I was checking out some songs that I’ve downloaded this week and this song caught my attention. Actually it’s the artist name – Angela Aki; I remember reading about her and her album “Home” a few days back. I don’t remember which blog/post I read but I think I’ve probably got this mp3 from that post. Anyways…

Angela Aki is completely bilingual in English and Japanese as she was raised in Japan, but moved to Hawaii at the age of fifteen where she graduated from Iolani School. From there she moved on to George Washington University where she graduated with majors in politics and music.

The vocal is clear, strong and just beautiful so I dig up a bit to get its lyric and voila! There she is – Japanese-Italian-American beauty with glasses (hehe) and that particular song is the theme song from Final Fantasy XII. Farther more, I’ve also come across Japanese version of the song on YouTube. I think I prefer the Japanese version better as I feel she put more feeling in her mother tongue.

Kiss Me Good-Bye (English) You say my love is all you need to see you through But I know these words are not quite true Here is the path you’re looking for, an open door Leading to worlds you long to explore Go, if you must move on alone I’m gonna make it on my own Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory Follow your heart and find your destiny Won’t shed a tear, for love’s mortality For you put the dream in my reality As time goes by I know you’ll see this of me I loved enough to let you go free Go, I will give you wings to fly Cast all your fears into the sky Kiss me good-bye, love is mystery All of my life, I’ll hold you close to me Won’t shed a tear, for love’s mortality For you put the dream in my reality Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory You put the dream in my reality

Kiss Me Good-Bye Anata wa mayotte ite mo DOA wa aite iru yo Futari no sekai dake dewa Mita sare nai no deshou? Hane wo ageru kara shinjite tobeba ii Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory Anata wo ushinatte mo Aishita kioku ga tsuyosa ni kawaru kara Tashika na mono wo sagashite Daremo ga koisuru ga Yuruga nai ai wa jibun no naka ni aru Kiss me good-bye sayounara Atarashii watashi ni kawaru Kiss me good-bye, love’s memory Atarashii futari ni kawaru nara Kiss me good-bye naka nai Anata wo aiseta kara Anata wo aiseta kara

The lyric is nice, the melody is sweet, the artist looks grand in her geeky specs; what else can I say, it works for me. Her album “Home” is also pretty cool. It’s mainly Japanese songs mixed with English verses.

Watch Kiss Me Good Bye (Japanese version) on YouTube.

More info on wiki: Angela Aki |Kiss Me Good Bye
Angela Aki – Home album lyrics at CheeryBlossom

Some might find it boring if you’re not into this type of, “good-to-sleep-with”, songs. But I enjoyed it and there you go, my music pick.

I just remember that I haven’t been posting weekly poems lately, as I rather lack inspiration these days. Anyways, I was listening to this song and thought the lyric is rather poetic so here I am posting it as a replacement.

To Have And Not To Hold – Madonna

To have and not to hold
So hot, yet so cold
My heart is in your hand
And yet you never stand
Close enough for me to have my way

To love but not to keep
To laugh, not to weep
Your eyes, they go right through
And yet you never do
Anything to make me want to stay

Chorus:
Like a moth to a flame
Only I am to blame
Ba ba da ba ba ba
What can I do?
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I go straight to you
Ba ba da ba ba ba
I’ve been told
You’re to have, not to hold

To look but not to see
To kiss but never be
The object of your desire
I’m walking on a wire
And there’s no one at all
To break my fall

(chorus)

You’re to have, not to hold
You’re to have, not to hold

(chorus)

You’re to have, not to hold
You’re to have, not to hold
You’re to have, not to hold
To break my heart

P.S. I like “Ba ba da ba ba ba” part.

Don’t feel like writing any poems these days. So just passing on the poem and a music pick from Desperately Wandering.

Forever

I promise nothing: friends will part;
All things may end, for all began;
And truth and singleness of heart
Are mortal even as is man.

But this unlucky love should last
When answered passions thin to air;
Eternal fate so deep has cast
Its sure foundation of despair.

- A.E. Housman

Download “Make This Go On Forever”

I got this video link from some blog a few days ago and today I revisited again to check for comments.
No, I’m not gonna talk about it and I’m making no comment on that.

I just want to point out this one comment.
It really make my day. Soooooooo funny. LOL.

It’s a comment by dgrey

What kind of society puts a bride in a five million dollar diamond bedecked outfit and the groom in Mickey Mouse ears with a missing ear?

I’m sure every Burmese and everyone who know Burmese Custom will laugh at it. Oh Boy Mickey Mouse ear with a missing ear!!!
LOL Really good one, I never thought of it. haha.

May be I’ll write about Burmese Wedding and costumes stuffs later…

Watch the General Then Shwe’s youngest daughter – ThanDar Shwe’s Wedding.

Say, A Burmese Gal? Pop star yarr. Named Natalise from San Francisco. I haven’t listen her songs yet, I just got this from a friend and passing on. She surely look HOT! Check her Bio, Photos and Song at her site: www.natalisemusic.com/

Men across America are being tantalized by Natalises stunning Asian-American looks (both her parents are immigrants from Burma, a land between Thailand and India)–so much so that Maxim, one of the countrys leading mens magazines, recently declared her a ‘Girlfriend of the Day’…

And…she is smart too. You go gal!!!

Despite being a straight ‘A’ student at one of the nations most prestigious schools, Natalise could not ignore her calling. She made a pact with her parents that if she could graduate Stanford in only three years, they would let her pursue her real dream of having a musical career. Natalise who majored in Communication, while working on her songwriting and singing occationally at community based events won the bet….

Read more about Natalise here.
Watch Natalise on YouTube: Natalise – Forever Now (Accoustic Version)
Thanks Vincent for the info. (smile)

I’m passing on this article on “How to Download Google Video”. I’m sure some of you already know about this.
This is just for whoever don’t know yet and wanna try out.

It’s very useful for me since I cannot watch movies online with my low speed internet and must take time to download. My example is on “Nge Chit Oo” movie from Khayanpyar Einmet.

The site is right-click disabled but that’s nothing to worry about if you’re use firefox with webdeveloper extention.

Go to the video page and click the icon at the bottom to browse to actual google video page as shown in the following screen shot.

It will direct you to actual google video page like this link.

Follow the steps below to download google video.

1. View the page source code and search for the keyword “googleplayer”
2. Copy and paste the videoUrl parameter (all of the characters after the keyword “videoUrl=”)
3. Press Ctrl-L to go to URL location bar. Type Javascript:unescape(“videoUrl”)

where videoUrl should be the last parameter you have copied into the clipboard.

4. It should output the actual URL on the broswer, copy and paste that URL onto your browser location bar again to download the FLV movie.
5. Play it with a FLV Player.

Via: How to Download Google Video

Notes:
#1. Ctrl-F on view source page to enable search feature, type in the search keyword.

#2. Some cases have to start after id/parameter as well. ie) in my example: everything after “videoUrl\u003d”,
start from “http” part till “%3Den” in the end.
Leave out “&autoPlay\u003dtrue\”
#5. I use this FLV player. The file (ngalchitoo) size is ~143MB by the way.

The easier way of getting video link is using “Adblock” firefox extension.

Read more about using “Adblock” extention to get google video link here.

You can also use some sites to generate url directly for you too (read the article for more), but this javascript method is just fine for me.

The same concept applies for YouTube videos too. Feel free to test around and enjoy downloading.

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I felt bad, I didn’t participated in last week poem tagging. It’s not because I didn’t write a poem, as a matter of fact I wrote one. It’s cos’ my poem was so stupid that I felt too lame/shame to post it. My very first reviewers say it all (bro, mom).
Anyway I’ll keep that poem to myself and as a replacement, I came across this one. Kinda nice…hey it’s not poem but very much like a poem.

You can download the music here: “What Is It You Wanted?”

What was it you wanted
I ain’t keepin’ score
Are you the same person
That was here before?
Is it something important?
Maybe not.
What was it you wanted?
Tell me again I forgot.

Whatever you wanted
What could it be
Did somebody tell you
That you could get it from me,
Is it something that comes natural
Is it easy to say,
Why do you want it,
Who are you anyway?

Is the scenery changing,
Am I getting it wrong,
Is the whole thing going backwards,
Are they playing our song?
Where were you when it started
Do you want it for free
What was it you wanted
Are you talking to me?

Via: Desperately Wandering

I’ll try again this week.