Romantic Ravens

Well, it should’ve been that a picture spells a thousand words, however, if you can’t figure out what I wanna say with this picture, actually I just wanted to show the picture of the two crows perched on the wire (they’re in the middle if you still can’t find them).

I just got back from eating when I saw the couple, and since it’s been a while that I didn’t take ‘trifling’ pictures like this :-), I ran to get my camera, and tried to catch the scene. Even though my camera is pretty reliable for daylight shoots, it’s still hard to get a decent picture in low light condition, and here it is... (hmm, I wonder whether Eden the Troll’s camera would be able to catch a better picture... :-) )

If you wonder whether crows are really romantic creatures or not, well, like lots of other birds, crows are monogamous - they stick to their couple for the rest of their life... and you judge yourself whether it’s enough to call them romantic or not :-)
(Come to think of it, it’s been a while that I’m not updating my blog with pictures like this... may be it’s the time to start writing blogs again…)

Fireworking

It's summer time! It's firework time!
My first summer in Iwaki, thus my first firework-seeing in Iwaki. Unfortunately we had to go home early to avoid the congestion, but the shows was still awesome.
Anyway, what's different here with other firework in Japan was, there were lots of seafood sold here - not just the usual Takoyaki - may be it was because the sea was so near... only several minutes walk.
Anyway, I'll upload picture of food from around here next time.

Going Thru' The rain for You...

I've said several times before that usually there's special thing that happened on my birthday. And there was too this year.
Two of my friends - Osajima and Saki - went through the rain to buy birthday cake and set me up a surprise party. But to their surprise (surprise surprise... :-) ) the shop had already closed. Anyway, they finally settled with the cake in the picture and a big glass of pudding from nearby convenience store... :-)
(I didn't take the picture of the pudding because we've finished eaten it by the time I took the pics... everybody starving... :-) )
Well, it's not the result, it's the effort that counts, so I need to do something special for their birthday in return... :-)

Don' throw us away...

Just found this signboard for not throw away puppy and kitten in this park (it's read: don't throw us away...). Hmm, reminded me of Kedama, Akiko's cat, because she also found her being thrown away by her owner. Well, it's maybe expensive to keep pets here in Japan, but is there anyone who have enough heart to throw away puppies and kittens that are still not able to survive on their own? Unfortunately, the answer is yes...

Yokohama Party

One of my favorite pictures from my parent visit in Japan... a peaceful evening at Kudou family backyard...

Sakura

Actually, this is not my favorite graduation song (well, rather than a graduation song, this is a farewell song...). However, it was sung on the graduation ceremony for Honjo Scholar, that's why it always reminds me of that particular moment (plus the countless sleepless nights to finish my experiment and thesis before that moment... :-) ).
Anyway, below is the lyric.
And about my favorite graduation song, it's called 翼下さい(tsubasa kudasai - give me wings). I'll put it here next time...

ぼくらはきっと待ってる
君とまた会える日々を
桜並木のみちの上で
手を振り叫ぶよ

どんなに苦しい時も
君は笑っているから
くじけそうになりかけても
頑張れる気がしたよ

かすみゆく景色の中にあの日の歌が聞こえる

さくら、さくら、今咲きほこる
刹那に散るゆくさだめと知って
さらば友よ、旅立ちのとき
変わらないその想いを。。。今

今なら言えるだろうか
偽りのない言葉
輝ける君の未来を
願うほんとの言葉

移りゆく街はまるで僕らをせかすように

さくら、さくら、ただ舞い落ちる
いつか生まれ変わる時を信じ
泣くな友よ、惜別のとき
飾らないあの笑顔で。。。さあ

さくら　さくら　いざ舞い上がれ
永久にさんざめく光を浴びて
さらば友よ、またこの場所で会おう
さくら舞い散るみちの
さくら舞い散るみちの上で

Ninja On Action

Taken in a small ninja house in the amusement park in Odaiba (actually it was forbidden to take pictures inside... Yuka just told me after we leave the site, so I think I didn't break the rule since I didn't know it... :-) )

Kids, don't try this at home. It's very dangerous... :-)

Classic

Lots of my friends like Judy and Mary, and when we go to karaoke, there's almost always someone who sings their song. However, so far, there was no one who 'dare' :-) to try singing クラシック. But this time, Onno sang it.
You might say that it's just another love song (it's indeed another love song :-) ), but I do have a fond memory with it, and it is the memory that you can savor that make a song worthier to sing along, isn't it? :-) ... 愛しい人、震える想いは今も生きてるよ。。。:-)

You can see Judy and Mary clip here (a bizarre clip, though :-) ), and below is the lyric...

Baby 今は泣かないで いつものように聞かせて
あの頃 見つけた 真っ白な想いと ざわめきを
Baby 今は抱きしめて 震えちゃうから
昨日より shy な この想いを 壊さないように

雨はすっかり あがって あの道を
乾かしてく 光だけが 静かに揺れる Wo

何度も重ねた Kiss は ガラスみたいにもろくって
眠れない恋は 行き場を失くして 漂う宇宙

真綿のような 2人は 夕焼けに
影をつくる 細くなる 小さく泣いてる

今アツイキセキが この胸に吹いたら
時の流れも 水の流れも 止まるから
愛しい人 震える想いを のせて
いつまでも 夢の中にいて

約束をしよう きっと ずっと 忘れないように
Baby クラシックな Blue 涙があふれちゃう

今アツイ 今アツイキセキが この胸に吹いたら
このまま二人 素直なままで いられたのに
愛しい人 震える想いは 今も 生きてるわ
この街の どこかで 強く風が吹いたら
切ない日々も キレイな空の色に 染まる
愛しい人 震える想いを のせて
いつまでも 夢の中にいて

(クラシック - Judy & Mary)