1
Mar

Songs I Used To Listen

sometimes, when i listen to a particular song, a certain feeling or memory would come back to me. just like how i used to listen to mizuki nana's heaven knows and crystal letter when i was playing the game perfect world. at that time, i only had that few nana-chan's songs, and that's why the music kept looping. the 2 songs were at the top of my playlist, among other japanese songs.

anyway, my point is, sometimes when we do the things we used to do in the past, it brings back memories.

my friends would probably know, i usually only listen to japanese songs. i don't listen to english or chinese. i used to, though, but nowadays the music evolved to a state that i no longer like it.

i scrolled back my ipod to the playlist where i have my westlife, backstreet boys songs. yar, you guessed it, they are old. it brought back memories to when i was a teenager. up until the early 2000s, perhaps 2002 or 2003, the boybands were quite famous. but it was around 2004 onwards that their decline was obvious and fast, and before long bands like greenday and busted, and some individuals like akon came out. at that point in time, the songs had already evolved to a new kind of music. i still listened to it though, but after a while, i switched to japanese, and listened up till today.

i remembered the first boyband i liked was westlife. in fact i still kind of like them now. the first song that attracted me to them was 'coast to coast', and 'if i let you go' became my favorite at that time. 'larger than life' made me realized the existence of backstreet boys, and among their songs i like 'shape of my heart' the most. m2m was also one of my favorite bands, above backstreet boys and below westlife. 'pretty boy' got me hooked for a long long time. michael learns to rock, blue, n'sync, plus one, a1 and bands/singers of that 'era', well i suppossed you know them, they were really quite famous. i loved their songs. not all, but they always had that trademark songs which defined their success. sleeping child, 25 minutes, it's gonna be me, best in me, last flight out, learn to fly, caught in the middle.... etc. i am sure, you know them too.

as i listened to each of these songs, it brought back memories to which i had usually forgotten unless something happened which reminded me of them. the time when i fell in love for the first time, the time when everybody in school were using those cool songs for our drama production, when we sang along and memorized the lyrics, when i would envy my friend because he got a poster signed by westlife. actually i still envy him now.

the songs, at that time, were awfully like chinese songs, which talked mostly about failed relationships, one-sided love, and everything except a happy romantic relationship. although it was more to the sad side, i still kind of like it. it was just too bad that the the boybands had to disband, m2m had to split up...etc. the current cool songs now, be it chinese or english, did not really attract me. i seriously do not like them that much.

it is the same for chinese songs. i would rather listen to songs in the 1990s and the early 2000s than songs now. songs of current era, give me the japanese. haax.

for now, i would probably start compiling a list of the old songs i used to have but for some reason lost it, be it chinese or english. and probably for a while, i will stop listening to japanese. i wonder, how the future will change the way music is produced, and what i will listen to in a few year's time.

listen to one old chinese song. it used to be my favorite when i was in primary school. the first song i really really got addicted to. i was 10 at that time. although the lyrics did not apply to me then. hahahaha.

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22
Feb

Jokes

to see this post please enable east asian language. oh well i have translated them actually. so it's ok if you can't see the chinese words. but if it were me, i would not like to see funny symbols.

this post's translation will definitely have broken english. not that my english is that bad, but i want to portray as accurately as possible the meaning in chinese. if i make it a proper sentence, i will not be able to accurately bring the meaning across. so just bear with it. you will see it later.

after the translation it might not be as funny. but when you see it in chinese it really is hilarious because of the way the chinese words were used, and well, culture.

楼主问:“如果你死后,你的墓志铭打算写点啥?”以下是一些牛人的暴笑回复:  
the thread starter asked: 'after you die, what do you want your epitaph to be?' below are some of the funny answers from the pros.

1.感谢政府为我解决了住房问题!
1.thanks to the government for solving my housing problem!

2.一居室,求合租,面议。
2.one bedroom, looking to co-rent, negotiable.

3.小事招魂,大事挖坟。
3.for small matters, summon the spirit; for big matters, dig the grave.

4.发布违规信息,永久封杀!
4.releasing news of breaking the law, banned permanently! (i can't translate this well enough)

5.我觉得我还可以抢救一下!
5.i think i can still be given emergency treatment!

6.老子是被活埋的!日!
6.i am buried alive! fuck! (the 'i' here in chinese refers to a superior form of address one gives to oneself. literally it means: your father)

7.广告位招租
7.advertisement space for rent.

8.提供鞭尸服务,一次100!
8.providing corpse-whipping service, 100 (dollars) per try!

9.初从文,三年不中;后习武,校场发一矢,中鼓吏,逐之出;遂学医,有所成。自撰一良方,服之,卒。
9.started learning liberal arts, did not make it for 3 years; learnt martial arts after that, shot an arrow at the school grounds, hit the drummer, got expelled; tried learning medicine, gained some success. came up with my own prescription, took it, died.

*in ancient chinese wars, drummers always tag along to boost the morale of soldiers. hence it is not surprising to see a drummer in the military or martial arts school)

10.基因重组中,请稍候……二十年
10.genetic reconstruction in process, please wait... 20 years

11.我生在中国,我葬在中国,祸不单行啊!
11.i was born in china, i was buried in china, misfortune don't come alone!

12.单挑冥王哈迪斯中,征求组队!
12.challenging king of hades, seeking for party!

13.牧师,帮我复活一下下,谢谢,坐标 xx.xx
13.priest, please revive me, thank you, co-ordinates xx.xx

14.当你看清这行字的时候:朋友,你踩到我了。
14.when you see this line of words: friend, you have stepped on me.

15.老子终于不用怕鬼了!
15.i am finally not scared of ghost! (the 'i' here refers to a superior form of address one calls oneself. literally it means: your father)

16.给爷笑一个,要不……爷给你笑一个?
16.give me a smile, if not... i give you a smile? (the 'i' and 'me' here is the same as above. just that its literal meaning is: grandfather, or master, depending on its usage. its meaning here is unclear as to which one it is)

17.神农氏的墓志铭:我靠!这草有毒!!!!!
17.shen nong shi's epitaph: fuck! the grass is poisonous!!! (in the legends, shen nong shi was the founder of farming and medicine)

18.这是我挖的最后一个坑(警告挖坑者)
18.this is the last hole i dug (warning to hole-diggers)

19.摸骨算命
19.touch the bone and tell your fortune

20.陪聊,提供夜间上门服务。
20.keeping you company (by chatting), providing onsite services at night.

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