆长出翅膀 飞翔
心放空了 寂寞 好了

坚强外表下 我脆弱 情人节开始失常
别人庆祝 我却很失落
秋天过了 冬天漫长
关于爱 感伤
我们天真的勇敢 我们追求的梦想
舍不得也只能收藏旅行的时光

寂寞感冒全都可以好的
爱多甜 伤多痛 都释放 oh~

没有你 心放空了 寂寞 好了

寄 沒有地址的信
這樣的情緒 有種距離

你 放著誰的歌曲
是怎樣的心情 能不能說給我聽

雨 下得好安靜
是不是你 偷偷在哭泣
幸福真的不容易
在你的背景 有我愛你

我可以 陪你去看星星
不用再多說明 我就要和你在一起
我不想 又再一次和你分離
我多麼想每一次的美麗 是因為你



寄 沒有地址的信
這樣的情緒 有種距離

你 放著誰的歌曲
是怎樣的心情 能不能說給我聽

雨 下得好安靜
是不是你 偷偷在哭泣
幸福它真的不容易
在你的背景 有我愛你

我可以 陪你去看星星
不用再多說明 我就要和你在一起
我不想 又再一次和你分離
我多麼想每一次的美麗 是因為你

我可以 陪你去看星星
不用再多說明 我就要和你在一起
我不想 又再一次和你分離
我多麼想每一次的美麗 是因為你

Let it all out, Let it all out
強がらなくていいんだね
Tsuyogaranakute iin da ne
誰かが描いてった　壁の落書きの花が揺れる
Dareka ga kaitetta kabe no rakugaki no hana ga yureru

自分らしさなんて　誰も分からないよ
Jibunrashisa nante dare mo wakaranai yo
長い長い道の途中で　失くしたり拾ったり
Nagai nagai michi no tochuu de nakushitari hirottari
急に寂しくなって 泣いちゃう日もあるけど　oh...oh...
Kyuu ni samishiku natte naichau hi mo aru kedo

涙も痛みも星に変えよう
Namida mo itami mo hoshi ni kaeyou
明日を照らす灯りをともそう
Ashita wo terasu akari wo tomosou
小さく迷っても　ふたりで作ろう
Chiisaku mayotte mo futari de tsukurou
星屑を　強く光る永遠を探そう
Hoshikuzu wo tsuyoku hikaru eien wo sagasou

Let it all out, Let it all out
足りないことだらけだよね
Tarinai koto darake da yo n
足りなくていいんだね　だから君と出逢えたんだ　oh...
Tarinakute iin da ne dakara kimi to deaetan da

明日が何なのか　それが知りたくて
"Tashika" ga nan na no ka sore ga shiritakute
小さなナイフを　靴下に隠してた
Chiisana NAIFU wo kutsushita ni kakushiteta
強がってついた　嘘のほうがずっと痛かった
Tsuyogatte tsuita uso no hou ga zutto itakatta

本当は怖いよ　だけど生きていく
Hontou wa kowai yo dakedo ikiteku
笑顔の意味を　風を奏でてく
Egao no kimi wo kaze ga nadeteku
小さな手をかざして　ふたりで作ろう
Chiisana te kazashite futari de tsukurou
星屑を　強く光る永遠を探そう
Hoshikuzu wo tsuyoku hikaru eien wo sagasou

正しいことが間違ってたらどうすればいい？
Tadashii koto ga machigattetara dousureba ii?
悲しいことが正しかったら受け入れるだけ
Kanashii koto ga tadashikattara ukeireru dake?
失くしたと思ってた　でも君が知ってた
Nakushita to omotteta demo kimi ga shitteta
君がいて本当に良かった
Kimi ga ite hontou ni yokatta

涙も痛みも星に変えよう
Namida mo itami mo hoshi ni kaeyou
明日を照らす明かりを灯そう
Ashita wo terasu akari wo tomosou
小さな手かざして　ふたりで作ろう
Chiisana te kazashite futari de tsukurou
星屑を　強く光る永遠を・・・
Hoshikuzu wo tsuyoku hikaru eien wo...

さよなら　いつかは来るかもしれない
Sayonara itsuka wa kuru kamo shirenai
季節はそれでも巡り巡ってく
Kisetsu wa soredemo meguri megutteku
小さく迷っても　歩いてく　君と歩いてく　
Chiisaku mayottemo aruiteku
それだけは変わらないでいようね
Kimi to aruiteku sore dake wa kawaranaideiyou ne

Let it all out, Let it all out
It's okay pretending to be tough
The scribbled flowers someone painted on the wall tremble

No one knows their own way of being
You lose it and find it during the long long path on your way
Suddenly I feel lonely
There's also days in which I'd burst into tears, but...

Let's transform pain and tears into stars
Let's turn on the light that will illuminate the future
Let's hold hands together to create stardust
Let's search for the eternity that will shine powerfully

Farewell, perhaps it'll come someday
Seasons bounce around from one place to the next, nevertheless...

Despite losing the way a bit
I'm walking, I'm walking with you
Let's not change just that

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do

I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do

But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me

Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me



**

Thanks Riz for the recommendation!

Two of my favourite dance tracks remixed into one. Sweet!

How tired I am of this unbearable distance between us.
How I long for the toll of the recess bell.
Have you forgotten me, grown mindless of me?
Tell me I am not writing into an abyss,
Or that is what will become of my heart

hey peepz,

the sun is peeking through the Austrian clouds this cool and getting colder autumn Tuesday. And a musing has come over me and persuaded me to drop by and breathe a little life of verbosity into my otherwise musical blog.

Its been 6 weeks here in Graz and I am already halfway through the duration of my project. For the still unfamiliar, I am here to educate about global issues, namely about poverty to high school children in various high schools in and around Graz. For the still unfamiliar, Graz is the second biggest city after Vienna in Austria. And is the birthplace of Arnold Swazcheneggar. Actually, he was born just outside of Graz. But Graz has claimed him to be their own child. Like how Vienna has done. And now California.

Teaching has always been rather fun for me. Not for the fact that I usually speak in a matter-of-fact tone (as if I know everything, when I just pretend i do), if i do speak at all, but rather I (still) believe that education is the first step to solving global problems. However, I do continue to feel rather unqualified to teach about poverty to children so accustomed to affluence and wealth (as I have). However I always justify that the poor can't travel halfway across the world to tell of their plight, so someone has to speak on their behalf. Another one of my inner dialogues arguing with one another.

On political issues, I have recently become more aware of immigration issues. Like Singapore, a lot of foreigners travel and try to settle in Austria, for all sorts of reasons. The good thing about the EU, is that the ability travel around is very liberal and free. However, Austria (and Germany) seems to be having some issues with certain groups of a different religion and culture. Some Austrian complain about their reluctance to integrate and adopt local ways of living, but instead ghetto and group themselves and continue to display with varying degrees of pride, their home cultures. And it so happens, that many of them tend to be rather loud and prominent, not just in their looks, but to oomph it up with their clothing and behaviors. To say there is some resentment against these foreigners is to be politically correct in an otherwise 'neutral' and 'developed first world country.' Sounds like Singapore? It does so to me.

So is what is happening here in Austria going to be played out in Singapore? At the current rate (or at least from the reports Wilson has kindly been sending me), it does seem so. Singapore, already crowded, is getting more crowded. And by people who are less likely to integrate as our forefathers have.

But the good thing is that, I think Singaporeans, as opposed to Austrians are more tolerant and more exposed to the effects of globalization and internationalization. Many of the children I have talked to thinks that all Chinese eat dogs. I don't blame them really, since the social and personal value of dogs as pets seem to take higher standing than most other issues. (But then again, a few Singaporeans think there are kangeroos in Austria.)

So coming back to the immigration issue in Singapore. What sort of effects would we incur if the policy of flooding our shores with foreign talents continue? Just wondering we can predict any parallelisms with what is happening here with whats is happening there.

Really cool MV direction!

Sweet love expressed through the simplest of materials and the sincerest of actions =)

Great cover of Bob Dylan's songs =)

Make You Feel My Love - Adele



When the rain is blowing in your face,
and the whole world is on your case,
I could offer you a warm embrace
to make you feel my love.

When the evening shadows and the stars appear,
and there is no one there to dry your tears,
I could hold you for a million years
to make you feel my love.

I know you haven't made your mind up yet,
but I would never do you wrong.
I've known it from the moment that we met,
no doubt in my mind where you belong.

I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue,
I'd go crawling down the avenue.
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
to make you feel my love.

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
and on the highway of regret.
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free,
you ain't seen nothing like me yet.

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true.
Nothing that I wouldn't do.
Go to the ends of the Earth for you,
to make you feel my love,
to make you feel my love.

Proud -- Heather Small



I look into the window of my mind
Reflections of the fears I know I've left behind
I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I'm on my way
Can't stop me now
And you can do the same (yeah)

What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Still so many answers I don't know (there are so many answers)
Realize that to question is how we grow (to question is to grow)
So I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I'm on my way
Can't stop me now
You can do the same (yeah)

What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?

(yeah) We need a change (Yeah)
Do it today (yeah)
I can feel my spirit rising
(change, yeah) We need a change (yeah)
So do it today (yeah)
'Cause I can see a clear horizon

What have you done today to make you feel proud? (to make you feel proud)
(let me hear ya X3)So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
(yeah)'Cause you could be so many people
Just make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?

Signs


Sweet short film =)

Thanks Geeky Christian for this video!

Hey peepz,

Its been another long while.

It been another long journey. And I've just closed another chapter of life. Essentially, a year exchange to Japan.

I'm glad to have taken my chances where I could. And regret those opportunity costs that I have chosen to forgo.

Friends made, affections lost. Thats the circle of life.

We just have to keep on living.

Right now, I'm in Graz, Austria. Doing a 3 month volunteering/internship project trying to raise awareness of global issues in high schools. The project is called "Piece Together." While running along the River Mur, it dawned on me how apt that title applies to my own life as well.

To the best of my own abilities, I shall try to fix what's broken.

Agnes Carlsson - Release Me



Release me , release my body.
I know it's wrong, So why am I with you now.
I say release me, Cause I'm not able to
convince myself
That I'm better off without you.

Yeah, it's perfectly clear
That love's not what you need
I tell you I don't care
But I don't want to
Anything that you say
I hear myself agree
And I don't recognize
What I've turned into,

I don't know why I want you so
'Cause I don't need the heart break
I don't know what addictive hold
You have on me I can't shake
No, I'm not in control
So let me go

Release me
Release my body
I know it's wrong
So why do I keep coming back
I say release me
'Cause I'm not able to
Convince myself
That I'm better off without you

I could sleep by myself
I would burn me alive
Find me somebody else
But I don't want to
Try to leave out the love
That goes against the grain
But I can rationalize it
If I have to

I don't know why I want you so
'Cause I don't need the heart break
I don't know what addictive hold
You have on me I can't shake
No, I'm not in control
So let me go

Release me
Release my body
I know it's wrong
So why do I keep coming back
I say release me
'Cause I'm not able to
Convince myself
That I'm better off without you..

I'm not in control
So let me go

Release me
Release my body
I know it's wrong
So why do I keep coming back
I say release me
'Cause I'm not able to
Convince myself
That I'm better off without you..

Release me
Release my body
I know it's wrong
So why do I keep coming back
I say release me
'Cause I'm not able to
Convince myself
That I'm better off without you..

Pussycat Dolls -- Hush Hush


Oooooh ooooh
I never needed you to be strong
I never needed you for pointin' out my wrongs
i never needed pain,i never needed strain.
My love for you was strong enough you should've known.
I never needed you for judgement
I never needed you to question what i spent
I never asked for help, I take care of myself, I don't know why you think you got a hold on me.
And it's a little in the conversations
There isn't anything that you can say.
And my eyes hurt, hands shiver, so look at me and listen to me because,

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

I never needed your corrections
On everything from how i act to what i say
i never needed words, i never needed hurt, i never needed you to be there everyday
I'm sorry for the way i let go
Of everything i wanted when you came along
But i am never beaten, broken, not defeated
I know next to you is not where i belong
And it's a little late for explanations
There isn't anything that you can do
And my eyes hurt, hands shiver, so you will listen when i say baby

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

No more words
No more lies
No more crying ooh ooh
No more pain
No more hurt
No more tryin' Oh Oh Yeah
Because

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

Yeah Oh
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby

Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

Tonight’s the night night
Let’s live it up
I got my money
Let’s spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let’s get get off

I know that we’ll have a ball
If we get down
And go out
And just loose it all
I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
And losing all control

Fill up my cup
Mozoltov
Look at her dancing
Just take it off
Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Let’s burn the roof
And then we’ll do it again

Lets Do it (x5)
And live it up
Lets Do it (x5)
I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night
A feeling
That tonight’s gonna be a good night (x2)
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

“I Gotta Feeling” lyrics are provided by Geniusbeauty.com
Tonight’s the night
Let’s live it up (Let’s live it up)
I got my money
Lets spend it up (Lets spend it up)
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Lets get get off
Fill up my cup (Drink)
Mozolotov (Lahyme)
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it off
Lets paint the town
We’ll shut it down
Lets burn the roof
And then we’ll do it again

Lets do it (x4)
Let’s live it up
Lets do it…
Here we come
Here we go
We gotta rock
Easy come
Easy go
Now we on top
Feel the shot
Body rock
Rock it, don’t stop
Round and round
Up and down
Around the clock

Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Saturday to Sunday

Get get get get get with us
You know what we say
Party every day
Pa-pa-pa-party every day
And I’m feelin
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night
I gotta feeling tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good good night

David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland - When Love takes over



It's complicated
It always is
That’s just the way it goes
Feels like I've waited so long for this
I wonder if it shows

Head underwater
Now I can't breathe
It never felt so good
'Cause I can feel it coming over me
I wouldn’t stop it if I could

When love takes over
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over
'Cause something’s here tonight

Give me a reason
I gotta know
Do you feel it too?
Can't you see me here on overload
And this time I blame you
Looking out for you to hold my hand
It feels like I could fall
Now love me right like I know you can
We could lose it all

When love takes over
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over
'Cause something’s here tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight

And I'll be loving you all the time, it's true
'Cause I wanna make it right with you

When love takes over (repeat)

When love takes over
You know you can’t deny
When love takes over
'Cause something’s here tonight

PitBull, Calle Ocho (I know You Want Me)



Haha
Its Mr. 305 checkin' in for the remix,
you know that S 75 Street Brazil?
Well this year gon be called Calle Ocho,
Hahahaha

Que ola cata, Que ola omega
and this how we gon do it

Dale,
1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto
I know you want me (want me)
you know I want cha (want ya)
I know you want me
you know I want cha (want cha)
I know you want me (want me)
you know I want cha (want you)
I know you want me
You know I want cha (want cha)

(Hahaha) 1-2-3-4 Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)
Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)

Si me trake dwele wapa,
Yo te wapo de busar
Tu tiene la boca grande dale punte a jugar (Como)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto (Woooo-ooo!)

6 to tha clock, on my way to the top uh,
Pit got it locked from brews to the locker,
All I.P uh, big and packer,
That he's not, but damn he's hot,
label fly but pit wont stop,
got her in the car, quit playin' with his (Como?)
watch him make a movie like Alba Hitch Hock, Enjoy Me

I know you want me (want me)
you know I wancha (want you)
I know you want em
you know I wancha (want you)
I know you want me (want me)
you know I wancha (want you)
I know you want me
You know I wancha (want you)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)
Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)

Si me trake dwele wapa,
Yo te wapo de busar
Tu tiene la boca grande dale punte a jugar (Como)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto (Woooo-ooo!)

Mami got an ass like a donkey, with a monkey,
look like King Kong, welcome to the crib,
305 thats what it is,
with a woman down ya s*** dont play games,
they up the chain, and they let her do everythang and anythang, hit tha thang
and they love it gettin' it in, gettin' on,
all night long (Dale)

I know you want me (want me)
you know I want you (want you)
I know you want me
you know I want you (want you)
I know you want me (want me)
you know I want you (want you)
I know you want me
You know I want you (want you)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)
Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)

Si me trake dwele wapa,
Yo te wapo de busar
Tu tiene la boca grande dale punte a jugar (Como)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Baby you can get it, if you win it we can play,
baby I got cribs, I got condos we can stay,
even got a king size matress we can lay,
baby I dont care, I dont care, what they say

I know you want me (want me)
you know I want you (want ya)
I know you want em
you know I want you (want ya)
I know you want em (want ya)
you know I want you (want ya)
I know you want em
You know I want cha (want ya)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)
Roomba (Si)
Ella queres un Roomba (Como?)

Si me trake dwele wapa,
Yo te wapo de busar
Tu tiene la boca grande dale punte a jugar (Como)

1-2-3-4
Uno-do'-tres-quarto

Distract me.

im no stranger to heartbreaks.

hello again.

Here are some suggestions for small, but powerful ways you can give to those around you today:

* Drop the expectations that you have for your partner and your family. Instead of expecting them to behave a certain way to you, see how you can show them how much they really mean to you.
* Give away your attitude. This is really one of the most awesome ways you can give to others. Your attitude and positive energy has an amazing effect on those around you. Darkness, when approached with light, becomes illuminated. In the same way, low energy, when approached by higher energy, dissolves. Help dissolve others’ lower energy patterns by bringing your higher, positive energy to them.
* Gift your intention. Whenever you encounter someone, say a silent blessing or send them a positive intention, instead of judging them.
* Show your gratitude. Write a simple note or letter expressing to someone how much they mean to you and the reasons you love them. The impact this will have on the receiver is amazing.
* Simply offer your help. If there’s nothing specific you can do for another person, simply let them know that if there is ever a way you can help, you would like them to let you know.

These things may seem small, but I think the world is changed by a profusion of micro ideas. Revolutions start with small actions.

Jay's Cai Hong

お久しぶり。

今日、どうして疲れがちだった？　多分夕べ寝た時間は足りなかったんです。　今日気分が悪かったんです。

いろいろ未だ完成したことはしなければいけなくて、体の力はどこへ残してしまいました。

シンガポールへちょっと帰りたくない。なぜなら未だ経験しません。

ユーロパへいきたい。新しい世界もみたいんです。

今夢をつくったり、ブログを書いたりしています。

未来の計画はどうやって作れる？今度のインタンシープによって、どこへ行きます。

Shelter by Corinne May

Just discovered this song from one of my favourite singers, the US-based Singaporean Corinne May. Someone made a fan vid with this song to art works of on my favourite anime, Naruto.

Warning: there is some yaoi (boy to boy love) in this vid, so dun get offended! I didn't make the video! If you like anime girls, watch the second video, which is a 処女 classification.

The song is great. The lyrics are meaningful. And I hope I can a shelter to my family and friends too.





What's wrong, whats getting you down
Is it something I might have said?
You're walking around
with your head to the ground
and your eyes are watery red

I know you've been through rough times
Kicked around, thrown to the ground
but you've always been the strong one
So don't tell me that nobody gets you
'cause I'm standing in your corner
Knocking at tour door
You don't have to be alone

Just call my name
Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter my friend

We share a bond
You and I we belong
We're like coffee and morning trains
You strip my defenses
I catch your pretenses
The same blood runs through our veins
I swore I'd be your lifeline
Made a vow that I'd surround you with love at every milestone
I'll listen when nobody gets you
I'm still standing in your corner
Waiting by your door
You don't have to be alone

Just call my name
Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter my friend

It was not too long ago
You sought to understand
You helped me mend
Remember when
So promise me you'll

Call my name
Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let my be your shelter my friend

郭静 - 下一个天亮


词:姚若龙
曲:陈小霞

用起伏的背影 挡住哭泣的心
有些故事 不必说给 每个人听

许多眼睛 看的太浅太近
错过我没被看见 那个自己

用简单的言语 解开超载的心
有些情绪 是该说给 懂的人听

你的热泪 比我激动怜惜
我发誓要更努力 更有勇气

等下一个天亮 去上次牵手赏花那里散步好吗
有些积雪会自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁达的天堂

等下一个天亮 把偷拍我看海的照片送我好吗
我喜欢我飞舞的头发
和飘着雨还是眺望的眼光

用简单的言语 解开超载的心
有些情绪 是该说给 懂的人听

你的热泪 比我激动怜惜
我发誓要更努力 更有勇气

等下一个天亮 去上次牵手赏花那里散步好吗
有些积雪会自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁达的天堂

等下一个天亮 把偷拍我看海的照片送我好吗
我喜欢我飞舞的头发
和飘着雨还是眺望的眼光

时间可以磨去我的棱角
有些坚持却永远磨不掉
请容许我 小小的骄傲
因为有你这样的依靠

等下一个天亮 去上次牵手赏花那里散步好吗
有些积雪会自己融化
你的肩膀是我豁达的天堂

等下一个天亮 把偷拍我看海的照片送我好吗
我喜欢我飞舞的头发
和飘着雨还是眺望的眼光

Let me appreciate the now while it lasts.

Steve Job's Standford University's Commencement speech

Hey peepz!

Its been a while (again) since I actually wrote something substantial. So here is a short update with my life.

I've had a really exciting life in Japan so far! Its has been a great learning experience so far.

After 5 months in Japan, I had the chance to go to Turkey for 2 months for an unpaid internship and undertook a project of educating Turkey High school children about Singapore and Japanese culture. And in turn, I learned about Turkish, as well as Taiwanese, Chinese, Weierzhu, Bosnian, Italian, Kazakhstan, Polish, German and Slovakian cultures as well.

It was a great opportunity to see the world in one place and make the sort of comparisons a comparative political scientist would take delight in.

Now I'm back and completing my Spring Semester studies in Waseda. I have deliberately chosen two business modules: Comparative Corporate Governance (I'm attracted to anything that has the word 'Governance') and Financial Management (in the light of the current economic crisis, I want to know more about stocks, shares and other business terminology that is being thrown over my head everyday). I am also taking a module called Intercultural Communication. Being in a intercultural environment (more complex that the 4 layered multi-cultural categorization of Singapore, while ironically being in "homogeneous" Japan), I think I had better gain some more sensitivity in my inter-personal relations across differences.

Speaking of differences, I have experienced more so than in Singapore, what it means to be examining who I am, when faced with such diversity and differences. And the more I examine, the more I think its essential to celebrate such diversity and difference.

Having made many friends, I learn more the necessity of trying to keep up with friends across vast distances and the importance of constant and consistent effort in communication. Its a matter of discipline, effort and interest in keeping up.

I have opined to a well-travelled friend of mine, that now that I have actually travelled out to Japan, I realize the importance and joy of travelling to other places. For me its about getting out of my comfort zone and shocking myself once in a while. Its about opening my eyes to the many options I have laid out in front of me. At the same time, its experiencing the conundrum of being out here, still as a student and a dependent, and looking at my peers diving into their careers and eking a living out for themselves.

It can be perceived as the "unsettled life" vs the "settled life" dilemma. The whole, get down, get married and get a family kind of life. At the same time, I do recognize the eventuality (and opportunity costs) of it all, especially when I see my friends and brother get married.

In any case, while being here in Japan, there are still loads to do! Just went to the infamous Yasukuni Shrine and Yuushuukan Museum of Japanese military history. They were very interesting to say the least.

Am planning to go on more of these kinds of trips in and around Tokyo over the weekends. Am planning to go Kyoto and Oosaka in July to visit dear dear Yui-san with a Turkish friend who's coming over for a conference.

Currently, I'm also trying to look for job opportunities around the globe. Except Mexico. Hope the flu is not getting any serious, since I'm also going to Korea in 3 weeks time to attend my elder brother's wedding to his Korean wife. Am going to meet up with my parents as well! so am very excited about that. I just hope that the wedding won't be attended by mask-wearing guests and pastors. Imagine a pastor reading the wedding rites through a mask. Imagine my brother and sister-in-law reciting the vows through masks! That would be a medical sight to behold. Maybe there should a medical theme to the dress code, rather than simply "Formal." Hmmm...

Well, just a shout out: "I'm doing great! And I am going to be back at the end of August or early September! Try not to expect any presents. Horrible exchange rates."

Miss ya'll.

What someone is looking for in a relationship:

A tinge of cheekiness, a splash of humour, generous spoonful of intelligence before blending it with lotsa honesty, commitment and respect for each other space. Bake it under 200 degree celsius of intimacy. Chill with occasional sweet whispers. Sprinkle with some maturity, chemistry and patience. Garnish with smiles before serving. ;)

Made me hungry for some food of love in my life!

Kiwi!


Some dreams are worth it all. It is sentimental and inspiration.

Ganbare!

Am here in Bursa, Turkey!

Things have been quite the experience so far! Both good and bad of course. Even though I have gone through the intercultural communications class, some things I can never get used to and the culture shock between Turkey and Japan has been a lot wider than that between Japan and Singapore.

That said, I must say I have begun to appreciate both Japan and Singapore even more despite my constant complaints about the little things. At the same time, I am also very appreciative of the good points that Turkish culture and people have over what Japanese and Singaporean cultures have to offer.

Turkish weather in winter is to say the least, dreadful. Its been raining non-stop here in Bursa. Miserable, wet and gloomy. Thats how i would describe the weather here. I have taken ill, with a cough and a sore throat. Thankfully I have an (overly) caring host family, fussing over me, even though i just requested for an early night, cough mixture and lozenges. -_-'''

I unilaterally decided to take the day off, instead of travelling to goodness know where, 2 schools, where me and my foreign friends will undoubtedly be treated with the warmth of prized fantastical creatures they have only read from story books. Because I am the only Asian guy in the group, it seems Im the most "prized." I have had girls running up to me and proclaiming they like me and they want to take me home. 0_o... Of course i enjoyed by 15 minutes of fame and my Facebook friends probably jumped 30 percent because of the hordes of high schools kids trying to get me on their list, kids I probably wont be able to maintain contact even if i want to because most of them can't speak English and I can't speak Turkish.

Haha! Of course, i don't think its a bad thing. If not I wouldnt be doing it. I realized that so many people in this world are ignorant. Especially myself. To discover the ignorance of people and being their to enlighten them (and in so doing myself), I feel accomplished. As if I have made the immediate world around me a little better. I just hope that my relating own experiences when i go back home will also do the same for those i will come across in my life.

the cocoon that governments weave over to protect their own people are so strong. That of Singapore, of Japan and of Turkey, each utilizing the many political and ideological tools to forge that national consciousness. Everywhere i go and everyone i ask, they only wish to be the nationality they were born with. The Turk wants to be Turk, the Japanese wants to be Japanese and the Singaporean wants to be Singaporean. What do you think this means for international cooperation? To deal with global issues? Just wondering how can we strengthen this avenue of international politics. Because thats why im here isn't? To promote intercultural understanding and global consciousness.

I just hope we will be in time, considering the huge mental barriers i witness here in Turkey. On the one hand Turkish men see us on streets and try to heckle at us, on the other, many stare at us like aliens, while some do smile when I smile back at them. Its going to be a hard task, as I see it.

Hey Peepz!

Its been a while since I put up an entry! So im putting one up now!

I have been really busy of late, rushing my deadlines, completing my examinations and doing up my preparations for my 2 month trip to Turkey, and here I am in the apartment of some Turkish friends in Istanbul!

Was put up here for the night before we will move on to Bursa where I will be going around Turkish high schools telling them about Singapore and Japan, as well as facilitating them with discussions of global village.

Took an Aeroflot flight from Tokyo to Istanbul, transiting in Moscow. The trip was rather pleasant. The food was pretty decent and the inflight entertainment system too. Watched Ratatouille. Funny show! "Anyone can cook!" Such a positive show. On the whole, i still prefer SIA though with its smiling crew and KrisWorld with a wider variety. I must say there were some very pretty Russian stewardesses and people on board. Sake-san was remarking that the young Russian girls seem to jump right out a model magazine.

Moscow's transit airport was a little below expectations for me. I don't know where we docked but we had to get onto a bus transiting through a few minutes of minus 7 degrees temperatures. Sake-san and I tried to take some photos with the aeroplane but were (rather rudely by Japanese standards) asked to get onto the bus by Russian security. Getting through security took a long time because there was only one metal detector for our flight and there were quite a number transiting. Food was exorbitant, as expected of EU countries really. Two sandwiches and 1 drink came up to 15 Euro, or 1780 Yen or 23 SGD. I changed my mind on buying any Russian postcards thereafter... -_-''' And there was no internet access either wireless or computer terminals at the transit area. So Sake and I were rather bored. Luckily we met a Turkish man who spoke Japanese because his wife was Japanese. He spoke Japanese very fluently and he was only in Japan for 8 months! I have been in Japan for 6 and I can barely hear a word exchanged between Sake and him! So embarrassing! I could participate somewhat in the discussion though and I thought it was a pretty interesting conversation. So the transit didn't turn out to be all that bad. =)

Getting to Istanbul meant completing our 18 hour journey from narita. But of course the journey started a lot longer before that. By the time we got to Istanbul it was 0020 local time. Was so glad that Arda and Mune came to pick us up at the airport, provided a much needed sense of security. Then a Brazilian girl, Maria Fernanda joined us shortly and proved to be a crazy burst of Latin American energy to fatigued travellers.

We spent the night at the airport before setting out on the public transport that starts running at 6 in the morning. Traffic is crazy. Much like Japan. Expect more cars. One interesting thing about Turkey is that one of their bus services, the Metrobus has a dedicated bus lane, so it sped through its stops pretty quick and I got to see a good view of sprawling buildings and residences that spread over all the way to top of the rolling hills, and frequently spotted by the two distinctive spires of the many mosques.

Got to the apartment of Arda's friends. The apartment was huge by Japanese standards. Shall try not to stereotype the Turkish people, but the housemates love a few things: playstation, especially winning eleven, soccer, drinking and smoking. They are a relaxed, spontaneous and friendly bunch of people. After waking up in the afternoon trying to get over the jet lag, (Istanbul is GMT +7, singapore is GMT +8 and Tokyo is GMT +9), one of the housemates, Deniz, Maria and me started talking about Turkey and Deniz was so passionate about Turkey. He reminds me of Michi. Michi said he would always want to be Japanese. and Deniz proclaimed he wanted to be nothing other than Turkish. And on the spot, Deniz said if we wanted to go to look around Istanbul, and we did!

we met two more of his friends, Kagen and Rasit and we all had dinner at Taksim, which was the shopping street of Istanbul. 2 million people come here everyday. The Shinjuku of Istanbul. And boy was it crowded! We had a meal at a place called "Barcelona Cafe" and had crepes and cake. It was sooooo filling! The crepes were like chicken meat wrapped up in crispy bread with french fries. Deniz treated me to dessert which turned out to be this HUGE slice of strawberry with chocolate cake!

Then we went to Bosporus Bridge, a popular tourist spot to look at the glittering lights of the Bridge that joins Turkish Europe and Turkish Asia. It felt a little existential to be standing at the point that is said to divide two continents.

Another interesting things about Istanbul, is that the place features the Ataturk, or the Father of the Turks everywhere. He was the founder of the Turkish Republic and was responsible for many modernizing efforts as well as the establishing of a secular Republic amidst the majority Moslem population. Because of him, civil law, rather than the Shariat law was instituted and the Turkish could wear western clothes, smoke and drink alcohol. I would dare say that Turkey is so much more a modern developed religious country than say certain "neighbours" that seem to be trying so hard to put religion into their constitution if they havent already. My Turkish friend seemed a little shocked by the fact that there was an Islamic police force in that country, trained to catch Muslim adherents that drink alcohol or wear anything that reveals the slightest bit of skin.

Other than that, Istanbul is a popular destination spot for tourists. And it is definitely worth a trip if you wish to catch a glimpse of the mystique of middle east in a relatively safe environment. Of course, turkey does have its weakness and social and political issues like the extremist Kurds and their invasion of Turkish Cyprus, but I will need to do more research on them.

All right! Thats all for my report on my first day in Turkey! Hope to do more when I do have the time and internet access!

Take care everyone!

The difference one can make...

ただ…逢いたくて　(I just... Miss you) by EXILE

New Version


Touching MV


悲しい過去も　若過ぎた日々の過ちさえ
kanashii kako mo wakasugita hibi no ayamachi sae
キミに出会えて　深い海に沈められたのに
KIMI ni deaete fukai umi ni shizumerareta no ni


あの頃の僕と言えば　愛し方さえも知らず…ただ…
ano koro no boku to ieba aishikata sae mo shirazu...tada...
不器用にキミを傷つけて　優しさ忘れていた。
bukiyou ni KIMI wo kizutsukete yasashisa wasurete ita.


※ただ　逢いたくて…　もう逢えなくて
* tada aitakute... mou aenakute
くちびるかみしめて　泣いてた。
kuchibiru kamishimete naite'ta.
今　逢いたくて…忘れられないまま
ima aitakute...wasurerarenai mama
過ごした時間だけがまた　一人にさせる。※
sugoshita jikan dake ga mata hitori ni saseru. *


最終電車　僕の肩に顔をうずめたまま
saishuu densha boku no kata ni kao wo uzumeta mama
寝息を立てる　何よりも幸せだったよ…。
neiki wo tate'ru nani yori mo shiawase datta yo...


今ならば叫ぶ事も　キミを守り抜く事も出来る。
ima naraba sakebu koto mo KIMI wo mamorinuku koto mo dekiru.
もう戻らない時間だけを　悔んでしまうのは…何故？
mou modoranai jikan dake wo kuyande shimau no wa...naze?


ただ…愛しくて…涙も枯れて
tada...aishikute...namida mo karete
キミの居ない世界をさまよう。
KIMI no inai sekai wo samayou.
忘れたくない…キミの香りをまだ
wasuretakunai...KIMI no kaori wo mada
抱き締め眠る夜がAh～孤独にさせる…。
dakishimenemuru yoru ga Ah~ kodoku ni saseru...
(※くり返し)
* kurikaeshi


ただ…逢いたくて
tada...aitakute

My sad past and the days of youthful mistakes
Were submerged in a deep ocean when I met you

Back then I didn't know how to love...I just...
Hurt you carelessly and forgot to be gentle

I just miss you...but I can't see you anymore
I bit my lip and cried
I want to see you now...I can't forget you
The time we spent together makes me lonely

On the last train, you buried your head in my shoulder
Breathing deeply in your sleep and I was so happy...

Now I can shout, now I can protect you
Why...am I regretting the time I can't get back?

I just...love you...my tears have dried up
I drift through a world without you
I don't want to forget you...the nights I sleep
With your scent in my arms, ah, make me lonely

I just miss you...but I can't see you anymore
I bit my lip and cried
I want to see you now...I can't forget you
The time we spent together makes me lonely

I just...miss you

What better than beer to make one go hysterical. LOL

Lovers Again by EXILE



初雪にざわめく街で
hatsuyuki ni zawameku machi de
見覚えのあるスカイブルーのマフラー
mioboe no aru SUKAI BURU- no MAFURA-
ふり向いた知らない顔にうつむく
furimuita shiranai kao ni utsumuku


あのひとが部屋を出てから
ano hito ga heya wo dete kara
この退屈な街に二度目の冬
kono taikutsu na machi ni nidome no fuyu
僕はまだ想いの炎消せずにくすぶっている
boku wa mada omoi no honoo kesezu ni kusubutte iru


ひとりでは 愛してる証さえ
hitori dewa ai shiteru akashi sae
曖昧でせつないだけ
aimai de setsunai dake
ふたりでは やさしく見守ること
futari dewa yasashiku mimamoru koto
続けられない...
tsudzukerarenai...


もう一度会いたいと願うのは
mou ichido aitai to negau no wa
痛みさえいとしいから
itami sae itoshii kara
ときめきを失くした永遠より
tokimeki wo nakushita eien yori
熱い刹那を
atsui setsuna wo


「さよなら」は僕から告げた
"sayonara" wa boku kara tsugeta
後悔ならば何度したことだろう
koukai naraba nando shita koto darou
時間だけ巻き戻せたらいいのに
jikan dake makimodosetara ii noni


唇を薄く開いて
kuchibiru wo usuku hiraite
「もう平気よ」とつぶやいたあのひと
"mou heiki yo" to tsubuyaita ano hito
つよがりと本当は気づいていたよ
tsuyogari to hontou wa kidzuite ita yo
この僕でも
kono boku demo


ひとりでは 愛された記憶さえ
hitori dewa ai sareta kioku sae
儚くてむなしいだけ
hakanakute munashii dake
ふたりでは 想いあたためる意味見つけられない
futari dewa omoi atatameru imi mitsukerarenai


* もう二度とあんなに*
mou nido to anna ni
誰かのこと愛せない そう思ってた
dareka no koto ai senai sou omotteta
でも今は情熱が
demo ima wa jounetsu ga
目を覚ます予感がしてる
me wo samasu yokan ga shiteru


If I ever fall in love, again
もう一度めぐり会えたら
mou ichido meguriaetara
その手を離さない もう迷わないさ
sono te wo hanasanai mou mayowanai sa


I just don't know what to say to you
言葉にできないままで
kotoba ni dekinai mama de
想いはあふれてくGet back in love, again
omoi wa afureteku Get back in love, again


もう一度会いたいと願うのは
mou ichido aitai to negau no wa
痛みさえいとしいから
itami sae itoshii kara
ときめきを失くした永遠より
tokimeki wo nakushita eien yori
現実(リアル)を生きる
現実(RIARU) wo ikiru


* repeat

On the first snow on this rustling town, I notice a sky blue scarf
When I turn to see a stranger's face, I hang my head down

Since you have left, it's the second winter in this tedious town
The burning feelings I have still smolder, never fading

All alone, the proof of love is covered by an obscure pain
Together, we can't continue kindly looking over each other...

My wish to meet once again is more lovely than the pain
So I'd rather have one hot moment than an eternity of lost memories

Ever since I said goodbye, I've regretted it so many times
If I could only turn back the time

As your lips slightly open, you whisper "I'm fine"
Even I realized it was just a bluff of courage

All alone, the beloved memories are covered by a miserable void
Together, we couldn't find the warm meaning of our feelings

I thought I could never love anyone again
But now I have a premonition of my passion awakening

If I ever fall in love again, If we could meet again
I won't let go of that hand or lose my way
I just don't know what to say to you, Without saying a word
My feelings are overflowing, Get back in love again

My wish to meet once again is more lovely than the pain
So I'd rather live in reality than an eternity of lost memories

I thought I could never love anyone again
But now I have a premonition of my passion awakening

It's never too late to realize your dreams.

Kurumi by Mr. Children



作詩：Kazutoshi Sakurai 作曲：Kazutoshi Sakurai

ねぇ　くるみ
nee kurumi
この街の景色は君の目にどう映るの?
kono machi no keshiki ha kimi no me ni dou utsuru no?
今の僕はどう見えるの?
ima no boku ha dou mieru no?

ねぇ　くるみ
nee kurumi
誰かの優しさも皮肉に聞こえてしまうんだ
dareka no yasashisa mo hiniku ni kikoeteshimaun da
そんな時はどうしたらいい?
sonna toki ha dou shitara ii?

良かった事だけ思い出して
yokatta koto dake omoidashite
やけに年老いた気持ちになる
yake ni toshioita kimochi ni naru
とはいえ暮らしの中で
to ha ie kurashi no naka de
今　動き出そうとしているima
ugokidasou to shiteiru
歯車のひとつにならなくてはなぁ
haguruma no hitotsu ni naranakute ha naa
希望の数だけ失望は増える
kibou no kazu dake shitsubou ha fueru
それでも明日に胸は震える
soredemo asu ni mune ha furueru
「どんな事が起こるんだろう?」
'donna koto ga okorun darou?'
想像してみるんだよ
souzou shitemirun da yo

tell me, Kurumi
What do you see looking at this city
How do I look to you now?

tell me, Kurumi
When I start to hear the sarcasm in someone's kindness
What am I to do?

Remembering only the good times
though it makes me feel like I've aged a sum
But you gotta be one of the gears
trying to get turning
You can have only as much despair as you have hope.
but still, my heart trembles at the thought of the future
'what's going to happen?'
I try to imagine.

Interesting video on Global Warming, or Climate Change or Global Climate Destabilization. Logic, risk management and saving our own bacon.

"We have greatness within us, innovative, giving, determined. Its time for the best in us to come out."



Some extreme ideas:
Don't eat meat.
Stop driving cars.
Don't use disposable chopsticks.

Some better ones:
Eat less meat.
Use public transport.
Bring your own chopsticks.

Every little bit counts.

Lovely song by Angela Aki, "Letter." Thanks Eddie for introducing it to me!

Its about a 15 year old growing up writing a letter to his/her future self. And his/her future self tell him/her to "keep on believing" and press on amidst life's hardships and challenges.

Its usually sung as a graduation song. People cry when they sing this song... T_T It's like that moving...

Angela Aki MV


Angela Aki Live


Sung by Mixed Choir. watch out for the girls sobbing...


Angela Aki will High school girls. More girls crying... With Japanese lyrics


Lyrics: English Romanji and English translation


Three part choir with Japanese lyrics


手紙 ～拝啓　十五の君へ～
作詞 & 作曲: アンジェラ・アキ

拝啓　この手紙読んでいるあなたは
Haikei kono tegami yonde iru anata wa
どこで何をしているのだろう
Dokode nani wo shite iru no darou

十五の僕には誰にも話せない
Juugo no boku ni wa dare nimo hanase nai
悩みの種があるのです
Nayami no tane ga aru no desu

未来の自分に宛てて書く手紙なら
Mirai no jibun ni atete kaku tegami nara
きっと素直に打ち明けられるだろう
Kitto sunao ni uchi akerareru darou

今　負けそうで　泣きそうで
Ima make sou de naki sou de
消えてしまいそうな僕は
Kiete shimai sou na boku wa
誰の言葉を信じ歩けばいいの?
Dare no kotoba wo shinji arukeba ii no?
ひとつしかないこの胸が
Hitotsu shika nai kono mune ga
何度もばらばらに割れて
Nandomo barabara ni warete
苦しい中で今を生きている
Kurushii naka de ima wo ikite iru
今を生きている
Ima wo ikite iru

拝啓　ありがとう
Haikei arigatou
十五のあなたに伝えたい事があるのです
Juugo no anata ni tsutaetai koto ga aru no desu

自分とは何でどこへ向かうべきか
Jibun to wa nani de dokohe mukaubeki ka
問い続ければ見えてくる
Toi tsudukereba miete kuru

荒れた青春の海は厳しいけれど
Areta seishun no umi wa kibishii keredo
明日の岸辺へと　夢の舟よ進め
Asu no kishibe he to yume no fune yo susume

今　負けないで　泣かないで
Ima make nai de naka nai de
消えてしまいそうな時は
Kiete shimai sou na toki wa
自分の声を信じ歩けばいいの
Jibun no koe wo shinji arukeba ii no
大人の僕も傷ついて眠れない夜はあるけど
Otona no boku mo kizutsuite nemure nai yoru wa aru kedo
苦くて甘い今を生きている
Nigakute amai ima wo ikite iru

人生の全てに意味があるから
Jinsei no subete ni imi ga aru kara
恐れずにあなたの夢を育てて
Osorezu ni anata no yume wo sodatete

Keep on believing

負けそうで　泣きそうで
Make sou de naki sou de
消えてしまいそうな僕は
Kiete shimai sou na boku wa
誰の言葉を信じ歩けばいいの?
Dare no kotoba wo shinji arukeba ii no?
ああ　負けないで　泣かないで

Aa make nai de naka nai de
消えてしまいそうな時は
Kiete shimai sou na toki wa
自分の声を信じ歩けばいいの
Jibun no koe wo shinji arukeba ii no
いつの時代も悲しみを避けては通れないけれど
Itsuno jidai mo kanashimi wo sakete wa toure nai keredo
笑顔を見せて　今を生きていこう
Egao wo misete ima wo ikite ikou
今を生きていこう
Ima wo ikite ikou

拝啓　この手紙読んでいるあなたが
Haikei kono tegami yonde iru anata ga
幸せな事を願います
Shiawase na koto wo negai masu