sentiment: happy
harmony: "Lipstick" by Sachi Tainaka
Now what do we have here? It'll be the first time I'll be making a review for Sachi Tainaka's single... haha! Well, I wasn't able to do some reviewing with her Itoshii Hito e single because I don't know what to say about the single. It was extremely good even if it didn't do a good job in the Oricon. If you must know, it only reached #67 with only approximately 2,000 copies sold. Oh such a letdown but I still like the single. The cover was hot and superb and I don't know why it didn't touched the hearts of the listeners. Or maybe because it was a very sad song... but it's B-side Begin was pretty good! A sort of rock and roll with the combination of her oh-so-powerful vocals.
And now moving into the review proper, Lipstick/Ichiban Boshi is Sachi Tainaka's 6th maxi single under Sistus Records (a subsidiary of Geneon Entertainment). Songs and lyrics are all produced by Sachi Tainaka herself (which is a great thing because she really never fails to amaze with her music writing and composing skills). Ichiban Boshi was used as the theme song for the J-movie entitled Persona. Here's the tracklisting for the single:
Lipstick (4:45)
Ichiban Boshi (4:50)
Lipstick -instrumental- (4:43)
Ichiban Boshi -instrumental- (4:48)
Lipstick is I think one of Sachi Tainaka's upbeat songs that has a really nice tune. And another point, I think this is one of her singles in which the A-side song is not a ballad compared to her last singles Saikou no Kataomoi, Aitai yo./Kimi to no Ashita, and Itoshii Hito e which are all ballad but the corresponding B-side songs are upbeat (except for Aitai yo./Kimi to no Ashita since this is a double-A single) and most likely perky. This song has the mixture of ska (because of the trumpets) and rock which is a good combination, IMO. It's kind of similar to Hitomi Shimatani's summer-ish single Neva Eva and it's a little perky as well. The song starts with a very dramatic matter but after a couple of seconds, it changes your mood into a very different and complex way. Then the next few lines, it will be slow and a bit dull but before the chorus starts, it will give you a thrill because Sachi's voice will be powerful again and will give a supreme feeling overall.
Ichiban Boshi, on the other hand, is actually what I have been expecting -- B-A-L-L-A-D. Of course, it'll have a ballad song because IMO, this is where Sachi is good at. And with her high-pitched and powerful voice, it blends well with any ballad but I still prefer Lipstick over this. With the usual blend of power ballad, it has a natural sad tone and an "almost-crying" voice of Sachi similar to her Aitai yo. song but I like the latter more. Not that very special, I should say but still a good performance, I should say. Tis just making my day, a little dull and emo so I'd still go for Lipstick!
Overall, I can rate this single a 4/5 score because I really like Lipstick very much and a bit let down with Ichiban Boshi.
sentiment: contemplating (again)
harmony: "It's my life" by Sachi Tainaka
I'm not pertaining to all the Filipino people here because if I do, I could've labeled myself as an idiot as well. xP well sure, I act like a big dork/idiot at times but I only did it when it's joke time. I'm just saying that somewhere around me, some idiots are around. Why label them idiots? Because simple words they cannot pronounce very well. And after hearing "those words", I was lol'd after talking to them. They can be anywhere around the Philippine Archipelago, I tell you. xD These are some of the common idiocy that I encountered:
Fried Shickken - some konyos (for others who don't know this term, konyo or konyotics are people who mixed English and Tagalog in one sentence in a way, you'll laugh and at the same time annoyed if you know what I mean. It's like when you heard a statement from them, you'll raise one eyebrow and asked "WHAT!?"
pronounced Fried Chicken in a very well-composed manner and at the same time, in a very sosy manner that they'll mispronounce a word. For example, those konyos will eat in the street and still goes on with their idiotic expressions and says while getting his/her piece of fishball (through a stick), "I will tusok-tusok the fishball..." a big LOL! xD Who wouldn't raise their eyebrow if you heard it while your on your way somewhere? Will you laugh or will you get annoyed? And of course, Shokkolate will always be there. xP
And another person I know, pronounced Pentel Pen, as Pental Pen in which I really lol'd whenever I remember or cherish it. =3
Another is Liblary (instead of Library). That person usually invites me to go to this place when we were still a bit young. One day, she'll say, "Tara, punta tayong Liblary." (in English, "Hey, let's go the Liblary." Funny, isn't it? xD At school, there is this person who keeps speaking like this:
Fred: Oh, what's that?
XXX: Oh, this? This is a pre-advising form.
Fred: For what? And where did you get it?
XXX: Oh, I got it from the Departamental Office (instead of Departmental Office).
See how others didn't notice such small mistakes didn't matter to them and they kept on saying the same word until now. Oh, what big idiots - not using their common sense. But, it's okay. Whatever small mistake they commit, it's still funny in the eyes of the kids and of course, to the jokers like moi. xP *eebiilll mode*
sentiment: exhausted (yet restless!)
harmony: "HALLUCINO" by KOTOKO
After our last class, me and my friend Marian went out (of school campus) with some of our friends so that we could go home already. Then we we're hitched by one of our classmates and dropped us in the jeepney station in the Alabang Town Center.
Breaking the silence, I spoke up laughing and said, Ang tahimik natin sa loob ng auto kanina! Wala ako masabi! (In English, "We're so quite inside the car awhile ago! I have nothing to say!) Just as me and Marian were talking inside the jeepney, someone suddenly rode the jeepney were in. At first, I thought "Wow! A cosplayer! Good outfit!" But when she turned and see her face, my emoticon was "..." It's none other than our resident quirky gothic schoolmate. We didn't spoke until she went out of the jeepney in the Northgate Cyberzone area.
When she went down, we giggled, at first because of her appearance. xD Yes, she's indeed gothic with the heavy eye-liner and face powder. She's so white that my friend Marian was startled when she encountered this girl in the girl's CR in our school one time. XD But I have to admit, she's pretty and so white even if she's a bit chubby. She's got the looks and she can carry the outfit. But what I didn't like about that "expression" of hers is the fact that she's like too liberated. Okay, so I don't care about your fashion (if it's cool or not, why the hell I care?) and you can carry it BUT, you're wearing such tacky clothes in public? And with the British accent paying for her jeepney fare saying, "Bayad, please." (NOTE: Bayad means paying for the fare of any public vehicle) Ugh, so konyo. So I wouldn't be surprised if she got kidnapped one day. XP
Here's another point, why I hate it. IMO, you can be so fashinable and awesome with that gothic outfit but NOT IN PUBLIC. I mean, make it private. If you're gonna go outside, make sure you bring extra clothes which are appropriate in the eyes of the public, right? Be at least decent so that you won't be the center of attraction and distraction of the people. Ok, I said too much and I really don't care and I don't have time for her and her quirkyness (She really is weird, but I'm still weirder, mind you. =P lolz).
Oh well, I'm not gonna be problematic of other people again specially if I know, they don't care about me. xD gotta go to snooze. It's already 2 AM in my watch...
sentiment: LSS'd
harmony: "Chasse (TV size)" by Kaori Utatsuki
Ahh at last, a higher resolution of Kaori Utatsuki's Chasse single cover is now available. Thanks to amazon! If you look at the cover, you'd say "Wow, so vintage!" since it looks very classic and I'm hunching the font used for "Chasse" text was Impact. xD And as I see it, they took the meaning of the word literally which means "drive out". I can see a vehicle! o_O And what's this?! A couple of drinks and is that a bottle of wine? Hmmm... whatever.
Okay, to give you a hint of the song, it's a very slow-paced song much appreciated when you're in meditation or relaxation. And you'll get LSS'd when you hear this song just like I did. The "Lunlunlun lala lunlun lulu" fever will attack you and will make you sing wherever you'll go! It'll even haunt you in your dreams. X3 It is used as the 3rd ending theme for Hayate no Gotoku! or Hayate the Combat Butler. Well, it's better this way because I like the melody more than her debut single Shining stars bless.
It's B-side song Change of heart will most likely be a fluffy cutey-cute song again. That's just an assumption since most of her songs are really like that. Most likely same with her Senecio. But I would be delighted if there will be a cute denpa song (just like her JET SMASH!) in one of her singles in the future. I'm not that delighted but I got LSS'd with those cute lines of Jet Smash... xD *fuwa~fuwa... ecchi ni koshite!* hahaha!
Well I hope this will work since her debut single was a letdown not just on the single itself but with its total sales and Oricon weekly position. I'm excited to have the long version next week, November 21! Can't stop the "lunlunlun lala lunlun lulu" fever... x,X so bad yet so good. xD
sentiment: frustrated
harmony: "I pray to stop my cry -little sea style-" by Mami Kawada
Today was a very cursed day... I will never forget this day as well because it's so bad... so bad that I want to scream to the top of my lungs and cry! -___-
First, I went to school to finish some works before I'll meet Jen in the Paseo de Magallanes for the Sagashi Ateru 2 discussions at 1pm. But I wasn't able to finish it quickly because my classmate (which is my groupmate) arrived late! And my prof was nowhere to be found and we'll have to find her or else we're doomed!
It took me at least 2 ½ hours to went out and went straight to go to Magallanes. Second, my biggest mistake! I shouldn't have taken the jeep that goes in the West Service Road! That road can be so very f**kin' shit unreliable. It was kinda under repair in some parts and it was uber traffic! There was even a little mishap/accident in the way that the jeep I rode went stroke for more or less 30 minutes. =___=
I got out at school before 12:30 and I arrived at Paseo de Magallanes at 2:50 PM!!! O___O;; it took me at least 2 hrs to go there when it's not that far away from my location... Ahh the hell with that West Service Road! I'm not going to take another ride from that goes there again! I've learned my lesson!
I am kinda expecting that Jen has departed already since I was out for the next 1 5/6 hrs of our supposed to be meeting time but I still tried. Oh so many fortuitous events these days... I have to be careful next time.
Third, when I rode the jeep to go back to Alabang, it suddenly rained! O_o it's a good thing, I was already inside the jeep so I didn't get wet thank goodness. But when I was already in Bicutan part, the rain stopped and the sun suddenly shone! Ughh, weather can be moody like people too, I guess.
Next, I went to Festival Supermall to pay for our broadband bill. When I was already in line to pay in the "ATM-like touch-screened machine" it went bizarre! And I have to line up to the cashier with a long-line ahead. At that time, I said to myself, "This is going to be a very long day".
And now, I'm having trouble with my Last.fm account. It scrobbles some songs that I don't listen to!! I'm hacked!!!? But how!? T_T I didn't even have Last.fm in other computers except here in my house!? I was just listening to pure J-music then suddenly I saw in my profile page in Last.fm, "Who the f**k is this 'Van Halen'?! And what's this!? 'dream theater? O_o" I didn't even listen to their songs then why the heck are they scrobbled into my widgets!? WTF is this?! I searched in the support forum and did the password-change thingy but it didn't stop that hacker to keep scrobbling songs in my account that I'm not listening! UUURRRGGGHHH!!!! Whoever is that person scrobbling in my account, I'm telling you I'm not happy with what you are doing!! You could've just registered since it's free!!!!
*kyaah* *headdesks* I need to calm down... Or else I'll explode in the next few minutes... -___- I hope the problem with the Last.fm will be fixed in the next few days or else, I'll be forced to delete my account and create another one.
sentiment: sleepy
harmony: "O" by Eiko Shimamiya
This has been a very exhausting yet challenging day. But before the day ends, I'll just greet my good friend, Issa a happy happy birthday! If ever you're reading this, I miss ya already! =3 There, where was I? Ah yes, even if it's exhausting and hard (because of what happened when I went home), it's still a very worth day because my meeting with Jen for the Sagashi Ateru 2: The Prisoners of Fate scriptwriting job is a success! Thanks for treating me to lunch! =) While eating and enjoying our rather sweet red (?) iced tea, we talked about the major characters on the upcoming movie although we only build 3 characters today since we spend two hours just for one character -- which is Rika Shinomori. xD Yesh, her character was a bit hard to build since it took us 2 hours to finish her and that makes her character interesting. xD
We also build Sentaro Atsunaga and Kaurie Tendoh's character but building theirs were rather shorter than Rika's even if they were combined. Weird yet amazing. xD What me and Jen did are just drafts. They're not yet the final works. It can still be changed but we'll still look for brighter ideas.
Next week will be my college retreat so I'm still not sure if I'm going to meet with her and imouto Nikki-chan next week for the meeting. I'd like to go as much as I can but I don't want to add another "sin" just after my retreat. But who knows? Since I'm really dedicated with SA2, I think I'll be meeting them Saturday afternoon just after my retreat. And it'll be +1 sin again for me. xD Oh well, I'm already used to these things so no worries. XD
And now, as much as I want to keep myself busy by expressing my feelings here at my blog, I'm now bored to death -- visiting forums and some sights and there's nothing very new and I can't find anything very interesting as of now so I'm kinda feeling dull sitting here in front of my computer. (-___-) What's worst is that my darn old cellphone retired already from its function so I won't be texting you all my friends out there. But you can still communicate with me through here or through YM..^^
