FEEL YOUR BREEZE!!! June 6, 2006

aaaaarrrrrgggghhh!! my online sisterette gave me an mp3 of this song! i feel so yankumi already. my eyes get misty while listening to this song. hehe. sa mga hindi maka-relate, manood na kasi ng gokusen e. hehe. if you don’t know where to get a copy, i’m selling the entire season 1 & 2, php20 per cd. wahaha!

miho, i’m becoming a V6 convert!

anyway, the song lyrics are courtesy of one of the most fantastic sites ever, jdorama.com (i don’t really like singing japanese in romaji but this will do for now. when i have time, i’ll type this in hiragana, katakana and kanji)

Artist: V6
Drama Title: Gokusen ごくせん

* I say, Feel your breeze
Anytime, anywhere in my heart
Feel your breeze
Never stop walking now oh~

Kesenai kizu wo mata fuyashiteku
Nanka kaze ga shimite yuku
Hitori kakaeteru fuan nara
Ima dare ni mo aru hazu…

Kitto yoru wa nagaku
Fukaku shizundeta hou ga
Asahi noboru toki wa
Sou, kirameku hazu sa

** Itsuka souzou shiteta mirai to ima ga
Sukoshi chigatte ita-tte
Yume no tame no namida wa mada kiezu ni hikaritsuzukeru
Zutto KOKORO wa kimi wo miteru
Mune ni kizanda kimochi de
Towa ni yume wo kanjiyou ano natsugumo afureru you ni

* repeat

Dekinai koto wa nan ni mo nai to
Sou omotte iru kedo
Umaku konasenai nichijou ni
Sugu bokura wa tomadou

Kitto yume wa tooku
Sora ni kasundeku you de
Dakedo kaze wa omoi
Sotto nosete yuku kara

Itsuka souzou shiteta mirai ni
Bokura chanto chikazukeru you ni
Kaze ni itsumo fukarete
Ima koko kara aruite yukou
Zutto KOKORO wa kimi wo miteru
Mune de musunda kimochi de
Towa ni kimi wo kanjiyou
Kono kisetsu ga afureru you ni

** repeat
* repeat

YAY for jdorama on philippine TV! May 2, 2006

finally! it’s about time that philippine tv gets a japanese drama! yay for GMA! yay for gokusen! well, i don’t know if ABS already showed a jdorama before or if it’s planning on getting one soon. but it will be good if the bigwigs decides on a nice one, like strawberry on the shortcake or GTO. i hope nobody shows shinsengumi here because i won’t watch it. translating it to filipino will not do justice to the period drama it is. taiga drama like shinsengumi are meant to be watched in the original language because there are a lot of differences and nuances in old and new japanese. kind of what happened to jewel in the palace. i liked it, but the feeling just isn’t the same if it isn’t in korean. yeah, mamanyim.

anyway, i don’t really watch dramas but i love japanese dramas because of the unique stories. unlike the hackneyed love triangles (or squares??) we usually see on chinese or korean dramas (save for a few really good ones like jewel in the palace), japanese dramas usually touch on topics like family life, student life and professional life. a year ago, i was watching this drama on nhk about a grandfather reaching out to his daughter-in-law and grandchildren after his son dies. they had a bit of a falling out after the son marries the girl and they never spoke since. then he finds out about a life-threatening disease he has and decides to make amends with his son’s family. i think the english title was ’summer days with grandpa’ or something like that.

in the first episode, i thought gokusen was a little too GTO for me. but according to reviews, the only similarity the 2 drama/manga/anime have is the main character being the teacher for the most unruly class in the year. this should be interesting!