It seems like there have been more blogging done recently by friends around me, other than Jia Hao who has always been consistently blogging one post a day, or to correct that sentence, posting one post a day.
I never thought I’ll say this, but I’m at the stage I can’t be bothered about Facebook. There’s nothing much new happening other than checking what’s going on in other people’s life! I’m using Facebook like I’m using Twitter. But I spend more time on Twitter than on Facebook though.
But blogging isn’t dead yet. Amongst all the various methods we use to personify ourselves, sometimes we still want to write a whole chunk of text that is more than 140 characters, and we want people to read us instead of just browsing past us on Facebook. And perhaps blogging is a better way of showing who you are since you are going to write your thoughts out.
Recently I am quite happy because it seems that some people are living their lives happily, not giving up on their hopes, working hard even though life may give us lemons at time. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I was worried that my friend would not be happy, but since she is happy, I think I feel relieved too. There are some things in life you just did what you had to, but you don’t know if it will be for the best. But if the ending is happy, then I’m happy too.
Life just goes on whether we care about it or not. People are moving on day after day, and new people get into newer relationships. People seem to forget faster too. I don’t know if this should be a happy thing or not. For one, to be able to forget the past is like lifting a burden off your shoulders. But then again, does it mean that the value people place on r/s are so tiny that it is easy to forget?
Guess I’ll be better off not thinking about such things. Things are not how they used to be anymore.
But I wonder how do people meet other people and then get together? Do they get together because they have some common interest that binds them together? Like some shared passion?
When you go to work, how do you meet other people? Especially when workplace r/s are so messy you don’t even want to think about it. Do you just go out and then when you see a cute girl you go up and ask for her number? That sounds totally weird seriously.
And what if the girl is older than you? Will you mind? Actually, why should we mind? Come to think of it, it’s just some old mentality that the girl must be younger than the guy isn’t it? Sounds like that to me.
Haha don’t know why these questions come. But they did, so I’m asking for opinions.
The day ended pretty fast. I woke up in the morning with not much sleep, and then went to school for a short meeting amongst the project group before going for the meeting with the prof. Our ideas were promptly shot down and we had only one solution left. It was pretty bad and there were wounds (ok I was exaggerating).
We ended up at McDonalds discussing the remaining idea and planning the task allocation. I was quiet because I felt tired and I had nothing major to contribute, so I kept quiet. That’s the thing I learnt on IA during the video authoring course. I only speak when I believed I had something to let them take note of. In the course, there seems to be indian chiefs around, telling other trainees this and that when they don’t really need to. Like cutting in words and speaking. It’s pretty irritating.
After the meeting, we concluded for lunch and went our separate ways. For me I just wandered around Kino at Bugis, then Kino at Takashimaya. Seriously you realise that how come Ayase Haruka is on many magazine covers. Maki has only one in the magazine called “Spring”. Aya had one in a wedding magazine, with her wearing a dress with a nice ring. Real pretty.
We looked at JLPT preparation “assessment” books. The writing and the listening one costs about $100 altogether. Getting a certificate is no cheap task. But it is recognized internationally, so I guess it’ll be worth it.
There’s also like tons of books on touring in Japan, and another ton of books on Tokyo. There’s seriously many different brands that you are spoilt for choice.
Then we went to HMV to check out Aya’s music cd. It costs $84 in HMV, which is quite expensive since they imported it over. I guess if you’re buying an album of someone who is mad famous in Singapore and in their home country, it’ll be super cheap. But if the artiste is only popular in the home country and not well known in Singapore, that is the premium you have to pay to get that. So I thought I’ll order it online as an early present to myself. It is still not cheap, but at least it saves me quite a bit of money. Plus it is the Japanese edition, not the one sold elsewhere around the world!
We finally settled on eating dinner at Shokudo, where you have many booths with different food. You take the RFID card to “pay” and then after dinner you take the RFID card to see how much you need to pay in total. You have to collect the food yourself, so I’m not very impressed with the 10% service charge which only has to do with the clearing of the tables, which wasn’t that efficient. But the Ham and Cheese omelette is good. The katsudon sucks though. It’s a really bad one. But overall it is a nice and enjoyable meal.
I came back feeling exhausted so I’m just here enjoying myself listening to J-Pop and K-Pop. I should focus more on J-Pop as I have a better chance of understanding them and improving my Japanese.
Recently I’ve been addicted to this song, and another one, Yume no chikara, which I will post some other time. I don’t know why but Jap songs seem nice. Even when you can only figure out a few of the words. Haha.
For the sake of love, one more time, now my dream may wither, so I give it water
But I believe in just one thing, and that makes it all alright
I let my tears flow and put all the things I lost in my right pocket
I’ve hidden them, but you always see how they hurt don’t you?
Close your eyes as the sunset fills the sky
and the warmth won’t disappear
Even at a time like this, you smile
Shining upon this heart of mine
For the sake of love, I keep walking, protecting the flower that grows in my heart
There is only one thing that’s important to me, and it allows me to live like this
It’s simply for the sake of love
I smile as put the memories of our encounter in my left pocket
One day, I’ll be proud of the way I’m loving you right now
I thought that the time had stopped
I have not forgotten that night
The words you spoke that time
Even now, they lift up my heart
For the sake of love, I keep walking, protecting the flower that grows in my heart
One day, you and me will go the place of our dreams, always believing that we can get there
It’s simply for the sake of love
For the sake of love, one more time, now my dream may wither, so I give it water
But I believe in just one thing, and that makes it all alright
For the sake of love, I keep walking, protecting the flower that grows in my heart
There is only one thing that’s important to me, and it allows me to live like this
It’s simply for the sake of love
I think I like the chorus where “There is only one thing that’s important to me, and it allows me to live like this”. For me, currently its dreams, or yume in Japanese. And it is the reason why I love “Yume no Chikara” or “The power of dreams”.
I guess alot of people would be able to identify themselves in this song, and hence it is quite meaningful too.
At first I thought this song was a little stupid, but it’s pretty catchy. But still it feels a little stupid although its like so crazily catchy. Haha. It’s a little act cute though, something I guess is good for a girl band to attract the guys? Haha.
