Man it was a long flight. I intended to leave the apartment at 5.30am but ended up leaving at 6- Flight was supposed to be at 9.50am but as with every single flight I go on, it got delayed. And then I arrived in Manila at about half past 1 (Philippine time which is 1 hour behind Japan). Then my next flight was at 4pm. I had to transfer to the domestic flights wing... got lost. I mean seriously, I had to ask some personnel after every 100 metres just to make sure I would get too lost hahha...
I found my Aunt (or rather we found each other) at the airport just in time for boading. Arrived in Davao at half past 6 (of course the flight was a delayed a little bit- sasuga...) I'm cursed with delayed flights really.
Anyway we went to have dinner at KFC with my Aunt and her family. Her three kids which are all so grown up... it was hard to imagine really. The last time I was here, she had only one kid and she was 3. Oh well. Mom told me to do some groceries... but I had no idea what to buy so I had to depend on my Aunt to tell me what to get as well. Hahah, I'm really thankful to her for walking me through everything.
I slept like the dead that night. I think it was from midnight to noon that I slept. The room I slept in had windows but no sunlight was passing through them so I couldn't tell what time it was really. It was already noon, but it still looked like night from the inside hahah... oh well. Slept like the dead last night too, though I know now I'm not as tired as before since I'm back to sleeping lightly.
And today... well today, in a few hours really I'll be picking up the rest of my family from the airport with my Aunt again. Wow. It's kind of great really, here I am with my relatives who I haven't seen in 10 years and then my family who I haven't seen in more than 1 year... hahahah... just goes to show how out of contact I am. Crazy world we're living in.
And in the midst of this all! I just got another email from my professor reminding me (and the rest of my classmates) to finish the essay by the end of this week. My goodness! I know that my mom's probably going to go shopping. My siblings are probably going to go and raid the game centres. Well. I hope in between that I can go and escape to a coffee shop to finish this one last assignment. Just this last one. I mean I have a draft already. I'm nearly finished. (Of course it's always this time when I start running out of ideas too.) It's just this one last one! I can't believe my mind is just giving up on me at this... hahahah. Life. I'm too young for it. Hahahhahah
2006-12-21
2006-12-19
Leaving in one hour
...to catch a flight that's in about 5 and a half hours from now... hahahhah. What a life. I hardly slept a wink. Anyway..... I hope the flight will be uneventful... because I'm going to be sleeping the entire way... hahahah
2006-12-18
To the Philippines!
Haha, I'm leaving tomorrow for the Philippines. It's so weird how time passes. I wish I could stop time for a moment now while I finish the essay for Heimlich's. It's been so long since I've written a paper like this in English. In fact I don't think I've ever written a paper like this. I mean there were always those standard essays for GP, Literature or Sociology but this essay... is on Divination. Hahahah... How does one write about Divination? LoL. Anyway... hoping to finish it soon. Really soon. Hoping. Hoping very hard. =_=
Anyway! I can't wait to go back to a warm climate!!
Anyway! I can't wait to go back to a warm climate!!
2006-12-13
OMG!
I'm going to leave for the Philippines in one week!! I can't believe this! Where has the time flooooowwwwwnnnnn???
I've already started preparing, and I'm really almost finished, but why do I still feel like there isn't that much of time left.... o.O; I just submitted a draft of the report I'm supposed to finish by next week- Where am I going to find the time to finish that? I need to record some things over from my pc... how am I going to do that! And then there's all those other reports I need to prepare to hand in after I get back in January... OMG what am I going to doooooooo...... =_=
Well going into a panic isn't going to help, for sure.
I just sent off Aurelie who's going back to France for Christmas. Maybe that's what's making me nervous...
Oh no I need to do my laundry tooooo...... T_T
I've already started preparing, and I'm really almost finished, but why do I still feel like there isn't that much of time left.... o.O; I just submitted a draft of the report I'm supposed to finish by next week- Where am I going to find the time to finish that? I need to record some things over from my pc... how am I going to do that! And then there's all those other reports I need to prepare to hand in after I get back in January... OMG what am I going to doooooooo...... =_=
Well going into a panic isn't going to help, for sure.
I just sent off Aurelie who's going back to France for Christmas. Maybe that's what's making me nervous...
Oh no I need to do my laundry tooooo...... T_T
2006-12-11
Fatigue
I don't know... but I was just walking with Adeline in Namba for an hour and a bit, (from approx. 3.30pm) and at about quarter past 5pm I suddenly began feeling extremely tired. I went to Kyoto's Arashiyama yesterday too. And Umeda the night before that. And I've been running around school and doing groceries etc the day before that. And the day before that.
I remember sometime last week I KO'd at about 9.30pm and woke up at 8.30am the next day and ended up 20 mins late for class... It was horrible, I was really tired. I'm feeling it now too... My knee joints kind of pulse/ache sometimes... and my feet feel so flat. I'm starting to wonder really if walking flat plains is really easier than walking slopes. I'm for slopes now... at least my knees get some work and don't pulse so bad.
Look at me... I'm talking like some old person. Worst thing is... my back aches too. My goodness. What a week.
I remember sometime last week I KO'd at about 9.30pm and woke up at 8.30am the next day and ended up 20 mins late for class... It was horrible, I was really tired. I'm feeling it now too... My knee joints kind of pulse/ache sometimes... and my feet feel so flat. I'm starting to wonder really if walking flat plains is really easier than walking slopes. I'm for slopes now... at least my knees get some work and don't pulse so bad.
Look at me... I'm talking like some old person. Worst thing is... my back aches too. My goodness. What a week.
2006-12-03
I'm in love...
...with this song! This is the true embodiment of coolness! You can go on ahead and download from this temporary link here and judge for yourself; or you can continue reading what I'm about to say....
Abingdon Boys School rocks! I loooove their intro to the song, INNOCENT SORROW. If you've already heard the shorter version of the song which is used in the intro of D.Gray Man, then you should know how utterly disgustingly reeking of coolness it is. If not, my friend, get yourself a copy now and listen to it! Whoever did the song mix for D.Gray Man's intro is utterly gifted. Who ever wrote the lyrics for the song must be pure genius! I really really hope that their music video will be as cool too... *squeals*
Yes, I admit, I'm going over-hyper with this song. But it's so... cool.
Abingdon Boys School rocks! I loooove their intro to the song, INNOCENT SORROW. If you've already heard the shorter version of the song which is used in the intro of D.Gray Man, then you should know how utterly disgustingly reeking of coolness it is. If not, my friend, get yourself a copy now and listen to it! Whoever did the song mix for D.Gray Man's intro is utterly gifted. Who ever wrote the lyrics for the song must be pure genius! I really really hope that their music video will be as cool too... *squeals*
Yes, I admit, I'm going over-hyper with this song. But it's so... cool.
2006-12-02
Mby ndose isd bdlocked
I found a new obsession!! Kyou kara Maou! I swear, I'm so obsessed with this thing now... =_= It's been a while since I found an anime I couldn't bear to be apart from without finishing it... It was Gravitation right before this....
Gravitation is about 6 years old, but it's still so cool! Okay so the animation is on the old side in comparision to the animes that have come out this year! (See 2006's Fall debut anime) But Gravitation's #2 Main Character, Eiri Yuki, who's voice actor is called Kazuhiko Inoue Kazuhiko, is also the voice of Kakashi (Naruto)... sexiness! The main Main Character, Shuichi Shindou is voice-acted by Tomokazu Seki.
Anyway... I hope you guys have been watching Death Note... It's just pure plot genius (at least I would say the manga until volume 8 or 9 (12 in total), then the story and art start to get a little too mucked up for me). And then I hope you've been watching D.Gray Man because it has this kick-ass opening song that I just love! I also hope you've seen this anime called Ghost Hunt, which I think has awesome directing and sound. And with the most amazing graphic/3D design and coloring I've seen- Le Chevalier D'Eon! Aurelie says that there's one scene that shows the inside of Versailles and it looks so close to the real thing... ^_^ and then some others like Saiunkoku Monogatari and Shounen Onmyouji, Red Garden... I'm on a roll hahahah~
Gravitation is about 6 years old, but it's still so cool! Okay so the animation is on the old side in comparision to the animes that have come out this year! (See 2006's Fall debut anime) But Gravitation's #2 Main Character, Eiri Yuki, who's voice actor is called Kazuhiko Inoue Kazuhiko, is also the voice of Kakashi (Naruto)... sexiness! The main Main Character, Shuichi Shindou is voice-acted by Tomokazu Seki.
Anyway... I hope you guys have been watching Death Note... It's just pure plot genius (at least I would say the manga until volume 8 or 9 (12 in total), then the story and art start to get a little too mucked up for me). And then I hope you've been watching D.Gray Man because it has this kick-ass opening song that I just love! I also hope you've seen this anime called Ghost Hunt, which I think has awesome directing and sound. And with the most amazing graphic/3D design and coloring I've seen- Le Chevalier D'Eon! Aurelie says that there's one scene that shows the inside of Versailles and it looks so close to the real thing... ^_^ and then some others like Saiunkoku Monogatari and Shounen Onmyouji, Red Garden... I'm on a roll hahahah~
2006-11-28
My ears hurrrttt
I caught this horrible fever about two weeks ago... I was basically dying the entire night from it... I missed the last half of the day's classes, plus the next day's as well... I was walking on fire...
Then last week I had this horrible pain in my left ear. In fact, some mild discomfort and lack of hearing the night before, then the afternoon the next day... BANG! I lost about 90% hearing of my left ear... WHAT A SHOCK!
My left ear is okay now though, but I still have times when I lose maybe 10-30% of my hearing (from either one or both my ears)... I don't know... it's like there's some weird bubble inside my ear that just won't go away. I have it now still... particularly in my right ear... I'm pretty sure that it'll disappear at one point but...
Anyway I went to see a specialist and had these weird tests on me haha~ they put me in a box and made me do a sound check test of some sort to see how much I can hear with either ear, and then stuck this weird suction this in my ears one at a time to check something (by the way, this felt awful and disgusting.... I still shiver in memory). It turns out that there is something wrong (the balance was offset or something like that), but nothing irrepairable. The reason why I'm losing my hearing sometimes: my nose. Hahahahah...
My nose gets blocked and it bothers the level of oxygen/air going to my ear and so creates some pressure which in turns blocks my ear, and I guess creates that bubble, and thus the lack of hearing.
So, basically the specialist/doctor said that it was nothing permanent or it didn't look dangerous but basically I still have to take some pills and do this on-the-spot treatment.... which included him sticking this long metal thing in my nostril to spray something and then poking in something even longer in, which I swear reached my cavity... sinus... or even further in my organs... it was so.... kimochi waruiiiii..... disgusting.... It felt so.... eughhhhh.... but I guess it kind of helped... my nose is still fine with minimum help of my other nose medicine.
Thus was my day today. My first time at an ear/nose specialist. I never ever ever want to go there again. The sound tests were k ind of fun, and my hearing, even though not at the peak stage, is above normal... my right ear seems to be more sensitive to more high pitched sounds... Anyway... everything else that happened to me there was.... like going to the dentist to get your teeth pulled. Though not as painful, it does feel as...... *shivers*
Then last week I had this horrible pain in my left ear. In fact, some mild discomfort and lack of hearing the night before, then the afternoon the next day... BANG! I lost about 90% hearing of my left ear... WHAT A SHOCK!
My left ear is okay now though, but I still have times when I lose maybe 10-30% of my hearing (from either one or both my ears)... I don't know... it's like there's some weird bubble inside my ear that just won't go away. I have it now still... particularly in my right ear... I'm pretty sure that it'll disappear at one point but...
Anyway I went to see a specialist and had these weird tests on me haha~ they put me in a box and made me do a sound check test of some sort to see how much I can hear with either ear, and then stuck this weird suction this in my ears one at a time to check something (by the way, this felt awful and disgusting.... I still shiver in memory). It turns out that there is something wrong (the balance was offset or something like that), but nothing irrepairable. The reason why I'm losing my hearing sometimes: my nose. Hahahahah...
My nose gets blocked and it bothers the level of oxygen/air going to my ear and so creates some pressure which in turns blocks my ear, and I guess creates that bubble, and thus the lack of hearing.
So, basically the specialist/doctor said that it was nothing permanent or it didn't look dangerous but basically I still have to take some pills and do this on-the-spot treatment.... which included him sticking this long metal thing in my nostril to spray something and then poking in something even longer in, which I swear reached my cavity... sinus... or even further in my organs... it was so.... kimochi waruiiiii..... disgusting.... It felt so.... eughhhhh.... but I guess it kind of helped... my nose is still fine with minimum help of my other nose medicine.
Thus was my day today. My first time at an ear/nose specialist. I never ever ever want to go there again. The sound tests were k ind of fun, and my hearing, even though not at the peak stage, is above normal... my right ear seems to be more sensitive to more high pitched sounds... Anyway... everything else that happened to me there was.... like going to the dentist to get your teeth pulled. Though not as painful, it does feel as...... *shivers*
2006-11-21
Shleeepy...
I just realised that today is November the 21st. Which means, I am less than a month away from my flight to the Philippines. Wow... time sure flies past. I mean to go within the next two weeks to figure out the ticket prices to get back to Brunei in March next year. The year 2007... which is just a little over a month away. It's just... weird.
Maybe it's because I'm in the middle of my Semester? Had I been in Brunei I'd surely be feeling the year's end, considering school ends at about this time of the year. But here... It's just plain strange. I remember feeling the same way this time last year too. We were just... studying like normal and... well. It's just strange.
Anyway, what's up with me and Uni nowadays...? I've been busy. Well, I guess that's just not news to anyone anymore. Nobody I know is not busy. No matter how much homework I do... it just doesn't seem to end. A school week does not end of Friday. I have homework on Saturday and the continuation of the homework on Sunday and then I review classes on Monday and then while my homework pile is not yet down to 0, I receive a little bit more on Tuesday, then I reduced the amount of homework again but receive a new pile on Wednesday... I relax on Thursday and receive more reading assignments on Friday, and then I'm back to Saturday again. Notice that I didn't begin this tirade on a Monday because, effectively, my week begins on Saturday! What a life.
It could have been worse, as I keep telling myself.
I received a call from the Faculty office a few days ago about some error in the subject registrations. They said that this year I had accumulated 51 credits worth of registered subjects while I was only supposed to have 49. Wow... Anyway I knew where the problem was and told them and when they recalculated, the numbers went to 49 again and... But I think it's still great! I maxed out~ Cool (^__^)
At least now I feel like I'm living up to the scholarship. I'd been thinking about it for so long and it had been nagging me sometimes... I mean sure I won a scholarship, but that just means that I'm living off the tax paid by the population of Japan. It feels wrong... somehow. But I'm studying. At least I feel like I'm studying. So the guilt subsides from time to time.
Anyway, what am I saying. It's freezing now and I should be sleeping so~ here was your weekly update! I try not to not blog for more than 7 days. I don't want people to worry (^__^) Later~
Maybe it's because I'm in the middle of my Semester? Had I been in Brunei I'd surely be feeling the year's end, considering school ends at about this time of the year. But here... It's just plain strange. I remember feeling the same way this time last year too. We were just... studying like normal and... well. It's just strange.
Anyway, what's up with me and Uni nowadays...? I've been busy. Well, I guess that's just not news to anyone anymore. Nobody I know is not busy. No matter how much homework I do... it just doesn't seem to end. A school week does not end of Friday. I have homework on Saturday and the continuation of the homework on Sunday and then I review classes on Monday and then while my homework pile is not yet down to 0, I receive a little bit more on Tuesday, then I reduced the amount of homework again but receive a new pile on Wednesday... I relax on Thursday and receive more reading assignments on Friday, and then I'm back to Saturday again. Notice that I didn't begin this tirade on a Monday because, effectively, my week begins on Saturday! What a life.
It could have been worse, as I keep telling myself.
I received a call from the Faculty office a few days ago about some error in the subject registrations. They said that this year I had accumulated 51 credits worth of registered subjects while I was only supposed to have 49. Wow... Anyway I knew where the problem was and told them and when they recalculated, the numbers went to 49 again and... But I think it's still great! I maxed out~ Cool (^__^)
At least now I feel like I'm living up to the scholarship. I'd been thinking about it for so long and it had been nagging me sometimes... I mean sure I won a scholarship, but that just means that I'm living off the tax paid by the population of Japan. It feels wrong... somehow. But I'm studying. At least I feel like I'm studying. So the guilt subsides from time to time.
Anyway, what am I saying. It's freezing now and I should be sleeping so~ here was your weekly update! I try not to not blog for more than 7 days. I don't want people to worry (^__^) Later~
2006-11-11
I'm so vainnn
Loooook I just took pictures of meeee---
The last was me through the webcam. I'm so vain. No really. Who would take these many pictures of themselves otherwise? Hahaha (I just got a new shampoo that I really like hahahah... and finally had an oppotunity to dish out all my makeup (there was a party at Uni tonight, some yearly festival of some sort, ... me and Liliana left early though.... my head started pounding because of the music hahahaha....
The last was me through the webcam. I'm so vain. No really. Who would take these many pictures of themselves otherwise? Hahaha (I just got a new shampoo that I really like hahahah... and finally had an oppotunity to dish out all my makeup (there was a party at Uni tonight, some yearly festival of some sort, ... me and Liliana left early though.... my head started pounding because of the music hahahaha....
DeathNote: The Last Name
So I went to the cinema. I was really confused at one point really. I've been reading the DeathNote manga and watching the anime, and I didn't want to be disappointed with the movie so I couldn't really decide if I was really watching it or not until the last moment (I mean seriously, I was staring at the receptionist when I finally decided).
But I liked the movie. Yeah I really did.
Even though now I've just realised that what I watched is actually the sequel of the movie that came out in June this year. What I watched was the sequel (well, more than a 'sequel' it was a continuation or second half or ending really). Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name. Oh well I'll just watch the first movie once it comes out on DVD - I know the basic plot anyway. It was a very interesting mix of digital and reality... I mean I wouldn't call the animation of the Gods of Death first class, but it was really really good. It was still distinctly game-like and... a bit more highly-defined version of Kingdom Hearts style of characters, but it was no Advent Children.
But I really like it. I think I can sleep easy now really that I got the ending I wanted. I watched Friends (3rd Season) at my friend, Liliana's place until late and just got back around now. I feel so relaxed and destressed now. I should watch more Friends. I really should. Hee.
But I liked the movie. Yeah I really did.
Even though now I've just realised that what I watched is actually the sequel of the movie that came out in June this year. What I watched was the sequel (well, more than a 'sequel' it was a continuation or second half or ending really). Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name. Oh well I'll just watch the first movie once it comes out on DVD - I know the basic plot anyway. It was a very interesting mix of digital and reality... I mean I wouldn't call the animation of the Gods of Death first class, but it was really really good. It was still distinctly game-like and... a bit more highly-defined version of Kingdom Hearts style of characters, but it was no Advent Children.
But I really like it. I think I can sleep easy now really that I got the ending I wanted. I watched Friends (3rd Season) at my friend, Liliana's place until late and just got back around now. I feel so relaxed and destressed now. I should watch more Friends. I really should. Hee.
2006-11-10
(=.=)
I have eye-baggies... but since I've just found out that Death Note is playing in the cinema near here, I'm going to go and watch it! woooo~~~ In fact, I'm going to go out as soon as I get my rear off from in front of this computer to do groceries... and then dinner out... with Aurelie (again, hahaha) and then DEATHNOTE! weeeeeeee.... I hope the movie will turn out well!
2006-10-31
Back to being-
Zoned out, mentally exhausted, stressed to the bone. This is the way life at Uni is. I just don't understand it. I'm taking less classes than the previous semester but I feel as tired as I used to be after doing homework...
I've just finished a piece of reading on Civil and Public Religion and I'm seeing letters jumping in front of my eyes as I would imagine how jumping beans could. Basically... I'm tired. Reading about abstract concepts take so much out of me... Then again I'm thankful not to be under Science stream anymore, which would've probably knocked me out cold already.
I have some pretty weird classes tomorrow... and need to be fully awake... so I have to haul myself to bed now... bed... oh my futon. You look so inviting.
I've just finished a piece of reading on Civil and Public Religion and I'm seeing letters jumping in front of my eyes as I would imagine how jumping beans could. Basically... I'm tired. Reading about abstract concepts take so much out of me... Then again I'm thankful not to be under Science stream anymore, which would've probably knocked me out cold already.
I have some pretty weird classes tomorrow... and need to be fully awake... so I have to haul myself to bed now... bed... oh my futon. You look so inviting.
2006-10-26
The topic for tomorrow...
For Irish Studies seminar tomorrow, we'll be discussing... Vikings! Haha...
Also last week, me and Liliana had a 'skirt party' ^_^ where we (plus Aurelie and Mio) would go to class with skirts... hahahahaha (some of our friends were so surprised... it was hard to see any of us foreign students in anything other than jeans and then - that day we were all in skirts! hahaha~
This week's theme is white blouse and blue jeans ^_^ Come to think of it, Liliana and I were even color coded today - she was wearing a khaki jacket and blue jeans. I was wearing khaki coloured jeans and a denim jacket. Hahaha... weird... this proves it. We have nothing else to do for fun around here =_=
Well... I guess it's alright to act like this once in a while.
The weather's been just fantastic lately. Blue skies, warm sun, refreshing breezes. I just love Autumn ^_^
Also last week, me and Liliana had a 'skirt party' ^_^ where we (plus Aurelie and Mio) would go to class with skirts... hahahahaha (some of our friends were so surprised... it was hard to see any of us foreign students in anything other than jeans and then - that day we were all in skirts! hahaha~
This week's theme is white blouse and blue jeans ^_^ Come to think of it, Liliana and I were even color coded today - she was wearing a khaki jacket and blue jeans. I was wearing khaki coloured jeans and a denim jacket. Hahaha... weird... this proves it. We have nothing else to do for fun around here =_=
Well... I guess it's alright to act like this once in a while.
The weather's been just fantastic lately. Blue skies, warm sun, refreshing breezes. I just love Autumn ^_^
2006-10-25
Selamat Hari Raya
I'm haunted with memories of the good food found back home... ... ... ... *tears* Somebody cook for me.................
Anyway, that said, actually, I had first period this morning (=_=) So I was half awake the entire time during Practical InfoTech class. Then after (finally!) the coffee I drank had kicked in, but that was a class about the Earth and the Planets (seriously, that is the name for the subject)... which was utterly boring and I couldn't catch a single thing because the teacher was muttering/mumbling the entiiiiire time.
Then it was lunch time which was nice because we ate outside and it was so nice and cool and breezy and a friend had managed to grab one of the tables in a shaded area. It was great. I saw my French teacher Mr. Delerue (sp?) and half-accidently (?) waved him down since he was looking for a table anyway. There went my listening practise... I couldn't catch a single word thrown between him and Aurelie and Liliana. It was utterly terrifying... but anyway, I know now how far I'll have to work to attain a suitable level to be able to understand conversational French.
So... guess what I spent the rest of my afternoon on? ...French homework. Oh I did 'em alright. Aurelie was not 3 metres away the entire time so there you go, my portable french dictionary. Okay. I'm going to need a portable spell-checker soon too, since I nearly spelt dictionary as "dictionaire". French is making me dyslexic.
After the French homework was... what-ho! French Class which was from 5 to 6.30 ... ... ... what sane person takes classes at those times, really? ...Anyway. It was fun. There was this one episode in class when the teacher was doing roll call and he was calling my name out... only he was calling out "Fairuz-san" so I was completely not paying attention. A friend of mine poked me on the side before I could recognise that he was calling me ... =__= Well! No one's ever tried to call me Fairuz-san before so! (After that he went and asked if he should have called me "Latif-san" instead and I just went "NO!" *o* that was close.....) Everybody calls me Najee/Najee-san nowadays that one somebody starts calling me Naj (or anything else) again, I feel really really weird.
Anyway. That was my day today/yesterday. Anyhows it's one minute past midnight and I need to haul myself to bed. I have American Studies tomorrow... Ya Allah, berikanlah saya kesabaran dan keberanian untuk duduk dalam kelas itu.
I hope y'all had a great day! I need to put my brain to rest a few hours ^__^ Hopefully, I'll be able to spell words without concentrating as much as I am now by tomorrow. Later~ Health, Peace and Love to you all!
Anyway, that said, actually, I had first period this morning (=_=) So I was half awake the entire time during Practical InfoTech class. Then after (finally!) the coffee I drank had kicked in, but that was a class about the Earth and the Planets (seriously, that is the name for the subject)... which was utterly boring and I couldn't catch a single thing because the teacher was muttering/mumbling the entiiiiire time.
Then it was lunch time which was nice because we ate outside and it was so nice and cool and breezy and a friend had managed to grab one of the tables in a shaded area. It was great. I saw my French teacher Mr. Delerue (sp?) and half-accidently (?) waved him down since he was looking for a table anyway. There went my listening practise... I couldn't catch a single word thrown between him and Aurelie and Liliana. It was utterly terrifying... but anyway, I know now how far I'll have to work to attain a suitable level to be able to understand conversational French.
So... guess what I spent the rest of my afternoon on? ...French homework. Oh I did 'em alright. Aurelie was not 3 metres away the entire time so there you go, my portable french dictionary. Okay. I'm going to need a portable spell-checker soon too, since I nearly spelt dictionary as "dictionaire". French is making me dyslexic.
After the French homework was... what-ho! French Class which was from 5 to 6.30 ... ... ... what sane person takes classes at those times, really? ...Anyway. It was fun. There was this one episode in class when the teacher was doing roll call and he was calling my name out... only he was calling out "Fairuz-san" so I was completely not paying attention. A friend of mine poked me on the side before I could recognise that he was calling me ... =__= Well! No one's ever tried to call me Fairuz-san before so! (After that he went and asked if he should have called me "Latif-san" instead and I just went "NO!" *o* that was close.....) Everybody calls me Najee/Najee-san nowadays that one somebody starts calling me Naj (or anything else) again, I feel really really weird.
Anyway. That was my day today/yesterday. Anyhows it's one minute past midnight and I need to haul myself to bed. I have American Studies tomorrow... Ya Allah, berikanlah saya kesabaran dan keberanian untuk duduk dalam kelas itu.
I hope y'all had a great day! I need to put my brain to rest a few hours ^__^ Hopefully, I'll be able to spell words without concentrating as much as I am now by tomorrow. Later~ Health, Peace and Love to you all!
2006-10-21
Sleepy...
I have only 2 classes conducted in English. Only 2. So exactly how did I manage to flood myself with homework from those classes?
It's been so long since I've sat in a class and am able to stay awake... moreover I was able to understand what the teacher was talking about 100% ... It all began when I started being extremely curious over these weird triangle markings put next to the seminars conducted for my faculty... I thought, well, since those credits aren't required to graduate I could probably just ignore them... BUT it seemed everybody was taking at least one... Until now even I still don't know if they are necessary, but I still don't want to be left behind. So, following what everyone else did, I took 2 of these seminars, with 2 different teachers... only, since I got a pretty good number of credits for my previous semester I decided to treat myself and so took the classes that are in English.
So now here's the sitch. Would one really call it 'treating oneself' when one thinks it is going to be enjoyable however heavy the course work would be? ... And the reading material given is no child's play! Prof. Heimlich's class is like... Sociology+Literature in MD with the combined load of reading material, but in order to accomodate the japanese students in class, it's conducted in half the speed. ... Which in theory should be good for me since then I'd be able to keep up... BUT! ... Well maybe it's because I'm out of practise, I don't know. I personally don't think that I'm keeping up very well. Anyway the class is centred on American Studies. Cool, no?
My other seminar is on Irish Studies. The teacher's name is Mr. Kelly (which is supposed to mean Warrior in Gaelic, also the 3rd most powerful class in the old Celtic society after the Royal Family, and the Druids/Poets) Coolness. I mean seriously, this class is so cool, it's below freezing point. The only bad point about this class is the same as the one I mentioned before: the amount of reading material. I swear, my mind is going to explode soon. Maybe I'm just not reading the material right. I tried note-taking while reading and I did swallow the information better... but anyway.
HomeworkHomeworkHomework... which reminds me I still have some more French homework to do. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! I'm so glad I almost never have any plans at all on weekends nowadays except for the occasional sleepover in Gaidai... which I will not be doing this weekend since my friend stayed over last night (in fact she's still here) and tomorrow I'm going to Nara for some walk-a-thon with Aurelie and the whole of an English class (private institution) ...I have yet to figure out exactly how many people will be attending. The whole point IS for them to mingle and try to speak English with foreigners (whom they don't have to fear since we do understand Japanese too). Well, I hope it turned out well.
Banzai! Hehehehe I love today's weather. Clear skies and cool winds with just enough warmth from the sun.
It's been so long since I've sat in a class and am able to stay awake... moreover I was able to understand what the teacher was talking about 100% ... It all began when I started being extremely curious over these weird triangle markings put next to the seminars conducted for my faculty... I thought, well, since those credits aren't required to graduate I could probably just ignore them... BUT it seemed everybody was taking at least one... Until now even I still don't know if they are necessary, but I still don't want to be left behind. So, following what everyone else did, I took 2 of these seminars, with 2 different teachers... only, since I got a pretty good number of credits for my previous semester I decided to treat myself and so took the classes that are in English.
So now here's the sitch. Would one really call it 'treating oneself' when one thinks it is going to be enjoyable however heavy the course work would be? ... And the reading material given is no child's play! Prof. Heimlich's class is like... Sociology+Literature in MD with the combined load of reading material, but in order to accomodate the japanese students in class, it's conducted in half the speed. ... Which in theory should be good for me since then I'd be able to keep up... BUT! ... Well maybe it's because I'm out of practise, I don't know. I personally don't think that I'm keeping up very well. Anyway the class is centred on American Studies. Cool, no?
My other seminar is on Irish Studies. The teacher's name is Mr. Kelly (which is supposed to mean Warrior in Gaelic, also the 3rd most powerful class in the old Celtic society after the Royal Family, and the Druids/Poets) Coolness. I mean seriously, this class is so cool, it's below freezing point. The only bad point about this class is the same as the one I mentioned before: the amount of reading material. I swear, my mind is going to explode soon. Maybe I'm just not reading the material right. I tried note-taking while reading and I did swallow the information better... but anyway.
HomeworkHomeworkHomework... which reminds me I still have some more French homework to do. AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! I'm so glad I almost never have any plans at all on weekends nowadays except for the occasional sleepover in Gaidai... which I will not be doing this weekend since my friend stayed over last night (in fact she's still here) and tomorrow I'm going to Nara for some walk-a-thon with Aurelie and the whole of an English class (private institution) ...I have yet to figure out exactly how many people will be attending. The whole point IS for them to mingle and try to speak English with foreigners (whom they don't have to fear since we do understand Japanese too). Well, I hope it turned out well.
Banzai! Hehehehe I love today's weather. Clear skies and cool winds with just enough warmth from the sun.
2006-10-14
Cloudy skies today, but the sun's still shining bright
Oh wow I believe today is the first day since Summer Hols ended that I can spend with relative ease since the only plans I have today are to go to the eye clinic and pick up a bunch more of new contacts! (Wow... usually my days are packed to midnight =_= I can't say I'm not happy)
It's a weekend I can really relax!! And y'know what peeps? I don't have classes on Mondays, ergo my weekends for this semester are 3 days long HEEEEEEEEE *happyhappyhappy*
There's something weird going on with the tagboard so I'll be removing it temporarily~
It's a weekend I can really relax!! And y'know what peeps? I don't have classes on Mondays, ergo my weekends for this semester are 3 days long HEEEEEEEEE *happyhappyhappy*
There's something weird going on with the tagboard so I'll be removing it temporarily~
2006-10-09
Roughing it up
Today is a national holiday in Japan -called Taiku-no-hi (Exercise Day? Sports Day?) And again last weekend I found myself staying over at Adeline's place. (I swear I should've just rented out an apartment near there instead). Her mom just plopped over here for a 10-day visit too. And somehow on Sunday... I found myself in Nara with Adeline+mom, Ruo Lin, Yun Jung, Chris, Pei, Casey (sp?) and Kaja (sp?) (mostly the UA students of this year). Not only did I find myself in Nara, I found myself in Nara harvesting padi. (The land owners is the family of one of the UA class' teacher.)
Seriously, all the students put on mid-leg high boots, walked over the little fields, took a hand-sickle each and basically ripped all the stalks of padi available to us in sight. We didn't exactly walk through the process even, I mean considering the grounds were so soft, I imagine that it might be exactly like what quicksand feels like... haha We sloshed and sank and sloshed and sank some more.
So there I was, almost two-thirds way my patch of padi when I realised I couldn't pull up my feet anymore. I was completely stuck. So what I tried to do was, after putting down my sickle on the side 'bank', I leaned over to the dry part and pulled like my life depended on it. Still my boots wouldn't budge. Then these two ladies (who were actually workers maybe) who saw me struggling came and tried to help me out. Alas, only one boot came out. And so there we were, the three of us pulling really really hard when - ...only my other foot got lose. x_X The other boot was just there... I swear it even sunk in a little more. Then one of the ladies went to pull out the boot. Oh she pulled it out alright - but then what happened... she got stuck. Luckily we managed to pull her (and her boots) out. (Of course that's not the end of it, when I finally managed to get my guts back out and stepped back into the muddy mess, I nearly fell in surprise as a frog jumped out of nowhere, which got me deeper in the mud... which got me stuck again... ... ... What a day.
Everybody went through this sinking in the mud episode... and that would have been the worst part of this adventure if it hadn't been for these things that had been jumping about and appearing out of nowhere. These things meaning... spiders... frogs... crickets... centipedes... praying mantis... grasshoppers... you name it, it was there. I mean, for me, it's not so bad seeing these insects if I could run away immediately... but as you might defer from the boot-stuck-in-mud episode... all we could do was stay still and scream our heads off as the spiders crawled around us... the frogs jump around us... and... and... OMG It took so much patience to try and stay still while these things would go out of our paths since running away was not an option. In fact, attempting to run meant sinking even deeper... so... well... Seriously, what a day. My left wrist cramped up right at the end too. =_=
I woke up today and I was aching positively everywhere. (But more like oh-hey-I-did-something-good-yesterday-thus-the-ache kind of good ache ^_^) I still can't believe I went harvesting!
What a weekend. As always... interesting things always happen when I go visit Gaidai.
Seriously, all the students put on mid-leg high boots, walked over the little fields, took a hand-sickle each and basically ripped all the stalks of padi available to us in sight. We didn't exactly walk through the process even, I mean considering the grounds were so soft, I imagine that it might be exactly like what quicksand feels like... haha We sloshed and sank and sloshed and sank some more.
So there I was, almost two-thirds way my patch of padi when I realised I couldn't pull up my feet anymore. I was completely stuck. So what I tried to do was, after putting down my sickle on the side 'bank', I leaned over to the dry part and pulled like my life depended on it. Still my boots wouldn't budge. Then these two ladies (who were actually workers maybe) who saw me struggling came and tried to help me out. Alas, only one boot came out. And so there we were, the three of us pulling really really hard when - ...only my other foot got lose. x_X The other boot was just there... I swear it even sunk in a little more. Then one of the ladies went to pull out the boot. Oh she pulled it out alright - but then what happened... she got stuck. Luckily we managed to pull her (and her boots) out. (Of course that's not the end of it, when I finally managed to get my guts back out and stepped back into the muddy mess, I nearly fell in surprise as a frog jumped out of nowhere, which got me deeper in the mud... which got me stuck again... ... ... What a day.
Everybody went through this sinking in the mud episode... and that would have been the worst part of this adventure if it hadn't been for these things that had been jumping about and appearing out of nowhere. These things meaning... spiders... frogs... crickets... centipedes... praying mantis... grasshoppers... you name it, it was there. I mean, for me, it's not so bad seeing these insects if I could run away immediately... but as you might defer from the boot-stuck-in-mud episode... all we could do was stay still and scream our heads off as the spiders crawled around us... the frogs jump around us... and... and... OMG It took so much patience to try and stay still while these things would go out of our paths since running away was not an option. In fact, attempting to run meant sinking even deeper... so... well... Seriously, what a day. My left wrist cramped up right at the end too. =_=
I woke up today and I was aching positively everywhere. (But more like oh-hey-I-did-something-good-yesterday-thus-the-ache kind of good ache ^_^) I still can't believe I went harvesting!
What a weekend. As always... interesting things always happen when I go visit Gaidai.
2006-10-07
It's a cold night
The Autumn wind seems to nibble at my skin. It's so cool to the point that it's almost cold. In fact, right now where I am (which is sitting on a bench inside Saty, Kita-Senri) I can feel the lingering cold air which blasts in each time the exit doors open.
It really is Autumn.
Sometimes I wonder why seasons fly past so fast when each day is spent in achingly slow speeds.
It's already my second semester in Uni. (1 Japanese University year has 2 semesters) And we've only just begun classes and I already feel as if we're right in the thick of it.
2006-10-05
October's come...
Uni's back in full swing... It started again on Monday (but I hadn't actually felt it since technically I only attended one class) And then there was Tuesday (but I didn't feel it much either since I only attended first period and fifth - I actually have second period too but there was no lecture for this week) But then came Wednesday and I really felt it. Second, third and fourth periods, like... an hour and a half, lunch break and then 3 hours solid lessons... I was so zombied out in the end. Yeah it's been a while. Tomorrow (or shall I say today?) I have first period again of all things... I'm so bushed. But I get to go home right after lunch~~ (which is really really good).
My schedule for this semester seems a little messed up with classes either too far apart or too spaced together. At least I think I don't have classes on Monday heehee... (but on Friday I have only one class and it starts at 5pm and ends at 6.30pm. ... Doesn't that just make you go "..........huh?" =_=)
My schedule for this semester seems a little messed up with classes either too far apart or too spaced together. At least I think I don't have classes on Monday heehee... (but on Friday I have only one class and it starts at 5pm and ends at 6.30pm. ... Doesn't that just make you go "..........huh?" =_=)
2006-09-28
Of subjects and credits
I went up to the University today (err, yesterday? I haven't slept yet so today is still Wednesday for me) and it was to finalise my choices for the next semester's compulsory general subjects (it's hard to translate this special category of subjects, but I'll just leave it like that-) And compared to the last list of choices we had, I found the current one even duller and more disinteresting in comparison to before. The subjects were mostly science-related like The Earth and the Stars, History of Science (which I already took in my first semester) etc. and those that weren't were Law or Politics related... which is even more... ...
Well anyway, I made my choice priorities and am just waiting for the results to see which classes they will put me in *please put me in a good class somebody... anybody...*
Now I've burnt out more than half of my limit of credits I can take for the year so I can take less subjects this semester around... I admit I really prefer it this way ^_^ I should burn out more credits next year's early semester too so I can just laze around in the late semester hahahha- ...Hmm... It's really not a bad idea
Well anyway, I made my choice priorities and am just waiting for the results to see which classes they will put me in *please put me in a good class somebody... anybody...*
Now I've burnt out more than half of my limit of credits I can take for the year so I can take less subjects this semester around... I admit I really prefer it this way ^_^ I should burn out more credits next year's early semester too so I can just laze around in the late semester hahahha- ...Hmm... It's really not a bad idea
2006-09-26
Over to the mountain-
Anni was over for the weekend in Kansai until tonight- well, technically yesterday night. She came over on Sunday and we went up Rokko-san! (The mountain my Uni's partially on) We didn't think to bring jackets since it was a cool day but when we went up... brrrrrr it was cold! When evening fell it was positively freezing to me!
We went to some animal farm over there- it was very pleasant, lots of sheep. I even pet a horse! (I can't believe it still- it's my first time petting a horse)
Then we went down to have dinner -we thought we'd go eat maybe at Harborland but changed our minds and went back to Rokkomichi to have dinner at the Korean restaurant there (and what ho! At Harborland who do I accidently bump into but Adeline! ^_^ I can now officially say I've seen her every weekend for a month- it caught us both completely by surprise!).
Dinner we had with Cesar- who was kind enough to submit into my bullying for him to come heehee- it was really pleasant. I wish we could go have more dinners like this once classes start again ^_^
Then what do we do but go to karaoke all-night-long! Hahaha- so typical. But it was fun anyway- though I did end up with such a heavy head/completely stoned disposition on the way back to the apartment and then slept barely 5 hours and then woke up again since Mihaela was comin over. But I was completely KO after a while and had to take another 2 hours sleep before attempting to do anything else.
And now here I am... I really should start getting some sleep-
We went to some animal farm over there- it was very pleasant, lots of sheep. I even pet a horse! (I can't believe it still- it's my first time petting a horse)
Then we went down to have dinner -we thought we'd go eat maybe at Harborland but changed our minds and went back to Rokkomichi to have dinner at the Korean restaurant there (and what ho! At Harborland who do I accidently bump into but Adeline! ^_^ I can now officially say I've seen her every weekend for a month- it caught us both completely by surprise!).
Dinner we had with Cesar- who was kind enough to submit into my bullying for him to come heehee- it was really pleasant. I wish we could go have more dinners like this once classes start again ^_^
Then what do we do but go to karaoke all-night-long! Hahaha- so typical. But it was fun anyway- though I did end up with such a heavy head/completely stoned disposition on the way back to the apartment and then slept barely 5 hours and then woke up again since Mihaela was comin over. But I was completely KO after a while and had to take another 2 hours sleep before attempting to do anything else.
And now here I am... I really should start getting some sleep-
2006-09-24
Puasa 2006
SELAMAT BERPUASA! Wishing you all good health during this period!
Continuing from comments on my earlier post; no, not all high-school girls wear such short skirts. The ones that I saw were all slightly below knee-length. I guess it's possible to see above-knee length skirts in/near/around Tokyo, but it's quite an okay-length over on this side of Japan ^_^. And yes. My kouhai is cute hahahahahaha~ My my I always have such cute people surrounding me- lucky me right?
I went down to Sannomiya today- bought a photo album (from Tokyu Hands a.k.a not quite a cheap photo album hahahaha), but it was worth every penny. I wonder how it'll look like taking photos of a photo album and posting them up here- hmm maybe it's worth a shot. Anyway, I only put in my most picturesque-looking photos in there, and the ones most meaningful to me... The point is that I want to show all of you these pictures... Everyone should have the chance to see such nice scenery (and of course, should let me gloat once in a while- these are nice pictures! I'm quite confident! Hahahahah).
Anni's coming by tomorrow woohoo!! The plan is to go over the other side of Rokko Mountain, have dinner at the Korean restaurant a little down near the JR Rokkomichi and then karaoke! I've got karaoke fever people! Somebody give me an antidote -_-; I KNOW I'm not acting like my usual self nowadays--- help --- over and out.
Continuing from comments on my earlier post; no, not all high-school girls wear such short skirts. The ones that I saw were all slightly below knee-length. I guess it's possible to see above-knee length skirts in/near/around Tokyo, but it's quite an okay-length over on this side of Japan ^_^. And yes. My kouhai is cute hahahahahaha~ My my I always have such cute people surrounding me- lucky me right?
I went down to Sannomiya today- bought a photo album (from Tokyu Hands a.k.a not quite a cheap photo album hahahaha), but it was worth every penny. I wonder how it'll look like taking photos of a photo album and posting them up here- hmm maybe it's worth a shot. Anyway, I only put in my most picturesque-looking photos in there, and the ones most meaningful to me... The point is that I want to show all of you these pictures... Everyone should have the chance to see such nice scenery (and of course, should let me gloat once in a while- these are nice pictures! I'm quite confident! Hahahahah).
Anni's coming by tomorrow woohoo!! The plan is to go over the other side of Rokko Mountain, have dinner at the Korean restaurant a little down near the JR Rokkomichi and then karaoke! I've got karaoke fever people! Somebody give me an antidote -_-; I KNOW I'm not acting like my usual self nowadays--- help --- over and out.
2006-09-22
It's been an interesting week
How do you know if something's wrong with you? There were some red-light songs (I think) amongst the songs I've downloaded this past week:
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time
Shania Twain - Men Are Like Shoes
The Carpenters - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear
Ricky Martin - La Copa De La Vida
It's a weird bug I tell you, and it's attacking me for no reason at all!
Well besides that, I realise I haven't really been blogging much and that's probably partially because when I feel like blogging, it's usually around the weekend, or so... but I'm never around during the weekend anymore nowadays! I think I've been going back to Osaka Gaidai (to sleep over at my cute high-tension junior aka Adeline's place) for maybe 4 weekends straight? 3? Anyway, every weekend I'm going there, hauling my HD over so we can exchange anime/songs etc and plainly speaking, it's just so much more interesting there- hahah, as remote an area Gaidai is. You should go read her blogposts-- go go go, the recent posts are so funny I can't stop laughing reading them even though I've been told the story or had actually been there those few times. Especially that one post where she wrote about the dead bird almost falling in her coffee and two policemen suddenly appearing by her door while her speakers were blaring Madonna's Vogue or summat... sounds interesting, no? ^_^ In any case... read it o(^v^)o
Last weekend was a little bit more special/peculiar? Usually I'd stay over Adeline's Sat and Sun night but I was there from Friday as well... so technically for me, it was a very looong almost-holiday-like weekend. I had rashes though. Now I have absolutely no idea how I came to have them but it itched like *unspeakable-word*. I put lotion on, thinking maybe it was coming up because the weather had suddenly turned dry and my skin was crying out for moisturiser or something, but it only barely worked. At one point I just put ice on (not directly, bound with a towel) and just pressed it all over the red splotches, I have them still, even now, but they don't itch as much anymore. I'm still blank... I wonder if it was an allergic reaction to something...
I spent one night in the apartment after coming back from Gaidai, but I was mostly just putting together my new cabinet/shelf (I ordered from Amazon - man I LOVE Amazon) And it was brought here in parts... so out came my screwdriver (I knew it was going to be good for something) and I put it all together that night. Well, technically I had two cabinets/shelves and I only put together one of them. -_-; Slept like a baby that night.
The next day I went and hopped on the train to Nara - it was a 2 hr and a bit journey, I was to stay over at my friend's house (a Japanese girl from Uni) and after some delays, pretty close misses, and almost none of getting lost (so proud of me! ehehe) I arrived at the designated station... met Kyoko (this girl is fantastic I tell you, she's not like most Japanese girls I know) went over to her house and o.m.g her mum looks SO YOUNG! I stopped, stared and nearly spluttered out my question- "Are you her mother??" and she just GIGGLED! Oh man her mum is just so cute! *laughs in disbelief*
She'd asked me earlier if there was anything special that I wanted to see in Nara and I told her I wanted to see a typical Japanese High School. I hadn't thought that normal people wouldn't usually ask to see such a thing... and to want to see it just for it's architecture (and not the students) too... ahahahha... I admit it would be pretty weird I guess for other people to want to do such a thing but it just struck me... so with a little pleading- there we went!
We went to visit her old elementary school and her old high school. It was unexpectedly difficult to enter the elementary school, but what with the current conditions, something caused by a murder incident a few years back when a trespasser entered the school and stabbed one of the younger boys. The man got sentenced to death, which I think was passed 2 years ago, but I have to re-check this detail again. But anyway, since then, they've been really careful about protecting the kids and stuff.... But lucky for me, we got to go it and I got to see the place... it was very interesting. I mean... you can really see some culture-based differences infiltrating to the architecture of the building (even though it really just was a plain looking box-shaped school building from the outside). I mean... well... I just can't explain the feeling that I got when I went through those halls.
Later that afternoon was her old High School which wasn't exactly what I wanted (a typical High School) but it was interesting anyway. I met some of her teachers, they were all so nice and talked a lot. They all tried to speak English (and they were relatively good!).
After that, we had karaoke! Oh man I am so addicted to karaoke now. I went again today and I'm planning to go again on Sunday night! Uhoh...... Anyway, I'm digressing. Kyoko is SO GOOD at singing! I mean, as a Japanese singing Japanese songs and then attempting to do Britney Spear's Oops I Did It Again and Avril Lavigne's Complicated... she was guuuuuuuuuud! We've also developed a sort-of hypothesis during this karaoke session. The way one uses one's internal organs to since Japanese songs and English songs might be different! Hahahahahaha it sounds weird but the more we sang the more we noticed (even though it would be a song we'd have a lot of confidence in) there was still something un about how the song would turn out. Oh but I fell in love with this song called UkiFune by Go!Go!7188 because of her. I have to say that she sings better than the real singer herself. But the song itself is already really nice as it is. If you can find it listen to it!
On the topic of songs, there's another one I'm just really hooked on right now, it's one of the songs from the anime, Evangelion, called Tamashii no Rufuran and it's just... unspeakably fantastic. The first stanza begins with "Watashi ni kaerinasai..." which means "return to me..." Anyway, you can check for lyrics by just typing in the song name and searching animelyrics.com if you want to know. ...I digressed again -_-;
After karaoke the family took me too a korean restaurant and people. I'm in love. I'm convinced I've plopped myself over to the wrong part of the oriental map. I should have gone to Korea..... the food is so gooooood. Of course, this restaurant is in Japan and therefore the taste of the food has been toned down and sweeted a little to suit Japanese tastes... and yet it was that good. So the real thing MUST be better! My mouth is watering just thinking of it...
Before going to sleep that night, I even went in an ofuro (you know, the japanese-style bath tub) Not that I haven't ever been in one before, but it's been such a long time and it felt soooo goooood.... Then, doing what girls do during sleepovers, we had girl-talk until we fell asleep. Hahahahahah... it's nice to know girl-talk is at least similar in this side of the globe.
The next day we didn't do much. Woke up, watched a little TV, her mum made me soumen is was soooo delicious! Over lunch the dad came back and me and the parents had a loooong talk about Brunei and politics (egad! even adult-talk is similar in this part of the globe) and stuff like that. I really liked talking to them (except that the dad talks a little too fast and I'm always slow on catching up or misunderstanding hahahah ^_^;)
So I went back to Osaka from Nara on the way back home in Kobe and guess what happens? The train stops. And not just that, it stops in the middle of nowhere for a whole hour. Why? Well, most people were saying, oh, this happens from time to time. Looks like someone commited suicide or something. WHAT! was my reaction, but they all were like it wasn't too much out of place or something... anyway. Tried to weasel a direct answer from the station worker but they were very tight-lipped about it. Then I tried to find a taxi so I could go to the next nearest functional trainstation, but that idea went out the window pretty soon since everyone was thinking of the same thing.That whole incident put a damper on my day.
And then- I was back home. My room. My messy but homey room. I didn't realise that I missed sleeping in it so much! I should sleep more in my room. It's been unslept in for so long. I slept in it yesterday night right after I finisehd putting together my second cabinet/shelf, but I still feel like there's something missing. ...
Phew... I haven't put up this long a post in so long have I? Well. If you got bored somewhere... don't mention it hahahahaha.
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time
Shania Twain - Men Are Like Shoes
The Carpenters - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear
Ricky Martin - La Copa De La Vida
It's a weird bug I tell you, and it's attacking me for no reason at all!
Well besides that, I realise I haven't really been blogging much and that's probably partially because when I feel like blogging, it's usually around the weekend, or so... but I'm never around during the weekend anymore nowadays! I think I've been going back to Osaka Gaidai (to sleep over at my cute high-tension junior aka Adeline's place) for maybe 4 weekends straight? 3? Anyway, every weekend I'm going there, hauling my HD over so we can exchange anime/songs etc and plainly speaking, it's just so much more interesting there- hahah, as remote an area Gaidai is. You should go read her blogposts-- go go go, the recent posts are so funny I can't stop laughing reading them even though I've been told the story or had actually been there those few times. Especially that one post where she wrote about the dead bird almost falling in her coffee and two policemen suddenly appearing by her door while her speakers were blaring Madonna's Vogue or summat... sounds interesting, no? ^_^ In any case... read it o(^v^)o
Last weekend was a little bit more special/peculiar? Usually I'd stay over Adeline's Sat and Sun night but I was there from Friday as well... so technically for me, it was a very looong almost-holiday-like weekend. I had rashes though. Now I have absolutely no idea how I came to have them but it itched like *unspeakable-word*. I put lotion on, thinking maybe it was coming up because the weather had suddenly turned dry and my skin was crying out for moisturiser or something, but it only barely worked. At one point I just put ice on (not directly, bound with a towel) and just pressed it all over the red splotches, I have them still, even now, but they don't itch as much anymore. I'm still blank... I wonder if it was an allergic reaction to something...
I spent one night in the apartment after coming back from Gaidai, but I was mostly just putting together my new cabinet/shelf (I ordered from Amazon - man I LOVE Amazon) And it was brought here in parts... so out came my screwdriver (I knew it was going to be good for something) and I put it all together that night. Well, technically I had two cabinets/shelves and I only put together one of them. -_-; Slept like a baby that night.
The next day I went and hopped on the train to Nara - it was a 2 hr and a bit journey, I was to stay over at my friend's house (a Japanese girl from Uni) and after some delays, pretty close misses, and almost none of getting lost (so proud of me! ehehe) I arrived at the designated station... met Kyoko (this girl is fantastic I tell you, she's not like most Japanese girls I know) went over to her house and o.m.g her mum looks SO YOUNG! I stopped, stared and nearly spluttered out my question- "Are you her mother??" and she just GIGGLED! Oh man her mum is just so cute! *laughs in disbelief*
She'd asked me earlier if there was anything special that I wanted to see in Nara and I told her I wanted to see a typical Japanese High School. I hadn't thought that normal people wouldn't usually ask to see such a thing... and to want to see it just for it's architecture (and not the students) too... ahahahha... I admit it would be pretty weird I guess for other people to want to do such a thing but it just struck me... so with a little pleading- there we went!
We went to visit her old elementary school and her old high school. It was unexpectedly difficult to enter the elementary school, but what with the current conditions, something caused by a murder incident a few years back when a trespasser entered the school and stabbed one of the younger boys. The man got sentenced to death, which I think was passed 2 years ago, but I have to re-check this detail again. But anyway, since then, they've been really careful about protecting the kids and stuff.... But lucky for me, we got to go it and I got to see the place... it was very interesting. I mean... you can really see some culture-based differences infiltrating to the architecture of the building (even though it really just was a plain looking box-shaped school building from the outside). I mean... well... I just can't explain the feeling that I got when I went through those halls.
Later that afternoon was her old High School which wasn't exactly what I wanted (a typical High School) but it was interesting anyway. I met some of her teachers, they were all so nice and talked a lot. They all tried to speak English (and they were relatively good!).
After that, we had karaoke! Oh man I am so addicted to karaoke now. I went again today and I'm planning to go again on Sunday night! Uhoh...... Anyway, I'm digressing. Kyoko is SO GOOD at singing! I mean, as a Japanese singing Japanese songs and then attempting to do Britney Spear's Oops I Did It Again and Avril Lavigne's Complicated... she was guuuuuuuuuud! We've also developed a sort-of hypothesis during this karaoke session. The way one uses one's internal organs to since Japanese songs and English songs might be different! Hahahahahaha it sounds weird but the more we sang the more we noticed (even though it would be a song we'd have a lot of confidence in) there was still something un about how the song would turn out. Oh but I fell in love with this song called UkiFune by Go!Go!7188 because of her. I have to say that she sings better than the real singer herself. But the song itself is already really nice as it is. If you can find it listen to it!
On the topic of songs, there's another one I'm just really hooked on right now, it's one of the songs from the anime, Evangelion, called Tamashii no Rufuran and it's just... unspeakably fantastic. The first stanza begins with "Watashi ni kaerinasai..." which means "return to me..." Anyway, you can check for lyrics by just typing in the song name and searching animelyrics.com if you want to know. ...I digressed again -_-;
After karaoke the family took me too a korean restaurant and people. I'm in love. I'm convinced I've plopped myself over to the wrong part of the oriental map. I should have gone to Korea..... the food is so gooooood. Of course, this restaurant is in Japan and therefore the taste of the food has been toned down and sweeted a little to suit Japanese tastes... and yet it was that good. So the real thing MUST be better! My mouth is watering just thinking of it...
Before going to sleep that night, I even went in an ofuro (you know, the japanese-style bath tub) Not that I haven't ever been in one before, but it's been such a long time and it felt soooo goooood.... Then, doing what girls do during sleepovers, we had girl-talk until we fell asleep. Hahahahahah... it's nice to know girl-talk is at least similar in this side of the globe.
The next day we didn't do much. Woke up, watched a little TV, her mum made me soumen is was soooo delicious! Over lunch the dad came back and me and the parents had a loooong talk about Brunei and politics (egad! even adult-talk is similar in this part of the globe) and stuff like that. I really liked talking to them (except that the dad talks a little too fast and I'm always slow on catching up or misunderstanding hahahah ^_^;)
So I went back to Osaka from Nara on the way back home in Kobe and guess what happens? The train stops. And not just that, it stops in the middle of nowhere for a whole hour. Why? Well, most people were saying, oh, this happens from time to time. Looks like someone commited suicide or something. WHAT! was my reaction, but they all were like it wasn't too much out of place or something... anyway. Tried to weasel a direct answer from the station worker but they were very tight-lipped about it. Then I tried to find a taxi so I could go to the next nearest functional trainstation, but that idea went out the window pretty soon since everyone was thinking of the same thing.That whole incident put a damper on my day.
And then- I was back home. My room. My messy but homey room. I didn't realise that I missed sleeping in it so much! I should sleep more in my room. It's been unslept in for so long. I slept in it yesterday night right after I finisehd putting together my second cabinet/shelf, but I still feel like there's something missing. ...
Phew... I haven't put up this long a post in so long have I? Well. If you got bored somewhere... don't mention it hahahahaha.
2006-09-21
I LOVE AUTUMN!
When I see Autumn, I see red and yellow maple leaves~ they look like stars hanging on by a thread on the branches of the trees.
When I remember Autumn, I remember the cool winds, clouds, lazy blue skies that make me drowsy and heavy-lidded almost the whole day long.
When I feel Autumn, it's the roasted chestnuts I'm chewing, smell of persimmon, mandarin oranges, apples and... and... the lack of mosquitoes!!
I just loooove Autumn ^_^
When I remember Autumn, I remember the cool winds, clouds, lazy blue skies that make me drowsy and heavy-lidded almost the whole day long.
When I feel Autumn, it's the roasted chestnuts I'm chewing, smell of persimmon, mandarin oranges, apples and... and... the lack of mosquitoes!!
I just loooove Autumn ^_^
2006-09-08
Hay fever in Autumn?
I hope my fever is just kidding me -_-; I'm sneezing all over the place and my body temperature went up... can you believe my temp. is at 37.1 degrees and I already feel feverish!? (Granted my normal body temp. is around 35.6 degC... a fact which usually prompts Aurelie to comment on my coldblooded-ness and hence reptile-like qualities HAHAHAHAHaaaaa I can't believe me. ^v^)
But I got my thunderstorm!! About 2 days ago, it poured all over Kobe and there was thunder, and there was lightning... I was drenched wet since I'd gone shopping to China town with Aurelie (and I mean my pants were drenched all the way up to my thighs and my shoes went squish squish hahahah~
And even better news, the Imperial family of Japan finally have a male heir!! Aren't they so lucky?!! The crowned princess just gave birth to a boy the same morning (Sept 6th). I can't express just exactly how much this means to the oldest running royal title in the WORLD! To succeed the current Emperor were his 2 only sons and no other male descendant afterwards (since both sons only have female heirs and under the current constitution it's impossible for a female heir to inherit), and now there is the birth of the new Prince! (Barely anybody knew that the Crowned Princess was pregnant even)~
Well. It's not exactly Autumn yet but it sure is starting to feel like it (considering that the striking change in weather has already managed to attack my well-being). Apparently the official date for when it turns Autumn is Sept 23rd. Coolies~~
But I got my thunderstorm!! About 2 days ago, it poured all over Kobe and there was thunder, and there was lightning... I was drenched wet since I'd gone shopping to China town with Aurelie (and I mean my pants were drenched all the way up to my thighs and my shoes went squish squish hahahah~
And even better news, the Imperial family of Japan finally have a male heir!! Aren't they so lucky?!! The crowned princess just gave birth to a boy the same morning (Sept 6th). I can't express just exactly how much this means to the oldest running royal title in the WORLD! To succeed the current Emperor were his 2 only sons and no other male descendant afterwards (since both sons only have female heirs and under the current constitution it's impossible for a female heir to inherit), and now there is the birth of the new Prince! (Barely anybody knew that the Crowned Princess was pregnant even)~
Well. It's not exactly Autumn yet but it sure is starting to feel like it (considering that the striking change in weather has already managed to attack my well-being). Apparently the official date for when it turns Autumn is Sept 23rd. Coolies~~
2006-09-07
2006-09-01
Hahahaha *ahak ahak*
Yesterday was SO spontaneous. After coming back from Umeda around half-past 12 pm/am Aurelie and I set off to hunt for food. Well, it was mostly me doing the hunting, and her quietly leading along. I'd completely forgotten that the last time that I had eaten was like, around 3/4pm and that was brunch for me as well. The weather was so weird today. I was never inclined to think that the weather could affect my appetite, but I just can't find any other explanation~
It was raining yester-night too and I had to but ANOTHER umbrella. I swear I'm going to fill that umbrella cupboard soon if I keep on going at this rate. Otherwise I just have to remember to bring an umbrella everytime I go out... even on day's that it won't rain maybe. Grr...
Then we decided on the spot to go karaoke! And my goodness we didn't stop until it almost hit 6am and I was sore. But it felt so nice to go and lash a the machine again hahahahahaha There was this one song by Gackt - Ash, which is kind of difficult but we had it down! *laughs* And silly me I was so emotional when I sang Shania Twain's From This Moment. Now I know something's wrong with me *laughs*
It was raining yester-night too and I had to but ANOTHER umbrella. I swear I'm going to fill that umbrella cupboard soon if I keep on going at this rate. Otherwise I just have to remember to bring an umbrella everytime I go out... even on day's that it won't rain maybe. Grr...
Then we decided on the spot to go karaoke! And my goodness we didn't stop until it almost hit 6am and I was sore. But it felt so nice to go and lash a the machine again hahahahahaha There was this one song by Gackt - Ash, which is kind of difficult but we had it down! *laughs* And silly me I was so emotional when I sang Shania Twain's From This Moment. Now I know something's wrong with me *laughs*
2006-08-27
It's been a great weekend
I was feeling slightly depressed after posting that last post, so I called up what I thought would be the one sure way to get a pick-me-up - a talk with my dear junior, Adeline in Osaka UFS. We talked over an hour but it was so much worth it since I was feeling up and about as per usual again right after. Of course, this was after having invited her over to stay the night so she could have access to the internet (since she forgot the day and OUFS's computer is never usually open in weekends).
It was so funny that she came here with a headache, and had asked for panadol too, but once she'd arrived, she'd plopped over to the computer and started using the internet, and ho- the headache was gone *laughs* Though I can't lie and say I don't know how it feels. Addiction to the internet is rather difficult to cure haha-
We had a grand time, even though Aurelie was mostly reading in her room, and Adeline was chattering up a storm while BTing her precious One Piece anime and doing some of her holiday homework. I confess to be a fan of One Piece now, I'm not 100% up-to-date but very close. Me and Adeline stayed up till the wee hours of the morning talking about this and that... it was such a fun and pleasant change for once.
The same day I'd found out that De We was in Osaka! I managed to squeeze a promise to meet together in Kobe the next day (today), where we did and had a grand time going around. First it was Donkihotei to get blank cds/dvds and then to the imported foods shop. Adeline had to go back to OUFS early so I was left with De We around 4pm wondering what to do. *smiles* Of all things, we ended up hunting for perfume! Once we got that, we went back to the appartment, met up with Aurelie, rested a little, called Cesar out for dinner, walked down to JR to pick Cesar up and then marched straight down with our appetites to Saizeriya.
Dinner was fantabulous! We had so much fun dying and Feeling Alive from De We's After Death hot sauce. I swear I could not even take a single drop in a bite. It was half-drops or even quarter drops at a time- but my tongue, lips, throat, every single place where the hot sauce had touched me burned. De We went and had so much he was sweating like mad even towards the end (and the restaurant was bloody cool/cold for me then too!) Cesar was there so of course there was a lot of the sexual innuendo in our conversations (not that you really need to know but it was so hilarious!)... but never fear Adeline! I don't think anybody could ever win at putting sexual innuendo so easily and effectively in conversations as you ahahaha~
Then Cesar had this brilliant idea of creatin a new club which includes my male friends from CJLC to become hosts and me and Aurelie becoming their pimps. HAHAHHAHAHAHA Capital idea. Might even make some profit. Can't wait to start recruiting!
It was so funny that she came here with a headache, and had asked for panadol too, but once she'd arrived, she'd plopped over to the computer and started using the internet, and ho- the headache was gone *laughs* Though I can't lie and say I don't know how it feels. Addiction to the internet is rather difficult to cure haha-
We had a grand time, even though Aurelie was mostly reading in her room, and Adeline was chattering up a storm while BTing her precious One Piece anime and doing some of her holiday homework. I confess to be a fan of One Piece now, I'm not 100% up-to-date but very close. Me and Adeline stayed up till the wee hours of the morning talking about this and that... it was such a fun and pleasant change for once.
The same day I'd found out that De We was in Osaka! I managed to squeeze a promise to meet together in Kobe the next day (today), where we did and had a grand time going around. First it was Donkihotei to get blank cds/dvds and then to the imported foods shop. Adeline had to go back to OUFS early so I was left with De We around 4pm wondering what to do. *smiles* Of all things, we ended up hunting for perfume! Once we got that, we went back to the appartment, met up with Aurelie, rested a little, called Cesar out for dinner, walked down to JR to pick Cesar up and then marched straight down with our appetites to Saizeriya.
Dinner was fantabulous! We had so much fun dying and Feeling Alive from De We's After Death hot sauce. I swear I could not even take a single drop in a bite. It was half-drops or even quarter drops at a time- but my tongue, lips, throat, every single place where the hot sauce had touched me burned. De We went and had so much he was sweating like mad even towards the end (and the restaurant was bloody cool/cold for me then too!) Cesar was there so of course there was a lot of the sexual innuendo in our conversations (not that you really need to know but it was so hilarious!)... but never fear Adeline! I don't think anybody could ever win at putting sexual innuendo so easily and effectively in conversations as you ahahaha~
Then Cesar had this brilliant idea of creatin a new club which includes my male friends from CJLC to become hosts and me and Aurelie becoming their pimps. HAHAHHAHAHAHA Capital idea. Might even make some profit. Can't wait to start recruiting!
2006-08-26
Reminiscing... I do that a lot lately
I've been doing some blog-hopping. Some thinking. And I can't help but feel this swell near my heart. This swell that's just... me forlorn and me proud, so very proud of all my friends. To you my classmates, acquaintances and dear friends, new and old; to those whose relations with me and me with theirs having been weathered and stretched over so many years. I'm so proud of all of you and so sad at the same time because I really want to see you guys again.
I believe I've mentioned before that I'm just swamped with time right now and it's allowed me to go over and reminisce all the times we had in SYHU, SMJA... and most of all MD. We all knew it, I knew it, but the existence of those two short years in MD never ceases to amaze me by having allowed so many bittersweet memories within a short period of transition and when we graduated, I don't know if you noticed it, but everyone went through an alarmingly quick growth spurt. It was inevitable that we all went our own directions, some holding firm to their beliefs, some searching for one, others still being lost but already have set aims in life. It was inevitable that some of us would lost contact with each other over extended periods of time. It is not for want of effort, perhaps. But this stuff happens. And I've never seen a group of people who accept that fact more than the people I used to mingle with. Dreamers but realists, the lot of you. I don't know how you guys do it *laughs*
But I am so happy to have met you guys- even if we barely say two words to each other now over spans of half-years. My bestfriend who'd been with me right from when I started SMJA. My dear half-soulmate (dare I call her that, and half for mutual reasons unexplainable) whom I'd sadly only gotten to know well towards the last year we could stay together as schoolmates. My closest confidant whom I'd met during my most petulant year in SYHU. And everyone else... it hurts me even to categorise even as 'everyone else' since each and every person had been unique and their existences precious to my memories.
Your growths give me confidence that I'll someday find something that I truly want to do... dare I hope, even, to lead me to create a purpose.
yeck This has been the most personal post I've written I think, but I don't feel like backing down from publishing it. And since I hope to relay to the people who are now in the position I used to be, oh-so-safe, happy and a dependant, to cherish all the moments you have with your friend, and the people who are around you NOW. Because people never stay permanently. There's a Japanese saying that goes, the beginning of meeting/acquaintance/a friendship is the beginning of separation. It might be a draining experience, but it's better than being friend-less and alone. Besides, if you make the best of it, you'd be left with the best memories ever. Be it a decade or two decades from now. I want to see you guys again one day. So if you change addresses or methods of communication, make sure you tell me please. We have a great friendship, I'm kind of ticked off that distance really does seem to be a horrible adversary when it comes to trying to keep acquaintances.
Goodness I hope I won't have to make you suffer reading through such a sappy post ever again. I don't know why but I've been listening to all sap songs lately... it's the mood. What's up with the moooood....!?
I believe I've mentioned before that I'm just swamped with time right now and it's allowed me to go over and reminisce all the times we had in SYHU, SMJA... and most of all MD. We all knew it, I knew it, but the existence of those two short years in MD never ceases to amaze me by having allowed so many bittersweet memories within a short period of transition and when we graduated, I don't know if you noticed it, but everyone went through an alarmingly quick growth spurt. It was inevitable that we all went our own directions, some holding firm to their beliefs, some searching for one, others still being lost but already have set aims in life. It was inevitable that some of us would lost contact with each other over extended periods of time. It is not for want of effort, perhaps. But this stuff happens. And I've never seen a group of people who accept that fact more than the people I used to mingle with. Dreamers but realists, the lot of you. I don't know how you guys do it *laughs*
But I am so happy to have met you guys- even if we barely say two words to each other now over spans of half-years. My bestfriend who'd been with me right from when I started SMJA. My dear half-soulmate (dare I call her that, and half for mutual reasons unexplainable) whom I'd sadly only gotten to know well towards the last year we could stay together as schoolmates. My closest confidant whom I'd met during my most petulant year in SYHU. And everyone else... it hurts me even to categorise even as 'everyone else' since each and every person had been unique and their existences precious to my memories.
Your growths give me confidence that I'll someday find something that I truly want to do... dare I hope, even, to lead me to create a purpose.
yeck This has been the most personal post I've written I think, but I don't feel like backing down from publishing it. And since I hope to relay to the people who are now in the position I used to be, oh-so-safe, happy and a dependant, to cherish all the moments you have with your friend, and the people who are around you NOW. Because people never stay permanently. There's a Japanese saying that goes, the beginning of meeting/acquaintance/a friendship is the beginning of separation. It might be a draining experience, but it's better than being friend-less and alone. Besides, if you make the best of it, you'd be left with the best memories ever. Be it a decade or two decades from now. I want to see you guys again one day. So if you change addresses or methods of communication, make sure you tell me please. We have a great friendship, I'm kind of ticked off that distance really does seem to be a horrible adversary when it comes to trying to keep acquaintances.
Goodness I hope I won't have to make you suffer reading through such a sappy post ever again. I don't know why but I've been listening to all sap songs lately... it's the mood. What's up with the moooood....!?
2006-08-24
Fourth week of holidays...
Last week, right after I mentioned that it was high time for me to act like a tourist and go around snapping pictures again, my dear friend Mihaela called us to ask if we could go together to Kyoto to witness the final ceremony of Obon- called Daimonji. It's when they make huge kanji characters with fire by burning a designated part in a clearing in a forest. It was quite fantastic - but all my pictures are on film so I have to go find a scanner somewhere before I can post it up here.
Oh... and here... as a result of someone who has too much free time...
... of course one ends up taking endless pictures of one's self (of course if one is as vain as I o.O) Of course it does help, I think, to satisfy sOme people's curiosity of what I'm like now. Haven't changed much though, have I? Hehe~
I want to grow my hair long again... I don't regret cutting it so short a few months back, but I would dearly like for it to be long again... and it's the perfect time anyway, it's going to be Autumn soon and then Winter... I don't have to trouble myself putting it up all the time either.
Anyway. I really have run out of things to talk about.
Oh... and here... as a result of someone who has too much free time...
... of course one ends up taking endless pictures of one's self (of course if one is as vain as I o.O) Of course it does help, I think, to satisfy sOme people's curiosity of what I'm like now. Haven't changed much though, have I? Hehe~
I want to grow my hair long again... I don't regret cutting it so short a few months back, but I would dearly like for it to be long again... and it's the perfect time anyway, it's going to be Autumn soon and then Winter... I don't have to trouble myself putting it up all the time either.
Anyway. I really have run out of things to talk about.
2006-08-16
It's just a little past two weeks
Since Summer hols began and I'm already bored out of my mind. Last weekend was one of Japan's biggest err... basically it was Obon which is when the dead anscestors come back for a little while and the Japanese take off holiday from work and um... pray? I'm not entirely clear but yeah- 14-16th was it I think (for this year at least).
I keep telling myself to go and fnish my french homework but it's driving me out of my mind since the teachers had given a really big pile of it. Lucky though, that it's the only homework I have this hol, last year's homework in comparison... nah. Ya just can't compare anything with last year's pile of homework for the Summer hols. That was THE ton of tonnes of homework.
It's a relatively nice day today and I'd been wondering if I should go out and do some sightseeing... I haven't done any sightseeing here in ages. Of course, the sightseeing spot would naturally be Kyoto. Then again it might do me well to go to Kyoto in Autumn instead since there are so many pretty pretty greens there that's sure to change into really nice colours.
Another would be to go exploring here in Kobe... but... I think, besides Himeji Castle, I've already covered a lot of ground here. Even Osaka seems a little dull... but I haven't taken any pictures recently and this blog has been perishing. Come to think of it I haven't really taken pictures of the city life here have I? Well that's an idea. I'll let it simmer for a couple of weeks until my next allowance comes (hehe) and the temperature to cool down a little bit more and off I go.
At the rate I'm going, I'll have nothing else to talk about in a couple of weeks anyway (-_-); Summer vacation: another month and a half to go~
I keep telling myself to go and fnish my french homework but it's driving me out of my mind since the teachers had given a really big pile of it. Lucky though, that it's the only homework I have this hol, last year's homework in comparison... nah. Ya just can't compare anything with last year's pile of homework for the Summer hols. That was THE ton of tonnes of homework.
It's a relatively nice day today and I'd been wondering if I should go out and do some sightseeing... I haven't done any sightseeing here in ages. Of course, the sightseeing spot would naturally be Kyoto. Then again it might do me well to go to Kyoto in Autumn instead since there are so many pretty pretty greens there that's sure to change into really nice colours.
Another would be to go exploring here in Kobe... but... I think, besides Himeji Castle, I've already covered a lot of ground here. Even Osaka seems a little dull... but I haven't taken any pictures recently and this blog has been perishing. Come to think of it I haven't really taken pictures of the city life here have I? Well that's an idea. I'll let it simmer for a couple of weeks until my next allowance comes (hehe) and the temperature to cool down a little bit more and off I go.
At the rate I'm going, I'll have nothing else to talk about in a couple of weeks anyway (-_-); Summer vacation: another month and a half to go~
2006-08-13
Never thought I'd be wishing so badly for a...
Thunderstorm. I want one. I heard a little thunder over this afternoon and it just sort of clicked in just how much I wish want need there to be a thunderstorm. It rained, a little. Pitter patter-like rain, but it was so unsatisfying. I want it to rain like it does in Brunei....
With the thunder rumbling almost as if it was pulling up tree roots just above your head. I want the rain to fall like it's going to flood the area in mere seconds. I want the wind to blow like it could topple your car over like a sheet of cardboard. I want real rain.
But~ ya just can't get everything you want in life can ya. So for now, I'll be happy listening to the soft pitter patter of the rain - slash that, drizzle outside and when I get back to Brunei... well I hope to see a real thunderstorm again ^_^
With the thunder rumbling almost as if it was pulling up tree roots just above your head. I want the rain to fall like it's going to flood the area in mere seconds. I want the wind to blow like it could topple your car over like a sheet of cardboard. I want real rain.
But~ ya just can't get everything you want in life can ya. So for now, I'll be happy listening to the soft pitter patter of the rain - slash that, drizzle outside and when I get back to Brunei... well I hope to see a real thunderstorm again ^_^
2006-08-12
Serendipity
Hahaha~ look up the word on wikipedia. Apparently a lot of people have made that word one of their favorites. The movie 'Serendipity' is really nice too...
Hey! Make sure to watch Pride and Prejudice, the Colin Firth version ^_^ It's rocks solid.
Wonder what everyone's up to this hols~ A lot of people have gone back to their countries... Some of my buddies in Tokyo (the science stream) apparently have exams in September even (right in the middle of summer hols). Poor guys. Oh well.
Kobe looks like it's about to be in for rain. I'm kind of hoping it might turn out to be a thunderstorm. I miss heavy rain.
Hey! Make sure to watch Pride and Prejudice, the Colin Firth version ^_^ It's rocks solid.
Wonder what everyone's up to this hols~ A lot of people have gone back to their countries... Some of my buddies in Tokyo (the science stream) apparently have exams in September even (right in the middle of summer hols). Poor guys. Oh well.
Kobe looks like it's about to be in for rain. I'm kind of hoping it might turn out to be a thunderstorm. I miss heavy rain.
2006-08-08
2006-08-01
There's a breeze...
coming in through my window. The light is gentle as it's a cloudy day, but the air is still wet and humid with all this summer heat. But guess what! It's the most beautiful day I've had in months~~ It's SUMMER HOLS!! I'm so happyhappyhappyhappyhappyhappy~ 2 entire months of bliss~ I've got some plans done but mostly I'm just going to take my time, relax, do homework a little here and there... and then relax some more, maybe do some reading up at the Uni. library or take some of the books back to the apartment so I can enjoy my futon better~~ hehehe and since I'm stocked up to the hilt with manga, anime and movies- I'm going to turn into a couch potato *squeals* (what kind of person looks forward to turning to a lazy bum anyway -_-;)
And everyone should start watching Ouran High School Host Club/桜蘭高校ホスト部!! (anime) It's so cute and all the characters are insanely funny. 17 episodes as of yesterday (I think, well basically it's really new) and the original, manga, has reached up to 7 volumes already I think. But it's all so so so cute and fresh and funny and romantic and touching and just so insane! Pack a (an overly) passionate president, a cool manipulative vice-president, a pair of demonic twins, a kid, a hunk of a guy and an almost disinterested heroine together, well, I don't need to say but it does sound like it has potential, no? I'm signing off now... headed to school for lunch up with a friend maybe and at the same time sign for the scholarship~ later guys.
And everyone should start watching Ouran High School Host Club/桜蘭高校ホスト部!! (anime) It's so cute and all the characters are insanely funny. 17 episodes as of yesterday (I think, well basically it's really new) and the original, manga, has reached up to 7 volumes already I think. But it's all so so so cute and fresh and funny and romantic and touching and just so insane! Pack a (an overly) passionate president, a cool manipulative vice-president, a pair of demonic twins, a kid, a hunk of a guy and an almost disinterested heroine together, well, I don't need to say but it does sound like it has potential, no? I'm signing off now... headed to school for lunch up with a friend maybe and at the same time sign for the scholarship~ later guys.
2006-07-31
初のアルバイト！
バイト見つけた！って何だと思うのかね？あたし夜だけ働くのよ～週４回で大阪梅田の近くに働くんや～実ね、バーでバーテンダとして働くのよ～面白くない？（＾ｖ＾）あたし嬉しい～初めてのバイトやし、とてもいいとこ見つけたんやし・・・やったな～お楽しみにしてるよ～明日から始まってんの（＾＿＾）（って子供みたいにわくわくするとあまりかっこよくなかな～）
2006-07-30
Book shopping ^_^
I really like book-shopping. I mean, it's not the buying of the books but the browsing. I like to go over Kinokuniya to look at their collection and then order them online instead of buying them on the spot. Reason#1 it's cheaper. Reason#2 the annoying price-sticker that covers almost a third of the synopsis is inexistent if you order it from online. I love amazon.co.jp ^v^ Just got my latest shipment today~~ heee
Anyway, I've my last exam on Monday and then I'm free free freeeeeeee- Summer Hols! Two whole months woo yeah baby~ *dances*
Anyway, I've my last exam on Monday and then I'm free free freeeeeeee- Summer Hols! Two whole months woo yeah baby~ *dances*
2006-07-25
Estoy cansada =_=
I just had my Spanish exam today and my brain is just so... dead. I'm so glad that my only other, and last, exam is on Monday next week. I have time to breath ^_^
I'm sorry that I'm really tired to say anything else but I'm going to just post up this list of songs I think all of you (yes, you, my dear ^_^) should listen to. Excuse me that more than half are Japanese...
(jap) theme from xxxHolic: Sugashikao - Jyukusai
(jap) KaT-Tun - SIGNAL
(jap) FLOW - Remember
(jap) Gackt - Redemption
(jap) Kinki Kids - Natsu Moyou
(eng) 3 Doors Down - Going Down in Flames
(eng) 3 Doors Down - Ticket to Heaven
(bulgarian) Anelia - Pogledni me v ochite
Go check them out when you have the chance!
I'm sorry that I'm really tired to say anything else but I'm going to just post up this list of songs I think all of you (yes, you, my dear ^_^) should listen to. Excuse me that more than half are Japanese...
(jap) theme from xxxHolic: Sugashikao - Jyukusai
(jap) KaT-Tun - SIGNAL
(jap) FLOW - Remember
(jap) Gackt - Redemption
(jap) Kinki Kids - Natsu Moyou
(eng) 3 Doors Down - Going Down in Flames
(eng) 3 Doors Down - Ticket to Heaven
(bulgarian) Anelia - Pogledni me v ochite
Go check them out when you have the chance!
2006-07-20
It was kind of fun today
We had Mio and Liliana in doing a study session at our apartment today. I woke up late, like, 9.30am-late because I was up till four am watching Initial D (I can understand now why people like it so much). I was just heading to the shower when Mio emailed to say she was at the station- had no choice but to ask Aurelie to go and pick her up. Liliana apparently got lost so Aurelie had to go down after a while and pick her up too.
10 am and I immediately start cooking for lunch (T_T) why does cooking take so long...? All I had in the end was ayam masak kicap (chicken in soysauce), boiled veggies and this weird mixture of baked beans, sausages and umm... a japanese thingy which I don't know the name to but it was fish-flavored. It was all set at exactly quarter to 12. Oh man. Kudos to all housewives out there. How do you do it? And I was only cooking for 4 people! *sweats* But it was fun anyway. It was my first time cooking ayam masak kicap. And my first tasting was like, EUUUURRRGHHHHH (^_^); because I put in too much vinegar. The second tasting was like... EEEEEHHKHKHKHKKkkk because I put in too much kicap manis. Then I just gave up tasting, put all the chicken in and let it sit on the stove for a while- and voila! It tasted just fine in the end. That dish is just really weird. But why does it taste so niiiiiice.
We had the exam at just a little past 3pm so we left the appartment at about a quarter to. Amazingly enough we did get some studying done. Actually, it was probably a lot of studying done haha. But then again it was Information Science, the subject content is very similar to Form1-3 Computer Studies plus some common knowledge about computers today and that's it. It wasn't hard really. I even managed to write uptil the reverse side of the answer sheet (which is A5 size) all in Japanese. I'm so proud of meeeee \(^v^)/
After the test I went straight to sleep- I woke up at 9pm... and now... well. I'm wondering what to do now since my French exam tomorrow doesn't start until 1pm hahaha. I'm toying with the idea of waking up really late again but because of my silly body clock I'll probably barely make it past 9am. What to doooooooo~~
10 am and I immediately start cooking for lunch (T_T) why does cooking take so long...? All I had in the end was ayam masak kicap (chicken in soysauce), boiled veggies and this weird mixture of baked beans, sausages and umm... a japanese thingy which I don't know the name to but it was fish-flavored. It was all set at exactly quarter to 12. Oh man. Kudos to all housewives out there. How do you do it? And I was only cooking for 4 people! *sweats* But it was fun anyway. It was my first time cooking ayam masak kicap. And my first tasting was like, EUUUURRRGHHHHH (^_^); because I put in too much vinegar. The second tasting was like... EEEEEHHKHKHKHKKkkk because I put in too much kicap manis. Then I just gave up tasting, put all the chicken in and let it sit on the stove for a while- and voila! It tasted just fine in the end. That dish is just really weird. But why does it taste so niiiiiice.
We had the exam at just a little past 3pm so we left the appartment at about a quarter to. Amazingly enough we did get some studying done. Actually, it was probably a lot of studying done haha. But then again it was Information Science, the subject content is very similar to Form1-3 Computer Studies plus some common knowledge about computers today and that's it. It wasn't hard really. I even managed to write uptil the reverse side of the answer sheet (which is A5 size) all in Japanese. I'm so proud of meeeee \(^v^)/
After the test I went straight to sleep- I woke up at 9pm... and now... well. I'm wondering what to do now since my French exam tomorrow doesn't start until 1pm hahaha. I'm toying with the idea of waking up really late again but because of my silly body clock I'll probably barely make it past 9am. What to doooooooo~~
2006-07-12
!! o(^v^)o
I've just realised- I haven't posted any pictures in a while! Oh my -----(=.=;) Ahh well.
I just had my Info-Com (Information Communication - why is the name of the subject so long??...) exam and I finished riGht on the dot! It's the first time I've completed an exam here lacking the feeling of hopelessness and managing a sane state of mind all towards the end (of course, this could have also been because I got tired out since I had PE the period just before... I've lost 9 games out of 10... T_T man I'm really bad at table tennis... but why is it so addictive??)
I'm so hapey~happy~happie~~ Info-Com is great- the teachers are nice, I actually understand what it's all about, the exam wasn't easy (of course, it was in Japanese, they allowed the foreign students to bring a dictionary, but even then it was driving me nuts) but it's was oh-so-answerable! I'll probably be giving the teachers a headache with my weird Japanese but I answered! I tried my best! o(;_;)o I finished on time! Now the only thing that could make me any happier than this is if I pass that paper (ehkk) \(-.-)/\(-.-)/ End.
I just had my Info-Com (Information Communication - why is the name of the subject so long??...) exam and I finished riGht on the dot! It's the first time I've completed an exam here lacking the feeling of hopelessness and managing a sane state of mind all towards the end (of course, this could have also been because I got tired out since I had PE the period just before... I've lost 9 games out of 10... T_T man I'm really bad at table tennis... but why is it so addictive??)
I'm so hapey~happy~happie~~ Info-Com is great- the teachers are nice, I actually understand what it's all about, the exam wasn't easy (of course, it was in Japanese, they allowed the foreign students to bring a dictionary, but even then it was driving me nuts) but it's was oh-so-answerable! I'll probably be giving the teachers a headache with my weird Japanese but I answered! I tried my best! o(;_;)o I finished on time! Now the only thing that could make me any happier than this is if I pass that paper (ehkk) \(-.-)/\(-.-)/ End.
2006-07-07
So where are you now?
How does one answer this question?
I'm in Japan.
I'm at my apartment- I decided to come back early since my classes have ended for the day.
I'm in a pinch, and I don't know what to do.
I'm at halfway done with my presentation.
I'm in front of the computer.
I've just used up 19 years of my life.
I'm at a crossroads- and I'm torn between focusing between cross-cultures, modern cultures, information communication and regional cultural studies.
I'm torn between taking Korean or Arabic next semester.
I'm torn between continuing or dropping Spanish next semester.
I'm torn between taking or not taking extra English classes.
I'm torn because I want to take up Kyudo next term but I don't have the financial or mental capabilities to endure the stress that would most certainly occur.
I'm torn because I want to paint my nails purple but I'm too lazy to do it.
I'm torn because I just cut my hair uber short and it's backfired on me because I can't control it's curliness anymore. (Is curliness a word?)
I'm torn torn torn.
So where am I now?
Leaving. hehe- Later!
I'm in Japan.
I'm at my apartment- I decided to come back early since my classes have ended for the day.
I'm in a pinch, and I don't know what to do.
I'm at halfway done with my presentation.
I'm in front of the computer.
I've just used up 19 years of my life.
I'm at a crossroads- and I'm torn between focusing between cross-cultures, modern cultures, information communication and regional cultural studies.
I'm torn between taking Korean or Arabic next semester.
I'm torn between continuing or dropping Spanish next semester.
I'm torn between taking or not taking extra English classes.
I'm torn because I want to take up Kyudo next term but I don't have the financial or mental capabilities to endure the stress that would most certainly occur.
I'm torn because I want to paint my nails purple but I'm too lazy to do it.
I'm torn because I just cut my hair uber short and it's backfired on me because I can't control it's curliness anymore. (Is curliness a word?)
I'm torn torn torn.
So where am I now?
Leaving. hehe- Later!
2006-07-06
I have a confession to make...
I skipped class to watch a movie. Hahahha- it sounds really bad if I put it down that way. -_-; What really happened was that there was a one-time screening in the University, of a documentary called Lifers and to attend it I had to skip one class. I knew I couldn't rent out or buy this particular piece so the only chance I'd ever get to see this film was if I attended the session. Forgive me (looks up). Oh well, I got a really eye-opening experience AND I got to talk to the director of the documentary, since she was tHerE. Coolies ^v^
And I hadn't ReAliSeD! One of my teachers can speak Bahasa Indonesia!!! I was like "Whaaaaaat----" then I did a complete 360 and we were jabbering in English and Malay. Then we switched to Japanese and again, I was like "Whaaaaaaaaaa-----" (notice I didn't even get to the 't'. Oh man that teacher is a genius! He studied for a degree in France I think [which implies he knows French], and then took his masters in Amsterdam [which implies he knows... uhm, Dutch?], studied anthropology with Indonesia for 3 years (I think). ERK. When I grow up... I wanna be just like him! He's sooo cool! I'm way converted.
And I hadn't ReAliSeD! One of my teachers can speak Bahasa Indonesia!!! I was like "Whaaaaaat----" then I did a complete 360 and we were jabbering in English and Malay. Then we switched to Japanese and again, I was like "Whaaaaaaaaaa-----" (notice I didn't even get to the 't'. Oh man that teacher is a genius! He studied for a degree in France I think [which implies he knows French], and then took his masters in Amsterdam [which implies he knows... uhm, Dutch?], studied anthropology with Indonesia for 3 years (I think). ERK. When I grow up... I wanna be just like him! He's sooo cool! I'm way converted.
2006-07-02
July already??
*cries* I can't believe it. One second I'd just entered Kobe U. and next week I'm going sit in the first end-of-term exams?? What's happening? What have I been doing? I don't remember at all!! Oh maaaan~~ *bawls* Time's playing tricks on me.
Just what have I gotten myself into?
I'm in a race against time that doesn't even exist.
I'm in a serious PiNcH! (T_T) *runs around hysterically* EEP.
Oh, and I have a kanji name now! My dear friends Kaba-chan and Mio-chan gave me it-- 夏紫.NAJI. ... Aren't they the best? They're the characters for 'summer' and 'purple', so it's like summer's purple or something like that- it doesn't mean much to me but it sounded soooo cool!
Just what have I gotten myself into?
I'm in a race against time that doesn't even exist.
I'm in a serious PiNcH! (T_T) *runs around hysterically* EEP.
Oh, and I have a kanji name now! My dear friends Kaba-chan and Mio-chan gave me it-- 夏紫.NAJI. ... Aren't they the best? They're the characters for 'summer' and 'purple', so it's like summer's purple or something like that- it doesn't mean much to me but it sounded soooo cool!
2006-06-23
Frogs
It's been one long week and it hasn't ended yet... =.= And to make that better (worse?) it's been raining so much. The weather report says that it's going to rain again on Sundaaaaaaay. Grr.
You know, everyweek for PE (yes, we have compulsory PE here - and I took up table tennis which is the bEsT btw) we have to do these stretches which *shock* include leap-frogging. OMG the first time I tried it I fell on my left side and pulled a muscle near my ankle, not to mention my partner had fallen as well.... The next week I made 2 jumps before falling on my 2nd one... oh the misery. What's with this whole leap-frogging business anyway. Why do people do such a thing? You're jumping over your friend for goodness's sake.
Of course my opinion changed the next week when I made 7 out of the 10 the instructor had told us to do. Again, I fell on my last one (no muscles injured this time, I think I'm going to turn out to be pro at falling one day). And so the routine began when I could only do 2-3 in one week, 7-8 the next.... It drove me crazy until... I made 10 this week!! Woohoo! (banzai! hahahhahaha) I'm going to make 10 again next week. I will... well, even if I don't, ... well I don't really want to think about that.
Of course none of this changes the fact that leap-frogging is a very very weird thing to do. End.
You know, everyweek for PE (yes, we have compulsory PE here - and I took up table tennis which is the bEsT btw) we have to do these stretches which *shock* include leap-frogging. OMG the first time I tried it I fell on my left side and pulled a muscle near my ankle, not to mention my partner had fallen as well.... The next week I made 2 jumps before falling on my 2nd one... oh the misery. What's with this whole leap-frogging business anyway. Why do people do such a thing? You're jumping over your friend for goodness's sake.
Of course my opinion changed the next week when I made 7 out of the 10 the instructor had told us to do. Again, I fell on my last one (no muscles injured this time, I think I'm going to turn out to be pro at falling one day). And so the routine began when I could only do 2-3 in one week, 7-8 the next.... It drove me crazy until... I made 10 this week!! Woohoo! (banzai! hahahhahaha) I'm going to make 10 again next week. I will... well, even if I don't, ... well I don't really want to think about that.
Of course none of this changes the fact that leap-frogging is a very very weird thing to do. End.
2006-06-16
Random thought
It's Summer! Temperatures are ranging between 24 and 30... I feel like home *hearts* And I feel like getting a new haircut. How many times have I told myself that and up till now I still haven't gotten one -_-: The last time I had one was probably late February - early March... so it's grown a good couple of inches already... Oh man it was so short in March... the shortest I have ever had it cut, and it was so bouncy and light and all things sugary Hahahahah
Okay, that's it. I'm officially dying of boredom and am going insane. Life has been so routine nowadays... it's like, wake up, shower, make bento (that means packing food for lunch), go to school, go back, read a book, write reports, sleep, then the entire routine back from start. I swear I think I could do all of this half-asleep. It's mind-boggling, how did I let myself end up like this?! Anyway, I seriously need something new to do. Need to get something interesting back so homework can look appetizing (appetising?) again. No, really.
I want... I want......... Actually all I want right now is to go back to the apartment and sleep. Maybe I'll do just that. Later-
Okay, that's it. I'm officially dying of boredom and am going insane. Life has been so routine nowadays... it's like, wake up, shower, make bento (that means packing food for lunch), go to school, go back, read a book, write reports, sleep, then the entire routine back from start. I swear I think I could do all of this half-asleep. It's mind-boggling, how did I let myself end up like this?! Anyway, I seriously need something new to do. Need to get something interesting back so homework can look appetizing (appetising?) again. No, really.
I want... I want......... Actually all I want right now is to go back to the apartment and sleep. Maybe I'll do just that. Later-
2006-06-12
The day has come
And I have found a class that is just plain difficult to understand... but the teacher is so cool T_T I've just come out of it, and he's definitely the no-nonsense type, but then again when I handed in my assignment, he was pretty nice about it.
In anycase, Anni was in Kobe last weekend! It was so nice to see her again (just like old times, I'd like to say but I think it makes me feel waaay too old)
Anyway, her coming gave us (me and Aurelie) a chance to go out sight-seeing again! (We haven't done that in so long...) So look what I found in the local temple!
And we also went out down town Kobe, aka, Sannomiya
We also went to look around at the old foreign settlements (look what I found inside one of them! --cool drum!)
Of course our day out with Anni would just be all talk if I don't post this up as proof hahahah
I haven't put up pictures in a long while haven't I?
In anycase, Anni was in Kobe last weekend! It was so nice to see her again (just like old times, I'd like to say but I think it makes me feel waaay too old)
Anyway, her coming gave us (me and Aurelie) a chance to go out sight-seeing again! (We haven't done that in so long...) So look what I found in the local temple!
And we also went out down town Kobe, aka, Sannomiya
We also went to look around at the old foreign settlements (look what I found inside one of them! --cool drum!)
Of course our day out with Anni would just be all talk if I don't post this up as proof hahahah
I haven't put up pictures in a long while haven't I?
2006-05-30
I'm nineteeeeen~
So it's been almost a week since my birthday-- the weather was so humid last week, it literally damped my mood as well, not to mention I've been having this bout of extreme laziness (heheheh- I bet those who know me well are rolling their eyes right now) And now the weather has turned perfect again, I feel like studying like mad (insane, yeah?)
In anycase, it's a welcome change of mood- if I don't get started on my reports now I'll never be able to finish them- and I'll never be able to have enough time to study for the exam... ^_^; Tough luck for me? Hahah- I like what I'm studying right now... so at least I'll have fun being axed right? XP
In anycase, it's a welcome change of mood- if I don't get started on my reports now I'll never be able to finish them- and I'll never be able to have enough time to study for the exam... ^_^; Tough luck for me? Hahah- I like what I'm studying right now... so at least I'll have fun being axed right? XP
2006-05-22
Here's a puzzle for You!
Look what my Cultural Anthropology teacher today showed us in class!
Tetei hem i hot tu mas.
Mi wandem go long solwara blong swim.
And on a different note:
Mi kaikai em ta sol.
Now... how many of you out there can understand what I'd just put up, I wonder? Here's a hint: It's Pidgin ^_^ I believe the teacher said tha this kind of language is spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Try saying it out loud and think that it's English... ?? Although frankly I wouldn't know how to do that myself, but anyway...
The first two lines mean:
Today it is hot too much.
Me want go long saltwater(sea) swim. *I have no clue what 'blong' would refer to.
And the third line is:
Me eat it only. *kaikai is not from English. *ta sol, means, that's all --> only.
Pidgin!
Tetei hem i hot tu mas.
Mi wandem go long solwara blong swim.
And on a different note:
Mi kaikai em ta sol.
Now... how many of you out there can understand what I'd just put up, I wonder? Here's a hint: It's Pidgin ^_^ I believe the teacher said tha this kind of language is spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Try saying it out loud and think that it's English... ?? Although frankly I wouldn't know how to do that myself, but anyway...
The first two lines mean:
Today it is hot too much.
Me want go long saltwater(sea) swim. *I have no clue what 'blong' would refer to.
And the third line is:
Me eat it only. *kaikai is not from English. *ta sol, means, that's all --> only.
Pidgin!
2006-05-19
My report for History of Science
I must have mentioned before that I am now taking a class called History of Science. In order to get the credits for this class one must submit a report. The teacher gave us a choice between two topics. I was about to choose the one called "Europe and Science"- well actually, I did choose it, I even put down some notes on it too...
Then I went up to ask the teacher if the way to write a report was the same way one writes a dissertation. Not only did he say yes, he said that he was going to let me write on another topic! It's called "Islam and Science"... it does sound more interesting, no? It struck a funny chord in me because I was well prepared to write on the previous topic but he gave me another one instead - not that I'm complaining (^_^) Apparently he'll let anyone write the report in English or French too...
Way cool!
Then I went up to ask the teacher if the way to write a report was the same way one writes a dissertation. Not only did he say yes, he said that he was going to let me write on another topic! It's called "Islam and Science"... it does sound more interesting, no? It struck a funny chord in me because I was well prepared to write on the previous topic but he gave me another one instead - not that I'm complaining (^_^) Apparently he'll let anyone write the report in English or French too...
Way cool!
2006-05-17
2006-05-11
Look what I found...
One of the last pictures I took at Osaka UFS:
You can't see much but I really like it ^_^
You can't see much but I really like it ^_^
2006-05-10
Post- Golden Week
Last Weekend was the best ^_^ I spent most of my time in Osaka, starting by eating out with the Osaka UFS newbies, and also Yuki with Hee Jeung who'd come down from Tokyo. I didn't realise how much I missed Kura Sushi until I stepped in there again with a large group of people.
I spent most of my time with Adeline, Yun Jung and Ruo Lin though. Adeline is from Brunei, she studied Literature in MD too and I'd like to think that we click pretty well. Yun Jung is from Korea- very sweet girly-girl who probably likes dressing up as much as Adeline. They make the perfect puri-kura pair, I think. Ruo Lin, at first, looks very serious, but she's really cool to be with and knows how to have fun. Oh, she's from Malaysia ^_^
I don't particularly want to go into so much detail but Golden Week was so fun... I feel ready to sit down and start seriously studying no...
Probably about time, too. My language classes are starting to move more quickly and homework is starting to weigh something.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. It didn't really hit until last night, but people! I am in a 4-year Undergraduate course and I'm o nly in my 2nd month i.e 1st year freshmen i.e I'm due to graduate in 2010... o_O I'm going to be 22 (turning 23) when I graduate! I'm still going to be license-less... while the rest of the friends whom I'd grown up with will probably already be working full-time... oh my goodness!
I spent most of my time with Adeline, Yun Jung and Ruo Lin though. Adeline is from Brunei, she studied Literature in MD too and I'd like to think that we click pretty well. Yun Jung is from Korea- very sweet girly-girl who probably likes dressing up as much as Adeline. They make the perfect puri-kura pair, I think. Ruo Lin, at first, looks very serious, but she's really cool to be with and knows how to have fun. Oh, she's from Malaysia ^_^
I don't particularly want to go into so much detail but Golden Week was so fun... I feel ready to sit down and start seriously studying no...
Probably about time, too. My language classes are starting to move more quickly and homework is starting to weigh something.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. It didn't really hit until last night, but people! I am in a 4-year Undergraduate course and I'm o nly in my 2nd month i.e 1st year freshmen i.e I'm due to graduate in 2010... o_O I'm going to be 22 (turning 23) when I graduate! I'm still going to be license-less... while the rest of the friends whom I'd grown up with will probably already be working full-time... oh my goodness!
2006-05-02
Golden Week agaaain
Happy Happy Happy! There's a five-day holiday starting tomorrow! I feel like jumping on the train to Osaka again right away!
So what has happened since my last post? I got through half-way the assignment and I just leeched off the rest of the information from my classmate in class! They're such sweethearts! I don't know what I'd do without them. ^_^ That was one huge load off my shoulders, the teacher even slows down her talking speed when she comes and talks to me (助かったよ！) So that was a happy ending ^_^
But of course, not all my classes are this nice -_-; I have a lecture about State & Law and I have no clue what the teacher is saying almost all of the time. Grr... Ah, I just have to live with it under Summer Hols anyway... then I am SO not taking that class again -_-;;
THEN last weekend I gave myself a treat by jumping on that train back to Osaka! I spent the weekend with Adeline (Brunei), Yun Jung (Korea) and Rou Lin (Malaysia), they're doing the course I was doing last year now. Oh, we had so much fun, I was basically so exhausted I could barely move when I came back to Kobe. We went to Namba, walked all the way back to Shinsaibashi, stopping at an all-you-can-eat for 90 minutes, pasta & cakes... (yes, I know, not the healthiest thing BUT!) There was a party that night, Yuri, a Research student from Ukraine, had his birthday party... Yeah, then we went to Umeda the next day and just took it easy, visiting Kinokuniya and Yodobashi camera...
And I guess today or tomorrow I'm going back there (to Osaka) again! Ah, I love Golden Week.
So what has happened since my last post? I got through half-way the assignment and I just leeched off the rest of the information from my classmate in class! They're such sweethearts! I don't know what I'd do without them. ^_^ That was one huge load off my shoulders, the teacher even slows down her talking speed when she comes and talks to me (助かったよ！) So that was a happy ending ^_^
But of course, not all my classes are this nice -_-; I have a lecture about State & Law and I have no clue what the teacher is saying almost all of the time. Grr... Ah, I just have to live with it under Summer Hols anyway... then I am SO not taking that class again -_-;;
THEN last weekend I gave myself a treat by jumping on that train back to Osaka! I spent the weekend with Adeline (Brunei), Yun Jung (Korea) and Rou Lin (Malaysia), they're doing the course I was doing last year now. Oh, we had so much fun, I was basically so exhausted I could barely move when I came back to Kobe. We went to Namba, walked all the way back to Shinsaibashi, stopping at an all-you-can-eat for 90 minutes, pasta & cakes... (yes, I know, not the healthiest thing BUT!) There was a party that night, Yuri, a Research student from Ukraine, had his birthday party... Yeah, then we went to Umeda the next day and just took it easy, visiting Kinokuniya and Yodobashi camera...
And I guess today or tomorrow I'm going back there (to Osaka) again! Ah, I love Golden Week.
2006-04-25
Reading troubles
So I was assigned a class for Seminar, and I like the teacher. I like all the students there too, they're all very nice. But oh.my.goodness- the homework I received! I was surprised enough that I Had homework, given during the first lesson too- I was almost reminded of Mr Singh's class in MD -_-;;
In anycase, that first week's homework was relatively easy, it was just a piece we had to research on... but oh boy did I feel so low when I sat in the second week's class and realised every one else had researched to the tiniest details... ^_^; I smelled trouble.
At the end of the second (last week's) class, we were given homework again. It was to summarise this A3 size, 8 page essay on an aspect of the Japanese language... of course it was written in Japanese (O.O;) Oh boy...
So I used my entire weekend to try and read it... and out of 8 pages, how much did I get done? 2 and a half pages... I am in deeeeep trouble. Haha... what am I going to dooooooooooo....? ^_^;
In anycase, that first week's homework was relatively easy, it was just a piece we had to research on... but oh boy did I feel so low when I sat in the second week's class and realised every one else had researched to the tiniest details... ^_^; I smelled trouble.
At the end of the second (last week's) class, we were given homework again. It was to summarise this A3 size, 8 page essay on an aspect of the Japanese language... of course it was written in Japanese (O.O;) Oh boy...
So I used my entire weekend to try and read it... and out of 8 pages, how much did I get done? 2 and a half pages... I am in deeeeep trouble. Haha... what am I going to dooooooooooo....? ^_^;
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