Anything But Ordinary, Please

WTH. Amfufu. Wala akong masabi!!!

I'm reveling because I need to. And I just need to say that I'm happy to satisfy my eargness of deviating from this melancholiness that has eventually started to creep in.

What am I saying?



Whatever. XD

The typical Ayaka fan that I am, I have eventually found the song that best describes my current way of thinking about various ideas:

Jewelry Day.

You can all read a blog entry about it here as well as the corresponding lyrics, of course in Japanese (romaji as well as kanji) coupled with an English translation of it.

There.



Enjoy.

Tiramisu flavour. Anyone?



There.

I'd go for the local Selecta, Nestle, or Magnolia brands, though (provided thay have such a variety). Haagen-Dazs is just too beyond my station.

Disheartening. It is as if we are not that educated into mental health, and how we ought to help others cope with the problem.

Look into this blog entry, and see how appalling the comments are as well as the author's viewpoint. Are we Filipinos that insensitive, even to make fun of people who have such pain kept within them as they eventually let it out by other "unconventional" means such as killing oneself?

We make things trivial, to the point of blaming these hapless individuals for putting themselves into Hell for that matter. BUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AS THE POOR SUFFERER'S IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOUR? Have you lent a helping hand, or even just a loaf of bread when they needed some?

Yet we are branded as the only Christian country in Asia!! (Sometimes I don't wish to believe this tagline as true anymore, much less reliable; instead more appropriately as a misnomer.)

Abhorrent indeed.

[Edit:] COMPARE AND CONTRAST my aforementioned link to a post written by a Filipino (with comments to boot) with THIS ARTICLE written by an American or a British fellow for Britannica.com concerning the same topic of suicide. I cannot help but wonder as to why most of us Filipinos seem incapable of seeing the big picture in serious issues...

We have all loved this since last year. And I want to post them Korean lyrics, and what do I care?



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Wonder Girls
Nobody lyrics

You Know I still Love You Baby.
And it will never change.

I want nobody nobody But You, I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

Nan sirheunde wae nal mireonaeryeogo hani jakku naemareun deutji anko
Wae ireoke dareun namjaege nal bonaeryeo hani eotteoke ireoni

Nal wihae geureotan geumar
Neon bujokhadaneun geumar
Ijen geumanhae neon nareul aljanha wae wonhajido annneungeol gangyohae

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

Nan joheunde nan haengbokhande neoman isseumyeon dwae deo baralge eomneunde
Nugul mannaseo haengbokharan geoya nan neol tteonaseo haengbokhal su eobseo

Nal wihae geureotan geumar
Neon bujokhadaneun geumar
Mari an doeneun mariran geol wae molla niga eobsi eotteoke haengbokhae

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I don't want nobody body body.I don't want nobody body
Naneun jeongmal niga animyeon niga animyeon sirtan mallya a~

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

I want nobody nobody But You I want nobody nobody But You
Nan dareun sarameun sirheo niga animyeon sirheo
I want nobody nobody nobody nobody

RAP
Back to the days when we were so young and wild and free
Modeunge neomuna kkumman gatatdeon geuttaero doragago sipeunde
Wae jakku nareul mireonaeryeo hae
Why do you push me away.
I don't want nobody nobody
Nobody nobody but you.

...Since she's dominating Oricon now!!

Omedetou, Ayaka-san! May you still awe your biggest fans with such crystal clear vocals sometime soon!

Her poetry have always set me aside in awe, and her paintings mesmerising me entirely... not to mention the mysteries that surround her life. So here I present one of her poems:--of course, obtained from the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation website launched in her honour:

Why A Mural ?

I want space -
a two dimensional space.

To form form and forms
that change , while my arm
sways, my hand holds the brush to play
with the glacial acrylic paints.

Forms that bring back
the balance and rhythm
of xieyi painting
where yin is left in the whiteness
of rice paper, and yang is limned
by the shades of gray and black ink.

A space for the music of painting
where white is not blank but tone
and black is the silent interval
cantata that springs forth from the air
vanishes back
and remains as brushstrokes.

To absorb a process of change
in the gesture of a fearless arm
emotion that moves and grows:
forms being formed to forget
the finiteness of beginnings.

Beside this poem
is a prayer
frozen in the acrylic paints.

Beside this poem
is a mural
- a desire for space.

***

How I miss writing again.

It's just a matter of chance that I came across this live performance of "To Be With You" by my favourite artist Ayaka. As soon as I've got the laptop fixed, I'll definitely download and extract this into an actual mp3 file :)

Enjoy!

... since I am pretty crazy for this meal. Definitely, another worth a try.

Tomorrow is my first day of grad classes. And I guess I shan't say anything more.

I guess it's time that Bitoy stands his ground :P




Iwa ne.

From a Multiply post sent to members of the PNU Manila Alumni and students group in the said online social networking service:

Congratulations PNUAN's! We are just waiting for the signature of President Arroyo for the approval of the Bill naming the Philippine Normal University as the National Teacher Training Institution!

Now isn't that fantastic? And I hope we could produce more board topnotchers in the coming years.

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And by the way: why am I hearing more and more about horrible liturgical praxis these days? Hmmm...

That's why I shall be playing the following for my birthday today.


For once, I shall let Arashi share my delight over being another year older. I don't have any further expectations from myself anymore since I have thought it best just to accept whatever circumstance that comes my way.

A Te Deum would be fitting as well--it sums up how I should be praising God for these 25 years of my existence.

Laus tibi Domini.

Whilst listening to Arashi's Kazunari Ninomiya croon his heart out via his song "Gimmick Game" I began to ask myself whether atis fruits exist in Japan.

Really... is there such thing in the Land of the Rising Sun?

Between a chipmunk and a squirrel?

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Just got home from my Master's program enlistment today and I feel exhausted since I always have to walk more often, traversing the different pathways in the midst of a perennial drizzle. I wish I were Spiderman who could merely jump from building to building without the intermittent fuss. However, I'm truly relieved that, at last, I'll be studying again. Arigatou, Kami-sama! Yoroshiku.

So... what's the difference between a chipmunk and a squirrel? (click on the link and scroll down the page until you get to the chipmunk pic).

Good thing I found this which details my LJ friend Steph's current adventures as a gaijin in Nagasaki, Japan. Since I really am serious in pushing through with post-grad studies in Nihon, then I guess I might as well learn more than enough from her posts... especially on Japanese Etiquette 101.

A site necessary to bookmark. ^_^

Trampled upon like barren leaves that
Can never know any more but a sunken self:--
I raise my heart to plead upon Life
And a salvation from a bastardised Mind.

Let the soul flee the abyss of nothingness
Henceforth revel in rebellion against Norm
[never needs a further explanation sometimes]
But a dimwit, we sacrifice a lot of our
Preciously toiled breath, just so to
Extrapolate
Dying in the gallows.

(06062009)

Who would ever imagine Joe Jonas in a catsuit? And... dancing to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" hit of a song about, well, single ladies?



To cite what this commentator has to say on the video: Awesomely weird, but awesome nonetheless.

I'm still trying to figure if I should tip off my hat to Joe though since my first impression of the equally whimsical visuals was "Oh, I lack adjectives."

Ehem, to quote Arashi's Masaki Aiba therefore:

"Very cuticle." (at 2:28 or 2:29)

What does Fr Zuhlsdorf's feeder and the TV animated series Spongebob have in common?

Having sponges rattle one's brains all day long is out of the question, of course. It's all about the squirrel. Lately Fr Zuhlsdorf has been condemning squirrels as vitriol for his bird feeders... BUT he did manage to take a snapshot of what a REAL squirrel looks like. Now Spongebob's undersea squirrel pal Sandy can move aside a bit :P



Call me fortunate enough, then, to have a chance to view even just one mere squirrel up close and personal.

Suddenly, upon waking myself from such a deep yet sweet slumber, I began wondering what it would be like to have my own Internet radio station that shall play a mixture of both Japanese pop and Gregorian/Byzantine chant.

Hmmm. Seriously.

I can't seem to get enough of Fr. Zuhlsdorf and his streaming USTREAM embeds on his blog that I heretofore envision myself j-popping and Gregorian/Byzantine chant-ing online for less than 24 hrs a day, everyday.

My own radio station...? Hontou ni? ronyu02 , abby_gaby ... whattchathink?

... thus I resolve right now to post about food.

I am a self-professed food lover and there is no discounting that fact. When I do not engage in anything serious (like teaching[?], designing a website, or belligerently asserting my prudish stance over so-called 'libertarianism'), I try to imagine foods that are healthy yet sumptuous at the same time. Eventually, off I rush to the kitchen--when prodded by my folks to cook, that is--then mull over ways on how to get rid of my boredom through concocting various meals that could perk up one's tastebuds (kinda. I'm not a chef). But I like what I do, and it seems as though people who eat my whip-ups do get satisfied; and with that, all the more I tend to enjoy myself and my cooking :D

Last December 25 was my first venture into sushi-making and I received somewhat positive reviews from friends both at church and my former workplace. Albeit I kinda realised that my rolls were smaller than the usual ones seen at Japanese restos: primarily because I lacked seaweed wrapper and made all efforts just to fit around 4 cups of Japanese rice rolled into those miniature strips of seaweed torn from an entire 65peso-worth singular mat. My wrapper ran out anyway so the excess we transformed into the Filipino breakfast recipe arroz caldo instead and oh did it taste with a fitful dash of sweet-sour mirin vinegar. Talk of some convenience arising from leftovers recycled into another full-fledged meal!

So that was about my sushi. I haven't attempted to create new rolls after last December but I did manage to work on Century Tuna spring rolls every now and then. And speaking of tuna spring rolls: I'll work on a recipe and post it here sometime (sans ingredient measurements of course... I am not fond of quotas, i.e. how many cups of water, pepper, etc.). My aunt--a foodie herself--has remarked that such spring rolls of mine do taste nice so I just think it would be worthwhile enough to, well, share it to others.

:)