August 9th, 2005 | Comments Off on Prada! Versace! Louis Vuitton!

When my cousin last came over for a big ol’fashioned family BBQ, she toted with her The Devil Wears Prada. She confessed a liking for both “funny and scary books,” and explained that she picked this one up on the recommendation of her friend. The title seems interesting to me, so the next time I saw her, she lent it to me.

I let it sit in my bedroom for a month and hadn’t so much as opened it. Finally, after feeling exceptionally guilty after the ‘family trip’ to Victoria, I started reading.

I finished it today.
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August 4th, 2005 | Comments Off on Takako Matsu – Honto no kimochi

By popular request 😛 Corrections, as always, welcomed.

ほんとの気持ち
Honto no kimochi
True feelings

私 きっと あなたを 好きにはならない
返事も短いし 優しくないし
Watashi kitto anata wo suki ni wa naranai
Henji mo mijikai shi yasashikunai shi
I will never love you
Your replies are short and not gentle

どんな人を あなたは 好きになるのかな
多分 間違いなく それは 私じゃない
Donna hito wo anata wa suki ni naru no kana
Tabun machigai naku sore wa watashi janai
I wonder what kind of person you will love
It probably–definitely won’t be me

もうすぐ 二人に 初めて 夏が やって来るんだ
今あなたの 髪が風に そっと 揺れてる
Mou sugu futari ni hajimete natsu ga yattekuru n’da
Ima anata no kami ga kaze ni sotto yureteru
Soon, our first summer will come around
Now, your hair softly flutters in the wind

でも昨日 別れてから なんだか寂しくて
あなたの後を 追いかけたくなったな
Demo kinou wakarete kara nandaka samishikute
Anata no ato wo oikaketakunatta na
But yesterday, after we parted, it was a little lonely somehow
I wanted to chase after you

どんな人を あなたは 好きになるのかな
考え始めたら 切なくなってきた
Donna hito wo anata wa suki ni naru no kana
Kangae hajimetara setsunakunatte kita
I wonder what kind of person you will love
When I started thinking about it, I was saddened

もうすぐ 二人に 初めて 夏が やって来るんだ
夏が過ぎても あなたは まだ優しくないかな
Mou sugu futari ni hajimete natsu ga yatte kuru n’da
Natsu ga sugite mo anata wa mada yasahikunai kana
Soon, our first summer will come around
I wonder if you will still be unkind even when summer’s over

もうすぐ 二人に 初めて 夏が やって来るんだ
今あなたの その隣を そっと 歩いてる
Mou sugu ni futari ni hajimete natsu ga yatte kuru n’da
Ima anata no sono tonari wo sotto aruiteru
Soon, our first summer will come around
Now, I walk quietly by your side

私 今 分かったの きっと あなたは違うんだ
他の人とは 違うんだね
Watashi ima wakatta no kitto anata wa chigau n’da
Hoka no hito to wa chigau n’da ne
Now, I finally realized–you’re different, for sure
You’re not at all like the others, are you?

優しくなくても それで 私 構わない
Yasashikunakute mo sore de watashi kamawanai
Even though you’re not kind, I don’t care

あなたのそばに ずっといたい あなたを見つめていたい
この想いを 解き放って すぐ伝えたい
Anata no soba ni zutto itai anata wo mitsumeteitai
Kono omoi wo tokihanatte sugu tsutaetai
I want to be by your side forever, I want to gaze at you
I want to set these feelings free, I want to tell you soon

目の前にいる 私を見て 私いつもこんなだけど
そのままの あなたを こうして 好きになったの
Me no mae ni iru watashi wo mite watashi itsumo konna dakedo
Sono mama no anata wo koushite suki ni natta no
Look at me, right in front of you; I’m always like this but
How you are now, I liked you just that way

もうすぐ 二人に 初めて 夏が やって来るんだ
今あなたの その隣を 私 歩いてる
Mou sugu ni futari ni hajimete natsu ga yatte kuru n’da
Ima anata no sono tonari wo sotto aruiteru
Soon, our first summer will come around
Now, I walk quietly by your side

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August 2nd, 2005 | 1 Comment »

I posted this survey over two years ago. I thought it’d be interesting to see how my musical taste has broadened, and so, here it is again, with my revisions.

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July 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments »

Okay, so my father is listening to the radio while he’s cooking, and what do I hear but the familiar strains of CORE OF SOUL’s “Flying People!” Naturally, I am amazed by this @_@;; I run to the kitchen to get a better listen, and it turns out that it’s just a Mandarin cover of the song. I would give anything to find out who sang it (it was a woman, FYI) and when it was released, and if someone could secure me an mp3, I’d be eternally grateful. @_@;;

I would give some lyrics here, but my Mandarin is absolute crap. However, I think the last two words are “?^(1)e`?S(.” I know I’m being uber-helpful here 😛

Didn’t help that the announcer (Cantonese) said afterwards, “So that was (NAME’S) Mandarin version of that song that gets better and better as it goes on… now for the weather.” x_x;;

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July 24th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

When I’m not working, I’m volunteering; when I’m not volunteering, I’m commuting; when I’m not commuting, I’m sleeping.

When I’m not sleeping, I’m coughing.

The end.

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July 22nd, 2005 | Comments Off on AghGHA!!!

I hate being sick. I really, really hate it, especially since I’m not sick often…

I also felt bad since I had to call in sick today. There’s nothing wrong with me except some hoarseness; but it makes my voice unpredictable, and seeing as how I answer phones routinely (it’s what they keep me around for) I didn’t think going in would be exactly helpful.

I have no idea where I caught this, either. I woke up Tuesday morning with a terrible headache that persists until Wednesday evening (when I am working, strangely enough.) Thursday is fine except for some coughing fits, and then I wake up this morning (Friday!) and I find I’ve completely lost my voice. Arrrrrrgh. Drinking all the honeyed tea in the world isn’t going to help now.

*goes and gets a good night’s sleep before working 11 hours the next day*

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July 13th, 2005 | Comments Off on Protected: HELP!!

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July 11th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Voici une petite questionnaire que j’ai trouvée en travaillant sur une de mes sites webs.

-Personnalité-

Cinq mots pour décrire votre personnalité : reservée, sensible, paresseuse, honnête, curieuse
Phobie : er … effondrement :tensed:
Obsession : CORE OF SOUL
Mot favori : en français … ange ? Etoile ?
Insulte favorite : je n’insulte personne en français >_> Oh, “espèce de blah blah blah” !
La pire chose que l’on puisse vous dire : Pourquoi pensez-vous que je la révélais ?
Pire défaut : peu de confiance en moi
Ce que vous ne pourriez partager avec personne : Mon journal intime XD
Portrait physique et/ou moral de la femme (de l’homme) de vos rêves : honnête et sincère et sensible …
Portrait physique et/ou moral de la femme (de l’homme) de vos pires cauchemars : intolérant, vaniteux, mmm…. insensible et malhonnête et insincère
La pire connerie que vous ayez faite : La pire ? J’ai fait tant de choses stupides mais la pire … aucune idée
Votre pire complexe : complexe d’infériorité
La partie de votre corps que vous trouvez sublime : nulle partie ! (Et maintenant on voit encore cette manque de confiance XD)
La question que vous détestez que l’on vous pose : “Alors, tu parles français … ?” XD
Votre rêve ou cauchemar récurrent : je n’ai aucun rêve récurrent
Le premier décret que vous faites passer si vous êtes nommé président de votre pays : on elit un premier ministre ici …. mais je ne sais pas, vraiment, la politique ne m’interesse pas beaucoup. Hmmm. L’éducation, peut-être ? Particulièrement celui des enfants qui habitent dans les quartiers désinhérités.
Un extraterrestre débarque sur terre et vous demande de décrire l’endroit : Notre monde—la Terre—une planète bleue et verte, couverte de l’eau. Les grandes montanges, les vallées profondes, les mers calmes, les fleuves rapides : tous se trouvent ici. Il y a aussi les environnements artificielles que l’homme ont créées. Celles-ci ne sont ni bonnes ni mauvaises, mais… vous allez voir. Malheureusement, beaucoup sont pleins de saleté. C’est un peu comme les coeurs des gens, je suppose…
Si vous aviez le droit de flinguer quelqu’un, qui choisiriez-vous ? : Aiyah… je n’ose pas tenir une flingue, ce serait … dangereux. En outre, je ne peux tuer personne, alors cette question… A~ vrai dire, cette question me dérange un peu.
Croyez-vous A~ quelque chose : Mmm. Le bien ?
En quoi aimeriez-vous être réincarné ? : Quelque chose qui ne pense pas XD Mmm, un chat ? Un dauphin ?
Quand ça ne va pas, quel est votre truc pour vous remonter le moral ? Ah, je regarde l’émission Teen Titans 😉

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July 5th, 2005 | Comments Off on I am….

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July 4th, 2005 | Comments Off on More random language things.

So, I was at the mall last weekend, ordering something from the A&W, when this little girl and her mother line up behind me and start talking in Japanese. By some freak coincidence, I can understand about 50% of what they’re saying, and I can guess the rest from non-verbal communication.

Quite sadly, I think that’s more than all the French I’ve heard and understood in a non-academic setting. I had meant to check out the Festival d’EtA~(c), but I was working and well… I also forgot. I did really want to hear that one chanteuse, though. Ah well. There’s always next year. And French cartoons to keep me happy. I wonder if they have Teen Titans in French?

You know, if we got decent anime on our Cantonese channel, I’d watch that, too, but since we don’t (I think the stuff we get is even older than Sailor Moon >_>) I’ll have to stick with my romantic comedies. I think I enjoy those the most. The historical ones don’t really appeal to me since a lot of the vocabulary goes over my head, but the police ones are okay.

Ah, I did see Kung Fu Hustle last week, which is the first Cantonese movie I’ve watched in a really long time. That was weird. Well and truly weird, and not really typical of a Cantonese movie at all. A bit too much CG, for one thing, and I can’t remember the last time I saw such a nonsensical movie.

At least I understood most of it without the subtitles.

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