old dreams new haunts
The MTV of 'My Graduation' has a very cool scene in which the girls are standing and facing each other around the four mikes that branch out from the middle of the circle like a fountain. The girls are wearing more grown-up attires and as they sing the background of light green and pink leaves start spinning behind them.
‘anata to sugoshita seishun kagayaki wa zutto iroasenai…’
The days of traveling before the internet and all. When the local was fresh. When a trip away from home really meant something extrordinary. When a discovery of an old CD in a corner shop was cherished like a chance encounter. Now you just buy it on ebay. Even the eighties now is so accessible. Videos are coming out and you can buy them anywhere. It's a good thing in the sense that it does beat away my nostalgia.
About last night's brief revisit of things Japanese, of SPEED and SMAP and all that high. It does make me want to go there again though I'm not sure, I'm actually not really sure at all how much I would get out of it. All I know is that I want to gain a wider view of the world. And how much wider of a view would I attain if I were to visit a place I have already been?
I want to see China. Just to experience it. I can speak Mandarin. Why not? I need to change my view a bit about Chinese people. So yes, I do aim for China. Read more about it.
Also, you might want to try to embrace simplified Chinese characters. I know this concept is a bit strange, and you're a little Sino-phobic. But really, it's not their fault that they have to read simplified Chinese. Learn to embrace it. It is because of the simplified characters that you ought to go there. There is a blessing in being Chinese, you know that?
‘anata to sugoshita seishun kagayaki wa zutto iroasenai…’
The days of traveling before the internet and all. When the local was fresh. When a trip away from home really meant something extrordinary. When a discovery of an old CD in a corner shop was cherished like a chance encounter. Now you just buy it on ebay. Even the eighties now is so accessible. Videos are coming out and you can buy them anywhere. It's a good thing in the sense that it does beat away my nostalgia.
About last night's brief revisit of things Japanese, of SPEED and SMAP and all that high. It does make me want to go there again though I'm not sure, I'm actually not really sure at all how much I would get out of it. All I know is that I want to gain a wider view of the world. And how much wider of a view would I attain if I were to visit a place I have already been?
I want to see China. Just to experience it. I can speak Mandarin. Why not? I need to change my view a bit about Chinese people. So yes, I do aim for China. Read more about it.
Also, you might want to try to embrace simplified Chinese characters. I know this concept is a bit strange, and you're a little Sino-phobic. But really, it's not their fault that they have to read simplified Chinese. Learn to embrace it. It is because of the simplified characters that you ought to go there. There is a blessing in being Chinese, you know that?
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