Couldn't help myself and bought another set of decoration tape at Isetan today. Even though it's clearly most expensive than in Taiwan.

手紙 ～拝啓 十五の君へ

拝啓　この手紙読んでいるあなたは　どこで何をしているのだろう

Dear you who are reading this letter: I wonder where you are and what you’re doing.

十五の僕には誰にも話せない　悩みの種があるのです

15-year-old me has worries that I can’t talk to anyone else about.

未来の自分に宛てて書く手紙なら
きっと素直に打ち明けられるだろう

If I write this letter to my future self, surely I will be able to honestly and openly express myself.

今　負けそうで　泣きそうで　消えてしまいそうな僕は
誰の言葉を信じ歩けばいいの?
ひとつしかないこの胸が何度もばらばらに割れて
苦しい中で今を生きている
今を生きている

Whose words should I believe now, when I’m on the edge of losing, on the brink of tears, and on the verge of disappearing? When this heart that I only have one of is constantly being broken to pieces? When I’m living through these difficult years?

拝啓　ありがとう　十五のあなたに伝えたい事があるのです

Dear 15-year-old you, thank you for you letter. I have some things that I’d like to say to you.

自分とは何でどこへ向かうべきか　問い続ければ見えてくる

If you keep asking yourself “in which direction should I head?” the answer will come to you

荒れた青春の海は厳しいけれど
明日の岸辺へと　夢の舟よ進め

The rough seas of adolescence are harsh, but the ship of your dreams will continue to the riverbank of tomorrow

今　負けないで　泣かないで　消えてしまいそうな時は
自分の声を信じ歩けばいいの
大人の僕も傷ついて眠れない夜はあるけど
苦くて甘い今を生きている

And when you don’t want to lose, to cry, when you don’t want to disappear, believe in your own voice. And even the adult me has times when I get hurt, even has sleepless nights, but life is bittersweet.

人生の全てに意味があるから　恐れずにあなたの夢を育てて
Keep on believing

There is meaning to the entirety of one’s life, so follow your dreams without unease; keep on believing.

負けそうで　泣きそうで　消えてしまいそうな僕は
誰の言葉を信じ歩けばいいの?
ああ　負けないで　泣かないで　消えてしまいそうな時は
自分の声を信じ歩けばいいの
いつの時代も悲しみを避けては通れないけれど
笑顔を見せて　今を生きていこう
今を生きていこう

Whose words should I believe now, when I’m on the edge of losing, on the brink of tears, and on the verge of disappearing? When you don’t want to lose, to cry, when you don’t want to disappear, believe in your own voice. And whatever your age, sorrow can’t always be avoided, but I now try to live my life showing my smiling face.

拝啓　この手紙読んでいるあなたが
幸せな事を願います

Dear you who are reading this letter,
I wish good things for you.

Source: http://www.awh.org/2008/10/11/song-translation-tegami-haikei-juugo-no-kimi-he/

I really love this song and the lyrics. Cannot stop crying when I watch videos of the choir performing and the students were crying.

Show encrypted text

You want a piece of me?

Merry christmas.

With only a week more to go, I have finally decided to face the music. Or rather, the work that I have been putting away.

The thought of coordinating the CCA alone next year (or rather, next week onwards) fills me with fear. Learning by doing, heh.

《夏日绝句》

生当作人杰，
死亦为鬼雄。
至今思项羽，
不肯过江东.

It's over.

I guess it was never that strong to start with.

Otherwise why would it end over something so trivial?

There are really all kinds of people in this world. Never fails to amaze me.

新年快乐。

其实很不快乐。

今年的新年过的挺辛苦的，因为功课实在太多了。从来没有像现在一样，感觉自己快喘不过气。

早知道 Sem 2 的功课这么繁重，我那 526 的文章在放假的时候硬挤都应该把它挤出来。米田共。

:(

So we watched this episode of CSI Miami in class today.  It was really sad,how the developmentally challenged people are kinder than tthe so-called normal ones who commit murder out of greed. Eugene was such a sweet guy, who remembered how disappointed his father was in him.  He said that he was not stupid and that he wanted to help Horatio nab the murderer. Well he did, but at such a hefty price. That bastard beat him to death, but Eugene's bloodstains on his shirt incriminated him.

[Tolson beat Eugene, a mentally retarded man, to death]

Pete Tolson: I did that guy a favor, man! That guy was a retard!

Horatio Caine: You know, Pete, Eugene had some things to overcome, I will give you that. But, you know what? You know what, Pete? At the end of the day, *he* just put *you* away for life.

Eugene had no family, so the state was going to dispose of his body, but Horatio decided to give him a private burial. He referred to Eugene as his partner and said that he would cover for him, because "that's what partners do ", and at the end of the show he left his police badge on Eugene's chest.

Beyond X

今天安装了 mio TV ，看完了《X元素》。结局挺玄的，好彩没有一般新传媒的戏的可测。

上一个单元介绍了文斌的内心世界，让我看了好难过。他是一个多么优秀的人，没有他，芷晴到现在可能还在精神病院。而且他真的真的很爱她。可惜感情并不理智，芷晴偏偏喜欢江维。(为什么方展发总是饰演这类深情/痴情的角色？这次的角色至少比较有层次并具有挑战性，替他感到开心。:D）

至少在另一个平行世界里，文斌和芷晴是在一起的。我的心总算得到了一点小小的安慰。这让我想起了《那些年我们一起追的女孩》。。。

Monday Couple moments

8 - the first hint of Gary's crush on Ji Hyo
10 - the couple awkwardly spend time together for the first time
12 - Gary lets Ji Hyo escape during Hide and Seek
14 - HaHa and the show dubs them the Monday Couple
15 - Gary raises Ji Hyo's heart rate; Joong Ki kisses Ji Hyo
16 - Ji Hyo officially declares that "on Monday, I have a man."
18 - In a pairing game, Ji Hyo chooses Gary; they have a "Titanic" moment during Hide and Seek
20 - While strapped to a lie detector, Ji Hyo admits she finds Gary attractive.
22 - The Monday Couple go "Christmas Shopping" during a game.
25 - Park Bo Young shows her support for the Monday Couple.
28 - Ji Hyo and Gary hold hands during Find the Guest; they're teamed up together with an awkward Kim Jong Kook for a karaoke game.
29 - Ji Hyo and Joong Ki betray Yoo Jae Suk, and Gary is dejected to not be on her team. The cast fills out their profiles, and Gary reveals his aspiration to be Ji Hyo's boyfriend; Joong Ki jokes that Ji Hyo should be Gary's wife.
32 - Ji Hyo and Gary go on a Valentine's Day "date" and have some cake together. They parody Secret Garden's coffee mustache gag.
34 - Ji Hyo and Gary have lunch at an Indian restaurant in Hongdae.
37 - Ji Hyo and Gary parody Secret Garden's sit-up gag.
39 - Gary declares he's tired of the Monday Couple and would rather be teamed up with one of the SNSD girls.
42 - Gary heroically saves Ji Hyo from Kim Jong Kook; Gary and Ji Hyo face off against each other as the last two survivors of the Survival Game.
45 - Gary and Ji Hyo compete against each other in the fashion model game.
46 - Gary and Ji Hyo join in in the "Office Couple" game.
48 - Ji Hyo betrays Gary in the National Treasure hunt.
52 - Ji Hyo and Gary spend lots of time together during Running Man Hunting.
54 - Ji Hyo puts lotion on Gary and spend lots of time together during the preliminary games.
55 - Ji Hyo and Gary are paired up during the preliminary games, which includes a piggyback race.
56 - Ji Hyo and Gary are paired up for the entire episode.
59 - Ji Hyo betrays Gary as part of the hidden spy team.
60 - Ji Hyo and the others prank Gary for the "True Gary Show."
62 - Ji Hyo pulls a surprise attack on Gary and the others.
65 - Gary and Ji Hyo are paired up for the episode--Ji Hyo is still not feeling well, so Gary lets her sleep in the car as he drives.
69 - Gary and Ji Hyo message each other while each is held hostage in separate rooms.
70 - Gary and Ji Hyo are teamed up together.
74 - Gary and his "lollols" protect Ji Hyo during the Survival Game.
81 - More Monday Couple quality time during the Gary Knows game.
82 - The loveline is officially declared over with the revelation of Ji Hyo's real relationship.
90 - The Monday Couple's awkward reteaming.
93 - The Monday Couple briefly team up to try to take Kim Jong Kook down in the first round of the Survival Game.

Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120506134051AAZGGSM

Monday Couple 2

Ji Hyo officially announced her real-life relationship on episode 82. On episode 90, Gary and her were the last two people left in the couple race selection and became paired up. Don't know whether it was scripted or not, but they looked awkward around each other, which breaks my heart... :(

 

Why...? T_T

But...

See? Everyone knows they're the ones for each other!

Monday Couple

I was watching episode 56 of Running Man yesterday, in which Jihyo chose Gary as her partner. Somehow in the middle of a race they had time to rest in a pavilion (hehe), and Jihyo applied this balsam dye to Gary's fingernail. Jihyo was saying that the dye should be applied with alum, but Gary misinterpreted it as rice and got so confused, and then Jihyo was just smiling patiently. So sweet right? The scene draws to an end with the above caption, which sounded so cryptic and poetic to me, so I went to do a google search.

According to the Korean tradition, if the balsam dye remains by the first snowfall, you will marry your true love.

:(

This is supposed to be sweet, I guess, but because I'm watching the past episodes so I know that Jihyo is actually dating the CEO of her management company in real life, so this scene felt bittersweet to me. I know it's just a variety show (heck it's not even "We got married"!), but Gary and Jihyo look so good together, and I treasure their scenes together as I countdown towards the end of the Monday couple...

I think they will announce the relationship in episode eighty-something? And then it's the end of my beloved Monday Couple... T_T

I had a long weekend to clear my work. But I'd spent it watching 2 episodes of 'The Walking Dead', 5 episodes of 'The Big Bang Theory', 4 episodes of 'Shinhwa Broadcast'.

I'm so dead.

School has been so very very busy. I feel so drained. I've never felt so busy, not even during my FYP days. I guess it's just the numerous assignments that got me stuck deciding on which to do first. I'm not good at multi-tasking.

Watched 3 episodes of runningman over the weekend because I couldn't take it anymore (not to mention the extremely long dry spell of ShinBang T_T); I'm going to pay the price this week...

Today marks the first time I drank 2 cups of coffee in a day.

I have never liked coffee.

What has sch reduced me to?

“All men have the stars, he answered, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travellers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all the stars are silent. You, you alone, will have the stars as no one else has them.”

—	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (via calaire)

I've been so busy recently, weeks just seem to fly by. It's been like, 6 or 7 weeks already, I think? I'm so not used to so many assignment deadlines, maybe because  in NUS I always avoided those project-based modules.

So much to do, so little time, and I don't even know which to do first!

Just a few days ago (I think it's Monday), I commented to my mom about how I couldn't remember the last time I fell. I wondered if it's because I'm a cautious person or if I'm just lucky.

Now you know I'm not a superstitious person, but this morning as I was chasing after 179 at Pioneer I fell off the steps. Was it embarassing? No, I care more about the pain ( and my poor laptop which fell along with me) than my face. Of course, I'd missed the bus and ended up being late anyway. So silly of me to chase after the bus. I guess I did that because my classmate was running ahead of me. You know, I saw her at the train station, we chatted briefly, and then she just started running after the bus without a word. I guess it's understandable. She got onto the bus in the end.

I felt sort of pissed, but I don't think I have a reason to be so. It's just so foolish of me... Let this be a lesson to you, teekaywhy, to choose your words wisely.

SPEED on wordle

Sigh, I was supposed to be clearing out the HUGE pile of assignments, but I got distracted by Wordle and created this for my favourite J-pop band SPEED:

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5684484/SPEED_discography

It's pretty fun... Pity it doesn't accept punctuations though, I had to modify some of the song titles

《花样人间》

This is the song that 周初明 played on the erhu in the show, usually when he's missing his wife. Quite a sad song... Watching this show makes me miss ≪福满人间≫ terribly. That one is still the best.

插曲（三）：永远的微笑 作词/作曲：陈歌辛 编曲：郑凯华 主唱：王心如 片尾 主唱：王芳 制作：麦如丽 OP: EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong SP: EMI Music Publishing Singapore
 心上的人儿 有笑的脸庞
她曾在深秋 给我春光
心上的人儿 有多少宝藏
她能在黑夜 给我太阳

我不能够给谁夺走 仅有的春光
我不能够让谁吹熄 胸中的太阳

心上的人儿 你不要悲伤
愿你的笑容永远那样