The Human Instrumentality Project

Friday, May 15, 2009

From a forum post:
I think Britain's largest contribution to the world was giving most of it back. Apart from a few bits we particularly liked.

ROFL.


Wednesday, May 13, 2009



Monday, May 11, 2009



Saturday, May 09, 2009



Tuesday, May 05, 2009

I didn't really like the lyrics translation for Yasashii Jikan's theme song, that is found on the linked website. So I'm gonna try my hand at doing it myself, with copious reference to an online Eng-Jap dictionary.

Hirahara Ayaka - Ashita (平原綾香 - 明日)
ずっとそばにいると
Zutto soba ni iru to
"I will always be by your side,"

あんなに言ったのに
Anna ni itta no ni
Even though you said so,

今はひとり見てる夜空
Ima wa hitori miteru yozora
Now I am looking at the night sky alone.

はかない約束
Hakanai yakusoku
It was an empty promise.

きっとこの町なら
Kitto kono machi nara
Definitely, since we are in this city,

どこかですれちがう
Dokoka de surechigau
We will pass by each other somewhere.

そんなときは笑いながら
Sonna toki wa warai nagara
If at that time, I am smiling as...

逢ったらいいのに
Attara ii no ni
...I meet you, it would be good.

もう泣かない もう負けない
Mou nakanai mou makenai
I will stop crying already. I will stop being defeated already.

想い出を越えられる
Omoide o koerareru
Snap out of the memories

明日があるから
Ashita ga aru kara
Because there is tomorrow.

そっと閉じた本に
Sotto tojita hon ni
Inside the softly closed book,

続きがあるなら
Tsudzuki ga aru nara
If there is anything more,

まだなにも書かれてない ページがあるだけ
Mada nani mo kakaretenai Peeji(pages) ga aru dake
It is only pages on which nothing have been written.

もう泣かない もう逃げない
Mou nakanai mou nigenai
I will stop crying already. I will stop running away already.

なつかしい夢だって
Natsukashii yume datte
Although I will miss this dream I'm in,

終わりじゃないもの
Owari ja nai mono
it is a dream that has no end.

あの星屑 あの輝き
Ano hoshikuzu ano kagayaki
That stardust, that brilliance,

手を伸ばしていま
Te o nobashite ima
I reach out my hand now,

心にしまおう
Kokoro ni shimau
And lock it away in my heart.

明日は新しい わたしがはじまる
Ashita wa atarashii Watashi ga hajimaru
Tomorrow I will start anew.





Theme song for Yasashii Jikan. A really nice, slow song, with excellent music accompaniment. And they used it to great effect in the drama. Finally started watching this after S passed me the DVD almost half a semester ago. I've missed seeing Masami Nagasawa! This time round her character is really immature, breaks plates, throws tantrums and talks bad about people. Good change from the sweet, nice girl-next-door that she's usually cast as. Nice, touching storyline too.

Edit: I was wrong about Masami-chan's character. Still ended up the sweet girl-next-door, albeit with a wrist-slitting habit. She acts well, but I hope she gets a chance to break out of that stereotype.


Monday, May 04, 2009



Saturday, May 02, 2009

JDrama: 101st Marriage Proposal

It's been almost 20 years since this show was on air, but good plots don't grow old at all.




Edit: Well, hell of a way to tell people not to hotlink images. So I downloaded it, and hosted it myself instead. Whatever.


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