#42 Music: ワタリドリ / The Migrating Bird

Ohoyy!

Finally back from the deaded-ness of NO UPDATE land.

Anyway, I just wanted to share a song from another great Japanese band. Hoho~

This time.. I am introducing [Alexandros] to this blog. Yeah, 'cause there's high chances of pals who like and love Japanese band(s) knew these guys since ages ago. I knew about them since I started being active in Tumblr in the ONE OK ROCK (OOR) fandom..then as the number of followers-cum-friends increases, I started to get to know more. More bands, more anime, more manga, more possibilities in life...aahhh.

But then, trying to keep myself under control i.e. reducing procrastination from my beloved Masters study, I limit myself to be into a lot of band as much as I did to OOR (but unfortunately I can't escape the charm from Fuji-kun..so yeah) - I mean, limiting in the sense of fangirling too much? Sorry, I am very bad in words. (u.u);; I do listen to other bands like Coldrain (thanks to bear sis Liezt) and some other. But again, I wasn't into them that much.

So, this time... at 2 AM ish in the morning, I was going through my iTunes and went to the JPOP section. I thought I wanted to listen to new songs to be played in the lab while doing my works.

[Alexandros]'s 5th album came up suggested and I check on the songs' preview. I fell in love with the first song! ワタリドリ. Below is the MV of the song (hicks, def got that from writing my thesis drafts).

What I wanted to share here is not just the song... but the inspirations I got as I listened to it again and again during the weekend evenings.

I pictured myself, after finally finishing this bloody Masters study...going travelling to some part of Japan (as I've always wanted to) but maybe due to Barakamon anime influence, I was in the village/community like one in the anime XD But of course, it was fun in interacting with the people in the community. Welp, I do hope it will come true one day! >.<

#37 Song: RAY (BUMP OF CHICKEN)

Here I present to you, a song that made me fall in love so so much with BUMP OF CHICKEN.

I have known them by name before but I had never really listen to any of their songs. Then, I was introduced to RAY in a penpal site that I joined. I instantly fall for Fuji-kun's voice and the charm of the whole band.

Furthermore, as I looked up for more information on this band, one thing solidly amused me. It made me attached to BUMP more than I ever anticipated.

The members of this band had been together since middle school. They formed the band together and performed for the first time in their school festival. It's their very bond of friendship that got me into them so much, so madly tbh. Hahaha. AND the lyrics! Fujiwara Motoo wrote every song and each song is a story of its own. The more I know, the more I fall for them.

I went to KL in 2013 for a conference with my family. I went to Kinokuniya in KLCC to buy some Japanese magazines featuring ONE OK ROCK. Instead, I got one copy of ROCKIN' ON JAPAN with BUMP OF CHICKEN on the cover. As a BUMPER/fangirl, I would say that it's a fate LOL

Everyone is just so cute! Especially Chama as he jumped here and there LOL

Check out the lyrics here and translation here!

#29 Fall out together

I seriously don't know how I can get attached with Fall Out Boy's new album 'Save Rock and Roll'. I gotta think hard to remember (or I won't have anything to post here).

*thinks hard* Maybe because of The Voice 5, in the Battleground round, two of the contestants sings 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark'. Yeah, I think so. LOL

Ah, then I felt like searching for new songs to play in my phone. Remembering that song, made me search for FOB. I never listened to their new album yet but I do like this band from the 'Sugar we're going down' period. To be honest, I wasn't much of a fangirl due to the fact that I am more into J-rock then.

While searching, I found the song 'Alone Together' in the list of FOB songs. My first thought was 'Oh, maybe this could be a song for me and Net together' since we're the only 2 out of 4 in our gang that haven't got married. So, I tried listening to it and I love it! Searching for the song in YouTube, I found it and it is part of the Young Blood Chronicles by FOB. That got me interested and I ended up watching from part 1 (My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark). It's creepy though.

The song 'Alone Together' gives me lots of feel. Maybe because part of what I really felt inside is in this song.

Cut me off I lost my track. It's not my fault I'm a maniac. 

It's not funny anymore, it's not. 

 My heart is a stallion. They love it when it's broken. 

And listening to 'The Phoenix', made me energized in striving forward in my study ^^ I'm gonna change my study mood like a remix and raise it like a phoenix! Woohoo!

Check out their latest Young Blood Chronicles video of 'Where Did The Party Go' here

#19: Updates!

Heyyyyyy ya... all!! 

I am currently working on a story entitled "奇遇" (pronounce as: Kiguu) which means the unexpected meeting in English. 

I completed a story with the same title back when I was 16~17 years old. But I did that in a script-style. 

However, this time I am writing it as a fan fiction (fanfic) for Taka and it was an inspiration from a fan art made by Hyori, my Tumblr friend from Poland.

I had been working on it since last night after I managed to finished my conference paper. Hopefully I can finish it by tonight because I have to pack for my flight tomorrow. Hehehe. 

Here is the preview of the story at work :D

The illustration shown was Hyori's fan art of Taka.

#16 Story: The Facebook comment Part 2

“The wind is so nice! Woo hoo!” Van was literally jumping as she walked along the beach of Karambunai Resort with Diana. Diana was quite drawn to the sea water so she decided to take off her sandals and walked at the water side.

Then, the two girls stopped. Van took a stick and started to write on the sand, while Diana still enjoying the sea water.

“Thank you,” a deep voice said. Van stopped scribbling on the sand and looked up. In a split second, her heart just temporarily stopped. Her eyes got bigger as she saw the person standing in front of her. And her… whatever is written on the sand. “Ahhh!” she squealed and quickly brushes off her scribbles on the sand. She couldn't lift her head. Her face, no, her whole head was reddening and felt like a dynamo ready to explode.

Upon hearing that, Diana turned and she quickly ran towards Van.

“Van!” she called. Slowly, with her head still looking down, Van turned back to Diana. “You okay?” Diana asked. As if her lips were sealed, Van just nodded her head. Diana looked up to the person standing in front of Van.

The lean, tall guy with straight blond mixed with black hair smiled and waved his hand. “Hi,” he greeted.

“H-hi,” Diana stammered. She then forced herself to smile awkwardly. The guy was still smiling, sweetly.

“I am very sorry to disturb you girls. Maybe I should go,” he said as he checked slightly on Van.

“No, no… you’re not. You just surprised my friend here,” said Diana, still holding Van by her shoulder. Van was still unable to lift her head properly.

“My name is Toru. Yamashita Toru.”

“I’m Diana. And this is my friend,” Diana purposely didn’t introduce Van properly so that she would do that by herself.

Van saw Toru’s hand reaching out for a handshake. Slowly, she lifted up her head, shook his hand and smile. “Van. Vanessa, just called me Van,” she said finally, still staggering. Diana giggled as she watched her friend.

“I am sorry to surprise you, Van.”

“No, it’s okay. My fault too for not realizing your presence.” Van and Diana stood up. They both looked so small compared to the tall Toru.

Suddenly…

“Hey!!!” Toru turned and his friends were ‘attacking’ him. Diana and Van stepped back, just smiling. They know those guys.

“Hi there,” Ryota greeted the girls. “I’m…”

Before Ryota could say his name, both Van and Diana simultaneously said, “Ryota.”

“Eh, you know my name!” Ryota exclaimed. “Of course, we’re ONE OK ROCK fans!” responded Van. Both Diana and Toru raised their eyes and turned to Van. It seems like she had gotten out from her shock.

Diana tapped Van’s shoulder. “Greatttt… you’re back!” laughed Diana.

“I’ve told you they are fans of ONE OK ROCK,” Tsutomu murmured, resting his arms on Ryota and Tomoya’s shoulders.

“Tsutomu-san!” both girls exclaimed. Everyone in the group laughed. “You girls know Tsutomu-san?” asked Taka.

“He’s our Facebook friend,” Diana replied. “The one providing us with lots of ONE OK ROCK pictures,” added Van.

“He sure is!” said Tomoya.

“By the way, I am Van and this is my good friend, Diana.” Van introduced herself and Diana to the rest of the guys. She had gotten herself back. With the craziness and fangirling, of course.

“Anyway!” Everyone turned to Diana. “Can somebody accompany Van to buy coconut drink for all of us here? My treat,” Diana asked, smiling sheepishly.

Van quickly turned to the other girl and mouthed, ‘What are you doing?’

“I’ll go with her,” Toru said. Van turned to him and blushed. “Great! Here is the money,” Diana said, giving some money to Van and then gently pushing her towards Toru.

“Err…” Van turned speechless again.

“Let’s go, Van,” said Toru, smiling. He already turned and start walking. Van quickly took a small yet fast pace to catch up with him. Then they walked together to the pool bar.

Tsutomu, Tomoya, Taka and Ryota turned to Diana. “We saw what happened just now. But what exactly did Van write on the sand?” asked Taka. Diana smiled at him. When he smiled back with his adorable cute lips, Diana quickly looked at the sand where Van scribbled something earlier. Ryota and Tomoya were trying their best to figure out what was written.

“I…” “E…” “U…”

Taka slapped Tomoya’s head for saying something unclearly. “Baka yarou omae,” Taka said which mean ‘you’re stupid’ in Japanese. Tomoya just grinned cutely, just like a little kid. He is quite used to be ‘bullied’ for fun by his bandmates. Then, Ryota also joining in to be the bully.

Tsutomu and Diana giggled as they watched the band members joking around.

“It’s written…” When Diana started to tell what was written, Taka, Tomoya and Ryota stopped. Tsutomu also turned to Diana.

With a smile, Diana said, “It’s written ‘I love you, Toru’ there".

Tsutomu laughed and clapped his hands. “Just like in her Facebook comment!” he said finally.

The End.

You can read Part 1 here

#15 Story: The Facebook comment Part 1

On that very moment she saw the familiar face of her Facebook friend, she couldn't help but to blush quite furiously. Then she glanced at the guy who had stolen her breathe and heartbeat. 

         But as he turned his head, she quickly looked away. Not wanting him to know how long she had been waiting to see him, physically and not just inside the computer monitor.

         “Such a perfect view.”

         Diana turned to Van, only getting to know that her friend most probably had flew herself to cloud nine. She turned around and saw a group of people not so far from where they’re standing. She gasped after recognizing some of the guys in that group. She understood now the very reason for Van’s daydreaming mode to be activated. If not for the receptionist who cleared her throat, Diana most probably would be flying to her very own cloud nine too. 

         Quickly, she turned back to the receptionist and had herself checking in to the resort with Van. 

        Tsutomu walked towards the group of four handsome guys then had a little chit chat with the guys. They were talking and laughing. Tsutomu turned and saw a familiar face from the reception desk. ‘I know that girl somewhere’, he thought. Seeing his friend in a state of puzzle, Ryota couldn’t help but to ask. He put his right hand to Tsutomu’s shoulder.

     “What’s wrong, Tsutomu-san?” he asked. Shaking his head and then turned to Ryota, Tsutomu replied with a smile, “Oh, nothing. I saw someone that I felt like I’ve seen her somewhere.”

       “Ehhh, Tsutomu-san! You’re married!” teased Taka, the shortest among the four. The rest laughed. “Don’t make us tell sister-in-law!” added Tomoya with his cute little laughter. The tallest, Toru covered his laughter with his hand and act cool as he usually is.

        “I know. And I love my wife very much. Thank you for reminding. Haha.”

        Tsutomu made a last glance towards to the two girls he saw at the reception desk. Then he remembered something. “Oh!” he exclaimed.

      Toru, Taka, Tomoya and Ryota looked at him, a bit surprised. Tsutomu looked at them, smiling with satisfaction. “I remembered her,” he said. The four guys blinked in blurriness, not understanding what Tsutomu was talking about.

      “See the two girls at the reception desk over there. The one with the black shirt looks familiar to me. Turned out, she’s my Facebook friend. I remembered she commented something like ‘I love you, babe’ to Toru’s photo in Facebook,” Tsutomu explained.

      Upon hearing that, Toru blinked his drowsy eyes. Then, he turned to look at the girl pointed by Tsutomu. His fan, maybe?

         “I think her friend is also my Facebook friend. Can’t remember though. But one thing for sure, she is ONE OK ROCK’s fan. Hehe,” Tsutomu added.

        Ryota, Taka and Tomoya grinned. It’s good to know the fact that their band, ONE OK ROCK, has fans everywhere in the world. Not just Japan and the regions nearby.

* * *

Right after the hotel room was shut behind the bell boy’s back, the two girls turned to each other. Then, they smiled in unison.

            “Did you see them?”

          “Yes, I did! But too bad I had deal with the impatient receptionist,” Diana replied as she took her seat, a little frustration raised in her for unable to see her favorite band longer.

          Van took her seat next to Diana on the queen-sized bed. With a wide grin on her face, just like the Cheshire cat, she murmured, “Oh God. He is so perfect. That blond hair, that perfect height. Everything!” With excitement, she laid on the bed and reached for a pillow to hug.

            “My goodness, you’re daydreaming about Toru, aren’t you?” asked Diana. She knew the obvious answer to that question.

             Van turned to her while still hugging the soft pillow and sat up.

             “How can you not daydream about such perfect guy?”

          “I am not,” Diana replied. She stood up and start walking to the balcony. Such a nice weather and she could see the swimming pool area as well as the wide beach and sea from her position. Van walked and stood next to her.

       “Of course you’re not daydream about Toru! But I am 100% sure that you’re daydreaming about Taka!” Van claimed. Diana couldn’t help but to laugh.

            “I wish I could. But I can’t even see his face properly. The moment I turned after settling our check-in matters, they’re gone from the lobby.”

         “You should have let me follow and stalk them. Then we would be able to know which room are they staying,” Van said. Diana looked at her and gave her the are-you-kidding-me face.

      “We’ll be able to meet them eventually. If they are staying in this resort too. In the meantime, let’s go enjoy our holidays! It’s not every day that I get you to come to Sabah and stay in this beautiful resort,” said Diana calmly while walking back into the room.

        “Stop trying to be cool. I know you’re still frustrated for unable to see Taka more.” Van followed her. She turned to her good friend and said, “Yes, Van. I am very frustrated. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can’t hide anything from you, can’t I?”

      Van smiled. “Nope. Not if it’s related to ONE OK ROCK or fangirling.” Then, they both laughed. 

To be continued... Part 2 here