song to the sun

i always read. i always read manga. i always read manga that's completely scanlated. i always read short manga that's completely scanlated. but it's rare for me to find manga that affects me this much. i read Taiyou no Uta from Aerendria Scans and I never thought it would be that good... and it would have this much effect on me.

Basically, it's like another twist of A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks (which by the way was a favorite of mine for quite some time back then). It was sad, tragic and somehow realistic. The girl had XP disease, I googled it and it's a sickness that affects the enzymes that help us heal when we get sunburned or etc.

Anyway, she likes this surfer guy who passes by their house everyday. But they were like night and day, they couldn't meet. And then by chance, he was out at night and she met him. It was a sweet, short and realistic story of boy meets girl, girl blurts out feelings for boy, boy slowly likes girl and everybody's happy. and then suddenly girl's sickness worsens and girl dies.

There was a movie version of the manga. Yup, a movie version of the manga, not a movie based on the manga but a movie version of the manga. Everything was the same upto the details of the clothes, the characters, the setting - every little thing was exactly as how it was shown in the manga... even the framing was exactly the same. The only bonus was, I could actually hear the song in the movie while I needed a little bit of imagination and creativity in imagining her songs from the manga. Even the lyrics of the song was straight out from the manga. it was eerie and cool.

Good thing I read the manga right before watching the film, or I wouldn't have understood some dead air moments. There were times when they just sat there, staring into space. In the manga, there were personal realizations or the conscience speaking but in the movie, it was dead air. It was realistic but weird. i've been too spoiled with hollywood movies wherein i had to be entertained every second else i walk out of the theatre. i heard in japan, they finish the movie and leave only after the credits finished rolling on the screen. their patience in everything is amazing. really amazing.

anyway. after reading the manga. watching the movie, in youtube - good thing it was in youtube. im now downloading the ost. because yui's voice was amazing. it was soft and beautiful and she justified the character well.

all in all. i spent the night obsessing again. at least my exams are all done so i have enough time to accomodate my fangirlism. cant wait to find more obsession-worthy stuff. hehehe.

fallin' for you

nangyari na ba yun sa yo? nakarinig ka ng song sa radyo tapos narealize mo bigla na sobrang perfect nung song na yun sa drama ng buhay mo, tapos gustong gusto mo nang magemote ng todo tapos narealize mong nasa gitna ka ng supermarket. XD

hay, ganun talaga ang life. ang saklap. anyway. dahil naaddict na naman ako sa isang bagong song, naisip kong ilista ang mga "theme songs" ng buhay ko. di naman sa may kinalaman sila sa life ko talaga, pero naaddict ako sa mga kantang to at one point in my life.

1. Fallin' For You by Colbie Caillat - sobrang naaddict ako dito ngayon, tapos ang matinding line sa lyrics na di ako makagetover talaga:

Maybe I should
Keep this to myself...

(oo nga, medyo ilang years ko ng kinikeep to sa self ko.. hahaha, what's another 10 more years?)

But I want to

I’m scared of what you’ll say
So I’m hiding what I’m feeling....

(hay naku, kung sana kaya kong harapin kung anumang sasabihin mo. pero hindi e. )

I’ve been spending all my time
Just thinking about ya

(yup. all this freaking time.. mga ilang taon ko na rin siya iniisip. pero me ibang thoughts naman in between pero mostly nga years na din. hahai)

2. Insensitive by Jann Arden

Oh, you probably won’t remember me
It’s probably ancient history
I’m one of the chosen few
Who went ahead and fell for you
I’m out of hope, I’m out of touch
I fell too fast, I feel too much
I thought that you might have
Some advice to give on how to be
Insensitive

(Hai, sana talaga maforget na kita. pagod na rin ako sa thoughts ko. pagod na rin ako sa feeling na to. pagod na ako.)

3. Temporary Madness by Jodie Brooke Wilson

its like your in my DNA

like it was always gonna feel this way.

(Ang tindi, DNA ba naman. hahai, pero minsan parang ganun nga...

parang may personalized radar ka tungkol sa kanya. o di ba. saklap.)

Anyway... ayun lang. top 3 songs. ang sarap kasi magemote. kahit may exam pa bukas.

kahit wala pa ako masyadong naaral.

kahit na.

bahala na.

carry lang.

go lang.

kaya to.

... sana. .^____^.