February 28, 2014

Today's song comes as an attemp to have you jump around your room while dancing because of its positivity. At least that is what I did :P "Because of you" by B2st
While dancing you might be reminded of your long forgotten idols of your teen years :P hahaha. 

February 27, 2014

So, I think I already told you I got hoocked up in another drama, so here it is the OST as the song of the day. I think it is kinda cute and I know that if I had in a playlist I would not skip it, which is the most important thing I think. :P "You and I" of Hong Dae Kwang. Enjoy :) 

February 26, 2014

There will be no long posting today since I am very hooked up in a drama called "The Master's Sun" and also because I am very tired today. Anyways, today's song is from and artist I had not listened to for a while. After almost 2 years he came with a new album, and the newest song published is " Iron Sky". Yeap, Paolo Nutini. He's having a concert in Rome, July 19th. Unfortunately I cannot go since I should be somewhere else by the end of July :( . Anyways, enjoy!

February 25, 2014

"At 18, we fell, liked...

cried, ran away, knelt down. 

We turned our backs from each other.

Despite that, at 18, we...

ran towards each other, held each other's hands...

we hugged with all our might. 

We can fall down again. 

And maybe we could kneel again. 

But we...

Despite that, we...

go straight." 

                           The Heirs

Maybe because many things did not go the way I wanted them to, they did not flow the way I dreamt them to, I always tried to forget my teen years. Do not missunderstand me, I do not have any regrets, and I believe what I tried to forget was what made me stronger. Watching "The Heirs" though, I remembered all of it; I relived all of it: the happy face of being praised by who you admire, the sad face of being scolded or stabbed in the back, the cold mornings without sleep because it seemed as the world would end the next day. 

At 18, I fell too, and it hurt, and then I tried to run away because it hurt or knelt down to make it hurt less. At 18, I liked too, I turned my back to some, and I was shown the back of others; I hugged and wished to be hugged back. Most of all, it is true that I went straight. Those are all things I forgot though and only have a diary to remember. 

At 20, at 21 or even after though, I felt them all over again as I went straight. Back then though, I remember every single moment, every single tear, every single smile, every tiny bit of warmth of a goodbye or helo hug. I think I remember because I was happy, or because there were happier moments back then than before that. I remember maybe because I was fed up of forgeting sad moments, and I started to only remember the good ones. Nevertheless, at 18, it is not my favorite time of my life. Not to me. What came after that though, it surely is. And what comes after after that is the best time of my life, because it is what I am living now. I am still learning. I get stuck sometimes. I make two steps forward and three steps back sometimes. But I do not worry about it that much now because what I cannot realise tomorrow, there is still the day after tomorrow as long as I give it my all. 

Having realised that, for once today I will be making a step at a time and get back on my feet slowly so that I make sure I do not forget a single moment, a single feeling, a single dance, song or scolding that comes along the way. 

Today's song is "Here for you" of Big Daddy Driver. Hope you enjoy! 

February 24, 2014

I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myelf better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myelf better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myself better, I have to organize myelf better, I have to organize myself better!!!

For those who are wondering whether I just copy pasted it or really wrote it, yes, I copy pasted half of it.

I have been very lazy lately, and procrastinating because I do not feel like doing the important things I have to do. But hey, if you leave things at the last minute, you can really get things done in one minute, so I will hold on to this philosophy for a little longer until I get the desire to do anything useful for myself.

Today, I am offering you two videos: a song and a something you can laugh off. I do not know if any of you has watched this Teehee guy, but there a few nice videos in his profile, so check them out when you feel bored. Since this has been the story of my life so far, and my life is short since it's not a long time I have been out of college, check it out and like the video on youtube if you relate to it :P

The song of the day today is "Unconditionally" from Katy Perry. :) Enjoy!

February 23, 2014

The window was not very clean, yet, it is not a bad caption from today's flight back home. I hate "going back home" type of flights, but there has to be one so that can be a "see next time" :)

Today's song is remix and cover of "Rythm of the night" of Bastille: "Off the night". If you still have not checked Batille, I suggest you do so because they do some magic with music. :) Enjoy and see you all tomorrow!

February 22, 2014

Today's song comes due to the several times of watching Dior's new parfume... though I have to admit that is catchy and nice too. Enjoy "Glitter & Gold" of Rebecca Ferguson. :)

February 21, 2014

When I was just a little girl, I did not ask my mother what will I be. I wanted to be a teacher, a math teacher, and I wanted to teach little kids. That has not changed much since then, because that is still something I like to do even though I ended up doing different things. What did not change the most is my tendency to still like talking to people and having people around.

Today's song is "Que sera sera" of Doris Day. Whatever will be, will be! So just enjoy the little things that come your way every single day! :)

February 20, 2014

Today's post is going to be short, but will certainly not miss the song of the day. For Friday's throwback memories "La Isla Bonita" of Madonna! Enjoy all of you!

February 19, 2014

Hi hi again from Rome!! I thought I almost collapsed today because of the workload, but it all ended up well. I definitely work better when under stress, since I do more, and I do things well. :P

At the end of the day, I opened my DragonCave account to check on my garden for the Valentine event to see this beauty :) I really wish I had a garden like that so that I could plant all flowers I like the most :3

Do you believe in flowers and their meanings? I mean, to me they are just names and descriptions added to petals and leaves, but I like it how creative we can be and add a meaning to the color, to the fragrance and the shape itself of the flower. If I had to pick a favorite flower it would be the white lily. Greek lore associates lily meaning with birth and it is asymbol for motherhood because the flower was said to be created from the breast milk of Hera, so in the end virginity; purity; majesty; 'It's Heavenly to Be with You" are all epitets that would be associated to that. Honestly speaking, I got to know of the meaning only a few days ago. I always like the flower because of it faint smell. :)

Anyways, today's song is a new song I stumbled upon on youtube: Take me as I am - David Cook. Hope you all enjoy!

Happy Valentine!

Valentine's day has never been special to me before, and I never wanted it to be so because it seemed kind of, just kind of boring. I guess you really change the way you think about things when you are involved, so here comes my best wishes to everyone for a happy Valentine's day! Do not let it be the only day you express love to the one you love!

Today's video is just a cute video, not a song so hope you enjoy it here!

February 13, 2014

Tadaaaa!

These are my two ingridient banana-oat cookies! Find recipe here.

Ingredients:

2 large bananas (better if old)
1 cup of  oats

Mix those two together. Old bananas are the best because it is easier to mix as well.

Then add whatever you might like. I added a handful of chocolate chips,and raisins. Cinnamon or walnuts are good too.

Today's song is "Blow me (one last kiss)" of Pink for some energy boost! Enjoy and dance like nobody is watching you!

February 12, 2014

I never once liked rainy days because. Why? It's simple, because rain was another reason for not being able to enjoy the sun, or go out. I hate the feeling of getting my feet cold or wet because of the rain, and I don't like the soggy air because my allergy gets worse. 

Today is one of those rainy days when the sun is almost set. Strange, but I do not really feel like hating the rain today since I have someone to enjoy the view with :) 

It is not April yet, but here is "A little April shower" from Bambi to all of you! Enjoy! 

February 11, 2014

Happy Tuesday song! :) Enjoy this one from Bid Baby Driver

February 10, 2014

Posts for the days that follow will be short since my time is also short :)

Hoping you all "Have a nice day" there goes Stereophonics for you!

February 9, 2014

On the way to the airport yesterday, what really dissapointed me is not the messy roads because of the bad weather, rather the music selection on the radio. They were all songs on request, but they sure made it hard to like any of them. I believe the only one I like is the one I making today's theme song. It would be great if it was someone else to sing it, but since I like it a lot I will skip on the fact that One Direction sings it. So I looked up for a cover, but I do not think I really enjoyed any of them, so I guess One Direction this time did a really great job. It is not like I do not like them or like I hate them because they are doing something they want to, and if they have crazy fans, that is good for them, but I guess from my previous experience, I tend not to pay anymore attention to boy bands, especially English ones. 

I liked this video here, but I enjoyed this cover more. Anyways in the end, here goes "Story of my life" for you today! Pick whichever version you like :3 

Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain,

I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days.

She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones,

It seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone.

And I'll be gone gone tonight

The ground beneath my feet is open wide

The way that I been holdin' on too tight

With nothing in between

The story of my life I take her home

I drive all night to keep her warm and time...

Is frozen (the story of, the story of)

The story of my life I give her hope

I spend her love until she's broke inside

The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

Written on these walls are the colours that I can't change

Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its cage

I know that in the morning now, I'll see us in the light upon a hill

Although I am broken my heart is untamed stillx

And I'll be gone gone tonight

The fire beneath my feet is burning bright

The way that I been holdin' on so tight

With nothing in between

The story of my life I take her home

I drive all night to keep her warm and time...

Is frozen (the story of, the story of)

The story of my life I give her hope

I spend her love until she's broke inside

The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

And I been waiting for this time to come around

But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds

The story of my life I take her home

I drive all night to keep her warm and time...

Is frozen

The story of my life I give her hope (give her hope)

I spend her love until she's broke inside (until she's broke inside)

The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

The story of my life

The story of my life (the story of, the story of)

The story of my life

February 8, 2014

I missed my deadline for writing for February 8th since I had to travel to Rome :) My boyfriend and I make 1year and 11 months together. I could not come to Rome for my 2 year anniversary because that would have meant not celebrating our 3rd Valentine toghether because of work, so here I am. Since date 8 means a lot of things to me, most of all the day I got together with him, today's song is one of our songs, "Dolce notte" from Virginio Simonelli. This is the first song he ever dedicated to me when we were still friends because I had sleeping problems during my last year in college due to my thesis. It is also about time when I started to fall in love with him :3 

Hope you all enjoy!  

February 7, 2014

John Barrymore says that a man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. For a moment I thought it was true, and believed that everyone has a regret or two because I thought of bad things. In fact not everything goes as one dreams, not everything works out smooth no matter how much effort one puts in it. 

And then I started to think about my regrets. Maybe because I was a little upset, but I found about 4 things I was mad at myself for either doing or not. Thinking of the past I thought of my pathetic self not being able to express my thoughts and wishes; I thought of the powerless me being unable to protect what I thought important at that time. Most of them are things I did not because I chose not to because I was too much of a coward to face the consequences, or too powerless to shoulder the consequences. But then I thought of the present, I had a look at all those moments as being a third party not involved in what happened to my life, and all those moments, they were all moments I could not do without. 

Failing to protect a friendship you cherish at 15 because your friend's parents blame you for their kid's actions in front of your parents seemed to me as something I should have at least went through just to make sure to remember of all the other dissapointments. Failing to speak your mind because you have to maintain the perfect image of the student who is the pride of the family, that is not that bad either. I mean nobody is ever going to pay so much attention to you after that, even if you wished for it. Not being able to tell your first love your feelings because you do not want to turn into strangers after a couple of years, that is still fine because you have learnt to understand and respect the feelings of others. 

February 6, 2014

Most of you are probably fed up by phrases like "in the 90s", "we, the 90's kids did that and that", but recently I have not been able to do anything else but think that the differences really are huge. I am not disregarding changes from the 80s to the 90s. Any generation changes from the previous one and evolves into a next one. That is how we humans live, by evolving. As I totally agree that the changes have made our life better (like hell I would change the fact of how easy it is to find the answer to any question by googling it), I still find it sad that the youth of this generation is really not taking advantage of it, but becoming merely a tool. A tool of what? Technology I guess and the impression that they will have an easy life all the time.

When I was kid, the things I thought as most precious to me were my friends and the time spent playing with them, fighting with them, creating our own world away from the nagging of the adults. It was peaceful, and most of all we had a playground where we could easily run barefoot just because it felt great to run and save your friends while playing hide and seek. When I was old enough to go to school, I hated home and the pretenses that used to await for me for being an exellent student and living to the expectations of my parents. I did not hate my parents, I just hated the fact that I was turning into the adults I so much resented because I had come to understand that the time I had to play now was limited, and the time I could sincerely spend with my friends was over as they had started to become adults as well. I hated school as well, because I never found the sincerity I found in my childhood friends, but I loved how I could learn new things, new ways to interact, fool and be fooled by people. Because I got stabbed in the back so many times, then I stopped looking for the warmth of my childhood friends, into my classmates, so I dedicated myself even more to studying hoping that one days it would lead me to somewhere and someday when I would never had to pretend to be someone else again. I do not think I was ever liked by my classmates because I would never spend too much time apart from studying and extra curricular school-related acitivties, yet I did give my best, and that time is the only time I remember mostly of my teen years. I remember the taste of victory of managing to go through a school project, I remember the taste of screaming in joy after winning competitions against other schools. All those projects made me feel alive, and made me feel I could be someone I could contribute to my society, so I started to try to understand a little better the pre-adult world. I now see kids of that age hanging around school just for the sake of being there and getting a good grade. No motivation so far to do anything with their own classmates because they are afraid that even if they do something, someone else is going to take the credit. I watch them sitting in their desks with "why-s" written all over their faces as to why they should even care about growing or just about caring of what happens until they get out to real life.

I do not blame them. I was lucky enough to have teachers and mentors to try to get the best out of me so that I could do something to feel good about myself. Yet, I cannot do anything but resent them because they prefer sharing useless statuses on their facebook profiles instead of actually learning how is the mechanism that makes facebook so popular.

Having said all those, today's song is "Kids" of MGMT. Enjoy!

February 5, 2014

Ajumma! Hahaha, that is probably the most popular word in the dramas, in Korea as well maybe. It just puts in a good mood to remind Enrique that screams "ajumma", so I decided to share it with you.

Today's song is "Carry on" from Ali! Hope you all enjoy!

February 4, 2014

Someone has to take the road for it become such.

While thinking and overthinking things, there is a stage in which you stop thinking and just forget just to take time for you to start thinking over again.

Today's song is "Suddenly" of Kim Bo Kyong. Hope you enjoy!

February 3, 2014

“Are you sure
That we are awake? It seems to me
That yet we sleep, we dream” 

One thing that I noticed watching so many Japanese anime or Korean dramas is that they are fascinated with English culture, especially literature, specifically with Shakespeare if we might be more precise. Might as well be a coincidence but in the last month, two anime had quotes from Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and two of dramas quote only A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

"It was like a mid-summer night’s dream. Now I’ll disappear, like the dream you dreamed last night. Goodbye."

More than anything this phrase got me hooked up, maybe because I am really hooked up in the drama itself and its interesting characters. And finally as a matter of fact I love the songs. Even though I have already posted a song from "The Heirs", tonight I am posting again another one since it has been in my mind this entire time. :) Hope you all enjoy "Serendipity" from 2Young.

Can you show your mind tonight?

Can you show your mind tonight?

Is there a spiderweb in my head?

Things keep getting tangled

My heart is tangled even more

than that and it’s your fault

You, the one love in a world I can’t

have, keep coming to me. Did you know

that my feet only look for you without

me knowing? (dizzy lonely tonight)

It seems like I became two different

people after meeting you (little by little,

one by one, I’m changing) It’s so weird,

this fluttering feeling mixed with

nervousness in my heart (maybe I’m

scared that I’ll lose you) I want to get to

know your world that is unknown to me

(tell me, let me hear it,

show me yourself)

Even the air around us is different so

can we really fall i love?

(you are too perfect for me)

A headache came before love, all day, it

felt like nighttime Did you know that I

want to have your morning?

(dizzy lonely tonight)

It seems like I became two different

people after meeting you (little by little,

one by one, I’m changing) It’s so weird,

this fluttering feeling mixed with

nervousness in my heart (maybe I’m

scared that I’ll lose you) I want to get to

know your world that is unknown to me

(tell me, let me hear it,

show me yourself) Even the air

around us is different so

can we really fall i love?

(make me special)

I want to believe in serendipity,

the hand of fate (hopefully,

I wanted to be one, not two)

I hope we were put

in the same place

so I could recognize you

(please recognize me too)

Even the air

around us is different

so can we really fall in love?

(make me special)

Serendipity is defined as the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident coined by Horace Walpole, from the Persian fairytale The Three Princes of Serendip,  in which the heroes possess this gift. Indeed, serendipity, if we can define it as being lucky or unlucky enough to bump into things that lead us to lucky or unlucky things, is what makes the dramas happen. Well, if they happened in real life I do not think there would be the time to actually make the dramas real because they would be too unrealistic for how real they would sound. Do I believe in serendipity? I cannot really say whether I belive in serendipity or not, but I know for sure that things happen for a reason, be it lucky or unlucky reasons. But then in the end what makes it different from serendipity? Coming to know someone in a city you went for vacation to then discover that that person has always been yuor next door neighbour who you never met by accident before? Getting a good job because the manager finds you interesting because he saw you deal with a customer of your former job? I am not naive to think that those actually exist, but coming to speak to your neighbour because you go to the cinema anytime there is a type of movie that happens to be liked by both parties that seems more likely. In fact it is not likely, but I prefer to dream that they can actually happen. There have been many instances in my life for me not to believe in serendipity, yet not enough to truly believe in that, so I prefer to think that things just happen for a reason because it is said so for them to happen. Getting stabbed in the back by your best friend in high school surely happens so that you can become better at jugding a book even by having a look at its cover. 

Having said that tonight's post comes to an end! Thank you for reading! 

February 2, 2014

Because I just started to watch "City hunter", the Korean drama starring Lee Minho and Park Ming-young, I almost forgot to write about the song of the day. 

But it really was a silent day today. I spent most of it sleeping, and then I did house chores because I woke up in such a bad mood, so I had to release the stress somehow. 

I really did not want to watch "City hunter" because I know it is a story that will make me cry in the end, but I just could not resist not watching it since it has Minho starring. Well, I was kind of hesitant to watch since I did not want to ruin the image of Kim Tan I had of Minho, but I think it was for the best that I watched it, because I think Minho really outdid himself this time. Maybe it is also because the characters in this drama are more accurate and more sophisticated and also well-developed by the writer, but I think Minho, and not only have simply all outdone themselves. I will maybe write more about it tomorrow because I really want to watch another episode now, and I also want to have this published before midnight :P 

Anyways, since this was my waking up alarm today, this will also be the song of the day: "Love is" from Park Jang Hyeon & Park Hyeon Gyu. Yes, yet another OST, but I just love it :)  

Stay strong!
DragonCryings

Happy February!

Do you know what is the funniest part of realising it is February already? Not knowing the date, and realising it is February because your managing director's calendar shows a big pop up message that his girlfriend is coming into town for Valentine's day. 

Needless to say, I have completerly lost track of dates and so I have to start thinking about a nice gift for my boyfriend for Valentine's day. It is our second one, and it is also almost our second year anniversary together so it has to be something meaningful and special. I have bought him in the past few months anything he needed since his birthday, Christmas and the New Year were all together. This time is going to be a video dedication. 

I decided that the song that is going to be attached to the video is going to be "Kiss Me" of Ed Sheran, so today's theme song will be it :) Hope you guys enjoy!