Last day of June...
Hey dude. Today is the last day of June. Started semester break from this week and doing nothing is really great. Sadly, owner of this page hasn't updated the page at all! not happy man! I will fix this site. I mean the banner. For now I put my photo in case you haven't forgotten about me. bla bla bla...

Well, many shops are having sale and I think it is until today... man... I have something to talk about. I call you later. Hope you have more patience and open up your mind. and don't forget to check the church website...

[Blogged @ 12:07 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2005]

Just remembered the reason why i don't drink. Drinking causing you to lose control of your mind. For me though i keep a lot of things in my head and it just doesn't come up. It is kinda like a massive funnel that just blocked everything so i don't say anything stupid. Most of the time it is to make sure that i don't hurt anyone. The other time it is for my own benefit...

[Blogged @ 10:27 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2005]

Random
I LOVE JAPAN... (BUT I STILL LOVE SINGAPORE, JUST FOR DIFFERENT REAOSNS...)

[Blogged @ 09:07 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2005]

REJECTION...
It seems that also Miyako has hacked into my blog and did something to it. Not sure what hte intent was. But anyway today is ANZAC day and i had to work. I am not sure if there was uni or not but i didn't go anyway. Anyway i woke up in the morning and just before midday i the door bell rings. And when i open it i find a chinese mother and her daughter at the door. Before i get to say something out of my mouth they start speaking in Chinese to me. Then the mother tries to look at me through the fly screen and i was like what the hell. Weird people talking in an alien language trying to look what is inside my house. Anyway they seem normal enough so i opened the door to check it out. After going through Hokkien, Japanese and Korean i found out that they speak plain english. They were just jerhova witnesses. Not sure though but this is the first time that i have seen chinese ones and how did they know i was chinese in the first place. Think i am getting targetted or they have been looking through my mail or something. Now a few things interested me in this meeting. Firstly that i opened the door and nearly invited them in for coffee just because they were chinese and i didn't have a clue who they were. Secondly just the way we talk. After deciding on english as a the language to communicate in she said she was a jerhova witness. So i just said i was a Christian. So she said 'oh'. So i said 'oh'. Then she wouldn't you like to live in this place (showing me a picture of a garden). I think it was suppose to represent heaven but i thought i should asked incase it was hell or another residental area ready for auction or something. Then she just said she was a minister and i said so i was thinking it was cool that we both could relate to each other. Then she just said 'ok' and left. Man aren't i even worth talking to. Felt almost like i was being reject. What happen to all those bible bashing people. At least they treat you like someone worth converting to. So feeling disappointed after being rejected i just finish putting on my tie and went to work at the race track...

[Blogged @ 08:54 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2005]

I know this is a bit late but i should probably finish my dairy of what happened in Japan. I basically just got better and flew home. There were no dramas and i made it back into Perth in one piece...

[Blogged @ 08:53 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2005]

who knows...
hey man. VB.NET is so difficult. I don't know what to do now. Yeah no one is reading this site or even updating by Mr goobaria. Never mind...

[Blogged @ 02:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2005]

Twenty seventh day in Japan...
Nothing but sleep...

[Blogged @ 03:32 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2005]

Twenty fifth and twenty sixth day in Japan...
These two days we went on a tour to a nearby city outside Tokyo. They have a lot of snow up there and there is a onsen that we stayed at. On the way there we visited numerous sites and lots of photoes were of course taken. The onesen there was great because they were outside. So you can just bath in the hot water and just a few meters from you it was snowing. We stayed there overnight and the onsen closed at 12pm so we took full advantage of that. The next day on the way back we also visited numerous sites. Some of the stops were a ramen restaurant, wood carving, foot onsen and an old samurai village. It was a great trip and I really enjoyed it...

[Blogged @ 03:32 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2005]

Twenty fourth day in Japan...
Today we went to a local church that was nearby. It is about half an hour walk away but it was the only Baptist church that I could find. Thinking that half an hour is quiet short we started off early in the morning. Then I realize when I normally go to church back home I go in a car. That is why it is acceptable for me to wear a suit. So by the time we got there I was huffing and puffing already. It was a nice small community church and it reminded me of the one I go to back home. The rest of the day was spent taking the dog for a walk and just checking out a river nearby...

[Blogged @ 03:31 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2005]

Twenty second to twenty third day in Japan...
These past two days we have been going to obasan�fs farm. They have been making their own miso for about ten years now so I decided to go and have a look. Miso is made from soya beans and it is first converted into a past. This means grinding it and then adding rice and salt. Then mixing it all together and keeping it for about a year. The total amount that we made was 60kg and it should double in weight due to the fermenting of the paste. Then we sell it. All in all it is a lot of work and I think they appreciate the extra guy. Seems like manual labour to me but I must say the lunches make up for the work...

[Blogged @ 03:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2005]

Nineteenth to twenty first day in Japan...
Have bought ourselves a puzzle just to pass time. It�fs a cheap activity to enjoy as a couple and a good way to have a conversation while doing it. We decided to buy a Totoro 1000 pieces for 3000Yen. Have been doing for the past three days and completed it today. Must say I am surprise at the short amount of time it took us to do it. I guess from the time we open our eyes till the time we go to sleep we have been doing it. It is something hard to leave halfway and Miyako seems to like doing it a lot. Guess it brings back a lot of childhood memories�c

[Blogged @ 03:16 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2005]

Eighteenth day in Japan...
Today we went to check out the new Miyazaki movie. A short train ride away a new cinema just opened. I didn't know that watching movies in Japan were so expensive. It costed 1800Yen. I also bought the little fire guy at a shop outside the cinema. Won't tell you how much i paid for him. After the movie we had lunch then went back to Hajijyoji. There we went to an gaming arcade. it cost about 1000Yen for 2 hours of gaming. So that is about 12 dollars. I guess it is pretty cheap. There are many video arcade games, pool, darts, ping pong karaoke and even bowling. So i guess it is a pretty cheap way of entertament...

[Blogged @ 11:16 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2005]

Seventeenth day in Japan...
In the morning we went to check out a kendo dojo that was close by. Otosan is one of the masters there and it is the place that he trains. It is only a short cycle there but very early in the morning. I think we watched kendo for about 2 hours and then they drunk sake for about the same amount of time afterwards. In the afternoon we held our party. A lot of relatives came only to be matched by the amount of food available. It was a fun night and as it got late i think they just got more drunk. It was a fun night and i guess i got to meet the family...

[Blogged @ 11:13 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2005]

Sixteenth day in Japan...
Today is the 29th and we are heading to the family grave. We are suppose to go on the 31th because that is the date of ojiisan's death. It also happens to be the same date as otosan's birthday. But since some people are working that day we are going there today. It was an interesting place and i was very honoured to come along. I have heard a seminar about this by Nakamatsu sensei so it was good to see it with your own eyes. Also i manage to take some photoes of the family crest which no one seems to know what it looks like. Back at home ojisan (uncle but not really. He is Miyako's grandfather's younger brother) came over. I am not sure why he came but we were going to meet tomorow anyway because we were holding a party for me. Anyway he brought a poster and some biscuits for me. After that it was a early night sleep...

[Blogged @ 11:07 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2005]

Fifteenth day in Japan...
Woke up pretty late today. Have been pretty lazy. Not sure why but just keep feeling tired. Thus a day spent at home. Played on Famicom (family computer) in the afternoon. It is pretty interesting playing all these old games. They just seem to be more funny than entertaining. Then did a bit of shoping in the evening. Bought some warm socks, a nice business shirt and a warm jumper. Miyako also got a nice top. After meeting okasan at the massaging chair we went home...

[Blogged @ 11:04 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2005]

Fourteenth day in Japan...
Today was a well needed rest. We basically did nothing the whole day. Woke up at about midday to have lunch. Then in the afternoon we went to do a bit of shopping. Manage to get some warm socks and a two long sleeve shirts. Aftrer a short while at the electric chair shop it was a quick trip home. Since it has been 2 weeks since i have been here i bought some sweets to celebrate. But it seems that otousan and oniisan doesn't like sweets so more for us....

[Blogged @ 10:08 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2005]

Thirteenth day in Japan...
Today we went to Ghibli museum with Kanako. She arrived at our house at 8:30am in the morning. This was pretty early considering the fact that i have been going out a lot lately. After a short train ride there we arrived. It is a short walk from the station. The musuem is very interesting and there are many things to do. Unforuntately you are not allowed to take photoes inside. I manage to get a large makkurokurosuke and a few other small items. I saw the neko basu but only children were able to play around it. The best i could do was take a photo of it. We also saw Laputa and many of his other anime. There was a studio room in which we could see his original hand drawings. It was really quiet amazing...

[Blogged @ 10:01 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2005]

Twelveth day in Japan...
Today we are we are meeting Miyako's friends in the city. The first one is Kaori and the other is Michi. We went to Ueno to have a look around. The food there is very cheap and there are a lot of things to see. We had okonomiyaki for lunch. Basically you buy the ingredients and then you can cook it yourself. Then we walked around. The shops around the area are like hawkers style. So it was pretty interesting to see it in Japan. I manage to get an antique watch, kimono (only 500Yen), matching shoes and tuna. It was a fun day out but a bit low on cash...

[Blogged @ 09:55 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2005]

Eleventh day in Japan...
Today we went to Mt Fuji as a family. Obasan and her daughter came to our house in the morning. Then we drove all the day. It is an interesting places although we didn't get close up to really see anything. I think the best spots to take photoes are in the surrounding areas. Still it was pretty cold and it averaged about 5 degrees. We actually drove up a nearby moutain to check out the best view. It is a beautiful place if you haven't seen it before. I have some photoes but i also bought some post cards as well. Lunch for me cost 1600Yen. Which is pretty expensive. So the next time when Miyako asks me what i want to eat i am not going to say rice. The best part was the fact that we went to a nearby onsen (Hot spring). It was really cool and for a first experience i would really like to go again. The water is so hot and it is nice just to sit in there. There was also ones outside so you really appreciate how hot the water is. You just sit down and relax in the outdoor bath and just nearby there is snow. It is quiet amazing. Had 100Yen sushi for dinner. Think the total was like 6000Yen so that must have ment we at like 60 plates. All in all it was a fun day. PS: Have a video of all of us having a snow fight. Have to show you guys. Tom, am checking out the heart of Tokyo to meet a friend...

[Blogged @ 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2005]

Tenth day in Japan...
Today i am not sure where it went. It just went by so fast. First we went with mum to a place to get a massage. You just sit on a chair and it sends electical signals through your body and that is suppose to help you relax and sleep better. We lined up for a while and it lasted 30 mins. After that we just went to check out a few second hand books stores. I manage to find the whole azumange comic book set. There is four and i only had one so i manage to get the other three for 400Yen each. Either than that there was nothing much else. I blame it on the chair. I bet you it did something to my brain...

[Blogged @ 11:34 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, 2005]

Nineth day in Japan...
Today is a sunday and since okasan was free we decided to visit obasan in the farm again. Same trip on the bus. Same hard work when we got there. But this time however it SNOWED. So this was pretty cool since it was my first experience. I had taken lots of photoes and a few videos as well. It is kinda really small and not as powdery as i expected. Still when it hits your face it melts and it feels really cold. Eating it is not recommended. I think it has something to do with the chemicals or dirt on it. So we basically worked the whole day. We had onigiri for lunch with dim sum soup. Then went out for dinner since otousan wasn't home. I am not sure but i think i had the pork. It was fun though with us and obasan and her daughter. We brought home some vegetables that they grew so can't wait to eat them...

[Blogged @ 09:25 p.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2005]

Eigth day in Japan...
Since it is the weekend we though we would go around and check out the sites around Hajijyoji. I didn't really feel like taking and train and going around to other places. It would be more enriching if we just stayed around this area. So we went off with our two bikes and just rode around. First we went to a bird park. In the brocher it was so nice and green and there was a walk way through the forest. But when we got there it was construction and the trees were dead because it was already winter. We still walked around and did manage to find a few birds but was greatly disappointed. Then we went to check out an old building that had been constructed years ago. It was suppose to be kinda like a hut shape and very important. When we got there it was fenced off with a sign saying `If you see a hentai person just scream and run'. On the way home however i manage to ride past a shinto shrine that was very big and beautiful. So all in all what we expected was disappointing but what we didn't expect was really interesting...

[Blogged @ 09:21 p.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2005]

Seventh day in Japan...
Due to yesterday's trip we are very tired today. So we spent most of it sleeping. In the evening though we were invited to Kanako's house (A friend of ours) for a Takoyaki party. Their house is close by and it only takes a few minutes even if you walk. It was good to see her since the last time i did she came to Australia. I think it has been one year since i have seen her. She is the same age as us and grew up with Miyako. Takoyaki however is not as easy as it looks on tv. I have seen it on tv and it seems very tasty and easy to make. However when we tried to make it, it kinda didn't go to plan. First it wasn't even a circle and the first time we made it, it was kinda like a dome shape. Luckily her mum was there to give us a hand and showed us how to do it properly. We also had checken and onigiri. So all in all a very tasty evening. It was good to catch up with her and just check out what is going on. Before i leave the three of us are going to the Totoro musuem so it should be fun...

[Blogged @ 09:05 p.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2005]

Sixth day in Japan...
Today was a clear and fine day so we decided to go to Tokyo Disneyland. We had to wake up at 6:30am to catch the train on time. At first it was quiet normal like back home, just that we didn't get a seat. The trains in Japan rarely have seats and it is only next to the window for the elderly. It was all good and happy until i realised that the trip to Tokyo was going to take more than half an hour. Then on top of that by the third stop the train was packed and they had to start pushing people inside. I knew this was going to happen and wanted to take a photo. Unfortunately my hands was gripping the hand rail on top of me and it was so crowded that i could't get to the camera in my bag. So first opportunity was wasted. Miyako also warned me that the only people that take photoes in trains are hentai ones who take up girl's skirt. So if everyone sees a hand in the air with a camera and then suddenly a flash then... Arrived at Tokyo main train station in one piece. Train station there was packed and really did seem like a river of people. Had to kinda play Froggo though the crowd without getting washed away in the wrong direction. And this all happened before we even reached Disneyland. Disneyland was great however. The place is very intersting and there are many things to do. Plus since we went on a thursday it was not as packed and we could get on most rides under 10mins. Where normally it would take like 2 hours. All in all a great place and a must see if you are coming to Tokyo. PS: A ride not to miss is the Buzz Light Years one. It is kinda like zone 3 where you shoot aliens on a space ship that you can rotate 360 degrees. You have to compete with your partner next to you and of course i always got the highest score. We stayed till about 8pm before leaving dragging our feet and bag full of goddies. Then to notice when we got home what have we done or rather why did we buy these things...

[Blogged @ 10:58 p.m. on Friday, January 21, 2005]

O is for Ofuro...
Now an ofuro is a bath. Here in Japan they have baths after they have a shower. So how i normally get a shower in the morning here they don't do that. So at night when we take a bath first we have to have a shower. This means sitting on a small chair and washing yourself. The taps here in Japan however are temperature operated so there is no hot and cold. It means when when i turn the tap on i get warm water instantly. Gotta love that. After washing yourself you can enter the bath. Now it is an average of 50degrees from the start. Normally otosan gets in first followed by Oniisan then i can in before the girls. Think it is just customs here. Now the water is hot when you first enter. But when you manage to get your whole body in it is a really relaxing experince. Kinda makes you a bit sleepy but really teraputic (not sure how you spell it). Miyako says that sometimes you can fall alseep because it is so nice. She has done that was and woke up when her head slipped under the water. So i tried to keep my eyes open the whole time. Normally you spend about 10mins in there although sometimes you can spend up to half an hour. It is really an enriching experiences and i really recommend it for all...

[Blogged @ 10:29 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005]

F is for Futon
Welcomes to Dylan dictionary of Japan. Now on the first day i arrived on a late flight and i could sleep. But that is not kinda what happen. Why? Because i had to sleep on a futon. Now a futon is like a large blanket. So firstly there is the floor. Then a rug. Then another rug with a heater inside it. Then a futon base. Then you. Then a thick blanket. Then another blanket. Then another blanket. Now not only does all these blankets keep you warm but they also restrict your movement. On top of this the pillows here are very hard and high so it is very uncomfortable. So for me it was like sleeping in a coffin. But i didn't want to get sick so i just laid there quietly all night. Only in the morning was i able to kick the blankets away and actually get some sleep. After talking to Miyako about my experience the next day okasan bought me a new futon and new pillow. I was quiet surprised and embarassed. The futon was quiet expensive so i was very embarrsed. The new one however is very light and warm so i can still move around but still be warm. So i have to thank her for that. The pillow also was very soft. Arigatou. Now Miyako said that she wants to use the computer after i have finish. So she is waiting for me in my futon. However she has been wanting to use it since i got it. Now she has fallen alseep so it seems i will be sleeping with okasan tonight...

[Blogged @ 10:22 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005]

Fifth day in Japan...
Today both parents had to work so we didn't really have anything planned for today. We woke up pretty late so i think that i missed most of breakfast and Miyako had to serve me if that is what you call it. After breakfast we checkout the local shinto shrine which is close by. It is very small but very beautiful. Close by the primary school that Miyako went to. Unfortunately unlike the kindagarden i don't think we were allowed to go wondering around. (I think it is probably because of the fact that the kindagarden thought that our child was going there even though we told her we weren't yet married.) After that we came home for instant noodle lunch. Both of us really can't be bothered to cook. Then head out for shopping. I bought a jacket and a jumper. Think i am going to get my whole wardrobe here. A new style would be good for me...

[Blogged @ 10:17 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005]

Fourth day in Japan...
Today is myfourth day in Japan and okasan had the day off. So we decided to check out a farm that ojiisan used to live in. Now he is in an aged care home and obasan looks after it. So we decided to give her a visit and give her a hand with the farm. We set off in the morning and arrived there in about 45 mins. After getting off at the last bus stop obasan picked us up and showed us the house. It is very old and very cold inside. It is situated high in the mountains and the hardly any of the snow melts. After a slight change of clothes (got photoes of us in farmer clothes) we went to work. So we spent all day moving a green house and transplanting plants. I must say it was pretty hard work. But got to have bento for lunch which was really tasty. Ham katsu with potato salad. Totemo oishii desu. I also manage to meet Miyako's cousin, Kana chan. She seem a bit excited but i guess that is normal for a 12 year old kid. Kinda reminds me of my sister who is about the same age. After a tiring day like this you really treasure the ofuro (bath) that Japanese people have everyday...

[Blogged @ 10:11 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005]

Third day in Japan...
Fortunately otosan was free. So he was able to take us out. I left it mostly to him to take us where this particular area is popular for. So anyway he took us to the emperor's grave. It is pretty close by and the place seem to be empty. Miyako says that most people don't really care about the emperor and that it is kinda like Australia and how much we care about the Queen. So we got the whole place to ourselves. While checking out the current's emperor's grandfather otosan met a friend there. Since he is a police man the security guard was someone he knew. So we were able to get past a few barriers and check out the grave up close. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photoes but i have i have taped what we were allowed to on video. PS: Also first sighting of snow also caught on video. Mt Takao was out next destination. It is not very high but contain a lot of shinto shrines of Tengu. So Miyako keeps saying Tengu no Teng (me). I took about 100 photoes that day. So all in all it is a interesting and cultural experience...

[Blogged @ 10:04 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2005]

Second day in Japan...
Woke up to my satifaction at 1 the next morning. Have met Miyako's dad. Must admit the exerience was not what i thought it would. Further details to be updated. Mum seems to be pretty cool and can't wait to get into the pjs that she bought for me. Brother seems fine but doesn't talk much. Today just went out to check out the city. Apparently it is not as countryside as i thought. Although it is far from the main Tokyo city it is a far bigger city than Perth. Lots of cool shops and many fashion statements walking around. Didn't want to start taking photoes yet as didn't want to seem like a tourist on my first day. But it is cold and raining outside. But they say it is warming when it is raining so i will take their word for it. Wearing about 5 layers and have taken most of Miyako's brother's clothes. Look pretty cool or at least Japanese enough. Tom should be going to check out the shrines that are close by. Should be fun...

[Blogged @ 11:23 p.m. on Sunday, January 16, 2005]

Japan
First day in Japan. COLD. No beyond cold. More like SUB COLD. It is raining and when i step outside the airport there is smoke coming out of my nose. Am going to sleep asap.

[Blogged @ 11:21 p.m. on Sunday, January 16, 2005]

Last week in KL
I must admit my last week in KL has been pretty hectic. Compare to what it is normally suppose to be all of a sudden i am meeting up with everyone last mine. For my cousin Simon i was fortunately enough to meet up with his family and see my cousins who belong to his sister. Also i manage to meet my other cousin Denise who normally is too busy. This time though we manage to check out a few places that i haven't seen before. Not to say that she is naughty or anything but she is. We manage to have coffee at a happening place which was a nice change to the usual hostess pub that my uncle takes to me all the time. Then check out a few clubs in the city. My apologies for saying that girls in KL look crap. I just have been checking out the wrong places. Then the red light district.... I must admit i thought all the guys staying in front of the hotel were waiting for taxis. To my dismay they were just pimps as i was kindly told by my cousin. These were the upclass girls. Then in the ally way behind were the lower class foreign women. So all in all it was an interesting learning experience...

[Blogged @ 11:13 p.m. on Sunday, January 16, 2005]

Exchange Rates...
It is already a friday and i am stuck here. Fortunately though it gives me a lot of time to prepare and finish up anything else i have to do while i am down here in KL. Just found out however that they are only going to give me 70Yen per 1AUD. Not sure if i am gettins scammed or not but the last time i checked before i left Aust it was around 80Yen. Ah it is like getting rob and you can't do anything about it. And this is something that i study at uni. So i should know about the exchange rates. So not too sure what to do and they tell me that it is just going to get worse. Hopefully i can sort this out before next week and don't have to worry about money when i get there...

[Blogged @ 06:14 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2005]

KL
Have made it now down to KL and it is already the next day. I must admit it is good to get back down to KL. It seems like it is the only place where i don't to move around alot. I have been staying at a different person's place everyweek and now back here it is good to settle and slows things down. For the most part of the day i have slept only waking up to eat and then going back to sleep again. For the rest of the week and a half i don't really have that much planned. I have to meet my grandfather and visit a few of my cousins. Hopefully on the last week in KL i am hoping to check out the night life this weekend. It is nearly 9pm now and i just gave Miyako a call. Seems that she is back at work. Also seems that when i get to Japan there is alot planned. It will give me a new chance to enter a different environment. It is going to be a busy month but something that i am looking forward to...

[Blogged @ 08:58 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2005]

Penang 3
On the last week of my stay in Penang a few things happened that i didn't expected. Firstly my uncle was in a car accident and had a concussion. Then a tsunami hit. And a whole lot of other things has been going on so i had to cancel my trip down to sg. I must admit now having notice the tsunami was actually larger than i thought and it was not until i watched CNN the next day did i know of its effects. At first i was still staying at my friends house and felt a slight shaking. Knowing that earthquakes were not common here in this part of the world i thought it was just her trying to be a pain so early in the morning so i just smacked her with a pillow and went back to sleep. This must have went on for a while since there were quiet a few tremors. Now the death toll is about to hit 150,000 and it seems like this is one of the world's worst disasters...

[Blogged @ 08:52 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2005]

Penang 2
I was fortunate enough to spend the second week in Penang with a friend of mine. The plan was originally for us just to spend a weekend together but apparently her mother had invited me into their home for a few days. We spent most of the weekend taking photos and going to different places. If you come to Penang you have first got to taste the food but second you have got to check out the temples. There are so many of them and including one huge one in the mountains. Took over 200 photoes so will show you when I get back. Most of them stupid ones. But I think that is just me.

[Blogged @ 10:02 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2005]

Penang
After taking a bus back to Penang which is must say 12 hours was longer than I expected I was dead exhausted. My first week in Penang was spent with friend�s of my mother�s. I must say couples like this I don�t meet everyday. They seem to be wonderful people and God has just blessed them with a son in which they have been trying to have children for 20 years. It was nice to spend a week at their house and my life just seem to slow back down from the up pace holiday. It was a nice change.

[Blogged @ 10:01 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2005]

Singapore
Firstly �I love Singapore�. But seriously the one week that I spent that was really good. I was fortunate enough to spend it at Ming�s home. Thus beginning our journey the four of us (Ming, Yue, Lily and me) trek throughout the island. This is my second time in Singapore as the last time came I only went to Sentosa and then had to come back across the border to JB. All in all we visited the night safari (Highly recommended as the light rain for us added to the effect of a real rainforest), bird park (I guess the penguins were the highlight here) and just general shopping. The food was good, the places were interesting and the people were great (and Russell yes people not just the girls).

[Blogged @ 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2005]

Tai Chi
For the past few days i have been waking up in the morning and practicing Tai Chi. I must admit that it is harder than i thought it would be and i am having difficulty breathing as i can't release my main source of energy. Normally i wake up at about 12 everyday but i am forcing myself to wake up at 8 just to do Tai Chi. It is a slow relaxing exercise that is suppose to release energy that i have hidden inside of me. However my teacher and i although doing the same exercise have different results. I end up just feeling like i feel out of balance and like an idiot and she is glowing with an Aura. It is so weird because she is sweating and all we are doing is breathing. She showed me though that she is able to create Chi on her palm which makes it go pretty hot just by changing her breathing. It is actually quiet amazing and i need lots of practice to get to that level. However at this current stage i am heading down to Singapore tommorow and will need to keep on practicing there. I am however enjoying the exerience. Need to learn to release more Chi properly. It is kinda like Chakra except it is just like 3 fingers bellow the belly button. Once i learn to do it however i will become more calm and have more energy throughout the day. Now however i am more like Naruto and using too much energy because i can't control it. I am hoping to be eventually like Sakura and mold my energy to do what i want it to do...

[Blogged @ 05:51 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2004]

Tai Chi
For the past few days i have been waking up in the morning and practicing Tai Chi. I must admit that it is harder than i thought it would be and i am having difficulty breathing as i can't release my main source of energy. Normally i wake up at about 12 everyday but i am forcing myself to wake up at 8 just to do Tai Chi. It is a slow relaxing exercise that is suppose to release energy that i have hidden inside of me. However my teacher and i although doing the same exercise have different results. I end up just feeling like i feel out of balance and like an idiot and she is glowing with an Aura. It is so weird because she is sweating and all we are doing is breathing. She showed me though that she is able to create Chi on her palm which makes it go pretty hot just by changing her breathing. It is actually quiet amazing and i need lots of practice to get to that level. However at this current stage i am heading down to Singapore tommorow and will need to keep on practicing there. I am however enjoying the exerience. Need to learn to release more Chi properly. It is kinda like Chakra except it is just like 3 fingers bellow the belly button. Once i learn to do it however i will become more calm and have more energy throughout the day. Now however i am more like Naruto and using too much energy because i can't control it. I am hoping to be eventually like Sakura and mold my energy to do what i want it to do...

[Blogged @ 05:51 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2004]

Moving furniture...
For the past 3 days i have been moving furniture back and forth. It seems that my aunty does not require a few rooms so we have to move the furniture out and into the store room. This means getting everything out putting it on the lift and into another room. We are talking about tables, chairs, beds, fridges and everything you can think off. I have been sleep late at about 2 and waking up at 12. I think this combination is not doing wonders for me. Either than that though i am enjoying my stay here. With the constant running around and meeting of lots of people i must say it is like a hotel here. I can't complain about the food and although the people are not what i am used to i think my charm is getting through. Or at least i think i am and making a few friends....

[Blogged @ 03:14 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, 2004]

Moving furniture...
For the past 3 days i have been moving furniture back and forth. It seems that my aunty does not require a few rooms so we have to move the furniture out and into the store room. This means getting everything out putting it on the lift and into another room. We are talking about tables, chairs, beds, fridges and everything you can think off. I have been sleep late at about 2 and waking up at 12. I think this combination is not doing wonders for me. Either than that though i am enjoying my stay here. With the constant running around and meeting of lots of people i must say it is like a hotel here. I can't complain about the food and although the people are not what i am used to i think my charm is getting through. Or at least i think i am and making a few friends....

[Blogged @ 03:14 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, 2004]

surprise...
I found a job. My job is to make DVD boxes. One that I made was for Cowboy bebop. hey man. studpid cowboy! My shoulder is hurting so much! and I get only $12 a hour! so cheap!! Hate stupid cowboy. I saw fruits basket and Tenjyo Tenka as well. there are other anime boxes as well. You never know other side of the world where people are working so much for stupid anime dvds... by the way, I met my cousine and his wife in that company. they are also working... of course, this is a coincidence. I just registered my name in the campay which will place people to different factories. and I was just placed on this comapny. anyway, my next job is to make mobile phones... Ah, I want to watch new Miyazaki's film...

[Blogged @ 10:24 p.m. on Monday, November 29, 2004]

Long Night
Yesterday was Sunday and thus it was suppose to be a day of rest. But this however did not occur. In the morning i went to a church that was pretty close down from here. Only about 5 minutes walk. It was pretty good but different and thus i think it will take some time to get used to. After that i went to the African fellowship after church. There was only the African and Women's fellowship so i had to join the African one. That was pretty interesting and i think that i was the only non-African one there. After that i went back home even though it was pouring. Luckly someone was able to give me a lift home. After that another one of my aunty's came. I haven't seen them in a while and i was able to meet a few of my cousins. So that was fun. Also i met my nephew which was pretty interesting. I can't believe that now i am an uncle. But hey i think i am still the same person. After that 100 students check in. With their parents that takes the total upt to 300 people in total to deal with. With only 2 lifts and 14 floors it was a total hassel. Spent like 4 hours down at teh bottom of the lift lifting luggage and crap and was sweating because it was a sauna. After that was about to have dinner and get some sleep until we got phone call. Aparently cat fight between the Chinese girls. There has been alot of tension between these girls from China and i guess it has all just exploded to this final stage. One of the girls grab the other by the neck and them used the other hand to slap her across the face. Aparently this was due the insult of the other girl pointing at her. I can't believe this is happening and there is so much tension between people from CHina. So we had to go down there and calm down the situation. It is crazy though and it seems that Shanghi and Beijing people will never get along. It seems that everyday there is something going on and we are always needed. It is crazy and i have little time to myself. I spend most of my night reading the bible before i sleep. It is the only way i can calm down and not think so much that i am able to sleep...

[Blogged @ 02:54 p.m. on Monday, November 29, 2004]

Anger
Ah today is already saturday and it is 9 in the morning. My aunty just woke me up which is quiet surprising since i opened my eyes and then as soon as i closed them someone was tickling my leg. I didn't get much sleep today as i spent most of it awake last night. It is a long story but hey i always have the time. It is just that i am living in a condo and in these two condo there are many students from all around the world and they are here to study various courses and stuff like that. But of course there are cultural clashes and since i am the one from Australia it seems that i am the one that is standing out for the time being. Just yesterday though was having a clash with one of the Pakistan boys. It seems that there they don't really care about their women and just treat them like shit. So i guess it is a reflection of their past that they do the same thing here in Malaysia. My aunty warned me about it and just told me to forget it but you know me. Things kinda got personal when they started to bully the Japanese girl i was having exchange language with. Of course i thought it was childish and that this was unacceptable. Maybe in Pakistan but not here. Probably my Australian background talking but hey that is me. Anyway not sure but a confrontation occur and things kinda got out of hand. Nothing physical but conflict is not something that i like. Not sure what kinda happened. Just guess i took things personally. It is weird though, the most probably conclusion is that i probably treated her like my gf and that is why i took things so personally. Maybe it is because she was jap. Maybe just because she was female. Whatever the case it was not something that i just let go on around me. Even in Malaysia. So i spent most of the night thinking and stuff like that. Mostly just reading. But was doing my Japanese homework for a bit. Then just sat in the patio and just read the bible for most of the night. It kinda calm me down which was good because i didn't want to sleep with these emotions on my mind. That was about it. Feeling a bit better today. But if the same thing happened, i won't hesitate to take the choices that i did...

[Blogged @ 09:11 a.m. on Saturday, November 27, 2004]

Fe nay nay o...
I already found two part time jobs. Only the problem is the wages. I really hope that I can get high wages but of course that is impossible. Here in Japan, normal wages are around 900 yen which is about $10 to 12... poooosh. I guess it is better than nothing... today I had to put stupid huge hello Kitty toys into boxes. we probably made 500 kitties... I'm sick of hello kitty now...

[Blogged @ 10:35 p.m. on Thursday, November 25, 2004]

Arrived
Have arrived in KL in one piece. Although there was a delay due to the AC which was quiet shocking because the plane still seem so hot. It is already the next day and not sure of what i am going to be doing today. I guess for the first few days i am just going to get used to the weather and what is going on around here. Then i might venture out by myself. Either than that i am fine and just have to find out more info about a few things. Still seems all like a dream though. Especially when i woke up today. Thought i was in the wrong house. But i won't go down that track because the dream didn't help. But alas i have a full day ahead of me and shall tackle it head on...

[Blogged @ 09:59 a.m. on Thursday, November 25, 2004]

Buy will you...
Today was the festival. We sold the lemons and marinaded veges and all that type of stuff. We actually were able to sell more than half quantity and will continue tomorrow as well. It seems that I'm a good sales person. We sold about $1500 to 2000 in total for today, ho ho. Then we walked around the street and bought sata andagi if you know what is is. it is like a donat but much harder. It wasn't that tasty so I think it wasn't a real sata andagi from Okinawa...

[Blogged @ 11:01 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2004]

rainy birthday...
it is ranining today. but today is my mum's birthday. I gave her a gift and card. I guess she wasn't expected to receive them. I think I'm used to celebrate the way I do in australia. Like saying happy birthday and give a hug. of course, we don't do that way. dad even didn't wish her. No hug, no happy birthday song... I don't know why they feel embarrassed or shy about wishing a family member... anyway, dad also brought the cakes for her. since dad and bros don't eat sweets, mum and i had to eat a piece each. so there are some more left in the fridge. it will be a small Hachioji war between me and mum... hope i will not be fatty till shinto kun comes to japan...

[Blogged @ 11:05 p.m. on Thursday, November 18, 2004]

JAPAN
I am back to Hachioji. it's bit cold here. last night, Miko girl came over to say hello. She was on the way back home which is 1 mins away from my home. We talked so loud in front of my home at 9 pm. I guess all my neighbours were pretty annoyed by us talking and laughing... well... never mind.

[Blogged @ 12:19 a.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2004]

Just too weird...

Which File Extension are You?

[Blogged @ 11:46 p.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2004]

Apparantly this describes my relationship???
eXpressive: 3/10 Practical: 3/10 Physical: 3/10 Giver: 6/10 You are a RSIG--Reserved Sentimental Intellectual Giver. This makes you a People-Pleaser. Oh, RSIG! You are the most complicated and dynamic of any type. You are brilliant, tender, romantic and a joy to be with. You're the favorite of many of your friends. It's just not a party until you get there. You are bursting with feeling and sentiment and insight but you very rarely express it -- it's not how you want to present yourself to the world. Although you are always studying your non-romantic relationships -- you turn a blind eye to romantic relationships. You're highly adaptable, and you conform to your circumstances (maybe you're a youngest child?). You would probably be content with almost anyone, and almost anyone would be blissfully happy to have you. But just because you're content doesn't mean you're happy. Don't settle! You'd rather ignore your problems than rock the boat by creating conflict. Please understand that in the long run ignoring conflict will make you unhappy and your partner exhausted. Try picking a fight just to see how it goes. You'll find out that solving problems is so satisfying for you that it makes conflict worth it. Your sex life could be fantastic if you could stop worrying about everything so much (did I wash my hands? how do I look? what do I need to do tomorrow?). You need a sweet, expressive lover who makes you feel at ease and never puts pressure on you. If you feel secure with your partner outside the bedroom, it will make all the difference. You cry at movies. A lot. Of the 90139 people who have taken this quiz, 5.8 % are this type.

[Blogged @ 10:29 p.m. on Sunday, September 19, 2004]

Something came to my mind...
THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU Chorus There is none like You, No-one else can tough My heart like You do. I could search for all eternity long x2 And find there is none like You x2 Verse Your mercy flows like a river wide And healing comes from Your hand, Suffering children are safe In Your arms, There is none like You.

[Blogged @ 07:18 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2004]

This is about the 5 time i have been trying to write in here. Not sure why but there just seems to be a lot on my mine lately. I guess a few things has been happening around me and i am losing control. But that is not a bad thing in some ways. I guess i am just realising what kinda person i am and the effect that i have. It is kinda like watching a race. In high school i always used to watch live from an outside point of view and just watch the people run round and round the track. Now i am not sure whether i am the one running the race or just a spectator. It is so easy just to sit down, slow down or even just to stop. And when i really think about it why not just sit take a break just leave everything behind. Just try and stop time. Sometimes when i am just walking i just imagine that everything i see is a dream. And i can just step outside my body. Kinda like feeling the soul drifting away. Then it just suddently comes back to me. But i know that this sensation of just not takiing responsibility is so childish. And i am not like that. I am glad that these responsibilities have been given to me. Like an opportunity (talent) that i receive. The problem with this is just that sometimes i regret the things that i do or just regret the person that i have become. Imagine if i could just stop time. Maybe just head to the beach. I haven't been there in ages. Would just love to watch the waves. Just keep coming and coming. So repetative but yet so beautiful. Or just step outside. Check out the sun, sky, cloud and stars. It has been a while since i have done these things. Just watch the clouds go by. Just think about what they are and what they do. Maybe my life is just like a cloud. And i can't control what i am or what i am doing. Just floating with whatever the wind is blowing. But i know it is not. I have control. I have a choice. And that is important. Choice. There is always a choice no matter how much you feel that you have been cornered. Sometimes though i feel kinda like spider man. I was just watching it the other. Think about this boy. He worries so much about the world. He cares for others. But he also has his own life. And these two worlds are the one that is colliding. And He has to chose. And he does but he doesn't know if it is the right choice. But does that matter. Is it better to make a decision and think that you are right when everyone thinks that you are wrong or is it better to make the choice that you think is wrong and everyone thinks that you are right. It is easy when you think about it. But go deeper and the situation is more complicated. Especially when you apply it into your life. When you put a face to the picture. But then there are choices but only one path can be treaded on. Peter Parker (Spiderman) though feels that he is pulled in all direction. And he believe that he is making the right decision. When he sees people getting hurt he tries to ignor it and just continue with his own world. It is easy to look at him and judge him like that. But i guess i do it as well. But eventually this stops and he realises that he just can't let things go by the way they are. He has to fight the tide and swim up river. The thing though is that he loves someone so much that he is willing to scrifice everything including himself for that person. When i think about it do i push people away so that i don't hurt them. Do i become someone else so that they cannot see the real me. Or do i just become someone different altogether. Can i love someone so much that i just push them away thinking that in the future i might hurt them. That i cannot answer now. But of course it is never easy to admit these emotions. It is not even easy to realise that you have them. Just to live with them. But the point is. Miyako told me that she doesn't care. And i was shocked at first. But then i realised what she meant. She doesn't care about that. Or what it even means. What is important to her is now. She knows the way i feel and the person i am. And that is the person she loves. And i really appreciated that. I guess i understand what she says. Don't care about what the future holds. All she knows is that she love me and i love her. And together we can take on anything that comes up. And i guess i can apply this into my life. I am who i am and i can't change it. NO. I don't want to change it. I like the way i am and the person i have become. So i will just keep on living. Life. Death. And everything else inbetween...

[Blogged @ 06:59 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2004]

10 Things (copied from Sab)
1. I wish I learn to be more open. 2. I wish I would have the patient to have greater understanding. 3. I wish I was slower to speak and quick to listen. 4. I wish I knew how to express love in all its way and form. 5. I wish i could just be me and watch the stars or the waves for the rest of my life (with Miyako beside me). 6. I am grateful of the person i am and the person i have become. 7. I am grateful for the opportunities that has been given to me. 8. I am grateful for the 'talents' that have been loan to me. 9. I am grateful for the wisdom that 'God' has loan me. 10. I am grateful just to be here. Just thankful that God has given me the chance to live. A chance to die. And everything else inbetween...

[Blogged @ 01:09 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8, 2004]

Apparantly i am radioactive???

> WARNING

~Guardian Angel~ is radioactive. Wear protective clothing at all times.

[Blogged @ 10:43 p.m. on Friday, September 3, 2004]

[Blogged @ 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 2004]

CAMP = Parable of the Sower
Haven't written here in a while so i thought i will just give a little update. Well it is the last week of holidays already and i just came back from a camp. It was a scripture union camp and i must say it must have been the highlight of my holidays. Just to spend some time in isolation is great. There was no distractions such as tv or the computers and it created the perfect environment to build relationships. There were about 31 kids and i could name them all by heart by the last day. They kids were great and i hope they learnt something from camp. Whether it was about God or my learning time "Sharing is caring" which although they did not really practice they remembered. But coming back on a friday i just found out that my local head pastor had taken a few weeks off just to rest and so someone else took charge in my bible study class. Not to be rude but normally when i can't concentrate i just read on and if it is just a few verses i am suppose to read i continue to read on a few chapters. But this time something hit me that normally doesn't. We were reading from Matthew Chpt 13 V.1-23. While reading this i realise what it was trying to say to me. On verse 13 it says that "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing they do not hear or understand". This is easily dismissed as we believe that we are the ones really seeing. But as i was reading about the farmer sowing the seeds certain words came out to me and i realise that it was not talking about the effects of God's word on certain people but about ourselves. When it says that the farmer went out and scattered the seed it meant that i should go out and just spread Gods words. If it was me i would just go to the good ground and sow it. Knowing that those were the ones that produced a crop. But this is not what the farmer did. Why? Because everyone deserves a chance. And what i see to be the rocky ground could be the good soil. Though i am seeing i am not really seeing. So what they say i am seeing but not really seeing i believe i am looking into the 'magic eye'. A book in which i see nothing but if i look beyond the page a picture apears. And as a human i do not always see that picture. All i see is what i want to see and not what God has planned out for me. So i believe that this parable is relavent to me as it describes the action that were asked of me during the current camp. I am not to sow the seeds in the soils of the well behaved or pretty kids. I am suppose to scatter them and sow it in everyone. And this is hard sometimes. But that is why we must remember this it is suppose to be hard. That sometimes the hard path doesn't always stay that way. That sometimes we all experience that our hearts it the hard path and the bird takes away our seed. And leaves no opportunity for it to grow. But that can change. And although it is easy to see it within outselves it is difficult to see it in other. So we should just continue to scatter those seeds. As in the parrable i would think that the next day the farmer still went out to scatter the seeds. Even though some fell on the path, rocky ground, among thorns and good ground. It was just something that came up during my mind this week and though i shoudl write it down. Hope this parable touches your heart as it has touched mine Miyako. From, Shinto kun

[Blogged @ 10:44 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2004]

How to make a Guardian Angel

Ingredients: 3 parts intelligence 1 part ambition 1 part beauty

Method: Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Serve with a slice of emotion and a pinch of salt. Yum!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

[Blogged @ 10:41 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2004]

Dr Nakamatsu...
http://dr.nakamats.com/
this is his website. he has invented floppy disk and my favourite jumping shoes... he is so cool...

[Blogged @ 09:36 p.m. on Sunday, June 6, 2004]

my cool assignment
hey. this is my cool dolphin site (http://www.soca.ecu.edu.au/students/Graphics_and_Design/graphics3_1st_semester_2004/dolphin_cycle/). this is my assignment for the graphic design 3 unit. I AM STUDYING! I AM DOING SOMETHING AT UNI~! by the way, I knew that Elle would be evicted tonight...

[Blogged @ 09:28 p.m. on Sunday, June 6, 2004]

Big Brother Eviction
This is a Big Brother. Shinto kun, you are evicted. You have 10 seconds to leave the house. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Please leave the house NOW!! Well you owe me so many packets of chips and hot chocolate now. You never guess correctly who will be evicted. I guessed correct last time "Igor" and this time "Krystal". I didn't say it would be Terri. Ho ho ho...

[Blogged @ 12:27 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 2004]

ET...
I made ET in Lightwave. Of course, some goobie doesn't know what is Lightwave. He even doesn't know how to add skelegons in the Modeler and convert them to the bones. Such a wooshi... My ET looks so weird. quite scary unlike what you see in the movie... Never mind no

[Blogged @ 12:23 a.m. on Monday, May 31, 2004]

samboy vs smith
samboy is so cheap in super value. demo i like smith chicken chips ne. demo samboy to smith wa onaji company ne. so both are the same product ne. pooooooooosh!!

[Blogged @ 09:10 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, 2004]

Modernity
Sensei is not a modern guy. he is lonely... how come ah??? I think he is just an old fahion cow compare to Sada cutting the Chinsuko off. You see Jap hostages were released! yeah but two new goobies are caputured now... What are they doing in Iraq??

[Blogged @ 03:24 p.m. on Friday, April 16, 2004]

best singer
Because he lives I can face tomorrow. Because he lives all my fears are gone. Because I know~ he holds the future... nya nya nya nya because he lives~

[Blogged @ 10:42 a.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2004]

Chips or Easter chocolate
I will win the poker next time. I will win the snap and smash your totoro card. Otherwise I will not get free samboy chips from goobaria...

[Blogged @ 12:19 a.m. on Monday, April 12, 2004]

Arigato Kami sama
Darling, you should update this site more often. Stand by me, Stand by me... Teach me the lyrics will you. Shinto kun ga totemo daisuki desu.

[Blogged @ 09:05 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2004]

FEELING LIKE CRAP
Have been sick since thursday. Normally i get the chance to write here at least once a week. If you guys are lucky i get to write here at twice. On thursday though i was getting a sore throat so i just ate some lozenges. Then by saturday it still hurt so i thought things are not as they seem. Also i didn't get a fever so i knew that something was wrong. Unfortunately a doctor was not to be found and i couldn't get one till mon. By then i realised it was ulcers in my throat and there was a few of them. Fortunately i have some medication for it and it is getting better. Hopefully i feel better by the end of this week. With this and the weather i am not getting much work done and it is starting to pile up. (Not that more time makes any difference for ITF anyway)...

[Blogged @ 11:08 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2004]

I don't know why i always make you feel bad, sad, disappointed whatever. I just know what although most of the time i make you happy sometimes i just make you feel like crap which makes me feel like crap. Not that i am saying that the only reason i care about how you feel is because of the way i feel. I don't know. I guess i never know. I just say stupid things and then stupid things happen and people get hurt. Do i mean to hurt you on purpose? No of course not. But you are hurt anyway so i maybe as well have been on purpose. I don't know. It just makes me so mad. Then it makes me sad. Then it just makes me more mad again. I just do'nt know. It is not a bad thing that you are expecting things from me. I guess it is a good thing because you think i am such a good person. I don't know. I just keep letting you down and then you just blame yourself. Then when you blame yourself i just feel more like shit. And i can never make you happy again. I am not sure about that. I guess i am just really mad about myself. It such a bad feeling to discribe. Just to know that you are disappointed about me makes me feel even worse. I would prefer if you are mad or something. Anything. Just hit me, beat me up, kill me. But just to hear that you are disappointed is the worse. It is worse than you killing me. Because i am still alive with this emotion and not sure what to do with it. I don't know. I know that i should probably go to sleep now and just forget about it all. I know that it is the best thing to do and that i will feel better in the morning. But that is just running away. And i am sick of that already. Screw this. Just screw life. It is just so shitty. Life i just full of shit. And i am the one creating it. TO think that i love you so much. It just sounds so stupid because if i did love you so much i wouldn't be hurting you would i? I mean does that mean i don't love you? I am not sure. I thougt that i did. But if i keep hurting you does i mean that i love you. I don't know. This is so confusing. If i love you i shouldn't do things to hurt you. But i do. So what does that mean. I really hate this. I guess i just really hate life. Anyway i better not waste your time. If i just say more it is starting to become selfish and this is not the way i want to write an email to you.

[Blogged @ 12:16 a.m. on Sunday, March 14, 2004]

Well the first week of uni has pass and it seems as busy as it has been on the holidays. I am not sure why i have been so busy on the holidays but i guess i nothing much has change. I still seem to be pretty free but that is probably because the tutorials have not been done yet. I think i have to head down to uni down to do my tut. That way at least i can be a little bit prepared. That and getting a few books because i still haven't done that yet. Other than that it seems that this is going to be an interesting year with what i have installed myself into. I hope hoping to do well in all my subjects but especially with my Jap and Jap studies. Just that this week i have been a little bit out of it. I guess that a few things happened that i didn't expect to and now i am kinda in disarray. I have tried to sort everything out but i guess i am just a little bit more confused. I tried to take the last part of this week off just from everything ubt it seems that as AK said i can't escape from Japssoc. But i was lucky enough that Eiri was nice enough to give me a hand with a few things. I am hoping to sort things out and by the start of next week be back to normal, if there is such a thing...

[Blogged @ 11:03 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2004]

my chips...
One chai chai goobaria loves eating chips. He even took my chips away and ate it by himself without sharing. He earns money but does not wish to buy any chips for me. He even eats the pieces which fell on the ground because he loves chips so much and does not have any chance to eat chips at home. I feel so sorry for this goobaria...

[Blogged @ 09:07 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2004]

O Day
After a early morning wake up at around 6. This is considerable difficult considering that holidays are going to end soon and this is going to have to be a regular occurance. I manage to make it down to Eiri's house in one piece without crashing the car due to lack of sleep. Then it was off to uni to get the early yellow parking. After spending a few hours trying to set up a tent with parts stolen from UCLS we manage to find out that they had our parts and had some of theirs. From that on it was smooth sailing. We had a great day and manage to sell all our sushi and drinks. Best of all though was the fact that we manage to get nearly double the amount of members than last year and nearly hit the 100 mark. So thanks to all that helped out and we hope to have a good year. After o day though was JCE for me at the church. This time though i had this new device to get their attention. Someone just made a shaker with a tin can with beans inside. So when i shake it they know to pay attention. After having to give out a lolly to the first people who sat up and pay attention i didn't have to go one out for the rest of the night. They call it a visual talking stick. It is interesting about the things that you learn from kids. After that was bible study from 8 - 10. So by the end of the day i was pretty much dead and just felt asleep...to never wake again

[Blogged @ 11:38 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2004]

From Imoto desu
Shinto kun. Thank you so much for taking out and being friendly with my best friend KINAKO? She enjoyed the time and thanked to you and your Greek boy frined (Chrissy). Please tell Chris to say many thanks and also don't forget to ask him to pick me up to go to ECU since his home is close by, NO? Anyway, I love you darling so much and arigato for everything you did.

[Blogged @ 11:02 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2004]

From KINAKO...
dear,shinto kun thank you for talking and taking me to many places. i enjoyed every single day with you. i will never forget about the time we spent. we are BONKURA-ZU BANZA-I!! P.S i will come back to Perth soon. and we will talk about giguri fiki.

[Blogged @ 10:51 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2004]

What Irrational Number Are You?

You are √2 You are in good company, many other square roots are also irrational numbers. Just by being a square root you have been branded a radical. You are considered very attractive, especially by Europeans (at least on paper.) You fear that a relationship with another √2 may somehow end up complex and ultimately imaginary. In reality, only another √2 will make you whole. Your lucky number is approximately 1.41421356

Shiny Lemur Straif's Blog

[Blogged @ 10:59 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2004]

BEACH...
Today is a sunday but the last day that Kanako will be staying in perth. Thus i decided that we should all head down to the beach and check out how it is like since she hasn't been there before. It was after church and a rush lunch but we made it there in one piece. Chris (one of my friends) manage to pick the three of us up from my house and it was the begining of our journey. The beach was great and the water warm. We spent most of it in the water while the girls took ages to actually get some waves. They were actually scared of getting drowned and i guess if i was their height i would be too. Between throwing sand at each other and trying to stay inbetween the flags it was an enjoyable day. By the time we got home we were so tired. Took stacks of photoes though but my digi cam is not working anyway. The lens won't open and now it is kinda stuff. Will have to see the camera shop about that. But i guess it was worth it... Hope you have a safe trip Kanako (Chai Chai Cha Chan)

[Blogged @ 10:21 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2004]

Haven't read this book yet...

You're A Prayer for Owen Meany!
by John Irving
Despite humble and perhaps literally small beginnings, you inspire faith in almost everyone you know. You are an agent of higher powers, and you manifest this fact in mysterious and loud ways. A sense of destiny pervades your every waking moment, and you prepare with great detail for destiny fulfilled. When you speak, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS!
Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid.

[Blogged @ 12:26 a.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2004]

UWA
Can't really remember what happened on this day. Just got a few pics of the Bonklers making fools about ourselves at UWA. I can't really remember what happens or what i did for the whole day. But these pics are quiet funny. It has been a while since i really enjoyed my holidays. I guess it si because Miyako has been away for most of it and that was the time when i just stayed at home by the computer. But just to spend some time outdoors and just enjoying company. There is nothing like it.

[Blogged @ 10:56 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 2004]

Museum
I haven't written here in a while so i am just logging back a bit and just writing about what i have done for this week. On tuesday though we decided to take a trip to the Western Australian Museum to which i haven't been to in quiet a while. I think the last time i went there was with Miyako and that was about a year ago. They were holding a special Chinese exhibition and i thought that it would be nice to go and check it out. Thinking that it would pretty cheap i didn't realise that the ticket price would be as high as 20 dollars each. This time though there was nothing special on and it was just the three of us (Miyako, Kanako and Me). Although probably not paying that much attention to the extinct stuff i think we just needed a place to make fools n takes photoes...

[Blogged @ 10:51 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2004]

Mysterious and a scholar, you are a member of the Tremere clan. You are pretty loyal to your clan, well, you sort of have to...especially since you are blood-bonded to most of them. You are the intelligentsia of the Camarilla and are fascinated with the occult. Possessing the ability to use blood for magic, many clans don't like to approach you. However, that is fine with you. You tend not to trust the other clans anyway. What Vampire Clan Do You Belong To?

[Blogged @ 09:04 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2004]

Purple???

Purple! You have purple eyes! You're a dreamer,
artist, poet, whatever. You enjoy all forms of
art and literature, and tend to be quite good
at creating them as well.

What Color Are Your Anime Eyes?
brought to you by Quizilla

[Blogged @ 08:36 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2004]

Can't get any worse...
Today i made a girl cry. And to think about it, it was such a weird feeling. It wasn't Miyako but her best friend Kanako. So i have been thinking alot. Right now staring at this computer screen. It is not weird as in strange. Just that i felt a different way. I felt uncomfortable and responsibile. I guess it was partly my fault. But i don't konw. It was such a weird situation and just to be in it. The weird thing is that i keep watching anime and to make a Japanese girl cry is such a bad thing. That goes for any girl as a fact. I just fel so bad and i guess all these images came into my mind. I couldn't speak and i just kept sweating. Just sitting there playing with my camera. All i could say was 'gomene' (sorry). And it just kept coming out of my mouth. Again and again. Just like a broken record they call it. Firstly she denied that she was crying. But then it just came out. And i just felt bad because she was not like fully pouring. But just that little bit. It is kinda like the ones you have when you just remember something in the past. I am not sure though how Miyako felt about all this. She was sitting on my right but i never had the guts just to look at her. No Kanako for a while. Kanako was pretty ok about it though and was smiling throughout the thing. I wasn't sure if this was to hide her emotions or just to make me feel better. This is like the worse kinda emotion. It just gets you thinking and you are not sure what to say or do. After a while though i started to cry too. Not sure why though but they just came out. It is late now though and i am not sure why i am still thinking about it. I guess i still feel a bit weird. I am not sure why i feel this way. It is different from teh way i feel about Miyako when she cries. It is such a weird emotion and i can't interpret it. Anyway now i am pretty confused and probably shouldn't be talking to anyone. My head is spining and i feel that i am analysing everything that i am about to say, do or even think. I don't know. I am not sure if anyone has had this feeling being. Your head is just spining and all your thoughts are just flying by. You are thinking that maybe you should have done things differently and i think that they call this regret. I called Miyako a bit earlier though and tried to talk to her about it. It kinda didn't come out right and i guess today everything seems not to be going my way. I guess that i am feeling a bit unsecure right now and not sure how to handle it. I know that reassurance is not really helping and that i really have to think this out. For now though there are too many things on my mind. Kinda screwing up everyone's lives i think. Hopefully i feel better tommorow...

[Blogged @ 09:24 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2004]

Just talking...
Yesterday was a Sunday and it was the first day that my grandma came. So we all decided to have a steam boat at my house. Miyako and Kanako (Miyako's friend)was invited and i picked them up. Not sure what happen between grandma and my gf but they didn't seem to talk very much. Not that they could in the first place. All grandma said was that she needed more soup in her bowl to make her noodles sweeter. I wasn't sure what that was suppose to mean so i just added more soup in her bowl. After dinner though the three of us was very tired and so we just sat around my room talking crap. I must say that i haven't done this in a while. We were not really talking about a lot of things. Just about ourselves. Miyako and i was just trying to explain a few stuff about the two of us. Just that we are kinda idiots and together it just gets worse. What else did we talk about? We were also talking about the difficult for me to ask Miyako out. And just the kinda first month of honeymoon. Mainly just a lot of crap but when you look back at it, it is quiet funny. Then she talked about herself and her past love life. I guess it was just a nice way for the three of us just to open ourselves and just be closer as friends...

[Blogged @ 10:30 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2004]

PS: Forgot to mention a few things that happened in the morning. Here is another perspective to what happened. http://theotherchris.livejournal.com/

[Blogged @ 10:39 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2004]

Tanoshi...
Today i started early in the morning by dropping mum at the Morley bus stop at about 7:30. This is a shocking time during the holidays. After that i drove to Miyako's house hoping to get a few extra hands in dropping junk mail in Noranda. After what seem like hours went by negotiating pay we were off at around 8. Did i forget to say that girls take ages to get ready in the morning. So we have three Bonklers (Azumanga) walking around an unknown suburb putting paper into people's mailbox. Although sounding rather boring with the extra company it was rather fun. We normally just talked alot with Miyako who kept forgetting to put it in the letter box. Kanako learned how to ride a bicycle even through she already knows. Aparently bicycles in Japan are a lot smaller and sorta like kids sizes here. We stole a few pretty flowers, took photoes of people's gnomes, and manage to finish all of it by midday. After that we went back to my house for some chinese curry and a bit of Jerry. No comment on what we saw on Jerry Springer (You will have to ask the expert Miyako for details). After lunch we just spent the rest of the day talking. Talking for about 4 hours. Don't really remember what we talked about but we took about 50 photoes with our digi cam. We were all jsut being idiots making fools of ourselves. It was so much fun. I forgot how much fun it is just to have good company and just enjoy the day talking to each other without than having to do something. I just love Miyako so much. And with the three of us it is like a catalyst reaction for stupidity. Bonkles desu...

[Blogged @ 10:12 p.m. on Friday, February 8, 2004]

Picking up cargo...
Today is a thursday and i got only a few hours sleep. By the time i got home from yesterday it was agout 2am in the morning. Anyway i drove to Miyako's house just to see how she is and actually have a conversation. We spent most of the day just talking and looking at photoes. I also picked up a lot of things for myself and for other people. It seem that most of the luggage that she brought was mainly for me because we kept taking it out of the suitcase and putting it in the front door. Will have to scan the photoes and put them up. Seeing Miyako in a kimono is quiet weird. She looks so different with all the hair up and the make up. Not that that is a bad thing. But there were a lot of photoes and it was good to see how people look like in Japan. Anyway the best thing was that i got this really cool Totoro key chain. When you pull its tail it vibrates across the table. Totoro wa totemo kawaii desu...

[Blogged @ 10:07 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2004]

Miyako is back...
Well i haven't entered here in a while so i thought that i may as well do it now. It is actually the 7th now but it would be a little confusing if i don't keep the date in order. Anyway today is a wednesday on the 4th of Feburary and Miyako came back today. It is 1 in the morning and i have been waiting here since 12 at the airport. If i knew that she was going to take so long in customs i wouldn't have come so early. But her plane was suppose to land at about 12 so i thought that i would come and surprise here. Currently i am with her host family so i don't have to pay for parking ne. (Parking is a real killer and i think they would take all your money if you gave them the chance). After about an hour i saw here coming through the sliding doors in the airport. I ran over and the only thing i said was Okari (Welcome back). It was nice though and we gave each other a hug. I also manage to meet her friend Kanako who will be staying with her for a month. They both looks tired so we headed home right away. So it was a good night all in all. The only problem is that my gf was a bit late due to a security threat. I mean so what if she carried scissors. It not like this girl who sends threating messages in my mobile 'screw you' in my mobile is going to go on a killing spree and kill everyone. Although i can understand how the airport security people can feel...

[Blogged @ 01:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2004]

Shopping...
Today was a pretty hot day with a high temp of 37. Never the less i went shopping with three nekos. And when i say neko i really mean it because as they walked by the fish in David Jones the fish ran to the other side of the tank. Just a few things but i can't mention it here because Miyako is probably going to read it a bit later. Anyway you will find out when i see you. Himisu. It was a nice day though with the company at least. In the morning we stuck to the task although i could decided on what to get. By the afternoon we were picking ball dresses for one of our nekos (tsukineko). I must say that it is an interesting process although very long. But you learn a lot. And see a lot for that matter. But the most interesting thing is what we talk about... or rather just what i blurt out....

[Blogged @ 09:12 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004]

Ascot Races...
Today was the first day that i would start to work at the Ascot races as a bookie clerk. I woke up pretty early considering that it is a saturday or a holiday for that matter. I was expecting it to be pretty hectic with connected to the internet and bets being shouted like crazy. Instead you have to enter the winners yourself and it is kinda all pretty simple. You just put in the odds and they get put up on the board. Then anything that is changed on the board gets changed back on the com. That connected to the ticket printing machine and everything is just interlinked with USB. Thought i would be busy too with millions of people shotting numbers at me. But all it was was me just entering bets once in a while on this program designed for it. Nothing too difficult. The weird thing was that i thought we would be more complex but actually it is quiet simple. There were only 8 races today and it started at about 1 which wasn't that bad. Also the day was pretty cool so that made it easier to work. All it all a good days worth of work and i get paid no matter if they make a win or loss so that is always good...

[Blogged @ 10:07 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2004]

Working hard..
Just got a phone call saying that i got the job that i applied for in applecross. I applied for it a while ago and it is good to hear that i got it. The name is Ohnamiya and it is a Japanese restuant. I will only be kitchen hand but i thought it would be a good experience so i can practice my jap and stuff like that. So i am really happy about that. The other thing would be that i found this really cool picture of Hikaru Utada. She is a singer that i have been listening to after Miyako gave me the cd a while ago. I never knew that she was our age. But just picked up this really cool pic which is really nice. Hope you are not jealous Miyako. I still miss you heaps and counting the days when you will be here. It is only about less than 8 days now right...

[Blogged @ 11:50 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, 2004]

Gooooooobie Shinto kun
Goobie Shinto kun called Miko girl (Kanako). Her mum thought Shinto kun was Korean. Are you Korean?? Or Are you just a goobie boy??

[Blogged @ 11:43 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2004]

Mitingu...
Today had a metting with Japssoc in the morning. The interesting thing was that it all finished in about an hour but one hour and a half at most. That is quiet surprising since the last time we spent about four hours going through it. I was a bit nervous running through this meeting and even with the agenda and it still quiet nerve racking. So i guess i know how they feel about it. After that i went shopping with Eiri and Linda. Then went to Eiri's apparment and took a nap. It felt kinda strange because i had a weird dream before waking up to the alarm clock. I felt that i was in Japan and in this massive crowd in the city. Then i was just lost and finding my way walking while everyone was walking in the opposite direction. Then i kept saying 'sumimasen' (excuse me) forever...

[Blogged @ 09:23 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2004]

Australia day...
Today was Australia day and i spent it waking up pretty early in the morning. A few friends and i went to the beach in the morning just to bum around since it was a public holiday. The interesting thing is that i went body boarding for the first time. Normally i say i can swim but i think i can't because i can float but can't actually move around without tireing myself too much. Anyway the experience was interesting adn i learn a lot of stuff about jelly fish. After that i went to Engush's house. The bbq there as very nice and the company was even better. Spent most of the time playing x box but you get that. The fireworks were great although it was a bit difficult watching them through the tree. That and having to keep watch due to weird Turkey people talking to you. All in all it was good night with a landslide loss in Taboo against the girls...

[Blogged @ 09:55 p.m. on Monday, January 26, 2004]

BBQ Party...
Today was sunday so i normally go to church. The weird thing though was that i punctured a tire yesterday and i didn't notice it and by today it was just flat. So i had to change that in the morning. That took a while even though i was just watching tv. When i went to church though it was a little bit different. Normally it is me at church not really paying attention and Miyako writing down the notes and stuff like that. I should really show her a good example but i normally get distracted. Today however i went there by myself and sat on the edge of the seat right in front of the pauper. So we were eye to eye and today the sermon really hit me. It was good to listen, easy to understand and really touching. I must say that this doesn't happen often but when it does it is a good feeling. At about 5pm in the afternoon i went to a friend's house for a bbq. There mainly mingling with friends from church. The other main thing is that i have to start to prepare for my religious studies classes (JCE Junior Christian Endevour). It is not that easy since now i am a supervisor and have to look after the teachers along with the kids. This year i have been promoted and am now in charge of year 5,6,7. So it is quiet a big task but i am up to it. Have prepared an agenda and waiting for the meeting next week on sunday. The weird thing is though i can't belive that i have been set up to do this. Normally for class i have little time to prepare and don't really do that much. So i just normally read the verse and talk to them about the first thing that come to my mind. Which sometime's isn't that great and why i should prepare more. Then i think to myself. Why has really God given me this task to look after a greater number of kids and to lead the children of our church. And i can't seem to get an answer. I am not sure whether it is because i am an incompetent teacher and since i am a supervisor now i don't have to teach. Or whether He is telling me something about the thing i have to do in the future. That this is more like my kinda path and i should follow it. It seems that He has given me the oppourtunity and i should grab it. The weird thing was that instead of going to UWA i was suppose to go to Perth bible school. But that didn't work out with my parents and now i am doing this. I am not sure what the future holds but i know that i must do. Sometime in the future i will become a pastor. One way or another. But now i guess i will have to settle as the youth leader. The other weird thing is that there are two other supervisors with me. One handles the preprimary section and the other handles years 2,3,4. The one with preprimary is called 'Bud' and it is the pastor's wife who leads it. The one who handles year 2,3,4 is the pastor's daughter who is a social worker. So i feel kinda out of place with the kind of random stuff that comes out of my mouth. Anyway school starts next week and we shall see how i go...

[Blogged @ 10:17 p.m. on Sunday, January 25, 2004]

Job Interview...
Today after waking up at a shocking 5am in the morning i did my job at delivering junk mail to random mail boxes. This time though i was on my bike but has a heavy backpack full of letters. At this time in the morning the sun is already up but i feel that i am going to fall over anytime soon. Also the other thing that i noticed is that after riding around for a while in new teritory all the houses look the same. I got to the point where i had to open someone's letter box to check if i have been here before or not. Not sure if that is legal or not. But manage to get about 800 done in four hours which is pretty good. You gotta love flats where you can deliver 50 in just one shot. The other thing was that i had to go to a job interview. It was at applecross which is south of the river is who knows where. It took nearly an hour to get down and i had to try and speak jap to the guy which was shocking since i haven't practiced in a few months. The other worse thing was this chinese honkie girl who had a jap mother so she could speak jap, mandarin, and cantonese. But i can speak english right so that makes me better???

[Blogged @ 10:12 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2004]

Chai Chai Chinese New Year...
Apparently today is Chai Chai Chinese New Year. Actually it is just Chinese New Year but the Chai Chai bit is a new bit that Miyako decided to add on. I won't try and explain it and if anyone is interested jsut ask me the next time you see me. Today though i didn't really do that much. It just seem like any other day with an average waking up time of 12. Yesterday though i had steam boat which is always a treat. It goes on for ages and we just keep putting things into my mouth. The weird thing though is that i feel full and i go and watch tv for a while. Then about after 30 mins i am hungry again. Not sure how that works. Today though i got an interview time for a Japanese restuant in Applecross. It is pretty far away from my house and i have go there on satruday at 3pm. I am not sure about taking this job because it is working at night and also for kitchenhand i am not sure about opening hours and whether i am going to continue this when uni starts. The other problem is that if i take this job i won't be able to go on the net at night. That is a problem because it is the only way i communicate with Miyako. And probably by the time i finish work it is too late over there in Japan already. So i have to really think and decide what is more important...

[Blogged @ 10:58 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2004]

makkuro kurosuke
Well you are probably wondering why i am using that title for my blog today. Well it is because i couldn't manage to wake up at 7 and eventually got out of bed at around 9. Then after dropping mum off to work i took my bike out of the car and went to work dropping off junk mail at people's houses. What i thought would take 2 hours turn out to eventually be 4 hours. So i finished at about 1 and have been riding the whole day out in the hot sun. I did put some sun screen one but my arm and face is still pretty black. After that i attened the meeting for uwanime and that was about it for the day. Something interesting to note though was that i was in Morley and heading down to the city. On the way down i saw a white car to which i thought i saw my Japanese teacher (Romit) sitting on the passenger seat with two other guys in the car. It was right in front of me and i tailed it all the way to the city until i went to the Mounts Bay road and it went South. Numerous times i tried to drive up to it to confirm who it was. Unfortunately same hair, same Indian, same dress code but not our guy. Interesting....

[Blogged @ 10:17 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2004]

Names... (Tsubasa)
Am currently picking names with Miyako. I am not sure how we got to talking about this. Firstly it was to name my religous class that i am going to take this year. I need a cool name for them because it is a different class. Then we were bouncing a few around. Then we got around to me. I am not sure why we are picking a Japanese name for me. Maybe it is for me to become more Japanese. It is kinda cool though. But it is an idea that i am just thinking off. Will probably need to think of one anyway since when i meet Miyako's parents it would be easier for them to use a Japanese name than to say mine. I am still talking to Miyako and she keeps going with all these names. She doesn't know what they mean but she says they sound nice. But i would like to know what they mean. I am not sure even if it is still picking a name for me. I think she has gotten up to picking names for our third child. We are up to that point in our relationship already i think. I think if it is a boy we have Momiji (Oak). THen if it is a girl we will name it Sakura (Cheery Blossom). So it is up to our third child. I think if our third child is a boy it will be name Hikari (Light) and if it is a girl i pick Kaede (Maple). So it is one boy one girl and the other can be what ever it likes (preferable one or the other and not both). That is the only combo i am going for, another else and my head is going to hurt from thinking up names. For me though i think i have gone with the choice of Tsubasa (Wings). I am not sure why i pick this name but it has a cool ring to it. And since i am ~Guardian Angel~ the wings things should fit nicely...

[Blogged @ 11:23 p.m. on Monday, January 19, 2004]

After church i waited till about 6 in the afternoon to finish my mail round that i didn't do yesterday. So i parked the car and start to do my rounds. At about 7 to 8 it started to get dark but at least i could see the street signs. So i continued. By this time i was pretty far away. If you know the area i was at Noranda shopping centre and manage to walk all the way up to Morley at the intersection of Reid highway. Then it started to get dark and i started to keep getting lost. I backtracked a few times and needed to go to toliet. You would think that people would let a stranger come into their house to use their toliet and maybe get a drink of water wouldn't you. But NO not here in Noranda. Anyway by about 9:30 it was pitch black and i ran out of letters and was 10 hours short. So i just went back to the car and that was the end of the day for me...

[Blogged @ 10:55 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2004]

Today in the morning i started to deliver junk mail to people's mailboxes as part of my causal work. I thought that it would be an easy job and a great way to earn some quick cash. I mean for $50 for 1000 letters it seems like easy and on the map my area was not that small. Little did i know that walking with a heavy backpack takes a lot more than it looks. And thing seems further away than on the map. So i started at about 7 in the morning (Won't talk about how long it took for me to get up) and stoped at about 9. Only manage to deliver 400 letters and was already exhausted. Think i need to get another job...

[Blogged @ 10:52 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2004]

Interesting...

[Blogged @ 11:57 p.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2004]

Life...
What one thing are you most looking forward to . . . 1. ...today? Well nothing much except forgot to call gf (Miyako). So hopefully i survive the storm. 2. ...over the next week? Does tom count because i am going shopping with SK and Eiri for some new cloths. Seems like i am going to get a new style again. Hopefully one to match this hair. 3. ...this year? Losing weight, hopefully. 4. ...over the next five years? Thinking about finishing uni and continuing with my postgraduate studies. Also might go to japan if i can get a teaching job through jet. Let me think. In 5 years time i will be 26. According to Miyako's schedule I have to get married before 27 and have kids. Do i fit in there somewhere??? Seems like she has it all planned out and i am the last bit of the equation. 5. ...for the rest of your life? Hmmm the rest of my life hey. I would like to eventually have a family. Just to watch a few kids grow up before i die. Also have been called to become a pastor sometime in the new future so will have to go back to take that path one day.

[Blogged @ 11:17 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2004]

you are paleturquoise #AFEEEE

Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well. Your saturation level is low - You stay out of stressful situations and advise others to do the same. You may not be the go-to person when something really needs done, but you know never to blow things out of proportion. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

Not sure about the middle one but the first and last one seems reasonable.

[Blogged @ 11:03 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2004]

Thoughts on death...
Extract from email : 'I am very bored here and have a lot of time to think and stuff. I am not sure why but i wake up at about 10 and just sit around doing nothing. If i taped a movie last night i will watch it but i feel very sleep. So i just feel like i am not sure what i am watch. And sometimes it is just the movie that influences me. That is why i was wondering what would you do if i died and stuff like that. I wasn't sure that if you would still come back here or not. Or even if you would stay in Japan and stuff like that. Then it was weird about your answer. It is so strange that for one thing that you want me to do something but if something happnes to me that you would do a totally different thing. It is kinda unfair right. But if you did die i think that the best thing would be for you to go back to Japan. To get buried there in the family grave. I would probably go back and visit your relatives and your family. I don't why you woudl die. But i think it would be better if i just stayed in Japan. And start a new life. That way i can keep in contact with your family which would remind me of you. I think that this is very important to keep remembering you. To visit your grave as much as i can and just talk to you. Even though you will not talk back.'

[Blogged @ 10:57 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2004]

The World Is MINE! by Demonac
Name:
You will conquer:	Canada (and they even apologize for resisting you).
Your title will be:	Warlord
You will succeed by:	Terrorism (pretending to have chemical weapons so the US would attack you. But all that did was cost you your country, so you had to resort to conquering the old fashioned way: telemarketing fraud!).
Your Enforcers will be:	Nanobots (nobody can stop nanobots).
Your first act as ruler:	Implement the Soylent Green policy.
Created with quill18's MemeGen!

[Blogged @ 10:53 p.m. on Monday, January 12, 2004]

Harbour Town...
Today was a pretty busy day. We started off by dropping my mum off in the morning at work. Then picked up a few friends to which i would be later going in the city with. We first went to Kings Park which was pretty nice. It was a hot day but just seeing the Western Power park thingy was pretty cool. We just dropped by to take a few photoes to end the film so we could develop it. Then manage to meet my Japanese friend in the city who was kind enough to translate the board at Mr Samurai so that i may be able to find a job. After this i went to immigration. Let me just say that if the hospital lines are this long i know why the patients keep complaining. It took me an hour to line up for the interview but at least i manage to pass and can now say i am an Australian citizen. After that it was a quick trip down to Harbour town to see what the new shopping centre offered. I must say the place has a lot of offer and there were some cloths that were pretty cheap. I think i am heading there later this week on thurs with Eiri and SK so i will buy the stuff there. Saw a few nice shirt and a nice top for Miyako. Can't wait till then...

[Blogged @ 08:17 p.m. on Monday, January 12, 2004]

Miss opportunities...
For the past week and an half i haven't really been doing much which is why i haven't wrote in here in a while. I went to seele's house a few times. The first time i didn't really stay that long. I lost in smash brothers though and so i had to come back another time. The second time i think was on a fridaythis week. We both went to the city to hand in our resumes. Seele of course took his time and arrived at the city about midday. So after getting to the city at about 9:30 i walk around aimlessly with my head chopped off. (PS: Just would like to keep this reminder that Seele's family is very noisy, especially his sister who makes random Japanese comments). Can't believe though that he only brought one. I thought that we would go around and hand it in a few playes. BAKA. Then we wondered around in the city and stumbled into a underground restuants and made fools of ourselves by basically crawling down the stairs. Other than that and the long bus ride to his house (Seele: knew you should have talk to the girl in the other bus stand. Such a wasted opportunity.)it was an enjoying day playing game cube at his house.

[Blogged @ 09:53 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, 2004]

Dave's place
This vegetarian thing is not working and i decided to have a sausage after heading to Dave's house for a bbq. There was a salad but hey it is a bbq. So after some convincing from SK i was back to normal and have decided not to become a vegetarian but rather just work on the exercise bit of my diet rather than the intake. It was nice to spend time with uni friends and i guess it was an interesting night. After the PS 2 and the false alarm launch of the fireworks were all had fun playing word games for most of the night.

[Blogged @ 09:38 p.m. on Thursday, January 1, 2004]

First day of 2004
Was suppose to spend this day going to kings park and the tree top walk to check out the first sun rise. That of couse didn't happen and i spent most of it in bed with a sore back. Not sure if it was really sore or if i was just tired and didn't feel like getting up. Anyway didn't even get up till about lunch time. After lunch me and mum went to kings park with a scorching temp of low 30s. After walking across the bridge and back i was sweating and so we decided to go to subi to get some veges. The state of these markets are shocking and i expected to see rats running around. It is all nice to look at the fruits and vege but when you look at the roof and the floor it is not a pleasent sight. Anwyay have decided to go vegetarian but will see how that goes for this year.

[Blogged @ 09:34 p.m. on Thursday, January 1, 2004]

New Year Eve
Spent this day rather alone actually. There is only mum and i left in the house and we got it to ourself for the new two weeks. It is rather quiet without everyone but i am not complaining. Guess it was just like any other day. Miyako however was more fortunate and was able to head down to the shinto shrine for the celebration. It seems that it was packed and they were offering free hot tea and other treats. She went down there with her friend kanoko ( i think but i just call her miko girl). Just talking about her makes me realise how much i miss her...

[Blogged @ 09:31 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31, 2004]

Everything with me and Miyako is ok now. Thanks to Eiri and AK for messaging me their concerns.

[Blogged @ 09:30 p.m. on Tuesday , December 30, 2004]

I have betrayed Miyako's trust. Not sure what to do but this is not a nice feeling....

[Blogged @ 10:19 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2003]

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[Blogged @ 10:19 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2003]

Boxing day...
Spend the day waiting to go and see LOTR. Not sure if i should be typing this. I am sure i made a promise some time to go and see the movie with Miyako. Gomine. We can go and watch the last samurai instead. Anyway the movie had such a long line and we weren't even sure we were at the right place. Then i scouted around for ages before finding Gush. After watching futurama, placing a bit of Need for Speed underground (must get that game off gush) the line moved after two hours of waiting. Overall the movie was great and it was good to spend time with friends (Thanks Chris for the lift). I was also lucky enough to get some gifts from my friends. I got this really cool Japanese calander with various Japanese pantings inside it. And a really cool tea pot. Thanks guys... (PS: Sorry for being late online Miyako)

[Blogged @ 11:36 p.m. on Friday, December 26, 2003]

Christmas...
Spend the whole day in bed. My back hurts and i can't move. It even hurts to sleep. Which took quiet a while because i was just lying down in bed. Not sure what to do. Have put a bit of ointment on it. Might go and see the doctor later in the week if it doesn't get better. It hurts in the lower part close to my right leg. I can't move much and have to sleep flat on my back which is a change. Prefer to normally sleep on my side hugging a pillow. The pain or more likely the shame...

[Blogged @ 11:32 p.m. on Thursday, December 25, 2003]

Christmas Eve...
Spent most of Christmas eve in bed. Didn't really woke up till about lunch time or even later. It didn't really seem any different from any other holiday. Today though we would be going to a friend's house to which we would always go to. There we would eat good food and have good drink. Before everyone gets smashed and starting singing weird songs. It all starts out innocient with Christmas carols and then flows on to songs i have never heard of probably due to my generation gap. I on the other hand had to baby sit a few younger primary school children. When push comes to shove i hurt my back when one of them jumps on my back....The pain continues

[Blogged @ 11:26 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2003]

99yen shop
There is a new shop. It is called 99yen shop. Everything is 99 yen. I bought a box of chocolate which is produced by WWF. Panda choclate... so cute... but mum ate my 2 pandas... hidoi...

[Blogged @ 11:48 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2003]

In pain...
Well for the past i think three to four day i have just been lazying around at the house getting fat. So being me i thought today would be a good day to start training again and lose a few kilo's before Miyako makes it back. So there i am in the park jumping up and down with my kendo stick just like SF told me to. After about 25 jumps i am dead. (Take note need to work on that). Then i just did normal 'men' swings about a hundred times. After that i took the dog for a walk but he died half way and had to basically carry him home. Over a poor training day with me hurting my elbow (not sure what is wrong but feels like it is barely handing onto my body). Will see what happens tommorow.

[Blogged @ 10:47 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2003]

Knawing books...
Got a call last night that i had to head to uni to clear our Japssoc store room. Went this morning. Carried boxes of books since 10 till about 4 in the afternoon with no break for lunch. My back hurts. Now a lot of books in my house. Not going to talk about it anymore. Although i have found a few interesting things that might interest certain people. I found some manga and particular book three of an evangelion manga....hehehe

[Blogged @ 09:50 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2003]

Badminton
Today we manage to organise a day to play badminton at uni in the afternoon. Being me i headed there in the morning and did nothing for about four hours. Then when i arrived there was nobody there. So i was playing badminton with a few other people there. It was just a one on one game with a boy there and we seem pretty even so we play two games and it was one each. Then i saw the rest of the anime crew who was setting up in the next court. Everthing seems normal until when we were shaking hands the guy say we should play again. So not thinking when he asked for my number i just gave it to him. I didn't think of anything at the time but now it seems a bit weird. Not sure if i have just been hit on???

[Blogged @ 09:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2003]

what do you know about Panda
Panda is really cool. Chinese gov rent panda to other countries and get money. Japan pays 2000000000 yen a year to China because we got one chinese panda in Ueno zoo. Panda... he he he... so cute... by the way, baby panda does not have black and white far. baby panda is pink colour and cannot walk for 4 months. Mum panda weights about 100kg but baby panda weights only 100g... he he he.

[Blogged @ 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2003]

puni puni...
I put weight 1 kg in one week... then I will be puni puni in 2 months time... what should i do...

[Blogged @ 11:53 p.m. on Sunday, December 14, 2003]

Japanese university
Hey. Free green tea and water (both hot and cold) are available in Miko girl's uni. How about your uni?

[Blogged @ 11:01 p.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2003]

Cameron Hall Clean Up...
I must say that i came to uni early to check out the area befor the Cameron Hall Clean Up. I spent my morning with Wendy discuss a few things about the mess i got myself into. Then read my book in the guild courtyard before heading to see the miracle that needed to be created. It wasn't that bad because there was so many of us there and i must say that it was done pretty fast considering we clean the same placed like a hundred times. Then we manage to crowd into our club room to make a statement on how small the space there was available. So i must say it was overall a sucess.

[Blogged @ 11:07 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2003]

Goobaira
Dear my pooh bear. Why don't you practise kendo in the morning? Are you scard of Tamil who lives in front of primary school?? He he he...

[Blogged @ 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2003]

GA: i edited your entry since it was really hard to read...it was one big paragraph! >_> learn to use the break tag! ^^ i'll add the other stuff later tonight when u log on. i also left a msg for u on my blog about paragraphing on pitas. cya! ^_^ ~seele

1. Ever been so drunk you blacked out: Don't drink
2. Ever Been Missing: Mentally i am said to be always
3. Been hurt emotionally: Interestingly i have survived
4. Kept a secret from everyone: Too many
5. Had an imaginary friend when you were young: I had an imaginary monster that used to chase after me until i stop running and it just stood around looking lost
6. Did you ever want to hook up with a friend or boyfriend? Does my Jap tutor count (And no it is not Romit)
7. Had a crush on a teacher: No comment
8. Ever thought an animated character was hot: I always thought Rei was so mysterious
9. Had a New Kids On the Block tape: Never seen it
10. What was the last new movie you saw: Matrix Revolution with Miyako
11. Wearing: shorts and t-shirt
12. Hair Is: Short but growing longer and unmanagerable
13. Eating: Rabutan
14. Drinking: Water
15. Thinking about: Miyako. Miss her too much
16. Talking to: Miyako on icq

--------THE LAST 24 HOURS--------
1. Cried: Weirdly yes for a movie i just watched
2. Worn a Skirt: No comment
3. Met Someone New: No
4. Cleaned A Room: No
5. Done laundry: No
6. Drove a Car: No

------DO YOU BELIEVE IN-------
1. Yourself: I try to
2. Your friends: I trust them
3. Santa Claus: Not anymore
4. Tooth Fairy: Never gave me money
5. Destiny or Fate: Only in God's plan
7. Angels: Can't you tell by the nick
8. Ghosts: spirit forms? Chinese ghost stories is all i have to say
9. UFO's: No

-----RIGHT NOW-----
1. Who have you known the longest of your friends? Chloe who i keep in contact in Malaysia. We have baby shoes to show how our friendship grows and i think it is already walking.
2. Who's the loudest of your friends? Want to stay alive
3. Who do you go to for advice: God
4. Who do you cry to? Probably Miyako
5. Worst feeling: Death of someone
6. Best feeling: Contentment
7. Who will respond to this the fastest? Probably Miyako who now has access to my password of my pitas
8. Who did you send this to that will not reply? Didn't send it to anyone.
9. Who sent this to you? Got it off eiri's LJ.

[Blogged @ 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003]

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[Blogged @ 11:18 p.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003]

Chai Chai Chinese...
Well i must say that Miyako has been busy with my password for my pitas. I give it to her yesterday and already she has three enteries. Well nothing much has been happening for the past two days. i just have been staying at home and watching anime. Today though i manage to watch two videos that i borrowed from the lib. One of them was Dune, which was a weird movie with strange special effects. The other one was Eat, Drink, Man, Women which was a nice Chinese movie about a family. It conssited of a father and his three daughters. It was a nice story with a unexpected ending. I really recommend it for anyone with too much time. Anyway tom i will be heading to UWA for the clean up so we shall see what happens there.

[Blogged @ 11:03 p.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003]

Puni Puni Shinto
It was raining and very cold. So I just stayed at home and kept eating food which I can find in the kitchen as much as possible. Then I ate Katsu Don for dinner. I'm still full and don't feel like eating sweets before I go to sleep which I normally do. At the moment my weight is 45.5kg. I hope I will be the same weight as Shinto san in 2 months time, he he he Puni Puni desu...

[Blogged @ 11:54 p.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003]

pissing pissing
Shinto san often disconnect the net without saying good bye. Sometimes he doesn't reply my email and icq. it is because he is doing the small business... he he he

[Blogged @ 11:27 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2003]

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