23rd Feb 2008
Great song, great sky, great day
First of all, I want to share this great Japanese song “??????????” (meaning: A flower that only blooms here) from the Japanese pop group “????” (Kobukuro). Very nice melodic song with great lyrics. My recent favorite group for sure, in addition to HY.
Here’s a translation of its lyrics from Japanese:
This place is empty, but there’s a flower that only blooms here
It’s a place where you can quietly put down the baggage in your heart
The azure sea reflecting the color of the sky, from far away, I could hear
Your laughing voice, but when I listened closely, it was the sound of the wavesIf you can’t hide your loneliness, just be alone
The name I keep screaming in a whisper is always the sameIs that gentle place still waiting for me even now?
With a smile til the end (with a smile), you turned back time after time (and waved)
I chewed my lip as you got further away
Now the loneliness fills me
And I wait for the fingertips that will wipe this damp worldWhat your shadow taught me was not just the sadness there
If you look up and turn around, you’ll see the light shining thereThe same number of meetings and partings, but there’s something unaccounted for
An excess of memories keep blooming forever in my heartThe road is muddy after the rain
But I’ll carve the sign that I’ve lived here
Somewhere these tears will fall (these tears) on a withered flower (on a heart)
And on the other side of happiness, it will once again bloom
My wish is blown by the ocean wind into the wide sky
And someday I’ll cross a small rainbow with these legs(A flower that only blooms here, a wind that only blows here)
(A song you can only hear here, something you can only see here…)
(A flower that only blooms here, a wind that only blows here)Is that gentle place still waiting for me even now?
The loneliness (loneliness) suddenly fills me (fills me)
And wipes this damp world
The road is muddy after the rain
But I’ll carve the sign that I’ve lived here
Someday these tears (these tears) and this loneliness (loneliness)
Will be left behind, along with the wounds of this period
Even the brilliantly shining morning turns into mud
I’m waiting for the day when the wind carries it away and turns into a star
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Anyway, I went to work today at the Burnaby office. Yea… how sad it is to work on a Saturday!
BUT the trip was really worthwhile as I got to see the nicest sky and weather of the past…two months? Great great weather and clear sky…unlimited visibility….it was just the kind of weather that would make anyone smile
Too bad I didn’t bring my Canon digital camera but I did carry my mini camera with me (the $9 one that I bought a week ago) and took some crappy pics but at least show you how great the day was!







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