and yeah i am back to blogging. stopped for about 2 months, due to, exams? no i stopped days just after my exams ended. i guess it was kind of like a writer's block? or i simply don't feel like it.

so just sidetracked a bit, what did i do for the past 2 months? basically work, playing computer games, reading (and yeah i started reading visual novels again!), writing stories (which i had stopped updating since march. zzzz), and finally, wasting away my life. i know that is not something to be proud of.

it was just a few days ago that i knew about 榊原ゆい (sakakibara yui). yes, i know, she has been famous since the ancient times and it takes me, a rock who lives inside a cave to finally realize her existence in 2010, just 2 years before the end of the world (i don't really believe that crap theory about 2012 though).

like most other singers, it took me just one song which i liked to want to get her (i usually listen to female singers) whole discography. note: support the original. buy her cd.

(i am a hypocrite.)

well the first song which attracted me to her was 「罪過に契約の血を (zaika ni keiyaku no chi wo)」. of course, her fans would know where this song came from. i was like, wow this song is nice! the next thing i knew, i had the whole album. and yes, although not all her songs are to my liking, there are a few songs which i really liked. my current favorite is 「贖罪のエロティカ (shokuzai no erotika)」. the songs are abit darker compared to her other songs, which seemed to be happier and light-hearted. well, my japanese proficiency is not high enough. i actually got a C in my exams last semester. ahhhhh! how i wish i could understand the lyrics.

as for other songs which i liked, some of them are 「the desert of time」, 「夢の罪 -end in childhood- (yume no tsumi -end in childhood-)」,「此の花咲ク頃 (kono hana saku koro)」...etc.

the first song which struck my heart when i listened to just 3 seconds of the song (excluding the melody at the very start) was 「真珠のうた (shinju no uta)」. although i have no idea why, i really like it a lot. i mean it is not my favorite out of all, but for some reason, i think the gentle melody and her voice made me like the song very very much. i would say it is the most different out of the others i listened so far. it is the only song which struck me so fast into the song and so deeply.

ahhh i have no idea what i am saying. anyways, ya she rocks. i find myself listening to her more compared to mizuki nana. although nana-chan is still my all time favorite.

below are some pictures. in case you are like me, a rock who lives in a cave and have no idea who is this person.

simply beautiful. i am fainting from blood loss. the tissue papers are not enough to stop the blood flowing out of my nose.

overkill. go get a blood transfusion.

i love this cover a lot, much more than her other covers. (a pity i didn't like the songs inside the cd)

edit: after a few days, i realized that 「剣の舞」is actually not bad. and i like「夢の罪 -end in childhood-」more and more now. i have even done a translation of it and put it up on this blog.

i had just decided today, that i will cut short my university study period from 4 years to 3.5 years. which means i have to take more modules all the way to the maximum load allowed every single semester to make up for the last half year. reasons for doing so: to save money, and to catch up to all my other friends who are running so far ahead of me.

as of the workload, i think, i am still able to manage, with God's grace of course. i hope i don't get too rusty after a 1 year break (since it will only start next semester).

that means, if i include this semester, which had already started 2 weeks, i only have 2.0 years more of a student life before i officially come out to work.

2.0 years. as a student it seemed short. of course, i want to play more and enjoy my life as a normal student (lols i talk as if i don't have that chance. this is the result of reading too much tragic stories). but as a person who is already in my 20s, 2.0 years is really a long time.

anyway, i will just enjoy the remaining period of my university life. i hope that at the end of this 2.0 years i will get something more than a piece of paper. so that i will not waste my precious life away.

instrument music of the day: song from a secret garden
now listening to: ensei (instrumental version)

both tracks are especially nice. a sad music to fit a sad story background. perfect if you are listening to it in the middle of the night, like what i am doing now, with no noise pollution from either humans or machines like cars.

so, has anyone guessed the title of the lyrics i posted up in my previous previous post?

someone told me once before, that any news on the internet which is over 3 days is considered old. well considering i only had the first paper of my exams yesterday, i may be forgiven for being 2 days late. but still, i am still in the 'new' news stage. hahax.

anyway, the long anticipated ost from the 少女 (shoujo, according to wiki) or 女性 (josei, according to onemanga) manga turned anime is finally out!

sidetrack a bit: manga are categorized into 4 broad categories: 少年 (shounen)、青年(seinen)、少女(shoujo)、女性(josei).

shounen manga are for younger males, mostly in their teenage years. seinen manga are for slightly older males, in the age range of young adults. well shoujo and josei are the same for shounen and seinen respectively, the difference lie in that these 2 are meant for female readers.

of course, there are males who read shoujo and josei manga and vice versa.

anyway, any lovers of instrumental music who watched the anime of 07-ghost will most likely fall in love with the ost. that explains why if you google 07-ghost ost you will come out with a whole list of people everywhere trying to get hold of a copy of the soundtrack. i must say, the instrumental music is truly wonderful. yeapx, the ending theme is fantastic too.

good news to you all! finally, yeah finally (!), the ost is already out, on the 18th of november in the year, well of course it is 2009.

click the link below to grab your copy today. at only 3200yen (or USD35.53), excluding shipping, you can immerse yourself in the melody of wonderfully arranged piano (and of course other instruments) music. 3 discs, 79 tracks, and 1 bonus track (mini-drama).

"07-Ghost" Melody of Michael

Animation Soundtrack