After 1 year, I'm back to announce...It's back and it sucks. :(

Just when you thought it's all over, it comes back and bites you in the ass.

I really need to move on...

Still very much into the Arashi-mode, I'm back to do some lyrics spam of some of the songs that I love. In this first (maybe last) installment of lyrics spam, I'll be introducing 3 songs, 5x10, Niji (Nino Solo) and Kako (Nino Solo).

5x10 - Arashi



Feelings and thoughts:

This song means so much to fans who has been supporting them these past 10 years, so it really means a lot to a 10 year old fan like me. :)

The fact that the 5 of them wrote this just makes you all warm and fuzzy inside that you just want to prance around in the room and hug whatever that is in your way.

Their best anniversary song by far. Really. TOPS!


Romaji Lyrics:

Deatte suunen are wa guuzen na ki mo suru ne kizukeba juunen
Sora ni maiagatte yuku fuusen
Kyasha na gonin de norikomu yureru fune
"Tada warattokou..." "Kitto yume ga kanau toko..."
Sou iikikaseteta koro no kako mo ima mune ni matou (yeah)

Aseri fuan ikidoori bakka nanka kanjiteita hibi mo atta na
Demo anata ga ite kureta kara sono egao attakakatta kara
Aruite koretanda ne (yeah) yoko ni narabi tsukanda te (yeah)
Kono sugoshita jikan sae... tte nanka ne ima wa mada tada tereru ne

Karadajuu ni kaze o atsumeta bokura, sasaekirenai kanashimi mo,
Anata ga ita kara egao ni dekita.

Mujaki ni kanadateta fukyouwaon wa, iron na sekai o mite kitanda.
Ki ga tsukeba itsu no ma ni ka sore ga, bokura ni natteta.

Honki de naite, honki de waratte,
(Bokutachi kara wa takusan no ai no
Kotoba shika mou hontou ni nani mo nai no)
Honki de nayande, honki de ikite,
(Uta ni nosete saido
Kasaneta bun no dekkai ai o)
Ima ga aru, mune o hareru.

Honki de naite, honki de waratte,
(Bokutachi kara wa takusan no ai no
Kotoba shika mou hontou ni nani mo nai no)
Honki de nayande, honki de ikite,
(Uta ni nosete saido
Kasaneta bun no dekkai ai o)
Ima ga aru, mune o hareru.

"Ippo ippo" chikai michi nado nai nara shinjiru michi o iku shika nai kara
Moshi mo anata ga naitara koko de mata aou yo
Kono aikawarazu no yatsura kara tada ai okuru (yeah)
Tomo ni nozomu mirai for you (yeah)
Saki no yama wa kaze de koeru toberu
Bokura no iro de atari someru yeah

Hitoribocchi de nozoita sora o, anata mo miteiru no ka na?
Nara, utau yo. Sora ni mukatte... sou chikara no kagiri.

Honki de naite, honki de waratte,
(Bokutachi kara wa takusan no ai no
Kotoba shika mou hontou ni nani mo nai no)
Honki de nayande, honki de ikite,
(Uta ni nosete saido
Kasaneta bun no dekkai ai o)
Ima ga aru, mune o hareru.

Bokura kawashita koe ga kienai no naraba, chikaeru yo kono ai o hyakunen saki mo.
Egao ga saitemasu you ni.

Zutto zutto kokoro ni arunda. Dakara koso tsutaete mitainda.
Arigatou... "Kore kara mo arigatou"

Koko ni tatteru. Bokutachi ga ima, kagayakeru no wa kimi ga iru kara
Gonin de iru. Zutto iru.
Ima made o chikara ni kaete, kawaranu ai de tsutsumikondara
Eien ga, hora eien ga
Boku to kimi dake ni umaretanda.

La la la la...

Love love for you


Translation:

The years after we met feel like a coincidence, and now it's already been 10 years
The balloons floating up into the sky
The rocking boat that we five scrawny boys boarded together
"Let's just smile..." "I'm sure our dreams are about to come true..."
The days in our past when we told ourselves that are all in our hearts now (yeah)

There were days when we felt nothing but impatience, anxiety, or anger
But because you were there, because your smiles were so warm
We've come this far (yeah) with your hands at our sides to hold on to (yeah)
Talking about the time we've spent together... it's still a little embarrassing

The winds we gathered throughout our bodies, the unbearable sadness
Because you were there, we could turn it all into smiles

The poorly tuned harmonies we sang so innocently have seen many different worlds
And before we knew it, they had become who we are now

We genuinely cried, we genuinely laughed,
(There's nothing we can offer now
Except words filled with all our love)
We genuinely worried, we genuinely lived,
(So we'll say it in a song and sing it again
With all the love that has grown around us)
Now we have this moment, and we can be proud

We genuinely cried, we genuinely laughed,
(There's nothing we can offer now
Except words filled with all our love)
We genuinely worried, we genuinely lived,
(So we'll say it in a song and sing it again
With all the love that has grown around us)
Now we have this moment, and we can be proud

"Step by step" If there's no path nearby, all we can do is walk the path we believe in
If you should ever cry, we'll meet here again
We unchanging guys will send nothing but our love (yeah)
And wish for a future together for you (yeah)
We'll use the wind to cross the mountain ahead, we can fly
We'll paint everything around in our own colors, yeah

I'm looking up at the sky alone, and I wonder if you're seeing it too
If you are, I'll sing to the sky... yes, with all my strength

We genuinely cried, we genuinely laughed,
(There's nothing we can offer now
Except words filled with all our love)
We genuinely worried, we genuinely lived,
(So we'll say it in a song and sing it again
With all the love that has grown around us)
Now we have this moment, and we can be proud

As long as the voices we've exchanged don't disappear,
We can swear to hold on to this love even 100 years from now
And we pray that you'll still be smiling then

It's always, always in our hearts, that's why we want to try and show it to you
Thank you... "From now on as well, thank you"

We're standing here now, able to shine because you're there
The five of us will always be here, forever
If we turn everything up to now into our strength, and wrap it up with unchanging love
Eternity... look, eternity
Was born just for me and you

La la la la...

Love love for you



Niji - Ninomiya Kazunari



Feelings and thoughts:

This solo is really not very new, but I've always managed to miss it somehow. Ok, I admit that the title gave me the impression that it was a happy, upbeat song that would sound similar to Himitsu, thus I never really bothered. It's not that I don't like Himitsu, in fact, I quite like it. Just that I didn't feel that I needed a Himitsu number 2 in my life. Haha.

I have to admit that Nino playing the piano is so UBER attractive. :)

Oh yes! Nino should write more songs like this! <3

Romaji Lyrics:

Itsumo sou yo.
Suneru to kimi wa.
Watashi no daiji na mono o kakusu deshou.
Sono basho wa kimatte onaji da kara.
Kyou wa saki ni itte matte miru wa.

Kisetsutachi ga yuuhi o tsurete kite
Kage ga watashi o mitsukete nobiru...

Bikkuri shita kao de watashi o mitsumete wa
Kyuu ni kuchi togarase puitto soto miru no.
Gomen ne. to iu to
Jaa kocchi ni kite yo to
Nee, hora mite mite
Kage ga kasanatta...

Kasa ga butsukari massugu arukenai.
Sonna watashi o mite waratteiru no.

Watashi mo yatte misete ageru no.
Onaji you ni kuchi o togarasu...

Yasashiku warau kimi ga
Kono jikan ga kuukan ga
Nakitaku naru kurai
Ichiban daiji na mono da yo.
Waza to togaraseteru...
Watashi ni gomen ne no henji o matazu ni
Yasashiku kisu shita no...

Kore kara wa chotto kurai no wagamama
Itte mo ii yo.
Demo watashi ni dake yo.

Mendokusai kara tte
Sunao ja nainda kara
Nan de ienai no ka na?
Suki da yo.
Hitokoto yo?
Tama ni wa kikitai na.
Kyou wa watashi to kimi ga
Myouji o kasaneta hi.
Ai ga mebuita hi.

la... la... la...

Niji ga kirei da yo.
Iya, omae no hou ga...
Terehajimeru kimi ni
Arigatou. Arigatou.


Translation:

You're always like that.
When you're sulking
You hide the things that are important to me.
It's the same place as always,
So today I'll go there first and wait for you.

The seasons bring the evening sunlight
The shadows find me and stretch toward me...

You look at me with a surprised face
Then you suddenly purse your lips and turn to look outside.
When I say "I'm sorry"
And "Then come over here"
Hey, look, look
Our shadows are overlapping...

Our umbrellas bump together so I can't walk straight.
You're watching me like this and laughing.

I'll show you that I can do it too.
I can purse my lips the same way...

Your gentle smile
This time, this space
They're so important to me
That I could start to cry.
I'm pursing my lips on purpose...
Without waiting for a response to my apology
I softly kissed you...

From now on, if you want to say selfish things,
You can if you want.
But only to me.

Because it's aggravating
Because it's not honest
Why can't you say it?
I love you.
Just those three words?
I want to hear it now and then.
Today is the day you and I
Put our family names together.
The day our love bloomed.

la... la... la...

The rainbow is beautiful.
No, you're the beautiful one...
For starting to look embarrassed,
Thank you. Thank you.


Kako - Ninomiya Kazunari



Feelings and thoughts:

This song is much older than Niji but somehow I just cannot get it out of my head. I admit that I totally missed this song too and only heard it after Niji cause I deliberately googled it.

I think this is another wonderfully written piece by Nino. :)

Romaji Lyrics:

Kienu kienu samidare no ato
Kawakanu namida no ato
Kesenu kesenu yamiyo ni ukabu
Itoshiki hito no kage

Yuuyake kawara o aruiteru
Kimi to issho ni egao tsurete
Kyou no bangohan nani shiyou?
Chiisa na sugoku chiisa na futsuu no shiawase

Shinde itta anata wa boku no kokoro ni shimite ikita

Hoka no hito o aishite mo
Hoka no hito de shika arimasen
Ikudo to naku kisetsu mataide mo
Hontou wa hanarete wa kieru no ga kowakute

Sumire o mitsume kono hana kirei
Demo itsuka wa kareru no ne...
Toki wa yuugure shu ni majiwaru to
Minamo ni futari nokoshite...
Kage wa kage o kasanete
Hitotsu ni naru no o osorete
Kizuku no ga ososhi to
Minamo ni hitori...

Ano hi umeta kokoro no tane wa
Hatsuka sugi mebukimashita
Sugata katachi chigaedo kawaranu ai
Yasashii hikari


Translation:

Never fading, never fading, traces of the early summer's rain
The tracks left by tears never dry
I can't erase, I can't erase the shadow of the one I love
That arises in the dark night

Walking along the riverside as the sun sets
Together with you and our smiles
What should we do for dinner today?
It was a small, such a small, everyday kind of happiness

After you died, you went on living deep in my heart

Even if I come to love someone else
They'll never be more than just "someone else"
Even if I continue on through countless seasons
The truth is, I'm afraid that if I let go, you'll disappear

Gazing at this violet, it's so beautiful
But one day it will wither...
Time blends with the crimson of the evening
Leaving two reflections on the water's surface...
I was so afraid to see those silhouettes
Join together to become one
I noticed it too late
Only one is reflected there...

The seeds I buried in my heart then
Began to sprout after the twentieth day
The form, the shape may be different, but the love is unchanging
A gently shining light



Credits!
All Romaji lyrics and translations are taken from Taijiproject's livejournal.
Please do visit her page and leave comments if you, like me, love her translation and appreciate her work. :)

http://taijiproject.livejournal.com/tag/arashi

Finally I hit a 100 posts. Phew!

I'm not exactly the most fervent blogger and I had to admit that I almost forgot about this blog in my period of hiatus. :/

Anyway, to celebrate my 100th post, I shall spazz about this one very special boyband that has stayed in my heart longer than any other bands have. Hehe. 10years and going strong. :) ARASHI!

Okok, I admit that there were times where they were second fiddle to my new obsessions with other boybands. BUT! I also realised that they cannot be replaced. No matter how long I've not been following their news, there will still be times where I'll think about them and start googling and then fall back in love with them. Each and every time, I'm just able to find new reasons to justify my love for them.

I guess I could go on and on for hours just talking about them. And so I will! :)

No matter how many times I rewatch old episodes of Mago Mago Arashi, I never fail to fall in love with this series. Seriously, why did it have to stop?! Arashi as grandkids were like DA BEST! Not to mention whenever it's an Ohmiya episode, it'll get me all super excited. :) Even when it become Kodomo no Bangohan for a while, it's still nice to see Arashi with kids! You'll know what kind of Papas they will be. LOL!

Shukudai kun has just ended it's run and moved on to a new series. Seriously, there were episodes that were totally hilarious, and some others that were not too exciting. But this variety has never failed to make me hungry! (ok, except episodes when the guests ask for mushroom dishes, sometimes weird stamina dishes...eeuw) I wonder if the new series will have Ogura san. If not, I'll miss their interaction.

VS Arashi! Going strong! Whee! Finally a golden slot ne? I miss the Choice　Ouji (Prince) Nino...He doesn't seem to doing pipe choice very often these days. MDA is back. Poor Ohno who got his first MDA for something that's not his fault. Hah! Just because the Plus One guest is not part of Arashi ne? Haha.

Himitsu no Arashi Chan! My next favourite after Mago Mago. Seriously, I love VIP Room and Mannequin 5! Utterly hilarious corners. They should keep doing it! More hilarious guests please! Onegaishimasu! And I seriously don't recall any episodes of VIP Room where the guest chose Nino as her favourite Arashi member! Cannot be! Haha. I really should go dig. It's probably somewhere. Toda Erika probably should go on VIP Room, she'll probably pick Nino! Hehe! Her Nii-chan! :)

Odoroki no Arashi is probably under Shukudai-kun ne? But it's been around since D no Arashi time? Or was it G no Arashi? Whatever it is, this always reminds me of all the Aibaka-ness. Seriously. I never thought that dry ice could be interesting or who would even think about construction boats made out of kelp, salt, paper, straw or even lego! But it's just so interesting ne? That's how A no Arashi managed to survive all these while. Haha. Though it might have been spun off to become things like Shiodome Aiba Land in Shukudai. Hehe. Baka experiments are always good for laughs. Especially when they are LONG Specials. :)

Ok enough about their variety shows. Music time! Troublemaker is just so catchy! But I love the other track in the single just as much! Yurase, Ima Wo. NICE NICE NICE! Gah! Somebody stop the "sweet, sweet" and "do it, do it" that is replaying in my head all the time! *dances* Being away from Arashi music for quite some time, I had a lot of catching up to do. I still can't believe that I missed the time when Believe was released. It's such a NICE SONG! But too bad, I haven't got the time to go watch Yatta-Man! Sorry Sho. :P

I guess Arashi has grown not only as a group but also as individuals.

Aiba has always been considered as the member that I pay the least attention to. But there are times when I'll think, "If the variety shows didn't have Aiba, they probably won't be as funny."

As for MatsuJun, his popularity is really sky rocketing eh? HanaDan was really a big hit ne? And recently, I've been seeing a lot of Juntoshi action going around. NOOO! Ohmiya is still my OTP!

Sho's really one that amazes me. All the Sho!fail in variety shows you see really don't reflect how amazing he can be. Always the Keio boy. I'll like to think that it's all calculated !fail. He's too smart to always fail. LOL. Way to go News Caster Sho! I should find the time to go watch News Zero and watch him casting news. Probably that will add more marks to my impression of him. :) Oh, and I must mention, SakuRap is Da Bomb! :)

Nino has officially been promoted from being my Ni-ban to my Ichi-ban! And no no, Ohno has not been demoted to Ni-ban, but I've decided that both are my Ichi-bans! The gap between these 2 has never been too great since I first liked them, but I could always feel some slight biasness towards Ohno in the past, but now, I can't seem to tear my eyes away from both. I guess all the acting that Nino did really closed the gap. I love to see Nino act and I'm proud of all his acting achievements. Seriously. Can't wait for his new movies to come out. But I think that will only be next year? Gantz!

Ohno is still Ichi-ban, sharing top spot with Nino. Heh. His artworks never fail to amaze me. His dance is like fluid and his singing just melts me. Haha. Exaggerating much? LOL! But they are really good! After contemplating for years, yes, years, I've finally decided to splash the cash on his art exhibition book, Freestyle! I decided that his art is too good and I just need to have it. :) His non-existence as the leader of Arashi, yet is always respected for being Riida, is just amazing. He is like a walking irony. HAHA! The MOST unleader-like leader. But all that fishing he is doing now is really showing. He is still as black as ever! But it's ok. It makes him stand out! Haha! I just pity the make-up artist. Heh.

I guess there is no end to my spazz about Arashi ne? I would love to go on and on and on about their dramas, their movies, the pairings...OHMIYA! But I guess I need to learn some self control. Hehe. So I'll end off with a couple of pictures. I swear no pic spam this time. Just one picture that my bro did for me for my wallie with their "Believe" single cover and one Ohmiya Rabu pic! Don't you dare say gay! It's just cute. :)

Until next time!

It's been a long time since I last blogged. Though it's still the exam period, but I just had this sudden urge to blog.

Many things happened since I last blogged and as usual, my emotions are still on a roller coaster ride, travelling at full speed.

People come and go, even if I don't get to see you very often, it still matters a lot. Cause you are part of my BIG picture, my life, my family. Even though it was a very busy period with many datelines, I knew that I had to attend. It's like I don't want to regret anything later on. I had my regret last year, but that was something that I had no control over. I was told not to come back. And I didn't. But that left a big hole in me. And that hole will never go away.

This next issue has been bothering me for quite a while. I thought that I've gotten over it. I thought I was strong. I thought the worse was over. Nope. It's almost like how Yayun would say. 犯贱. Even though I knew that doing certain things would hurt bad, but I still do it. And I get miserable and tired and then will start feeling like I'm all alone in the world. Who understands? Who cares? I keep a lot of things to myself. Not because I want to. I just can't find someone to share it with. How many nights do I have to cry myself to sleep? How many days do I need to just stare blankly at the computer and pretend that I'm fine, I'm strong and everything is ok? It's not ok. It's not in the past, and it still isn't. I question my worth, I step on my own confidence and I get depressed. Damn you Fiona Yeo!

Recently, I've been getting the thoughts of being used, being toyed with, being someone's ego boosting thing. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm thinking too much, but I know that I'm usually right. I sense vibes well, and so if you really are not like what I said, then all I can say is, but that's how I feel. I know I sound like some anal brat. But it always sucks when I put myself out of my shell for you to retreat back. I'm not fun, not spontaneous, not social and even not a good friend. Then why did you want to prod me out of my shell? When I'm finally out of my shell, I find no one. I really don't want to give up searching, so I try not to go back to my shell. But the weather's been rough these days. I don't even know if I have the energy to crawl back into my shell. Yes, I'm questioning your sincerity.

On a happier note, my dream has finally realised. Jing came to Singapore! Being the idol chaser my whole life, I've never felt so happy, so satisfied and so sad all at one time. Happy and satisfied cause Jing is really one GREAT idol who is really very nice to her fans. Her actions at SHA really touched me and made me very HIGH! Wootz! of course, not forgetting the lunch. I felt like a fool. Sitting beside her made me stiffen up and the only thing I remembered to do was to STARE. I wasn't talking and I wasn't even listening carefully. All I could do, was stare. STARE STARE STARE. Oh well, at least I remembered to shake her hands. Haha! Just like how she was my comfort when I was in Norway, she is still my comfort now. 1 year on.

Lastly, WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING! Yes yes, my cousin has finally gotten married. I feel so happy for her! :) I've never been very involved in a wedding before, so this was quite an experience for me. Though I'm still not VERY involved, but being a sister has its fun. Coming up with the Mahjong game, helping out whenever I can, running around with the bride, catching the bouquet (Yes, I caught it, so all other sisters, no getting married before me! :p) and of course, my first ever Emcee-ing in Chinese! Haha. I've only Emcee-ed twice in my whole life, once in Primary School for an End of the Year School function and once in Secondary School where I Emcee-ed for a Choir performance in School. But both times were in English! This time, I had to finally keep in my Singaporean Chinese and try and speak as properly as I can. (My chinese ex-tuition teacher was one of the guest in the wedding and I was so afraid she would hang her head in shame for teaching out such a lousy student! HAHA!) Hotel preparation, the bride and groom's wedding suite, wedding rehearsals and eventually the actual thing. Scary really. I wasn't looking at the crowd at all. Just at my script to make sure I don't say anything wrongly. Hoho. It's definitely one joyous day in the midst of my exams. I'm really really very happy for my cousin! Audrey 姐姐！祝你们 白头偕老，永愈爱河， 早生贵子！:)

张惠妹 真实

你说的话 在我心中生了根
爱得很深 所以心会疼
记忆 在我的心中翻滚
是不是每一个人
都像我一样笨
只怕再问 对彼此都太残忍
我能感觉 另外一个人
我等 等笑容换成泪痕
爱在崩溃的时候 比较真
太多疑问 知道答案又如何
原来容忍不需要天份
只要爱错一个人
心痛比快乐更真实
爱为何这样的讽刺
我忘了这是第几次
一见你就无法坚持
孤独比拥抱更真实
爱让人失去了理智
会不会是我太自私
拒绝更寂寞的日子
放不开 也看不见未来
难道这种不完美
才是爱情真实的样子

The emo-ness strikes back.

Same problems.

Friends.

Lack of self confidence.

Loneliness.

Resentment.

Jealousy.

The feeling of not being loved.

I've been fervently watching Ninja Warrior on TV every week and I have to admit, this boy here has really caught my attention. Hehe. What's new right?





Cool right? And he is my age! Heh. For the first video, I wanted to put the English version, but too bad, the video won't fit. Blah!