Shounen Jidai (Childhood Days)

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Title: 少年時代

夏が過ぎ 風あざみ
誰のあこがれに さまよう
青空に残された 私の心は夏模様

夢が覚め 夜の中
永い冬が 窓を閉じて
呼びかけたままで
夢はつまり 想い出のあとさき

夏まつり 宵かがり
胸のたかなりに あわせて
八月は夢花火 私の心は夏模様

目が覚めて 夢のあと
長い影が 夜にのびて
星屑の空へ
夢はつまり 想い出のあとさき

夏が過ぎ 風あざみ
誰のあこがれに さまよう
八月は夢花火 私の心は夏模様

English Translation

As the summer passes, with thistles in the wind
Yearning for someone, I wander
Left behind in the blue sky,
My heart is a pattern of summer

Waking from a dream in the night,
The long winter closing windows tight
I keep calling out, filled with dreams inside
Before and after the memory

Summer festivals, bonfires in the night
To my fast beating heart,
August is dream of fireworks
And my heart is a pattern of summer

Awakening after the dream,
The long shadows extend to the stardust sky
Filled with dreams inside,
Before and after the memory

As the summer passes, with thistles in the wind
Yearning for someone, I wander
August is a dream of fireworks,
And my heart is a pattern of summer

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Fantastic song, bring back many nice memories that I would love to relive again. My childhood was one with dreams and I couldn't wait to grow up. Now that im older, I wished I stayed at that age where innocence was all and time didn't matter. Well, its over and onwards to other things... Life is realistic, and idealism is fatality.

Love is all about family and tea.

Mother just came back from Japan again. Yes, it was hot like hell as she said it was 40 degrees and the Japanese still wear two layers of clothing. I guess looking good beats sweating like a dog over there. Those Japanese sure have a fashion sense.

Anyway of all the little cups and customary tea gift I received from my mother, I have taken a photo of one of the most prized possession among them all. Yes thats my TWININGS tea sampler! Pictures speaks a thousand words so...

Golden yellow box of joy! Proceed to cut the seal with my trusty scalpel...

Prince of Wales, Darjeeling, Orange Pekoe, Queen Mary!

Proof that it was bought in japan!

I wont be drinking any of those soon.... Adds on to my tea collection! Love it!

Im actually a ... Punk.

Not those with strange hair and piercings all over the body that they soon resembling zombies out from a B-movie... Im a steampunk enthusiast! Thats right, for those of you who do not know anything about the term Steampunk, it actually means that im interested in things victorian (thats 200 years ago), especially their technology involving lots of gears and mechanisms. Thats somewhat a pre-electricity era whereby everything is very artistically rendered even though it is a machine or furniture. My room at the moment is considered 1/4 victorian era, if you consider the antiques and strange furniture all over the place. Of course there is my hidden collection of pocketwatches and other sort of trinkets from a bygone era.

Of course then there is small collection of strange books, history, philosophy and more recently some popular science books. I plan to get rid of all those modern things other than my AIRCON and my computers and "Mod" my room up. Well maybe after exams.

Then I will concentrate on extracting springs In which I will examine in great detail for a secret project.