Saturday, December 21, 2013

Always with me. いつも何度でも

Watching "Spirited Away" again today for the first time in years.
I forgot how much I love the song - "Always with me" and how deeply the meaning is to me.
Especially meaningful now that I meditated daily.

Window of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn
Let my silent, empty body be filled and reborn 
No need to search outside, nor sail across the sea
Cause here shining inside me, it's right here inside me 
I've found a brightness, it's always with me

The following Romanji lyric and a translation courtesy of http://www.nausicaa.net/w/images/5/56/Sen_Lyrics.txt

YouTube line to the music with lyric.
http://youtu.be/zB87faMJpEc

Itsumo Nando Demo
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Lyrics by Wakako Kaku 
Music and Vocal by Yumi Kimura

Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Okude 
Itsumo Kokoro Odoru Yume wo Mitai 

Kanashimi wa Kazoekirenai kedo 
Sono Mukou de Kitto Anata ni Aeru 

Kurikaesu Ayamachi no Sonotabi Hito wa 
Tada Aoi Sora no Aosa wo Shiru 
Hateshinaku Michi wa Tsuzuite Mieru keredo 
Kono Ryoute wa Hikari wo Dakeru 

Sayonara no Toki no Shizukana Mune 
Zero ni Naru Karada ga Mimi wo Sumaseru 

Ikiteiru Fushigi Sinde Iku Fusigi 
Hana mo Kaze mo Machi mo Minna Onaji 

Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Oku de 
Itsumo Nando demo Yume wo Egakou 

Kanashimi no Kazu wo Iitsukusu yori 
Onaji Kuchibiru de Sotto Utaou 

Tojiteiku Omoide no Sono Naka ni Itsumo 
Wasure takunai Sasayaki wo Kiku 
Konagona ni Kudakareta Kagami no Ue nimo 
Atarashii Keshiki ga Utsusareru 

Hajimari no Asa Shizuka na Mado 
Zero ni Naru Karada Mitasarete Yuke 

Umi no Kanata niwa Mou Sagasanai 
Kagayaku Mono wa Itsumo Koko ni 
Watashi no Naka ni Mitsukerareta Kara 

Always with Me
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Somewhere, a voice calls, in the depths of my heart
May I always be dreaming, the dreams that move my heart

So many tears of sadness, uncountable through and through
I know on the other side of them I'll find you

Everytime we fall down to the ground we look up to the blue sky above
We wake to it's blueness, as for the first time

Though the road is long and lonely and the end far away, out of sight
I can with these two arms embrace the light

As I bid farewell my heart stops, in tenderness I feel
My silent empty body begins to listen to what is real

The wonder of living, the wonder of dying
The wind, town, and flowers, we all dance one unity

Somewhere a voice calls in the depths of my heart
keep dreaming your dreams, don't ever let them part

Why speak of all your sadness or of life's painfull woes
Instead let the same lips sing a gentle song for you

The whispering voice, we never want to forget,
in each passing memory always there to guide you

When a miror has been broken, shattered pieces scattered on the ground
Glimpses of new life, reflected all around

Window of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn
Let my silent, empty body be filled and reborn

No need to search outside, nor sail across the sea
Cause here shining inside me, it's right here inside me

I've found a brightness, it's always with me

Thursday, December 19, 2013

My Public Key...

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Thailand Round 2

Flight to BKK

I can't believe that I got a chance to go to Bangkok, Thailand again for the second times within 3 months. Unfortunately, this trip is only for 5 days.  Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun and good experiences.

I left SFO on Tuesday morning on UA's coach. The usual time is 11:30am. First section is from SFO to NRT - that Narita International Airport for non-frequent flyers like most of us. The flight is uneventful, which is always a good thing. Airline food was particularly bad - high-fat low-fibre diet. It is chicken of some sort that I didn't dare touching it. Fortunately, it came with salad with vinaigrette dressing.  I always have plain salad - without dressing.  I think it is tasty enough and at least I got to eat something.  Thanks to my fellow non-talkative passengers, I got to sleep most of the first leg of the flight. Just before we landed, they served turkey sandwich. This was a roll with 2 small pieces of turkey. But don't let the look fooled you. I loved it. I wish I could have two. Imaging a skinny Asian girl asking for the second serving... oh the horror.   We got there around 4:30pm Japan Time.  It was not particularly late but since it is fall, the sun set pretty early.