Untouchable
Episode 5, no subs yet.
Rating: 7.6%



( the feelings of discomfort )

Ohitorisama
Episode 5, RAW
Rating:




( double date )

My Girl
Episode 6, RAW
Rating:




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Samurai High School
Episode 4, no subs yet
4th week's rating: 9.6%



( weird lady )

Shokojo Seira
Episode 5, no subs yet
Rating: ??



( freedom for awhile )

hi i'm looking for someone to help me co-mod tabemikako :) i don't think i'll be returning soon, and i don't want the comm to die.

any help will be appreciated! drop me a PM or an email at brilliant.hues[at]gmail[dot]com.

also:
→ belated happy otp day; sorry i have nothing to contribute. am writing a fic though but idk we'll see if i can post it.
→ happy friday the thirteenth lol
→ channel v spells tsuyoshi's name as tomodo tsuyoshi. not pleased :|
→ appreciating links/recs to ANY and ALL harry potter/draco malfoy fics. i know most of you know harry potter at least so if you have spare hp fic recs share them with me?

also fics with the marauders are highly welcome too.

ilu flist, shall be checking your entries now ♥!

A list of songs by famous Taiwanese singer 齐豫 Chyi for my easy access. Will be adding more as I find stuff that I like. Saves me from having to search for the songs whenever I want to listen to them. I'll probably pick from this list to practice some translations soon...

If you don't know who is she, her most well-known song is 橄榄树 Olive Tree, of which lyrics were penned by 叁毛 San Mao, a famous writer who lived an extraordinary life. A song that rings close to people's heart, because it subtlely sings of home and why people continue to travel far away eventhough they pin for home.




歌曲：欲水 (Water of Desire)
歌手：齐豫

风来了 雨来了
他们为什么都知道
我听不到 我听不到
你说话声音太渺小

风停了 雨停了
谁在我的梦里哭了
我不明了 我不明了
天上的人啊都在笑

不想问你是否记得我是谁
手指头冰雪溶化成眼泪
天只给了我们半甜欲水
怎么喝都学不会

风来了 雨来了
他们为什么都知道
我听不到 我听不到
你说话声音太渺小

不想问你是否记得我是谁
手指头冰雪溶化成眼泪
天只给了我们半甜欲水
怎么喝都学不会

风来了 雨来了
他们为什么都知道
我听不到 我听不到
你说话声音太渺小

( more )

She's also famous for singing her own beautiful versions of Mahayana (& I think a bit of Tibetan) Buddhist chants & mantras.

Tokyo DOGS
Episode 4, no subs yet
Rating: 16.1%



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*waves* I've been missing for awhile. My mother came for a visit so I dropped everything for a week and a half to have fun with her. I haven't been following my f-list, sorry gals! I mainly came onto lj for V6's annivasary releases at 1995toforever :) The support has been very rewarding. Thanks everyone!

Behind my accomodation is a cinema that focuses on airing foreign films and selective western productions. They show beautiful movies that are not aired in the bigger cinemas. Monday is discount day where all tickets are slashed down to half price. So me and my mum decided to go watch something there.

I'm not really a cinema-goer. The first movie I dragged myself to watch there was Coco Avant Chanel (Coco before Chanel), and a few weeks ago I went to see Mao's Last Dancer. This time I was interested to catch Séraphine, but I saw that the Japanese film Okuribito (Departures) was new on the list. I suppose everyone has heard about the film since it won the recent Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. haha, of course I hadn't. The plot summary caught my eye. A cellist loses his job and decides to move back to his home town. He 'accidently' lands a job as a 'casketer', someone who prepares the recently dead before they are put into the coffin.

Anyway, I decided (and on the behalf of my mum) that we'll watch this movie. ahaha. Here's the trailer. This is the one with English subs, the ones without on youtube definitely feels more complete. Do check them out!



I will never regret this decision because the movie was beautiful. And, I cried a lot. This is only of personal opinion, but it's the kind of movie that needs an Asian touch, otherwise the magic is lost. I've only been able to find this sort of similar feeling from movies with an Asian approach. The 'casketing' ceremony itself is intricate, the scenary very beautiful, superb acting, very humane, down-to-earth touches to the plot. And very good use of subtle humour at the right moments. One that I thought very cute was: The guy saw a job advertisement on newspaper titled 'Depatures' and thought it was a travel agency type thing. Little did he know, it was to aid 'the departed' :)

Only after googling the movie later did I realise the soundtrack was composed by Joe Hisaishi (the man behind Studio Ghibli anime music!). No wonder it was brillant. Here's the main theme song -memory-:



The version by AI with lyrics. Not as nice, her voice is not my type. And not in the original soundtrack nor in the movie. It's the lyrics that I really like though =P Also, this video was subbed by mognet. And Mognet makes the most beautiful karaoke effects. Most of the time I download their videos to admire the effects blending with the video. hehe.

I want to have a smile on my face
Right around the time when I see you off



In conclusion, highly recommended!! ;) Because it is very real.

On that note, I googled the list for Best Foreign Language Film to check out what kind of movies had made it in the past. And to my surprise I saw the Vietnamese film 'The Scent of Green Papaya' as a nominee way back in 1993. It has been a long time since I've last seen this movie. At least 7 years ago. During that period, one of the tv channels would broadcast this movie once every few months. For some reason, I was memorised by the movement of the show and would catch it on tv every time possible. It was probably one of the first 'artistic' movies I'd ever watched. Very very slow, and almost no dialog. The background sound was mainly crickets creaking and birds chirping. But I still remember it was very good! I remember the scene below very well because before that, I never knew the seeds in green unripe papaya were white ;) Till then, I had only seen the black seeds in orange ripe papaya. I'm ashamed of my city-self. ahaha.

JIN
Episode 5, RAW + Softsub
Rating: 20.3% XDD!




( last )

( +++ )

exciting highlights of my life:

• i have orange nails sdjsd so happy |D it's the first time i saw the exact orange i like AND have it within my budget. (the last one i saw cost P300 for one bottle and i wept in a corner......)
• BTS dinner last night! YAY HAPI BASUDEI KARLA~!
• still hoping/waiting/praying for NEWS WINTER PARTY ETC ETC MF links. or a link to a place where i can order the LE ;_;
• i watched PUZZLE (finally) and lololol their skit. green wants to be short and stupid like blue ahahahahaha. plus eito rangers get motorcycles now SO AMAZING i want one.
• i love HITOTSU NO UTA so much. if i can hug it, i would
• the all the best dvd is an amazing thing. idk how i survived with MQ-ish versions of Kitto Daijoubu. also after rewatching Nice na Kokoroiki, i now see (hear?) that it has awesome lyrics. though i really miss arashi's old pvs, more than anything else.
• ASDJKBLASJDBSD BREAK THE RECORDS DVD SDJKBASDSBA should i order? should i? i want to but i kind of don't and i might hate myself later when the LE runs out again sdjksbdsjbds but. ugh. dilemma. in my head. right now.
• my brother bought himself the vongola sky ring. i... idek. but it's so shiny *_________*
• i still love my dino/hibari mousepad more than any mousepad right now.
• i kind of want aiyatheydidnt's layout. hrmmm

CHRISTMAS WISHLIST
i couldn't sleep last night and suddenly felt like making one :O

① for my dog to recover fully!
② for people to love mother earth more ):
③ 1TB external harddrive
④ sketchpad/journal--i'm really picky with sketchpads. and the journals i like aren't cheap :O
⑤ KNEE HIGH SOCKS!!
⑥ books/manga--anything mystery/horror (though more on the mystery pls) will please me greatly
⑦ candy. seriously. candy.
⑧ an iPod that can play videossss.
⑨ 赤西仁 ♥