The Blog Black Out

It seems that this blog is getting useless by the day...

Well, thanks to so much things to do in the department, plus a little bit of laziness, this blog is a virtual standstill....

Know what? I had so may things I wanted to expound in this blog since December 2004. I was elated (and blessed, actually) by those beautiful homilies of our priest at the parish. I planned to put the gist ofr their homilies here, but days passed and not one saw print in this blog. I also wanted to pour my angst on our Math 53 textbook, but such angst just fizzled without being published here, even on draft mode. And I had tons of other stuff that I wanted to type here on this blog, but nothing went on to become blogs.

So many ideas, so many plans...none of them were posted here.

*Sigh*

I wish I were eager enough to put those write-ups in this blog right away... I wished I had the will to just go to a PC and type all the way.

*Sigh*

Oh, well, I should promise myself to post as often as possible. Maybe not every day or every week, just as often as possible so that my blog will not be stagnant for a long time.

Just a bit of will, maybe.... ^_^

Ningyo Hime

When I posted the lyrics of Raison D'etre (Reason To Live) last June 9, 2004, Adrian gave this comment: "Mas gusto ko po yung Ningyo Hime! Hehe...mas sad kasi ang tune nu'n..."

Well, Adrian was right...

I was surprised to hear the second ending theme of Chobits at the end of Episode 14. The episode which ended with Hideki seeing Shinbo and Shimizu-sensei embracing in the rain...

I really didn't know the title of the ending at first...as I progressed with the next few episodes after episode 14, the sadness of the song started to sink in....until I searched the lyrics of the song at Animelyrics.com.

Well, how sad was it really...

The lyrics, based on the English translation, are bereft of pain and longing...The manner it was sung by Rie Tanaka contributed to that melancholic effect....

And just like the song Alone from Gensoumaden Saiyuki, Ningyo Hime just struck me...

And so, without leaving you again., no matter how much I hurt inside, I'll always be near you...

Sheeesh.....

Here are the lyrics of the sad sone, along with the English translation, courtesy of www.animelyrics.com:


Ningyo Hime (Mermaid Princess)
Artist: Rie Tanaka
Second Ending Theme From Chobits


Romaji Lyrics:

yoru no machi ha shizuka de fukai umi no you
tsudzuku michi ni tada ATASHI hitori dake
tooi koe o tayori ni aruite yuku no
zutto sagashiteru sotto hikaru aoi hikari

nee ATASHI o mitsukete soshite yonde KOKORO de

donna ni hanareta toshite mo kikoeru kara

gin no akari ga tomaru sorezore no heya
kitto doko ka niha iru to negai nagara aruku

nee ANATA o mitsukete
soshite nido to wasurezu
donna ni mune ga itakutemo
soba ni iru no

tsunaida te o
hanasanai kara

nee ATASHI ga ANATA o mitsukete
soshite nido to wasurezu
donna ni mune ga itakutemo soba ni iru no

zutto
zutto



English Translation:

At night, the town is quiet like the bottom of the ocean
I continue down the road by myself
Guided by the distant voiceI keep searching for the soft blue light

Hey I discovered myself within
And my spirit calls out to me
No matter how far away I am, I can hear it

The silver light burns within every room
I walk around hoping for it anywhere, surely

Hey I found you
And so, without leaving you again
No matter how much I hurt inside
I'll always be near you
I'll never release
Your hand that I held

Hey I found you
And so, without leaving you again
No matter how much I hurt inside I'll always be near you

Forever
Forever

Forwarded Thoughts

I was "cleaning" my e-mail when I stumbled upon this message forwarded by my friend Monse. I thought the message would be worth sharing.

The original message was in paragraph form, but I decided to enumerate the thoughts contained in the message to make it a good read.

May we all be inspired by the following thoughts.... ^_^

1. LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.
2. DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
3. Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
4. You can only go as far as you push.
5. ACTIONS speak louder than words.
6. The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
7. DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
8. LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
9. A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.
10. Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.
11. BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.
12. TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER.
13. Good friends are like STARS You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE. DON'T frown.
14. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
15. What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry? Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
16. Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart.