"Il Mare" & "the Love Letter"

I watched a Korean movie called "Il Mare" last night, and I was deeply touched.
This brings back memories of another great romantic drama, the Japanese "Love Letter". Both trailers I have found on YouTube, for you to enjoy!

Cherry Blossom Color - Sakurairo Maukoro

Incredibly sad yet beautiful .. makes me tear up inside... 　I think the Japanese characters for the title is 桜色　舞うころ.
someone once said to me that this is about "Eternal Love".　

Nakashima Mika (中島美嘉) Translated Song Lyrics [Index]

Sakurairo Maukoro Lyrics: Kawae Minako Music: Kawae Minako Sakurairo maukoro, watashi wa hitori Osae kirenu mune ni tachi tsuku shiteta Wakabairo moyureba omoi afurete Subete wo miushinai anata he nagareta Meguru kigi tachi dakega Futari wo miteita no Hito dokoro ni wa todomare nai to Sotto oshie nagara Karehairo someteku anata no tonari Utsurui yuku hibi ga ai he to kawaru no Douka kigi tachi dake wa Kono omoi wo mamotte Mou ichido dake futari no uede Sotto ha wo yurashite Yagate toki wa futari wo Doko he yakonde yuku no Tada hitotsu dake tashikana ima wo Sotto dakishimeteita Yuki keshou madoe wa omoi hagurete Ashiato mo keshiteku otonaki itazura Douka kigi tachi dake wa Kono omoi wo mamotte “Eien” no naka futari todomete Koko ni iki tsudukete Meguru kigi tachi dakega Futari wo miteita no Hito dokoro ni wa todomare nai to Sotto oshie nagara Sakurairo maukoro, watashi wa hitori Anata he no omoi wo kamishimeta mama [Go Back]

When the cherryblossom colors flutter Lyrics: Kawae Minako Translation: Jonathan Wu When the cherryblossom colors flutter, I’m alone Standing exhausted, I can’t cut off these feelings bottled up inside When the color of new leaves shake, feelings overflow I lost sight of everything and drifted towards you The trees around us told us in silence That we would both see: People don’t have to be limited to one place When the withering leaves change color, I am next to you And as the passing days fade, our love changes But please, let these trees Protect these feelings Silently rustling your leaves above us, Just one more time.. Before long, the seasons will pass And we will be taken somewhere else But right now, there’s only one thing I know Embrace me, silently Covered by the snow, the feelings get lost The footprints vanish, sounds disappear in vain But please, let these trees Protect these feelings So that, frozen in eternity We may live on here The trees around us told us in silence That we would both see: People don’t have to be limited to one place When the cherryblossom colors flutter, I’m alone Savoring my thoughts of you [Go Back]

Bay Area public transportation

I must admit, though noisy and not very clean, the public transportation system in NYC, accessible via a less than $100 monthly pass, is relatively fast (compared to traffic), cheap, and very convenient.

I am thinking about making a trip up to Berkeley this weekend, because I will have to get there by myself, I have been debating about whether to make the full drive up, or drive halfway to Fremont and take the BART.... (if only there's a direct ride straight from Santa Clara! I'd take it even if it means a 2 hour ride each way, because I can sleep all the way!)...


So it will take me 30 min. just to drive to the Fremont BART station, then an addition 45 min. on the BART (negligible cost is ~$4). Compare that to the 50+ min. entire drive up to Berkeley/Emeryville, I am looking at the classic trade-off between time and effort. =)

Oh, and did I ever mention that the Caltrain and BART only overlap at the Millbrae SFO airport station? Urh.... I think this system doesn't work?! at least, not for my agenda.... why couldn't they just build an entire system that runs along the two sides of the bay, with a connection shuttle service across either 92 or 84 bridge? Whoever that laid out the initial transit map must not have taken the future population expansion of the region (the entire SF, Peninsula, South bay, East bay) into consideration. Then again, they may have designed the layout nearly 100 years ago, and different from the NYC/London/BJ/Tokyo systems, the lack of utilization has prevented the Caltrain/BART system from rapid development/expansion.

Sigh... if only ppl had the forethought to be willing to put in the initial investment for the convenience of future generations. This is a class example of how things should've been done Right but instead were done through stages along the "play it by ear" method. Don't you see? When the need arises (like the recent gas price hike, it's too late to upgrade a transportation system to meet the demand! very much unlike the rapid-morphing high-tech/software industry).

just my $0.02... venting due to frustration, still wondering how to get to Berkeley tomorrow... sigh...

Perseids Meteor Shower

Meteor showers occur when Earth moves through a meteor stream. The stream in this case is called the Perseid cloud and it stretches along the orbit of the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it passed by the Sun. Most of the dust in the cloud today is approximately a thousand years old. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that boiled off the comet in 1862. The approximate rate of meteors originating from this filament is much higher than normal.

The famous Perseid meteor shower has been observed for about 2000 years, with the first known information on these meteors coming from the Far East. In early Europe, the Perseids came to be known as the "tears of St. Lawrence."

The Perseids will next be active from July 17 to August 24, 2008,^[2] with their peak on the morning of August 12, 2008.

Wikipedia link here.

Chinese flash music/song 这个冬天来看你

Chinese flash music/song 这个冬天来看你