Changes

Changes, sung by J-Rock group Base Ball Bear, is the ending theme of the Production I.G's new anime Toshokan Sensou (Library War). This is actually one of my favorite anime themes from all the new releases this Summer (Spring in Japan).

This post will also mark some changes in the life of Gibey starting this school year. Be sure to keep posted on the ch-ch-ch-changes ^__^

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CHANGES
Base Ball Bear
Ending Theme, Toshokan Sensou

[Romaji]

Nanika ga kawaru kigashita
Nani mo kawaranu asa ni
Itsumo yori sukoshi ii mezame datta

Tsurara no you ni sasatta
Dare ka no warai koe ga tokete
Haru ga ibuku

Hitosashi yubi de sashi shimesu no wa mirai
Kimi no te no hira ga afureru tabi ni
Afuru omoi

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
sayonara, furui jibun
Shin genjitsu atarashii, nani ka ga matteru
Subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Shinkokyuu hitotsu, aizu ni shite, kake dashiteku

Ashita ga konai kigashita
Ashita ga kite hottoshita
Kami-sama wa inaitte zutto omotteta

Miwake ga tsukanai you ni
Hitogomi ni magireteta boku ni
Haru ga ibuku

Hitosashi yubi de kimi ga tometa kotoba
Ryuu no te no hira jya tarinai hodo
Afuru omoi

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
Shiro kuro tsuketeku
Ichibun no ichi no jibun de butsukaritai
Subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Mune odoru, atarashii kisestu wo mukae ni iku

Nanika ga kawaru kigashita, nani mo kawaranu asa ni
Itsumo yori sukoshi mezame datta

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
Sayonara furui jibun
Shin genjitsu atarashii, nanika ga matteru
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku ushinaumono mo aru
Demo iindesu hitotsu unazuki, kakedasu
Saa, subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Shin genjitsu dare no mono demo nai, atashii jibun
Kawatta no wa boku jishin da

[Kanji]

何かが変わる気がした　何も変わらぬ朝に
いつもより少し良い目覚めだった

つららの様に刺さった　誰かの笑い声が融けて
春が息吹く

人指し指で指し示すのは未来
君の手の平が触れる度に　溢る　想い

changes　さぁ、変わってく　さよなら　旧い自分
新現実　新しい何かが待ってる
すべてがいま変わってく　すべてが始まる
深呼吸ひとつ、合図にして　駆け出してく

明日が来ない気がした　明日が来てほっとした
神様はいないってずっと思ってた

見分けがつかない様に　人ごみに紛れてた僕に
春が息吹く

人指し指で君が止めた　言葉
両の手の平じゃ足りない程　溢る　想い

changes　さぁ、変わってく　白黒付けてく
1分の1の自分でぶつかりたい
すべてがいま変わってく　すべてが始まる
胸躍る　新しい季節を迎えに行く

何かが変わる気がした　何も変わらぬ朝に
いつもより少し良い目覚めだった

changes　さぁ、変わってく　さよなら　旧い自分
新現実　新しい何かが待ってる
changes　さぁ、変わってく　失うものもある
でもいいんです　ひとつ頷き、駆け出す
さぁ、すべてがいま変わってく　すべてが始まる
新現実　誰の物でもない　新しい自分
変わったのは僕自身だ

[English Translation]

I felt like something was gonna change
On a morning where nothing changed
I woke up feeling a little better than usual

Someone’s laughter stuck like an icicle then melted
I felt the breath of spring

My index finger points out the future
Every time I touch your palm, thoughts overflow

changes, yeah, I’m changing, say goodbye to my old self
I’m waiting for a new reality, something new
Everything’s changing now, everything starts now
I give a signal with one deep breath and start running

I felt like tomorrow would never come
When tomorrow came I was relieved
I had always thought that god didn’t exist

Mixed up in the crowd as if I couldn’t be recognized
I felt the breath of spring

You stopped the flow of words with your index finger
More thoughts flow than I could hold in my two palms

changes, yeah, I’m changing, I want to crash
Into my one to one self that sees everything in black and white
Everything’s changing now, everything starts now
My heart races, I’m off to welcome the new season

I felt like something was gonna change
On a morning where nothing changed
I woke up feeling a little better than usual

changes, yeah, I’m changing, say goodbye to my old self
I’m waiting for a new reality, something new
changes, yeah, I’m changing, some things will be lost
But that’s okay, I’ll nod once then start running
Yeah, everything’s changing now, everything starts now
It’s a new reality, my new self belongs to no one else
I, myself, am what has changed


[Credits]

1. Romaji and Kanji lyrics: http://community.livejournal.com/matsurinoato/6256.html#cutid1
2. English translation: http://www.quartet4.net/?p=423
3. PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHO5FdFkZYY
4. Photo (Kasahara Iku of Toshokan Sensou): http://www.animate.tv/digital/web_radio/kanto_tosyokiti_woman.html

Is it the Money, or the Mob?

Kaya bang tapatan ng ISA ang ISANG DAAN?


This is the ultimate question in the newest game show of ABS-CBN...

1 vs 100!

The quiz show, another one of the original creations of the Dutch company Endemol, premiered last August 29 with Pilipinas, Game KNB? host Edu Manzano as the quiz master. It features a contestant, called The One, being pitted against 100 other people collectively called The Mob.

During the contest proper, "The One" and each member of  "The Mob" are given a question with three possible answers and a specific value, ranging from P 1,000 to P 20,000. After answering a question correctly, any mob member who answered the question incorrectly will be eliminated from the game. "The One" adds a specific amount to their bank for every member of the mob they eliminate on a particular question.

During the contest, The One can use any of three "Helps" :

• Alamin ang Sagot (Know the Answer): Also known as Poll the Mob, the contestant picks one of the three answers. The number of mob players who chose that answer is revealed. This is represented by a magnifying glass.
• Sagot ng Dalawa (Answer of Two): Also known as Ask the Mob, One mob member who answered correctly and one who answered incorrectly are chosen at random. Each explains his/her decision to the contestant. Mob members must tell the truth as to which answer they chose, but do not have to tell the truth as to why they chose that answer. This automatically eliminates one wrong answer, thus leaving contestants with a 50-50 chance of picking the right answer.
  

If all mob members answer incorrectly, the solo player will be permitted to talk to one mob member and then will be informed that their answer is incorrect. If all mob members answer correctly, the solo player isn’t told that and is given the option to lock the answer in. This can also occur if all the mob members answer incorrectly, but choose the same incorrect answer. This is represented by a question mark.

• Sagot ng Nakakarami (Answer of Many): Also known as Trust the Mob, the contestant commits to choosing the answer chosen by the largest number of mob members. If there is a tie for two answers, the solo player has a choice to one of those two answers. This is represented by an arrow pointing right. Contestants may use multiple helps on a single question, but may only use each help once during the game. It is possible that a mob member may be picked for both the Alamin ang Sagot and Sagot ng Dalawa, even on the same question.

 
If after any correct answer the entire mob members has been eliminated, the contestant wins the top prize of P2,000,000. HOWEVER: If "The One" was the one who answered incorrectly, he or she goes home with nothing, and the remaining mob members who answered correctly will equally share the money earnings of "The One", and will be eligible to join "The Mob" in the next episodes and will be called "The Unbeatables", until they get eliminated.

After completing each round of questions, The One can take actually his or her winnings and leave the game (while leaving helps unused, if applicable). Contestants must make that decision before seeing questions; once they see a question, they are committed to answering it; although if 10 or fewer mob members remain, they can see the question (but not the answers) before deciding. When contestants quit and take their winnings, the remaining mob members win nothing, but will still be part of "The Unbeatables" in the next game.

Watch the show every Saturday, 7:30 pm only on ABS-CBN.

If you think you are worthy to be The One, or want to be part of The Mob, just watch the video in the beginning of this entry.

To watch part of the pilot episode featuring Ai Ai del as Alas as "The One", click on this YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HC5xG8BL2Q

To try the online game in the US version of ! vs 100, click on this link:

www.nbc.com/1vs100

 
P.S.

Si Gibey ba ay magiging bahagi ng Mob... o magiging The One?

Abangan!!! ^_^.

My Phone is Gone...

Yup! I no longer have my very reliable Nokia 1100 because some jerk got interested in that very gasgas and luma kind of phone....

I lost it somewhere in SM North EDSA last Sunday (January 14). I don't know if it fell off my pocket inside the taxi and some insane person kept it for himself, or that baka-mono just slipped his pocket into mine and got the phone.

Well, I am NOT really affected by the incident. You can actually congratulate me for being part of the ever growing membership of the "I-lost-my-phone-yeah!" circle. I also bought a new one... but only an 1112 (Sorry, I am still poor...). What really pissed me off was the text conversation we had with the supposed finder-keeper of my phone! >_<

That I will feature next time :p