It's a bit late but Happy New Year! i might seem not to be active on fancafe but the notifications from all members make me happy~☺️ i hope 2024 will be a year that is filled with blessings, good health, happiness and abundance for all of us 🙏🏻✨️
2023 was not bad as i managed to finally meet my monbebe friend after talking to her for around 2 years ☺️ i also visited Japan after 7 years (used to live there for a bit) so that made me happy~ let me share some photos i have taken
Japan trip was pretty fun but i would love to visit again alone ☺️ have you done solo trip? i hope you'll be able to do one in the future because it's very fun (for the extreme introvert like me) and someone with J personality 😂
I thankfully managed to bake a cake to celebrate your birthday last year ☺️ i hope your 30s will be filled with many beautiful experiences 💕
since it's the new year, i try to challenge myself to talk to more people. i am currently learning Japanese using a language exchange application and have been chatting with some people there and last night i had phone calls with 2 people from the app. one was a japanese lady whom i didn't know, she messaged me asking if it was okay to make a phonecall so we arranged our schedules for the call and it lasted for more than an hour, very fun ☺️
another one was a sudden notice (i like pre-planned things but i was doom scrolling before sleep last night so i said okay) from a guy whom i've been talking for a couple of months to help his english. he wants to be able to speak it well to get a better paying job so can give a better life for his family (he got 2 children who are still babies) so how can i not help him to improve his english right 😂 we ended up talking for around 40minutes and i really wish him for the best because he wants to spend more time with his family but he works long hours 😵 i don't understand why people should work that long. tired people won't be able to work efficiently, that's what i believe.
i'm also talking to another japanese lady who matches my personality well but she said that she feels that i'm the same age as her (40) 😂 i'm the same age as changkyun btw 😅 also kinda trying to lure her into monbebe world so wish me luck 👍🏻
anyway i want to recommend some songs
- Tatsuya Kitani's Promise Me
This is a pretty new song (released few days ago) and when i first listened to it i was like "eh..?" without listening to the song too deeply thinking it was a sad song but it was the opposite. made me cry but more like an emotional cry 🥲 the lyrics hit me hard and relatable. i think you might like it, it's pretty much a rock/alternative song
the lyrics translation
「Promise me
if you ever feel like hurting yourself
promise me
remember the tenderness which you touched me with
if you live to see tomorrow
go out in your favourite clothes
if you live to see tomorrow
paint over all the colours you hate
if you live to see tomorrow
even today, which will be yesterday, will be loveable
in this hell, let's laugh once in awhile
if you live to see tomorrow」
- Kouhei Matsushita's You&Me
This r&b track is so nice and smooth~
- Fujii Kaze's Hana
it's an OST for Kouhei Matsushita's drama called いちばんすきな花 i really recommend that drama but it's not for everyone since it's pretty slow paced many talking slice of life drama
- Johnny Stimson's You Can Do it
my 2024 goal is to be more positive and love myself more so i'm trying to listen to songs that are more uplifting
「you can do it if you can dream it
you can be anything you wanna be if you can just believe in you
oh, i believe in you」
「all you gotta do is
look at the mirror, repeat the words
"baby, i love you and you're looking good
you've got the power, you've got the soul
you've got it under control" 」
- Vaundy's Carnival / カーニバル
his replica album is really nice and this one is also another rock song you might like 😁
- JID's Raydar
found a pretty good rapper before 2023 ended lol i haven't been listening to much hip hop but i always appreciate a nice one 😂
also i can't believe beautiful liar was released one year ago 🥺 i can't wait for another monsta x album in 2025..? 🤔😌
lastly, always stay warm, healthy and happy 😊 thank you for keeping me alive until 2025 at least~ much love and adoration, bye bye! i will write more often ☺️