Okaeri by Ayaka

This song has been stuck in my head, my play list and in my iPod ever since I watched Zettai Kareshi [Absolute Boyfriend].

 

2008 Japanese Drama: Zettai Kareshi w/ English Subtitle

It's a Japanese drama based from the manga illustrated by Yuu Watase. You can read the plot on wiki. There's a huge difference from the manga and the live-action but I love the series just the same. Sometimes it made me wish I could be like Riko and order a boyfriend robot. Nyahahah .... Now at the end of each episode is a song entitled Okaeri by Ayaka and this song is just stuck in my head. After a little digging I found out that Ayaka is the wife of Hiro Mizushima who played the role of Soshi Asamoto in the series.

Let's watch the music video of the song .... God her voice is just beautiful.

Okaeri sweet home 
Kaeru bashou yeah 
Ai wo arigatou 

Mata heiki no furi wo shite 
Kanashimi no iro wo nuritsubushite 
Waratte shimaun desu 
Shinjiru koto no taisetsusa 
Wakatteru no ni iza to iu toki 
Utagatte shimau yeah 

Karappo no karada 
Nagareru toki ni 
Fuiteshimaisou ni naru kedo 
Anata no koto dakishimetai 
Kono kimochi katsugi ugokasu no 

Okaeri I'm home 
Hitogoto de mitasareru kokoro 
Okaeri sweet home 
Kaeru bashou yeah 
Ai wo arigatou 
Sweet home 

Jibun no koto bakkari wo 
Kangaeru otona wa zuruin da to 
Omotteitan desu 
Demo hisshi ni kaeru koto wo 
Sakenderu hito mo iru'n da 
Yatto shitta'n desu 

Atarimae no shiawase nanka 
Kono sekai ni hitotsu mo nai 
Anata no tame, sou omoeta 
Kono kimochi katsugi ugokasu no 

Okaeri I'm home 
Supiido ga kasokushiteku mainichi 
Okaeri sweet home 
Kawaranai zutto aru keshiki 
Sweet home 

Sagashite nakushita 
Kokoro no kizu ga 
Tachimukau tsuyosa ni kawareta no wa 
"okaeri" ga atta kara 

Okaeri I´m home 
Hitogoto de mitasareru kokoro 
Okaeri sweet home 
Kaeru bashou yeah 
Ai wo arigatou 

Okaeri I'm home 
Daijoubu anata ga iru kara 
Okaeri sweet home 
Mattete ne mou sugu tsuku kara 
Sweet home 
Oh yeah 
Okaeri…sweet home

If  you want a copy of the mp3 file of Okaeri by Ayaka, you can download it here. 

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A Song To Sing by Hanson

Earlier today I was busy organizing my stuff and ran into old things from my elementary and high school days. I found the box that contained all my cassette tapes and realized that I have a copy of Hanson's This Time Around album.

This Time Around

I started playing it on my cassette player and surprisingly it still plays. It must have been what ... close to 10 years since I last played it and it's still working. I have a few favorites from this album and one of them is A Song To Sing. If you want you can download the file here.

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Nana [2005] Movie

Nana

I just finished watching this movie and I cannot wait to get started watching the anime series. I fell in  love with the story and the songs played on the movie. Take a look at the cast:

Mika Nakashima - Nana Osaki

Aoi Miyazaki - Nana "Hachi" Komatsu

Hiroki Narimiya - Nobuo Terashima

Kenichi Matsuyama - Shin

Ryuhei Matsuda - Ren Honjo

Yuna Ito - Reira Serizawa

Saeko - Sachiko

Momosuke Mizutani - Naoki

Anna Nose - Junko

Takehisa Takayama - Kyosuke

Tomomi Maruyama - Yasu

Tetsuji Tamayama - Takumi

Yūta Hiraoka - Shoji Endo

Gou Ayano

First song played in the movie is entitled "Glamorous Sky by Mika Nakashima" and the second one is "Endless Story by Yuna Ito". You can download the both songs from the Downloadable Goodies section. 

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Ai Mei by Rainie Yang

I have been watching too many Taiwanese TV series according to a friend when she saw that the constantly played songs on my iPod are Mandarin songs. The latest TV series that I am getting addicted to is Devil Beside You which stars Mike He and Rainie Yang. I first saw Rainie Yang on Meteor Garden where she played the role of the simple Xiao You and I loved the chemistry between her and Ken Zhu.

Devil Beside You Taiwanese TV drama with English sub dvd NTSC

In the Devil Beside You series, Rainie Yang sang the opening theme entitled "Ai Mei" and I like all the other songs I fell in love with it. Let's watch the music video below:

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Il Mare

Il Mare

A friend told me that since I love the movie The Lake House I should watch Il Mare as it was the movie from which the movie The Lake House was based on. I watched it and I love it ... I love it much much more than the Lake House.I find the house on Il Mare more beautiful than that used in The Lake House and the movie's soundtrack is just beautiful. If you are into romantic films then you have to add to this to you watch list.

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Lovers In Paris

I think I was in college when a dubbed version of Lovers In Paris was shown in the country. I was not able to watch it continuously but with the few episodes I have watched I fell in love with it. The story line, the setting and soundtrack it was pretty amazing.

I managed to secure a copy of the entire series and have watched it over and over ... this is probably the second Asian TV series I fell in love next to Meteor Garden. 

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Long Kiss Goodbye by Halcali

Naruto Shippuuden (OST)

Here's another song from Naruto Shippuuden, if am not mistaken this is one of the ending songs of season 4 and I like it despite not understanding what it means. 

Kondo wa itsu aeru ka nante
Sonna kaoshite yoku ierutte
Omotteta yo nande darou
Nani mo ki ni naranai FURIshite
Ii wake suru nara kikou sama de
Tsunagatte taikara

Mou kao mo mitakunai megurokawazoi
Arienai tenkai odoru KEETAI
GOODBYE MEERU naraba wasuretai
"Hold me tight" but "dokka kietai"
Anytime shiberisugi no KY
Chirari miseru tsuyogari na "I cry"
Namida no kouka wa dore kurai?

Watashi na ri ni "ai saretai" afureru no ni kimi ga mienai
Nido to kimi ni aenai sonna ki ga suru n da...
Tsutaetai no ni umai kotoba mietara nai watashi tabun
Uso demo ii no ni "ikanai demo" ienai yo

Kushami suru to deru hen na koeto
Kusha kusha ni warau BUSAIKU na kao
Tomaranai ase me wo kosuru kuse
Dou setsu maranai AITSU no tokusei

Nitemo nitsukenai futari no SUTAIRU
Muda ni Shy SENSU wa yayanai
Uso tsuku toki no fukumi warai
UZAI tokku ni BAREBARE mendokusai

Tamatama kareshi gai nai TAIMINGU de
Hima tsubushi teido no koi tte
Tomodachi ni mo ii wakeshitete
Masaka watashi ga oikaketeru... nande?

Tsumaranai JOOKU wa ittsumo kudoku
Douko made mo tsuzuku aki aki na TOOKU
Sono tabi ROKKU kondo wa watashi kara Knock

Watashi na ri ni "ai saretai" afureru no ni kimi ga mienai
Nido to kimi ni aenai sonna ki ga suru n da...
Tsutaetai no ni umai kotoba mietara nai watashi tabun
Uso demo ii no ni "ikanai demo" ienai yo

Nigitteta te ga hanaretara
Kimi wa itsuka wasurechau no?
Watashi no koto

Watashi na ri ni "ai saretai" afureru no ni kimi ga mienai
Nido to kimi ni aenai sonna ki ga suru n da...
Tsutaetai no ni umai kotoba mietara nai watashi tabun
Uso demo ii no ni "ikanai demo" ienai yo

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Nagareboshi (Shooting Star Full Version) by Home Made Kazoku

Naruto Shippuuden (OST)

Being an otaku, I have become addicted to Naruto and cannot wait for the next time I go to Singapore so I could buy the manga volumes. On Shippuden especially on Season One the ending theme has a very catchy tune and I fell in love with it, even though I have no clue what the song is all about. Here it goes:

Nagareboshi (Shooting Star Full Version) byHome Made Kazoku

*Sora wo miagereba

Hoshitachi ga hora matataiteru

Kono hoshi no hitodachi mitai ni

Samazama na hikari wo hanatte

Sono naka de boku mo hitoki wa kagayaiteitainda

Me wo tojite kokoro ni chikau

Nagareboshi ni yume wo takushite*

Koko wa itsumo no kouen

Yakei ga mieru suberidai no ue

Mukashi kara boku no tokutouseki

Nayami ga areba koko ni kurun desu

Ano koro no mama yume no tochuu de

Imada kanaerarezu ni irun desu

Moshikashite koko ga mou shuuten

Nante yowane wo haite

Shimaisou na hi mo aru

Demo sono tanbi ni omoi dasu

Nagareboshi wo sagashite ano hoshizora

Chiisana koro no negaigoto wa ima

Mukashi mo kawaranai mama

*repeat*

Yoru no kousha nakama to shinobi komi

Koe wo hisome kanaami yojinobori

Hiruma to chigau kao no guraundo wo sei ni

Mezashi ta basho wa "puuru" to iu na no umi

Mizugi nante mon wa nai kara minna suppadaka

Dareka ga kisei wo hasshite tobikonda

Yoru no tobari ni hibiku mizushibuki

Ato ni tsuzuke to bakari ni mina issei ni haite

Sora miage pukapuka ukanda

Meno mae ni aru hoshi wo nagame ooku no yume katari atte

Sagashita ne ano nagareboshi

*repeatx2*

Miageta sora ni musou no hoshi

Ima mo mukashi mo kawaranaishi

Yume wa hateshinaku kuruoshikute

Ano hoshi no you ni sugoku mabushii

Miageta sora ni musou no hoshi

Ima mo mukashi mo kawaranaishi

Yume wa hateshinaku kuruoshikute

Ano hoshi no you ni sugoku mabushii

Hey! sonna ni utsumuite bakari icha

Mieru mono mo mienaku naru kara

Sora miagete keep your head up!!

Hey! "miageta sora ni ima, nani wo omou?"

Itsuka kirameku ano hoshi no youni...

I wanna shine

*repeat x2*

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"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)" by Marilyn Manson

I managed to get a hold of the copy of this TV series and its such a shame that they did not continue making more seasons for it. I sure love it ... and the songs on each episode is pretty awesome too. Anyways on one of the episodes the song "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)" by Marilyn Manson is pretty amazing. Let's take a look at the music video ... a bit dark if you ask me but I sure love the way he sang the song.

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"

Sweet dreams are made of these.
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas.
Everybody's looking for something.

[Chorus:]
Some of them want to use you.
Some of them want to get used by you.
Some of them want to abuse you.
Some of them want to be abused.

[Repeat First Verse]

[Chorus]

I wanna use you and abuse you.
I wanna know what's inside you.
(Whispering and Moaning:
Hold your head up, movin' on.
Keep your head up, movin' on.)

[Repeat Three Times]

Movin' on!

[Repeat First Verse]

[Chorus]

I'm gonna use you and abuse you.
I'm gonna know what's inside.
Gonna use you and abuse you.
I'm gonna know what's inside you. 

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I Want To Be The One by Christian Bautista

I heard this song while watching The Cutting Edge 4: Fire and Ice, this song was one of the many songs played in the movie and according to the credits it was originally sang by Christian Baustista but on the movie it was performed by Alex Seier. If you ask me which version I like the most, I cannot choose. Christian is a balladeer and his voice with this song makes it an utterly romantic song. While Alex has the voice of rock star and its like comparing what David Cook has done with Mariah's Always Be My Baby. Oh well ... let's listen to Christian Bautista now shall we?

I Want To Be The One by Christian Bautista

Don't wana talk
Don't wana drive
Don't wana scream out loud
How do I make you mine
Don't wana change your mind
Don't wana know whos wrong or right
Don't wana say goodnight
I'm no good with goodbye

So lets ignore the signs
That say were running out of time

I wana be everything
More than you'll ever need
I know
I want to be the one
I would give anything
To be what you want me to be
I know
I want to be the one

Don't wana sing
Don't wana fight
Don't wana go back home
I'm in no shape to drive
Don't wana make you cry
Don't wana leave us far behind
Don't wana break up
To make up one more time

So lets ignore the signs
That say were running out of time

I wana be everything
More than you'll ever need
I know
I want to be the one
I would give anything
To be what you want me to be
I know
I want to be the one

I don't wana live without you
Don't even think I know how to
There must be a way to rewind
And start all over again!

I wana be everything
More than you'll ever need
I know
I want to be the one
I would give anything
To be what you want me to be
I know
I want to be the one

Don't wana talk
Don't wana drive
Don't wana say goodnight
I'm no good with goodbyes

I wana be everything
More than you'll ever need
I know
I want to be the one
I would give anything
To be what you want me to be
I know
I want to be the one

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