Life has always been such a great mystery to me. Things happened...things didn't...things will happen. I met people...I didn't meet all of the people I wanted to...I will meet more people. I felt different emotions...some were strong...some passed really fast that I can't even remember them...some had a great impact on my life.
I wished for so many things to happened...I wished to become a great person...just like my dad...I did become great but I still have a long way until I'll be like dad. I wished to find true love...I did...but it wasn't that true...or maybe I found it with the wrong person...at least it was good...for that short amount of time. At least I'm such a fucked up person that I let go of that emotion right away.
I wished to become the real me once again...but I'm afraid...of getting close to some of my old friends...if they are still my friends...I guess I ignored them to much...I guess I closed myself in a box and I shouldn't have done that. I wished for everything to be just a dream...for dad to be here with me and mom...for mom not to have health problems.
I wished for a better world...for a world in which we could all live in piece...without the fear that someone might rob you on the street...or if that happened, I wished for people to react to that and help the person in need and not be ignorant.
But...I wonder how many of my wishes came true...how many didn't...how many will come true in the future...near or distant...I wonder....why life is painted in black and white...
Hello dear friends, wonderful people of this planet called Earth!
I'm a little bit back in business, writing another post about something that I love. This time we will have a different subject: parades, and even better, St. Patrick's Day parade.
As you may all know...or not...yesterday, 17.03.2013, St. Patrick was celebrated and it also marks Ireland's national day. Me being me, thought that this is a great opportunity to take lots and lots of photos and to hear great irish songs (deep inside me lays a small irish girl).
I got really excited about the parade, and even if no one wanted to go with me I went there all alone. The parade was announced as to be big, with 10 or so floats, step dancers and even cimpoi, aka the Romanian bagpipe.
When I got at the intersection between Calea Victoriei and Regina Elisabeta, there were like no people around, and I thought that maybe not so many people were going to come. As I walked towards Piata George Enescu, the starting place of the parade, I started to spot people wearing green and my heart grew a little bigger than before and it started to beat fast again.
There were people! Lots of people! People from news said there was 1000 people at the parade and I think they were right. I don't know when time passed because I was amazed by what was going on
around me that I lost track of time. I was running around from one side
to another to get a taste of the music and the people around me, to take
in the green and, of course, to take photos (I have around 167).
It was a really awesome experience, to actually take part of something that is so different and that is part of a culture you didn't came across before (I mean in real life).
I'm going to stop with the writing and let the photos and videos speak for themselves.
I feel so sorry for neglecting this blog, but I'm really tired after a day of work. I really enjoy work and it's fun, even if sometimes it can be hard and I'm facing new problems and I try to find and learn new solutions (yes, even if you are done with school, your whole freaking life is about learning), but it gets the best out of my energy.
Anyway, I'll talk about a new song: Gowe - Letter.
Why I love this song? Because I find myself among the lyrics. I've been in love once, and I had my heart broken into a million pieces (don't get me wrong, I don't blame anyone for that), so that's why I understand some of the lyrics perfectly.
"Now I'm killing pride whenever we intertwine/ Even though its barely ever and I blocked you from my mind/ But its hard and I struggle on occasion" -> This is probably the hardest part to do in life: meeting with that person you once shared with dreams, emotions, places etc. and I really want to thank God for me not to be able to do so, since there is an entire ocean between us...not to mention miles of land. Sometimes, being far away from each other helps with the healing, but I'm afraid that if I will have the chance to meet him again will bring back those feelings I pushed so hard in the darkest corner of my heart.
How I found out about Gowe? There was another song from him, that I came across, called I wonder, and it had such a great meaning behind it that I knew he is putting all his soul in his songs. The story exactly:
"Ever since I discovered that I was adopted (at the age of 18), I've
always wanted to write a song that captured my experience and gratitude
toward my biological mother. After performing this song for the
first time at Kollaboration Seattle I was able to partner with key
individuals to turn the song into a music video. My hope is that
this will one day reach my biological mother so that I could meet her.
In a way, I feel like this is symbolically my 'message in a bottle' that
I am casting into the ocean. Any help in sharing the video via
Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr/Myspace with your friends & family would be
tremendously appreciated. Thank you to everyone who was involved
in the making of this video and for everyone who has helped me share
this. God is good and I am truly blessed! - Gowe "
I know it's kind of late for the people that already are accepted to the university, but before applying for the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania, you
should think twice. This is the result of 5 years of studying there
(plus 4 more books and other projects I gave to the teachers):
If you don't have the heart to go through all of this, then you should choose something different. I have seen many people giving up because it was to hard for them or because it wasn't what they thought it will be like studying here. Just an example, in the first year we were divided into series from A to F, each series having 4 groups (a total of 24 groups), and each group had around 30 students in it. In the second year we were only 19 groups, so you can see the difference.
I know it's one of the best universities in Romania when it comes to economic studies and it will help you find a job faster than any other university from the same category (I found one as soon as I finished it and most of my colleagues finished it too), but like I said: you need a freaking strong heart and mind to be able to survive.
First of all, I'm sorry I didn't make the post about the debut MV's, but I got a job now and I don't really have that much free time as before (you can see I haven't post anything lately), and because of that I won't post about those MV's (I'm really sorry for that).
But, I did make some time for posting today, because B.A.P. has a new MV called No Mercy:
I have to say that this song is my new favorite song from B.A.P. I can never have a favorite song for a long time from them because they get better and better, comeback by comeback, and they will never disappoint me in terms of songs, dance and music videos.
The song is a really cool combination of old school with good beats and some traditional (I heard those Gayageum strings - correct me if I got the name of the instrument wrong, and I guess Himchan had a word to say here ^^). I love the fact that Himchan has more lyrics (yes he is my bias) because I love his deep husky voice (not only his, but in general), and Young Jae and DaeHyun look much better with this new style. From what I read on the internet (I looked up for the english translation), the lyrics are about those singers that don't put their whole heart and soul into their songs and singing, and they are kind of dissing them for that (hence the name of the song). I forgot to mention that the whistle is not forgotten in this song as well.
I love when the "Don't compare yourself, who is like a parrot, to me" lyric comes, because they do reflect the music industry in the whole world, where most of the songs really sound the same (an example could be romanian songs and even kpop songs that use dubstep for the dance scene instead of being original). Here comes another thing to talk about, B.A.P. not using dubstep again and the part during the dance scene really blends well with the actual song (not like Nu'Est's "Action" - don't get me wrong, I love that even more than Face, but the song for the dance scene really does not match the whole song...like at all) and they are original once again for using traditional instruments (Psy used traditional song - Arirang - in his song for the Summer Olympics).
All in all, the song is awesome and I really really really hope B.A.P. will stay like this (fierce and pro) forever and ever and ever. And don't forget:
Like I said, and I do keep my promises (or at least I try XD), I'm going to do some kpop MV's review. Because I realized there are to many new music videos, I looked on my Youtube favorites playlist, I decided to part them all in 2 separate posts: one that is all about comebacks and one that is all about debuts. That is why the tittle of this post doesn't have a band or the name of the song in it.
So...let's start!!
First on my list will be Big Bang - Monster. I don't know if this is really considered a comeback, but it's not a debut for sure and I do want to talk about it. I think that this music video is really artsy and I absolutely love it. Yes, it true, that some of their "costumes" are a little weird (did you see Taeyang's hair?? o_O), but it matches really well with the concept of the song. I think they are like some kind of experiments-made-on-human, realized against their will, and when they realize what is going on they try to escape out of the building they are captured in. The lyrics are really heartbreaking (I almost had tears in my eyes when I read the english translation) and I think it matches really well the music video.
Next, we have f(x) - Electric Shock. Let me be a fan girl for a moment: They are freaking back!!! And they have an amazing song as comeback too. And Amber has more lyrics than usual and she's not just rapping. And Victoria looks so cute with blond hair. (fan girl mode off) Like I said the song is really great. I love how their music videos are always so colorful and that has the effect of expressing happiness (at least to me).
The third music video I'm going to talk about is M.I.B. - Only hard for me. The boys went through an awful thing when they had their comeback with Celebrate and I'm really sorry for what happened and I'm also really sad they couldn't have the chance to enjoy that song and the promotions of that song as they should have (Kangnam said he didn't listen to Celebrate ever since the death of their stylists). As you here the new song you could feel the sadness inside the lyrics and I believe in a way it was written for the stylists even if it's not 100% related to it (the lyrics from The falling Flower are more related to them - I recommend you listen to that song too). The music video is really simple, expressing loneliness and sadness, and I'm pretty grateful to Tiger JK for having so much trust in these four boys. Why I'm saying this? Because he invests a lot of money in them: they debuted with a full album (not many kpop groups debut with a full album, I do believe they are the first group to do so), that full album was most expensive than any other album from a kpop group and now they filmed the MV in LA or something like that. But the boys do deserve every penny Tiger JK invests in them and they do prove they are worth the money.
Number four is B1A4 - Baby good night, another fun music video from B1A4. The thing I like the most is that the MV actually tricks you a little bit. The boys have a really cute image and they are having beautiful voices, so you have the impression the song is a sweet song about the love one (I think the teasers helped them too)... but it's the other way around. They are singing about cheating the loved one. =))) I was laughing my ass off when I read the lyrics in english, realizing I was fooled by them. But even so, I like the MV and song a lot.
Next is Teen Top - To you. I really don't know if they say To you now or Do you know during the song, because I don't understand why you would say something like To you now...when Do you know sounds ok...in english...with the lyrics from the song. Anyway, I love the rhythm of the song (I sense some old school songs in it) and I love the dance too (it seems really fun). I believe that Teen Top should be the #2 band when in comes to dancing (after Infinite) because they are so in sync that you can't see them making any mistake.
I don't have what to say about Boyfriend - Love Style and Myname - Hello and Good bye. Well, just that I love the songs, and that the Myname members have really really really beautiful voices and that they should sing more ballads and slow rhythm songs.
Tomorrow I'm going to talk about the debut music videos of VIXX, A-jax, Cross Gene and 4K.
I know I started once again to not post something, but I have a good excuse: college. I had two exams I had to retake last week, which I passed because I'm awesome!! (I'm joking, I really thought I will not pass one of them) That means I'm done with school (well for now, because you never know what will come in the future), I just have to present my project and get my diploma and then I'll take a small break, and after that, I'll start looking for a job. I'll probably post some Kpop MV reviews soon (those are some quite popular posts on my blog) because there were many comebacks and debuts in the last period.
Anyway, let's get back to the main topic of this post, and that's me naming another favorite song. I do have a lot of favorite songs, because music is my number one thing in life, so it influences me a lot.
I really really really enjoy listening to this song a lot and I love to sing along every time I hear it. It's been quite some time since I last listened to this song, I guess maybe two years or something like that. I do remember I used to listen to it when my ex-boyfriend was here, in Romania, but then I just stopped listening to it. Maybe it was because of me getting to much into Kpop and Jrock or I don't know.
