~Busy busy busy~

Busy doing nothing..My first Saturday here where I have not been out.My first was to Osaka city,second to Nagoya,third to a huge department store to watch V for Vendetta.My day today,ladies and gentleman,revolves in...my room...

Woke up at 7am,send in the tenkou paper and watched Ainiyukimasu drama while munching my breakfast.Planned on spring cleaning(it is spring after all) and ended up with a disastrous laundry..haizz..Didn't know my futon sheet can turned into a ball of black dust.Don't mind don't mind,my super nice sempai helped me clean up the mess with me and then I REALLY have to sweep myt whole room again.Spent the rest of the day doing my report,study a bit,packed a bit for Tokyo.And I'm back at the laptop,watching drama,procrastinating again..SIEN ARRRRRR..Was busy doing stuff,studying for my small test but can't find the mood to study anymore.I SHOULDN'T be procrastinating but I can't help it..

Called Kai Mei and chatted with Wan Hong as well,the line amazingly clear,it doesn't sound like I'm calling from oversea at all.Called Emerson also,had fun chatting with him while trying to control my volume.MY neighbour two rooms away,speaks like obasan-ly loud with her boyfriend yet complain I talk loud and knocked at my door when I called my mum the other day..FINE..She's hard to entertain anyhow..

Had fun chatting with the gals and Emerson though nothing has really changed.Made a bet with Emerson that I'll stay single til I see him next year too.I don't bet unless I know its a sure win thinghy.hahaha.How hard can it be?After all,its hard to get one boyfriend here no?All foreigners,leng chai one all not available already and good heavens,they are all younger than me lar!!!Crapping again....muhahhahaha..I hate this feeling of suppose-to-study-but-opt-to-online guiltiness but I can't help it.........fine..go bathe first..later online til tonight then study tomorrow!!there's always tomorrow....

~Life~

Pictures from Sabah..Just looking back,browsing through the pictures I realise that there's no place like home.However the bumpy the journey of the trip had been.I realised the best thing is to avoid conflict,enjoy the ride,for in time to come,who wants to have the unpleasant memory during one trip?These pictures are some of the best thing in my life..

Made my first call home yesterday.Nothing amazing,the phone call lasted less then 10minutes,the line amazingly clear.

The sun finally bring some heat and is no longer mere lighting.

I failed some small test,can't help it.Some are sudden without warning,some..I'm helpless at Japanese.Some...forget it..I'm giving myself excuses.Can't believe all my first paper are better than my second papers.And to think I should get used to it by now...

Spring is still around but finally the image of spring is now here..Sunlight,butterflies fluttering around dafodiles(yes,I finally remembered the small yellow flowers name),robins have all joined in the club,with lotsa greenery as background.There's life at last...

There's life in me too for the time being.I have friends...I have my handphone too.I have joined a club I enjoy.I love the food here.The thing is,all these sometimes doesn't matter compare to some lousy small tests.Its a balance of life,I get to know more friends,get comfy with routine here,in return I get worse in my small test.The irony..the yin and yang...the lameness.Does that mean I have to be a hermit to get good results?

I need to sit back and relax.Tension is building up too fast.I still have a chance,there's retest on Tuesday.Gambatte and then I can rest myself with the company of friends during Golden Week..Sigh..its only 1.5 marks for my term paper..Why I'm pressuring myself I have no idea...

I'm getting tired....but this is life

~quickie~

A quick one..went to Bell City with Anuar and Soo Sing yesterday,watched V for Vendetta.Tried the Hiroshima yaki,nice but big portion.It was my first movie here and my first bus ride.Got my first CD here too,Il Divo,reasonable price.Nice songs.Had fun overall but tired out.Tried a korean dish for dinner,you know the one we see in drama where they mix a lot of vege and meat into one rice,mix it and eat it?Looks like leftovers and dog food but hey,its good man...Enjoyed both meals,ended up with a bloated stomach.Its obvious now,I have everything here,not ulu2 place,can watch movie weh..not bad huh?At night yesterday had fun chatting with sempais and giler-ed with MAy Ching,lucky her she got heater,I was freezing while chatting with her...That's all,gotta start studying,Monday got test.So many tests,shit...
And that was my lunch just now.Too much until I almost puke.Taufu soup,lacked of green vege,minced meat with eggs but too much and rice.I'm so full.Sure gain weight here man.....

~Blow wind blow~

Seriously,its already spring...So WHY THE HELL IS IT SO DAMN COLD?!!??!Goodness,seeing that it shining brightly outside,I assume it'll be warm and fuzzy-ly nice.How wrong I was...Wearing only 2 long,thin texture shirt to class was such an adventure.The sun was there alright,the sky clear blue with some puffy clouds.But hell,the wind sorta 'joined in',spoilt everything and almost blew me off my feet.(And its no joke here)Goodness,the wind was super strong and chilly.Really,it was hard to even WALK man..A check at the weather report shows that it was 10 degrees celcius outside.oh my.....

With all the sudden weather changes,not only its hard for me to chose what to wear,it has really cost me a lot of trouble.Citing for example,it might be warm in the afternoon but at night it can turn bitterly cold.Wearing too little has its toll.I'm sensing flu on my way,with running nose now,its only a matter of time.Wearing too many layers makes it hard for me to move at ease and sometimes in class,where there's too many 'body heat' to warm up the class,wearing too many looks silly and of course makes me feel uncomfortably warm..Sig,weather o weather..Mua is at thy mercy...

Yesterday was Anuar's birthday.I was given the task to get his cake etc.Which was fine until I had decided to join a club which meeting was yesterday.Super nice this club,where we had games and movie watching.Yesterday was the Last Samurai..My soooo going to download it.Super nice.No chance to finish yesterday due to the time clash for me to get the cake.We had fun,but again the weather is really...SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHhhh.

Ok here goes an array of jumbled up thoughts which I have gathered up since the last time I blog.I saw the first robin of spring on my walk back here just minutes ago(my hand still freezing as I'm typing this),it was actually 2 robins,yellow ones too,pretty small and cute.Kyugitaikai was fun(sort of like sports day but only for games with balls like tennis,basketball,softball etc...you get the idea).I paired up with my tutor for soft tennis(yes,they have 2 types of tennis,our usual one is the hard one),lost to the guy opponents,saw some other games,had UNO game and card games in class where I bonded with a lot of them.Joined a new club which I actually felt comfortable in and get to know Tomoka,a classmate of mine better.You can't get to know someone better unless you talk to that particular someone.

In this case it was Sugiyama sensei who was old and looked 'nyanyuk' and was known for his eerie sudden laughs.Today,after the one to one lesson to him,I sort of changed my perspective that I have on him in class.Though he taught me no lessons in this one-to-one lesson,we chated for about 1 hour plus and I found him quite nice too.Taught me more about some small things which most Japanese have no interest in learning and I,in return,told him about Malaysia.It suprised me that to the Japanese,it's no longer 'jungle' that comes to their mind when talk about Malaysia but 'delicious fruits' instead.And now I know that the standard width for train tracks is 1435mm but in Japan certain,normal trains like the JR's tracks are built with 1065mm width.I'm also taught that sometimes travelling,its not about how fast you can travel and reach that certain destination but should instead slow down,take the time to notice the journey itself.

Other thoughts includes ermm,some of my classmates are really nice and take the effort to know me and explain to me things I have no idea on.Just that sometimes they don't know how to act in front of me.As for my tutor,she's really the cute and adorable kind,smart and witty too.Maybe that's why she has tonnes of friends,which resulted her negligence towards me at times.I don't mind really,this way,I can get better with my other classmates.Thank God her group of friends is the normal,studious and kind kind.Not those who overdress to class,talk loudly like nobody's business kind.I'm lucky I guess.Other thoughts..Got to cut down on my food intake,though I really love the food here but it's too much and I might soon not fit into the clothes I brought here..sighh..

Ok,gotta go.Have to take my Alien card,hopefully after that can quickly get my handphone.*crossing my fingers..

~Thoughts~

Staring at the board,
Wondering off in space,
Often she wondered,
What is her role in this place.

A change of surroundings,
But nevertheless still the same.
A feel of being a foreigner,
An excuse that sounds ever so lame.

Excitement,nervousness and worries,
Were no longer anywhere seen,
In exchange if the pessimism,
That slowly takes in.
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Its already the 18th of April.As I've said earlier on in my previous entry,I found everything here basically the same.There's no hoo-haa about anything,I'm not even amazed at anything to say the least.It might be that I'm heeding my friends' advice,"shun qi zi ran" meaning taking nature at its course,or it might be I can't even bothered to even make a big fuss out of everything.

Still,that doesn't mean I dislike being here.That also doesn't mean I'm wasting my government's money.It doesn't mean I don't have any Japanese friends,nor it doesn't mean I'm not learning or experiencing anything.But the truth is,like how I have brought myself or get myself used to,I learn everyday.Be it in Malaysia or now,in Japan,I've always made myself to accept changes,to suit everyones' needs,to observe before acting,and...to perform at my best or don't do anything at all if I have no confidence.Stubbornly said,its just my nature.

I always believed in horoscopes but it also turned out that I've been putting the blame on my Aquarius sign a lot.I love keeping in touch with friends,whether its a two way thing or not.(A well known Aquarian trait)I take the effort to know about my friends,sometimes to the extent of neglecting my own stuffs.I might be boastful and egoistic,to say that I care about my friends more,but nevertheless,in Japan now,I can almost see myself with no best buddies,just friends.Thus,I online often,trying to get a glimpse of any friend,but alas,in this way,I looked like I'm trying to shun away from my Japanese world right here.Try as I might,I know it'll be hard to get into my tutors' circle of friends,however close they are to me compared to my tutor.However much I looked like one of them,I can NEVER be them and can never get as comfortable with them as to my Malaysian fellows.This is a fact,and I have no qualms about that.

It could be that after resting for so long,it's hard for me to get back to my studious mood.I'm sent here to study anyway,so that I shall do.So is it wrong for me to say that I found everything I study here same as in Malaysia?What's the difference anyway?Basically its back to the basics,you go to class,listen to the lecturers,take notes,do revision,take tests etc.Life goes on with the sickly familiar routine-ness.Thus my first line when I get to chat on Skype was.."I'm bored"..Some,no,scratch that.Most of them are suprised that I'm not jumping up and down,over-excited or feeling homesick etc.I'll tell you all truthfully how I feel,what's the big deal?The only thing that can really put a smile to my face is the tinge of familiarity when I chat with my friends,not so often,but at least once after a long period of time.I've not smiled sincerely as I've used to in Malaysia,this I've managed to make a mental note.Now why is that?

A friend was suprised at my mood of not-being-bothered,and I'm sure most of you do.The thing is,as I've stated a few times here,there's no life-changing issues that happened to me here just yet.I live my life here,as I've always in Malaysia,with the monotoneous pace.I'd love to look back 'ages and ages hence',with no regret that I've live my life here to the fullest,and I shall try just that.Gradually,I hope I can,just..... 'walk with me,not behind or in front of me'...Stay with me before I can achieve of what I believe I can achive here...

~Lalalala~

Nothing much worth mentioning.I cooked my first lunch(I had sweet and sour pork and a vege),going to cook dinner later too.Then bathe,then do some revision,then sleep.Sunday well spent. This was what I've come up with for my dinner..hehe.The sweet sour sauce left over in the afternoon was used for the scramble eggs..muhahahha..Jimanshiteru^_^

~My second trip~

Simple and nice.Woke up at 8am,supposingly meet Anuar and Arif at 10am but they turned up at 10.20am.Cycled for 20minutes to Shiroko train station,took the 11.12am train.Once reached there went to Bic Camera.Got myself a cordless mouse.Anuar took ages to chose a dictionary,his motto is simple,buy something with everything in however expensive,so that won't have to worry about incompletion.He took an HOUR to chose a dictionary.The sales gal was tired of him,Arif sempai went on to buy his stuff,I wondered nearby.

Next we met those from Toba and had lunch at 2.30pm.Had big prawns(lobster?) for that.Chatted with Basyir,he seems to have fun at Toba.Next we went for bowling.Went to the one in Nagoya,have to wait one hour so we went to Round1 at Nakajima.Have to wait an hour also so we sang karaoke there.The guys was practically screaming instaed of singing.Round1 is actually a indoor game palace with everything included from pachinko,karaoke,bowling,tennis etc.Had a good massage at the massage chair in the karaoke room.Had a nice bowling game of 408 points outta 5 games.not much but not that bad either..hehe..

Hurried back but made a brief stop at shop where they looked at clothes,ended up I bought one too.Rushed back,cycled like crazy just to meet the time before my hostel lock the door.Reached back at 9.20pm,door lock at 9.30pm.It was drizzling but I felt super hot from all the cycling.Rushed for shower and chatted with Ghai Leong and Min Ley on skype.

Glad to hear Min Ley is doing well and everything,starting to wonder if I should join any clubs for my course is a tedious one,I'm afraid I can't coope if I tired out myself and also give the Jap a bad image should I not turn up if I join.Oh well,since I'm not good in anything,guess I'll just forget it.This is one of the times where I feel so damn lazy to do anything again.Sighhhh..Been wondering if I'm able to speak fluently in Jap after one year with my current silentness and blurness..There's not much differences in staying overseas and in Malaysia anyway,just the sightseeing part I think..Any comments,my friends?

~13th April 2006~

Guess this shows what a real crapper I really am, having to update my blogs so often, although I still haven’t got a internet network to post my entries, I’m actually blogging at my laptop (M.W of course). Its sounds weird but the thing is, each student here is given a laptop with the IP address set etc. Therefore to gain access to the internet network here I got to have an IP address of which I still didn’t manage to obtain until today. (heard that my seniors only got their laptops one month later last year)

Current status: Lunch break, so as usual I’m back in my room.

I just had my first PE lesson. Well, it wasn’t that great. At first there was a lot of anticipation from me, after all, how long since we last had PE in Malaysia? But….(yes, again the “but” word)Hearing from Anuar about how the Japanese can actually run etc, it scares me a little. I mean, being the “kiasu” type and worry-wart as usual, I worried the whole day yesterday of what to wear to the lesson and also what if I made a fool out of myself here? Thus, having to finish class early yesterday, I actually managed to drag my lazy feet out to the streets with my bicycle. I now know that its not that I cannot cycle, it’s just that my first ride attempt here was a night, a dinner outing with my seniors, thus the non stop falling and of-balance falls. I was fine yesterday and I tried to look around my area after making a visit to the post office, Shansi mall for my sports outfit today and also a visit to the train station.(Vital for my trip-plans)

The class started of with some briefing and then we had to do some test. Run for 50metres, see how far can one throw the ball etc. It was not that fun at all. I’m glad I managed to get out of class and move around but I’m not at all glad to not do well in the tests, but then it also hit me that it has been ages since I last exercise and also…I’m 20. Not young and active 17+ or 18 like them.*shrugs..I know,I know, I sound like I’m making excuses to comfort myself, but hey, I didn’t do THAT bad ok? Don’t think too much..

Gotta run..15minutes to class, blogged for 15 minutes..I’m good….*grin…

…..Reading back what I’ve written just now seems funny, I mean it was only things that happened just a few hours ago where the time was 12.35pm. It is now 4.35pm. I’m having different train of thoughts again and AGAIN I’m crapping here.

On the way back I’ve noticed the small buds of leaves growing from the branches-only tree. I guess I tend to notice all these things now that there’s four season here. I even noticed some lavender growing at the side of the pave walk below the lamppost yesterday while I was cycling around. Not to mention the small yellow flowers at the grass in front of my hostel (I think they call it tweed but heck I call it a flower). The weather is getting warmer as evidence I can now go out to class with only 2layers of shirts compared to the max 5 when it was raining and freezing cold. Still evenings are cold and I shudder to sleep everyday. The first sign of spring is here but then when is spring coming anyway???(‘cuz its still chilly and killing me)

By the way, I’ve got to stop wasting my time on nothing and start reading and do some revisions. Why I’ve got to start doing revision this early?? You guys must be thinking seeing that it’s only my 2nd week here but heck, I’ve chosen a course which has the most amount of small tests although there’s less reports to write. To make things matter, every test counts to my major exam and the point counting system is VERY complicated. And as I have nil idea what the teachers are saying about the small tests, I guess it doesn’t hurt if I try my best right? I mean until then I’ll naturally learn how to count the points so there…

Sigh, things have been a breeze so far, not to say a piece of cake but nevertheless lessons are still manageable until today. I really have no idea at what the teacher is talking about especially on bio where I’ve not taken for the past 3 years. Plus, it doesn’t help if I get sleepy, yes, sleepy…*roll my eyes..I don’t want to nod off but then sometimes, it’s hard to control. I shall not go on with the reasons for there are lots forming in my brain right now. The thing is when I get sleepy not only I cannot understand what the lecturer is saying, my notes gets weird and ugly too and to tell ya all the truth, I have this quirkiness of erasing the words I wrote if its not readable and comprehensible and rewrite the whole thing until I’m satisfied. So there, with a blurry mind, it’s very energy consuming to write down things that I can actually HEAR but not LISTEN..Lucky for me today it only lasted for that 10minutes, something jolted me up and I was fresh until the end of class. I have no idea what or who though..

So there, end of blogging for now, revision, here I come…

~11th April 2006~

It has been exactly a week since I arrived at Suzuka Technical College. To tell you guys the truth, up til now I don’t really feel anything amazing about coming to Japan at all. The people here are just humans and I’m just trying my best to fit in. It doesn’t take much effort really (or maybe it’s because I’ve been doing it everyday that it really doesn’t feel like I’m even trying), sure I get occasional benefits of being a foreigner but really there was not much fuss around me.

Well, since I’ve not mention how things work around here before my previous blog, let me just briefly describe the current world I’m living in. There’s not much exactly, I’ve got a tutor as of the other two “aliens” like me. A tutor is actually a Japanese classmate who is paid to guide us around. In my case, my tutor who is quite a cute petite girl, will accompany me for breakfast and would walk with me to class everyday, tell me which books to use for each lessons and occasionally help me out with studies which I’m clueless in (unless its English where I’ve suddenly gain a “goddess” status for being able to just SPEAK English). Anuar has a run of bad luck for being in a bad class (it seems that mechanical students have a horrible attitude in class,errmm,the Japanese I mean) and a bad tutor who doesn’t even bother to intro himself to Anuar on the first day of Anuars’ arrival. In fact Anuar didn’t know who his tutor was at the first day of his lessons. But being the nice guy he was, Anuar doesn’t bother t go complain and see how things will turn out. The Morocco guy seems to have fun though, having learned a year of Japanese in Tokyo, everything seemed like a breeze to him.

We have pre-order food in the canteen here so no worries about breakfast, lunch or dinner. In fact the food was serve in such big portion that I decided not to have lunch as breakfast will be more than enough for me, after all if I don’t take lunch I don’t have to pay as much. So biscuits and tea will be my lunch everyday. Believe me, besides bread and a huge variety of drinks, there was rice and miso soup everyday, so I guess its more than enough for anyone.
I have a huge room all to myself. It is actually a bedroom for two but for foreign students like us we can have it all to ourselves, we have a kitchen and a shower room of our own too. Besides that every student will be given a laptop for homework all throughout the three years we are here. As for my studies well, it’s just the first week where actual lessons begins so I can’t really say much but some are easy whereas some are really killing as I can barely understand what the lecturer is saying what more to take down notes? These are some pictures of my current room, a bit untidy but actually I have too much space to put very little things so I’ve tried my best. The weather here is still killingly cold even if its spring, because it has been raining non stop for the past few days and according to Anuar who checked the weather report, this kinda weather will last until Friday with the minimum degree drop to 5°C if not mistaken. So from the 3 pieces clothing I used to put on, now has been added to the maximum 5. I really can’t help it, it’s too cold.
For the time being, I’ve spent my money on food mainly food for my lunch, my trip to Osaka where I got hold of a camera, a electrical dictionary, some necessities and a bicycle. But due to the limited cash-in-hand and with my “alien card” not ready(=Malaysia’s I/C), I can’t get my handphone or my bank account started, so all the travelers cheque is not really handy right now, gotta learn to save a bit. But with a shopping mall just behind my college, everything is conveniently bought which also meant fast cash flow.

Talking about my lessons, it amazes me that the one with striking red hair guy, who is always late and pays the least attention can actually answers the lecturers question in a quick think. My class consists of 44 students but one guy NEVER turns up since day 1 and lucky me, he is my lab mate. My group consists of 3 people though, so I hope the other gal can help me out. Otherwise, the lessons are alright as even if I cannot understand fully I can still take some notes down and do some self study, if only I can have the motivation to do so. Right now, I’m still taking everything easy but of course I’m not slacking and doing nothing at all, just that, like now when in the room alone, it’s hard for me to actually prepare lessons for tomorrow when I can actually understand them in class tomorrow. Thus the bloggin starts again. Next week onwards though, every subject has a small test every week, so I won’t be able to blog that much anymore. I wonder when can I pick up my “studying pace” again?

Note to self: Still no sign of any homesickness…Just moving on, what’s there to homesick about????*guilty

Picture of Anuar and I on the second day we arrive here at Suzuka Technical College. Nice picture of the cherry blossom.(sakura)

~My first trip~

06/04/08…yes, this is how the Japanese write their dates, starting with the year then the month and then the day. Today is my first weekend here and after scrolling APITA(the mall behind my college) and the 100yen shop for 3 days with and without Anuar, by foot and also by bicycle, I finally went out of Suzuka City. I’ve made a trip to Osaka city with Anuar and my senior from PPKTJ too, Soo Sing.

We started the journey at 9.15am, we cycled to Shiroko train station where I’ve learned to take a train to Nanba and then switch trains. The thing about Japan is that everything is so systematic that you can actually check on the internet what time each train is coming, leaving and where to etc, so that one can save time in taking the next train and shorten the length of ones journey. So we went to take a kyukou densha that takes us to Nanba where we switch trains to Osaka city. The journey took about 2 hours and on the way, Shi Han, Jeremy and Fook Hee joined us to lead us the way. Apparently my senior is not very sure of the road to Osaka thus the guys made a detour to join us from Nara.

On the way I’ve managed to talk to Soo Sing about our college and how things get around here etc. Find her very nice and modest even though she’s a great student. She’s been taking care of me a lot and it made me felt very grateful but as usual as the egoistic Aquarian and maybe my own characteristics, I try my best not to give her too much trouble. Meaning if possible, I’ll try to solve my own minor problems without consulting her 24/7 for silly examples like what kind of moisturizer to buy etc or how to fill in some forms.
Once we reached Osaka eki(station) we made a man hunt for Clement and found him at another exit. It baffles me how many people there were at the station and everyone was walking at high speed. Unlike here in Suzuka, everyone stay on the right side of the right side of the escalator if they want to stand still and those in a hurry will have to wallk on the left whereas in Suzuka it’s the opposite. This train station is quite huge I must say and there were a lot of food shops there underground. After meeting Clement, we went to look for Halim, Naim sempai, Lee and Teo. Next was May Ching, Kim and Michael. From afar I’ve seen May Ching and we were like hugging each other once we met each other. Halim was amazed cuz we were hugging each other as if we haven’t met each other for a year but it was actually just a mere 5days.

After breaking into 3 groups and had our lunch (because the shops were so small that all 14 of us will actually take up the whole shop. So I joined Clement, Teo and May Ching for udon. Next we went into the Big something for electrical goods. Got myself a brand new camera at a very good bargain and it looks sleek!! Nice arrr..And also an electrical dictionary vital for all oversea student if one wants to study well here in a all Japanese only country. Was thinking of using my Travellers cheque but not able to, else I would have gotten myself a nano Ipod. *note to May Ching, interest one day one yen..not that much only right *giggle..
The most expensive commercial ad of Osaka city…..The crab is delicious though but damn expensive…
Next we separate into groups of do-shopping or do-sight-seeing group and the shopping group was next divided to gals and guys shop. So May Ching and I ended up with Shi Han and Soo Sing where we went to and fro Ebiubashi and I got myself a jeans top for a mere 1900yen. My legs were sore after walking for 3days for hours thus I really felt for the first time PAIN and NUMBNESS at my legs. After shopping we sat at some café and had tea and then met up with the rest at 6pm. Ghai Leong came with Chin Leong. My newly bought really came into handy and all of us took pictures before Soo Sing, Anuar and I bid them farewell earlier in order to meet our hostel curfew. It really made me felt extremely dreaded to part with everyone especially May Ching. As I’ve repeated a lot of times to both May Ching and Soo Sing, I felt actually nothing but just going on with my life here in Suzuka Technical College until I’ve met up with everyone in Osaka today. I actually missed them a lot(yes, I know, a very rare statement from me) I haven’t even start getting homesick yet I’ve already start getting friends sick. Guess life have to go on, I can only tell myself to look forward to the trip to Tokyo on the Golden Week which if I’m not mistaken, at the end of April. For the time being there are more things for me to worry, that is, to coop with my studies with my deteriorated Japanese and with the extremely busy course I’ve chosen, guess a lot of hard work need to be put in..so,gambarimasu!!!

~Second impression~

The weather is killingly cold if rain and if there's breeze,the warm toilet seat is a comfort,my tutor have her own friends,the morocco guy is pretty irritating,the canteen food serves big portions but the food is good,I have good sense of direction(Went dating with Anuar for groceries but we managed to find our way even if went to the wrong lane,thanks to my instincts),Sakura is a sight to behold,my Jap sucks a lot,my hands are aching due to too much moving stuffs ranging from my luggage to my grocery bags and moving of furniture.the weather numbed my hands..and May Ching's blog just echoed mine..the end..I'm tired out again to blog on...lots to tell actually...

~First Impression~

I'm here already..After jumping up and down,watched CSI:Miami.House and a quarter of Rumor has it,arranged myself a jukebox,listen to Mandarin Hits,one packed Japanese lunch,one coffee and one bun for tea on the plane...I finally reached Narita Airport and went straight to Toko Hotel in Tokyo.Everything was a fast blur.Reached,saw weird and cute Japanese in blue uniform,sent my luggage with Anwar to our kousen(college).

After one hour of super unbelivable-steady-and-same-speed one hour ride in the bus,I felt really nausetic.Met Usui sensei.Matsuse sensei and Shimizu sensei there.Can]t say the details cuz everything was a fast blur to me...Had a stroll with Min Ley and May Ching,the wind was cooling and I felt fine until the wind blew.It freezed my face which had no protection what-so-ever..We went to shops,checked out prices,me more of a jackoon then both of them..and to say I'm from KL??hehe.It was just unbelievable to see everything.From the very organise ways the Japs work to the blurry covertion of the Japnese yen..

About first impression le wor...At first,Clement and I agree that we didn' fel anything about being in Japan..Cuz we can see the Japan cars in Malaysia,the roads are the same.SAw super nice Ferris wheels..The impression that actually startled me was contrary to other people,the weather was enjoyably cooling instead of bitterly cold,to me,its the size of the hotel room we had at Toko Hotel..so superly small!!!played with the toilet,got myself amazed at the good services of the room itself,used up every utility available.*grin..After a night there,we moved out seperatly..

Was the first to leave and didn't managed to say any goodbye to the rest..Was with Hazwan.hasrul.aqilah.din.basyir,anuar,syazni,zurul,noor and fasihah..took the shinkansen then parted with the rest at Nagoya.Basyir joined Anuar and I at Kintetsu Nagoya but got into a wrong train that was due earlier then the designated time.He was about to get down the train but the doorclosed in front of him..So poor thing.I'm so glad i've learned Chinese which helped me look at the ticket to take our trains..lucky we din get lost.

Met our senseis at the train station.First time using my Japanese in a staggering way too.Straight from the station we went to the nyuugakushiki,namely the "new students enter university ceremony".Found that I'm the only foreign girl student.Had a hard time trying to catch up to the bullet-train speed Japanese talking..sighhh..Spent the whole day in silent mode,talk only when talked to,sometimes not even speaking or plainly answered with one word.I looked really cold,at least Anwar dare to say and blurt out nonsense..I just can't..

Cleaned the whole room the whole day,aranged the furniture,went shopping,met my seniors,did what has to be done.Met my tutor,very 'si man',had a very hot bath that i can actually see steam,froze to death when getting dress..I hate myself right now,who didn7t drop a tear at the airport,not even now,don't think I will later too.I hate the blur me and quiet me with limited Japanese.I hate myself for being so clueless.I hate myself for almost getting myself sick already now.I hate myself for not getting more clothes..

Most of all,I hate myself for letting my hatrad made me felt nothing even now it hit me that I'm in Japan.I guess I'm too tired to even think right now...have to wake up early and go to class tmr..sigh sigh sigh..my nihongo...When can get well lerrrrr???