October 10th, 2007 ideru
It’s official. I am a Nodame addict. As I have mentioned in my previous entry before I cannot get enough of Nodame. Ive watched the TV Drama nth times, watch the anime and then bought the comics ( manga ) and now Ive have the ticket to the upcoming Nodame Orchestra: Christmas Special in Le Theater Ginza in Tokyo. This will be my first live orchestra.
I can’t wait. So I guess I will be celebrating Christmas with the Orchestra, how surreal is that. 
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September 12th, 2007 ideru
While searching for Vitas’s music video in Youtube, I accidentally bump into Celtic Woman’s “Ave Maria” redention. It was amazing, the voice was simply angelic.

I even listened to their Christmas Album ( too early though
) I love listening to “Away in a Manger”, brings back childhood memory when we recited this on our christmas school play. “Ding Dong Merrily on High” was amazing. They also have the “Carols of Bells” version, but its mostly instrumental but still amazing.
On the New Journey album, I love listening to “Granuaile’s Dance”, makes you want to learn those Irish dance
Their “Scarborough Fair” was also good but I still prefer the Gregorian Chant version though.
In their first album Celtic Woman, One World is my favorite song. I also prefer their version of Danny Boy than Charlotte Church. Another fave of mine is “The Butterfly”, a song played with violin.
Be enchanted, be mesmerized…
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June 21st, 2007 ideru
Yehey.. Nightwish has a new vocalist. This news is a bit late actually, they announce their new vocalist last month (May 2007).
Nightwish was introduced to me by a friend early last year. He kept pestering me thru ym to watch the music video of Nemo, and so I did just to make him stop. I was hooked. Not only was the video amazing but the whole music as well. Tarja’s voice really complimented with the music. It was just the type of music that I was looking for. Metal and classical all rolled into one, amazing. Since that day, Ive been listening to their music and I never get tired of it. The band is categorize as gothic metal.
Unfortunately, something happened with the group and Tarja was fired. It was so sad. But the band is not just one person, as long as the others are there the band’s journey to the music world will prevail.
The new vocalist is Anette Olzon. It’s going to be a whole new type of music and I bet it will just be as awesome as before.
頑張って下さい。
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May 18th, 2007 ideru
Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield
I am unwritten,
Can’t read mind
im undefined
im just beginning
the pen is on my hand
ending unplaned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in you
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten ,yeah
Oh, oh
I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines, oh yeah
We’ve been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can’t live that way oh, oh
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in you
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in you
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in you
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
(YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!)
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May 16th, 2007 ideru
Journey
Leah Salonga
Half the world is sleeping,
half the world’s awake
half can hear their hearts beat
half just hear them break
I am but a traveler, in most every way
Ask me what you want…to know
What a journey it has been
And the end is not in sight
But the stars are out tonight
and they’re bound to guide my way
When they’re shining on my life
I can see a better day
I won’t let the darkness in,
what a journey it has been.
I have been to sorrow
I have been to bliss
Where I’ll be tomorrow,
I can only guess
Through the darkest desert
Through the deepest snow,
Forward always forward, I go..
What a journey it has been
and the end is not in sight
But the stars are out tonight
and they’re bound to guide my way
When they’re shining on my life
I can see a better day
I won’t let the darkness in,
what a journey it has been…
Forward, always forward…
Onward, always up…
Catching every drop of hope
In my empty cup
What a journey it has been
And the end is not in sight
But the stars are out tonight
and they’re bound to guide my way
When they’re shining on my life
I can see a better day
I won’t let the darkness in,
what a journey it has been…
What a journey it has been…
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