I am starting a new life. It's been 8 months since I graduated and the job hunting wasn't going so smooth. The US also have nothing I can hold to either so I succeeded in persuading my parents to let me leave the US and try somewhere else.
See, close family and friends is what matters to me. The first time I came to the US, which was 6 years ago, it was hard but I had a friends and family here. But then I moved when I went to graduate school. And finding friends wasn't so easy. I ended up only making 2 good friends. But that was on my last semester which means we got separated after only a few good months.
After graduation I moved back to the town where I did my undergrad and join my sister. Here I made friends with my sister's friend. So life was happy. Still, no job = not a complete life.
I was already getting ready to head back home when a company called me and asked my availability. It was a place where I want to work at so I canceled my flight back and wait for more good news. Turned out, they were just giving me a tiny hope which they crushed after making me wait for almost a year if I counted the time from when I first did the interview.
Oh well, I'm upset since I wasted so much time waiting. But I'm also glad that I get to have my original plan, which is reuniting with my family back home. (Although the time I had so many free time was when I got trap in the JE fandom. I don't know if you can call that a good thing :P) I'm planning to go job hunting in Singapore which is only a one hour flight away from my home and settle there.
I'm leaving the US in less than a week. I've pretty much done with my packing. I'm gonna Step and GO with Arashi!
the seasons I passed with my friends accumulated just like always
sparkling and shining, our days throbbed in my heart
no matter what future comes, no matter how far away we are
the voices we've exchanged won't disappear
I'm gonna step and go to brand new story
get through the night lonely lonely long
I'm gonna go then with my memories
it's as if the world is an escape into eternity
a wish with a momentary flash of light overflowing with endearment,
a radiance that will never fade, in my two hands
I'll recognise the momentary flash of light gathering tenderness
I'll endlessly walk through time
walking like always, the familiar scenery is somehow awkward
the world that began to revolve, the next stage has just begun
I wonder how much we should stretch out our hands to reach our dreams
our individual paths holding our thoughts
I'm gonna step and go to brand new story
running on, tied together
the soaring wind escapes into eternity
the miracle that can stop the time we're in
I will never forget this day
inside the path continuing into tomorrow that begins here
the memories will keep going on ahead
a wish with a momentary flash of light overflowing with endearment,
a radiance that will never fade, in my two hands
I'll recognise the momentary flash of light gathering tenderness
I'll endlessly walk through time
(Taken from Step and Go lyric translation by
nyanchan with slight changes ^^)