Hey.

So it's finally 2015, roughly two years and a month since I last posted here.

I came here not to say I'll be posting here again. Nor to bid farewell to my "fans," no matter how invisible you are I still believe you're there. Hah. XD

I just want some closure.

To be honest, I made this blog as a means to get closer with a crush of mine when I was in sixth grade or sometime like that. Around three years later, three years after I've gotten over her; fell for another girl; had a relationship with said girl for two years, two months; and finally drifting back to celebrating Christmas all cold again, albeit with another crush, you could see where that led me to.

Well, I tried to revive this old blog, in the hopes of finding a new refuge for me to express my thoughts out loud and, well... expressively. I wanted to find a place of solace for the times I needed it, and after so many social media platforms I've joined, it finally seems that this blog isn't a good place for that kind of soul-searching.

Starting now, I won't have a blog I can call my own, except my tumblr. Maybe I'll try to experiment. You'll see me in maybe LiveJournal or Wordpress. But you won't see me here again. :)

If ever anyone who wants to find where I am now, feel free to go to my tumblog, or my twitter. You'll be seeing some updates on where I've decided to settle a blog.

I love you, guys. Thanks a bunch.

Heinz.

A Summer of Farewell (Sayonara no Natsu)

Hola, mina vänner!

So lately, I've been inspired by Japanese music (curse you, anime!). Inspired, I mean: melodiously engrossed  with 'em. Japan has long been an interesting subject in my mind, and its language is honestly one of the most beautiful-sounding tongues I have ever laid ears on (god, no innuendo please). So put that together with great music. You get awesome songs sung in one of the most beautiful languages ever.

So, where were we? Okay. Japanese music and awesome-sounding songs. Okay... Now, I've told you that Japanese is one of the most beautiful languages I have ever heard and therefore, it's one of my faves.

And lately, I've been struggling to learn it so I'm currently studying kana and phrases. But before all that, I've had another hobby: song translation. I've had a knack for translating foreign-language songs into English and I've started with translating Swedish songs into English. That hobby now has spread to Japanese.

I guess you get what I'm talking about now.

I'm introducing to you guys (my non-existent friends) a song translated from Japanese to English by yours truly. It's called "Sayonara no Natsu" (A Summer of Farewell) from the movie "From Up on Poppy Hill" by king of Japanese animation studios: Studio Ghibli. You can look at the song and listen to it in Japanese here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XPfUOZCrFM

Now, without further ado, here is the song (in English translation, first; then, the original Japanese):

Summer of Farewell

Music by: Koichi Sakata
English Translation by Znieh Gregorio

A ship sails to the sea, the waters bring aloft
As it whistles a melody, a wistful goodbye
If I walk down and count the steps from the gentle slope,
Will I still see the wind of color summer shines on me

My love is like a song, it is a melody
High and low, different voices and tones
My love is like a bird, a seagull as it flies
High and low, swaying just like a breeze

If the sun sets from the sky, and you are not around,
If I call you, my darling, will you see me then?

The sound of a piano, the tunes it sings are like
The waves are crashing to the shores, with rumble so sweet
Do people have the dream to see the summer’s hue,
When they come and go away from the setting of the sun?

My love is nothing but a diary of sorts,
A heart beat is a page written a day
My love is nothing but a simple, little boat,
As it goes to the seas of the sky

If I look back tonight, as the sun sets for the day,
My love, will you come for me? Will you look for me?

The trees are shaking in a promenade, a stroll
Yet the shadows they make are nothing but a farewell of sorts
A hen from an old church, it sways and spins around,
but can it see a little town in hues of summertime?

The love of yesterday, it’s nothing but a tear,
It falls and dries till it disappears,
But come tomorrow it’s a melodious refrain,
Singing words, playing chords with no end

If I see you right now, as the day draws to a close,
Will you hold out your arms and pull me in for an embrace?

Sayonara no Natsu

Music by: Koichi Sakata

Lyrics by: Yukiko Marimura

Vocals by: Aoi Teshima

hikaru umi ni kasumu fune wa 
sayonara no kiteki nokoshimasu 
yurui saka o orite yukeba 
natsu-iro no kaze ni aeru kashira 

watashi no ai sore wa merodī 
takaku hikuku utau no 

watashi no ai sore wa kamome 

takaku hikuku tobu no 

yuuhi no naka yonde mitara 
yasashii anata ni aeru kashira 

dare ka ga hiku piano no oto 
uminari mitai ni kikoemasu 
osoi gogo o yuki kau hito 
natsu-iro no yume o hakobu kashira 

watashi no ai sore wa daiarii 
hibi no peeji tsuzuru no 
watashi no ai sore wa kobune 
sora no umi o yuku no 

yuuhi no naka furikaereba 
anata wa watashi o sagasu kashira 

sanpo michi ni yureru kigi wa 
sayonara no kage o otoshimasu 
furui chaperu kazami no tori
natsu-iro no machi wa mieru kashira 

kinou no ai sore wa namida 
yagate kawaki kieru no 
ashita no ai sore wa rufuran 
owari no nai kotoba 

yuuhi no naka meguri aeba 
anata wa watashi o daku kashira

So, there you have it!

Bye! For now...

-HG

Ohayo gozaimas!

I haven't been posting here for a while... but I think if the time comes, I would. Just not now.

And, um... I guess I'm setting this place up for my fics (fanfics and original work). It may take a while, but I hope it'll do.

Sayonara!

How've you been?

Hola... Bonjour... Ni hao... Kumusta... Hello!

So sorry for not updating that soon. I may have lost some interest in blogging in the meantime. Also, school's taking a toll on me. It's driving me crazy!

Start of Another Cr*ppy yet Short School Week

So ends another awesome long weekend. :| :| And tomorrow, Wednesday, will be a school day. Better get my glove and cap ready. Oh, and finally, I did my take-home quiz for History class!! Oh, effing yeah!! :)) Well, tonight's also the second night I sleep alone (which is really quite embarrassing). Well, anyways, please R&R (read and review) my sister's fic (based on PJO and TKC by Rick Riordan... search them): Ground Rising with a Serpent, right here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7336966/1/Ground_Rising_with_a_Serpent

Thanks!!

ZA

Language Week

Sorry for not updating in such a long time!! A lot of things happened. Well, first things first, tomorrow is our Linggo ng Wika (Language Week) program. Wish us very well-needed luck. Then, it's a very long weekend after it. Monday would be the end of Ramadan and Tuesday would be National Heroes' Day. :))) I love it!!

Usually, I'd be listing everything I've done, but I'm really tired.

Again, wish us luck!!

I love you all!! :D

 

Entry One

Hello! Ha! I can't believe it. I spent the first three days of the week getting busy for school, then on Wednesday (oh, thank God), typhoon Juaning entered the Philippines. I thought to myself, Oh, $#!&!! Thank you, Lord!! No classes!! I spent the day playing games and doing nothing. I have to admit, no classes mean you can be care-free.

Then came Thursday. My mom woke me up saying there were classes, but there were heavy rains pouring down like a lot of hammers hitting the corrugated metal by the windows of our room, where our clothes were hung on the clothes rack after laundry on a sunny day. But then, she [my mom] declared it was official. There were no classes. Again. Did the same things over and over.

But then came Friday (today). I woke up being shook gently. My mom then said there were classes. I complained, "Why isn't Kabayan (the new typhoon after "Juaning" left the Philippines) going to make a landfall here?" but I partially forgot. There was a Nutrition Week event in school, plus, my classmate-slash-godsibling's belated birthday celebration. I then prepped myself, going to school. [I'm already tired, so I can't tell everything this easily, but maybe I can some other time]

Then, on Saturday, we're going to have a math review for the annual MTAP competition somewhere in a school here, plus the MTG Qualifying Exam. Two stresses in one day. Maybe I can handle it.

Wish me luck, and thank you for reading!
Heinz

Introduction

Hi! I'm Heinz, new to Blogger, have been living somewhere here on Earth for quite a while. For a start, I love reading, writing, watching TV, playing games, and more. Have a lot of faves, but I can't list them all. Well, I am a fanfiction author and writing in FanFiction.net (my URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2433154/) So there you have it. Tune in for more posts!