Wednesday, March 7, 2007

劉若英,後來;Rene's Hou Lai(Later)

The mtv shows how people do not know how to cherish their love ones when they are young; and betray the trust laid upon them by their love one. and remind people to cherish the people they love, as once they are gone, u will never be able to seek them back again.



后来

后来 我总算学会了如何去爱
可惜你早已远去 消失在人海
后来 终于在眼泪中明白
有些人 一旦错过就不再

栀子花白花瓣 落在我蓝色百褶裙上
爱你 你轻声说 我低下头闻见一阵芬芳
那个永恒的夜晚 十七岁仲夏
你吻我的那个夜晚
让我往后的时光 每当有感叹 总想起当天的星光
那时候的爱情 为什么就能那样简单
而又是为什么 人年少时 一定要让深爱的人受伤
在这相似的深夜里 你是否一样 也在静静追悔感伤
如果当时我们能 不那么倔强 现在也不那么遗憾

你都如何回忆我 带着笑或是很沉默
这些年来 有没有人能让你不寂寞

后来 我总算学会了如何去爱
可惜你早已远去 消失在人海
后来 终于在眼泪中明白
有些人 一旦错过就不再

你都如何回忆我 带着笑或是很沉默
这些年来 有没有人能让你不寂寞

后来 我总算学会了如何去爱
可惜你早已远去 消失在人海
后来 终于在眼泪中明白
有些人 一旦错过就不再

后来 我总算学会了如何去爱
可惜你早已远去 消失在人海
后来 终于在眼泪中明白
有些人 一旦错过就不再

永远不会再重来
有一个男孩 爱着那个女孩

Translation:
Later, I finally learned how to love
Unfortunately you have disappeared into the sea of faces.
Later, through all the tears, I finally understood
That you can only miss somebody once.

White petals of orange flowers fell on my blue pleated skirt
"I love you," you softly said
I lowered my head and smelled the burst of fragrance
That eternal night; 17 years old, midsummer
That night you kissed me
Letting me in my future days, when I feel like sighing
Will always remember that day's starlight
That love then, why was it so simple like that?
And also, why when we were young
Must we let those whom we love to be hurt?
In this similar deep of night, are you the same?
Also feeling the quiet hurt of regret?
If at the time we could have been less stubborn
We would not feel regret now

How are you remembering me? Does it bring you laughter or silence?
Through all these years, was there someone who could let you not be lonely?

Later, I finally learned how to love
Unfortunately you have disappeared into the sea of faces.
Later, through all the tears, I finally understood
That you can only miss somebody once.

How are you remembering me? Does it bring you laughter or silence?
Through all these years, was there someone who could let you not be lonely?

Later, I finally learned how to love
Unfortunately you have disappeared into the sea of faces.
Later, through all the tears, I finally understood
That you can only miss somebody once.

Later, I finally learned how to love
Unfortunately you have disappeared into the sea of faces.
Later, through all the tears, I finally understood
That you can only miss somebody once.

It will never happen again.
To have that boy in love with that girl.

Romanji:

Hou Lai Wo Zhong Xue Hui Le Ru He Qu Ai
Ke Xi Ni Zao Yi Yuan Qu Xiao Shi Zai Ren Hai
Hou Lai Zhong Yu Zai Yen Lei Zhong Ming Bai
You Xie Ren Yi Dan Cuo Guo Jiu Bu Zai

Zhi Zi Hua Bai Hua Ban Luo Zai Wo Lan Se Bai Zhe Qun Shang
Ai Ni Ni Qing Sheng Suo Wo Di Xia Tou Wen Jian Yi Zhen Fen Fang
Na Ge Yong Heng De Ye Wan Shi Qi Shui Zhong Xia
Ni Wen Wo De Na Ge Ye Wan
Rang Wo Wang Hou De Shi Guang Mei Dang You Gan Tan Zhong Xiang Qi Dang Tian De Xing Guang
Na Shi Hou De Ai Qing Wei Shen Meh Jiu Neng Na Yang Jian Dan
Er Yu She Wei Shen Meh Ren Nien Shao SHi Yi Ding Yao Rang Shen Ai De Ren Shou Shang
Zai Zhe Xiang Si De Shen Ye Li Ni Shi Fou Yi Yang Ye Zai Jing Jing Jui Hui Gan Shang
Ru Guo Dang Shi Wo Men Neng Bu Na Meh Jue Jiang Xian Zai Ye Bu Na Meh Yi Han

Ni Dou Ru He Hui Yi Wo Dai Zhe Xiao Huo Shi Hen Chen Mo
Zhe Xie Nien Lai You Mei You REn Neng Rang Ni Bu Ji Mo

Hou Lai Wo Zhong Xue Hui Le Ru He Qu Ai
Ke Xi Ni Zao Yi Yuan Qu Xiao Shi Zai Ren Hai
Hou Lai Zhong Yu Zai Yen Lei Zhong Ming Bai
You Xie Ren Yi Dan Cuo Guo Jiu Bu Zai

Ni Dou Ru He Hui Yi Wo Dai Zhe Xiao Huo Shi Hen Chen Mo
Zhe Xie Nien Lai You Mei You REn Neng Rang Ni Bu Ji Mo

Hou Lai Wo Zhong Xue Hui Le Ru He Qu Ai
Ke Xi Ni Zao Yi Yuan Qu Xiao Shi Zai Ren Hai
Hou Lai Zhong Yu Zai Yen Lei Zhong Ming Bai
You Xie Ren Yi Dan Cuo Guo Jiu Bu Zai

Hou Lai Wo Zhong Xue Hui Le Ru He Qu Ai
Ke Xi Ni Zao Yi Yuan Qu Xiao Shi Zai Ren Hai
Hou Lai Zhong Yu Zai Yen Lei Zhong Ming Bai
You Xie Ren Yi Dan Cuo Guo Jiu Bu Zai

Yong Yuen Dou Bu Hui Zai Chong Lai
You Yi Ge Nan Hai Ai Zhe Na Ge Nuei Hai

Memoirs of A Teenage Girl(Chapter 8)

Yagate ikutsumo no kisetsu ga
Bokutachi no mae wo ashibaya ni toorinuketa
Shiroi yuki ga machi wo someru goro ni mo
Kimi no soba ni isasete
Watashi korekara mo
Komarasete bakari ka mo shirenai kedo
Translation:
Many seasons have passed by
With quick steps since then
When the white snow colors the city
Let me stay by your side
Though I may bother you
Again and again

It was true that she couldn’t forget the incident but she had forgiven him for being a cheater. She was forced to break up with him because of the third party. She remembered that incident clearly.

The day she broke up with him was a day before his birthday. She bought a very special present for him two days before his birthday. It was a soft toy, a cute a little cat. She thought that the cat could play the role of her, accompany her boyfriend when she was not by his side. She thought it could be the best present because the cat will be a symbolic of her. She told her best friend that she would be giving him a cat as a present and she told her best friend not to tell him that what present she would give him.

One day before his birthday, she went to the post office after school, just to send him her present through post. Unfortunately, she was too late. The post office was closed but the main post office was still in service. The main post office was way too far for her but she thought the present should reach his home on his birthday. She decided to take a ride to the main post office by train and it would take her a whole day to reach there. She wanted post it on that very day because she could not pass the present to him on his birthday since she would not be free but she was stopped by her best friend.

‘I don’t think that this act is so-called romantic. You’re so naïve. Do you think that he will appreciate what you have done for him?? Will he?’ her best friend asked.

‘But I love him very much…’ Chinatsu explained. ‘And furthermore it will be meaningless if he receives that in the day after his birthday. It must be on his birthday.’

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Memoirs of A Teenage Girl(Chapter 7)

Hajimete atta hi wo ima mo oboete iru
Tereta you ni kimi wa
utsumuite me wo sorashite bakari datta ne

Sono shigusa wo totemo itoshiku omou you ni natta no wa
Itsu no koro kara datta kana
Nandaka natsukashii ne

Translation:

Do you remember the first day we met even now?
You looked abashed, hanging your head
And turning your eyes away

I wonder when such a manner became so dear to me
It makes me feel a little nostalgic
Don't you feel so?

The incident was 3 years ago after she met him. He was her very first boyfriend. She met him and he was working as a part-time cashier. She fell in love with him at the first sight. Whenever she was free, she would pay him a visit. At first, the guy was abashed and stunned while looking at her. He found her attractive and started asking for her cell phone number. She was flattered at that time.
She felt that the song was describing what she was feeling. After taking in a big gulp of air, her tears welled up in her eyes. If it wasn’t her, I would be holding his hand, walking on the street, playing in the rain like what the couple was doing now, she thought. The song kept on playing and her tears started flowing on her cheeks after she broke down.
She sobbed and cried out loudly. ‘WHY? Why did they happen on me? Did I do anything wrong? Was that my fault?’ she started questioning herself.
She remembered the incident as if it was yesterday although it was three years ago. How her ex-boyfriend treated her, how she was betrayed by her most beloved and how she was betrayed by her best friend were still fresh in her mind. They were as if rooted in her mind.
She hugged her pillow tightly and buried her head deeply in it. She cried and cried until the pillow was wet soaking in tears.

Memoirs of A Teenage Girl(Chapter 6)

She grabbed the assignment from her friends and ran out from her classroom immediately. She torn her assignment apart, and the rain came falling down. She ran to her house, leaving her belongings at the school. She threw her torn apart assignment into the drain. The ferocious water in the drain washed away those papers and she watched the ink of the papers smudging. Tears were falling down like the rain drops, right into the drain. Wind was blowing her face, her straight hair could not been lifted because it was soaked in rain water. Rain came pouring down as she walked slowly towards her house. In her mind, there was only sorrow.

When she reached her house, she did not enter. She thought her mother would be questioning her for early leaving. She left her house and started loafing although it was pouring. She shivered as the wind blew. Chill traveled into her veins and she felt the coldest of the world, sorrow, sadness…..She sat in a bench, recalling those memories and blaming herself for being so stupid.

A few hours passed by, she went back to her house.

‘I’m back.’ She said while untying her shoe laces.

‘Welcome back,’ her mother replied. ‘Where were you? The school called just now. They said you left the school early without leaving any message. What’s wrong with you?’

She didn’t mention anything. No words were coming out from her mouth. She walked passed her mother and straight into her room.

‘Chinatsu!!’

WHAM! She shut the door before her mother could ask anything. ‘Tick,’ a clicking sound of locking the door followed after the slamming of the door.

She changed her clothes and switched on the lights. Staring blanking ahead onto the street, she was watching the rain pouring down onto the slick pavement below. People were running in the rain. Some without umbrellas were using their brief cases as their shelters. Some couples were holding hands walking in the rain. She could see the girl was grinning while holding her boyfriend’s hand. The boyfriend smiled at her. They laughed at each other and started playing in the rain. She could feel the love between them. She sighed deeply when thinking who would be her prince. There is no prince for me, she thought.

She wanted to listen to some songs, especially Hamasaki Ayumi’s. Coincidentally, the first song was ‘Carols’. The memory of her first love started to form in her mind as she heard what Ayu was singing.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Memoirs of A Teenage Girl(Chapter 5)

Chapter 5

She walked out from the office quietly. The incident before handing in their assignments came rushing into her mind.

Miss Satou gave them 3 months to finish their assignments but she had grouped them into 6 groups in order to lessen their burden. Chinatsu did the assignment all by herself because her members refused to work with her since she was the first at class. She did the assignment without complaining to the teacher because she would not want to get their classmates into troubles and to please them. She could remember she did it till midnight because the assignment was not easy. She was hoping that her assignment would be the best in her class and she did it seriously. Staying up late to finish the assignment was not a new thing to her anymore.

On the very day that her class needed to hand in their assignments, some of the groups had not completed theirs.

‘Chinatsu? Could you lend us your assignment because we hasn’t finished our assignment?’ one of her friends asked. ‘And we promise you that we wouldn’t copy your assignment.’

‘Well, ok. But you do not copy the whole thing or Miss Satou wouldn’t happy about it. Just take my assignment as your reference,’ she told them. ‘And hasten up your speed; Miss Satou is going to enter our class soon.’

She smiled at them while lending them her assignment. After they have had her assignment, they started flipping through her assignment, finding the right page. She trusted them that they would only refer to her assignment but when after Miss Satou pointed out that their assignments are copied work, she started checking out whether if she was right.

Then, tears gushing out from her eyes even more when she saw her friends’ assignments were totally the same as hers. Most of the pages were exactly the same like hers. Her face was soaked in tears before reaching her class.

She placed her friends’ assignments on the table and she away from them before they could ask her anything about her assignment. Her group members found out that their assignment had not been marked and started accusing her.

‘Why did you lend our assignment to them? It’s all your fault. How could you be so stupid?’ One of her group members blamed. ‘I shouldn’t have joined your group. You make us suffer!’

‘Yes, you are totally right. We shouldn’t have joined you at first.’ Another member said.

Those harsh words pierced through her heart. She sobbed in tears and stomped out of her classroom. Why do all of you treat me like this? Don’t you know that it was me that finished that damn assignment? Do you think that I wanted it to happen? Can’t you all see the point? Those questions like thousands of daggers, stabbing her body, her heart………

A song: Cry baby; 爱哭鬼(Ai Ku Gui)

This song, Cry Baby(Ai Ku Gui) is from a Taiwanese artist, Jiang Mei QI (Xiao Mei)




我是爱哭鬼
我想哭掉对你的思念

我爱哭
大声的哭
你在身边我敢放肆的哭
电影感人 听情歌我都会哭

我爱哭 偷偷的哭
你清楚却伤我那麽离谱
几句话语 我的泪却止不住
你说分手时候 彷佛早就想清楚
留我一个躲在角落
来不及哭 只能傻住

我是爱哭鬼
我想哭掉对你的思念
看着镜子里面没志气的脸
然後越哭越後悔

我是爱哭鬼
我想哭掉对你的依恋
我也知道自己 这样子不对
却还越哭越认真的 为谁

我不哭 我不敢哭
哭只会让视线变的模糊
视线模糊 记忆却会更清楚
你说分手时候 彷佛早就想清楚
留我一个躲在角落
来不及哭 只能傻住

我是爱哭鬼 我要哭掉对你的思念
看着镜子里面没志气的脸
然後越哭越後悔

我是爱哭鬼 我想哭掉对你的依恋
我也知道自己 这样子不对
却还越哭越认真的 为谁

我是爱哭鬼 我要哭掉对你的思念
看着镜子里面没志气的脸
然後越哭越後悔

我是爱哭鬼 我想哭掉对你的依恋
我也知道自己 这样子不对
却还越哭越认真的 可悲

These are the pronounciation of those Chinese Words. So, sing along!

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Si Nian

Wo Ai Ku Da Sheng De Ku
Ni Zai Sheng Bian Wo Gan Fang Si De Ku
Dian Ying Gan Ren Ting Qing Ge Wo Dou Hui Ku

Wo Ai Ku Tou Tou De Ku
Ni Qing Chu Que Shang Wo Na Mo Li Pu
Ji Ju Hua Yu Wo De Lei Que Zhi Bu Zhu
Ni Shuo Fen Shou Shi Hou Fang Fu Zao Jiu Xiang Qing Chu
Liu Wo Yi Ge Duo Zai Jiao Luo
Lai Bu Ji Ku Zhi Neng Sha Zhu

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Si Nian
Kan Zhe Jing Zhi Li Mian Mei Zhi Qi De Lian
Ran Hou Yue Ku Yue Hou Hui

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Yi Lian
Wo Ye Zhi Dao Zhi Ji Zhe Yang Zhi Bu Dui
Que Hai Ku Yue Ren Zhen De Wei Shui

Wo Bu Ku Wo Bu Gan Ku
Ku Zhi Hui Ran Shi Xian Bian De Mo Hu
Shi Xian Mo Hu Ji Yi Que Hui Geng Qing Chu
Ni Shuo Fen Shou Shi Hou Fang Fu Zao JiuYi Xiang Qing Chu
Liu Wo Yi Ge Duo Zai Jiao Luo
Lai Bu Ji Ku Zhi Neng Sha Zhu

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Si Lian
Kan Zhe Jing Zhi Li Mian Mei Zhi Qi De Lian
Ran Hou Yue Ku Yue Hou Hui

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Yi Lian
Wo Ye Zhi Dao Zhi Ji Zhe Yang Zhi Bu Dui
Que Hai Ku Yue Ren Zhen De Wei Shui

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Si Nian
Kan Zhe Jing Zhi Li Mian Mei Zhi Qi De Lian
Ran Hou Yue Ku Yue Hou Hui

Wo Shi Ai Ku Gui
Wo Yao Ku Diao Dui Ni De Yi Lian
Wo Ye Zhi Dao Zhi Ji Zhe Yang Zhi Bu Dui
Que Kai Ku Yue Ren Zhen De Ke Bei

Translation:
I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you

I like to cry
Crying out loudly
I’ll cry as hard as I could if you were by my side
I’ll cry when listening to love songs and when watching touching movies

I like to cry
Crying secretly
You knew that I like to cry but you was the one that has hurt me the most
Your words make me crying unstoppable
When you told me that you wanted to leave me, it was as if you have thought of it at the beginning
Leaving me behind hiding at the corner
Having no time to cry but stunned

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
Looking at the saddened face of my own reflection in the mirror
Making me cry even more and making me regret

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
I also know that crying is wrong
But I cry even more because of whom (you)

I don’t wanna cry I don’t have the courage to cry
Crying will only make my sight blur
Those memories will become clearer if my sight is blur
When you told me that you wanted to leave me, it was as if you have thought of it at the beginning
Leaving me behind hiding at the corner
Having no time to cry but stunned

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
Looking at the saddened face of my own reflection in the mirror
Making me cry even more and making me regret

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
I also know that crying is wrong
But I cry even more because of whom (you)

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
Looking at the saddened face of my own reflection in the mirror
Making me cry even more and making me regret

I’m a cry baby
I wanna cry in order to forget those feelings of loving you
I also know that crying is wrong
But I cry even more pitiful

Crying?? Yes, I love to cry too!! Cry could release depression, sadness, etc. If you feel that you are emotionally unstable, just get a pillow and hug it tightly. Then, cry out aloud!! And before doing that, check your windows and doors. Make sure that they are locked if you don’t wish to let others hear you crying.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Memoirs of A Teenage Girl(Chapter 4)

She sat at her desk, looking at her test paper blankly after Miss Satou left the class. Thousands of questions were storming into her mind, asking the reason she got only 7 marks. And the only answer was, Miss Satou did not like her because she was a nerd.

‘It must be a mistake!!’ Aiko exclaimed. ‘How could Miss Satou being so unfair to you?! I shall ask her. Wait…’

‘NO! I think I did something that had provoked her. If you confront her, your mark will be deducted,’ she said while pulling Aiko’s hand.

‘But you don’t really know the reason, do you?’ Aiko asked. “Let me check it out. You don’t need to worry about me, Miss Satou treats me very well.”

‘NO!! I think she gave me that sort of mark is because I’m a nerd. Never mind. I’m fine with it,’ she insisted while wiping her tears.

‘Chinatsu!!! Miss Satou wants to see you in her office,’ her class monitor shouted. ‘Miss Satou doesn’t seem to be pleased.’

She quickly used her blouse to wipe away her tears, pretending that she did not break down in tears. Then, she walked out the class towards the office to see Miss Satou.

At the office, she saw Miss Satou was sitting at her table, flipping through the assignments done by her class. She comforted herself and she checked her face as if it had tears on it. Cautiously, she knocked the door.

‘Teacher, is there anything that I can help you?’ she asked and forced out a smile.

‘Your assignment and some of your classmates are completely the same. I don’t wish to mark your assignments anymore and please take back your assignment and your friends too. I don’t care who was dishonest. Just take them back and I don’t wish this incident to happen again.’ Miss Satou handed her assignment and her friends’ to her.

‘But teacher..’ she tried to explain what had happened.

‘No buts,’ Miss Satou interrupted. ‘And this is a warning to you all.’

‘Then, I’ll give them back to my friends,’ she said while taking those assignments from Miss Satou. ‘Thank you, teacher.’

She tried not to break down in tears in front of Miss Satou but her tears could not obey her order. She hid her face and swiftly turned away from Miss Satou. Looking at her half-marked assignment, hot tears started streaming from her red eyes. In her mind, countless questions kept on coming in. Why did she refuse to listen to my explaination? Didn’t she know that I was the first in class in exams? Do I need to copy others’ work? Why didn’t you get it?