to my horror, recently i have learnt that there are actually friends reading my blog. faint~
ok la i should really put in some effort to blog at least some stuffs.
like the title says, i am already back in Singapore but i will be flying back to Japan on Friday. and seriously i am so so sad to leave Japan. sigh, i am so used to the life back in Yamasa, met so many great friends and the thought that we wouldnt be seeing each other so often for the rest of our lives as we stay in different parts of the world just makes my heart aches. T_T
whenever i think of this, i will start to tear slightly. sigh. kk change topic
hmm went to Japan Embassy to apply for Student Visa. Felt dumb that only until today then i realised that the Japan Embassy is near my Japanese School -_- its at Nassim Road which is near Delfi Orchard. Will be collecting my Visa 3 days later. hope everything goes well as my plane in on friday nite =X
one thing i couldnt adjust is that there is no one to speak japanese to since i came back to singapore. damn sad la. and i am so looking forward to meet Maeda and Ooya Sensei for dinner tomorrow. hopefully i can chat with them a little with my simple Japanese. one of my main driving forces for learning japanese quicker is that i want to chat with my sensei in Japanese. Especially Ooya sensei, i always have to end up speaking in english to communicate with her. really hope i can hold a simple conversation with her now.
ok la. thats the update for now. somehow i have more drive to update photos on facebook then to blog haha. so please pardon me if this blog once again stays un-updated =X
cheers
Monday, March 24, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
2 more weeks left T_T
sigh. time really flies. 2 more weeks left in Yamasa. while i am glad that my japanese is definitely a lot better than 2 mths plus ago, i am really sad that i am leaving Okazaki. Made many great friends over here and recently i have been playing this Gundam game in the arcade that I wouldnt be able to play in Singapore~!
anyway, went Tokyo last weekend. was very fun and i finally get to visit the various places that are always mentioned on TV. for example Akihabara, Ginza, Ikebukuro etc. Posted the photos on facebook but wasnt able to find the time to blog. my private lessons are taking up quite a bit of my time and at the rate i am learning, i will be able to finish the entire JLPT level 2 syllabus in 3 week of lessons. In Singapore, people usually take 1 to 2 years to finish the syllabus. so ya thats how packed my days are.
other than doing my work, i spent the rest of my free time cooking dinner and making bento for the next day's lunch. seriously, cooking for urself takes up damn a lot of time. even though i sort of learnt how to cooked after i come to Japan, i am definitely not going to do any cooking when i get back to sg =X
ok thats about all. going to watch tv (to practise my listening) and sleeping very soon. going somewhere again this wkend with my friends. have been out every weekend. it really hurts my bank account T_T
lastly, my brother sent me this link for this trailer. its very funny~!
http://www.superhero-movie.net/
anyway, went Tokyo last weekend. was very fun and i finally get to visit the various places that are always mentioned on TV. for example Akihabara, Ginza, Ikebukuro etc. Posted the photos on facebook but wasnt able to find the time to blog. my private lessons are taking up quite a bit of my time and at the rate i am learning, i will be able to finish the entire JLPT level 2 syllabus in 3 week of lessons. In Singapore, people usually take 1 to 2 years to finish the syllabus. so ya thats how packed my days are.
other than doing my work, i spent the rest of my free time cooking dinner and making bento for the next day's lunch. seriously, cooking for urself takes up damn a lot of time. even though i sort of learnt how to cooked after i come to Japan, i am definitely not going to do any cooking when i get back to sg =X
ok thats about all. going to watch tv (to practise my listening) and sleeping very soon. going somewhere again this wkend with my friends. have been out every weekend. it really hurts my bank account T_T
lastly, my brother sent me this link for this trailer. its very funny~!
http://www.superhero-movie.net/
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
tata~ finally an update~!
ok... gomen nasai... haha for such a long awaited update.
first of all i dont have much interesting thing to update =X cos i haven been going anywhere. just very normal days for me. and next is i have been watching alot of tv rather than going online =X well watching more japanese programme is supposed to have improve my japanese somehow.
also i started my private japanese classes. it wasnt in my plan when i come to japan. i found out about the private lessons when i am here in Yamasa. it is close to 50 dollars per hour and i applied for 20 hours worth of classes. which cost about 1000. my dad is so going to kill me. but i really think the private 1 to 1 lesson is going to be very very useful. the pace and attention is just on a different level as compared to taking a group class (my class has 14 people and seriously the pace is not that fast so as to accomodate the average standard of the class) so yup. has lots of homework and lots of preparation for classes and lots of self study. In singapore, people usually take 1-2 yrs of wkly classes to study for JLPT level 2 syllabus.. and for me i am learning ALL of them in 20 hours =X i am memorising like 20 new grammar and tons of new words every lessons. my brain is literally stretched to its limit.
lastly i spent much of my free time cooking dinner and preparing the next day's bento (lunch~)
till date i have cooked japanese curry rice, pasta, some random meat with veg, kimchi with pork etc (simple dishes). and seriously cooking takes up damn a lot of time. it is just something that is impossible to do.
time flies. i have already spent 2 mths over here. seriously i dont want time to pass so fast sigh., dont really want to leave this place. being in japan is really very fun for me. knowing that my japanese improves everyday is just great plus the food here are really very nice. another 1 mth. iam so going to miss here
oh and i went Osaka last wkend. havent upload the photo. dont really have time. i will upload them when i have the time. this wkend i am going tokyo~(finally~! the long awaited tokyo trip) so ya. maybe i will upload everything together.
Osaka is just a food heaven. everything i ate in osaka were damn nice. and i finally got the chance to eat the REAL and ORIGINAL takoyaki. and Osaka is famous for their takoyaki and okonomiyaki =)
hmm ok. its 12am here. and i still havent finished my hw. so thats all for the update~! for those who has been checking my blog, i am so sorry, haha. i am just not a motivated blogger =X see you guys in a mths time~! =)
first of all i dont have much interesting thing to update =X cos i haven been going anywhere. just very normal days for me. and next is i have been watching alot of tv rather than going online =X well watching more japanese programme is supposed to have improve my japanese somehow.
also i started my private japanese classes. it wasnt in my plan when i come to japan. i found out about the private lessons when i am here in Yamasa. it is close to 50 dollars per hour and i applied for 20 hours worth of classes. which cost about 1000. my dad is so going to kill me. but i really think the private 1 to 1 lesson is going to be very very useful. the pace and attention is just on a different level as compared to taking a group class (my class has 14 people and seriously the pace is not that fast so as to accomodate the average standard of the class) so yup. has lots of homework and lots of preparation for classes and lots of self study. In singapore, people usually take 1-2 yrs of wkly classes to study for JLPT level 2 syllabus.. and for me i am learning ALL of them in 20 hours =X i am memorising like 20 new grammar and tons of new words every lessons. my brain is literally stretched to its limit.
lastly i spent much of my free time cooking dinner and preparing the next day's bento (lunch~)
till date i have cooked japanese curry rice, pasta, some random meat with veg, kimchi with pork etc (simple dishes). and seriously cooking takes up damn a lot of time. it is just something that is impossible to do.
time flies. i have already spent 2 mths over here. seriously i dont want time to pass so fast sigh., dont really want to leave this place. being in japan is really very fun for me. knowing that my japanese improves everyday is just great plus the food here are really very nice. another 1 mth. iam so going to miss here
oh and i went Osaka last wkend. havent upload the photo. dont really have time. i will upload them when i have the time. this wkend i am going tokyo~(finally~! the long awaited tokyo trip) so ya. maybe i will upload everything together.
Osaka is just a food heaven. everything i ate in osaka were damn nice. and i finally got the chance to eat the REAL and ORIGINAL takoyaki. and Osaka is famous for their takoyaki and okonomiyaki =)
hmm ok. its 12am here. and i still havent finished my hw. so thats all for the update~! for those who has been checking my blog, i am so sorry, haha. i am just not a motivated blogger =X see you guys in a mths time~! =)
Monday, February 11, 2008
Saw snow for the first time in my life~!!
ok i know it is a bit late to blog about something that happened 2 days ago... but i finally found some motivation to blog today haha. (i spent much of the free time watching Eyeshield 21 which is an anime on American football~)
before i say something, i think picture speaks a thousand words so here it goes
and if a picture speaks a thousands words, i guess a video speaks a million words! i took this video when it started snowing~
now that i think of it... i feel stupid for forgetting to take another video when the whole place is covered with snow...
anyway it was such a fun day. everywhere looked so pretty with the snow especially the lake. it is just very very nice~
bascially spent the whole day playing in the snow with Melissa, invited Mi san and Royce to join us but they kindly declined cos they think they are too old to play in the snow -_-
we were all very lucky to be able to see snow in okazaki. it doesnt snow in every winter over here. maybe once every 2-3 yrs. and i have always thought i wont be able to see any snow this time round. =) it made my Yamasa trip even more memorable.
also this is already the 6th week in Japan. time really flies especially when we are having so much fun. everyday is stress free, and i get to learn japanese everyday. my japanese should have improved quite a bit since i left singapore. and if i were to stay in singapore, i would probably need half a year to learn what i have learnt over here in 6 weeks? so yup... i really like it here.
the thought that i am going to leave Yamasa in 6 wks time just scares me. totally dont feel homsick at all haha. always hope that time passes slower zz.
okok thats all for the update... gonna upload the photo onto facebook~
before i say something, i think picture speaks a thousand words so here it goes
and if a picture speaks a thousands words, i guess a video speaks a million words! i took this video when it started snowing~now that i think of it... i feel stupid for forgetting to take another video when the whole place is covered with snow...
anyway it was such a fun day. everywhere looked so pretty with the snow especially the lake. it is just very very nice~
bascially spent the whole day playing in the snow with Melissa, invited Mi san and Royce to join us but they kindly declined cos they think they are too old to play in the snow -_-
we were all very lucky to be able to see snow in okazaki. it doesnt snow in every winter over here. maybe once every 2-3 yrs. and i have always thought i wont be able to see any snow this time round. =) it made my Yamasa trip even more memorable.
also this is already the 6th week in Japan. time really flies especially when we are having so much fun. everyday is stress free, and i get to learn japanese everyday. my japanese should have improved quite a bit since i left singapore. and if i were to stay in singapore, i would probably need half a year to learn what i have learnt over here in 6 weeks? so yup... i really like it here.
the thought that i am going to leave Yamasa in 6 wks time just scares me. totally dont feel homsick at all haha. always hope that time passes slower zz.
okok thats all for the update... gonna upload the photo onto facebook~
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Sorry~ haha hasnt been blogging~
ok la Sorry guys... i know i hasnt been blogging.
but i got nothing interesting to blog ma. recently my days had been very normal. i didnt go anywhere. last weekend was a very peaceful weekend for me. =)
since i reached here, i have been going to visit other cities/towns every weekend and obviously that needed money. so it has been quite painful financially. so finally i got a weekend to rest in Okazaki.
and recently there has been a major change to my life style. been going to sleep at 10pm Japan time? haha which is like 9pm SG. so ya didnt go on msn for quite some while. been watching a lot of japanese TV. somehow i have this theory that watching more TV will improve my spoken japanese. so if i watch continuously for 2 mths, i hope somehow i will pick up some speaking skills subconsciously. also kelvin has been sleeping quite early. so when he sleeps, the room will be dark, and it is really difficult to use the laptop. so what happens is i sleep early as well. when he sleep early, he will wake up early too. so if i sleep late, i will be waked up early and i had that experience quite a few times... it is seriously not good -_- so ya the way to fight it, i will just sleep early and wake up early too. Kelvin has been running every morning and ya i hasnt been running =X feel damn guilty... i have the discipline to mug but somehow i dont have the discipline to go running everyday zz
anyway apparently CNY is coming soon. doesnt feel anything special. think my family is going to miss me and this is the first time i am not spending CNY with the family. my mum was very angry/upset that her son told her that he is not homesick!~ haha. come on, isnt that supposed to be a good thing. would you want your son to feel homesick when he goes overseas? he is supposed to be independent and he has to stay in Japan for another 7 mths, so how can he feel homesick =P
kkz. thats all for now. Happy Chinese New Year!!
but i got nothing interesting to blog ma. recently my days had been very normal. i didnt go anywhere. last weekend was a very peaceful weekend for me. =)
since i reached here, i have been going to visit other cities/towns every weekend and obviously that needed money. so it has been quite painful financially. so finally i got a weekend to rest in Okazaki.
and recently there has been a major change to my life style. been going to sleep at 10pm Japan time? haha which is like 9pm SG. so ya didnt go on msn for quite some while. been watching a lot of japanese TV. somehow i have this theory that watching more TV will improve my spoken japanese. so if i watch continuously for 2 mths, i hope somehow i will pick up some speaking skills subconsciously. also kelvin has been sleeping quite early. so when he sleeps, the room will be dark, and it is really difficult to use the laptop. so what happens is i sleep early as well. when he sleep early, he will wake up early too. so if i sleep late, i will be waked up early and i had that experience quite a few times... it is seriously not good -_- so ya the way to fight it, i will just sleep early and wake up early too. Kelvin has been running every morning and ya i hasnt been running =X feel damn guilty... i have the discipline to mug but somehow i dont have the discipline to go running everyday zz
anyway apparently CNY is coming soon. doesnt feel anything special. think my family is going to miss me and this is the first time i am not spending CNY with the family. my mum was very angry/upset that her son told her that he is not homesick!~ haha. come on, isnt that supposed to be a good thing. would you want your son to feel homesick when he goes overseas? he is supposed to be independent and he has to stay in Japan for another 7 mths, so how can he feel homesick =P
kkz. thats all for now. Happy Chinese New Year!!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Karaoke Session and Nagashima Spaland Theme Park~!
Osu
it has been a long while since i blogged. and finally i got something interesting to blog~
My new handphone~!
first of all, i finally got myself a handphone in Japan~ to cut the long story short, just know that in my current circumstances, i cant buy a handphone in japan due to their regulations and such. so after much much much trouble, my cousin who stays in Tokyo bought a softbank handphone for me and mailed it over to Okazaki~ even though it is a very simple phone without TV etc i am just glad i finally got myself a phone and it makes life a lot more convenient. then again, as of now i only have very few people on my contact list and the only person i have been calling and emailing is my sis only =P
Angelina's 21st Birthday, Karaoke Session
friday was Angelina's birthday, so we rallied a whole big group of people and went karaoke. the karaoke here mainly has japanese songs and some korean, english and chinese songs. so at least i got to sing some jay chou's songs muahaha. we sang from 10pm till 4am? cost about 20 SGD. not that bad considering it is a friday night and we had free flow non alcoholic drinks~
apparently we are planning to go there again cos it is a lot cheaper during off peak hours. have to memorise some japanese songs!
the photos are not with me so i will upload them some other time.
Nagashima Spaland and Themepark~!
ok this is the most fun park of the entire week. basically we spent the whole saturday at a themepark~ bought a one day pass which cost me about 50 odd SGD. it was so fun. i realised that i am really a themepark person haha. when i am in fukuoka in april, maybe i should go a themepark as well.
HOWEVER, the saddest thing is their main attraction is down as they are doing some maintenance. we were so so disappointed. the roller coaster looked so majestic zz
anyway we took the other of their main attraction which is insanely fun as well. i cant describe it in words but see the photo i guess you can already guess how shiok it is to take that ride!
we took the rides like 4 times in total? haha. its extremely fun~
anyway took tons of photo and i have uploaded them to facebook =) uploading here in blogspot is kinda troublesome so i can only upload selectively~
so that concludes my weekend. today is sunday and i have just been lazing around doing nothing really constructive. will blog again when there is something interesting~!
it has been a long while since i blogged. and finally i got something interesting to blog~
My new handphone~!
first of all, i finally got myself a handphone in Japan~ to cut the long story short, just know that in my current circumstances, i cant buy a handphone in japan due to their regulations and such. so after much much much trouble, my cousin who stays in Tokyo bought a softbank handphone for me and mailed it over to Okazaki~ even though it is a very simple phone without TV etc i am just glad i finally got myself a phone and it makes life a lot more convenient. then again, as of now i only have very few people on my contact list and the only person i have been calling and emailing is my sis only =P
Angelina's 21st Birthday, Karaoke Sessionfriday was Angelina's birthday, so we rallied a whole big group of people and went karaoke. the karaoke here mainly has japanese songs and some korean, english and chinese songs. so at least i got to sing some jay chou's songs muahaha. we sang from 10pm till 4am? cost about 20 SGD. not that bad considering it is a friday night and we had free flow non alcoholic drinks~
apparently we are planning to go there again cos it is a lot cheaper during off peak hours. have to memorise some japanese songs!
the photos are not with me so i will upload them some other time.
Nagashima Spaland and Themepark~!
ok this is the most fun park of the entire week. basically we spent the whole saturday at a themepark~ bought a one day pass which cost me about 50 odd SGD. it was so fun. i realised that i am really a themepark person haha. when i am in fukuoka in april, maybe i should go a themepark as well.
HOWEVER, the saddest thing is their main attraction is down as they are doing some maintenance. we were so so disappointed. the roller coaster looked so majestic zz
anyway we took the other of their main attraction which is insanely fun as well. i cant describe it in words but see the photo i guess you can already guess how shiok it is to take that ride!
we took the rides like 4 times in total? haha. its extremely fun~
anyway took tons of photo and i have uploaded them to facebook =) uploading here in blogspot is kinda troublesome so i can only upload selectively~
so that concludes my weekend. today is sunday and i have just been lazing around doing nothing really constructive. will blog again when there is something interesting~!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Trip to Nagoya Castle and Hirokoji Sakae (which is in Nagoya)
ok finally got something to blog. went to Nagoya on saturday with Kelvin, Melissa and Angelina. eh it is really quite an interesting place. since coming to Japan, i have been at okazaki city which is really quite a small town/city. thus things that i have seen so far are not very representive of japan's culture. in Nagoya, i finally get to see the packs and packs of people in the train station, the highly complex subway system and also the prettier gals~! haha. apparently pple in Nagoya bother to dress up more.
we met early in the morning and went to Nagoya. took a 40 min train ride to get there. cost me about 5 SGD. which is ok i think. we went to the information counter to ask for direction when we reach Nagoya. Nagoya is really huge. judging from the subway system, maybe a few times bigger than SG? from what we have gathered, we decided to visit the Nagoya castle and Sakae which is like their shopping district.
hmm not sure how i can describe Nagoya castle. the photo are uploaded in facebook. so can always take a look there. i am not a person who likes to see this kind of stuffs when overseas, i prefer the shopping district more but i never regreted going Nagoya Castle. its really quite eh 壮观.
we then went to Sakae for lunch, followed by some random window shopping and dinner again. seriously about food in japan, so far i havent eaten anything that is not nice~! haha all the food taste damn good. or maybe because we know how to pick places to eat. anyway being able to eat japanese food everyday is just great =) especially when u can get a damn good ramen at 5 SG. even at the restaurants, it cost maybe 10 bucks? which is still cheaper than the japanese food we find in SG.
and in the end, we took a ferris wheel to get a view of the city. took a video of us in the cabin~ in order of appearance, Kelvin, Angelina then Melissa.
anyway melissa is now my godsister. same age as my bro 19 yrs old. she is from Hong Kong but has been studying in London. i always make her speak to me in cantonese so that i can practise my cantonese haha. basically she is still on the kiddy side, likes all the girly and cute stuffs person. but on the other hand you can also sense how independent a person she is. also she just received news that she got accepted into LSE for her econs and maths degree. so i guess she must be some very brilliant student. congratz to her~!
ok. i guess thats all for now. another week of lesson ahead!
we met early in the morning and went to Nagoya. took a 40 min train ride to get there. cost me about 5 SGD. which is ok i think. we went to the information counter to ask for direction when we reach Nagoya. Nagoya is really huge. judging from the subway system, maybe a few times bigger than SG? from what we have gathered, we decided to visit the Nagoya castle and Sakae which is like their shopping district.
hmm not sure how i can describe Nagoya castle. the photo are uploaded in facebook. so can always take a look there. i am not a person who likes to see this kind of stuffs when overseas, i prefer the shopping district more but i never regreted going Nagoya Castle. its really quite eh 壮观.
we then went to Sakae for lunch, followed by some random window shopping and dinner again. seriously about food in japan, so far i havent eaten anything that is not nice~! haha all the food taste damn good. or maybe because we know how to pick places to eat. anyway being able to eat japanese food everyday is just great =) especially when u can get a damn good ramen at 5 SG. even at the restaurants, it cost maybe 10 bucks? which is still cheaper than the japanese food we find in SG.
and in the end, we took a ferris wheel to get a view of the city. took a video of us in the cabin~ in order of appearance, Kelvin, Angelina then Melissa.
anyway melissa is now my godsister. same age as my bro 19 yrs old. she is from Hong Kong but has been studying in London. i always make her speak to me in cantonese so that i can practise my cantonese haha. basically she is still on the kiddy side, likes all the girly and cute stuffs person. but on the other hand you can also sense how independent a person she is. also she just received news that she got accepted into LSE for her econs and maths degree. so i guess she must be some very brilliant student. congratz to her~!
ok. i guess thats all for now. another week of lesson ahead!
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