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Monday, September 29, 2008Y

// e..sok hari raya～　♪♪

well, not literally tomorrow, it's the day after that. heh. fasting month is almost over, but ah, thinking that i have to ganti for a week (huwaa!), my strength was gone. hehe. but nevermind, i'll do it during winter, so it will be like the good old fasting days... *giggles*

have to work on raya, since japanese don't celebrate it, obviously. i don't know, has raya losts its meaning when u r abroad? i thought it's supposed to make us even more excited to celebrate the festival. but lately i feel like, it's just another day for me. *sigh*

but urm, the other teachers said they're gonna treat me for a meal on wednesday, so we'll just have to wait and see, won't we? (^^)

oh, btw, wishing every muslim a Selamat Hari Raya!!!

God bless.

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Sunday, September 28, 2008Y

// a night at the hill

went to Kirishima last night, after work, which was 3-ish, to my japanese-kinda-like-foster-mom's friend's villa. didn't get much sleep the day before, and it made me sleeping like a cow along the way. just before we arrived, we could see a few deers, crossing the street -- they were so cute!! but as i was soooo sleepy, couldn't take any pictures of them. sorry.

anyways, after arriving, we just sat down and talk, and as i was aware that the sahur time is almost up, i quickly had a bite of sushi and some water. and then me and my friend went to the onsen which is inside the house, yes inside!!! how amazing is that?! hehe.

as it turned bright, i just went to bed, while the others were still drinking. (oh, there were 5 of us -- my foster mom, nana, workmate kacchan, and his friend. and the mom's friends are hiroko who is err.. (whom is a ceramic artist) and her friend, which i had forgotten her name. sorry.) the original plan was to have a bbq in the morning, but as they found out that i'm fasting, they changed the plan to night instead. oh, how kind.

well, to my surprise, i slept until 5:30, haha, and off to the onsen i was soon after that. i finished just nice for berbuka, and everyone had already started. ate like a pig (i don't know how many animals i could actually be like. lol), and am writing this soon after eating for non-stop for about 2 hours. seriously!! my brain actually is not thinking while writing this, so, i think it will end up like a school kid's essay, but ah, whatever, i don't care. heh.

just wanted to post this picture of a biggggggggg scallop that we ate, oh my, how delicious that was!! and yea, a few of the villa's pictures. felt like i was actually in europe. yippie! :)

and oh, this is the onsen (hot spring) inside the house.

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Saturday, September 27, 2008Y

// ちげぇんだよ、バーカー！

　昨日、久しぶりにハニカミを見た・・・なんか、女同士と遊びに行くセグメントがあるじゃん？そう、それ。昨日のゲストはエド・はるみとおバカアイドルのゆきなちゃんが出演。ドライバーは久本。
　みんな銀座の方に行って、でねぇ、どっかの店で買い物してて、６０００円ぐらいの服を見たら、みんな「安ぅ！」と言った。その時、まぁ、まだ分かるんだけど・・・(^-^;)　でも、その後、２万円ぐらいのコートも安いと言った時は、なんかムカツクんだよなぁ・・・そう気がした。まぁ、確かに、みんな芸能人ですから、安いと思うんですけど、一般人として考え見て下さいよ。だって、テレビを見てる人達はあんたみたいにお金持ちの人ばっかりじゃないんですから・・・(涙)　それを見ている人が芸能人に憧れて、そういう風になりたい気持ちがあるだからこそ、必死で、必死で・・・だから、ストレスになるんだよ！(汗)

４枚で、合計３８，０００円ちょっとで、まだ｢安ぅ！｣と言うかよ？！(@@)

ROOKIESのアニヤでいうと、安くねぇんだよ、バーカー！！

以上。

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Thursday, September 25, 2008Y

// the zebras are crossing!!!

people!! please stop at the zebra crossing if u see someone is waiting to cross, will ya?? even when there's no traffic light! that's why there's a zebra crossing in the first place. didn't u guys learn it before u had ur license?? urghhh!!! *annoyed in fasting month*

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008Y

// welcome back, queen b-itch?

wow, the new gossip girl sure is bitchy! i don't know what they are trying to do, it's all messed up to me now, one time a couple, the next thing broke up, then turned into a bitch in err... a night?? congratulations to showing that they are nothing but rich spoiled brats! *claps*

i thought serena is trying to change who she was when she first came back? that means, even without meeting dan in the process, she still has the intention to change, right? dan is just some kind of an aid to speed up the process, that's all... but now, after they broke up, can someone please tell me why the hell does she has to go back to her old self?? yes, she had lost dan, which is again, just a help, but it's her, and HERSELF only that wanted to change to begin with. duhh..

and oh, oh.. what about the time with georgina? remember how she came back to the apartment to check on that guy who were OD and died? i think if the real serena is a bitch, she would do the same thing as err, her bitch friend, georgina; and just left the guy there without even thinking of going back. true?

now all series had turned into just a plain... well, -- drama. *sigh*

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hmm.. vanessa.. vanessa... u know how she always wants to do the "right" thing?? but now she turned up to be doing the exact opposite. poor nate.. (ok, i know it's not fair coz nate might caused this himself, at first, but i was referring to this current situation, that's all) i mean, she asked blair for help, and i know that she saw blair with marcus at the restaurant. but i mean, come on! u want to do the right thing, so why not confront her first before u secretly go and tell about the duke's 2nd wife and son's affair at the duke's face?? O-M-G!! seriously, the scene where nate gave vanessa back her own words, "we were never really friends", i totally think that she deserves that. eat that, vanessa!

i think the one that stays the same might be blair (hey, at least she shows that she is a bitch from the start, unlike serena), eric, and, as much as i don't want to accept this, it's chuck.

and who is the most pathetic of all? the followers, without a doubt! why, u ask? oh, easy.. coz they dont even have their own standings.. or their own sayings.. they follow every single thing that the so-called "queen" say!! see how there's a time when little j was the "queen" for a while? yeah. those once-to-be-blair-followers turned into jenny's bee in a second! and now, they're serena's. poor little bees... u should all be put on the wall of shame.. lol.

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Monday, September 22, 2008Y

// sex minus the city :p

ok, i KNOWWWW... am a bit late, but i just watched the sex and the city movie, yesterday! (as an excuse, hey, it's Japan! most movies ARE late!) okay, u can stop booing now. went to watch it with my japanese friend, nana, and, after watching it, we figured, there's nothing to do afterwards! (it's not exactly a news flash, really.) LOL. wanted to have our own "sex and the city" (oh, minus the sex), we went to the most "glamour" place in kagoshima that we could think of -- tenmonkan! hahaha! (it's actually more like a pekan (small town) than a Manhattan-like town, unfortunately... :p)

but again, since it's kagoshima (like i've mentioned in every chance i get), the shops are already closed (oh, fyi, it was few minutes b4 midnight), so we ended up taking our feets to our friend's bar instead. and while having our own metropolitan (well, not really -- u may have figured by now that, most of the things i said here is muriyari(something that u forced to)-ly trying to sound like satc, but actually doesn't work. haha), nana was telling bout how it is so hard to find a good boyfriend, yada.. yada..

(flashback's gonna start... lol)

and it brought us to the event that happened the night before, approximately, the morning just then. haha. well, i brought her to my friend's farewell party, as she wanted to meet my foreign friends, and be outside of the japanese-speaking environtment, and there, she knew this kinda-good-looking guy, which is also, of course, my friend,whom i am sooo not gonna mention his name, and let him be just H. heh.

to go straight to the point, we went karaoke, after the dinner (or maybe the drinking), that i was late for, hence the yet again, forced karaoke session, haha, with me n my plus 1. and all the time, i can see H sitting beside this japanese friend of mine, talking to her, and at that point, it's obvious that he shows interest in her, so i was like, whatever, none of my business. (well, not really).

all that occured at the karaoke seems normal to me, so i didn't say anything to H, or even the ever-not-sober B; whom, may i say, irritates me whenever he's drunk. but, after we went outside the building, and everybody started to get home, H is trying to get my friend to go home with him to God knows for what -- err.. lemme rephrase that. actually, ANYone can think was the objectve was. and maybe, seeing H made B asking me for the same thing, which, is soooo not gonna happen, not after the "drama" last year, as i've told him. but then, nana rode on the bicycle with H, or as B calls it, the "love mobile". so i rode B's love-fucking-mobile to catch up with nana, but turned out to be faster than them, and as B didn't want to stop the bike, and i couldn't just risk myself to jump off of it, we went straight to the junction -- and turned to see H and nana had crossed the road dangerously, even when the lights were red. so that's was when i screamed for B to stop, and wait for them to turn back.

anyhow, after A LOT of persuasion (and rejection) occured, thank God that D (it was his farewell that we celebrated) saw us and came by, and i had to ask D to help me get thru (or off. lol) B. being the man that he is, D asked me to go to the convinience store nearby, tagging along nana, and, to our surprise, B and H wanted to come along! (we couldn't say no, -- it's too obvious!!) but, thanks to D and P (i asked D to call P afterwards) who were there, me and nana could actually go back to our own homes, safely.

and it made us think of how the Europeans (to be fair, the other countries as well) are so 'hardcore' (u know what i mean) when it comes to that (oh u know what i meant by this, too). oh i'm sure nana, or even me, wouldn't mind if they're our boyfriends, or even just started dating (not that i'm suggesting it), but, that's not the case here, is it? i'm not scared as i've been friends with them (foreigners) for a long time now, and i've seen people acting that way few times before, i was just feeling sorry for nana, that's all. i don't mind if they want to 'samantha-ing' their night away, but please, can't they at least find someone who actually wants to 'samantha' as well? i mean, if they want to 'carrie' it, u can't just ask them to 'charlotte' it, right? rightttt? (okay, now i absolutely speak the language that only an satc fan would understand -- or not)

after blabbering bout it for almost an hour, i've forgotten what i wanted to say, or what point did i want to make in the first place. *sigh* anywho, u can figure it urself.

oh well, to H, just go slow, man! seriously. and to B, ah, whatever.

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Friday, September 19, 2008Y

// dream-un-catch-er

do you still remember, when we were a kid, we were always asked this question: what do u want to be when u grow up? and i still remember mine -- a doctor. hehe. and, that answer continues until i was urm... old enuff to think straight.. sometimes. lol.

do u know why u wanted to be what u want to be? i didn't even know why i wanted to be a doctor. now that i come to think of it, maybe i watched too much tv, as the japanese would say, terebi-ko (tv kid). haha. i guess by watching too much ER, made me think that it's so cool to be one. *giggles* but now, having a friend who's actually a doctor, she told me that it's actually good that i didn't end up being one, coz according to her, a doctor has no life! hehe. don't know how much truth there is though.. coz that's her opinion, right? everyone has their own. but, ah, whatever. move alongggg....

then, when i got a scholarship offer to further my studies in japan, at first, i have to say, i was confused. whether to accept it or not. coz i was in matrix, taking pure science, still in the hopes of becoming a doctor at that time, not an engineer. (chop, bukak puasa jap..) hehe. after giving it a thought, and think that it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, i went for it. i know some would say that's too bad, coz many would agree that it's better to follow your dreams, but, since i wasn't sure if medical was my true passion (though for half of my living life i said i wanted to be one, hehe), i said, why don't go for it? it wouldn't hurt to try. ah, there's where i was wrong -- it did hurt! especially in my lab. hahaha. but, that's another story.

having no interest in engineering but still doing it anyways, made me struggle a little, i must say... and so, i found new things that i love to do, (which i've only done a bit of it when i was back home, and didn't think that i would love doing it) -- which is singing and dancing! ♥
since the intention of becoming an engineer was scratched from the start (ok, not actually right from the start, but maybe after the 3rd year..), i had no idea of what to do after my graduation! (note: still don't. maybe.) all i know was, i want to work at the tv company, or anything that has to do with me (the words start to fade at this point :p) meeting all those hot guys... bla, bla, bla... ok, stop. that's not it. at least not all of it. hahaha.

getting my first job in japan at the tv commercial production was great, except for my department boss, that is. but then, since it's kagoshima, and since it's a small company, i couldn't get the working visa in time (and they are kedekut enuff not to give it to me now), had me left to find a new job. so here i am, being an english teacher to the junior high school students, and some kids, for the time being. coz to tell u the truth, i don't think i'm suit to be a teacher. not for long. *sigh*

to those people who are able to do the things u love, i do envy u. really. i was once told that doing something that u don't like, is what reality, or working world is all about. yes, i do know that. now. though i might not have a permanent statement of what i'd like to be now, i sure hope i will find it out soon. i think i may have came close to it.. ;)

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008Y

// something teachy this way comes

teaching the japanese english, has seriously got me. i mean, first of all, i'm not a native speaker, which i really don't mind, considering the knowledge that my english is better than them, hence, the teaching. duh.. what worries me is that, i've been thinking a lot of how to teach these students (junior high students esp., coz the kids, seriously, i don't mind, i could just start from A.), and let them know that un-native speaking teachers might as well be as good as the natives tachers.

i've asked them what they want to learn, or know, after the 3rd class, and hearing their asnwers, i have to agree, was what making me having doubts.

some of them said they want to learn reading -- but the thing is, they don't even know how to spell words, let alone pronounce them.

they say they want to learn listening -- but they can't even understand what i'm speaking!

they want to learn speaking -- but when were asked to repeat after me, they hesitate.

at first, i didn't even allow any japanese language used in my class, but it was a total failure. then, when i started to use japanese in order to explain to them the meanings of the words etc., it turned out into a japanglish class, which i totally am NOT, ever, want to happen!!

and i realized myself becoming one of this concern teachers who actually am thinking (hard) bout their students' accomplishments. haha. *puke*

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Monday, September 15, 2008Y

// so... this is it! my nephew :D

so.. i got this picture from my sister's facebook. hehe. this is the cute little AJ, that i've mentioned before. ;) again, congratulations to my sista! woohoo!

isn't he adorable?? awww... (^^)

lil AJ, aunt amy will save some money and visit u in msia, ok? wait for meeeeeee!! teeheehee.

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Friday, September 12, 2008Y

// my hiro... ♥

God, i just looooove this drama. eventhough it has finished for months (maybe almost a year) now! one of my fantasy-wish list -- to replace Maki Horikita during the shooting! haha.

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// ...to be continued

the blogskin editing will continue soon. err, maybe not that soon. gotta work! toodles!

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Thursday, September 11, 2008Y

// next top model

ANTM is back, people! with the new cycle 11 with, wait for it... 14 contestants! not only that i think this is the cycle that has the most contestants so far, of all the other cycles, BUT, there's no plus size model too. how sad for what's-her-name. (_ _) maybe having whitney as the first plus-size-model-to-ever-win-the-competition in the last cycle had somewhat-bad influence? ah, don't get me wrong. i love that she won. coz this industry seriously need to change. skinny is now officially out of fashion! healthy people aboaaaard...!! (^^)

have no class today, so am freeeee to use this computer to watch the dramas. hehe. actually am thinking what should i watch next, as i haven't been watching A LOT lately. missing these dramas that i usually watch, i think, makes me more and more lazy it keep up with it. it's been months! duh.. and even a month can make so many diffs, so, imagine a month, with i don't-know-how-many dramas, times with all the episodes that i've missed, sums up to what? urmm... ok, i'm not even gonna think of counting. whatever, first thing's first. getting the computer. err, i mean, getting the MONEY for the computer. lol.

opps, gotta go.. pee-pee. :D

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008Y

// under construction

everything.. and i mean, EVERYTHING, is not going on the right path. well, i meant MY path. the computer, the new one, now that the old one broke down, like i've mentioned for the 100th time, is still not finished yet. i've booked it weeks ago, ok, to be fair, it had been just 2 weeks, but still, that guy said it won't even take a week to finish making a computer, but now, i'm still waiting. not that i have enuff money if they finish it on time anyways.. but, that's another story.

two, the internet... urghh, how annoying. suddenly the connection went poof! just like that. and when i called the cusromer center to ask about it, they don't even know what's wrong, and can't figure it out themselves. making me ask all the phone and the gas company, eventhough i can't see what's the relation between gas and the internet. whatever. and so, without internet, i can't watch the somewhat-cable tv that i have at my house.

three, this new job, not that i'm complaining bout the salary or anything, BUT! before i join, i was told that it was from 9 to 5. but now, i have to work from 2 to 11. yes, p.m.! it's fine, actually, if that doesn't make me quitting the night part-time job that i've been doing for almost a year! now that i can't go to that part-time, i also don't have money to eat; coz i've been depending on that to buy food all these while, since they pay daily. thankyouverymuch.

four, okay, i think i need to stop. coz i'm having headaches, too much headaches lately. feeling like throwing up; not that i'm pregnant, in case u're wondering. ahhh, better have a rest for a while, before my student comes for a discussion in... oh, she's here! ciao.

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Monday, September 08, 2008Y

// kiddie land!

oh, an announcement, my sister had delivered a beautiful baby boy last month, so i'm now an aunt! hehehe. congratulations to her. (^^) *curtsies*
but, at the same time, am sad not able to go back home. sob sob.

anyways, gonna start my first teaching class tomorrow. am i nervous or what?! of course i am.. as well as excited! and it made me print like hundreds pages of class's activities. haha.

talking bout kids, i feel like having my own. hahahahahaha! ok, that's TOTALLY a lie. duh! but, i mean, seriously, i'm gonna have a few of my own, in my class, that is... *giggles*
i hope they are all the cute ones. haha. i know, i'm asking a lot. (^^;)

well, am in the middle of printing the sheets, so gonna go back to that, for now, toodles!

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Saturday, September 06, 2008Y

// fast-forwarding

it's fasting month! arghh. not that i'm complaining (wait, i AM!), but not bout the puasa, but about the weather this time around! sheesh. now that i actually have to fast during summer in japan (all these time it was during winter or fall), i feel like omg, when's the sun gonna be gone?! i know, all these while we were fasting in malaysia, with the hot weather n all, what's the difference eh, u say? this is the difference -- japan is actually hotter than malaysia! that's my opinion, along with others who agree, of course. the hotness is different, seriously. in malaysia, i think i seldom sweat like a pig, maybe sometimes, yes. but here, i feel like i'm inside a microwave! so this year's fasting is seriously a challenge; which i would love if i can fast-forward it to raya! hehehe.

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Tuesday, September 02, 2008Y

// and here goes a new chapter...

some of u know that i work in japan, in an advertising company. well, after all the crying, the stress, and the breathless-phonecall with my senpai, i finally quit the job. not that i'm not strong enuff to face my boss, believe me, i've been patient more than u can imagine, but, since the company won't give me a working visa, i have to find a job somewhere else, somewhere who actually know my worth. chewah!

and so, found a job as an english teacher. not something to brag about though, coz my english is still not that superb like the natives, but anyhow, it's a tuition kinda place and all i need to do is teach the kindergarten kids and primary school students, so i say what da hell... found it before i quit my last job, of course, so in a way, i guess maybe that's why i had the strength to left my boss like nobody's business. heh. besides, i need the visa by this 20th! damn..!

am in the new office now, using the computer, haha, since there's no class to teach today. yeehaa! it's actually my 2nd day, so i haven't officially start work yet. am looking forward to it, actually, are u kidding?! i love kids! except for the naughty ones, maybe. hehehe.

sometimes i'd say i hate staying here.. c'mon, this is kagoshima, not tokyo! but, the people over here are obviously much more nicer than tokyo-rians (?), so that's why i feel it's safer for a start. maybe after i'm getting used to it, i'll find a way to tokyo, i don't know... but anyways, it's a new life. i need one of that. who would have figured, malaysia has so many dramas, more than the U.S ever showed in their reality program? lol. i need a new life, a new surroundings, or new people, maybe, but of course, there are still beloved old people (i don't mean that they are old, please.) that i need in my new life. =)

so to them (they know who they are), i'm waiting for u to come to japan and visit me. hehe. and oh, maybe i didn't have the chance to say this before, but, sorry that i chose not to go back home and stay here, i didn't mean to worry u all, but i guess i need this. at least for a while. i know that u'd understand. i promise i'll come back to u one day, don't be mad. i love u all.

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