They are finally here! This is probably the second time I’ve ordered something via online and I think I seriously need to get a debit card or something. I can’t always ask others for favours. I’m lazy to get one because that entails conversion of my bank account to become signature based, something which I am not comfortable with, yet.

Anyway, I pre-ordered this at the end of September and it finally arrived on Monday. The item is in pretty good condition though it took a little long for them to “source from their suppliers”. The shipping took one week which I guess was alright, since I didn’t need to pay any shipping fee.

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Tags: tengen toppa gurren lagann

Stories

Vocals: Hitomi
Lyrics: Kuroishi Hitomi
Composition: Kuroishi Hitomi

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Tags: code geass, japanese, lyrics

For some of us, at least for me, we can’t listen to songs with lyrics when trying to memorise facts of which Economics is the worst culprit of them all. The lyrics just distract me from memorising. So, I turn to acoustic music, that is music without lyrics, that usually come in the form of soundtracks.

My interests in soundtracks can be traced back to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack which I have already written to death here. For those who want to know though, the third Return of the King Complete Recordings is going to be released in the midst of our A-Levels on November 6. For some kind souls who have spare cash, please consider a Christmas gift for me with all three complete recordings

So far, there has only been five “entertainment” (mixture of movies, TV Show and anime) that has wow’d me with their soundtracks:
– Lord of the Rings (duh!)
– Lost
– Eureka seveN
– Death Note
– Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Of course, there is also the once in a while song or two that sounds good but these are my top five in no order. As again, here are some of my selected songs for your listening pleasure. A mix of upbeat, majestic and soft music.

Well, in case you were wondering about the seemingly music themed entries nowadays, let’s just say that I’m in this mood right now to write these kind of posts.

Tags: death note, eureka seven, Lord of the Rings, lost, soundtracks, tengen toppa gurren lagann

A special post on a band. I might post more on some other artists/bands that I listen to often.

Flow is a Japanese band featuring two vocalists. I don’t think they are that famous outside of Japan because a quick browse through HMV today didn’t yield any albums by FLOW at the J-pop section. Anime watchers might recognise some of their works being used in series like Naruto (*shudder*).

What I like about their music is the fact that there are two vocalists. They take turns singing various verses of the songs and even though I don’t really understand 90% of what they are singing, the dynamics between the two vocalists seem to make the songs sound better. With reference to lyrics and translations, the songs make more sense and you can really feel the song.

Their songs are generally of a cheerful tune and are pretty catchy, much like Wu Yue Tian, a Taiwanese band. You could probably say I dislike hard metal music with lots of screaming and stuff.

Here are a few of my favourite songs that you could try listening to, if you please.

Tags: flow, j-pop, japanese

One of the earliest animes I remember watching when I was in primary school (around age 11) was Digimon Adventure. I loved this anime and I still remember bits and pieces of the storyline. I have to lament the destruction of the whole series with sub-standard (IMO) spinoffs and sequels.

Other than the story, I really liked about the show was one of the insert songs: Brave Heart by Miyazaki Ayumi. The song is pretty cool and I’ve realized, only very recently, that the lyrics are pretty great as well. Definitely helps to bring out one’s “brave heart” in times of need.

You can view a fan’s music video rendition of the song using footage from said anime below:

Run faster than the wind!
Aim farther than the skies!
You can meet a new you
Unknown courage sleeps in your heart, and when you realize
The downpour in your heart
Will surely stop…show me your brave heart

五月天 – 《一千个世纪》
曲:石头
词:阿信

当时地球还年轻
我们诞生荒凉大海里
演化到了寒武纪
我们长出脊椎和勇气
某天我们开始踩出脚印
学会双手拥抱学会爱情
长出人类的心
啊啊 我要和你一起走过一千个世纪
每次诞生我都要与你相遇
每次轮回都为你
当时你我都野性
我们学会用火和穴居
後来帝国正崛起
我们战乱之中更相依
某天我们突然回忆过去
我们只是两段平凡基因
却爱的很美丽
啊啊我要和你一起走过一千个世纪
下一个我也许是人或蚂蚁
每次诞生 我都要与你相遇
每次轮回都是为你
啊啊我要和你一起活过一千个世纪
每次诞生都只有一个意义
就是和你在一起
在一起
直到文明又毁灭
一千世纪後的第一天
伊甸园里肩并肩
我们笑看太阳也熄灭

Tags: lyrics, 五月天

《天使》 – 五月天

你就是我的天使 保护着我的天使 从此我再没有忧伤
你就是我的天使 给我快乐的天使 甚至我学会了飞翔
飞过人间的无常 才懂爱才是宝藏
不管世界变得怎麽样 只要有你就会是天堂
像孩子依赖着肩膀 像眼泪依赖着脸庞
你就像天使一样 给我依赖 给我力量
像诗人依赖着月亮 像海豚依赖海洋
你是天使 你是天使
你是我最初和最後的天堂　

Love this song =)

Tags: lyrics, 五月天

Nice song. Planning to get the album soon!

歌曲：逆光
歌手：孙燕姿 专辑：逆光
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Someone with the initials HCL was apparently very bored and decided to write up some modified lyrics of Wang Lee Hom’s Julia to “motivate others to do well in physics”.

JULIUS

看着你走进LT潇潇洒洒
我对PHYSICS更怕
有SCALARS有VECTORS又有DYNAMICS
我真的没办法

就连PHYSICAL QUANTITIES明白吗
不懂问我爸
我希望A LEVELS一帆风顺啊
老天一定帮我啦

JULIUS JULIUS
我只能够笑哈哈
只能说　“为什么，我的妈！”

JULIUS JULIUS
我的PHYSICS真邋遢
听不懂　看不懂　算了吧！

我现在要对PHYSICS称霸
我要用功　终点要到达　让你叫声“哇！”

Disclaimer : This lyrics was written purely for entertainment purposes. No malice or insult was intended at any individual or incident. The songwriter bears no consequence for any conflicts arising from this ‘song’.

In some other news, I am seriously getting sick of that TV Mobile Advertisement being shown EVERYWHERE. Gosh, the music is terrible.

Saw Mr Lau on a bus today though he didn’t see me.

I realised I slept almost 12 hours today. Something I haven’t managed for a while. But it felt good.

If I had a Nintendo DS, or if there were some working emulators, I would have spent a lot of my time playing this. I’m not ashamed to say I still play this =P The Zero series was pretty addictive, with difficult and cool gameplay and best of all, the music was GREAT! ZX has great music too. For those audiophiles out there, here’s a torrent of the ZX tunes in lossless encoding.

California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She’s my priestess, I’m your priest
Yeah, yeah

Tags: Gaming