生き方というコト

Start your day with a good laugh!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:14:48 GMT

This made my day! Watch it watch it! XDDD

And regarding the result of my interview, it went okay but I didn't perform as good as I should. Being interviewed along with two Japanese candidates just added up the pressure and uneasiness on me, but oh well, at least I did turn up in the interview. And because it's a company, I got to experience serious Japanese interview (though less rigid but 3 interviewers btw ). The result will be out next Wednesday and if I don't receive the call, that means I failed. I'll wait to see then. (with small anticipation)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:38:51 GMT

I don't particularly dislike rainy days. Yeah, I don't but not when I'm going to school and the rain kept pouring on me. =_= My stupid sport shoes are not water proof (of course!) and the water kept coming in the soles and in the end, my socks wet as well. =_____________________= Not to mention my fleece was wet at its lower fur and my jeans were half rained. Grr, such a pain when the wind kept blowing to your direction.

But one good news is that when I was about reaching the building where I was supposed to have a class, a girl from my class passed me by and luckily I called out to her that I got to know the classes were cancelled today. Lucky me! So quickly I came back to my dorm and threw all the socks, jeans in a bucket for laundry. Before coming back, I actually went to ICC (International Community Centre) for applying a ticket for 文楽(Bunraku), The centre is open from 11am when I usually would be in class so I thought I wouldn't be able to get the ticket anymore. (It's only 3 or so available everytime for each event and is given out based on first-come-first-serve rule) So although being rained and need to do the laundry again, I should consider today a lucky day? At least for the first half of the day, the ticket covered the damage of rain. XD

I paid JPY1000 for this Bunraku participation. After the theater, we (the participants) would be guided to stroll around the Imperial Palace! I don't know whether people are allowed or not to enter Imperial Palace for no better excuses than visiting, but I'd definitely like to see how the Imperial Palace looks like so being guided is great! I consider the participation fee worth it because a Japanese style lunch will be provided after the show, too. :D

Oh yeah, I applied to a company part-time which basically you do data-keying and easy telephone communication. Applying on Monday's night, I got the call the next morning! I was a bit surprised because I've applied to 5 part-time jobs through emails and this is the first one ever replied to me! Quickly my interview has been arranged and it's today's evening. Gosh, I'm so nervous imagining this is the first time I would be interviewed by a Japanese for job! What if I speak wrongly or my usage of KEIGO (Honourific form) were not correct? Argh, I can't help feeling uneasy. But I know I have to go through it anyhow if I want to find a job in Japan. So wish my luck!!

That's all for now. To say the rain triggered me to update is an understatement. I wouldn't have written so much if not for it. maa.

I'm so sleepy....

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:12:50 GMT

So Wasedasai has ended. What's Wasedasai you ask? It's Waseda University's School Festival. Remember those we read from manga or watch from anime that students from different clubs in a school organize their own activity/function/booth to open at Gakuensai (School Festival/Campus Festival)? Then a lot of people either students of that school or outsiders would come and have fun. Lots of activities, stage shows, exhibitions, booths for food, gallery, monster house, etc. Yeah, 学園祭 (Gakuensai), the one I've read much in manga and finally got to experience the atmosphere myself.

According to my Japanese ex-Boss who also graduated from Waseda, Wasedasai is the biggest campus festival in Japan. I don't know whether it's true or not, but I can assure you IT'S SUPER CROWDED! XD;; So crowded that I spent most of the time to move from a building to another building. The atmosphere was AWESOME. I bet you can never see such a scenery in Malaysia where students who sell food strained their voice cord to promote their products. Friendly and lively as it was, I felt a bit withdrawn and intimidated at the scary crowd. But overall, I have enjoyed it to its fullness.

One of the greatest events that I joined (lots of event during the campus festival throughout the day) is a One Piece event! The staff from the Broadcast-studying Club invited the singer who sang One Piece's first opening song "We are!" and we got to listen to the singer singing it on live. The number of people gathering in front of the stage was great, if not innumerable. I had the most enjoyable moment when One Piece scenes (Anime) were shown on the big screen on the stage and different rankings were announced after the staff's research into One Piece's fans, such as "Who from One Piece you like the most?", "Which devil fruit would you like to eat?", "Which scene moved you the most?", etc. Btw, in "Who from One Piece you like the most?"'s ranking, Zoro was ranked number 1. XDDD <33

Recently I'm finding myself update things from the most recent to the past so it is a bit confusing for those who read? maa because I've a memory like a sieve so fresh memory is updated first. XD;; Last Friday was Sports Festival of Waseda University and I went to experience 柔道(Jyudo) and 合気道(Aikido). It was fun for the Jyudo experiencing! I was paired with this girl from Taiwan and she's so skinny and yet she's more more powerful than I'm that when she pushed herself to me, I could hardly move her. It's a super shock to me as I would have never imagined losing to a girl, especially a skinny one. +_+;; Aikido was just okay if compared to Jyudo. I was like learning nothing because all we did was just basic stepping and moving. Aikido club has training everyday from 4.30pm and it welcomes outsiders to join them for practice WITHOUT charge. XD I'm going to join it i think as I've been slacking off on exercising since I came to Japan.

Arashi's Challenging Week has ended. Yeah, it has ended since a week ago but I just recalled that I haven't talked about it at all. XD;; Overall, Arashi didn't appear in TV as much as I had expected, but the last day 3-hours-experience live broadcast was awesome, even though most of their experiments always ended up futile. XD; Sho-sama was as adorable as usual. Recently he seems like becoming more and more confident about himself, which is good. I hope he stays at who he's, always humble and hardworking (which I know he's from the comments of people of the field) and that never fail me for laughing hard. XD As a side note, I need to speed up in the translation-checking of his clip.

That's all for today. I'm off to my Japanese listening class later but thinking of it just makes my mood sink a little. But I can't run away. I'm listening to more news now and hopefully my listening will improve gradually. I sorta can already imagine failing at this listening course. Maa, I'm coming here to learn not for competing. *assuring herself*

P.s: I have uploaded most of the photos on Facebook so feel free to check out!
Note: Only viewable by friends.

Winter is approaching

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:39:50 GMT

I'm freezing like heck. *shivers* It's about 10 Celsius now and according to the weather forecast, tomorrow is going to be 7 Celsius at lowest. I know people from countries like England, Korea, America are used to the coldness but unfortunately being one from a country which only has bright and sunny weather (not when rainy season of course), this weather is killing me slightly. I'm actually okay with chilling weather, at least I do think my body is strong enough to take the cold but still, it hurts a bit when I try to sleep feeling cold and hungry. :S

Anyway, a little update about what life here has been.

I missed today's listening class because of going to Tokyo Immigration Bureau. The queue was so long and even though I knew that I definitely will be late/miss the class, I couldn't just leave like that as I don't want to waste another JPY700 to come again. With this amount, I can buy for 3 days' meals. =_=; But anyway, I finally got the working permit so I can start finding for jobs now. I heard from a friend who's studying same course with me but came since this April that jobs are difficult to find. She has been finding for a job since June and until now, she hasn't got jack shit. :S Good luck to me, seriously.
I went to see the Baseball Match between 早稲田(Waseda University) and 慶応(Keiou University) and of course, I supported Waseda but the results were disappointing. There were two matches which were on last Saturday and Sunday respectively. The first day, Waseda lost to Keiou by 9 marks, which was 11 vs 2. (scarily big gap) The second day, again, Waseda lost to Keiou by 3 marks, which was 7 vs 4. I heard lots that baseball team from Waseda is strong and that they won in last year match or something like that. So I went there with anticipation and excitement which turned out to be disappointment in the end. The first match of baseball i saw, the side I supported lost. :S But I loved the atmosphere. It's definitely so so so different from any matches I've ever seen in Malaysia. People from Cheering Club were putting all their effort to cheer for the baseball team and you can see they really strained their voice cord to do the cheering. I think this might be the first and last time when I shouted so much in my life that I felt embarrassed and fresh at the same time. Though the results were disappointing, nevertheless the team has tried their best. Bravo to them especially for the Sunday's match when they scored 4 marks in a strike for the last slot where they scored nothing at all throughout more than half of the match. I was excited with small anticipation that they could win.
Last Wednesday, I went to see 能(Noh). It was unexpectedly more interesting than I'd expected. I actually liked the shows. :) It was better than 歌舞伎(Kabuki) to me. XD;
I finally got my scholarship and after paying for 3 months' rental, I left with barely enough money to buy winter clothes. I doubt actually if I need a winter coat. Let's see if I can endure the coldness tomorrow.
Listening classes are so hard for me. I shouldn't have chosen for Level 8 classes. I'm okay with other classes which to do with comprehension, writing, grammar, etc. but never for listening. My listening is as bad as a fresh learner which is seriously a great blow to my pride, as I've been studying for more than 6 years now. I try to comfort and encourage myself, though. I need to assure myself that I'm not coming here to fight with others or to compete results, I'm here to learn and I need high determination and resolution and preparedness to accept the blow. I need especially firm and strong resignation that I'm so weak in listening that my ability is no better than one who's just learned Japanese so that I'm not disappointed to a point of feeling disheartened when I see my results. I'm indeed the weakest in the class for listening, yeah, just fucking accept it, idiot me.
There is this NHK Symphony Orchestra coming up and 3 free tickets are available now. I hope I can get it, will be going earlier to see if I had the luck.

That's all for now. Any ideas you guys have about learning sounds of Japanese? I have listening problem to a point that I wonder if I have hearing disorder. I can't distinguish sounds. I can hear a word totally differently from the word it supposed to mean. So different that I look aghast at the words occasionally, feeling helpless and dismayed. I'm watching dramas, listening to Japanese songs and news but those don't seem to help much. I think I need to take a Japanese course which is designed for people who've hearing disorders. And discussing with teachers doesn't help at all. They will just look at you and thinking you're not working hard enough. Ah fine, I think I really don't strive hard enough. Teachers are never in my list of consultants. No wonder Japanese students don't trust their teachers. *shrugs*

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:36 GMT

FUCK IT. I'M REALLY SICK OF THESE ALL STUPID, FUCKING TROUBLESOME PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR! Now only i know that I need to go to the Admission & Records Section of my university to drop all courses I took this semester. Although I HAVE ALREADY WITHDRAWN this and next semester but it's not enough!! You still need to go for dropping the courses. Now I'm in Japan and if the authority insists that I need to sign something or what at the office, THAT'D BE SUPER GREATEST HAPPENING that I can prepare to jump down from this building. I'm very frustrated and upset, very very very. Fuck all.

So whenever I'm, it's him who makes me feel strong.

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:25:29 GMT

I feel unbalanced all the time. My emotions easily moved by simple things, be it good or bad happenings. It's nice when good, positive thing move me but a lot of times I tend to be moved and severely shattered by negative feelings. At that time, I would think of Mugen. He's not a real character but perhaps the non-existence of him in reality makes him has even higher status than anything in my world. He's strong and wild, he doesn't need reasons to justify whatever he does. Don't deal with him with your common sense or rational argument, those aren't going to work on him. He's the symbol of Freedom I had been chasing for years but can never get in my hands. I admire him, look up to him. I have been asked a lot of times that what do I believe in if I said I have no religion and how do I get over the tough time if I have no spiritual support. I smiled. I have, and would continue to have, my spiritual support.

Yeah, Mugen.

Yay for a good electronic dictionary!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:38:47 GMT

Just a quick post cause I'm really tired but still thought I should update a little bit.

Met my friend and had a really enjoyable dinner with her. She's very cute and cool in my opinion, not like any girls I have met before. You know those girls who're bright, cheerful and cool as appearing in mangas? She's indeed one of them. :D And she asked me to call her when i want to explore Japan instead of going alone. lol I'm looking forward to the next meet with her. Such a sweet girl she's, though younger than me. XD

So finally I got an electronic dictionary. Not that I have never got one, I got this free dictionary as a prize from the Speech Contest but it wasn't as efficient as the modern's. This new one I have just bought, however, has pronunciations guide which is very helpful to me. And and, it has 100 novels which from different famous novelists and those novels that I plan to buy are contained in the section of "Authors and their works" as well! I think this is the feature that I felt happiest to find out lol. I can read them from the dictionary now. wii

Lastly, photos. XD

It contains lots of dictionary as well as pad that you can write kanji on to search for it. I've yet to really use it to search for words, but I think it should be pretty user-friendly.

Yeah, Black. You might think I like black but actually my favourite colour is grey. I could have chosen white or pink as there were, but black being the colour that stains or scars hardly seen on it so. XD

The case, Blue. Weird combination right? Lol I like blue. :D

That's all for tonight. Goodnight everyone. :)

Funny thing is funny.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:23:58 GMT

Saw this while I was trying to google for which language being the most difficult in the world.

In his autobiography, Nobel physicist Robert Feynman tells of his difficulties in learning Japanese, while in Japan. After visiting some of his new neighbors, he was so proud of himself; he had remembered that it's good manners in Japan to ask to see your host's garden, and had asked in Japanese! But his teacher wasn't so proud. His teacher tore into him for rudeness! "You don't just ask to see the garden! You ask if this humble unworthy person could have the honor of gazing worshipfully at the fabulous garden."

So Dr. Feynman got to be very good at asking people to "gaze worshipfully" at their gardens, in polite Japanese. All was well until the physicist invited his Japanese neighbors to visit his house. "May I show you my garden?" he asked, in his new language. But after the party, his teacher was again furious. "You don't just ask people to look at your garden! You ask if they would condescend to take a quick glance at the horrid pile of weeds which is this unworthy person's miserable excuse for a garden."

At this point, Dr. Feynman decided he wasn't going to learn any more Japanese.

I can't help laughing my head off. XDD And why did I suddenly want to google for the most difficult language in the world? Well, there was this Korean girl who had a discussion with me this afternoon and she insisted that Korean being the second most difficult language in the world which is after Arabic. While I'm not an expert or even excellent in the field of linguistics, I DO know that Korean isn't. But I couldn't think of anything and I didn't want to fight with her, either. She's a bit proud of being Korean and yeah, I know Korea is the best country in Asia in academics. Bleh.

I kept dozing off in most of today's classes. =_= And, A LOT OF HOMEWORKSSSSSS. Okay, this is exaggerating but I don't want homework especially writing articles in the genre I don't write usually. :( Still have to do, though. maa. Will be meeting my friend later in Akihabara. Did I tell you my ~~free~~ electronic dictionary is broken because of falling into water? Such a nice timing because my classes all seriously NEED electronic dictionary to SURVIVE. I'm forced to buy one now. :( I hope I can find a cheap one.

That's all for now.

Haha Typhoon Melor

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:28:23 GMT

Now outside is so noisy because of the sound of wind. Typhoon Melor hit Japan yesterday if you'd read news. Tokyo isn't affected as much as the 関西(kansai) area and Honshuu area but still, there is this notice advising people to not go out. First and second classes in my uni have been canceled and I didn't check the website so I went all the way to the classroom (and was late) just to find nobody was there. The wind is really strong and I think women or children who're light enough will be blown away lol Still, I find it a bit exaggerating to cancel all classes, it's just wind, a nature to me. Perhaps I have yet to experience the wrath of wind, how powerful it can be. *gets whacked* I'll be careful of course, even though I'm this super naive and ignorant about how powerful nature can be, I'll pay heed to what the weather forecast advises to.

By the way, yesterday dinner with my teacher and his wife brought such a pleasant time, i enjoyed it very much. As usual, my teachers treated me again (I feel a bit guilty of it but it seems like Japan's custom that older people should treat younger) and the foods were all unresistably delicious! <3 I love 豚ぺい焼き(Tonpei yaki) especially! :D Long time since I last ate meat. It was a year since I last met my teachers and apparently they have been spending their time on traveling here and there around the world. Glad to see they're so healthy. :) And again, my teacher's wife gave me something this time again, hmm, perhaps I should prepare something for them next time when we meet? It's a pair of geta and some small stuff. Now I have 3 pairs of geta i think. Anyone wants one? :D

I hope classes later will be canceled as I have lots of stuff to do also. I'll have to read the articles distributed by different classes and write some articles about my comments or feelings after reading. Not really a tough work to do but still, you need time. I'm pretty sure I'll be improving much in this one year intensive programme. Too many proficient, excellent Japanese learners here, of course I wouldn't want to compete with them but being with them just somehow make me feel ashamed of my language ability that I feel obligated to strive harder lol Well, good motivation and stimulation I'd say.

That's all for now. The portal of University of Waseda is down right now, I can't access to it. How are we going to know if the classes are still on if we can't access to it? Oh well *shrugs*

ETA: CLASSES ARE ALL CANCELED! YAY NO CLASS TODAY~

Challenges always keep us moving on

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:28:33 GMT

I swear I’d like to update more often if only I were allowed to. Okay, not to find excuses, but I hope i can manage my time better and also read faster. I need to be able to do speed reading so I don’t spend too much time on reading. So what’s up these days? I went to 湘南(shounan) which is located in 神奈川県(Prefecture Kanagawa) and it was very pretty, so dang worth going! 湘南 has been one of the dream places i want to go since I was in high school. Why if you ask, heh, -manga seriously influences a lot of us, Japanese learners though I seldom read manga nowadays- that’s because of 湘南純愛組(Shounan Junai Gumi), my all time favourite manga! <3 The main characters were from there and the great stories were unfold in 湘南as well, so yeah, it’s certainly a place to visit and I’m glad I did! :D

I’d update a more detailed account on the trip later this weekend if possible. Now I'll just roughly update what I've been up to.

Classes were okay, had listening test on Monday and it turned out the one supposed to be difficult was quite okay and the one supposed to be easy was difficult, at least from my score. Weird huh? Well, listening is always something hard to predict.

Classes are really high-level and there are so many many many students who’re proficient if not perfect in Japanese who’re in the same class. I feel ashamed of my ability when they said they only used 2 or 3 years to reach this high level. But well, everyone has their speed in learning, i guess I’m just at the slow side? *shrugs* Anyway, I’m sure I’m gonna learn lots in this one year and hopefully when i go back to Malaysia, I make lots of improvement especially on listening. Challenges YAY! I think of Sho-sama and so I think I can move on lol
I got to talk to some of my classmates but still not able to mix around with people, too many people in a group just scares me from approaching. But I think it’s fine, I just need a little more time, plus I don’t feel any awkward being solitary, or rather I feel rather relaxed when being one. XD;;
Living without a roommate never felt so good! LOL well, i can do whatever i like and privacy is so precious to me! If i were to live with someone, someone I know is way better than someone I don’t know. lol
Weather is getting cooler and cooler but not yet to the point that i need to wear a sweater. I would surely use the scarf Jolyne_87 gave me. <3
University of Waseda has so much facilities provided for students and the system works well unlike Malaysian universities. There are many events such as operas, dramas, concerts held in campus and most of them are free of charge! How I wish our university would organise more events like these. I know there are events too in UM but it is like once 3 months? I don’t know. D:
My dictionary is broken now. T___T I accidentally dropped it into a bucket of water and even I’ve tried to sun it under bright sun, it didn’t work. I have to buy a new dictionary i think. *sighs*
3 folders of translation left! I think I should finish them within this month so i can concentrate on studying plus finding part-time job soon.
Foreigners here, especially Asians look exactly like Japanese. I can no longer differentiate a foreigner from a Japanese when they dress up and put on make-up. D:
I don't understand how people here can leave the kitchen without clean up the pans and place they used. I mean, that's common sense shouldn't it? You USED the place and you NEED to clean it up! I seriously have no idea what's in the brain of them. I wrote this big message on the white board in the kitchen, saying "please wash the pans before leaving the kitchen as others may need to use them as well" but apparently this have no effect at all. Grr, they do wash the pans actually but only after they finish their dinner like after an hour? And during that one hour, the pans are piled up in the basin. This really pisses me off. Mind you, I'm not the only one who said this. My friend who's from Germany asked me if i can write a message in Mandarin for her so she can stick it on the white board in the kitchen of her floor because CHINA PEOPLE DON'T CLEAN UP in her floor. Argh, I especially dislike people who're irresponsible to things they're supposed to do. Not that I want to make a slander of people from China but man, are they all from wealthy family that they have maids to clean up for them everytime? I've no ill meaning but hey, be considerate when you're living in dorm please? *sighs*

I think that's all for now. Tomorrow going to meet my japanese teacher and his wife to have dinner with them.

SERIOUSLY?!!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:35:15 GMT

I had my medical check-up today and have my weight and height measured. To my surprise, even though I've been eating and eating since reaching Japan, my weight is lighter than when I was in Malaysia. O_o But then, my height!! It's only 156cm while I've been 160cm all the while in my country!! This is shitty, I'm like getting shorter and shorter over time of medical check-up. Bleh to it. I'm gonna insist that I'm 160cm no matter what.

13階段 (Thirteen Steps)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:16:28 GMT

I found this movie the other day and thought it was interesting so I downloaded it but I didn't get to watch until just now when I finally think I should clear some of the movies/dramas that I've downloaded but didn't start to watch at all. Lol. *keeps-downloading-but-never-watch's type* It ended up to be such a worth to watch movie. It is about the penalty system in Japan and how death penalty is given. It describes the feeling of criminals very well, as well as giving an insight of the meaning of death penalty.

So we all know that if you kill someone, if you commit homicide, you'd have to pay your life in return, though some countries don't have death penalty. It sounds pretty fair, one life exchange for one life. I used to think that if you kill someone, you need to have the preparation that you'd be killed as well. If you don't have that preparedness, don't ever think of killing someone. If you can't bear the consequence, if you're a coward, seriously, committing homicide is not the act you should take, even under the name of revenge. After watching this movie, it makes me re-think about death penalty. What about people who accidentally killed someone? What if he regrets for what he's done and wants to atone for his sin? Is there no returning path for them? That they don't deserve to be alive even if they want to live their life for atonement? Death penalty seems to take away the right of atoning because being dead doesn't mean the loss is compensated. But our society still needs the existence of death penalty because that's a threat to criminals or whoever potential killers about the danger of committing homicide. How far does this death penalty work in preventing crimes? It'd be interesting to read more about it. In the movie, there was this prisoner who accidentally killed someone and was given death penalty. However, the family of the victim didn't ask for that to be executed. The prisoner was very regretful about what he's done and he prayed to atone his sin everyday. But after all, the day when he'd be executed still came. There was one of the executors asked the chief officer, "Why do we still have to execute him when the victim's family doesn't even ask for it? Can't someone atone for his sin while being alive? Must he die for atonement?" But that's his job to execute the death penalty, and that's how the system works. No exception can be made.

I think I feel kinda lost after watching this movie. If there were no one who deserve to die, why does death penalty exist? If there were ways to atone for your sin while being alive, why must death penalty be given out? Does this death penalty really mean for fairness? Does it justify what it means for? I think this remains a controversy.

In another note, classes other than listening class sound fun! There are so so so SOOOO many students who're so proficient in Japanese! How small I'm though I've already expected it. And one thing that made me extremely ashamed of is that they all only used 2 to 3 or 4 years to reach the high level....orz.

p/s: For those who're interested in the above movie, here is the link of a short synopsis about it. Wiki doesn't have an entry of it, yet. :/　I tried to use the online search of Waseda University's library to search for this novel (it's adapted from a novel) but to no avail. I think I would have to try to find in second-hand bookshops. There are a lot of second-hand bookshops near to my dorm. :)

Life goes on

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:53:05 GMT

Classes started today but it's much like a testing week to see whether your level is suitable for you so that you can change level to either higher or lower level. Oops, I forgot to mention we've been given a placement test before we started classes, two weeks before. From the placement test, your level is decided. There are 8 levels together, from Level 1 to level 8 and 8 being the highest level. My placement test's result showed that I'm at level 8 and so those courses I took all are under level 8 courses. Which is, FREAKING HARD. I seriously doubt that I'm at level 8 after taking the first listening class. Man, it's not designed for men to take! Okay, I have to admit my listening is just too bad and this hearing defect is always a flaw that let myself down, hurt my pride, whatever. =_=;;

Second class, which is still listening, this time was better because we got to see the video while listening. We would be given 4 to 6 pages of the content of the video and fill in the blanks that are left out. We'd get to listen to the video for 3 times, so that's relatively easy compared to the first listening class where you'd only listen to the audio (no video) for twice and you NEED to take memo while listening. After that, you'd be given questions and answer them based on the memo you take. This first listening class is really high level. The lecturer is a strict lecturer i think. And worst of all, I was late for the first class of hers. =_=;; And she said "Please don't come to the class if you're late", just exactly like one of my lecturers back in my university. But well, that's my fault of being late,I swear I won't be late in her class from now on. *swts* The way she speaks is interesting but the class is really difficult. Next week, she's going to give us a test to decide whether our level is suitable to stay in her class. Based on the result, if someone really bad at it, she'll frankly tell that person that she/he's not ready to take the course yet. I think that's good. The example she let us listened to this morning was hard enough so I think I'm 70% going to drop this class? I don't know, I still want to see whether I reach the level so I'd take the test and let her decide for me. The next two listening classes (I took 3 listening classes all together and all have different functions/activities) have the same teacher and she's really a nice, kind lady. She was late for the class because she went to the wrong class and waited there for half an hour lol Because of that, I got to have a nice nap. XD This listening class is mainly watching video and fill in the blanks as I've mentioned above. It's easier than the first class which focuses on listening to audio (news, entertainment, conversations, talks) and take memo to answer questions. But still, this class has its own difficulty in itself. I didn't quite catch the words and my writing speed is SLOW like a snail. After that, I went to ask the teacher about the answers I passed up, she said my understanding is about 60 to 70% so she thinks it's okay for me to take the class.

I personally find this class interesting. Because everyone would have to record a video of 12 to 15 minutes and whatever video you record is fine. It can be from dramas, animations, entertainments, talks, news, documentaries, whatever you find interesting. After recording the video, you'd have to write out all the lines/conversations being spoken throughout the video and then create questions, that's leaving blanks to let other fill in after listening to your video. I already have an idea of what I would be presenting. Hehe, yeah, Sho-sama's news. XDD It'd be love since it's news and it's from Sakurai Sho so people won't find it either too boring/serious or too flippant/playful? Wii. XD

Tomorrow would be another four different classes and I'm expecting to see difficult classes again. *swts* I don't want to pressure myself so if I find it too hard to cope with, I might need to degrade myself to level 7 instead of staying at level 8. But still, if there is still possibility that I'm supposed to be at level 8, I'll, however, take the challenge and give my best shot. After all, I come here because of two things, one is to fulfill one of my goals, and the second would be earning money and experience. XDD

I made myself tomato spaghetti for dinner. The taste was quite palatable, can consider as successful since this is the first time I ever made spaghetti. Lol The look is totally not presentable, though. XD;; But anyway, I still posted a photo of it. Have a look! :D

I think I'll cook the same for my lunch tomorrow, will bring it to school as my bento. That's all for now. :D

Making friends is always so hard for me. sighs

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:29:50 GMT

I had a welcome party just now, ah no, it's the welcome party for the newest residents who just moved in either yesterday or today. My welcome party was last Monday. (In case anyone wonders, there are 2 welcome parties in total because people who're on different programme came on different dates) Anyway, I ate a lot in this welcome party ~~and saved my dinner expense~~ and did manage to make some friends. I drank this so called fruit cocktail and thought it was fine to drink. After drinking half the can, I felt very hot and my face turned very red. But it was just for a while as I felt the hotness in my body subsiding so i thought it was okay to continue drinking. I think i finished almost the whole can and I started to eat this spaghetti. As I was eating, I suddenly felt very dizzy and couldn't stand anymore. I had to sit down and took a rest and the new friends I made asked if I would like to go to second floor as there was a welcome party held there as well. I stood up and went to the staircase and felt myself is going to black out soon that I had to kneel down. And there, I excused myself from going to the second floor for party and went back to my room. You can guess what happened next. Yeah, puking. =_=;; Seriously, I'm so weak in alcohol-contained beverages even that cocktail only contains about 4% of alcohol. My body just can't take alcohol, i think. :( I won't be able to go to 飲み会( a party where you can drink however alcohol as long as you like) either, then. :(

One thing I'm particularly feeling helpless at is that since the day people arrived this dorm, they're making friends and mixing around and gradually FORMING groups while I'm still at the minor side, picking random people to talk to. Seriously, I doubt my face has this writing as "I don't want to make friends, FUCK OFF". =___=;; *heaves a long sighing sigh* I know I'm really weak in socialising though I always try my best, telling myself "never mind, you still have next time" but this doesn't seem to work. *sighs again* I'm putting up a smiling face but that doesn't seem to work either. I just don't have the charisma, okay, not to say charisma but a little bit charm that will make people feel interested in me. And here I'm whining like a kid who can't get along well with his/her peers, I just hate this. -____-

Maa, I think I'll just continue trying my best. I need longer time to build a relationship with someone, not a group. And I find the international clubs here which keep appealing to foreigners to join are so fake and insincere. There are too too too many members in this kinda international club and you hardly make close friends with people. I know from this club, you'd be able to make lots lots lots lots LOTS of friend, from different countries but that seems useless to me. Because that is not long term. It's like they entertain you while you're staying in Japan but forget about you when you go back. So I doubt I'd like to join these kinda international clubs. I'm weak in grouping with people anyway. *shrugs*

That's all for now I guess? I want to go 三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 (Ghibli Museum) as my friend has recommended this museum to me before. However, I have watched not enough 宮崎駿(Hayao Miyazaki)'s works that I would find going there as exciting as going when you know all the characters. I think I'll find other animations that I haven't watched but known since long time ago. Lol

Update 2

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:40:04 GMT

I wanted to update on Thursday but I only managed to update now, so sorry for the wait though I know not many care. XDD; Anyway, Thursday was also for orientation which included orientation for scholarship, housing, student life and with filling some forms. This day had nothing special except that the guy who sat at the table I'm in (just opposite) to guide us how to fill in the forms looks like 小池徹平, yeah, cute. XDD I didn't get to talk to him much, but well, he's kinda blurred and at a loss as how to fill in the forms, too. In the afternoon, I went back with Elaine to see where she lives and together we wandered around a little bit more and found an au shop. (Note: au is a cellphone brand in Japan) We were just trying to look around but ended up finding the packages offered are affordable because you don't have to pay for the phone, it's totally free - 0 yen. The way Japanese use their cellphones is just different from Malaysia's. Very often the cellphones are given free of charge but every company has this contract thing which you have to use the line by a particular company for atleast a year or two. So it's kinda troublesome but we thought it was good and agreed to book for it after all.

Move on to Yesterday, we reached City Hall at 2pm to apply for Alien Registration Card (yeah, "Alien", your eye sight is okay XD;) and National Health Insurance Card. And guess what? Wow, we waited for approximately 4 hours to get them done!! It was too many people though every dorm came at different time. I was a bit anxious and frustrated as I have an appointment with my Japanese friends at 8pm and also I needed to take my cellphone since I've already booked for it. But all is well that ends well. I got my phone first and then went to 新宿(Shinjuku) to meet my 2 Japanese friends who came to KL in July. There should be 3 guys actually but one of them already went to Taiwan for studying, so yeah, I didn't get to see him. (But it's fine since I didn't talk much to him last time when he came. :P) To tell the truth, seriously yesterday's dinner was such a pleasure. I enjoyed it to its fullness. These two guys are just too amusing and one of them kept opening different topics so we always got new things to talk about. And as you know, I've always adored friendship between guys and so looking at them teasing and joking with each other really got me. XDD They asked where I'd like to go, ah no, more like they deciding there themselves in front of me while I was busy eating my big chunk of fish. They asked if I'd like to go 横浜(Yokohama） and as Sho-sama has mentioned that place once before, I said yes and there they decided the next meet should be the trip to Yokohama. LOL. Oh yeah, I don't understand why guys can eat so much but still remain thin! After dinner, we walked around in 歌舞伎町(Kabukichou) (One of the famous street in Shinjuku) and one of them told me about how Japanese youngsters are like and hosts and stuff like that. And no later than 20 minutes of walking, they went into a gorgeous bar (without telling me XD;;) for having a drink. There, one of them ordered a set of cake and tea and asked what I wanted to eat. As I've already had the big chunk of fish as dinner, I only ordered milk-tea. I was curious what a milk-tea is like but finding myself disappointed at its real identity as Teh tarik. Lol. So one of them showed me a magic show, hmm, not to say magic show. He put 4 coins on the table and kept putting them in his hands and again throwing them out. This process repeated a few times until the end, he'd ask "How many is in my right and how many is in my left hand?" I played 3 times but failed to guess the correct answer. I even took down the video but after times of watching, I'm still clueless how did he make that. The coins should be in his hand disappeared and moved to his another hand, there must be a trick but I fail to identify it, yeah, until now. :( And they refused to tell me the truth, asking me to take it as a homework until next time. Anyone helps? m(0_o)m But overall, I enjoyed the hanging out with them very much. :)

Today I went out to meet another Japanese guy who hires me for translation. I went to the wrong meet-up point and wasted some money on the train. :( But the lunch was good, so damn delicious I nearly bit my tongue. XD We went to have Italian cuisine at a cute, adorable restaurant. The food is with so much love, creamy spaghetti never tasted this good. A decent meal indeed.

Afterwards, I came back to my dorm and online until now. There is a festival in this area but it was rainy when I went out to find for it. So I went back instead of finding it as the rain was kinda heavy, I doubt the stalls would be opened? Tomorrow still have this festival and this time, hopefully no more raining, please. m(_ _)m

That's all for now. I seriously should take photos of that Koike Teppei-like guy and my Japanese friends. I have never taken any photos of humans since I reached nor did I take a photo of myself. Funny do I keep thinking there are nothing to take but only regret later on. =_=; I need to sleep early tonight, I slept at 5am yesterday and woke up at 9.30am this morning. XD;;

P/s: I like the design of my new phone, it's totally different from all phones I've used so far. Welcome to the advanced technology world! XD

Originally posted at キミの名乗りキセキ

Update.

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:41:23 GMT

I can't access to online at the moment because i didn't bring a cable and I've really no idea where can i get one. Anyway, it's 15:35 (8th of Sept) in Japan right now (by the time I posted, it'd be so late) and I've an orientation at 16.30 and after that a welcome party for all new students who've just moved in. The wife of the keeper of this dorm (NishiWaseda International Student House) is a Chinese and she's such a sweet lady! She told me this dorm doesn't have as many residents as other dorms which well, to me might be a good thing?

Oh wait, I should start from writting what I have been doing before leaving Japan. Last thursday, my classmates did a sorta farewell party for me. It was really overwhelming as they made me this video that has everyone saying something like wishes or encouragement to me. I was touched but I didn't know what to react. Sometimes I just hate my poker face; my facial expression fails to express my feelings all the time. :( They asked me to say something after watching the video but I was lost in words. This must have disappointed them huh. But well, I made a video afterwards when nobody was around so atleast I hope my feelings have been conveyed? It's really such a pity that I can't graduate with them because they're just sweet friends who I wish to be able to study together with.

Back to the visa and flight ticket, hmm, the process was really rushed. I think I've never rushed that much in my whole life 'til now. Lol I got both my visa and flight ticket last Friday though Monday was the day of my departure. I rushed from the embassy of Japan to Pudu Raya to take a bus back to Penang. I was idiotic enough to choose the bus ticket at 2.30pm when the embassy opens at 2pm but again, I was really lucky to get a cab who managed to send me to the bus station in time. Wii. And, flight ticket was cheap. XDD I prefer JAL and without promotion, it'd have cost me RM2166 instead of just RM1350 and mind you, this price is for round trip! The returning flight ticket is useless to me, though, since it's impossible to go back in 14 days after reaching Japan. MAS would have been cheaper if I get to buy its lowest fare but well, I just like JAL? XDD; *is picky*

So I had another farewell party with my friends in Penang and it was all together great. I got to sing Arashi's Truth with my friend, though poorly sang and I've managed to make another Arashi's fan by influencing my best friend, for e.g, keep showing her funny videos/shows by Arashi. XDD Well, who can resist them, they're just love! <3

I watched two movies and an entertainment on the flight and so ended up sleeping for less than 30 minutes for the whole trip. XD;; But those two movies are fantastic!! One of them is MW (ムウ） which starring 玉木宏(Hiroshi Tamaki) and 山田孝之(Takayuki Yamada) who both are my favourite actors! (Pretty much fancied the later sometime before) The storyline is kinda not detailed enough, though. I wish they have had described more in depth about the story but oh well, Hiroshi Tamaki was so damn freaking cool and hot inside. Ah, he's playing antagonist this time but you know, I always have this tendency to be riveted and intrigued by genius + confident + arrogant + cruel guys so yeah, he's too awesome for me to resist. <3 Another movie is Crow Zero II. This, man, whoever loves to see fight scenes and cool frienship between guys should really really give it a watch!! I wish I were a guy (as always) so I can just be like them, ah, one of the things that I admire and adore so much but could never realise in my life. :( I got really excited by watching them fighting, it's really good. *is violent* I'm so gonna download the first because the one i watched is the second lol.

Travelling from the airport to the nearest station to my dorm was smooth, i went just as what my senior told me. However, going from the station to my dorm was such a pain as I don't know whether the directions my friend told me were wrong or I interpreted them wrongly. (which has high possibility in the later) As what my friend told me, I should walk about 10 to 15 minutes to reach the dorm, however, I used more than an hour! I kept walking and walking around areas which I had not any f*cking ideas of my whereabouts until a nice lady offered to drop me at the dorm area as she was going to take a cab. I was lucky after all, then. I went out to buy my lunch and some groceries afterward and found an awesome 100yen shop. Will visit them very often I think. XD;

Orientation was simple and short, it took about 30 minutes only. Yay. The welcome party later on wasn't too bad but there were too many westerners and Japanese that I found it hard to remember their names so i ended up just talking without asking for their names. XD; And in the middle of the welcome party, I went out to buy cable for internet (knew where it's sold from a Japanese) and met a couple of Japanese. It seems like Waseda area has a lot of international clubs which members like to mix around with foreigners and make friends with them as they carry out lots of activity for foreigners to join with them. So I met these 3 women and they asked me a couple of questions about Malaysia. Afterwards, they gave me their email address and asked me to contact them so we can hang out together. Well, I'll see first if I have money? lol When I went back to the dorm, the welcome party had already ended and so I went back to my room. It was a tiring day as I've walked too much but all is well that ends well.

The next day which is today, we had an orientation at Waseda's Centre for International Education and I met Elaine there. She lives in different dorm from me but that dorm is nearer to the university compared to mine. Well, I'll take that as exercise more. XD Since both of us sat at the first row, when we turned to see, we actually saw a lot, a lot, a lot, LOTS OF WESTERNERS. I don't know which country they're from, but all of them are Ang Mo to me. lol (Note: Ang Mo is "people from western countries" in my dialect) And being a bit unsociable myself, I didn't really want to make friends with lots of people there. It daunts and discourages me to make friends when I were in a situation where many people are around, too crowded and noisy to even voice out. Oh yeah, there was a game section in the middle of the Orientation and we needed to have 6 people in one table. My table was only 5 so I asked a girl who sat behind me to come to sit with us (She's from England) and she agreed. Just at the time she finished moving to my table, there was this super super HOT guy came to our table and said "Hello" to us. But then we had already got enough people so that guy just moved to the next table and all of us were like, "OH NOoooooo" Lol That girl from England was literally shouting in her heart, too, when i asked her about that. XD Seriously, rarely did I compliment a guy by his looks but no, this guy just is too too hot. He's like someone who will come out as a hero in the movies, a STAR. :D

After the orientation, we had this campus tour and it wasn't too bad either minus that I was sleepy and the weather was too breezy that made me lethargic. I went back to the dorm by 3pm and had a nap until 6pm when I woke up finding myself too hungry to continue sleeping. XD; So I ate potatoes which I bought on the way back to dorm just now. When I took my plate to wash in the kitchen, I met this Japanese girl who is an assistant in this dorm. She studies laws and is a postgraduate in Waseda University. Man, the judicial examination which she's going to take next year isn't fun, AT ALL. It's deemed as the most difficult examination in Japan and few people pass it each year. I hope she can pass, though. We chatted a lot and I showed her how Malaysian notes and change are like. She was very happy when I gave her a key chain of Malaysia, Lol. And as she was eating Udon, she told me how to cook one and thanks to her, I've just gone out to buy Udon and the seasonings she recommended.

Now, I'm too sleepy to continue writing. I shall just leave it for now. Will update more tomorrow. 'til then, goodnight. Zzzz

Before leaving...

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:12:43 GMT

At the airport right now. I should have updated a detailed account about how i feel before leaving Malaysia but I've been too busy to even write a word. Will be off to Japan in another 30 minutes time. I'll write an entry about how all these days have been after i reach Japan.

YES, JAPAN I'M COMING. XDDD

Good news? Yeah, Indeed!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:19:01 GMT

*wipes a handful of sweat from her forehead* Okay, finally I managed to fix the html of the last last entry and put that dang long entry under a fashionable cut. wii. Follow up from the previous topic, so are you ready?

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YES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I'M HERE TO TELL YOU I'M SELECTED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND WILL BE OFF TO JAPAN NEXT MONTH!! YAYYYYYYAYAYAYYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA

okay, now what I need to do is waiting for Waseda to send me this Certificate of Eligibility and I go on to apply for visa and after that a flight ticket to Japan and that's all! Of course, meanwhile I have to withdraw semesters from my university and tell my teachers, clearing my household items (rented house) and stuff like that, but well, Japan, I'm coming!!!

I'm of course super excited but wait, I've to calm down first. I have been sick since Friday and still haven't fully recovered. I thought I had Denggi but then I don't have all the symptoms of Denggi. I went to see a doctor and the doctor didn't say anything about that, either. *shrugs* I think I'm fine? Since I don't have high fever, but hey, I have this serious painful muscle pain which i don't know come from where and all of a sudden from last night, I have this surge of muscle pain at my back! The doctor gave me a medicine for applying on the parts which i think are painful but man, they are freaking burning!! Grr, I think I just have to bear with it. :(

I should go offline and rest again. And have I said this before? Sleep and sleep and sleep to a level that you don't feel like sleeping anymore is no fun. Bleh.

I almost dozed off half way reading, though

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:17:54 GMT

This is an interesting read. Have a read if you're free.

When do people learn language?

And I used to hear that it's easier for children to pick up a new language rather than an adult which I always think is somehow unacceptable. How, can a child who's not steady and mature enough in minds knows what's beneficial for him/her, if the language he/she learns is not because of compulsory or forced by parents? Well, as a Malaysian I do acquire 3 languages since small. But seriously, I forgot how hard it was to maintain 3 languages at once, and now, Malay is my weakness.

I should sleep now. Night.

P/s: 嵐(Arashi) has just announced their new song and the members played the song during their respective radio show. It's indeed a meaningful, touching song; one that exactly suits their 10th Anniversary. Man, I think I might cry if i were to hear them sing in live. And if you'd notice, I have many Sho-sama's icons and pardon me for using it this time. <3

What's up lately?

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:55:13 GMT

I didn't update for a couple of weeks now, have been busy for a lot of things. New semester has been okay so far, though Japanese is getting tougher since we finally got into syntax and discourse of Japanese which are both a pain to understand as they tend to complicate easy, simple rules that we usually know or take it as granted into the complex, recondite, so called “linguistic” way. Okay, I can't complain more as I'm a “linguistic” student, yeah so to call. *ashamed* I have been wanting to post an entry here about my application of studying in Japan. I didn't do so because I was afraid if I posted anything hopeful first and later the outcome turned out to be the disappointed ones, I'll be more dejected. So, I refrained myself from sharing it with my f-list here. Now, even though it's still unconfirmed but the outlook for studying in Japan is positive than before, so I think I should share with lovely people here who've been giving me encouragement and suggestions all the time.

I failed in applying the government scholarship and I thought I would turn down the offer of entering Waseda University even though my school fees are waived. After a week I officially rejected the staff in Waseda that I can't study in Waseda as I have no financial support to live in Japan solely on my own, the person in charge asked if I'd like to apply for JASSO scholarship, which is a scholarship offered by an independent institute. JASSO scholarship is indeed not enough if you were going to explore Japan, going out to have fun with your friends in Japan. But it would be enough for you to pay your rental and cover a large part of your living expenses, under the condition that you are not extravagant. I agreed with the offer and immediately asked the person in charge to proceed my application. I went through a lot of troubles finding a person to sign for the Agreement of defraying the cost while stay in Japan as I couldn't possibly ask my parents to be one since their bank accounts don't have enough balance and I didn't want to bother them. If anything, my parents would be the last recourse. But things didn't work smoothly for me and I finally had to ask help from my parents. My father helped me to ask my uncle and perhaps it's because i'm quite close with my uncle and also he'd been to Japan when he's young, he agreed to be my guarantor. That's why last two days I've been in Penang, just to get his signature on the Agreement of defraying cost and his bank account statement.

It's kinda rushed and I need to send all required documents to Waseda as soon as possible because they need to apply for the Certificate of Eligibility for the Status of Residence (COE) from Tokyo Immigration Bureau and that would take about a month to a month and a half to get it issued. Any delay in my documents will lead to the delay in my departure to Japan. I just sent those documents to Waseda on Friday but I'm not sure if the documents I sent are what they want. Because for the bank account balance cert, my uncle said his bank told him it's going to take a couple of days to do it and since I'm running out of time, I just got an original copy of his bank account statement instead. Now I'm super worried if that can be accepted... Anyway, I hope things really work out for me. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the result of the JASSO scholarship has just been released on Thursday and the Waseda staff said I got it. I hope it's true and confirmed, not another come-down-to-the-earth-with-a-bang's let down.

This trip back to Penang was great and although my main purpose was to get the signature of my uncle, I truly enjoyed the stay. I have gone out with shereen, jin and solara on the exact day I reached Penang and I ate a lot of Penang food! YAY! Afterward, we went to Kouyoutei (the so called Maid cafe in Penang) as second round and shereen treated me a parfait which was specially made by the owner of the shop! It was really scrumptious and looked pretty. I have never eaten a parfait before so it's really a great treat to me. Thanks a lot for that, kaori! Though I doubt you'd even come to read this entry, so to soe lol.

And a big, super yummy cheese cake baked by Akatsuki! I was touched to see a whole, round cheese cake was baked for me! Next time, though, I hope I can have the whole cake to myself. XDD *is greedy*

I went to stay in solara's house and her mother took a very good care of me. Such a lovely mother she is. When I was about to go to bus terminal, she even bought me some breads in case I'm hungry on the way back. Ah, it's surely always a thing to appreciate and be grateful to have friends and even friends' parents to take care of you. Oh yeah, I accidentally punched solara in her eye which I wasn't able to control my fist when we were practicing martial art. I'm really sorry about that. Gomen ne!! >__< m(_ _)m

I'll have to go back to Penang again next week because of my sister's convocation. I'm kinda surprised that she invited me to her convocation, though. We're, well, just not that close but well, we're sisters after all? *shrugs* And dammit the bus fare is going to increase for 30% starting next week! This is shitty, especially when I lack money to spend, grrr.

This shall pretty much sum up what I've been doing or going through this couple of weeks. And in case you wonder, I wrote this when I was on the bus, nothing to do after much sleep/doze. :D I'll update again when I'm really confirmed going to Japan.

P.s: 遥か(Haruka) by GReeeeN is really a meaningful song. I especially like these lyrics.
気づけばいつも誰かに支えられここまで歩いた
だから今度は自分が誰かを支えられるように
I realised that throughout the way I walked until now, I've been always supported by someone That's why I hope this time I can support someone too

Arashi love is everywhere, now

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:15:22 GMT

Since it's been announced on Tv and news that Arashi will be having their 10th Anniversary Concerts from the coming August 'til January 2010 (once in each month), every community that I joined which have to do with Arashi fangirls are all talking about it and recently the community I joined on LJ which is called je_sales is FULL of ARASHI CONCERT TICKET REQUEST. ~~Everyone~~ Every fangirl seems so excited and of course, I'm one of them. XD

July is coming. I hope it come fast, because only then I'd know whether i get the scholarship to study in Japan or not. And if i really get it, Oh God, I'm gonna thank you forever! I've asked my friend to help me book a ticket for one of Arashi's concerts, too. Though it's extremely hard to get one and considering my pending scholarship result, there's a considerable possibility that I might not get both, I still want to try to give a shoot. Who knows! All the best to me, really.

That's all for now.

UWAAAHHHH

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:44:47 GMT

I seriously should have updated my blog more often! It's because I always have lots of thing to write but when it comes to writing them out, I'm always clueless from where I should start. Also, when I think of them (those things I want to write about) again in the next second, I find them nothing special enough to update. :(

Okay, so I've completed the Malay to English translation which was asked by a Japanese postgraduate and I received the pay, too, which is good since I'm running out of money this month and next month, if PTPTN is late as usual. Now I should really, really start on the Mandarin to English translation. Looking at the amount I've to translate is always demotivating, you know, when you have 3000++ items to translate, even though you know you should have started from this moment, somehow you don't have the spirit to even begin reading them. Anyway, enough relax and time to work my arse off! lol

As a side note, I still haven't known the result whether I'd get the scholarship to study in Japan, yet. The result will be released in the early July, according to the authorities of Monbukagakushou. Pray for me to get it? ><

Oh and I'm all over 桜井翔Sho Sakurai now. Looking at him just makes me having this feeling of "Shit! I've to work hard too!!", so yeah, he's that influential to me and his existence motivates me, a positive existence which I seldomly encounter. 翔さん is just so adorable and invincible. <33

That's all for now. :D

Results are released!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:53:34 GMT

So all my results are released and good news is that I'm staying in the list of excellent students this time, too! My grade has improved a bit compared to last semester which i just merely passed the line to get into the list. Below is the results:

Morphology of Japanese Language A
Japanese Language and Civilization of Japan I A
Japanese Language and Literature of Japan I A
Dialects and Geography of Japan A
French A
First World Major Languages B+
Intercultural Communication A
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving A
Language Disorders B+

First World Major Languages and Language Disorders are both courses that I expected to take B or below, but they turned out to be B+ which is great! I expected them to be graded lower because I didn't have enough time to finish them as you know my stupidity if you've read this entry (Friend-locked) that i messed up two papers. Anyway, lesson learned: Please, Please keep this in mind, my brain. NEVER DO QUESTION YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT BEFORE FINISHING THOSE YOU'VE CONFIDENCE. DON'T LET YOUR PRIDE OVERWHELMS YOU.

So this semester's GPA is 3.83, compared to last semester which i scored 3.75. This semester was tough, but it worthed my effort after all, though it could have been better if not I messed up those two papers. I anticipate next semester to be another tough, crazy, hectic semester because I need to clear up at least 8 credit hours which I hadn't been able to take during past semesters. Dang it, clashing of schedule is just a fucking irritating thing and our Japanese major students always encounter this problem and it's ALWAYS ONLY US, WTF. *calms herself down*

That's all for now. Hopefully the new lecturer who's going to teach us 3 courses is an experienced, patient teacher or else the whole class would be going to collapse under the pressure. *prays*

3 more to know~

Sun, 24 May 2009 15:45:04 GMT

I went back to my uni to check whether the results are out, and to my surprise, Intercultural Communication's result is out! And and, I scored an A! Man, this is seriously a greatest thing ever happened in these past few months! If you've read my previous post, you'd know why am i so happy. I scored an A without reading her so called Tips-that-can't-share-with-other-students-who-aren't-hers. Indeed I feel proud of myself because my believe won this time! Although I was thinking even if I can't get an A on my own, I won't regret for it either. Anyway, it's a good news to me and now I'm waiting for another 3 subjects' results to be out. In the mean time, I should get the translation all done. That Japanese guy who paid me for translation has given me another task, which is good because I can earn extra money though I've no confidence this time because it's Malay to English, but I'd just try my best anyways.

The Language-Exchange Programme with Japanese university students is fun. I mean, rather than saying Language-Exchanging, I'm actually their practicer of English since they don't talk to me in Japanese unless they really can't catch what I'm saying. Occasionally, I would reply in Japanese and sometimes I wonder if they forgot that I understand Japanese (though not perfectly) because they would talk in front of me some kinda funny stuff in Japanese and ask their friends "how to say that in English?", sorta stuff. But it's fun. Some of them aren't really interested in talking, i think; perhaps I'm not a good partner for them? lol But there is this guy who looks small and yeah, he's younger than me by 1 year, he's really passionate in speaking English. He tried to find topics and commons so we can talk more, which is good because I don't really know how to socialise plus I don't like cliche though still using it. Anyway, I hope the programme would get better as time passes and that I'd get familiar with the students and don't feel that awkward to open topics.

Oh yeah, I went to KLCC today and bought this book. It's a really interesting book and it has so many words I've never come across! Some of them are familiar since I read novels but I still have difficulty reading them, consider they aren't really that common that you'd use it in daily life or so I thought. I bought it with 20% discount. <3 Seriously, my ability is still far behind and I really need to constantly study to master Japanese language. Since next year JLPT will be changed to 5 levels, I plan to resit all of them. *wants to collect the cert*

I think that's all for now. Recently is too into 嵐(Arashi) that I keep watching clips about them on Youtube, non-stoppably. XDD; 桜井翔(Shou Sakurai) is just so love. <333

Cross-posted to キミと名乗りキセキ

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Sun, 10 May 2009 15:40:15 GMT

The trip to Angola is postponed! It's postponed to December now due to the fund that's insufficient currently. That means i don't have to go to Angola in June and that I'd have time to wait for the confirmation while working on the project. Though I'd have to stay in KL now for the whole June to July, it's okay. At least I don't have an excuse to run away from the project now. Though I've been self-proclaiming that I wish I can help or contribute my life more, I tend to be lazier than what I imagined myself is. So by the postpone of the Angola trip, I'd have totally no excuse but working on it, which is good. :)

That's all for today.