My favorite song #4: LOSTPROPHETS - Can't Catch Tomorrow

     I know I haven't posted anything lately, but I was sick, like really sick. I think the weather has someting to do with me getting a cold since it was really cold and then it got really warm outside. This is my third week of being sick and I really really really don't feel like posting anything.

My favorite song #3: Plunklock - Breakout

This post is about Plunklock, a jrock band, that had a concert in Bucharest yesterday and I was there!! XD

The concert was awesome, I really really loved it, but I am so sorry I had to leave earlier than I planned because the public transport that connects Bucharest to Ilfov sucks big time. I had to leave around 9:15 pm, because I had to take the subway, then the light rail and after that the car that took me home (that left at 10:20 and it was the last one). I can say the concert was cooler than the previous one I went too (I can compare only these two because I only went to two jrock concerts until now), regardless of the location. I didn't took pictures because I wanted to enjoy the concert a lot, and I did not wanted to be busy with taking pictures and stuff like that.

For pictures, if you have a facebook account, you can see them on JCu.RO

Don't you hate it .....

....that moment when you see something you wanted for such a long time, you finally finally got your hands on it from somewhere outside your country, and then a few months later you see it in your country too?

Well, in my case, I freaking hate it. I really do. Yesterday, as you all know, it was the international day of women, but in Romania, not the fact that you are a women makes this day special. Oh hell no! What makes this day so special is that we celebrate mothers the most, because it's also Mother's Day. So, mom had a free day from work and she decided we should go to the mall, buy something from the food court (I wanted to buy her something with fish because she loves it, but she refused that because the Easter fasting started and no fish is allowed until I don't know when). In the end we ate from KFC (we love to spoil ourselves).

After we did all that, we started to look for clothes to see what is new around the mall. This is where the fun part begins. At one moment, we passed Koton and I was like: "Mom, do you remember that shirt I got from when I went to the beach? The blue one? I got it really cheap from there and I saw it in this store when I came back from the sea and the shirt was like 5 times more expensive." That got her attention and she pulled me inside the store to look around.

Now, I always wanted a thing, like I said in the beginnig. That thing is this hoodie (not really a hoodie since it doesn't have the actual hood) that looked like those american baseball jackets. And I found one, in Spain. Like every store there had either a hoodie like the one I mentioned or a baseball jacket. 

Something like this one

Of course I bought one, of which I can't take a picture because it needs to be washed and ironed before I can take a picture (I'll be sure to update this post when that is done). 

To get back to the store, the moment I walked in (more like dragged) I saw it. On a rack, in all it's beautiful colors there was a hoodie like that. An behind it a jacket like that. My first reaction was "Ahhh!! So beautiful!! I want one mom!!" and that's when it hit me. I actually had one already, after wanting one for so many years and after I went on first trip outside Romania. Of course I started to frown and be mad because they have it now, after I have already bought it and it was my turn to drag mom out of the store and move on.

Did I overreact? Or it is fair for me to feel mad?

Let's talk about: Animals

     People, I have to tell you something. I freaking love Animal Planet. Back when I was young I would watch this TV channel every day. I always watched Animal Cops, Crocodile Hunter and many other shows. 

     Animal Cops was one of my favorite because it showed how they rescue animals from the owners that didn't treat them right. Also, I loved to watch how they do several surgeries on different animals because when I was little I wanted to become a vet. I love animals, even if I am sometimes scared of them. Like when I go to my grandparents, they have all sorts of animals, I can touch the pigs (I like to scratch their backs and see them moving closer to the fence around the place where they live because they like it or because they want me to scratch them on a different side of their backs), but I am afraid to touch the horses.

     I used to ride horses when I was young, but because I grew up and I stopped doing so I didn't touch them anymore. So that got me afraid of them now. I really can't even pass them without feeling scared. Last summer, one of my uncles bought a pony, and that was the only animal that I recently touched that looks the closest to a horse. I think I wasn't that afraid of it because it's much smaller than a horse.

     Besides those animals, my gandparents had sheeps( which I loved to pet), rabbits (some were really big), pigeons (I have an uncle that is 7 years older than me, so we kind of grew up together like brother and sister and he loves animals), ducks and chickens. I love baby chickens a lot, because they are so small and puffy and I really don't know why, but I love their small during the spring or summer, after they sit in the sun. You can call me a freak, but I just love that smell. The same goes for the baby ducks. I spent like a month during the summer at my grandparents, when I was little, and my grandmother happened to have little ducks (they weren't baby ducks anymore, if you know what I mean) and they were quaking, so me being me I asked my grandmother why they do that. And she told me they were hungry and I should feed them. Let me tell you, that wasn't something good to tell me, because everytime they were quaking I would give them food, and in a month I got them so big that I was afraid they would explode. 

     And now, going back to what I wanted to say in the beginning. A few days ago, I started to watch Animal planet again, during the night, and I came across a show I didn't know about it before. It's called "Growing up..." and it about people raising different baby animals. Every episode is about a different animal. For example two days ago it was about baby wolfs, yesterday about baby lions and today it seems to be about baby tigers. I really can't wait to watch today's episode. For people from Romania, if you want to watch it, it's at 11 pm. For people outside Romania, I don't know, but check an online shedule for this channel and see if the show is being available in your country.

Small Kpop MV review: Big Bang - Blue

"I'm singing my blues"

I'm really not going to get tired of this song, ever!! I really love it. As you all know, Big Bang are having their comeback after all the bad stuff that happened to the band. I'm really happy to see Daesung being OK and smiling like he always did before the car accident, and GD suprresing the marijuana scandal. Like they said on "Healing camp", these bad things made the band even more united than before.

 

 Basically, you can feel the sorrow in the melody, the lyrics and how the music video was filmed. Sure, the song is not exactly about the problems they have been through, but you can feel all the sadness they have felt during that time. The melody is really calming, like the boys are tying to tell us, their fans, that they are ok and that we should not be afraid of them falling apart and that the band won't disband anytime soon.

The lyrics are really cool. From the beginning they are talking about the winter that passed (well, more like it's about to pass) and that spring comes ("The winter had passed and the spring has come"), meaning they did manage to move on, even if their hearts are still bruised ("And our hearts are bruised from longing"). If you think about it, during the winter most of the animals are either hibernating or have left to warm countries, the plants look like lifeless, but then spring comes and everything comes back to life. This is what happened to Big Bang. They went through hard times, they meditate about what happened, and now they are coming back, full of life.

If you look on the internet, you will see that "Blues" means, among others, "A feeling of sadness or depression" and "One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced". So, from the start this song is meant to talk about hardships. In other words, for someone who just started to listen to Big Bang, this song will be just another song about the loss of the loved one, but for the fans, this has a total different meaning.

All in all, even if it's a sad song, I'm glad they choosed this as the first song to be promoted, and I can't wait for the other songs to be released.

My favorite song #2: Nevada Tan - Vorbei

           Back in the old days I listened to german music too, sometimes I still do. I did learn german, so I do know what they say...well, I get most of what they say. Then I came across a cool band named Nevada Tan, that after some time it was renamed to Panik. I don't know if they are still a band or not, but I do recommend it. You should listen to Vorbei, Revolution, Neustart, Ein neuer Tag and Niemand hort dich.

German lyrics:"Und jetzt denk ich zurück, und denke an dich
Denk an unseren Sommer und frag mich, wo du jetzt bist
Wie du jetzt bist
Und wie du lachst, wie du weinst
Wie du schläfst, wie du schreist
Denkst du ab und zu an unsere gemeinsame Zeit?
Doch dann tauche ich auf
Schnappe nach Luft, und mir wird klar
Unsere Zeit ist vorbei
Auch wenn das die beste war
Und dass der Wind schon den nächsten Winter bringt
Ich speicher dich ab, so wïe du warst
Als den schönsten Sommertag"

English lyrics: "And now I think back, and I think of you
Think about our summer, and ask myself, where are you now
How are you now, and how you laugh, how you cry
How you sleep, how you scream, do you think from time to time
Of our time together?
But
Then I emerge, breathe the air, and I realize
Our time has gone, even if it was our best
And that the wind the next winter brings
I store the thought of you, just like you were - as the most beautiful summer day"

Let's talk about: Childhood

I wanted to start this post with a quote, but I didn't find one that sounded good enough for me. I'm sure there are many people that regret the fact they have become adults, just like me, even if they know this is only something natural.

We all want to go back to those days when living was so easy. Our parents would do all for us, of course, when they could do so, but in our eyes that was like the whole world was laying at our feet. We were kings and queens in a world that we had to get out of so that we can make room for the new children that were born after us. I didn't want to grow up. I still don't accept the fact that I grew up. My heart is the same as when I was a child. Sometimes my imagination goes crazy as it did back in those days, I do stuff that only kids would do. I can still go around asking for something from someone with those cute puppy dog eyes and with that cute voice. Mom knows I want something when I do that, just like before.

My childhood was beautiful. I enjoyed my life as a kid alot. To be honest, I wasn't really a good kid. I would always get mom mad at me because I would do something bad, even if I knew it was bad. That was like a revenge for not letting me do something I wanted, even if that was also a bad thing. I'm an adventurous person, I like to try new things without considering the fact that it might be wrong. You know what they say, people learn from their mistakes, but if you don't make them, how can you learn? That is the exact same thing that I was thinking back then. I guess, in a way, I never had a childhood since my mind could analyze and think logically from that young age.

I remember that when I went to my grandparents during the summer, since there is a region where people own gardens and they have to make their own hay so that they could feed the animals, I would go with my grandparents. Don't imagine I would do some work. Hell no. For me it was an adventure. I have lost count many years ago of all the trees I climbed into.

 Of course, not always things went the way I wanted. Once I went with my grandmother to visit one of her brothers. While we were there I saw that he had a Mulberry tree ("Dud" for romanians ^^) and I so love those fruits. My cousin, well actually she is mom cousin but she is the same age as me so I say she is my cousin, wanted some but she was afraid to climb the tree. Me being me, I started to climb the tree and eat as much as I could without carrying if she comes or not. I went all the way up to the top of the tree and that is when fear started to develop inside of me. I was so afraid to climb down, because I never thought that the tree was so tall. But, in the end, I started to calm myself down and climb down slow, until I could reach the earth. That's when my feet started to feel numb, and I almost fell down.

There are many wonderful things, in a way or another XD, that I have done in my childhood. To talk about all of those that I could still remember, it would take a while, so I'm not going to do so. Because I'm not in the mood now, I will try to put some photos from my childhood in this post tomorrow.