一粒の種 （A Grain of Seed）

A walk to remember

I got this movie "A walk to remember", recommended by a friend. I was really touched by the love of the couple. I do wonder if it truly exists on earth. And if it does, why does it have such a short life?
Here is the link to the full movie. Or you can click the title.
http://www.moviemeow.com/watch-movies/a-walk-to-remember-2002/

Below is some sentences about love I've quoted from the movie. Wish all lovers take and keep them to their hearts.
"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful nor conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense. And it is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sin. The delight is in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."

Besides the meaning of the movie, I was also amazed with the many beautiful songs in the movie. I got some of them here below. Hope you'll like them.

Only hope



Even angel falls



Cry



It's gonna be love



Someday we'll know

small but huge

Today one incident taught me 2 lessons; ones which tell sth about relationship.

The first one is sth familiar, and of course, well-known to everyone. It is the simple word "Trust".

This mere one-syllable word is easy to say. And some people may take it for granted, and they may not know that having and giving it and not having and giving it can affect a feeling and a relationship to a great extent. This relationship I am talking about is meant for a broad term. It can be anything-- a relationship among members of a family or friends, or that between two lovers. Have anyone out there ever experienced a feeling that you are not trusted by the friend or the person you always give your trust to? How did it feel like? Not really a pleasant one, I guess. And me too, I felt the same way today.

I know that in this modern world people are hard to trust, unlike they were in the long long past when they were believed to have pure mind and to be trust-worthy. However, that should not apply to just any cases. At least, one should have the trust for the one they love, or the one who always trust them. Without it, a relationship cannot last long and be perfected. This may be one of the roots of lots of problems happening in lots of families, especially between spouses. And that may also be one of the reasons that close friends at school become strangers after graduation.

And the other lesson is "Small things taken for granted".

Small things like asking "Are you ok?" when seeing a friend looking unwell, or giving a call when a friend is absent from a class and so on, can be trivial on the surface. But sometimes they mean a lot when they are not done. However, I do not think doing it too much is good either. This word "Too" is rarely positive, I guess.

I very much like to write about the exact incident I had, but I ought not to. I do wish people will learn to think more by putting themselves into the other people's shoes, though they smell terrible. lols :-)

"Come to me" a mother says.

I don't know whether my emotion is too easily affected or this song is too touching. Listen and judge for me.

"You're gonna have to do things your own way. And that's okay. So be free, spread your wings. And promise me just one thing...
If you ever need a place to cry, Baby, come to me"

A world to believe in / あなたがいる限り

This is a nice song. I loved it.
This is the English version by Celine Dion alone.



And this is another version featuring Yuna Ito. Enjoy!

It did come in THREE!!!!!

The day before yesterday, I posted sth about my first and second experiences of earthquake within only three days. Then I said I was afraid it would come again soon in THREE. This morning I was right. It came again as expected. But it was not as strong as the first 2. This time too, it came in the morning while I was fast asleep. I was waken up again by the slight shake of the building. I hated it when I was sleeping. It should pick a better time.

2 times in 3 days! too often!

2 times in 3 days. Is it how often I clean the bathroom? "NO". Is it how often I play sports or do exercise? "No, I'm not that industrious." So what is it then? "It's the frequency of earthquake, of course."

I've been here for about 4 months by now. During this time, I've always expected the quake to happen sometimes, and I've been prepared for the shock.

But only the day before yesterday did I experience it. It was on Sunday, August 9th, at around 8 o'clock in the evening. I was having my dinner alone in my room when suddenly the whole building started to shake. It was terrible. it seemed that I was not in the building, but on a boat. I didn't know what to do besides opening the door and making sure that the stove was turned off. Lots of people in the dorm came out of their rooms. Some sounded a bit frightened, while the others looked excited. It was lucky that it lasted only a few seconds.

Today (August 11th) it came again. 5 o'clock in the morning was a very good time when everyone was fast asleep. But I was suddenly woken up by the shake of the building. It was even more terrible than the one happened 2 days ago. This time the building seemed to move both up and down, and side by side, unlike the one before which only moved side by side.

It was a bit frightening, though it was small. Somehow I feel that the quake may happen more frequently. It's unbelievable that within only 3 days, it's happened 2 times already. Will it come in 3 like some people say? I'll be prepared for that.

Power Ball

i accidentally saw some clips on Youtube in which people were showing off their power. then i immediately became interested in that kind of thing, so i just browsed through google for some tips on how to animate things. after two days, i became able to create these on my own. it's a nice experience. these r my first works of animation.