Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts

Saturday, July 05, 2008

My first crush

On Brunch with Bridget this week, Bridget talks to her mum and Lizzie, her first crush (at the age of six!).

This episode got me thinking about my very own first crush. I was nine at the time, and had no idea that it was even a crush. All I knew was that I always looked forward to seeing her each day in school and hanging about with her. It was short lived however as I moved to a different school when I was 11.

And there, I met my second crush. Not that I realized it at first. *rolls eyes* In fact I didn't even realize it till about a year later! And when I did, I found myself facing my first ever rival lol. Ah, all the drama that followed after... I bet none of us would forget them. Especially that one incident involving a book and some site called kaypo corner that got our names called out during assembly, our asses hauled off to the principals' office to be interrogated, and the counseling room after. An incident that we still talk about and laugh off after all this time. Picture on the left is of the three of us back when we were 12. Oii Pz! Suddenly feel jealous again! Hahahahahahaha XD

Come to think of it, perhaps if there had been more exposure, more acceptance, I'd have been less confused and taken more daring steps instead of trying to figure a way to stop those "not-normal-feelings". Perhaps if I'd had a more solid self esteem, none of that would have mattered.

Just felt like ranting a bit lol ^__^""

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Prisoner of Love

I absolutely love Prisoner of Love, the opening theme of Last Friends, by Utada Hikaru! It's so beautiful, so addictive that I've been playing it over and over again. Heck I even looked up the lyrics just to be able to sing along to it! Lol...

Lyrics (both japanese and english version taken from here)

I'm a prisoner of love
Prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love
I'm just a prisoner of love
A prisoner of love

Heiki na kao de uso wo tsuite
Waratte iyake ga sashite
Raku bakari shiyou to shite ita
With an indifferent face you tell a lie
Laughing until you feel sick
"Let's have nothing but fun" you said

Naimononedari buru-su
Mina yasuragi wo motomete iru
Michitariteru noni ubaiau
Ai no kage wo otte iru
Feeling blue over desiring the impossible
Everyone is seeking tranquility
You're struggling, but you've had enough
Now you're chasing after a shadow of love

Taikutsu na mainichi ga kyuu ni kagayakidashita
Anata ga arawareta ano hi kara
Kodoku demo tsurakutemo heiki da to omoeta
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love
Since the day you appeared
My dull "everyday"s have begun to shine
Now I'm able to think, "Feeling loneliness, being in pain - that's not so bad"
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love


Prisoner of love
Prisoner of love
I'm a prisoner of love

Yameru toki mo sukoyaka naru toki mo
Arashi no hi mo hare no hi mo tomo ni ayumou
Through painful times and healthy times,
Stormy days and sunny days, let's walk on together

I'm gonna tell you the truth
Hitoshirezu tsurai michi wo erabu
watashi wo ouen shite kureru
Anata dake wo tomo to yobu
I'm gonna tell you the truth
I chose an unforeseeably painful path
and you came to support me
You're the only one I can call a friend

Tsuyogari ya yokubari ga muimi ni narimashita
Anata ni ai sareta ano hi kara
Jiyuu demo yoyuu demo hitori ja munashii wa
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love
Fake displays of strength and avarice have become meaningless
I've been in love with you since that day
When I'm free, with time to spare, there's no life in being alone
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love

Oh mou sukoshi da yo
Don't you give up
Oh misutenai zettai ni
Oh... Just a little more
Don't you give up
Oh don't ever abandon me

Zankoku na genjitsu ga futari wo hikisakeba
Yori issou tsuyoku hikareau
Ikura demo ikura demo ganbareru ki ga shita
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love
If the cruelty of reality tries to tear us apart
We'll be drawn more closely to one another
Somehow, somehow, I have a feeling we'll be able to stand firm
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love

Arifureta nichijou ga kyuu ni kagayakidashita
Kokoro wo ubawareta ano hi kara
Kodoku demo tsurakutemo heiki da to omoeta
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love
Every day banalities quickly begin to shine brilliantly
You stole my heart that day
Loneliness and pain, I thought I could deal with
I'm just a prisoner of love
Just a prisoner of love

I'm a prisoner of love
Prisoner of love
Prisoner of love
I'm just a prisoner of love
I'm a prisoner of love

Stay with me, stay with me
My baby, say you love me
Stay with me, stay with me
Hitori ni sasenai
Stay with me, stay with me
My baby, say you love me
Stay with me, stay with me
Don't leave me alone again


Still can't get enough of it? Then watch the video!



Rasuto Furenzo aka. Last Friends

After watching the opening theme on Blammer's blog, I decided to watch this new j-dorama called Rasuto Furenzu or Last Friends which is currently airing in Japan. Even at episode 2, this drama left me on the edge, wanting to kill -yes, seriously kill- a certain character, feeling and emphasizing with the pain of another, and wanting to knock some sense into a few others. And now at episode 4, I'm hooked.

Domestic violence (DV), emotional blackmail, unrequited shoujo-ai, a spineless young man who still loves his wife despite her cheating on him in his own home, a mysterious past which scarred a man enough to make him afraid of sex... These are just some of the issues addressed in this wonderfully made drama. You can literally feel each character's internal struggle over the secrets they are hiding.

Ah, the beauty of angsty dramas...

Share-house group picture

Ruka meets Michiru
(Tribute to Haruka/Michiru from Sailormoon?)

One can only wonder how this is gonna end up.. A tragedy perhaps, judging from the opening of the show where a pregnant Michiru wonders if the death (hopefully Sousuke's) could be avoided if she had the ability to understand people's hearts- and I'm guessing, Ruka's heart in particular. Or perhaps they'll throw in an ambiguously happy ending where Ruka and Michiru finally meet again (KnM anyone?). All I can say is that at the moment I(and other viewers alike) would gladly follow the journey of this heartwrenching drama to the end... Watch it here! ^_______^

ps. And the death had better not be Takeru's! Or Eri's for that matter!
-scoobz-