Wow I just found out that the nokia tone was actually taken from 4 bars of a classical guitar piece, Gran Vals by Francisco Tárrega. And someone actually made a fugue out of it. The most funny thing i saw was an ensemble actually playing the tune to remind audiences to switch off their handphones, LOL.

A little review

<神様もう少しだけ> this is the drama i've been watching for the past few days although i haven completed it yet. I cant believe i'm watching such a tear-jerker after shunning all the dramas for years. And nope, i was not hooked to the show, although i felt a need to know the story and complete the show. And the images above are so classic, when i googled them i thought i saw them somewhere before many years ago.I read the reviews and it said this show was a hit some 10 years ago. And i am only watching it now.

But what really made me blog about this show was the fact that japanese dramas 10 years ago are still so much better than current local productions.

I was watching this show and at a certain point i thought to myself that local productions could never ever come out with something like that. Not that this particular drama has an excellent story line. In fact the story is not at all realistic and very fairy-tale like.

But it is a decent and moving love drama with beautiful theme songs, not a rojak-styled drama peppered with national education messages, lame jokes, songs with lousy lyrics and (futile) efforts to portray the daily lives of common folks in an exaggerated and silly manner. I wont call the above drama 'high-class' and deep, but neither does it lack class.

If this drama is trying to warn japanese school girls against prostituting themselves and raise awareness about aids, it has certainly done so in a subtle manner with a story that is touching. If it is trying to show the problems japanese families face, it has done so in a convincing manner and one with scenes that is well integrated into the story.

Hence, this drama might be quite worth a watch especially if you are free or for the guys who have nothing better to do for the 2 years of their lives. And next time if i were to watch a drama, given a choice among local, taiwan and japanese dramas, i think i will still go for the japanese one.

its late in the night and i dun feel like sleeping. i haven felt sadness in a long long time. but this time its not exactly that sad la. maybe when people grow old they tend to be more forgiving towards themselves. i feel like doing sth meaningful but i duno if its meaningful not...

anyway just to share sth funny. i went to youtube and i saw this video of 2 guys, one was playing the guitar and one was singing. the information for the video was: one of the things 2 guys can do in a room. LOL they were asking for it and i bet there will be lots of funny comments made. so i scroll down to see what comments were made and guess wad.

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lol

the audition results are still not out yet. heard its quite competitive, but my teacher is confident we can get through. i hope so too...

damn sad the branch where i am learning guitar is shifting. i like the current location, its beside a library and a community centre and the place is very small and comfortable. now they are shifting to somewhere very commercialised, with tuition centres around. duno if i will still want to continue learning there. anw i am shifting hse soon.

and there wont be anymore bus concession after nov10. duno if my transportation costs will increase by alot. but i am more than willing to bear the costs :)

i went for my guitar audition today. its an ensemble consisting of me and another guitarist and our teacher. our teacher is the bassist while i strum the chords and the other guitarist plays the melody. we are playing tico tico, a brazilian piece.

i strummed a wrong chord during the audition but i changed it back. i thought i would be nervous but i was actually enjoying myself during the audition, to the extent that i was not paying much attention and enjoying what i was playing and strumming until i heard that something sounded wrong and omg, i realised it was a wrong chord and i had to change to the right one. other than that there were some minor mistakes here and there that were not too significant, at least for now, cuz we were not too steady to begin with.

normally i would be damn sad for the mistake but this time i dun really feel sad. maybe cos the experience was fun and i enjoyed myself, trying to smile to the judges and appear like i enjoy the music which i really do.

and the night before i actually had a nightmare about the audition. i was suppose to be playing the starting notes for tico tico, but the notes of the entertainer appeared in my brain instead, if u know what i am saying, and i kept wondering why i could not get it right.

but i am glad the audition's over and i just have to hope for the best and hope we get to perform in the concert.

ahhhhh i missed my dental appointment. now i have to pay my own money to remove my wisdom tooth. damn sad can.

love story

我站在原地不动，看着你的背影，渐渐地和他，在行驶的车上消失。而萧邦 (chopin) 的夜曲又再次浮现在我的脑海里。。。

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记得小时候，你和我是一起长大的。小时候我们经常在一起闹，一起玩。其实小时候的事情我不是很记得，对你印象最深刻是你是个野丫头，又刁蛮又任性，而且你的力气可大了。有一次和你打架你居然打赢了我。

小时候我们也一起学钢琴。你很喜欢萧邦的夜曲op9-2 ，还说以后谁若是为你弹奏这首曲子，你一定嫁给他。当时我们也一起比赛，看谁先学会这首曲子。结果你学得比我快，还在我面前弹起了这首曲子。

到了小学，中学，我们还是经常在一起。你的功课很好，上课时我有什么不明白你都能解释给我。而我也只是‘木木‘的，对学习不是很上进，总是爱发呆。

到了初级学院，你的蜕变是惊人的。从一个野丫头，你变成了一个美丽可人的少女，娇媚清秀的外表配上苹果般的脸孔，一头秀长的黑发和修长的身躯。加上你的功课很好，很受老师同学的喜爱。而我只是很普通，一点也不起眼。但是无论我到哪里，你都会跟着我。

考试成绩放榜的那一天，你考到了优异的成绩，进入了理想大学。而我成绩不佳，上不了大学。转眼我被列入国家的军队，必须服两年的兵役。在这两年，你还是会常常给我写信，并且寄一些你的照片给我。

这段漫长的岁月也总算过去了。你和我都踏入社会工作。虽然是社会新鲜人，你整个人却散发出自信，而这股自信是很有美感的。这段期间，你也认识了男朋友，我很替你高兴，常常问起关于他的事情。但你始终不曾提起过他，我也无心过问。

终于，公司要派我到国外去。那天，你来我家，说你会舍不得我，还要我在离开前最后一次为你弹奏萧邦的夜曲。我随口答应了。由于很久没有练琴，我弹奏得不是很熟练，也没放太多的感情。但在弹奏时，你的眼泪居然落了下来，还哭得泣不成声。

那天，我体内的激情燃烧起来。我走向你，把你抱在怀里，然后强力的吻了你。你也没有大力地抗拒，只是身体很僵硬，脸部表情很痛苦，眼泪也一直往下掉。那天晚上，你给了我一个秘密，让我走进了你的世界。在那永无止境的夜里，我们二合为一体，两情缠绵。。。

但那一夜的激情没有把我留下。到了国外，我才发现我一直忽略你的存在。没有你的日子真的很不习惯，可惜已经太迟了。我在外国生活了三年，赚了一笔钱，也尝到了寂寞的滋味。

三年很快过去了，我回到这里，感觉一切好似一场梦。你就站在我面前，穿着纯白色的婚纱。你的美丽是很惊人的，我差一点认不出你。但那个新郎不是我，我是你和他的伴郎。恭喜你，我故作大方地说，想隐瞒内心的悲伤。我不知道我的眼睛是否出卖了我，也不知道你是否能够体会我的难过。

但在你和他交换戒指的那一刻，你的眼泪毫无保留的落了下来。你赢我；从小到大都是你赢我。到了这一刻，还是你赢我。我不曾对你说出口的那三个字，你用你的眼泪替我说出了。而这将是我内心一个永远的遗憾。

看着你的背影渐渐的消失，这一切好似一场梦。如果梦醒了，一切可以回到过去就好了。但是你已经走了，你不会再回来了。从此我心中的一部分死掉了。