It's over.

hey, guys. are you all still busy in studying or preparing for exams? actually, i've been so busy and so bad thses day because of papers, exams, and a terrible cold that i've been suffuring from last week. well, actually everyone around me caught this terrible cold and we guess it might be because of Daniel. lol but, don't be so dissappointed Danny! we'll soon be alright and you too!! i hope i can see you off at Kansai airport in a good condition:-)

well, all classes have just been finished on Thursday. it means a year has passed again. looking back this year, i think i worked very hard in studies, but at the same time, i've been so bad student as well. becasue, i skipped many classes this year so that i recieved a letter from school which alarmed me to be careful about too many skipping. fortunately, i could talk to the teacher and i could attend his all classes after recieving the letter. also, many times i went to some classes late. that was maybe because of my bad habbit. i usually study or do my assighments in midnight or something so needless to say, it's really hard for me to get up early in the morning. there were some days even i went late to classes in 3rd period! becasue of this going late to classes, some of my grade will be down than last semester. when i'm taking the class, i think myself doing good student, but only this habbit is annoying me now. i wanna change this bad habbit, or i guess i can't survive in the U.S from May.

wait...i still don't know even i can go to the U.S for study abroad as my grades are not so good this time. okay, okay. i'll do my best on my last two exams! "Linguistic" and "Chinese"!!
first of all, i have to take care of my self and recover from this terrible cold. and then have to study hard for those exams next week!!! i'll do what i can do right now!

My Favorite: Full House

this morning, i got an email from Amazon.co.jp and it said that they are going to sell the 2nd season dvds of "Full House" ! i was so much excited coz it has been my most favorite amarican comedy drama all the time. and i already have the first season of it. i've been waiting this time since i got the 1st one last summer. Amazon said if i make a reservation right now so i could get it in cheaper price than usual. of course, once i read that sentence, i did make the reservation! and i'll get it in Feb! omg, i really look forward it!

okay then, let me tell you guys about this comedy a lil bit.
this comedy is all about a family including broadcaster later turned morning talk show host Danny and his three little girls, D.J, Stephanie and Michelle. because Danny's wife is killed by a drunk driver, he needs someone to help him raise his three little girls. he asks Jessie who is a rock musicisian and his brother-in-law, and his comedian best friend, Joey to move in with them. what interesting here is these three children grow up having three fathers. also Danny, Jessie, and Joey grow as real fathers. and the situation makes their life really funny one.

after my all exams are over, well maybe as soon as i get it, i'm going to watch it ! if anyone out there are interested, plz check it out! or i can lend you guys the 1st and 2nd DVDs! so feel free to ask me :-)

Looking back!

as some of you guys know, i've just finished working hard on my CIE calss recently! Yay!! well, frankly speaking, i guess my CIE class was not so much hard than other friends'. they taken them as exchange students for Australia or South Africa in this year and they had to take 6 classes in a week, but i had to take only one class by teacher Scott. our main theme of this course was finding Trends around us, what kind of thing there are make people interested, why they repeated its popularity again and again, or why those things can catch people's eyes and so on. actually, we often studied about more difficult topics in the course, but i haven't experienced so much stressful and busy days because of it like them. even i enjoyed Scott's class more than any others. at the first time, i was really nervous and worryed if i could make it. fortunately, our teacher Scott has very nice character and good sense of humor, so i could enjoyed witgood h him. it was a really good chance for me to be able to take the CIE class. i think if i didn't apply for any study abroad programs, i won't have chances to do so.

well, now i've been busy in studying and preparing for exams i'm going to take next week. regular classes are also going to be over this week. time flies so fast. honestly, i'm now wondering if i could pass all classes and get credits. otherwise, i can't go study abroad. well, all i have to do is just doing my best on exams. i gotta move on.

The Legend of Zorro.

last week i went to a preview of "The Legend of Zorro" with my friend. he's so lucky as he got that ticket by drawing at the ceremony on coming of age day. so he asked me to go together. in fact, i haven't seen the first one "The Mask of Zorro", even did'nt know anything about that movie. however, i was excited to watch as it was my first time to watch movie at preview.
anyway, we really enjoyed the movie on that day. i liked the whole story and the character, especially the young boy who plays as a son of zoro so i decided to watch the first one next time. it would make me more easy to understand the story than this time.
however, there's one thing that surprised me on that day. when we've just arrived the place, we were so surprised that there was a lot of people and also already no seats for us and we two, of course, never expected this would happen. at the first time we knew it, we were so depressed, however, we gradually became okay and forgot about poor situation that we had to watch it at the standing because of the interesting story!

Trouble!

lsat saturday, i was so unlucky. actually, i got my day-off (Yay!! :-D)and was planning to visit Kobe. it will have been my exciting visit since i went there last. however, it had to be postphoned.
in the friday evening, on the way to home, i was about to read the book for my 4th book report on the train because i had not read the second story in that book yet(as it has two short stories!). but... it wasn"t in my bag!!!!! i was like "omg, omg!! how could it run away from my bag?!" i rememberd carefully what i"ve done and where i"ve been on that day. then i thought it must be in the classroom that i took Chinese as i was reading it before the class began! and if so, i would be in a big trouble coz the due is on Monday and it was friday!! i planned well, i had to change my plan of visiting Kobe and go to school on Saturday getting the book back though i don't have any classes. poor me.
well, fortunately i found the book at Kyoumu-ka and could finish writing the book report. however, maybe as it was raining on Saturday, i got a terrible headache and it still does't go away. so, i could'nt go to classes on Monday. needless to say, i could'nt had to email my book report to Darren. and even the headache gets worse now i think.

She's gone too far...

as i told you about Coming of Age Day for me in the privious post, i didn't join that traditional event. however, i joined in the small drinking party with my close old friends at night after they were all back from the ceremoney. it seems like a kind of usual event on that day for every new adults having drinking party.

i was supposed to enjoy drinking and talking old memories with them.
but, in fact, i couldn't. it's been a quite long time since i met all of them last. and i also met my best friend whom i've knew since i was an elementary student. actually, it might be better to say that she was my best friend before.

as there was some misundersatnding between us, nothing had been heard from her since we've just entered universities.
no. it must be my fault. i must've done something wrong made us be apart.
i really wanted to see her for a long time. but, i couldn't.
even i couldn't contact her as we didn't know phone numbers each other.

there, she was.
she was at the party with us.

i realized i was not her best friend anymore. she's gone too far from me. there was no space beside her for me. she already got the other instead.
i felt very sad to know that and also felt lonely, while other friends including her enjoy conversations.

she's moodmaker among us. she's really funny making good jokes. she didn't change at all. but she's just gone too far from me. i believed even if we don't keep in touch so frequently, we would be fine. that was what i believed friends should be like. however, time flys so fast and it seemed difficult to fill in a time and the distance we have now. the circomstances often change our characters and feelings. maybe it can be said not only between boyfriends and girlfriends, but also among friends.


maybe, she won't count on me as she used to do before anymore.

maybe, she won't smile at me as she did before anymore.

but, i still want to be her friend. even though i can't spend happy time beside her together now.

she is my best friend ever.

Coming of Age Day

last Monday was one of the biggest national holiday in Japan. it was Coming of Age Day. a lot of young people who have just turned to be 20 last year or soon will be by March are expected to go to the ceremony on this day. most girls wear beautiful Kimono called "Furisode" and also boys should be well-dressed to attend the ceremony. this year was my turn. i'm going to be an adult in this March so i was expected to be there like everyone. however, i didn't go to the ceremony and even didn't wear "Furisode" which most girls were eager to try.


there were actually two fine reasons that i didn't join that. maybe it could be sounded quite silly for you guys, but i'm serious. first, i can't feel that i'm an adult. i don't think it's good way to celebrate us to be an adult holding such a ceremony with a lot of people. i consider that to be an adult is a pretty personal thing so i dun wanna celebrate it with others. only with my family or close friends is just fine. not with people just living in as same area in the city as me.
and second, for girls, we have to prepare for this day in advance. it took quite a long time to prepare for it and also it cost a lot of many for us to dress ourselves up with gorgeous Kimono.
i dun like that. actually, i would love to try such a beautiful dress someday once in my life. but, i just didnt wanna waste money on such thing right now. i have to keep money for study abroad stuff and i also didn want my parent to pay for it.


with reasons mentioned above, i decided not to go to the ceremoney or wear Furisode on that day. but, i will celebrate greatly my turning to be 20 on my birthday, March 19 with family and close friends.

Surprising BD party for friends!

again, let me talk about one of the best day i spent with my friends last November. it was a surprising party for Yusuke and Mayuka!! we planned to hold that party keeping in secret from them. actuually, Ayumi and Chika from class 2 worked for it very hard. there were about 10 poeple on that night. before we were all together, some of us wanted to go USJ so that we dicided to hold the party. i was the one who was going to have a lot of fun at USJ, but i felt so bad in that morning so i joined them just for making Yusuke and Mayuka surprised. lol and we made it! we bought a big whole cake for them and gave them original T-shirts. Yusuke seemed he could not stop smiling during dinner and Mayuka looked to be moved to tears. and what we can not forget about is that we made it with the staff's help. the staff at the restaurant was so kind and generous for us to give us the place.

Actually, before i met some friends enjoyed USJ, i was waiting them at the restaurant with Chika and Yuka from class 2. it was so fun to think about whether both would be surprised and happy. and also, i was so impressed by the restaurant stuff coz of their hospitality. on that day, not only i could enjoyed with my friends and succeeded in the party, but also i realized that i like this kind of thing. i mean, i really love to make people happy and would love to involve those events more and more. maybe i can find something related to such things for my future job?
hmmm. maybe i can, but who knows? lol

Sunny Day Driving!

hey, mates! sorry for my such a long silence to be here again...
i just wanted to make my self keep away from my computerfor a while.
once i sit in front of the computer, i cannot leave until i hear birds are singing outside in the morning lol
anyways!! today, i'm gonna talking about the day i went to Rinku with my friends last October. though it's already been one of my old memories, let me talk about it coz i've just found pictures we took on that day!
that day, october 23rd was very sunny day. it was the first time for me to go out somewhere wiv my friends, Yuka, Yusuke, and Daniel. we've just been close each other since the fall semester started. on that day, i was so excited as Daniel said he could drove us out to Rinku which has a lot of outlet shops by his car. it was a very fine day. we sang and enjoyed taliking a lot on our way to the place. mostly we enjoyed singing or making fun of Yuka! lol
when we arrived Rinku, it was blowing hard as the place was near the sea, though the weather was really fine. the first pic is the one we took when we've just arrived. after a few minutes walk in the beach, we became crazy about shopping and could get some good things for ourselves. i got a black jacket, a necklace, and some kid's wears for cousin's son.
i was quite satisfied with what i got then, though i wanted more time to looking around other shops. we went for a walk in the beach at night again after we were out outlet with starbacks coffee. it was very relaxing sitting on the beach at night and i could feel mild salt breeze.
we had dinner together and again singing a lot on the way to home.
it was so good day that i still remember clearly now.
thanks to them, and thanks very much to Danny to drive us on that day!

i dun like medicine...

hey, guys. whatz up? hope u all are good.
i've caught a terrible cold since last week and it's still killing me now. it's been long time since i had caught a cold last time. i know the reason why i'm suffering badly from a cough and snivel. it was last Wednesday when i stayed a night at my friend's house as usual. you know, these days it's getting colder outside even during a day. at night, we two went back her house and chat for a long time. when i woke up at midnight, we slept warming ourselves at a Kotatsu without notice. people often say that it is not good to sleep at a Kotatsu in the winter even though it warms us actually. it is not good for our health. however, we did it. oh, poor me! because of that, i caught this terrible cold and am still suffering from it right now. then i had to be absent from school today. and to make matters worse, i'm the person who don't like to take any medicine and depend on it even though it'll make me feel better!! i dun know exect reason that i dun like taking medicine, but i've watched a TV perogram before which warned us how awful things happen when we take medicine by mistake. i guess may be that TV program made me keep away from taking medicine somehow though my mum always force it from me! and she is too fussy about that so i end up seeing the docter and starting to take evil medicine...now i'm taking 5 kinds of medicine three times a day. awww... can't we just leave a cure to nature(自然治癒) without taking any medicine?

a secret night BBQ

on the other day, i had a BBQ party with my coworkers at midnight. as some of them had to work , we met after they closed the restaurant. i didn't work at that night so i took some nap before i left house. anyways, it was the first time we had such a party at the roof of building. we didn't like our new boss at that time so we didn't ask him to join us. and we even didn't tell him we were going have a BBQ party at the roof on that day. lol so it was a kind of secret party! yay! i like secret thing!! it was so much exciting!! some guys took the initiative in setting up foods for the party so that it is not too much to say that we wouldn't have the successful party without them! though it was already midnight, we were very starving. some people looked a little bit tired because of the job and some people seemed that they couldn't wait for the food to eat. when a BBQ leader said that the food was ready to eat, we crowded around the food like hyena! lol
i didn't expect that the BBQ was going to be such a nice one! with good loud R&B and Hiphop music, we ate a lot, drunk a little bit, and talked a lot until the morning coming. i really enjoyed that night with wonderful friends!! thanks guys! i hope we can have much more parties like that before i leave japan.