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得意な料理法

2009-03-11T01:11:00.003+08:00

材料(Ingredients)：豚肉(300g)、野菜の塩漬け(Salted vege)、生姜(Ginger)、スプリングオニオン (Spring Onion)

調味料(Seasoning)：醤油(Soy sauce)、砂糖(Sugar)、塩(Salt)、ワイン (Wine)、水(Water)

道具(Tools)：なべ(Pot)、包丁(Knife)、スプーン(Spoon)、茶さじ(Teaspoon)、スープ皿(Big Bowl)

まず以て、1日に野菜の塩漬けをスープ皿に入れてひたします。(Soak the salted vege for a day.)
1日のあと、粉々に、野菜の塩漬けを切ります。(Cut it into pieces after that.)
豚肉と生姜とスプリングオニオンを切ります。(Cut the ginger and the pork into pieces.)
それから、なべに材料を全部を入れます。 (Then, put all the ingredients into the pot.)
塩小さじ1/2と砂糖小さじ1/2と醤油大さじ3と水100mlと少しすき、なべに調味料を全部を追加します。(Half a teaspoon of salt and sugar, 3 tablespoon of soy sauce, 100ml of water and a little bit of wine are added into the pot.)
2時間に料理します。(Cook it for 2 hours.)
美味しい食べ物をできました。(Delicious food is ready to be served.)

My wishes in the past and present..

2009-02-11T17:06:00.004+08:00

子供のとき、私は警官になるつもりでした。警官はとてもかっこいいですから。そして、わるい人をひきます。でも、母は警官がだいきらいです。きょうりょうがやすいですから。だから、私は警官になることそやめれた。
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a policeman. I think they are cool. Besides, they catch bad people. But my mom hates them so much. It is because they do not earn much, cannot make a living. Hence, I stop wanting to be a policeman.

そのあと、私は小学校のきょうしにするつもりでした。子供のはとてもかわいと思いましたから。中学校のあと、アルバイトをしました。小学校のきょうしとしてにつとめました。私は子供のがすきじゃありません。とてもうるさいですから。だから、きょうしもなりたくありません。
Then, I wanted to be a teacher, a primary school teacher. This is because I think small kids are cute. After graduated from high school, I have a part-time job. I teached in a primary school. Then. I started to hate the small kids. I think they are way too noisy. Thus, I stop wanting to be a teacher too.

今、私のせんもんはInternational Businessで、ふくせんこうは日本語です。日本語はとてもむずがしです。でも、私は日本のぎしゃにつとめないですから。だから、私はいっしゅいっけんめい日本語をべんきょしています。そつぎょうのあと、いっしょうけんめいはたらきたいです。それから、大きいうちといい車をかったり、旅行へいったりしたいです。これは私の現在やりたりことです。
Now, I am majoring in International Business and minoring in Japanese. Japanese is very hard. But, I intend to work in a Japanese company. Hence, I need to study really hard in order to get what I want. Then, I will be owning big house, nice car and traveling around the world. Basically, thats my current, reaistic wish..

私のあこがれの人

2009-01-16T10:19:00.009+08:00

私はだいがくでパイオテクノロジーを勉強しているともだちがいます。Kさんとよびましょう。Kさんはじゅうきゅうさいで、女の人です。すんでいるまちはBukit Mertajamです。Kさんはかわいくて、おもしろいせいかくです。その上、英語はすごくいいです。スター新聞で記事をかきます。
I have a friend who is studying in biotechnology in my university. Lets call her K-san. K is 19 years old nd she is a girl. She is staying at Bukit Mertajam. She is pretty and interesting in a sense. Besides, her command in English is superb. She writes article for The Star newspaper.

私はなにかの才能ある人がだいすきです。Kさんはバイオリンが上手です。かのじょはバイオリンのせんせいです。Kさんはとても自立して、勇気があります。Kさんのりゅうがくのために、おかあさんはお金をためました。でも、2年前、 SPMのあと、おかねを全部スーフードレストランの経営に使いました。今は、Kさんのレストランはとても大きくて、3階だてです。ビジネスはとても良いです。
I really adore and admire talented people. K is very good in playing violin. She is a violin sensei who teaches some small kids in her neighbourhood. Besides, she is independent and brave, one of a kind. Her mother saved her a bunch of money for her to study abroad. Yet when she was 17, straight after SPM, she spent all the money in a business. She started a restaurant, a seafood restaurant. Guess what, the restaurant has evolved from a single storey to a 3 storey restaurant. The business of the restaurant is fantastically good.

私は中等学校のあと、私の友達と四人で、レストランをはじめたいと思っていました。でも、私たちは勇気がありませんでした。　
As for me, straight after SPM, I have an idea to start a restaurant as well with 3 of my best friends. We wanted to start a cafe which operates only at night to cater the needs of the youngsters around our neighbourhood area because a lot of young people do go out at night and it is hard for them to find a great spot to hang-out(at that time). The opportunity was there, sadly to say, we were gutless, only if we were brave enough to seize the opportunity. We were just not daring and mature enough to do so at that moment.

だから、私はKさんがうらやましいです。Kさんは私の唯一あこがある人です。
That's the reason why I deeply admire and envy her, envy a girl who is younger than me yet she knows where her life is heading and as for me, I am still floating in the wide, island-less ocean, heading nowhere. K is the only person I truly admire for now.
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Japanese culture..

2009-01-01T01:40:00.005+08:00

Japan is part of Asia but they do not resemble anything near most of the countries in Asia. Their thoughts, culture, beliefs and cuisines shape their own unique identity and that makes them different. To me, Japanese is vain and they desire to be pretty.

I have a few arguements in hand.

Beauty Products Invention. Japan is one of the most innovative countries where they have lots of crazy and wild ideas basically about everything, for instance, air sex competition (sex without a partner, the male acts as if the woman is there). When it comes to beauty products, the demands are never disappointing even in this economy slowdown. It is because most of the Japanese regardless gender put beauty as their top priority. Most girls will not face the world without their make-up on, in fact, this applies on some guys as well. They will work their ass off to buy expensive luxurious beauty products to be looking good. That's the reason companies like Noevir never go under eventhough they sell expansive beauty products in this economy crisis. Their latest facial cream costs 100,000 yen for only 50 grams, which is more than RM3,000. Can you imagine that??
Bikinis. The Japanese girls enjoy wearing bikinis whenever they go swimming or a visit to the beach regardless of how good or BAD they look in it. From a Japanese friend of mine, it is a norm for girls to wear bikini. In Malaysia, the bikini industry is still growing but in Japan, it is at the maturity stage. Only if our culture is same as theirs. Sigh~~
Plastic surgery. To be fair, who doesn't want to be looking good in front of others!? Will anyone ever complain and get sick of the compliments he/she receive about how good-looking and gorgeous they are!? Who wants to be the thorn among the roses!? Literally speaking, everyone cares about how they look like in front of the public. But the extent of making yourself to look good is different for the Japanese. Can you imagine, Japan owns more plastic surgery firms than Korea. Yet, a lot of Japanese flew to Korea for plastic surgery because the price is 50% cheaper than in Japan. To me, it seems like Japanese are willing to do anything to 'beautifulize' themselves.

If you do not agree with me, feel free to bombard me with uncountable comments.

Cairns, Australia..

2008-12-30T02:38:00.003+08:00

わたしはBrisbaneでいきました。

I went to Brisbane as well.
わたしのおばあさんはBrisbaneでとまります。

My aunt is staying there.
2日におばあさんのうちでとまりました。

I spent only 2 days in Brisbane and I was staying at my aunt's house.
Brisbaneでいって、Cairnsでひとりでいきました。

After Brisbane, I went to Cairns alone.

これはCairnsで公共のスイミングプールです。

This is Cairns's public swimming pool.
とてもおおきいときれいです。

It is quite a big and beautiful swimming pool.

一等最初、わたしはskydivingをしました。
The fiirst thing I did after putting all my stuffs at the backpackers' hotel, I went to skydive.

Skydivingはとてもたのしかったです。
It was freakingly fun at first~~~~~

~~~~~ until a couple minutes before you actually jumping down from the plane. The plane looks fragile, old and it doesn't have a door. So, you can feel the wind in the plane.

でも、ちょっとこわかったです。
It was a bit scary as well. When you jumped down from the plane, it was an undescribable, adrenaline rushing experience.

But after a while, you stomach feel nothing and you feel like floating in the air. The view of Cairns from the air was awesome.
とてもきれいでした。

The photo below shows how happy I was, eventhough the 'me' in the picture looks idiotic..

じの日、わたしはGreat Barrier Reef のNorman Reef でscuba divingでした。
The day after, I went scuba diving at Great Barrier Reef, to be specific, Norman Reef.

Great Barrier Reef はちょっときれいでした。
Great barrier Reef was disappointing. It is not that great afterall. I have been to Redang, Perhentian and Lang Tengah Island and the corals and marine lives in the islands are way richer than Great Barrier Reef.
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White water rafting をしました。
I went to try white water rafting as well.

とてもきけん、でも、すごいいたのしかったです。
It was very dangerous yet fun. You can get drown easily and countless lives were taken by the seem-harmless-river. Besides, there are crocodiles in the river and the biggest crocodile they caught in the river was 4 metres long.

When we were rafting, suddenly my boat-mate who sat beside me dropped into the water and instantly, I threw away my peddle and I held him tight. Yet, I was not strong enough to pull him into the boat. After a couple seconds, we managed to pull him in.

When he was in the boat, we realized that there is a hole on his leg as stated in the picture below. It was very deep. When he was hanging beside the boat, his leg must be knocked onto a sharp rock and I believe this will leave a scar at his leg for a long long time. A souvenir from the river.

First aid session..

Some videos about the fun stuffs we experienced.

Cliff-jumping..

Small yet cool waterfall.

I love these kind of activities and am craving for more in the future.

That's a little bit about my trip in Cairns.

Sydney, Australia.

2008-12-29T00:41:00.007+08:00

わたしはSydneyでともだちのいとこのうちいでとまりました。

When I was in Sydney, I stayed at my friend's cousin's house.
これはいとこのむすめです。

These are her daughters.
かわいいですね。

Cute, right??
なまえはAntoinetteとReneeです。

Their name are Antoinette and Renee. Antoinette is the elder sister.

Sydneyのうみはとてもきれいです。

The beaches in Sydney are very nice.

これはPelicanです。Pelicanはとてもおおきいです。
This bird is called Pelican. It is a huge bird.

わたしはBlue Mountainでいきました。
This is Blue Mountain.

Sydney TowerとOpera HouseとHarbour Bridgeはいきました。

I have been to Sydney Tower, Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

みんなたてものはとてもおもしろいです。
All these buildings are very interesting, especially the Opera House. It is uniquely shaped and it deserves to be in the top 10 of the world's most remarkable buildings.

わたしはサーフィンがだいすきです。

I like surfing very much.

サーフィンはおもしろいとたのしいです。
Surfing is fun and interesting. Bondi Beach in Sydney is quite a nice beach to chill.

わたしはSydneyで6日とまりました。でも、たのしかったです。

Eventhough I only stayed in Sydney for 6 days, but it was fun.

Melbourne and Tasmania, Australia..

2008-12-28T18:12:00.025+08:00

さきのやすめに、わたしはひとりでAustraliaにいきました。
Melbourneはさいしょのばしょでいきました。
わたしはともだちのうちでとまりました。
わたしだちはGreat Ocean Roadでくるまをうんてんしますた。

Last holiday, I went to Australia alone to visit my friends for a month. I went to Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns. My first stop was Melbourne. Melbourne is a big city which is not so interesting to me. Probably I am not a city-person. But undeniably, I like the clothes there. Compared to other places I visited in Australia, Melbourne probably has the best garments in Australia.

Throughout my stay in Melbourne, there is an evil place called Crown. It is the most evil casino in the world which will suck up all your money. So, peeps, don't even think of entering the place due to curiousity. Trust me, I personally experienced it.

When I was in Melbourne, I was staying with one of my best friends. Thus, free accomodation. Besides, since he is studying there, he is sort of like half an Australian. Hence, he knows best where to bring me and thanks to him, I went to a lot of places like Great Ocean Road. We went to Great Ocean Road by car. Great Ocean Road is highway-alike and a lot of great scenic spots along the road.

これはGreat Ocean Road の Twelve Apostles です。
One of the famous scenic spots is the Twelve Apostles. It consists of 12 big rocks seperated from the mainland due to years of erosion.

これはGreat Ocean Road のLondon Bridge です。

Another great scenic spot is called the London Bridge. From the photo below, it is not connected to the mainland. This is because around 18 years ago, the main arch connecting London Bridge and the mainland cracked and fell into the sea.

うちくしいふうけいですね。(Beautiful view, right!?)
Another great thing about the Great Ocean Road is that you can take tones of awesome photos along the road.

We even went down to a scenic spot and did some hiking and rock climbing. I would say it was not a smart move since we might die if we trip and fall from the cliff.

でも、たのしかったです。 (Yet, it was fun.)

On our way back, わたしだちは wild Koala Bears をみました。
Koala Bearはとてもかわいいですね。
On our way back, we saw a lot of wild Koala Bears. Don't you think they are cute!?

いっしゅうかんご、わたしはTasmaniaでanotherともだちにあいました。
(A week after, I went to Tasmania to meet up with another best friend of mine, Kenn)
なまえはKennです。

わたしはKennのちゅうごくじんとAustraliaじんともだちにたくさないました。
(He introduced his friends to me where most of them are Chinese from China and Australian.)

I can say, most of the Chinese there are heavy drinker. I played a lot of crazy, wild games and drank a lot of beer with them. There is something in common between Tasmania and Melbourne. the weather there are freezingly cold eventhough it is summer. That's the reason people over there drink beer more than water. Moreover, beer is cheap.

わたしだちはcampにいきました。(We went camping.)

We camped beside a lake and it was freezing. All of us were in jackets but still shiver when the wind blows.

つりをしました。(We went fishing.)

Kenn and his friends are studying Aquaculture in University of Tasmania. Thus, fishing is their favourite activity. They tend to like compete indirectly among themselves. It is something like a silent competition.

たくさんさかなを捕まえました。(A lot of fishes were caught)
Yet, Kenn was having a bad-luck day as he did not manage to get any and so did I. If I am not mistaken, we managed to catch around 7 big fishes.

Kenn and I love sushi and sashimi. だから(Therefore)、we picked the smallest Trout(a fish similar to salmon) and ate it raw. Our Australian friends tried it as well. でも(But)、Australiaじんはさしみがすきじゃありません。(they don't quite like it.)

わたしだちはよるにhuntingをしました。 (We went hunting)

そこでたくさんウサギとkangarooとちいさい動物があります。
(There were a lot of small animals like rabbits, possums and kangaroos around our camp sides)
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Suddenly, we saw a herd of sheeps and we decided to surround them and catch a few of them. Guess what, there were seven of us and we managed to catch 5 sheeps.
とてもたのしかったです。 (It was so fun.)
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I wanted to carry one of the sheeps and take a photo as remembrance.
でも、羊はとてもおもいです。(But, the sheeps are too heavy.) Or probably because I am not strong enough, that's why I needed help to carry the sheep up in air.

Then, we had some fun with the sheep as stated in the photo below. The fat dude on the left hand side is Kenn.

Beside camping, we went to a wild life park to see some animals which can only be found in Australia.
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これはTasmanian Devilです。It earned its name from the blood-curdling devillish screams heard by the early settlers as they huddled around their campfires at night.

これは Wombatです。 (This animal is called Wombat)わたしはWombatがだいすきです。(I love Wombat.) Wombat はとてもかわいいですから。(It is so cute.)
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I seriously love this animal. It is so adorable. It looks like a huge guinea pig. Someone in Australia should really commercialize this animal because I will definitely get one as pet.
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Just a video of me playing with a Wombat.

That's a bit of my trip in Melbourne and Tasmania. I will talk about Sydney and Cairns in other entries.

My visit to Japan(Part IV)..

2008-10-08T19:36:00.011+08:00

In Shizuoka, I was hosted by two families. Both of my host fathers are members in Numazu Koryo Lions Club. Anyway, I spent my first five days in Nagoya during my homestay in Japan with other exchange students in a camp. I cannot recall the name of the place but it is on a mountain in Nagoya prefacture.

After the camp, the exchange students were seperated and being hosted by different families in different area. I was the only student being sent to Shizuoka where as most of them were sent to Aichi-ken.

I was hosted by たまきごと (Tamaki Goto). I call him ごとさん (Goto-san). It feels weird when you call someone of your dad's generation as if both of you are good friends. Anyway, during the second day of my homestay, he brought me to the Lions Club meeting at Numazu Tokyu Hotel. Talking about the hotel, the ammenities and services were superb, especially the food. The foods there is fantastic but too bad I do not have the photos with me right now.

Anyway, this the President of Numazu Lions Club. He is a very nice guy and he actually wanted to host me for a few days.

When he was giving his speech, I was totally clueless of the things he say. Out of sudden, everyone clapped their hands and the master of the ceremony (MC) suddenly called my name and I was like, "I am soooo sorry, I do not understand a single word from you guys. So, what do I need to do now??". I was standing in front cluelessly and then suddenly our national anthem, "Negaraku" was being played.

I was like, "Ohhhh, わかりました (now I understand..)". Initially, I was just standing there but the MC suddenly hold the mic in front of me which led me to no where. I was kindof being forced to sing. It was quite an embarrassing moment as I was singing alone and the most terrible part was that I am one of the worst singers in the world.

Then, I was asked to give a speech in Japanese. Luckily, I have been told beforehand about it and my host sister who studied in English Language helped me to translate the things I want to say into Japanese.

I translated the speech in the pronounciation form since I knew nothing about Japanese characters and currently, I still have the paper with me. The speech sounded something like this.

Minasan, hajimemashite.
みなさん、はじめまして。

(Hi everyone)

Watashino namae wa Tan Jia Jian desu.
わたしのなまえは Tan Jia Jian です。

(My name is Tan Jia Jian)

JJ to yonde kudasai.
JJ とよんでください。

(Please call me JJ)

Watashiwa jyukyu sai desu.
わたしはじゅうきゅさいです。

(I am 19 years old)

Minasan oai dekite udesi desu.
みなさんをあいできてうでしです。

(I have no idea)

Dozo yoroishiku.
どうぞよろいしく。

(Nice meeting you guys)

After learning Japanese for 2, 3 months, finally I know some basic stuffs about japanese. I know what I was saying but due to my poor Japanese skills, the line " Minasan oai dekite udesi desu, みなさんをあいできてうでしです。", I have no idea what it means. *(If anyone know what it means, please do tell me..)

Then, we exchange souveniors. I brought some miniature building pewter products like KLCC and KL tower as a token of appreciation for them.

Then, all of us started to eat. While I was eating, a lot of people came to talk to me. Surprisingly, there were a few people who understands chinese. They are business people who travel to China constantly for business purposes and we communicated in Chinese. It was fun when you talk to them in your own, familiar language.

Then, there was a Japanese rockstar in the olden days I suppose, came out and sang us a few songs.

Then, all of us were mingling around and I took a lot of pictures with them. All of them were very nice and offered to bring me to visit their houses and the places around Shizuoka.

Then, it was the first time I met with my second host family. We talked a while and then I was being pulled over by some other lions. I felt like a VIP at that point of time where they ask me a lot of questions about Malaysia and my stuffs.

Not forgetting to mention, the Lions Club were very generous and sweet to us. They organized a skiing trip for all the exchange students in Nagoya.

It was sooooooooooooooo fun even though it was not my first skiing experience. I went to the expert lane with the third class skills with a Croatian guy who is a Ski-sensei. He brought me up and according to him, he will take care of me and I am flattered to say that I was the only student exchangee from Malaysia who tried the expert lane. Others were prohibited to do so.

The lane was extra steep and challenging. There were even a few trees in the middle of the lane. The adrenaline was rushing in my body at the maximum level when I was at the top of the hill because I know I might lose control and ended up smashing myself towrds the trees. For your information, I almost ski-ed into the jungle but luckily I managed to stop myself by falling sideway. Anyway, the 1km journey from the hill to the bottom was so dangerous yet fun. It suits well in one of my own philosophies, "To have fun, you must put your life at the stake." To put them into easier words, I am an idiot who do not mind losing my life just for the sake of having fun.

Anyway, a few friends and I did something fun at that night.

After finished bathing, a few of us got naked in the snow. As in real naked after taking the photo above, without any clothes on and, if I am not mistaken, for only 5 minutes as it was the furthest extent we can bare.

Anyway, the guy from the far right is the Croatian guy I mentioned before. The kindof plump guy on my left is from Australia whereas the guy at the far left is from Malaysia.

I will talk more about the things, or should I say, crazy silly things we did in the camp in other entry.

My visit to Japan(Part III)..

2008-10-06T19:13:00.012+08:00

I had a rare opportunity amongst all the youth exchangees when I was in Japan. My host family actually brought me to Tokyo and I had a three fantastic days there.

Tokyo is not a small city which can be fully explored in 3 days. I only managed to see part of the 'must' and famous places.

We took Shinkanzen(Bullet train) from Shizuoka, Nagoya to Tokyo. When we reached there, the train station itself is one of the major historic places in Tokyo.

As what I have been told, it is the oldest train station in Japan. During the second world war, suprisingly, it was not destroyed where as the buildings around it were bombed into pieces.

Next, my host family brought me to Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is the main residence of the emperor of Japan. I do not know how big it is but all the royal families and relatives stay in there. Besides, the visitors are not allowed to enter the castle compound. We can just loitering around outside the castle.

Tokyo Tower probably is the most famous building in Tokyo. It is something like KL Tower in Malaysia. The similarity between them is both buildings are one of the tallest buildings in the country. Besides, we can actually see the whole Tokyo city from the air.. Even though it was not as interesting as I thought it could be, it is still a must to go. How can you go to Tokyo without visiting the famous landmark, right!?

Not forgetting, there is a maskot for Tokyo Tower. I cannot recall his name due to my weak memory but I remember the meaning of it's name, which is 'tall', if I am not mistaken.

Then, we went to the Japan's oldest temple, Sensoji temple in Asakusa. The main gate is called Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate).

After getting into the compound, you need to walk for around 200 metres to reach the temple. Along the road, there are a lot of stalls selling Japanese souveniors and snacks. The path is called Nakamise. The road is always packed with people. It is something like 'Pasar Malam'(Night Market) in Malaysia. The only difference is that Nakamise operation hour is from day to night.

Normally when we pay a visit to temples, we go there to pray and get some sort of "fortune-telling-paper"(Tilik-nasib-paper, I do not know what it is called in English) which will tell you about your luck or path or destiney, you name it for the following year. Of course, just for the sake of trying, I paid 100 yen and get a paper.

Unfortunately, it was a bad-luck-paper. From the kanji, I predicted that I will be facing a lot of difficulties and numerous obstacles in everything I do. Besides, my mind will be challenged and it will make me emotionally unstable. Lastly, I might get involved in a huge fight.

But not to worry, there is always a remedy for every problem. If we picked a bad luck paper, we just need to tie it to the rack so that the bad luck will stay there and eventually, your path of life will be changed.

I guess that's the reason I did not get any trouble in the following year.

When we were walking in Shibuya towards our hotel, I saw a Pachinko shop and I actually tried it. I did not and still do not understand how it works. I just simply play and in 5 minutes, my one thousand yen gone. I can't really remember how to play as well, it is wayyyy past tense.

Then, we went to one of the most expensive area in Tokyo which is Ginza area.

There were a lot of people walking in the city. I do not know why but when the pedestrian light is on, the streets will be full of people, as in a lotttttttttttttt of people. Have a look~~

These are the few buildings in Ginza area.

A photo speaks a thousand words. On the following day, we went to~~

Lets talk about Disneyland in my next entry~~
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My visit to Japan(Part II)..

2008-10-01T22:19:00.007+08:00

During my stay in Japan, I was hosted by two families. I stayed with my second host family for five days. The family has four children and they are all guys. Yet, they are all younger than me where the eldest son is 15 years old and the youngest child is only eight. We were not very close due to language barrier as they can only speak limited english. Yet, we share something in common. We love fooling around when we visit ------------------> HERE..

Guess what, it is onsen, the public bath. The kids love playing with me when we are just wearing our own skin without any clothes on. They washed my back where as I gave them a few spanks in butt for pulling off my 'hair'. It was fun back then even though we were using body language only as our communication tool.

Anyway, my second host father is a priest. I stayed in his temple and there is a lake in front of the temple. It is an ideal, peaceful place with lots sakura tress. But, too bad, it was winter season. Tak ada sakura flower~~

During the new year celebration, my host family will be busy doing preparation for the temple. The woman will do the cooking whereas the man will help to settle things in front of the temple.

For your information, most of the japanese go to temples during the new year eve. Besides, the elders will give angpao to the younger generation. It is something like the new year celebration for the Chinese.

When it was around 10pm, they started to burn woods with some words written on it. I asked my host family about it but due to language barrier, we were like chicken and duck, unable to express our thoughts. Anyway, I guess it was part of their new year celebration ritual.

It was freezing cold that night as it was winter season. All of us were standing around the fire to keep our body warm.

Then, when it's 12.00 am in the morning, which is 1st of January 2007, we started to hit the gong.

I was the second person hitting the gong after my host father. According to them, I am the VIP from Malaysia.

We were supposed to hit the gong loud but apparently, some of the people did not do it properly and in the end, it was just 'gong' instead of "GGGGGOOOOOOOOONNNNGGGGGGGGG! ! !"..

We need to hit the gong for 108 times if I am not mistaken. Each and everyone of the people there will be given a chance to hit the gong, if there is not enough 108 people, anyone can hit it again until it reaches 108 times.

Then, we started to the pray.

I was praying with them in my shorts. I thought it will be around 10 to 15 mins. But, I was sooooo wrong. It lasted for an hour.

It was not that cold at first but it got from bad to worst. It was freeezing cold. In the end, I got sick on the following day.

So, the lesson of the night, do not wear shorts when you pray during the winter season.
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My visit to Japan(Part 1)..

2008-09-29T00:40:00.007+08:00

Back in December 2006, I went to Japan under the youth exchange program organized by the Lions' Club. It was fun and I had experienced a brand new culture, for instance, get into your birthday dress and bath with a lot of strangers in a room(おんせん).

There were a lot of sweet memories during my stay in Japan. Yet, due to my weak brain cells, I cannot recal a lot of stuffs especially the name of the places I visited and the foods I swallowed down in Japan. Talking about food, Japanese cuisine, I shall say, is one of the best cuisines in the world.

I love the sticky rice in Japan. It gives you a different taste compared to the rice in Malaysia. I do not know how they do it, maybe due to the addition of vinegar or maybe because of the way they squeeze the rice, it is a plain yet fantastic たべもの(food). I still recall that, I had rice as あさごはん(breakfast) almost everyday during my stay. According to my host mother, they need to have a heavy breakfast as to provide energy for the man to work for the rest of the day.

Another interesting fact, すし(sushi) is one of the well-known foods originated from Japan. Yet, do you know that sushi is quite expensive in Japan? There are two types of sushi, one is かいてん sushi(rotation sushi, something like sushi king in Malaysia), another one is sushi bar. For the かいてんsushi, it is comparatively cheap. But, if you eat at sushi bar, be ready to pay at least RM300 to RM 600 per person. When I was there, we ate sushi at the sushi bar and took a lot of sake during the Christmas Eve and my host mother paid 120,000 yen equivalent to RM 3700 ++ for 5 person. That's how expensive it is. Luckily I did not need to pay for it. Besides, there is no ebikko(prawn's egg) in Japan. It can only be found in Malaysia.

In one of my entries in this blog, I had mentioned about やきとり(Japanese style satay). I did not know that I have taken a real photo when I had it for my dinner in Japan. Anyway, ss what you can see in the next two photos, やきとりdoes not look exactly like satay.

Next is やきそば(fried mee). My host host mother is very good at it.

おさけ(Sake) is a must for every meal. I had a lot of sake during my stay in Japan though I was not allowed to drink. My host father always ask me to drink be it wain or sake and due to courtesy, I had to take it and guess what, he will stop pouring sake into my cup only when my face started to flush. According to him, we need to practice our drinking skill as a lot of socializing needed to be done for the sake of our job and our company in the future. Well, he has a point in a way.

One of the weird delicacies I tried in Japan was fried grasshopper. They fry it and then soak it into sugar water. It actually tasted not bad. Sweet and full of protein. Haha..

This is dried snake meat. It was stinky but still, I tried it just for the sake of trying.

There are uncountable foods I tried in japan but well, will talk about it in my next entry.

By the way, I stayed in Shizuoka, Nagoya and it was very near to Fuji Mountain. In fact, I can see it from my room.

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わたしのへやだい

2008-09-25T00:49:00.005+08:00

これはわたしのへやです。

Kore(This) wa watashi no(my) heya(room) desu.

This is my room.

これはわたしのベッドです。

Kore(This) wa watashi no(my) bedo(bed) desu.

This is my bed.

わたしはきたなれいふくをゆかのうえです。

Watashi(I) wa kitanare(dirty) ifuke(clothes) o yuka(floor) no ue(on) desu.

I put my laundry on the floor.

これらわたしのほんです。
Korera(These) wa watashino(my) hon(book) desu.

These are my books.

これはわたしのあさがはんです。
Kore(This) wa watashi no(my) asagohan(breakfast) desu.
This is my breakfast.

わたしのへやはおもしろいですか。
Watashi no(My) heya(room) wa omoshiroi(interesting) desu ka?
My room is interesting right!?

Interview~~

2008-09-13T00:28:00.005+08:00

わたしはペタスのペシデントです。
Watashiwa petasu(PETAS) no pesidento(president) desu.
I am the president of PETAS(Persatuan Pelajar Tanpa Asrama).

だから、わたしはまいにちいそがしです。
Dakara(Therefore), watashiwa mainichi(everyday) isogashi(busy) desu.
Therefore, I am busy everyday.

でも、しゅまいちときどきいそがしです。
Demo(But), syumaichi(weekend) tokidoki(sometimes) isogashi desu.
Yet, I am not so busy during weekends.

わたしはねるのがつきです。
Watashiwa neruno(sleep) ga tsuki(like) desu.
I love sleeping.

だから、たいていごごいちじかんごろにおきます。
Dakara(Therefore), taitei(usually) gogo ichijikan(1pm) goro(about) oki(wake up) masu.
Therefore, I usually woke up around 1pm.

わたしはあさごはんをたべません。
Watashiwa asagohan(breakfast) o tabe(eat) masen(not).
Thus, I do not eat breakfast.

わたしはひまなときにときどきだえとをします。
Watashiwa himanatoki(leisure) ni tokidoki daeto(date) o shi(do) masu.
During leisure, I will go out with my girl friend.

わたしはガルフレンドとQueensbayてあまりかのえがをみます。
Watashiwa garu furendo(gf) to Queensbay te amarika(American) no ega(movie) o mi(watch) masu.
We usually go to Queensbay to watch American movies.

わたしもひまなときににほんのあにめおみます。
Watashimo himanatoki ni nihon(japan) no anime o mimasu.
I watch japanese anime for leisure too.

ベアチとなるとがつきです。
Belechi(Bleach) to(and) Naruto ga tsuki(like) desu.
Bleach and Naruto are one of the animes I love watching.

それわつべてである。
Sore wa tsubete de aru.
That's all.

*Because of the limited japanese I have learnt or maybe I should say, mastered, I know it does look like a small kid's work. Anyway, am buckling up and getting used to it..
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クラスのあとのせんかつ

2008-08-15T02:11:00.014+08:00

わたしはまいにちクラスのあとすごいつかねます。

Watashi(I) wa mainichi(everyday) kurasu(class) no ato(after) sugoi(very) tsukane(tired) masu.

I am very tired especially after attending the last class everyday.

わたしはまいにちシャワーのあとねるのがすごいすきです。

Watashi(I) wa syawaa(shower) no ato(after) neruno(sleeping) ga sugoi(very) tsuki(like) desu.

I will straight hit to bed for a long longggg nap after finished bathing.

ハアー、わたしはねるのあとおきられません。

Hai(sigh), watashi(I) wa neru(sleep) no ato(after) okirare(wake up) masen(cannot).

Yet, it's very hard for me to wake up after the nap due to sleep deprived.

わたしもクラスのあとにほんのまんがをよみます。

Watashi(I) mo(also) kurasu(class) no ato (after) nihon(japanese) no manga(comic) o yomi(read) masu.

I read japanese comics as well after class.

わたしわオンラインもします。

Watashi wa on-rain(online) mo shi(do) masu.

At times, I will surf the internet after class.

わたしはひまなときﾏｸﾄﾞﾅﾙﾄﾞのテェビておりんぴつくをみます。

Watashi wa himanatoki(leisure) ni Makudonarudo(Mcdonald) no telebi(tv) te Olympics o mi(watch) masu.

If I still have excessive time, I will go to McDonald to watch Olympics games.

わたしひまなときガールフレンドでーともします。

Watashi(I) himanatoki(leisure) gaarufurendo(girl friend) deeto(date) mo shi(do) masu.
Of course, I will ask my girl friend out during leisure as well.

いそがしいですね。。

Isogashi(busy) desu ne.

What a busy life I have.

Malaysia のたべもの

2008-08-01T02:10:00.007+08:00

Malaysiaのたべものすごいおいしいです。

Malaysia no tabemono(food) sugoi(very) oishii(delicious) desu.

Malaysian delicacy is very delicious.

わたしのすきなMalaysiaのやきとりです。

Watashino(I) tsukina(like) Malaysia no('s) yakitori(yaki=burned, tori=bird) desu.

I like Malaysia's barbeque chicken.

Malaysiaのやきとりのなまえsatayです。

Malaysia no('s) yakitori(bbq chicken) no('s) namae(name) satay desu.

Malaysian style bbq chicken is called satay.

これわsatayのしゃしんです。

Kore(This) wa satay no('s) syasin(photo) desu.

These are the photos of satay.

これはにほんごやきとりのしゃしんです。

Kore(This) wa nihon(Japan) no('s) yakitori(bbq chicken) no syasin(photo) desu.

These are the photos of japanese bbq chicken.

どちらもにています。

Dochira(This) mo(together) nitei(similar) masu

Both foods are quite similar to each other.

どちらもすごいおいしでえ。

Dochira(This) mo(together) sugoi(very) oishii(delicious) desu.

Both foods are very delicious.

いまはおなかがすきました。

Ima(Now) wa onakaga(stomach) suki(empty) mashita.

I am hungry now.

はじめまして

2008-07-27T23:11:00.011+08:00

はじめまして。
Hajimemashite
Nice meeting you.

わたしはMalaysiaじんです。
Watashiwa(I) Malaysia-jin(people) desu.
I am Malaysian.

わたしのいなかはKuala Lumpurです。
Watashino(My) inaka(hometown) wa Kuala Lumpur desu.
My hometown is Kuala Lumpur.

わたしはにじゅういさいです。
Watashiwa(I) nijyuu(20) ichi(1) desu.
I am 21 years old.

わたしのたんじょうびはしちがつじゅうごにちです。
Watashino(My) tanjyobi(birthday) wa shichigatsu(July) jyuugonichi(15) desu.
My birthday is on 15th of July.

このしゃしんはともだちがわたしのたんじょうびをいわってくれたときのものです。
Kono(This) syasin(photo) wa tomotachi(friend) ga watashino(my) tanjyoubi(birthday) o iwate(celebrate) kureta(come) to kino(best) mono(people) desu.
These are my best friends who celebrated my 21st birthday with me.

わたしのおとうさんは chef です。

Watashino(My) otoosan(dad) wa chef desu.

My dad works as a chef.

わたしのおかあさんはかいけいしです。
Watashino(My) okaasan(mom) wa kaikeishi(accountant) desu.

My mom is an accountant.

わたしのいもうとはじゅうななさいです。
Watashino(My) imouto(sister) wa jyuunana(17) sai desu.

My sister is 17 years old.

どうぞよろいしく。
Doozo(Please) yorooshiku.
Please to meet you.
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