My pic

I have no idea how to post my pic next to my profile, but here is my first attempt to post a pic next to an entry

Dirty Tricks empolyed by the Defend Marriage Coalition

Taken from the globeandmail.com today:


What's in a name? For politicians, everything.
It contains a reputation and a lifetime of political capital, all rolled into an easy two-word brand. But on the wild, mostly lawless Internet, a name is only as good as the first person to register it.
Canadian politicians debating same-sex marriage have suddenly found themselves into the worldwide debate over "cybersquatting" -- appropriating someone else's name and claiming it as your website address. It's usually done for profit, but it's increasingly used as a political tool as well.

At least 50 MPs -- mostly supporters of same-sex marriage -- have discovered that their names have been registered as websites by the Defend Marriage Coalition, a lobby group against same-sex unions. Names such as Joseph Volpe, Chuck Cadman and David McGuinty are already staked out.

When Liberal MP Don Boudria logs on to http://www.donboudria.ca/, he sees his official photo and constituency information, but also the headline: "Can you trust Don Boudria?" The site calls his constituents to "send Don Boudria an e-mail and let him know that you want him to vote against Bill C-38 and to protect the definition of marriage."

Pride Week in Toronto

Today marks the official start of Pride Week in Toronto... more on this throughout the week..

My Songs For You(Update)

I have started to put a link in each song for either a video or audio clip so my readers can have a chance to listen to some of my favourite songs posted here. Let me know what you think.

My Songs For You(5)

Link to the video clip:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2494503/second_love.wmv.html


セカンド・ラブ
作詞：来生えつこ
作曲：来生たかお
編曲：萩田光雄
恋も二度目なら　
少しは上手（じょうず）に愛のメッセージ　伝えたい
あなたのセーター　
袖口つまんで
うつむくだけなんて
帰りたくない　
そばにいたいの
そのひとことが　言えない
抱きあげて　つれてって　
時間ごとどこかへ　
運んでほしいせつなさの　
スピードは高まって
とまどうばかりの私

恋も二度目なら　
少しは器用に甘いささやきに　応（こた）えたい
前髪を少し　直すふりをして
うつむくだけなんて
舗道に伸びた　あなたの影を動かぬように　止めたい
抱きあげて　時間ごと　
体ごと私をさらってほしい
せつなさが　クロスするさよならに
追いかけられるのイヤよ
抱きあげて　つれてって　
時間ごとどこかへ　運んでほしい
せつなさは　
モノローグ胸の中とまどうばかりの私
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SECOND LOVE
Lyrics by : Etsuko KisugiComposed by : Takako KisugiArranged by : Mitsuo Hagita

As it's my second time in love,
I am a little more skillful
I wish to convey my love message
Holding the sleeve of your sweater
I can only look down
I don't want to go home
I want to stay by your side
Yet I can't said that out loud
Time, please hold me in your arms, please take me along
Please carry me to somewhere
the speed of my pain accelerates
I am at a complete loss
As it's my second time in love,
I am more at ease
I wish to response to your sweet soft nothings
I pretend to be tidying my fringe
and hang my head down
I wish to freeze your shadow, which is cast on the pavement
Time and body, please hold me in your arms
Please scoop me up
I made a cross painfully and bid farewell
I dislike to be pursued
Time, please hold me in your arms, please take me along
Please carry me to somewhere
I am at a complete loss
I am suffering in my monologue heart

My Songs For You(4)

As you may recall, my first posting was titled "Kosumosu".. It was actually a very popular Japanese song many years ago when I was a teenager..The singer was Yamakuchi Momoe, it was her last song before she resigned and got married... Today, it is my cousin's wedding, and for some reasons, this song keeps playing over and over inside my head... so for those would like to know what this song is all about, and why I like it so much.. here is the lyrics:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2494622/Yamaguchi_Momoe_-_Kosumosu.mp3.html
COSMOS (Cherry Blossom)
Lyrics by : Masashi Sada
Composed by : Masashi Sada
Arranged by : Mitsuo Hagita

The pink autumn cherry blossom
is swaying gently in the autumn wind
My mother who became sentimental recently
makes a cough in the garden
Opening an album on the veranda
she talks about my childhood days
repeating the same story again and again
in a soft voice, as if she is talking to herself
On such a serene Indian summer day
your tenderness deeply touches my heart
To me who will be married the next day,
(my mother said) "Face hardship lightheartedlydon't worry, laugh it off"
"If you could treasure your memories
you'll never be alone"(my mother said) to me who am still willful
while biting her lips
Lending a helping hand with my luggage
the atmosphere was initially cheerful
but my mother suddenly starts to tear
and repeatedly tells me to take care
I'll try to live to the fullest
so as to thank my mother
On such a serene Indian summer day
please let me be your child
for a little while longer


秋桜
淡紅の秋桜が秋の日の
何気ない陽溜りに揺れている
此頃　涙脆くなった母が
庭先でひとつ咳をする

縁側でアルバムを
開いては
私の幼い日の思い出を
何度も同じ話くりかえす
独言みたいに小さな声で
こんな小春日和の
穏やかな日は
あなたの優しさが
浸みて来る
明日嫁ぐ私に
苦労はしても
笑い話に時が変えるよ
心配いらないと笑った

あれこれと思い出をたどったら
いつの日もひとりでは
なかったと
今更乍ら我侭な私に
唇かんでいます
明日への荷造りに手を借りて
しばらくは楽し気にいたけれど
突然涙こぼし元気でと
何度も何度もくりかえす母
ありがとうの言葉をかみしめながら
生きてみます私なりに
こんな小春日和の穏やかな日は
もう少しあなたの子供で
いさせてください

My Songs for you(3)

YOKAN(Premonition)
Lyrics by : Ryo Asuka
Composed by : Ryo Asuka
Arranged by : Kazuo Shiina


If I would be disliked by you ultimately
I want you to loathe me
Instead of the pretentious tenderness
I want to hear the truth
I'm always dragged
by the very thoughts of you
"I don't wish to lose this love"
That is the only thought
I had I don't understand you
My lips are very hot from biting
It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted
I can't move on into tomorrowY
ou keep entering and leaving (my thoughts)
I want you to acknowledge your sins
If it were a dream, I'll be welcoming dawn
I don't understand you
My heart is choked with presentiment
It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted
It doesn't matter how you put it
please give me an answer
I am already exhausted

Fashion Cares

I was at Fashion Cares last Sat, had a blast.. didn't come home until after 3a...:-)
Here is a link to some pics of the event:
http://www.galaxiemedia.com/bollywood