FINISHED It started with a kiss

Finally finished It started with a kiss!!!!! hahaha I had a few laughs but a lot of cries too!!!

I always have the tendency to skip the boring bits and go into the interesting part of the story which involves the family and the 2 main characters. Not the company!!!!

http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420051001U/index.htm


Here is my own somewhat broken synopsis and my deep thoughts:

The main guy character of the story is Joe Cheng; playing 值樹 (Zhi Shu).
The main girl character of the story is Ariel Lin; playing 湘琴 （Xiang Qing)。

I personally think that the reason why there are so many heartbreaks and misunderstandings is because 值樹 can't come into grips with his feelings or how his decisions really affect others. Even though this guy is a genius, many people would know how to relate to him at some point or another. We concentrate too hard on something or we become selfish. In the end, we don't realise what it really is to be loved by someone or to care for someone.

There are always different methods to deal with something. For example (and I hope that my best friends read this but I doubt it), I really use my anger and direct scolding when I really really really care about someone and that I am really close to them.

It is not to say that those who are do not get direct scolding from me aren't close to me. But to have best friends means to have those that will really tolerate you and will understand where you are coming from. I am a musician. Someone pointed out very very quickly that musicians are emotional. Yes they are, you are right. I have never associated the two for a long time.

ANYWAY!!!!!
湘琴 is a really stupid girl and doesn't have the heart to focus on her studies. However, she does have a heart for the people and cares for them endearingly. Terribly in love with the genius, she tries so hard to win his heart. Her ideology and values in life use firmly planted on the ground. She has a strong impression on opening up the "books" again and reviewing it from another angle. This can influence other people's thinking.

In a way, I was putting myself in her shoes and situations. I ended up crying A LOT hahaha.
湘琴 really does persevere in the things that she really wants without giving up when things doesn't come her way. I want to try try and try without giving up. Giving your last SIGH is really giving up upon yourself and I absolutely hate that!! You can give yourself a very big CRY to let everything go but you cannot give yourself a big SIGH.


HAHAHA during thet course of the drama, there were some really really funny parts involving both 湘琴 and 值樹 families. Both are loving, warming & encouraging. The music describes the moods so well! Not only that but the lyrics and the music represents the character or represents the particular scene - sung by Chinese pop stars. I LOVE THE "TING JIAN" (聽見） song sung by Fang Ya Xian!!!

AHHH!!! hahaah going crazy over the music. In any case, Ariel Lin sang the main theme 惡作劇。

TO be honest, you really need to know how the drama's atmosphere will progress. You need to watch a few episodes to see if it is in your favour. I was a little skeptical at first because I felt that it dragged the story. However, most of it was to develop the characters, their feelings, chances and disappointments. I know that if I watched it once a week on tv, I would appreciate it a lot and can't stop talking about it haha.



WARNING!!! SPOILER!




Number 2!!! Looks exciting! After it started with a kiss, the title is They Kiss Again!!! If you don't want to look at the *spoiler* pictures, don't let your curiosity beat you!

















伯父 －－》爸，伯母 －－》媽，爸爸（啊才）

Getting married - photoshoot


BIG BIG family
DOCTOR! NURSE! yes???

YEAAA!!!! Next holidays, I will watch They Kiss Again!!!


They kiss again pictures found from gtv.

My quote: Give yourself a big Cry, not a Sigh.

Current Mood: ^_^Y

TO do list in the holidays.....& Casshern

Here are the list of items that I want to finish or end during the holidays!!

• Finish watching It started with a kiss

• Finish watching Chinese Paladin with mum, although that will be a bit hard

• Get better - meaning throat
• Finish sorting out my stuff....it is all over the place
• Enjoy myself these holidays!!

And among the many assignments and work that I have yet to do!!! And work to catch up on because I have been sick!






OK!! Here I am to talk about Casshern as it is long overdue! haha here is my own overview and short-detailed synopsis. If you prefer not to read certain bits but wait until you get hold of the movie, I will let you know (by headings)! Click on the pictures for larger images.

Thematic Story

The story centralises on a theme that you can distinguish quite well in the beginning. It is war. This movie takes on a science-fiction genre. However, the sole purpose is to depict controversial issues between mankind and the types of sufferings that envelops humans which then turns these sufferings into uncontrollable situations (hope I didn't give too much away, but I just think that it really is something that everyone needs to understand from our own perspective).

Conflicts

In the movie, most of the fighting involves 2 parties. But most of the time, it is the differences from how one thinks that can separate what is right and what is wrong. There is plenty of conflict but most of the issues just cannot be resolved because one does not choose to let it go.

My Application

Mankind is trying to improve lives, develop medicinal treatments to save lives and while we have hardworking doctors as such, we still live in a world full of wars, hatred and endless fighting. Doesn't it hurt?? To know that 2 things such as this contradict each other?

This story really was quite sad for me (well yes because I am pretty much emotional!) and these are one of the movies where you definitely need to watch everything from the beginning to the end to understand the full length of the story.

Special Effects

Firstly, I have to give credit for the way that the film is shot. It is done with 3D characters (meaning people) on a green/blue screen. IN actual fact, before I watched the movie but have seen the preview several times, I honestly thought that the whole movie was 3D and that the Japanese really have taken 3D imaging to the next level. The characters were so real!!! haha but real people play the roles of this fantastic movie.

Cinematography

I like all the lights!!!! The use of lighting is fabulous and I really do think that this movie depict it superbly. Action-packed fighting! Though most of the times, there are guns to still keep within the boundaries of war. I like this director as he doesn't want to stray too much away from the reality of this world yet keeping the futuristic science-fiction story alive.

Personal thoughts

For my brothers personally, they absolutely hate it because they want more answers to the story. What happened to this and why was it like that....where did it come from???? I am like....er.....I look at this movie from a bigger picture and even though some events are unexplainable, I focus on what the director is trying to convey from within the story.

Stop being so literal...rarrr! But anyway, if you want to understand this movie, you need to read this on a larger scale. Or else, this may not be the movie for you. In the end, it is a really moving movie and I wish that more movie directors are able to breach more into such issues that will hopefully not upset a wider audience. But, the audience would still understand the very meaning of it and practice healthier choices.

Current Mood: Convincing and Conniving mode haha

Vampire knight manga and anime characters

Vampire Knight is going well!!! I just finished reading Chap 42 on OneManga (the label on the right hand side). And that is the chapter which was recently uploaded on ONEMANGA! Come on Chap 43 please! It is getting quite exciting! Really appreciate your comments if you have any~

Correlation Chart - click to enlarge


The official website and more is found here. That was where I got all my pictures from!
http://www.vampire-knight.jp/
Except for the manga ones...

There are also news on the website about the superb voices behind the anime. So unlucky that I can't understand Japanese even though I have studied it for quite some time. The website Japanese is way past my Japanese! HERE!!!!

Crew members and the ones up the front are holding the scripts which obviously mean that they are the voices.

Zero Kiryu voice actor, Yuuki Cross voice actress and Kaname Kuran voice actor. Yay

On the website was this cool design...it is actually fortune telling cards. COOL! But man! I keep getting great misfortune!! Aw!!! Why always Akatsuki Cain????! Great Misfortune?! Aw man...


VAMPIRE KNIGHT manga and anime distinctions

The following opinions and comments are made solely on the comparison of these animated images that I have on my blog. Shadows play an important part in conveying moods, and unfortunately, I do not have the time to watch the episodes!! Plus I do not want to spoil the story for many!!! Er...please correct my mistakes.

Also, if you have any comments of your own about what you noticed by the way each character is drawn and express, or any other comments for that matter, you are welcomed!

Yuuki Cross is the main girl of the story. Unfateful twist for her. She looks way better drawn in the manga.

Kaname Kuran....to be honest in the manga, the way Kuran is drawn does portray someone who is certainly in the highest class and hierarchy of vampires. And the personality matches the type of face that is drawn by the artist. Well done!


Zero Kiryu. Poor boy! Oh I like the manga drawings! So gooood! Zero looks so serious in here and superbly drawn! His emotions are conveyed so strongly in the manga with the use of shadows, shading and angles!

Hanabusa Idou is a vampire and a very faithful person. Doesn't he seem reliable??? hahaa does the face say it all?

Akatsuki Cain and his manga form. He is a vampire but I have a hard time distinguishing him and Hanabusa Idou in the manga!! I am not really "up to date" (so to speak) with his character....

Kaien Cross, the father of Yuuki. He is cheerful and always reassuring...my dad is like that too! Wears glasses and has a calm warm face.

Vampire Hunter- Yagari Touga. He has this sinister look eh? I am not sure whose side he really is on because he can be unpredictable! This manga image depicts it.

Seiren who is a minor character. Vampire too and very serious...she is good at fighting.

Senri Shiki....I am not too sure about his role since him and Hanabusa looks alike at times and I can't distinguish them because I do not pay attention to the specific details (I mean by hair because that is the biggest difference). Ah I can't find a good manga picture without speech bubbles coming in the way heh.

Kiryu Ichiru ( I think ) Twin brother of Zero. He is very cold-hearted and often has a spaced out look at times. None the less he is awesome just like his brother!


Takuma Ichijou looks like Zero's twin! I am not sure if he is up to something bad or not. Maybe he is but he is still under Kaname Kuran....I have no idea eh?


Luca Souen who is in love with Kuran. She plays a very very minor role too!

Rima Touya....new girl? not sure....don't tell me if it will ruin the story for me! But I am sure that she appeared early in the anime so she must be in the manga too! I ccan't remember.....

Ok come to think of it, the animated pictures do not seem to look like the ones in the anime. ahaha.

Current Mood: Analysing

Movies, Cds and....

Week 3 of university...I know that these weeks will pass by flying colours because I am seriously packed with everything!! From hanging out and catching up with my best buddies to crunching numbers on the computer for my finance assignment....playing hard and working hard!!

I AM soooo bad for sacrificing my sleep for computer games just to calm myself down before I go to sleep!

Anyway,


Everybody has been watching Batman the dark knight. WOW! It must be nice eh?? The movie was so great that people have been harassing me to watch it and watch it on the mega mega screen. I do not want to! Reason: mainly because I have grown up with the comics and original cartoon show, I don't like any adaptations! eg. X-men....it was terrible...end of story.

But more importantly, I don't want to waste my money watching it since I am CONSERVATIVE!
Stop forcing me to watch BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT!

Speaking of which, I think that I may have been run in to a bit of an irony statement today. I spent $ on House season 1 and 2 plus 2 Westlife CDs!!!

Westlife....the awaited moment where I hoped that prices could go down so that I could buy their cds was seized during a breath-taking episode just today! My breath-taking moment was.....trying to decide which CDs I should buy after finding 4 in a HUGEEEE pile of CD flicking for more than half an hour hehe.

hahaha to be honest....the Warehouse was slashing down sooo many cds and dvds that something as well known and rather expensive (I consider $30 expensive for one dvd) such as...Pirates of the Carribean 2 with an extra disc special edition slashed down to $10.....I just can't say no to that!!!

However, I am always conscious of my spending habits........so I decided that now is just a bit too much for me so I stopped. haha and I do know that the prices will be there for a little while longer so I will just wait for a while.

In the end...I got the 1st and the 2nd CD!

1st CD

2nd CD

And we have this CD from ages ago hehe. LOVELY!

HOUSE!!! WOW! Good thing that my brother turned on the tv because he was curious about it. I SAY....House beats Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs! Maybe because I really like deep emotional sentimental values drawn from each episode. haaha although Scrubs is just entertainment and Grey's Anatomy leans towards the drama side.

Huge Laurie is a brilliant actor! I just find the House drama so real and not unbelievable!! It really captures the essence of paramedics in and out of the hospital rooms, and the solving of very menial and complex errors of the body.


I find it sooooo compelling! Polarity polarity!
From left to right: Foreman, Cameron, Wilson, Chase & Cuddy (last names of course)

hahaha House is tooo relaxed! Having coffee whereas his 'minions' are doing all the work. Love this picture! It is such a crackup.

House 2nd Season cover



Also,

I can't forget the lunch that Sherry shouted me today! THANK YOU honey! hahaha sherry andy and I went to eat at ATT with Taifu's church members. Some of which I haven't caught up with a very long time but have met when we were 10! Yip! Nice to get to know the rest of you! Alan has crazy hair ahha.







GET a hold of this stadium! You know it! The Beijing Olympics 2008 Water Cube!


OH IT IS vibrant! The building itself is filled with millions of optic fibres that gives the stadium a glowing view throughout all 4 of its corners! Spectacular!!!

Well all my ramblings....has come to a halt. Have a good weekend all.

Current Mood: Going steady but sleepy!

More on Current Music Obsessions!

YEEE! Listening to a few songs again and again and again!

Garo "Boku ga ai wo tsutaete yuku 僕が愛を伝えてゆく" !!
Ohno Satoshi solo - Take me faraway
神雕侠侣 - 天下无双 by Zhang Liangying (张靓颖)

All three are lovely expressive songs without rocky elements. This means that I can do my work playing these songs! hahaa oh man sooo funny! But I am singing instead of doing work....tsk tsk not good.

I can't stop listening to Take me faraway! Ohno's voice is more powerful than the rest of Arashi and has the nicest tone! There is always a climax when it comes to certain soundtracks. OHNO's climax part is soooo nice!! hahah what more is there to say? Wonderfully done!

Lyrics & Translations!!! WHOO!

僕が愛を伝えてゆく (Boku ga Ai o Tsutaeteyuku)
Performed by: GARO Project
1st Ending Theme of: 牙狼～GARO～

流れ落ちる涙　抑えきれずに
nagare ochiru namida osae kirezu ni
君は素顔の弱さを　初めて見せた
kimi wa sugao no yowasa o hajimete miseta
置き去りのままの　心を溶かして
okizari no mama no kokoro o tokashite
君を閉じ込めていた　扉が壊れてゆく
kimi o tojikometeita tobira ga kowarete yuku

切ない過ちに　傷ついたまま
setsunai ayamachi ni kizutsuita mama
許すことさえできずに　ずっと一人きり
yurusu koto sae dekizu ni zutto hitori kiri
今は荒れ果てた　景色の中で
ima wa arehateta keshiki no naka de
明日の姿は　何も映らないかも　しれないけど
ashita no sugata wa nani mo utsuranai kamo shirenai kedo

悲しみは　いつか　消せるはず
kanashimi wa itsuka keseru hazu
僕があきらめず　愛を伝えてく
boku ga akiramezu ai o tsutaeteku
すべてをなくした心が　もう一度
subete o nakushita kokoro ga mou ichido
夢をみることが　できるように
yume o miru koto ga dekiru youni
僕が愛を伝えてゆく
boku ga ai o tsutaete yuku

崩れ落ちる身体　抱きとめるから
kuzure ochiru karada dakitomeru kara
君は素顔のまんまで　力を抜けよ
kimi wa sugao no man made chikara o nuke yo
過ぎ去った時間は　もう戻らない
sugisatta jikan wa mou modoranai
頬を伝う涙は　微笑みに変わるから
hoho o tsutau namida wa hooemi ni kawaru kara

グレーに煙る空に　キスを浮かべて　君を感じていたいよ
guree (grey) ni kemuru sora ni kisu (kiss) o ukabete kimi o kanjiteitai yo
ずっと　このまま　夢の続きを捜してゆこう
zutto konomama yume no tsuzuki o sagashite yukou
一つの夜が　静かに過ぎても　ずっと　そばにいる
hitotsu no yoru ga shizuka ni sugite mo zutto soba ni iru

悲しみは　いつか　消せるはず
kanashimi wa itsuka keseru hazu
僕があきらめず　愛を伝えてく
boku ga akiramezu ai o tsutaeteku
すべてをなくした心が　もう一度
subete o nakushita kokoro ga mou ichido
夢をみることが　できるように
yume o miru koto ga dekiru youni
僕が愛を伝えてゆく
boku ga ai o tsutaete yuku

悲しみは　いつか　消せるはず
kanashimi wa itsuka keseru hazu
僕があきらめず　愛を伝えてく
boku ga akiramezu ai o tsutaeteku
すべてをなくした心が　もう一度
subete o nakushita kokoro ga mou ichido
夢をみることが　できるように
yume o miru koto ga dekiru youni
僕が愛を伝えてゆく
boku ga ai o tsutaete yuku

僕が愛を伝えてゆく
boku ga ai o tsutaete yuku

Unable to hold back your tears, 

for the first time, you show me how vulnerable you are

As your heart melts,

the walls you shut yourself within crumble away

I am here all alone, still hurting, 

unable to forgive myself for that bitter mistake

The present is like a scene of disarray, 

a scene where I can't envision what tomorrow will be

Someday there will be an end to this sorrow, 

I will never stop loving you (loving you)

So that you may dream once again 

in spite of losing everything

I'll keep on loving you, 

I'll keep on loving you

Stay the way you are right now,

Should you fall upon your knees, I will be there to catch you

Time that has passed will never return

The tears that stream down your cheeks shall give way to a smile

I send a kiss up the gray sky

I want to feel you, stay this way forever

Let us discover the rest of this dream

Even if the night passes in silence, I'll always be by your side

Someday there will be an end to this sorrow, 

I will never stop loving you (loving you)

So that you may dream once again 

in spite of losing everything

I'll keep on loving you

Someday there will be an end to this sorrow, 

I will never stop loving you (loving you)

So that you may dream once again 

in spite of losing everything

I'll keep on loving you, 

I'll keep on loving you

Take me faraway
Vocals: 大野智 / Ohno Satoshi

Take me faraway
Vocals: 大野智 / Ohno Satoshi

蒼の光に揺れながら書いた手紙　そっと　風に永久に
Ao no hikari ni yurenagara kaita tegami Sotto Kaze ni towa ni
In the pale light, the letter I wrote trembles, softly, in the wind towards eternity
落ちる雫が透き通るように声は　きっと　君のもとへ
Ochiru shizuku ga sukidooru you ni koe wa Kitto Kimi no moto e
In order for the falling drops to become clear my voice, surely, goes to you

昨夜見た空は静かに燃えて　太陽と星が導くStory
Yuube mita sora wa shizukani moete Taiyou to hoshi ga michibiku Story
The sky we saw last night quietly burned, the story conducted by the sun and the stars
信じた世界は色を取り戻す　気がつけば
Shinjita sekai wa iro wo torimodosu Ki ga tsukeba
The world that believes regains colour, If you notice it

※記す思いを全部感じてる　強く胸の奥に
Shirusu omoi wo zenbu kanjiteru Tsuyoku mune no oku ni
I feel all the thoughts I write down, strong deep in my chest
伝えたくて何度も　書いた言葉だけは
Tsutaetakute nando mo Kaita kotoba dake wa
I wanted to convey countless times, only written words
遠く浮かんでる星座のように　瞬間を描いてる
Tooku ukandere seiza no you ni Shunkan wo egaiteru
As with distant floating constellations, the moments are being drawn
巡り巡りゆく静寂に　問いかけた
Meguri meguri yuku seijaku ni Toikaketa
In the constantly circling silence, I asked a question:
Tell me why? Take me faraway※

瞳閉じれば鮮やかに澄んだ記憶　そっと　風に永久に
Hitomi tojireba azayaka ni sunda kioki Sotto Kaze ni towa ni
If you close your eyes the vividly clear memory, softly... goes in the wind towards eternity
淡い季節に包まれるような香り　きっと　君のもとへ
Awai kisetsu ni tsutsumareru you na kaori Kitto Kimi no moto e
The smell of being surrounded by the fleeting seasons, surely, goes to you

昨夜伝える為に　結んだ線は二つのStory
Yuube tsutaeru tame ni Musunda sen wa futatsu no Story
Last night a line was tied in order to convey two stories
どんなに世界が変わり始めても　変わらない
Donna ni sekai ga kawari hajimete mo Kawaranai
How much is the world starting to change and yet it is constant

時の奏でる音色信じてる　深く胸に響く
Toki no kanaderu neiro shinjiteru Fukaku mune ni hibiku
I believe in the timbre played by time, it echoes deep within my chest
伝えたくて何度も　君の心映す
Tsutaetakute nando mo Kimi no kokoro utsusu
I wanted to convey countless times, your heart projects
愛を繋いでる最果てに　永遠は生まれてく
Ai wo tsunaideru saihate ni Eien wa umareteku
Connecting love in the farthest ends, Eternity is born
流れ流れゆく旋律に　問いかけた
Nagare nagare yuku senritsu ni Toikaketa
In the constantly flowing melody, I asked a question:
Tell me why? Take me faraway

どこにいても　どんなときでも
Doko ni itemo Donna toki demo
Wherever, whenever,
同じ空　見上げて
Onaji sora Mi agete
Look up at the same sky
光集め　届けたいから
Hikari atsume Todoketai kara
Because I want to deliver the gathering light
いつまでも
Itsumade mo
Forever
儚い情熱の影　忘れたくはない
Hakanai Jounetsu no kage Wasureta kuha nai
The shadow of fleeting passion, I'd never like to forget it

Unfortunately I only have the lyrics for 天下无双...not the translation

天下无双 - Tian Xia Wu Shuang - (A love) unparalleled under the sky
sung by Jane Zhang Jing Ying ( 张靓颖 )

穿越红尘的悲欢惆怅
(chuan yue hong chen de bei huan chou chang)
Going through across life's sadness and happiness

和你贴心的流浪
(he ni tie xin de liy lang)
With you as a close companion, (we) wandered around

刺透遍野的青山和荒凉
(ci tou bian ye de qin shan he huang liang)
Piercing through horizons of remote mountains

有你的梦伴着花香飞翔
(he ni de meng ban zhe hua xiang fei xiang)
Dreamt of you flying with fragrant flowers

今生因你痴狂此爱天下无双
(jin sheng yin ni zhi kuang) (ci ai tian xia wu shuang)
Devotion to you in this life, (my) love is unparalleled

剑的影子水的波光
(jin de ying zi , shui de bo guang)
A sword's shadow, water's ripples

只是过往是过往
(zhi shi guo wang shi guo wang)
Just passing by, just passing by

今生因你痴狂此爱天下无双啊 .......
(jin sheng yin ni chi kuang) (ci ai tian xia wu shuang)
Devotion to you in this life, (my) love is unparalleled

如果还有贴心的流浪
(ru guo hai you tie xin de liu lang)
If there is still a companion to wander with

枯萎了容颜难以忘难遗忘 ........
(gu wei le rong yan nan yi wang ... nan yi wang)
A withered facet is hard to forget, hard to forget

Yes still keeping my AAA music up there because I just posted the lyrics up a few moments back!

I am going to rest.

Current Mood: So tired