Saturday, February 15, 2014

Belated Happy Valentines Day 2014!!!


The Dark Ones: A not so distant past... by wishluv on deviantART

Belated Happy Valentines Day!

The past few months have been a whirlwind, as is year's end usually. I don't think I've ever been glad that a year is over, but I am glad that 2013 is over. I am late celebrating V-day because I was asked last-minute to translate a wedding ceremony into English today by a coworker. Why me, I wonder. I swear, I'm always doing random errands for weddings of people I am not that close with. Of course I wouldn't mind doing it for my friends. I got to learn a new German-language poet though, Rainer Maria Rilke, an Austrian. The service included the poem "Lieben," translated into Korean, and I had a real hard time finding an English translation. And a German to Korean to English translated poem would not have sounded pretty. It's a long poem, but I could only find the first  couple verses. It's very pretty.   


And how might Love have come to you?
Did Love come like sunshine, like the glow of blossoms?
Did it come like Praying? Tell!
A brilliant joyfulness detached itself from heaven
And hung with large folded wings
From my blossoming soul.

I have a bunch of other fanart I am working on, but I decided to post one of character designs not seen before up. Can you even guess who they are? I think this is Chang Ryouta, Reiji and Eri in their freshmen year of high school. They look slightly younger here than they would in the beginning of the Nadeshiko Arc. They are the same age as Ryuuren, who was 17, when he first came to Japan. Nadeshiko is three years younger. She was 14 when she first met Li Ryuuren. 

Of course, the most important news is the status of Chapter 70 after an awful cliffhanger. I really thought I would be able to finish it quicker, but basically between October and January, work took precedent. I've been writing more recently though so hopefully it will be done soon. Yes, I was aiming for a Valentine's Day release but it was just not happening. Sigh.

So, is anyone else as obsessed with Frozen? It's my favorite Disney animated feature film since... I don't know. Mulan?

Today's song is a sad one, Kokia's "Time to Say Goodbye." I think this is one of the first songs that made me fall in love with Kokia years ago. I sort of rediscovered it recently because I have run out of songs to listen to while writing. Please recommend me any good songs because I am in dire need of a new playlist for writing!



15 comments:

  1. Greetings Wish-chan! I am so happy that we got a belated V-day update from you. I consider us pretty lucky to get both a new fan art and an interesting update.

    Frozen was a beautiful movie. Winter is an underrated season because it's associated with the harsh cold, but there is something majestic about it. The characters were strong and the music is lovely. Have you seen the multi-language version of "Let it Go" yet? It's on Youtube posted by disneyanimation.

    I'm so happy to hear that you are able to devote more time to writing. Looking forward to that new chapter soon... or at least on Sakura's birthday!! ;-)

    Take care,

    ~Amethyst Beloved

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    1. Hahaha... So funny. The "Let it Go" multi-language version was going to be my next Music Spotlight update. Because Frozen was getting it's own blog entry Lol... You always read my mind.

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    2. Frozen has been getting wonderful attention. Another video that I thought was really funny was the visual of Zac Efrom singing of "Bet on It" from High School Musical 3 being dubbed with the audio of "Let it Go". The way that the two match is hilarious! I recommend it for sure.

      Looking forward to your Frozen post!

      ~Amethyst Beloved

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    6. I don't know if you're familiar with the Fine Bros, but check out this video of Kids reacting to the multi language Let it Go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7WNr8Df1T0

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  2. Happy V-day Wish-chan! Always love hearing from you.

    I totally only just saw Frozen today - I've definitely fallen in love with it. It had the all classic Disney things with a bit of a twist . "Let it Go' was simply breath taking - I've had it on loop since I've gotten home haha.

    Yup definitely looking forward to the new chapter :D

    Kimmie-chan

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    1. Yup, I've been listening to Let It Go since the trailer came out last Novemberish? I love all the renditions of it to found on Youtube.

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  3. Yay, a blog update after a long time :) Happy belated Valentines day. I think the translation of that poem is so pretty. Hehe, hey it's a compliment people ask you to do such things for them - it means you're talented at English and whatever other skills are required.

    No worries or pressure regarding the writing of the new chapter. Let NT drag on and on for a while still, it feels so weird we'll have to read an ending to the story one day!

    Kirei Blossom~*~

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    1. Haha... normally I should be flattered. But I work with a bunch of bilingual people, and I think I was just the easiest to approach last minute. Because I am a sucker for weddings at the end of the day. I won't even get started about going wedding dress shopping with a friend and her mom last month and the tear-fest and drama that ensued when she couldn't get the dress of her dreams. It was like a TLC reality show. She stormed out of the wedding boutique that day and had to console her, console her mom. Oh, and she did eventually get the dress of her dreams later. More and more any sort of wedding requests start to scare me.

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  4. I love frozen!!!!

    We play Let it Go at work on our satellite radio all the time. So in between surgery patients I will serenade my co-works, and toss my hair and say: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway :D :D :D :D I think they are starting to get tired of it LOL

    But great blog update! So excited to hear you can start to make progress on the next chapter!

    BTW when you have a spare moment could you please check out Saloni's and mine VDay present to you? I got her obsessed with Korean Dramas and we made a video who we thought would make the best characters if New Trials were made into a Korean drama. It's on the Facebook page. I can't figure out how to send it to you if you're not on Facebook. I'll see if Amethyst can help if you can't view it :)

    Thanks in advance!
    -Melanie

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  5. Happy valentines day wish Chan! Love the update! I am more that eager to know secret of dark ones as well as great five ! Eagerly waiting for next update! I hope you will see my and Melanie's valentines day gift to you. I kept it on fb! Please watch! Thanks!

    Oh yes! I loved frozen as well! ^_^

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  6. Totally agree with you on "Frozen". I watched it and love the song "Let it Go". It's not exactly an easy song to sing though, but it shows awesome!

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  7. hey i tried to go on your site today and it cannot be found. did u delete your page?

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