early days before exam

Environment in hostel are on high tension these days. One minute we’re laughing out loud like we have lost our mind and the next our faces changed as if someone owed us millions of dollars. This kind of mood swing usually would happen during examinations. During test, it’s a minor compare to final. I don’t know to communicate with people anymore cause I myself are in worse condition than others. I don’t want to sit for that paper.  (T^T)

\(^-^)/

I was excited when I hold my racquet and stand in the badminton court. Being depressed for the past few weeks, letting everything out at that particular moment is FUN! Imagine how excited I am, I fell down half an hour before the game, yet with the injured leg I was running like mad in the court. My friends even said, “OKU, please rest la”. Someone told me sports can make a person happy; guess that is why I like sports. I feel like going for more now. I want to play pool and roller blading.  

Happy birthday eunhyuk-ssi

スーパージュニアの eunhyuk に,

お誕生日おめでと~!!
생일축하합니다~!!
生日快乐~!!
lastly, Happy birthday~!!  \(^-^)/

 

xxxholic

Yuuko and Clow Reed. Shiro Mokona on Yuuko's hand and Kuro Mokona on Clow Reed's hand.

Things got a lot worse now. Test and assignments are finally over and we’re having finals soon. According to schedule, third year should be having study week now and it is differ than other year but seems like everything got wrong. If so, then why ask us to come back earlier at the beginning of the semester? 

And university blocked everything. Seriously, everything! Games online maybe a little too exciting for students but what’s wrong with reading manga online? I was accessing this page for online manga after got bored studying. After five days, the page got blocked. What the heck? It is only comics. If those people have so much time in blocking all the websites, please improve the administration of the university. They don’t even leave single entertainment for students. Please give some air for us to breath. They are not helping us but killing us.

I’ve been reading xxxholic from the manga website. I like this story very much. Thank you my friend who recommended me this. xxxholic begins with a high school boy named Watanuki Kimihiro who has power to see the unknown things like ghost and spirits, which the book called them ayakashi. His power was passed down by his ancestors. The orphan then came across a mysterious shop that would grant people wishes with one condition; they have to pay equivalent price to what they wished for. Price I meant here isn’t money. With some incident happened, Watanuki becomes part time worker in that shop, owned by Ichihara Yuuko. Yuuko-san has assistants in her shop, which are Maru and Moro plus one cute kuro Mokona. Mokona actually should be a pair consists of shiro Mokona and kuro Mokona. The Mokonas are been created by her and Clow Reed. If you follow card captor Sakura, you’ll know who is Clow Reed, Shaoran and Sakura. In fact Shaoran appeared in Yuuko-san’s shop a few times.

In school, Watanuki often hang out with Doumeki Shizuka and Kunogi Himawari. Doumeki lives at the shrine where his grandfather was the high priest during his life time. Doumeki too, has power inherited from ancestry but his power is to repel ayakashi. Kunogi Himawari seems like a normal girl in school but she is one unlucky girl that will pass bad luck to others. The bad luck I meant is something heavy that may cost life. These people, they meet a lot of weird things. Read it if you want to know what is it. 

[P.S: All graphics are retrieved from the net. Credits to the uploaders.]

Yuuko with Watanuki(left) and Doumeki.

Yuuko with Sakura(centre) and Kunogi.

Maru and Moro with Mokona.

Genius guitarist, Jung Sungha

Snapshot from wonderful tonight clip

The above title suits him the most, Jung Sungha is who I mean. His skills regardless in piano or guitar reveal himself as one talented musician. The young and high spirited Jung Sungha delivers his music with his outstanding style. Up until now, he has been performed in countries like South Korea and USA. In May 2011, Sungha Jung 2011 Japan Tour will be held in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Predicted not long later in future, he will step on international stage with his dream come true; that is to be a professional acoustic fingerstyle guitarist. He’s another source of inspiration to all. 

If you're interest to see how this guitar prodigy plays, visit his site for more clips. You can support him by buy his album from this site too. (Credits: Jung Sungha's Official Site)

 

Catastrophe In Japan

Lately, all over the world have heard about catastrophe that hits Japan. I too, was shocked with such incident, just like how the news shocked the world. Imagine yourself in their shoes, a huge earthquake shaken the land of rising sun with a scale of almost 9.0, followed by tsunami hit area in northern Japan. Fire and explosion are there too, to make things worse. Papers reported high toll of the number of death and injured. When I browse online, I saw the pictures of area affected. Somehow, the sorrow feeling came to me. I’ve been to that country for once and it makes me fall for the place and the people. I found someone translated tweets by Japanese and posted it in facebook.

The note (Thank you, Shiomitsu Jun-san)

* バス停で・・・

http://twitter.com/yunico_jp/status/46168394755612672

バスが全然来ない中、@saiso が、バス停の前にある薬局でカイロを買ってきて、並んで待ってる人みんなに配った！

Bus stop mini episode:

It was freezing and bus was taking ages to arrive.  “@saiso” left the queue to run to a nearby pharmacy.  He bought heating pads and gave one to everyone in the queue!

                                                                                                       

* 段ボールに感動

http://twitter.com/aquarius_rabbit/status/46213254376210432

ホームで待ちくたびれていたら、ホームレスの人達が寒いから敷けって段ボールをくれた。いつも私達は横目で流してるのに。あたたかいです。

Card board boxes, Thank you!

It was cold and I was getting very weary waiting forever for the train to come.  Some homeless people saw me, gave me some of their own cardboard boxes and saying “you’ll be warmer if you sit on these!”  I have always walked by homeless people pretending I didn’t see them, and yet here they were offering me warmth.  Such warm people.

* スーパーでの出来事

http://twitter.com/endless_6/status/46395420523503616

スーパーで無事買物出来ましたヽ(´o｀； でもお客さんのほとんどが他の人の事を考えて必要最低限しか買わない感じだったのが感動しました（涙）

At the supermarket

I just came back safely from the supermarket!  Man, I was so touched at how everyone there was mindful of others, buying only as much as they needed and leaving the rest for the people behind them.

* 御殿場で

http://twitter.com/Raaaaayuu/statuses/46392890313801728

実際日本すごいよ。昨日信号が一カ所も機能していない御殿場市でもお互いにドライバー同士譲り合ってたし、地元のおじいちゃんおばあちゃんが手信号やってくれてたりで、混乱もなく本当感動した。9時間運転してたけど前車を煽るようなドライバーはもちろんいなかったし、みんな譲り合い精神。

Gotenba traffic

Japan is really something!  Yesterday, not a single traffic light was functioning in Gotenba City.  But drivers knew to take turns at intersections and give way to others when needed.  Local people were using flags to direct traffic at intersections.  I drove for 9 hours but never saw a single car trying to get in front of another.  Every single driver on the road contributed to the traffic situation and as a result there was no confusion at all.

* 声をかけること

http://twitter.com/RUMI88LoL/statuses/46342599149240320

昨日、裏の家の高１になるお兄ちゃんに感動した。 家に１人で居たらしく、地震後すぐ自転車で飛び出し近所をひと回り。 【大丈夫ですか―――！？】と道路に逃げてきた人達にひたすら声掛けてた。あの時間には老人や母子しか居なかったから、声掛けてくれただけでもホッとしたよ。 ありがとう。

A strong voice

Yesterday, I was impressed and touched by the actions of my neighbor’s 13-year-old-boy.  He was home alone when the earthquake hit.  But instead of hiding, as soon as the earthquake quieted down, he jumped on his bicycle and road around the block repeatedly shouting at the top of his voice, “Is everyone alright?  Is everyone okay?”  At the time, there were only women and children and the elderly in the homes.  I cannot describe how comforting it was just to hear a strong voice asking if I was okay.  Thank you!

* ホームにて

http://twitter.com/masa_kisshie/statuses/46323838316843008

都営大江戸線の光ヶ丘方面行きは、非常に混雑しています。ホームにも、改札の外にも、電車を待つ溢れんばかりの人。でも、誰一人列を崩さず、通路を開け、係員の誘導に従っている。ロープがあるわけでもないのに、通る人のための通路スペースが。その不自然なほどの快適さに、ただただ感動するばかり。

On the platform

The Oedo Subway Line for Hikarigaoka is very congested.  On the platform and at the gate there are just crowds and crowds of people waiting for the train.  But in all the confusion, every last person is neatly lined up waiting his or her turn while managing to keep a passage of space open for staff and people going the other way.  Everyone is listening to the instructions from the staff and everyone acts accordingly.  And amazingly … there isn’t even a rope or anything in sight to keep people in queue or open space for staff to pass, they just do!  I am so impressed at this almost unnatural orderliness!  I have nothing but praise for these people!

* いつでも買える

http://twitter.com/7474529/status/46565903520907264

今日、募金箱に金髪にピアスの若い兄ちゃんが万札数枚入れていた。そしてその友人に｢ゲームなんていつでも買えるからな｣と言っていたのが聞こえて私含め周りの人達も募金していた。人は見た目じゃないことを実感した。そんなお昼でした。 この話感動しました。

Goth youth

A goth youth with white hair and body piercings walked into my store and shoved several hundred dollars (several tens of thousands of yen) into the disaster relief fund donation box.  As he walked out, I and people around me heard him saying to his buddies, “I mean, we can buy those games anytime!”  At that, we all opened our wallets and put our money into the donation box.  Really, you cannot judge people by their appearances.

* 困ったときは！

http://twitter.com/ryoshun49/statuses/46605524434821120

昨日青葉台駅で帰宅困難者が溢れる中、車に乗ってる人が「○○方面の方どうぞ！」って行って車に乗せてた。「困った時はみんな一緒ですから！」って言ってた。超感動したの思い出した。

Same boat!

Last night, Aobadai station was jammed with stranded people unable to get home.  But there were private cars with drivers shouting “If you’re going in the direction of ****, please hop on!”  I was able to hitch a ride on one of them.  When I thanked the driver, he replied “No worries! We’re all on the same boat. We have to stick together!”

While reading what’s in the note, my vision blurred by tears. It’s so touching reading those who share their experience. Also, I’m touch by the selfless character they portraits. Indeed Japan has caring communities. The size of help doesn't matter, what matters are the heart of lending a helping hand. On the contrary, I saw some comments show racism by cold blooded apes online. Remain silent is also a way to be considerate. 

May GOD blessed the victims in Japan.

喜事

It has been a while since I am home. Before I went back, my friend asked me “why did you go back again?” Guess what did I reply. “I haven’t been home for a month!” ><''

It sounds normal for a person, pursuing for his/her tertiary education and being away from home for only a month. But this month was very long for me. If my wallet allows, I bet I’ll be going back once every fortnight. By the way, my nephew was born! This little guy, I predict, may be a pretty guy when he grows up. With his big, round eyes he stared at us, with his little hands, he tries to get himself out from the wrapping and with his strong voice, he tried to communicate with us. Isn’t baby wonderful? 

my 4-day-old nephew

                                     

 compare both babies eyes. Isn't his so much bigger and lively?  ^^