PSotD - Thousand Enemies

Hoorah~ Now that Pumpkin has completed (one of) her (many) talk(s) today, Pumpkin can now relax a bit, well, until my next major task comes along. Time to catch up on music and (yes!) anime! I'm currently downloading Accel World and I'm very much looking forward to watching it tonight.

Title: Thousand Enemies

Artist: Girls Dead Monster
Year: 2010

Notes: Insert song for the anime Angel beats!

DDL: From Gendou music (Requires account - it's easy to make one!)

PSotD - Cantata Mortis & God in Fire

Hey guys, it's been a while (a week) since I last posted. I should probably change the name of this to "Pumpkin's Song of the Weekend" or something like that, haha. Anyway, today I wanted to share some music related to the game Final Fantasy, mainly because two days ago I found a DDL link to the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy OST and I've been listening to it today. I've always loved gaming music, albeit not being much of a gamer (I lose concentration really easily). Honestly, I've tried FF I - VI, but only lasting at most 8 hours into gameplay each. I love how gaming music can generate so much suspense in short 2 minute loops, and the fact that most FF music are just epic-ly composed.

Title: Cantata Mortis & God in Fire

Composer/Artist: Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Mitsuto Suzuki 

Album: Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack 

Year: 2011

Notes: Go to Dissidia 012 Wikia for more information about the game. Enjoy a few Final Fantasy cosplays below! (Note: I do not own these photos, all credits go to the cosplayers and the photographers.)

Links: DDL from Anime-Mp3.

Item Unlocked: My Bubbletea Time Forum

Hi everyone, I hope you had a productive day today. As you may have noticed we have added yet another tab at the top of this website. This new gizmo is our forum. On this wondrous page, you are most welcomed to share your thoughts and views on any topic you like. This forum is simple to use, there is no registering required, and you can remain anonymous in your posts. Of course the admins will be on watch for any flaming or inappropriate messages for the safety of our beloved readers. 

I hope to see you soon on our forum!

PSotD - Killer Machine

Yay~Another public holiday, and Jess stays at home in front of the computer, rotting and listening to a whole lot of trance music.

Title: Killer Machine
Composer/Artist: 8#Prince/Hatsune Miku
Album: Hammer 2
Year: 2011
Notes: I love 8#Prince. He makes awesome trance Vocaloid music. He is also very good looking (IMO :3). Here are some snaps of 8#Prince hard at work DJing.

Links: DDL from MikuDB.

PSotD - Inner Universe (Remix by The Enigma TNG)

Title: Inner Universe (Remix by The Enigma TNG)
Composer/Artist: Origa
Album: 攻殻機動隊 Stand Alone Complex O.S.T.
Year: 2003
Notes: The original song was the opening theme to the anime Ghost in the shell - Stand alone complex.
I was randomly surfing Youtube when I came across this remix and instantly fell in love with it!
Links: DDL from keiichianimeforever.

Congrats on the 5K!

I remember when MegaBubbletea first started up this blog, and also inspired me to create my own blog. 5000 views later, I'm glad to be a part of this. I have been quite busy recently so I have not been posting, but I will have content for you guys soon! Again, congrats to MegaBubbletea on the success!

Rhycen OUT!

5000 Hits - Congratulations from Pumpkin!

Good day fellow readers of My Bubbletea Time! Firstly, I want to apologize for my lack of spams posts mainly because I was lazy my supervisor was nagging me to produce more work. I'll be frank, there is a high probability that I will not post much in the next few weeks as I've got a talk coming up in 2 week's time and I need to prepare for that.

Anyhow, this post is dedicated to celebrating this blog reaching the milestone of 5000 hits, and us authors would like to thank you, our dedicated readers for all your support.

Initially, we were planning to set off fireworks in recognition of this achievement. However, we abandoned that plan when we realized that there might be potential health and safety issues/risks to such a task and more importantly, we do not own any fireworks.

Credits: overdoor

Hence, in such a joyous occasion let me share with you this fitting Vocaloid song composed by HALYOSY, called Fire@Flower (Note: The Japanese (Kanji) characters for the word fireworks can be literally translated as flower-fire [花火、はなび、ｈａｎａｂｉ]). The original version of the song was sung by Len Kagamine. Personally, I like the covers by Sekihan, Clear and Marasy (Piano cover), just to name a few.

Finally, let me share with you one verse from this beautiful song to express my emotions:

Like a Fire Flower　僕が　

消えちゃわないように　

火の粉散らせ　夢打ちあがれ

(English translation; credits)

Like a Fire Flower 

So I won't get put out 

My sparks will fly and I'll launch my dream. 

Credits: LeftAndRight

PSotD - Monochrome Ride

Title: Monochrome Ride
Composer/Artist: かめりあ (Kameria)/Hatsune Miku
Album: TRIPPERS
Year: 2011
Notes: A very sci-fi feel.
Links: DDL from MikuDB.

PSotD - 愛言葉

Title: 愛言葉(ai kotoba) (sasakure.UK Sweets Remix)
Composer/Artist: DECO*27/Hatsune Miku feat. mirto
Album: 愛迷エレジー (Aimai Elegy)
Year: 2010
Notes: No life is complete without listening to DECO*27 songs. He produces catchy pop and electro-pop tunes, and his songs usually makes the listener feel happy and cheerful. DECO*27 is pretty good looking and cute. :3

DECO*27 at an interview/radio show.

DECO*27 is quite a handsome man.

Links: DDL from MikuDB.

Can you take the leek?

Random Wiki Article - List of Unusual Deaths

I have, on the random occasion, sat and pondered about how I would die (assuming that Jehovah's day doesn't come before then), and I wondered that after I died how many people would be bothered to come to my funeral, not that I really want one to be held in my name. I personally don't find it appealing nor worth the trouble for others to summarize my uneventful life.

I'd imagine whether I would die from some incurable sickness, purely from old age, some traffic accident, overdose in caffeine, a heart attack, or maybe choking on my food. This afternoon, one of my friends posted in his news feed the following link to the Wikipedia article on a list of unusual deaths. This article kept me entertained for almost one hour.

It turns out that people have died from:

• choking on a piece of hair while drinking milk;
• a combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughing;
• attacked by a Cassowary;
• a broken neck when the owner's long scarf got caught in the wheels of a car;
• two strokes after reading a negative premature obituary of himself;
• drank himself to death with carrot juice;
• alcohol intoxication after immersion for twelve hours in a bathtub filled with 40% ethanol.  It was believed that she had immersed herself as a response to the SARS epidemic;
• collapsed of fatigue and died after playing the videogame StarCraft online for almost 50 consecutive hours;
• drowned after his kayak was capsized by a swan, which then proceeded to block him from escaping to shore.

So, how will you die?

PSotD - Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

Title: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 Mvt. 1 - Moderato

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performed by: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Piano: Arthur Rubinstein
Year: Composed 1900-1901

Notes: The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900. The complete work was premiered, again with the composer as soloist, on 27 October 1901, with his cousin Alexander Siloti conducting.

This piece is one of Rachmaninoff's most enduring popular pieces, and established his fame as a concerto composer. he opening movement begins with a series of bell-like tolling on the piano that build tension, eventually climaxing in the introduction of the main theme.

In this first section, the orchestra carries the Russian-character melody while the piano makes an accompaniment made of arpeggios riddled with half steps. After the statement of the long first theme, a quicker transition follows until the more lyrical second theme, in E flat major, is presented. The agitated and unstable development borrows motives from both themes changing keys very often and giving the melody to different instruments while a new musical idea is slowly formed. The music builds in a huge climax as if the work was going to repeat the first bars of the work, but the recapitulation is going to be quite different.

While the orchestra restates the first theme, the piano, that in the other occasion had an accompaniment role, now plays the march-like theme that had been halfway presented in the development, thus making a considerable readjustment in the exposition, as the main theme, played by the orchestra has become an accompaniment. This is followed by a piano solo, which leads into a descending chromatic passage and concluding with an eerie french horn solo. From here the last minutes of the movement are placid until drawn into the agitated coda, and the piece ends in C minor fortissimo.

Quotes from Max Harrison's "Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings" and Geoffrey Norris' "The Master Musicians: Rachmaninoff"

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)

PSotD - St. Matthew Passion BWV 244

Title: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (German: Matthäus-Passion)

Composer/Original Artist: Johann Sebastian Bach

Year: Composed 1727

Notes: This is a sacred oratorio for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra. The conductor is the Belgian Philippe Herreweghe.

Links: More information about the piece.

PSotD - 六花の琴

Title: 六花の琴 (Snow Harp)

Original Composer/Original Artist: ふゆP (FuyuP)/Megurine Luka

Album: 音ノ葉集メ

Year: 2010

Notes: Includes Japanese flute. Very calming and soothing song. To be honest I thought it was Miku singing until I checked the album info.

Links: DDL from MikuDB, Original on NicoNicoDouga

Supanova April 2012!

Today, I attended Supanova at the Gold Coast exhibition centre! It was fantastic. Basically, it was nerds, nerds everywhere. Haha just kidding, but it was a great day. I took a whole bunch of pictures of cosplayers, and I ended up buying a Gundam model I am quite happy with. At the end of the day there was also a cosplay competition. To be honest it did drag on for a bit too long, but there were some good acts and cosplays. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day, and I will probably attend the next one that comes along too, later this year.

Anyways, check out the pictures HERE
I'll have a video for you guys soon.

Rhycen OUT

PSotD - Tell Your World (Cover by ゆう十)

Title: Tell Your World (Cover by ゆう十)

Original Composer/Original Artist: livetune (kz)/Hatsune Miku

Album: Tell Your World

Year: 2012

Notes: This is a very beautiful cover version by Yuuju. He has a nice smooth voice and his voice works well with the piano accompaniment. However, his voice doesn't really strike me as something exceptional. 

Links: DDL from MikuDB (Original by Miku), Cover on NicoNicoDouga

PSotD - ハローストロボ

Title: ハローストロボ (Hello Strobe)
Composer/Artist: ぽわぽわP (PowapowaP)/Hatsune Miku
Album: AWARD STROBE HELLO
Year: 2011
Notes: A pretty quirky song. ~Strum that guitar.
Links: DDL from MikuDB, Original song on NicoNicoDouga

PSotD - 可能世界のロンド

Title: 可能世界のロンド (Rondo of the Possible World)
Composer/Artist: millstones/Hatsune Miku
Album: 黄昏ホリック(Twilight Holic)
Year: 2010
Notes: Chilling down~ And feels "space-y".
Links: DDL from MikuDB, Original song on NicoNicoDouga

Nanoir Lyrics Track 5 - glow

While I'm on a roll tonight, I'll post another set of Nanoir's lyrics. Note that for the moment I'll skip transcribing track 4 because most of the song is in Japanese, and I'm not fluent in the Japanese language. So for now enjoy the lyrics of track 5 - glow.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these songs or lyrics. All credits goes to Nano and various music producers. Also, there may be incorrect transcriptions of the lyrics since I transcribed these songs all by ear, so use at own risk.

Track 5: glow

Ah~
The ice cold rain drops falling from the sky,
They tried to melt away all the broken scars.
The shining afterglow totally caught my eyes,
Someone’s smiling face hidden deep inside.

As the time is passing by we find the strength inside.
The beautiful lies are not so hard to tell as before.
And in the past I’ve had to taste so many different pains,
Sometimes I still hear them knocking on my door.

You, you, you, you fading away,
The way for you to see the tears in my eyes.
In this sentimental glowing twilight,
Nobody is there to hear me cry.

Just take a look inside of me,
All the scars you’ve given me.
I can’t go on not taking one more step,
They’re taking all of me.
Please disappear, don’t want you here.
I look at you and pray like this.
But tell me why I can’t go on,
I’m holding on to you so deep inside.

Now it’s time for you to walk the distance.
Nothing is left for me but only silence.
In this sentimental glowing twilight.
I’m falling away,
Alone I face the night.

You will stay forever deep inside of me,
Just my stupid little childish fantasy.
In this sentimental glowing twilight,
I’m falling apart without you.

Can you wipe away all of my tears?
Can you fight away all my fears?
Reaching out my hands trying to hold on,
To the you that I don’t want to lose.

Sekihan releases new single "SEKIHAN the TREASURE"

Sekihan is a renowned NicoNico singer doing covers of (Vocaloid) songs and his fame is on par with Piko. Sekihan is graced with the rare talent of being able to sing in both masculine and feminine vocal tones. Sekihan has released over three albums (EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Ikemen Boys Paradise, EXIT TUNES PRESENTS SEKIHAN the BEST, and EXIT TUNES PRESENTS SEKIHAN the GOLD), and have collaborated with many other Vocaloid composers and NicoNico singers.

Today, Sekihan released another album called "EXIT TUNES PRESENTS SEKIHAN the TREASURE". The official website with the album track list can be found here. The crossfade of the songs can be found on NicoNicoDouga (you will need to sign up to a NND account to be able to watch the video. Do not worry, the sign up instructions are in English! Just click the yellow button on the left to start registration.)

DDL is found! Let us rejoice.

Miyano Mamoru releases new single "Fantasia"

Miyano Mamoru (宮野 真守) started off as a seiyuu (voice actor) for animes and movies in 2002, later he expanded his career with singing and acting. Miyano has won several acting and voice acting awards. He is most known for his roles in: Kingdom Hearts (as Riku), Death Note (as Light Yagami), Ouran High School Host Club (as Takami Suoh), Mobile Suit Gundam00 (as Setsuna Seiei), Vampire Knight (as Zero Kiryuu), Steins Gate (as Rintaro Okabe), Durarara (as Kida Misaomi), just to name a few.

In 2007, Miyano released his debut single "Kuon". Two years later he released his first album "Break". In 2010 he released his second album "Wonder". Today, Miyano released his third album "Fantasia". DDL link can be found through here.