English Translation of INFECTION

Nothing new or interesting happened these few days.. As such, I could only update my blog once every two days.. At least I'm still trying to keep my blog going..

Same old daily routine.. Should try to go down to town one of these days.. The Great Singapore Sale is now on.. But I'm usually too lazy to go out.. Would rather stay home, play my guitar, and listen to some songs.. Been listening to some of my favourite songs recently..

This brings me back to my favourite Japanese singer: Chihiro Onitsuka.. Still find her songs as captivating as ever, even though I've listened to them for many, many times.. She is one of the very few singers whose songs are able to touch the innermost of my heart.. Really, really like the song, Infection (which happens to the song you're hearing now on my blog)..

Out of interest, I managed to find the English translation to the song.. Here is to link to the main site of the webpage: http://www.insomniac.cx/ .. Just click the section "SONGBOX" and you can find the song under the singer's name.. Alternatively, you can go straight to the address: http://www.insomniac.cx/trans/onitsuka/infection.htm

Read the notes at the bottom of the page under the song "Infection".. It's the feeling I'm experiencing..

Playing my guitar..

Saturday.. Weekend.. Should be a good day to go down to town and take a walk.. But I was too lazy to go out.. So in the end, I stayed at home..

Found out that I don't really have much to do at home.. Wanted to read up on some computer stuff before I start my actual studies in University, but could not find the motivation to do so.. Thought of reading my book on songwriting, but in the end I settled for playing my guitar.. Was a good choice though.. Playing my guitar has never failed to keep me occupied..

Continued playing the songs where I stopped last time.. After today, I think I can play around 80% of Jay Chou's "Jie Kou" without looking at the tabs.. Hope to finish learning it soon.. Went on to play Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" and "Now And Forever".. Very nice songs.. Hope to learn more songs as days go by..

Sadness..

Woke up last night at 2:30am to watch the Champions League Final between AC Milan and Liverpool.. As a Milan supporter from young, I was naturally hoping that Milan could win the match last night.. However, this was not the case..

Milan started off brightly.. Paolo Maldini (my favourite player and also the reason why I supported Milan throughout these years), scored the first goal in the first minute.. The whole team played well for the first half and they went on to score 2 more before stopping at half time.. However, Milan suffered from a 6 minute of madness, whereby they conceded 3 goals.. This scoreline remained the same until the end of the match.. Although Milan went on a rampage in extra time, Liverpool held on and eventually went on to win the penalties..

Although I'm very sad that Milan lost despite having a 3 goal advantage in the first half, I'm glad at the fact that the first half last night was one of the few times I see Milan play so fluid football.. From there I saw the true class of Milan.. Although I seriously think Milan played better (they're always closer to scoring), I must commend Liverpool for their spirit, despite being 3 goals down.. But overall, the whole match was a very entertaining one..

Songwriting For Dummies??

Yea.. Finally decided to go down to town and find something new which I can do.. Commented on my last post that I want to learn more about composing.. But I'm too lazy to go for courses on composing.. So I went for the next best option: Learn how to compose on my own.. Went down to Takashimaya and got myself a book titled "Songwriting For Dummies"..

Really wanted to learn how to compose a song right from the very basics to the end product.. Hope that I can understand what is written in the book so that I can put what I've learnt to good use.. Actually I've already composed 3 songs so far, without any musical knowledge.. Not sure if they make any sense to people who know music theory, but what I can say is that I wrote those 3 songs with my true feelings.. Each of the songs are of great sentimental value to me, cause each of them represent the different phases of my life..

Why do I say so? That's because these 3 songs are written for 3 different girls who appear at different parts of my life.. So far my inspiration for writting songs came from these 3 girls who crossed path with me at this point of my life.. But sadly, I'm not fated to be together with any of them.. It's just my one-sided, unrequited love for them.. Let me sidetrack a little.. The song on my blog, Infection, is about unrequited love, as told by Chihiro Onitsuka on her concert in the year 2002(saw this in an article on the web).. Hence I decided to put the song on my blog..

I think I'm getting a little too sentimental over here.. Should stop now.. Hope to get my inspirations from other things in future.. Till then, I'll get back to reading my "Songwritting For Dummies"..

INFECTION

Again, nothing interesting happened today.. Just the same old daily routine.. Should find something new to do, or else I'm going crazy (or maybe I'm already mad). Thought of getting a book on composing, cause I'm really interested in learning how to compose from the very basics..

Managed to upload an audio file onto my blog.. I must thank my friend, Gun Kiat, for helping me with the uploading of the audio file.. Would not have been able to do this if not for the instructions given by him.. If you're reading this, thanks for all your help..

To the main topic: Infection.. This is actually the name of the song which I've uploaded onto my blog.. This is a very nice song sung by Japanese singer, Chihiro Onitsuka.. I really like this song very much, and I think she has a very unique voice.. I decided to upload this song onto my blog because this song gives off a mysterious and melancholic feel.. This is exactly the kind of feeling I want for my blog: a mysterious, gothic feel.. Another reason is because Chihiro Onitsuka sang out the feelings I'm experiencing with her song, Infection.. Enjoy..

Descend into the dark..

Nothing much happened today.. Went to Weiming's house.. Wanted to play basketball with my friends, but Gun Kiat and Bernard were not free.. Only David was able to make it.. We went ahead with the plan and played basketball till lunchtime.. After lunch, we stayed at Weiming's house until dinnertime, playing PS2.. After which I left home for dinner..

Nothing interesting today.. Managed to play basketball again after a very long period of break.. Found out that the injury which I suffered to my right knee a few months ago has not recovered totally.. Hopefully it wouldn't be a permanent one..

Well.. Back to the topic that has been bothering me.. Recently, I found myself taking a liking to the colour, black.. Out of a sudden, I like everything that is black.. This also explains the whole setup of my blog, as well as the whole theme of my blog.. Maybe this is my descend into the Dark..

Birthday celebration for David..

Yea.. My 2nd post on my blog.. Looks like the motivation to keep my blog going is still there.. This time is thanks to my best friends for keeping my blog alive.. They have given me the chance to put up my second post by celebrating David's 21st birthday for him.. Thanks guys!!

Well then, back to the main topic.. Today (no, wrong, it should be yesterday, cause it's past midnight), my best friends and I met up to celebrate David's birthday for him.. Weiming and Gun Kiat were able to make it, but unfortunately Bernard couldn't.. So we decided to meet up earlier to buy the present first before meeting up with David.. Gun Kiat and I (where's Weiming?) took a walk around the city area, looking out for the most suitable present.. We decided on a bag that was by far the most suitable and practical gift for him.. We later bought a cake and celebrated with him when he arrived ("flanked" by Weiming).

After the mini celebration, we decided to go for dinner as Weiming haven't had his lunch.. Throughout the whole of today, David "impressed" us with his wide vocabulary of, in his terms, masculine words(for those involved, you should know what I mean). Anyway, David decided to give us a treat by paying for dinner.. We then went on to shop around before going home at around 10:30PM..

Well.. Today was another fun-filled day.. We were treated to David's hand-written testimonial, which was, should I say, thought-inducing yet "hilarious" at the same time.. Not forgetting the numerous harmless bickerings between David and Weiming, which adds on to the fun factor (sorry guys, I know I'm being a little mean over here)..

I think this concludes a fun-filled and laughter-filled day for me.. This also marks the end of my 2nd posting.. Thanks again guys for making all this possible..

Started Blog on 20/05/2005

Started my blog today.. Why today? Cause today is a significant date.. 20/05/2005.. Great day to start a blog.. Easy to remember..

At a lost as to what to write for the moment.. Don't have a habit of writing dairies to start with.. Hopefully I'll improve along the way.. Anyway, I'm too lazy to design my page at the moment.. Maybe some other day..

I guess that's all for a start.. Hopefully I'll have the motivation to continue my blog..