But heck, Carol and I spent nearly 10 hours walking about last weekend buying things ranging from coats, to accessories, bags, and even a trip to the pet shop.
My best buy on the trip! Love it!
1.31.2008
New stuff
Shopping shopping and more shopping.. tho technically speaking, it is time to save.
But heck, Carol and I spent nearly 10 hours walking about last weekend buying things ranging from coats, to accessories, bags, and even a trip to the pet shop.
But heck, Carol and I spent nearly 10 hours walking about last weekend buying things ranging from coats, to accessories, bags, and even a trip to the pet shop.
As I was digging into lunch just now, I was a little startled by how time just flies...
It is not as if I was really that busy.
Somehow by the time I was conscious about time, it was already 12pm.
A friend reminded me recently that precisely time is so precious and short we have to make every minute and second count.
I do not disagree with that but I ask myself how to?
Most of us are stuck in school or workplace from a fix time of 9-6. The better ones are off somewhere pursuing and realising their dreams every minute while the rest of us are desk-bound. I do not detest my job but if I really do have a choice, it will not be the ideal way I will be spending my time.
Yet, I stil haven't found the courage to give up a stable steady income in return for something more fufilling.
Work is just a part-time thing to me. I spend most of my time thinking about things I like to do anyway... my art work, my books, my shows, my sleep.
Another half day to weekend. make that 2 half-days...
It is not as if I was really that busy.
Somehow by the time I was conscious about time, it was already 12pm.
A friend reminded me recently that precisely time is so precious and short we have to make every minute and second count.
I do not disagree with that but I ask myself how to?
Most of us are stuck in school or workplace from a fix time of 9-6. The better ones are off somewhere pursuing and realising their dreams every minute while the rest of us are desk-bound. I do not detest my job but if I really do have a choice, it will not be the ideal way I will be spending my time.
Yet, I stil haven't found the courage to give up a stable steady income in return for something more fufilling.
Work is just a part-time thing to me. I spend most of my time thinking about things I like to do anyway... my art work, my books, my shows, my sleep.
Another half day to weekend. make that 2 half-days...
1.28.2008
Tomorrow will be another good day.
"I lift my eyes up to the mountains
Where does my help come from
My help comes from You
Maker of heaven, creator of the earth"
Psalms 121
1.27.2008
Hellos!
Hello World! It is almost Monday again!
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I was just born last month and I don't have a name yet =)
I looked a little sleepy but I am looking forward to making more friends!
Hope you all will have a good week ahead!!
Hope you all will have a good week ahead!!
1.23.2008
Snow...
Finally? After the few days of forecasting, it finally snowed. Though I dun particularly loved snow or the cold weather it brings with it, still winter is not winter without snow.
Pretty much enjoyed the slow walk from home to station today enjoying the small white petals fall.
1.22.2008
An interesting sight...
Witness something interesting that day while I was in the waiting room to go into KTV...
A couple in their late teens or early twenties came in carrying a one yr plus old baby.
At first sight, the word lian and beng came to me cus they both had dyed hair. The lady blonde to be more exact. Both in baggy clothes, plenty of accessories.
The first thing the couple or to be more exact, the man did was to plonk himself right in front of the TV when I was clearly watching. Rude.
Then, the baby was running about and he kept going out of the waiting room. As there were a flight of stairs right outside the room, the parents esp the mum was chasing after the baby to make sure he does not go near it.
I never much have any good impression of very young parents esp in Japan. I almost felt guilly immediately because I judged them based on their outer appearance and then... since the baby kept running out of the room, the mum decided to close one side of the heavy glass door. And when she did that, she didn't carry the baby out of the way! The heavy door smack right into the face of the baby and the baby literally flew like a metre away.
shocked... speechless... There was no more guilt for being judgemental. In fact I felt sorry for the kid.
but the baby was really resilent and strong he sobbed for a few mins and then continued his quest to exit the room for more adventures... the result of accidents being too often?
Then, the dad this time digged into his pocket and fished out a cigarette. No offence to smokers because I think they know best. It is really very selfish to blow smoke into the face of other people and then casually leave a bad odour on their clothing. This is what I hate most everytime I enter an enclosed area that allows smoking. But what irks me most are parents who smoke in front of their little children. The bad influence aside, have that ever consider the impact they are bringing upon the healths of their kids?
To my surprise and really, I was so impressed at the ah-lian mum.. She looked right into the eye of the dad and told him to put away his cigarette. When he tried to protest, she told him without any hesistation. "For your son..."
That worked, he kept his unlit cigarette away immediately.
Thank you mummy for saving the day. Otherwise it would have been a very unpleasant experience for us.
Then we were being called finally... before I left the room, I turned to look at the baby who gave me a wide grin. There was a cut across his face. Must the wound sustained just now. Poor chap. But at least he had a mum who didn't smoke into his face.
A couple in their late teens or early twenties came in carrying a one yr plus old baby.
At first sight, the word lian and beng came to me cus they both had dyed hair. The lady blonde to be more exact. Both in baggy clothes, plenty of accessories.
The first thing the couple or to be more exact, the man did was to plonk himself right in front of the TV when I was clearly watching. Rude.
Then, the baby was running about and he kept going out of the waiting room. As there were a flight of stairs right outside the room, the parents esp the mum was chasing after the baby to make sure he does not go near it.
I never much have any good impression of very young parents esp in Japan. I almost felt guilly immediately because I judged them based on their outer appearance and then... since the baby kept running out of the room, the mum decided to close one side of the heavy glass door. And when she did that, she didn't carry the baby out of the way! The heavy door smack right into the face of the baby and the baby literally flew like a metre away.
shocked... speechless... There was no more guilt for being judgemental. In fact I felt sorry for the kid.
but the baby was really resilent and strong he sobbed for a few mins and then continued his quest to exit the room for more adventures... the result of accidents being too often?
Then, the dad this time digged into his pocket and fished out a cigarette. No offence to smokers because I think they know best. It is really very selfish to blow smoke into the face of other people and then casually leave a bad odour on their clothing. This is what I hate most everytime I enter an enclosed area that allows smoking. But what irks me most are parents who smoke in front of their little children. The bad influence aside, have that ever consider the impact they are bringing upon the healths of their kids?
To my surprise and really, I was so impressed at the ah-lian mum.. She looked right into the eye of the dad and told him to put away his cigarette. When he tried to protest, she told him without any hesistation. "For your son..."
That worked, he kept his unlit cigarette away immediately.
Thank you mummy for saving the day. Otherwise it would have been a very unpleasant experience for us.
Then we were being called finally... before I left the room, I turned to look at the baby who gave me a wide grin. There was a cut across his face. Must the wound sustained just now. Poor chap. But at least he had a mum who didn't smoke into his face.
1.18.2008
Mornings....
It is getting increasingly harder to wake up in the mornings when as the temperature dips day by day...
The happiest thing to me is to wake up in the morning to realise at I still have time time to sleep in ( like waking at 5am, knowing that I can go back to sleep for 2.5 hrs more) and vice versa the worst is to wake up at at 7.15am knowing I can't go back to sleep anymore and I only have wasted 15 mins of possible sleep. Sounds complicated? It's critical maths in winter.
My friend said to me " I will be only too glad when winter is over." I can't agree more on it.
The end of winter spells another season very physically and visually in Japan. The flowers start blooming, people starts gathering outside for cherry blossoms, less mono-tone black and white coats. It also marks the start of a new working and schooling year.
But then, it scares me to know that we have gone past nearly a quarter of the year! How true the saying that as you go past 21, time just flies past...
So what am I going to do next? While job is important to me. It is never my first priority. I say without a single shame ( though not with so much pride ) that I value my own personal time more.
I am going to devote more time to my hobbies and interests.
The happiest thing to me is to wake up in the morning to realise at I still have time time to sleep in ( like waking at 5am, knowing that I can go back to sleep for 2.5 hrs more) and vice versa the worst is to wake up at at 7.15am knowing I can't go back to sleep anymore and I only have wasted 15 mins of possible sleep. Sounds complicated? It's critical maths in winter.
My friend said to me " I will be only too glad when winter is over." I can't agree more on it.
The end of winter spells another season very physically and visually in Japan. The flowers start blooming, people starts gathering outside for cherry blossoms, less mono-tone black and white coats. It also marks the start of a new working and schooling year.
But then, it scares me to know that we have gone past nearly a quarter of the year! How true the saying that as you go past 21, time just flies past...
So what am I going to do next? While job is important to me. It is never my first priority. I say without a single shame ( though not with so much pride ) that I value my own personal time more.
I am going to devote more time to my hobbies and interests.
1.15.2008
The type of guy I will fall for...
According to Facebook:
You would fall for a Nerd. Your man is socially awkward and completely sweet. Although other people may make fun of him now, just wait a few years and those same people that made fun of him will probably be working for him. He will worship the ground you walk on and love you like crazy, although he may not always know how to express it. You find his awkwardness endearing because you know that underneath all that nervous stuttering and passion for obscure subjects is a really great guy who adores you!
Isn't that talking about Satoshi? Awwwww
Anyway, he is opening his first arts exihibition soon! woww eeeee and his first book which consists of his works over the past 10 years will be in the book too! Can't wait!
You would fall for a Nerd. Your man is socially awkward and completely sweet. Although other people may make fun of him now, just wait a few years and those same people that made fun of him will probably be working for him. He will worship the ground you walk on and love you like crazy, although he may not always know how to express it. You find his awkwardness endearing because you know that underneath all that nervous stuttering and passion for obscure subjects is a really great guy who adores you!
Isn't that talking about Satoshi? Awwwww
Anyway, he is opening his first arts exihibition soon! woww eeeee and his first book which consists of his works over the past 10 years will be in the book too! Can't wait!
1.10.2008
Oh- Chan here I come!!!!
Just received news that Oh-chan will have having butai from March ( in Tokyo) and April in Osaka!!
Woohooooo!!!!!!! Have been dreaming and thinking about going to his butai! ( mean: Stage play)
I am going to apply for as many shows as possible as not to repeat the nightmare I had with Aiba kun's!!! This time i must go!!!!!!
I was so excited when I heard the news that I couldn't concentrate on work anymore.. Despite today being a very very busy day for me.
See I have to let go of my excitment somewhere so I won't be laughing and smilling so much to myself in office.
And Arashi's new single will be out on Feb 20th! Pre-order, here I come!
Woohooooo!!!!!!! Have been dreaming and thinking about going to his butai! ( mean: Stage play)
I am going to apply for as many shows as possible as not to repeat the nightmare I had with Aiba kun's!!! This time i must go!!!!!!
I was so excited when I heard the news that I couldn't concentrate on work anymore.. Despite today being a very very busy day for me.
See I have to let go of my excitment somewhere so I won't be laughing and smilling so much to myself in office.
And Arashi's new single will be out on Feb 20th! Pre-order, here I come!
1.08.2008
負けないで・・・
「折れない心、負けない気持ち迷った時は、前にを向け」
Translates to:
A heart does that not bend, the determination not to be defeated.
When you are lost, look forward.
A phrase that deeply inspired and spoke to me.
In the midst of all the challenges ahead, I am reminded not to throw in the white towel without putting up a good fight.
I shall not be defeated.
I shall walk in victory in His Glory.
1.05.2008
1.03.2008
It still came...
One thing I told myself at the beginning of the year is that I must become stronger. It is not a want, it is a MUST. I have actually grown used to dealing with most things on my own. From daily mundane things to the demands of work and life. So I have in the midst of all these, learned to control my emotions, swallow my tears... Yes, one thing I told myself is not to cry.
Yet on the 3rd day of this 2008, I have cried 3 times already.
The first, when I received some negative news regarding a couple very close to me.
The second, on the train when I was reading a book.
The third, when I was watching a short film in studio Ghibili.
I shall elaborate on the 3rd only.
Studio Ghibili is the company in Japan which had produces a lot of famous Japanese animations like "My Neighbour Totoro", " Spirited away" and "Howl's Moving Castle". I visited it today with Shin , her sister and her brother-in-law who are in Tokyo for a trip. It was small and hardly what you categorise as fantastic... but it had a very homely feeling about it.
The film was a short 15mins one. It was on Mei and Chibi Neko Bus ( from Totoro).
The story began with chibi Neko bus (kid cat bus) getting lost and trapped in the house of Mei. The cat bus begin to panic and was calmed down eventually by Mei who offered him a wide grin and a caramel sweet. He then came back in the middle of the night to bring her on a adventure to the land where the totoros reside.
It was short, sweet yet very endearing. One fact about Totoro is that he is the spirit of the forest and can only be seen by children, who are supposedly the purest at heart. As I looked at the grins of Mei-chan and Totoro, it occurred to me how wonderful it once was to smile like that. As a child, we all smile and laugh only when we were happy. But as a adult, we are required to put on a smile all the time. Is it part of growing up? Maybe that's why children prefer the company of another. That's because they can laugh and play with the purest agenda at heart.
I am thankful for all the friends around me whom I can laugh and joke with geninuely... Yet, I have lost the ability to cry in front of people actually... I wondered secretly in my heart, if Totoro appears in front me, will I be able to see him? Not because I have grown up but because there are just too many things going on within me that has hindered my view.
As the film finished, I got up and turned to leave.
I caught another lady behind me wiping her tears away as well...
Is she also thinking about the same things?
1.01.2008
Guess who is this???
Carol says I am updating my blog too many times in a day... haaa Who cares??? I call the shots here!!!
Guess who is this cute little boy??
New year thoughts...
Why thoughts and not resolutions?
Because to me they are pretty much the same. Not in the English sense of the word but how I live my life.
I pretty much do what I want to do and I make sure I do it. Vice versa, I don't do what I don't want to do.
Challenges and experiments are fun and good. But I don't just want to try something for the sake of doing it.
So some thoughts came to my mind these few days as the past year's memories flashed in my mind.
1. I want to take courage to do things I want to do.
Pretty often, I let things go and chances past because I fear of what is in store for me. It can be as easy as wanting to ask someone a question or asking for a favour, to doing something which I think I cannot. So in this year, I want to train myself to be more courageous and daring!
2. To pay less attention to the "eyes" around me.
I was alerted to this fact last night at the concert. I was sitting beside a group of girls from different fan clubs. Arashi, Kinki, Kanjyani etc.... and they only stood up and cheer for the groups they like. When other artistes were performing, they simply sat down and chat among themselves.
I have no right to criticise them though so I will leave it as it is. But it is my principle not to do that to other artistes though they are not Arashi (heee). I think it is only respect to also cheer for them when they are performing, after all all of them make up Johnny's! So anyway, I was pretty much standing and cheering for all of them all the time so well, I do stick out like a sore thumb at times, ( if only shin was around too....) But as I continued to cheer and wave my penlight, I was convinced I am doing the right thing. I am there to enjoy every part of the concert and not just Arashi's performance only right!
This principle can also be applied to other things in life isn't it? Majority isn't always correct. And doing what you think is correct ties with point 1 above. Courage and Confidence.
3. Not to let anyone who needs help go past me again.
Wrote this in earlier blogs how I am always to slow to act. This year, I shall train my brain to work in line with the body.
4. To experience Japan to the fullest! Concerts, more travelling and fun!! ( hee work is only my means of survival). I am not afraid to say my private time comes before work. To prepare for what might come in 2009, I will do everything I want to do in 2008.
My motto in 2009: A year with no regrets 悔いなしの2008過ごしようぜ
Because to me they are pretty much the same. Not in the English sense of the word but how I live my life.
I pretty much do what I want to do and I make sure I do it. Vice versa, I don't do what I don't want to do.
Challenges and experiments are fun and good. But I don't just want to try something for the sake of doing it.
So some thoughts came to my mind these few days as the past year's memories flashed in my mind.
1. I want to take courage to do things I want to do.
Pretty often, I let things go and chances past because I fear of what is in store for me. It can be as easy as wanting to ask someone a question or asking for a favour, to doing something which I think I cannot. So in this year, I want to train myself to be more courageous and daring!
2. To pay less attention to the "eyes" around me.
I was alerted to this fact last night at the concert. I was sitting beside a group of girls from different fan clubs. Arashi, Kinki, Kanjyani etc.... and they only stood up and cheer for the groups they like. When other artistes were performing, they simply sat down and chat among themselves.
I have no right to criticise them though so I will leave it as it is. But it is my principle not to do that to other artistes though they are not Arashi (heee). I think it is only respect to also cheer for them when they are performing, after all all of them make up Johnny's! So anyway, I was pretty much standing and cheering for all of them all the time so well, I do stick out like a sore thumb at times, ( if only shin was around too....) But as I continued to cheer and wave my penlight, I was convinced I am doing the right thing. I am there to enjoy every part of the concert and not just Arashi's performance only right!
This principle can also be applied to other things in life isn't it? Majority isn't always correct. And doing what you think is correct ties with point 1 above. Courage and Confidence.
3. Not to let anyone who needs help go past me again.
Wrote this in earlier blogs how I am always to slow to act. This year, I shall train my brain to work in line with the body.
4. To experience Japan to the fullest! Concerts, more travelling and fun!! ( hee work is only my means of survival). I am not afraid to say my private time comes before work. To prepare for what might come in 2009, I will do everything I want to do in 2008.
My motto in 2009: A year with no regrets 悔いなしの2008過ごしようぜ
Countdown experience
4th time counting down to the New Year in Japan since 2004... And I realised I am never at home to cross to the new year!
2004~ Went to Ise Jingu(伊勢神宮） with Carol. Had a whole fun night of watching Japanese rushing to offer their first prayers of the year. But of course the main highlight was after that! a whole night of walking through the street stalls, bingeing and buying souvenirs.
2005~Went to Ise Jingu again!! With a group of friends from school. This time round, we didn't even book any accomodation. Went there in the evening, then sunrise( in the cold!) and headed home.
2006~ Was invited to Mio chan's house for a typical Japanese way to spend New year. It is so similar to any chinese familes because it involves food and more food! We spent the day eating, watching TV, making some snacks, playing at game centres...
2007~ The climax so far! Went for the famous super high demand Johnny's countdown 2007! WEEE!!!
It is the 10th anniversary this year. And also the first time Arashi is appointed as the MC. Of course I must go right!!
It was also broadcasted live on Fuji TV. but nothing beats being in the concert hall itself listening to them live and enjoying the cheers from every fan.
Must go again at the end of year, but this time, front row seats please!!!!!
Calendar poster... so kakoii!
Johnny's count down is fun!!!
2004~ Went to Ise Jingu(伊勢神宮） with Carol. Had a whole fun night of watching Japanese rushing to offer their first prayers of the year. But of course the main highlight was after that! a whole night of walking through the street stalls, bingeing and buying souvenirs.
2005~Went to Ise Jingu again!! With a group of friends from school. This time round, we didn't even book any accomodation. Went there in the evening, then sunrise( in the cold!) and headed home.
2006~ Was invited to Mio chan's house for a typical Japanese way to spend New year. It is so similar to any chinese familes because it involves food and more food! We spent the day eating, watching TV, making some snacks, playing at game centres...
2007~ The climax so far! Went for the famous super high demand Johnny's countdown 2007! WEEE!!!
It is the 10th anniversary this year. And also the first time Arashi is appointed as the MC. Of course I must go right!!
It was also broadcasted live on Fuji TV. but nothing beats being in the concert hall itself listening to them live and enjoying the cheers from every fan.
Must go again at the end of year, but this time, front row seats please!!!!!
The concert hall itself...
The 360 degrees stage
Arashi's uchiwas!
Calendar poster... so kakoii!
Johnny's count down is fun!!!ただいま!!
Just got home!!! Everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! It'S 2008~~~~
So where did I just come back from?
Look Below...
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So where did I just come back from?
Look Below...
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I went!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need to sleep now. More photos and reports later in the day!
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