Got my Takitsuba Best Album today! (タキツバ5周年おめでとう!!) Translated one of my favourite tracks on it, Tsubasa's solo "Nagareboshi" which means "shooting star." It can be heard on the music player at the side bar. ^^
どうぞよろしくね ^^
“両手を伸ばせば…触れるくらい”と ryoute o nobaseba sawareru kurai to キミがせがんだ 星が見える丘 kimi ga seganda hoshi ga mieru oka 長めのマフラー 重ねた頬 nagameno mafuraa kasanetahoho はしゃいでばかりで 見逃した流れ星 hashaide bakaride minogashita nagareboshi
となりで tonaride 微笑ってくれたコト 暖め合ったコト warattekureta koto atatameatta koto その意味も 気付けないままで… sono imi mo kitsukenai mamade
在我身旁的你 给我来欢笑 给我来温暖 那当中的意义 我却始终没有领会...
shining star 輝ける この星のように shining star kagayakeru kono hoshi no youni 今でも キミはきっと 誰かのために微笑ってる ima de mo kima wa kitto dare ka no tame ni waratteru ２人で見つけた この場所に futari de mitsuketa kono basho ni 僕はひとり 立ち尽くして boku wa hitori tachitsukushite
shining star 闪耀着 有如此刻的星星般 只是现在的你 一定正因为他人微笑着 在我俩一起找着的地方 如今只剩我独自站立
失う恐さを 抱えきれずに ushinaukowasa o kakaekirezuni 何度もキミを責めてばかりいた nando mo kimi o semete bakari ita あの日の香りも残らない ano hi no kaori mo nokoranai マフラー 握り締め mafuraa nigirishime 後悔は 滲んでゆくだけ… koukai wa nijindeyuku dake
shooting star 流れては 消えゆく星に shooting star nagarete wa kieyuku hoshi ni 今はもう 届くことない 想いなら せめて祈ってる ima wa mou todoku kotonai omoi nara semete inotteru キミがキミらしくいられるように kimi ga kimirashiku irareru youni 微笑えるように 祈ってる waraeru youni inotteru
shooting star 划过天际 现在只能对着稍纵即逝的星星 将已经无法传达给你的思绪 化作愿望 祈求你能够照自己的方式生活 始终有着一样的笑颜
shining star 輝ける この星のように shining star kagayakeru kono hoshi no youni 今でもキミはきっと 誰かのために微笑ってる ima de mo kima wa kitto dare ka no tame ni waratteru
shining star 闪耀着 有如此刻的星星般 只是现在的你 一定正因为他人微笑着
shooting star 流れては 消えゆく星に shooting star nagarete wa kieyuku hoshi ni 今はもう 届くことない 想いなら せめて祈ってる ima wa mou todoku kotonai omoi nara semete inotteru
shooting star 划过天际 现在只能对着稍纵即逝的星星 将已经无法传达给你的思绪 化作愿望
shining star 輝ける 星空の下 shining star kagayakeru hoshizora no shita 今はもう 君はきっと 誰かの側で 笑ってる ima wa mou kimi wa kitto dare ka no soba de waratteru あの日見逃した 流れ星に ano hi minogashita nagareboshi ni 僕は１人 祈ってる boku wa hitori inotteru
shining star 闪耀着 在这星空之下 只是现在的你 一定正在他人身边微笑着 而如今的我只能 对着那日我俩错过的流星 独自许着愿
Came across some funny stuff during my spate of tuitioning lately. First up was a chinese model essay a teacher did up for students to study. It was supposed to be a letter to an older cousin expressing concerns over the cousin's recent weight gain. Quoting the teacher,
"以前你是一个身材魁梧，体格健壮的年轻人，没想到半年不见，你就变得脑满肠肥了。"
Ahahahaha Full marks for the vocab but where the hell is the TACT?? And it's supposed to be addressed to an older cousin? If I ever receive such a letter I'll come and punch the young punk silly. 脑满肠肥indeed.
Another one was a Biology question from XX Secondary School's prelims. Simple MCQ question that asked
Which of the following shows a plant cell? 1: [Diagram of a neuron] 2: [Diagram of a plant epidermal cell] 3: [Diagram of muscle cell] 4: [Diagram of guard cells]
A: 1 & 3 B: 2 & 4 C: 2 & 3 D: 2 only
Obviously everyone chose option B. WRONG!!! Answer is D!
Because the question asked for a plant cell. Singular! Singular! Whereas the diagram of guard cells showed a pair of plant cells, so it can't be the answer.
Gee I didn't know it was a Biology cum English exam paper. It'll be funny, if only the students didn't need to depend on their prelim grades to get into JC for the first month. As it is I feel really sorry for my kids. I'm really sorry that their teachers are such screw-ups.
What the heck are the teachers hoping to achieve by setting this kind of question, I have no idea. They seem to be, at least in my mind, flipping the students the bird and gloating "HAH! Didn't expect THIS did you? Can't get past me no matter how hard you study nyah nyah nyah"
Was reading Stephen King's "From A Buick 8" and came across this passage.
"And was all that important to my story? I thought so. The kid, obviously, thought different. I kept trying to give him a context and he kept repudiating it, wanting to hear the story out of context and out of history, chainless and immaculate. He wanted what suit him."
"He wasn't going to hear all I had to say, no matter how much I wanted him to or how hard I tried. He'd hear the parts he wanted to hear and call it good. Think of it as the Teenage Disease."
I understand man, I totally do. Just try teaching any teenager. They seldom want the facts, nor the background information. All they want are the exam answers.
Or could it be just me? Barely 25 and already turning into a naggy old fart?! Crap.
