There's more to life
Ate dinner with Andrew yesterday :D. We went to Chinatown centre and ordered food from some extremely shady place, although it was cheap and filling enough.
In some ways, I think it's a miracle that we met. I've never even felt like I had so much in common with anyone before, even Precilla/Melissa. I think that he is such a genuine person. I can get to know him and he can get to know me, and neither of us have any ulterior motives... we simply care about each other. I don't feel fake around him like I sometimes do with Justin/Erin/Angela/the rest. I can actually laugh, make jokes, and be myself =).
Even though I'm so busy, I feel pretty alive right now. There's more to life than studying or working or socializing all the time. Taking just a few minutes each day to let your friends know that you care, and knowing that they care too... that is what is really important to me. I guess I just didn't know what was important in life!
I just deleted around 30 people off my FaceBook. I never talk to them, and they never talk to me, so it's pointless to keep them on my list any longer. I don't want their comments, their opinions, and their lives bogging down mine. I'll live my own life my own way: nothing more, nothing less.
Anyway, because I feel like it, here are the lyrics to Bratja.
Translit:
"Brat'ya"
Prosti menya, mladshiy brat!
Ya tak pred toboy vinovat.
Pyitatsya vernut' nyelzya
Togo, chto vzyala zyemlya.
Kto znayet zakon Byitiya,
Pomog byi mne nayti otvet.
Zhestoko oshibsya ya;
Ot smerti lekarstva nyet.
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
No vse nashi silyi
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Tebya soblaznil ya
Prekrasnoy nadezhdoy
Vernut' nash semeynyiy ochag.
Moy brat, ya vo vsem vinovat.
Nye plach', nye pechal'sya, starshiy brat!
Nye tyi odin vinovat.
Doroga u nas odna,
Iskupim vinu do dna.
Mnye nye v chem tebya upreknut'.
I ya nye obihen nichut'.
Tyazhek, nash gryekh
Khotet' byit' silneye vsekh.
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
No vse nashi silyi
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Ya sam soblaznilsya
Prekprasnoy nadezhdoy
Vernut' nash semeinyiy ochag.
Ya sam vo vsem vinovat.
No chto zhe nam delat', kak byit'?
Kak vse ispravit', zyabyit'?
Pyitat'sya vernut' nyel'zhya,
Togo, chto vzyala zyemlya.
Tranlit notes:
1) Generally words prononced as they were written
2) "u" prononced as "oo"
3) "yi" is special letter and sound in Russian, it's more like "i" in English word "tip", but a little bit different. I chose "yi" 'cause it fits better than other cases.
4) "e" and "ye" is almost the same sound.
5) "'" means "soft sign" (special letter again). If it's present you must speak letter before it softer.
6) "i" is like "i" in English word "tip"
7) 'kh' prononced as "h" in English "hat".
8) If "e" is the last letter in the word it prononced as "e" in English word "pet"
Translation
"Brothers"
Forgive me, younger brother
I am to be blamed
It is impossible to return
that, which has been taken by earth
One that knows the law
would help me find the answer.
I made a terrible mistake,
there is no cure for death.
Dear Mother! So Soft! (soft as in loving)
We loved you so much.
But all our powers
were spent in vain.
I intrigued you
With the perfect hope
To return our family
My brother, the blame is all mine.
Don't cry, don't despair, older brother
You are not the only one to blame
We both have one road
Lets bury the blame to the depth (meaning lets forget whos fault it was)
I can't blame you for anything,
And I hold no hard feelings. (as in Im not mad at you)
Heavy is our cause
The desire to be stronger than all
Dear Mother! So Soft!
We loved you so much.
But all our powers
were spent in vain.
I was intrigued myself
with the wonderful hope
to return our family.
I am the one to blame.
So what do we do now?
How do we correct and forget?
When you can't return
That, which was been taken by earth.
Such a beautiful song :(... sad, but beautiful... almost haunting...
I want an iPod now. Once, I would've dismissed these things as making people live in ta dream world, closing their ears to the world. But I'm beginning to see why people need them.
Anyway, I had a g-chat with Andrew today:
me: anyway, i just thought: you're my bro and you're 9 days older than me... so... how the heck was my egg fertilized :O
(i know... no comment right ><)
(only i can think of things like this ><)
Andrew: wha!
I can swim faster ;)
me: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
i am so saving that response
gay sperm swim slower :(
Andrew: LOL!!!!!
I didn't say anything about sperm.....I was just saying I can swim faster than you
*tsk *tsk *tsk, always thinking dirty thoughts
me: oh.........
you're lying! :(
why else would you randomly say that?!
Andrew: I randomly thought of swimming?
me: how would you know you swim faster
you haven't even seen me swim S:
besides... you added at wink face
what else could that mean :S
Andrew: ;)
heh heh
me: andrew you're evil....
always manipulating to me to think about things like this =(
In some ways, I think it's a miracle that we met. I've never even felt like I had so much in common with anyone before, even Precilla/Melissa. I think that he is such a genuine person. I can get to know him and he can get to know me, and neither of us have any ulterior motives... we simply care about each other. I don't feel fake around him like I sometimes do with Justin/Erin/Angela/the rest. I can actually laugh, make jokes, and be myself =).
Even though I'm so busy, I feel pretty alive right now. There's more to life than studying or working or socializing all the time. Taking just a few minutes each day to let your friends know that you care, and knowing that they care too... that is what is really important to me. I guess I just didn't know what was important in life!
I just deleted around 30 people off my FaceBook. I never talk to them, and they never talk to me, so it's pointless to keep them on my list any longer. I don't want their comments, their opinions, and their lives bogging down mine. I'll live my own life my own way: nothing more, nothing less.
Anyway, because I feel like it, here are the lyrics to Bratja.
Translit:
"Brat'ya"
Prosti menya, mladshiy brat!
Ya tak pred toboy vinovat.
Pyitatsya vernut' nyelzya
Togo, chto vzyala zyemlya.
Kto znayet zakon Byitiya,
Pomog byi mne nayti otvet.
Zhestoko oshibsya ya;
Ot smerti lekarstva nyet.
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
No vse nashi silyi
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Tebya soblaznil ya
Prekrasnoy nadezhdoy
Vernut' nash semeynyiy ochag.
Moy brat, ya vo vsem vinovat.
Nye plach', nye pechal'sya, starshiy brat!
Nye tyi odin vinovat.
Doroga u nas odna,
Iskupim vinu do dna.
Mnye nye v chem tebya upreknut'.
I ya nye obihen nichut'.
Tyazhek, nash gryekh
Khotet' byit' silneye vsekh.
Milaya mama! Nyezhnaya!
Myi tak lyubili tebya.
No vse nashi silyi
Potrachenyi byili zrya.
Ya sam soblaznilsya
Prekprasnoy nadezhdoy
Vernut' nash semeinyiy ochag.
Ya sam vo vsem vinovat.
No chto zhe nam delat', kak byit'?
Kak vse ispravit', zyabyit'?
Pyitat'sya vernut' nyel'zhya,
Togo, chto vzyala zyemlya.
Tranlit notes:
1) Generally words prononced as they were written
2) "u" prononced as "oo"
3) "yi" is special letter and sound in Russian, it's more like "i" in English word "tip", but a little bit different. I chose "yi" 'cause it fits better than other cases.
4) "e" and "ye" is almost the same sound.
5) "'" means "soft sign" (special letter again). If it's present you must speak letter before it softer.
6) "i" is like "i" in English word "tip"
7) 'kh' prononced as "h" in English "hat".
8) If "e" is the last letter in the word it prononced as "e" in English word "pet"
Translation
"Brothers"
Forgive me, younger brother
I am to be blamed
It is impossible to return
that, which has been taken by earth
One that knows the law
would help me find the answer.
I made a terrible mistake,
there is no cure for death.
Dear Mother! So Soft! (soft as in loving)
We loved you so much.
But all our powers
were spent in vain.
I intrigued you
With the perfect hope
To return our family
My brother, the blame is all mine.
Don't cry, don't despair, older brother
You are not the only one to blame
We both have one road
Lets bury the blame to the depth (meaning lets forget whos fault it was)
I can't blame you for anything,
And I hold no hard feelings. (as in Im not mad at you)
Heavy is our cause
The desire to be stronger than all
Dear Mother! So Soft!
We loved you so much.
But all our powers
were spent in vain.
I was intrigued myself
with the wonderful hope
to return our family.
I am the one to blame.
So what do we do now?
How do we correct and forget?
When you can't return
That, which was been taken by earth.
Such a beautiful song :(... sad, but beautiful... almost haunting...
I want an iPod now. Once, I would've dismissed these things as making people live in ta dream world, closing their ears to the world. But I'm beginning to see why people need them.
Anyway, I had a g-chat with Andrew today:
me: anyway, i just thought: you're my bro and you're 9 days older than me... so... how the heck was my egg fertilized :O
(i know... no comment right ><)
(only i can think of things like this ><)
Andrew: wha!
I can swim faster ;)
me: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
i am so saving that response
gay sperm swim slower :(
Andrew: LOL!!!!!
I didn't say anything about sperm.....I was just saying I can swim faster than you
*tsk *tsk *tsk, always thinking dirty thoughts
me: oh.........
you're lying! :(
why else would you randomly say that?!
Andrew: I randomly thought of swimming?
me: how would you know you swim faster
you haven't even seen me swim S:
besides... you added at wink face
what else could that mean :S
Andrew: ;)
heh heh
me: andrew you're evil....
always manipulating to me to think about things like this =(