my journey in japanese..

Basic Communication in Japanese
[14 - 18 January 2013]

this video was recorded during my first short course for japanese at intengah. i wrote an entry regarding this course but i didn't include the video. i only uploaded the video at fb. basically this video is about introducing oneself and another.

i was in the same group as pushpa and zainal. pushpa work at custom department in penang while zainal work at rtm in johor bahru. in this video, i first met zainal and we introduced ourselves. and then, i introduced  pushpa to zainal. pushpa was my university friend.

Konnichiwa Communicative Japanese - A First Step

[7 - 17 May 2013]

during the first step after basic, i actually learned the same as basic but this time several new topics were being introduced. we learned about telephone conversations and invitations. in this clip, i was the in the same group as kak ani, shida and zul. i already knew zul from the basic course.

i was zul's younger sister (imooto), shida was zul's girlfriend (kanojo) and kak ani was shida's mother (okasan/haha). shida was going to introduced her mother, kak ani to his boyfriend (kareshi), zul. and i as zul's younger sister decided to tag along.

with the same lovely sensei

scenes from the two weeks course

ps: planning on attending the last step which is Konnichiwa Communicative Japanese - A Second Step this september. the registration for the course is yet to be opened. really looking forward to it! hontou ni tanoshimini!

[SONG] Atsumi Saori ~ Mou Sukoshi [OST Midori no Hibi]

soshite kizuita toki ni kangaeteru no wa kimi no koto de... 

sore ga sugoku hazukashikattari 

sugoku iyadattari omoete 

sore wa boku ga kimochi wo tsutaeru koto ga kowai kara de 

When I noticed I was thinking about you... 

I felt very embarassed 

And I really hate that feeling 

That's because I'm afraid to convey my feelings

atama de osaetsukete mo kokoro ga dousuru koto mo dekinakute 

autabi ni kimi ni satorarenai youni 

itsumo to kawarinai youni hanashiteru tsumori de

yoyuu mo nakute kurushiku natta boku wa

kimi ni uso wo tsuiteshimau... dakedo

Even though I suppress it in my head I can't do anything about my heart 

I don't let you notice it when we meet 

So it can be normal how I plan to talk to you

To act so composed has started to hurt 

Lying to you I will put away... but

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

kimi no kokoro ni chikazuitara 

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

ima kono toki ga kienai youni

douka kamisama boku ni yuuki wo kudasai

A little more... A little more... 

If I can get closer to your heart 

A little more... A little more... 

So that this moment won't end

Please God, give me courage

soshite omoiagunete mo kakkou warui dake no boku de... 

kimi ga dou omotteru no ga ki ni natte mo 

ippo mo saki he sumanai wakatteru tsumori de

jibun jyanai you na mune no MOYAMOYA ga

itaku natte nigetakunaru... dakedo

When I'm alone with my bad crazy thoughts 

I worry about what you think of me 

I'm sorry I stepped forward to try to let you know

I'm not myself, I don't like the fog around my heart 

Depending on someone else makes me run away... but

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

kimi no soba ni irareta nara 

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

yoru yoake nai de kureta nara 

sabishii toki mo namida wo nugutte ageru kara

A little more... A little more... 

If I can get beside you 

A little more... A little more... 

Night does not continue once dawn comes 

So wipe away your tears when you're feeling lonely

yozora ni ukabu kakete mo hikaru tsuki ga 

tsuyoku mo narenai jishin mo nai 

boku wo mite hohoenda hora ne...

The glowing moon floats out into the heavens 

I'm not stronger or more confident 

See me smiling, look, OK?

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

kimi no soba ni irareta nara 

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

yoru yoake nai de kureta nara

A little more... A little more... 

If I can get beside you 

A little more... A little more... 

Night does not continue once dawn comes

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

kimi no kokoro ni chikazuitara 

mou sukoshi... mou sukoshi... 

ima kono toki ga kienai you ni

douka kamisama boku ni yuuki wo kudasai

A little more... A little more... 

If I can get closer to your heart 

A little more... A little more... 

So that this moment won't end

Please God, give me courage

ps: one of my favorite anime song. this one is from midori no hibi. it's a very cute anime about a cute and shy girl falling in love with a delinquent from a different school. she woke up one day to realize that she had become the boy's left hand or is it the right? i couldn't remember exactly. you must watch this anime if you're into the shoujo category.

the thing i still do at this age...

Rapunzel from Disney 'Tangled' (2010)
[Pencil Colors & Crayons]

Belle from Disney 'Beauty and The Beast' (1991)
[Water Colors]

most people, beside artists, painters and sorts. thought that they'll leave the world of coloring and painting once they enter adulthood. but, not me! yes, it's obvious from my artworks above that i'm neither artist nor painter. i still draw, color and paint. these activities calm my mind. i always do it when i'm stressed or when i feel like doing it. ever since, i'm doing my a-level in 2000, i always have a coloring book with me. i had one while i'm studying in that country. i have one right now...

malaysian cabinet 2013

my latest health report

i did this health check after world kidney run at putrajaya end of last month. it didn't include cholesterol test. but i did one during last year big bad wolf. that was actually my second cholesterol test. the first one i did during my office health check and the reading was not very far from the second reading. if i'm not mistaken, the reading was around 8.5. conclusion is, i have very high level of cholesterol. being small doesn't guarantee that you'll have a low cholesterol reading.

13th malaysia general election

around GE13 nearby my village

the 13th malaysia election was held yesterday on 05/05/2013, a very nice date if you ask me. this time the use on inedible ink is introduced. i already at hometown on thursday, 02/05/2013 ready to perform my duty and right as a malaysian citizen. this is my second time voting. my first was on 2008. actuallly, according to my age, i would have voted three time already. but the first time i was eligible to vote was 2004 and i was not in malaysia during that time.

during the previous GE, i voted in the evening. i had to wait for my sister to cast her vote in putrajaya first. only then, we went back to segamat. this time, since i have my own transportation, i could come back home early. i already applied leave early for it. so, this time my parents, my brother abg ijan, my sister kak ala and i went to vote early. we were already in queue before 8am. as strong BN supporters, all of us accept abg ijan (not that he was not a BN supporter) wore blue colored clothing. all of us done casting our votes before 9.15am.

after that, we were told that whoever lived outside segamat could get compensation money for coming home to vote. so, kak ala, abg ijan and i all got RM50 each which my brother and sister gave to my mother aftewards. me? i'm always short of money, huhu.. of course my lovely mom knew all about that so she's my favorite person to ask money from if something out of my budget happened eg: car broke down suddenly, extra payment for tuition fees etc.

i think i have ashamedly confessed to my way of spending money before in this blog. it's not that i have no saving at all, i do and it was controlled by my mom. if it was controlled by me, there would be no saving at all! gee, i do have to get my money management straight!

abg ijan was the first to get leave kampung. he received a call from one of his colleague saying that one of the machine to clean mussels has exploded. abg ijan has a mussels business. he and his partners rear the mussels and then export it. their business is somewhere in kukup if i'm not mistaken but their main office is in kuala lumpur. so abg ijan went to kukup to see to the problem.

after that, around 3pm i started making my move to go back to putrajaya. about half an hour later, kak ala took off. alhamdulillah, the road was clear all the way for me. kak ala unfortunately had to encounter traffic-jam since there was accident at the road she chose to take. kak ala prefer entering the highway from tangkak and i prefer entering the highway from simpang empat.

i safely arrived at putrajaya around 5.45pm. i went to alamanda first before heading home. and after arriving home, i'm hooked to the television waiting for the election results anxiously until wee hours in the morning. i don't really care if it would be declared holiday or not since i'm already on leave. when BN already won simple majority, enough for it to form the next malaysian government, i was relieved. really relieved! my opinion on this GE was not so different from my opinion during the previous election. you can read it here. Below are the results of this 13th GE.

N02 JEMENTAH

place i vote for state seat (source: SPR)

P140 SEGAMAT

place i vote for parliament seat (source: SPR)

PARLIAMENT SEAT

source: SPR

STATE SEAT

source: SPR