☆ようこそ！Amani's World☆

Test!

2011-08-28T20:19:00.002+09:00

If you see this post drop me a comment please.
Wanna check if there is still anyone who bothers to check my blog =)

Pray for Japan

2011-03-15T16:01:00.000+09:00

Small update

2010-08-06T03:48:00.001+09:00

A small update to the blog design.

日本代表応援ソング Victory by EXILE

2010-06-11T18:54:00.007+09:00

You hear this very often recently on radio and in convenience stores.
It's the cheering song for the Japan team in the world cup. Nice song and nice PV!

頑張れ！！日本代表～！o（＾▽＾）O

またやろう。　Please do it again

2010-06-10T10:03:00.003+09:00

A new series of the Tokyo metro manner posters. Instead of "please do it at home", this time it's "please do it again". No bad guys in the posters anymore, all good guys!

See others here http://www.tokyometro.jp/anshin/kaiteki/poster/index.html

Understanding Fourier transform with..MANGA

2010-04-20T18:58:00.007+09:00

[In the lab]

-Amani what you are doing?
-(With full confidence) Reading a manga!
- ^^; ??
-... but don't worry it's about Fourier transform (^_^)

This is a book that I found in the lab's books shelf. The title says "understanding Fourier transform by Manga"..I love it!
I "understood" Fourier transform in my undergrad days once but I'm ready to "understand" it 100 times if you offer it in the form of Manga! （＾▽＾）

The face of the girl to the left in the middle part is hilarious!

The series also has books for many other subjects like Differentiation, Integration, Statistics..
Actually you can find almost anything explained by manga here, but today was the first time I get my hands on one of these.
Now excuse me, I'm busy with manga reading so see you next post!

満開！Full bloom!

2010-04-03T17:04:00.006+09:00

Some pictures I took today in Ueno park and the area around it.

Kyuudou .. me want..

cutest thing ever （≧ω≦）

That's all for today!

Two years old!

2010-04-02T18:42:00.002+09:00

I'm exactly 2 years old in Japan now. Time really flies!
It feels like yesterday, the day when I wrote the post celebrating one year here!
Will anyone tell the time to slow down a little bit? T_T

One semester to go! wish me luck, I really need it!!!

春よ来い　早く来い～♪ :: Come spring, come fast

2010-03-25T22:04:00.005+09:00

This is a very nice traditional children song that sticks quickly to your mind the moment you hear it!
It talks about waiting for spring and looking forward for the joy it brings.
See the video and the lyrics below. I'll provide a rough translation between brackets.

歌詞 Lyrics：

春よ来い　早く来い (oh spring come, come fast)
あるきはじめた　みいちゃんが (Mii chan, that started walking )
赤い鼻緒の　じょじょはいて (Wore the sandals with red straps )
おんもへ出たいと　待っている (waiting "I wana go outside")

春よ来い　早く来い (oh spring come, come fast)
おうちのまえの　桃の木の (The peach tree in front of our house)
つぼみもみんな　ふくらんで (all the buds are growing bigger)
はよ咲きたいと　待っている (waiting "I want to bloom fast")

Notes :
-じょじょ(jojo) is a childish pronunciation of 草履(Zouri) which means traditional Japanese sandals.
-おんも(onmo) childish pronunciation of 表(omote) which means the front of house.
-Who is Mii chan?
Mii chan is modeled after the eldest daughter of the lyrics writer Souma Gyofuu(1883-1950).

Information and lyrics taken from this page :
http://www.worldfolksong.com/songbook/japan/haruyokoi.htm

Have a nice time listening!

家でやろう！ Please do it at home!

2010-03-20T16:57:00.003+09:00

I have been thinking to write about this for a very long time!

「家でやろう:: Please do it at home」 is a series of "Manner posters" that Tokyo Metro started since April 2008 and publishes one each month since that time.
You can see these around all stations along the Tokyo Metro lines.

The goal of these posters is to encourage "good manners" by pointing out "bad manners" that people should avoid while using trains.
In each poster,one bad behavior is pointed out in a very easy to understand picture, and a small message explaining that behavior is included.
Some examples :

What's so nice about these is that they directly hit the point!
I don't want to go through explaining how great Japan is and compare it to other places, but I believe that the first step for any improvement in any society is to ADMIT that there is something wrong that needs to be changed. This is where Japan succeeds and others,unfortunately, fail.
More are available on the Tokyo Metro page.

Entrance exams results announcement at TOUDAI

2010-03-13T00:46:00.003+09:00

This is an old video from 2007 but 2 days ago we had something similar in the university. I was almost moved to tears when I saw people making a new successful step in their lives.

The university cheering team congratulating the new students

Congrats all new students! (wishing to go back again to my undergrad days!)

JLPT2 Results!!

2010-02-03T15:10:00.003+09:00

Yesterday I received my JLPT exam results!
Thanks to God, I'm very satisfied with it! (^ω^)

Which means 90.5%!

I want to thank everybody who supported me so far in my Japanese language trip, especially my parents, K-s and T-sensei, all the teachers at the International Center of TOUDAI and my friends at the lab! I'm dedicating this to you all.
Will do my best to crack the 1kyuu in July!o(≧ω≦)O

Pi meets i

2010-01-10T20:35:00.003+09:00

Now this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while!

First sunset of 2010

2010-01-01T17:12:00.006+09:00

Happy New Year Everybody!!

People are usually interested in the first SUNRISE(初日の出) rather than sunset.. but since I'm a late riser-especially in winter- sunset was good enough for me.

This is today's beautiful sunset with fuji san.. nothing can be more nihonppoi than seeing fujisan on the first day of the year.. (except that I wasn't lucky enough to see it in my first dream of the year..).

For more info on new year traditions in Japan, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year

Wish you a year full of success and a bunch of dreams coming true!!

Long time no sketching..

2009-12-30T00:28:00.006+09:00

It has been a looong time since I last drew a sketch(like more than one year).. here is what I drew last week.

The shading might not be so good but I like the resulting character in general!

はーやく来い来いお正月～♪

2009-12-27T03:03:00.002+09:00

JLPT1 next July!!

2009-12-07T00:51:00.002+09:00

I took the JLPT2 exam today!
I did well in the vocabulary/kanji and listening parts but had some difficulty with the reading part.
But in general I did good! Results will be out in mid February .. aa long time to wait..

Next year will go for level1 !

美しい東大：：Beautiful TOUDAI

2009-12-01T23:22:00.004+09:00

@三四郎池
Today's best shots at SANSHIROU pond!
It was late afternoon when I took the pictures that's why they look a little dark.
I should have gone earlier today when it was still sunny. Anyway, hope you'll enjoy today's shots!

See you next post~

Welcome a new blogger!

2009-11-30T15:46:00.004+09:00

Ichigo chan started her own blog!

http://ichigo-mi-chan.blogspot.com/

ganbare! big sis is rooting for you!!

The count down to the JLPT2

2009-11-28T17:54:00.004+09:00

Sorry for the long silence!!

One week is left for the JLPT.
I chose to take level 2 this time.

Last week I was invited to take a mock exam for the NEW JLPT.
People who follow the JLPT news know that starting 2010 the test will have 5 levels instead of 4, with a new level between the original 3 and 2 levels.
I was assigned to take this new level in the mock exam. Completed all the sections and at last filled a newspaper large questionnaire , got 2000 yen for my cooperation in taking the exam and filling the questionnaire and went back home.

My feedback about this new level(called N3) : You can get the feeling it is between L3 and L2 .. but it's kind of closer to L3.
As an L2 taker for this year, it felt really easy.. in the sense that I don't expect my mistaken answers to exceed 3 questions.

Anyway, back to the real exam talk.
Two days ago I tried to solve the last year questions from the official 2008 L2 Questions&their answers compilation.
I set a timer for each section and tried to solve the questions as if in the real exam.
... so at last I scored my answers and figured out that I got [337/400] which means84% ...
Very UNSATISFIED..!!

..but the good thing is, while looking at my mistakes and their correct answers I could learn a couple of new grammar patterns that I've never heard of before.
Will do my best in the remaining one week to get a high score!!

Small notice

2009-10-30T15:29:00.003+09:00

It has been a long time!
Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I have been extremely .... yes you guessed it!
As you can see the blog became a whole mess.. no posts no updates, even the banner is missing due to the cancellation of the yahoo geocities service.. yes geocities is gone forever~ I used to rely much on it for my file hosting,, including the banner files.

Will try to fix and update the blog some time soon.. so until then!

I'm back!

2009-09-28T15:49:00.004+09:00

So finally I'm back to Tokyo.. New battles and challenges much bigger than they ever were are waiting ahead with the start of my 2nd year of the Masters course..Will do my best!

On the way down to Petra a month ago..

2009-09-18T02:42:00.003+09:00

I totally forgot about these pictures! I took these pictures during my trip to southern Jordan last month and was planning to include them with the trip post.

These were taken on the road down to Petra. It was very nice to see some Japanese language there! makes me wonder-happily-, why Japanese??

光 by BREAKERZ

2009-09-06T10:43:00.002+09:00

Now this is really old!

2009-09-03T05:10:00.007+09:00

I lived that time.. anybody shares the same experience?

First MS Windows I ever dealt with. It was installed on the first computer my father had when he was a new engineer

A very old version of MS paint.. It was called Paintbrush

One of the earliest 3D games.. Wolf (?)
This game used to freak me out .. when I grew up a little, I could clear it all..the final boss was really something!

Lemmings any body??
I was taught how to run it from the floppy disk by entering commands to DOS.. I remember I was very young at that time.
Kids these days have easy technology!

This game was installed on the school computers when I was in 1st grade!!

The very first version of Prince of Persia.. I loooved this game

Street fighter!!! Ryu was my favorite!

OK! not very old...maybe I was 9, but this is one of my earliest contacts with the Japanese language. I memorized how to write つばさ from this game..of course not knowing how to read it!

Oh~ nice old days!

４年前描いた夢　-　日本語版！

2009-09-02T08:19:00.008+09:00

学部生の頃、漫画を作るのが好きだった。　
いやぁ実は今でも好きだけど時間がないもんで...
一度も日本に行ったことがない日本に深い興味を持つその時の自分が当然英語で書いたんだけど、今日、日本語版もあるといいなぁと思って作ってみた！

注１)　このポスト．漫画には不自然な日本語があるおそれがありますのでご了承ください！
注２）　画像をクリックすると拡大表示されます！
注３)　オリジナルは英語だったから左から読むこと！

この漫画はフィクションです。実際の人物、団体などは一切関係ありません。♪～(￣ε￣;)

...面白いのは「任天日」のこと以外（笑）漫画に描いてあることがすべて現実になった！
ひょっとして夢を漫画にすれば叶うのでは？ｗ　だとすると東大を卒業する前に卒業してからの生活の詳細を描かないといけないね！！ｗ
それじゃ！

JLPTにチャレンジしてみよっかな！

2009-08-26T22:26:00.006+09:00

I'm taking the JLPT in December this year!
For the time being I'm planning to take the 2kyuu but feel that the 1kyuu is not impossible either.
Will study hard until the time of application and decide which level I will take by that time.

Special thanks to M川さん who could secure an application form for me while I'm here! It's shown in the picture above.. ありがとうございます！！
More information about JLPT here!

Adventure in South Jordan

2009-08-20T03:22:00.008+09:00

Went on a 4 day trip/adventure with my family to the south of Jordan.

Stayed in WadiRum for the first night where time seemed to be stopping while watching the amazing starry night sky in the middle of dessert with hundreds of shooting stars showing every now and then.
It was my first time to stay in WadiRum, such an unforgettable experience!

ご来光＠ワーディ．ラム
Sunrise @ WadiRum

Rum mountains in the horizon and the camp where we stayed(down)

Spent the next 2 days in Aqaba enjoying the nice blue sea.

Relax relax rela~x @Aqaba
ヾ(〃^∇^)ノわぁい♪　＠　アカバ

Sunset @ Aqaba

In the last day, dropped by Petra on the way back.

Finally reaching the SIQ

Hot noon sun @ Petra
ぺトラ。以前作ったぺトラについてのポストはこちら。

It was such a great trip! I enjoyed every moment of it.

しばらく圏外

2009-08-04T09:58:00.005+09:00

Leaving in a few hours.. to Jordan!　Looking forward for a nice summer vacation with my beloved family!! .. and of course looking forward to meet my friends! ... and.. and.. looking forward to play DDR again on my brother's PS2! ww

This was supposed to be a present to my sister..she is not an otaku but she likes "kawaii" stuff.
BUT! It's so cute that I couldn't help but making it mine!..so seems that kagami chan is not destined to go to Jordan..she will stay in my room in Tokyo! w

Will miss Japan and my friends in A田研!
Wish me a smooth safe trip!!
K-chan logs out!

SOS団の活動として...

2009-08-02T20:10:00.008+09:00

Let's hope I wont be shot by a beam rifle by some sensei we all know for writing this post!XD

I'm not a Gundam fan actually, but what I saw today made me "re-consider"!
As an activity to the new made SOS-dan (short for Sごい日本の文化　wO　Siるための団), today I went with two lab mates to Odaiba and met a real-life size Gundam!
The incredible detail level on this 1:1 model left me speechless!!!
It was built on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime.
Pictures would have been much more nice if the weather was sunny...

SOS団 members

No comment

I wish I can ride on top of it

Makes me think if Japan really wants to build a real operational Gundam, nothing will stop it!
Here is the official website : http://www.gundam30th.net/event/real-g.html

We also went to a game center and I played 太鼓の達人to my heart's content!
I proudly won easily over the DAN members but was disastrously defeated by this little cute genius we met there !

Playing the ONI mode with an "uh, a piece of cake" face!

It was such a great day!!

RADIO のボリュームをちょっとあげて！♪

2009-08-02T01:06:00.002+09:00

もうはまりすぎ！この歌！！
WiFiかWiMAXか分からないけどRADIOの電波ならどうでもいい！ｗ
突然研究の話ですみません！（汗）
Enjoy!　↓↓

※Uh Can you hear me?
Can you hear my RADIO?※

声は電波にノッテあなたの街に
あたしの想いを届けに旅にでる
恋は電波にノッテ遠くの街に
あたしの想いを届けに旅をする

RADIO のボリュームをちょっとあげて
恋する声が届くはず…

今夜デンパにノッテ眠る街ぬけて…
夜行列車より光よりも速く
ひざをかかえてても恋にやぶれても
ぬくもりのガラスケースにいられない

RADIO のボリュームをちょっとあげて
ゆううつなシュールDAYS こえるわ

FANTASTIC!! RADIO から聞こえる…RADIO から…
JUST SWEET!! RADIO から聞こえる…RADIO から…
OH〜!! JUSTSEE!!

(※くり返し)

Uh Can you hear me
Oh yeah, Can you,
Can you hear me?

RADIO のボリュームをちょっとあげて
ゆううつなシュールDAYS ぬけるわこえるわ

FANTASTIC!! RADIO から聞こえる…
RADIO から JUST SEE!! RADIO から聞こえる…
RADIO から Ho
Yeah yeah Ho
JUST SEE!! RADIO から聞こえる…
RADIO から Ho JUST SEE!!

The semester is officially over

2009-07-31T17:50:00.004+09:00

Today was the end of a very long and busy semester.
I finished my Rinko presentation on 17th, finally submitted all the required 6 reports yesterday and attended the looooong poster presentation sessions (9:00AM~5:20PM) today, in which 2nd year master students present their progress in research.
This means I finished my first year of the master course.. It's time to switch my brain to the power-save mode and relaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxx.
お疲れ様自分！お疲れ様Ａ田研の皆さん！

K-chan on the summit of Fuji san

2009-07-26T14:25:00.013+09:00

So here comes the long waited post!
What do you do after finishing a killing semester?
Ofcourse, GO ON A BIG ADVENTURE!!

Finally I had the honor to stand on the top of my beloved Fuji san, 3776m of elevation, the ultimate highest point in Japan!
Fujisan on Wikipedia

Nice shot taken from the bus

Sunday July 19th 7:45 am -> Assembly at Shinjuku station
Then move by bus to the Fuji san 5th station (富士山五合目) .. around 4 to 5 hours (?). Highways were crowded that day so it took a long time to arrive.
So reaching the 5th station, what are you waiting for? LET'S GO!!!

Participants : It's easy to find me, the most Japan enthusiastic even among Japanese! The girls are from OCHA NO MIZU women's university, the man to the left in the background is their professor (a TOP athelete! and was a student of my professor some years ago), the guy in the front is from the same lab as mine. There were also other participants from a 3rd university and an OB from our lab..so total around 17 people 80%of which are girls.

It is said that you can experience the 4 seasons while you are climbing Fujisan. And that was totally true! .. The more you climb, the more clothes you start putting on. The weather on the top was officially winter! many layers of sweaters, 3 pairs of trousers, gloves, scarf and a warm hat...all of this and I was trembling in cold.

After the 6th station by around 1 hour

I didn't realise how much was hidden in the clouds at that time.. Still near the 6th station!
Toooo many people made moving forward a slow process.. It was dangerously crowded at steep places..I was imagining if only one person slips down, he will take hundreds with him!

The amazing sunrays from whithn the clouds..about to reach the 7th sation

The climbing process was divided into 2 parts:
First day we keep moving until sunset time.. reaching around the 7th station and rest for about 4 hours in one of the mountain huts (..which looked to me rather like a war shelter! ).
Then at around 11PM the night of that same day we move again to reach the top by sunrise.

View from the front of the mountain hut at sunset

When we were about to reach the 7th station (when we started entering that big cloud above), it started to rain. Oops, I didn't prepare myself for rain! If you get wet, you will freeze before reaching the top and it was already getting chilly!
..But luckily, it took less than an hour to reach the mountain hut. And when we moved again that night, rain had stopped, no more clouds at that elevation, but instead very very strong wind was blowing!
The night view of the surrounding cities was amazing.
What's more amazing was the starry sky view! I've never seen stars as clear and as DENSE as that day. I was also lucky to see 2 shooting stars.

Hard times ~ SURVIVAL

I could not sleep well in the mountain hut..I think it was the same for everyone, so when we moved again I started to feel REALLY sleepy..which was REALLY dangerous..

Also as you move up, oxygen level gets low so it becomes hard to breath and you get tired and dizzy easily..luckily many members brought oxygen spray cans.. I think no body would have been able to go on without them. Personally I needed it tens of times.
We were literaly on a survival trip..
You really get dead tired.. so you stop by and relax there on the freezing ground in the raging wind..then you start to chill so you know you need to move to get warm eventhough you are dead tired...and so on..

Wind was getting stronger and stronger, and in each blow you get stinged in the face by the volcanic ashes it carries.
We also had to pass by many narrow and steep areas where one mistake would cost you your life.
Actually, It was scary to see some people condition getting bad along the way.. After we left the hut, I looked back at the distance we moved so far and looked up at the enormous remaining distance, I realised there was NO GO BACK.. You just have to move forward.
I was praying all the time to stay healthy at least until we reach the top since I was reaching my limits!

Amazing Reward ご来光

Thank God, everybody reached the top with no serious illness!
We were rewarded by the most beautiful scene I've ever seen in my life.
The view of the rising sun from the top of Fuji san in the country of the rising sun （T▽T）

People still arriving all with sleepy and tired faces
This is not the actual summit. There was still around 200 meters to the top, but this was a good point to stop and enjoy the rising sun.

Pro photographers getting ready!

Alright everyone, sit down and get ready!

Here it comes!! The very first "Piece" of sun

Thinking of this, weren't we the first people on the planet to see the sun of July 20th? (^_^)

On the way DOWN ~ REVIVAL

Everybody started to get better and got revived after the sun rise .. I really felt very good as we went down, eventhough it was really tough to walk the ash covered path down the mountain...but still easier than the way up.
I was really looking forward to feel the summer heat again!

The path down the mountain

Trying different angles

Going back to the cloud level. An interesting hole in the clouds

The after math

With all the hardships, risks and tough times we went through, I don't regret going in this trip for a second. I'm glad I decided to go and more glad that I came back safe to enjoy summer again! To tell the truth I was never such happy to hear the sounds of cicada again!
I SURVIVED and I am a much stronger person now!!(≧▽≦)

This post is brought to you by : K-chan(c)
All rights reserved!

See you next post! And don't forget to COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming soon!!

2009-07-21T12:29:00.004+09:00

The ultimate adventure

Kanji_chan stands on the ultimate TOP point in Japan!

Look forward for the coming post!

終わったところ

2009-07-17T11:54:00.002+09:00

成果輪講の発表無事に終わりー
お疲れ様自分！

任務完了ですぅぅぅ

2009-07-15T21:03:00.004+09:00

明後日の輪講資料作り終わり！！
ようやく８枚！！　

８枚にするためにいろいろと苦労が...
っていうかいろいろ省略する必要があったのーーー
ご覧の通りちょうど８枚ｗ

よし、これで発表の練習しか残ってない！
最後の輪講なので（まだ２回目だけどｗ）、頑張ります！
あ！輪講２日後、大冒険が待ってるョ～
それから今月下旬が〆切でレポート６個も書かないとな！＞＜
あと帰省の準備もなんとかしないと！～（　▽　；）～
うわぁぁっ　頭ごちゃまぜ！
それじゃ！

あれからもう２年！

2009-07-11T20:48:00.007+09:00

天日初来日（←自分で作った言葉）のことですね。
そう！今日は天日の初来日２周年記念日だぞ！
２００７年７月１１日は一生忘れない特別な日だった。あれからもう２年も経ってるんだーとしみじみと思った。
時間は正にあっという間なんだよね～

超ハッピーな私

太鼓の達人？ｗ

詳しくは
http://nippon86.blogspot.com/2007/08/dreams-do-come-true-1.html
http://nippon86.blogspot.com/2007/08/dreams-do-come-true-2where-is.html
http://nippon86.blogspot.com/2007/08/dreams-do-come-true-3-final-set.html

をご覧ください！
それでは！

ある晴れた日

2009-07-07T20:36:00.005+09:00

太陽さまきたー！！
今日は意外と天気のいい一日でした！
ついに空のきれいな青色がみえました！まぁ、ちょっと暑かったけど、晴れて何よりでした！
ということで気分転換に研究室を出て１時間ぐらいキャンパスで散歩してきました。
時間はほとんどキャンパスのあの名前の忘れた池で過ごしましたけど本当に気持ちよかった～
こういう自然との触れ合いってやっぱり必要なんだよなーたまには...あ、でもあまりにも触れ合いすぎちゃ怒られちゃうよ！　最後の写真を見れば分かると思います！ｗｗ

k-chan:はい！チーズ！
魚ちゃん：チ...チッ...　　チュウ☆

K-chan: かわいい猫ちゃん！チーズって～！
猫ちゃん：にゃあー▽＃＄〇△！！（怒）　
訳すると、「写真撮られるのいやだっつってんだろうが！！」　となります（汗）

さあ、頑張って日本語でポストを作った私はコメント沢山期待しています。。
間違いがあれば直していただけると幸いです。
それでは、やらなきゃいけないことが山ほどありますので今日はこの辺で失礼します！

ちゃんと生きているよ！

2009-07-03T13:08:00.003+09:00

昨日撮った写真です。
梅雨はどう見ても「ベタベタ」なんだよなーｗ

進めー！！
こいつを発見した時、なぜか最近の自分の日本語レベルが一番最初に思い浮かんだ。。
輪講終わったら必ず頑張ってレベルアップします！！！

最近は大変忙しくて、締め切りに追われて、ストレスがたまってきた！
しかも梅雨！　正直いうと梅雨は苦手なんです。憂鬱なんです！落ち込むのです！
今月終わったらブログを昔のように更新するから楽しみにしてください！
で最後に今月中旬大きな輪講の戦いが待ってますのでWish me luck　くださいね！！
（輪講について後で説明します！）
それでは、失礼します！

ある日...

2009-06-23T23:04:00.001+09:00

遥か

2009-06-13T18:41:00.002+09:00

Greeeenの最新のシングルです。
聞いてすごく感動しました。さすがGreeeenの唄！

愛を込めてお父さんとお母さんに贈ります！
ではでは！

歌詞：
＊＊＊＊

「遥か」

窓から流れる景色　変わらないこの街旅立つ
春風　舞い散る桜　憧ればかり強くなってく
どれだけ寂しくても　自分で決めた道信じて
手紙の最後の行が　あいつらしくて笑える

誰かに嘘をつくような人に　なってくれるな　父の願いと
傷ついたって　笑い飛ばして　傷つけるより　全然いいね（母の愛）

あの空　流れる雲　思い出す　あの頃の僕は
人の痛みに気付かず　情けない弱さを隠していた
気付けば　いつも誰かに支えられ　ここまで歩いた
だから今度は自分が　誰かを支えられるように

まっすぐにやれ　余所見はするな　へたくそでいい　父の笑顔と
信じることは簡単なこと　疑うよりも気持ちがいいね（母の涙）

さよなら　また会える日まで　不安と期待を背負って
必ず夢を叶えて　笑顔で帰るために

本当の強さ　本当の自由　本当の愛と　本当の優しさ
分からないまま　進めないから　自分探すと　心に決めた

春風　想い届けて　涙を優しく包んで
必ず夢を叶えて　笑顔で帰るために

さよなら　叱られることも少なくなってゆくけれど
いつでも傍にいるから　笑顔で帰るから

どれだけ寂しくても　僕らは歩き続ける
必ず帰るから

想いが風に舞う　あなたの誇りになる
いざ行こう

Busy

2009-06-10T14:06:00.001+09:00

Busy! ><

swine flu stay away!

2009-05-17T14:39:00.007+09:00

I'm sneaking away from my busy life for a couple of minutes to write this very small post.

I read this morning that there have been 21 confirmed cases of swine flu in Japan.

Might be a good idea to start using masks while in train and crowded places.
May everybody stay healthy and sound!

*Update : 178 cases currently. This is really too much in 2 days period!

ヨルダン＠留学生センターHP::Jordan@the Interntional Center webpage

2009-04-27T18:36:00.006+09:00

Check this link that has information about countries of international students who studied Japanese language in the International Center of the University of Tokyo.
Look for Jordan and click it please!

東大の留学生センターの「留学生地図」を紹介いたします。
留学生地図とはセンターで日本語を学んだ学生たちの国に関する情報が載っている地図です。
下記のリンクをクリックしてください。　ヨルダンもチェックしてみてください！

http://www.todai-ic-nihongo.com/index_test.html

Summer Memories 4: The countdown before the entrance exams

2009-04-25T04:00:00.006+09:00

One more addition to the old summer memories series of posts.
The period before the entrance exams was one of the most stressful times I ever had in my life.
I remember how my life system completely changed in that period..
I was like a prisoner in my room, going out just to buy food, met no human other than people I see on my way to the convenience store, staying awake until 5 or 6pm, then waking up again at 4pm..

Poor redbull can. I released all my stress on it.

It's amazing how "sounds" can store memories. There are a number of songs I used to play all the time while studying. Now when I listen to them, all the memories and the feelings of uncertainty and anxiousness just come back to me.
Not only songs, but also the semi (Cicada) sounds carry many memories of stress and worry.
Will talk about Cicada in the last summer memories post. Hope I will have time to make it..or maybe I will post it during the semi season of this year.

Trying to encourage myself

Makes me wonder what kind of mental state I had at that time

One day before the big battle - Never touched a book that day and had some rest

So here I am! I thank God 10000000 times for making me able to come this far.
I wish all new comers the best of luck!

蘇り＠東大

2009-04-16T13:45:00.005+09:00

Renewal!
If you remember, these guys turn dreamy yellow in fall and loose all the leaves at last.
Reduce your tension and enjoy the fresh green!
Taken with ultra nice blue sky(TM) and super fresh green trees(TM)

Til next time~

To all of you applying to the MEXT scholarship

2009-04-10T19:53:00.002+09:00

I will take some time to write a couple of notes that might be useful for scholarship applicants.

1) Carefully read and understand the notes, guidelines and the FAQ on the Embassy website.
2) Make sure to submit everything before the deadlines and the way you are required to submit it. (submit 3 copies of XX means THREE copies of XX!)
The embassy kindly provides a check list of the required stuff. Make sure to check it before submission.

*Research student? Entrance exams?
A research student is basically a non-degree student.
Before entering into the degree program,you have to pass the entrance exams of the university you are applying to. That's why the university first accepts you as a RESEARCH STUDENT (non-degree), until you pass the entrance exams.

So basically in the research student period, you prepare for your entrance exams and take Japanese language courses.

Entrance exams are held once a year (March) or twice a year(March and September) depending on your university and department.

To make things clearer, in my case I came here April 2008 as a research student. I took Japanese classes and prepared for the entrance exams during this period.
I took the entrance exams in September 2008 and started master officially in October 2008.

* Application forms : Study field? Study program?

As for the study field, just write about the knowledge you gained in the undergraduate program. I wrote stuff like :
In the OO course we were introduced to XX , YY , and how to ZZ ...
OO course provided me with a background on XX ...

For the study program, write about the things you want to study after you come to Japan and how you want to achieve your goals.
Make sure to make this field elaborative since its very important in the selection process.

For example,
I want to do my master program in the OO field.
I want to study OO from the XX perspective and investigate ways to YY.
Research goals can be achieved through experiments, evaluations to OO ...

Hope this was helpful.
Do your best and your hardwork shall be rewarded!

Sakura Quest Final

2009-04-08T12:31:00.010+09:00

Here comes the post of the extremely extraordinary special great nice shots with the extremely nice special blue sky(TM).
Watch on your own responsibility and remember HQ for videos!

Ueno Park 6th of April

Trying to follow the style of our tea master, Ocha dono

Notice the sakura petal snow!
Scroll down to see a video of this.

More than 1000 trees in full bloom

Natural VS Artificial

Tokyo university 8th of April(Today!)

「まるで雪みたい！」というセリフが一番最初に思い浮かんだ。
It reminded me of this :
秒速５センチメートル　５ Centimeters per second

Sakura petals falling down like snow are one of the most beautiful things I saw. They carry this mysterious feeling of beauty mixed with light sadness on very short lasting wonderful moments of life...
When I see aging people stop by and stare at the nice scene, I understand their thoughts and feelings.

I hereby finish my sakura quest posts series!
The new semester started and deadlines started to follow me one after the other~ The more I advance in research the harder tasks become.
Will do my best!

Mascots? Sakura pictures?

2009-04-07T16:12:00.007+09:00

Who do you prefer for this blog's mascot?

Proxy the foxy(TM)?
Who cries if you don't comment.

OR

Kanji chan the k-chan?
Who cries too if you don't comment

Vote now ~

By the way, forget about the last sakura post...
Pictures are really nothing compared to my yesterday's extremely extraordinary special great nice shots with the extremely nice special blue sky(TM).
I'm even afraid of posting them.. I almost got a heart attack from the beauty overload..seriously.
If I get 3 requests, I will post!
At that time, see the pictures on your responsibility!

Sakura Quest : Day2 満開です!!

2009-04-05T21:11:00.015+09:00

Notes :
-The first part of this post are pictures/ videos near the place where I live.
-The second part are from Ueno park.
-All pics and videos are fresh! Taken today! By K-chan!
-High quality version of the videos is available. Make sure to see in HQ!
-Enjoy and comment plz!

I go to my lab 7 days a week. Today was Sunday so I took my time taking pictures for sakura in the neighborhood and in Ueno park which is -luckily- a 15min walk from my lab.

Part 1 : SAKURA near by ~ 近所の桜

Taking a video on bike.

View from Chiyoda line from Ayase to Kitasenju station.

Commercial Break

This post is brought to you by : Amani's World
このポストは「天日の世界」の提供でお送りします〜

Part 2:SAKURA＠UENO PARK : 上野公園の桜

Live from Ueno park

Pics could have been better if the sky was totally clear..
I remember spring skies here from last year..they can never be as clear as they are in Fall.

Sakura at ueno was just wonderful.
No words or videos can describe it.
FULL bloom...and FULL OF PEOPLE!
I learned a lesson : Don't go to ueno park on Sundays!

And the Sakura Quest continues..
Look forward for more~

新キャラ登場!　＠マイ机

2009-04-05T20:16:00.004+09:00

いつも応援してくれるタマちゃんとマッグちゃんは新しい友達ができたみたい!
日曜日なので研究室の人にまだ紹介してないのです。
紹介するつもりはない〜オタクだと思われる訳がもう一つ増えてしまうしw

クローズアップ
かわいいハート君達は100円ショップで見た瞬間、がまんできなくて買ってしまった。
どうしても「飼いたい」と思った。
これからもよろしく〜

アラブのお花見＠井の頭公園

2009-04-03T22:41:00.007+09:00

井の頭公園はもう少しだけで満開って感じだったけど天気がよくて気持ちよかった〜

そうそう！Hさんもいました！
お茶さんも！！
真ん中の二人はレバノン人のLさんとNさん

私さん、Hさんの妹、Hさん

今度のポストもお楽しみに!
それでは、失礼しまーす。

1年間の記念日！: One year anniversary!

2009-04-02T13:23:00.006+09:00

Note:ブログをやめるもんじゃない！！
I'm not quitting my blog and I'm sure you knew it!

It was at exactly this time one year ago when I arrived to Tokyo.
One year has already passed..

Alhamdulellah first of all.
I want to thank my beloved family for their continuous encouragement and support.
During this year I had to overcome many challenges and difficulties. This sure made me a much stronger person.
Thanks for everyone who supported me so far and helped me become the one I am now.

Happy dreams come true anniversary!!
Happy coming to Japan anniversary!!

Important note::重要なお知らせ

2009-04-01T14:27:00.003+09:00

I will stop blogging starting today.
I would like to thank everybody who supported this blog until now.
I would like to wish everybody a good luck.
Take care and beware of lies today!

ブログをやめます。
いつも投稿を読んでくれた皆さん、
ありがとうございました。
気をつけて＆誰にも騙されないように、この日に！！w

&先週のベストショット

2009-03-16T18:02:00.003+09:00

わーいわーい〜　海だーw

今日のベストショット＠上野公園

2009-03-15T21:28:00.005+09:00

桜前線情報：：Sakura forecast

2009-03-14T21:31:00.006+09:00

Today's weather forecast：　The Sakura wave will start moving gradually north the country. This will be accompanied by sakura that start blooming on the days shown on the map for each area. The wave will reach its peak after one week of the dates shown. After that it will gradually weaken and light rains of sakura petals are expected.
..(I made this up but it has a lot of facts)

The sakura wave front map

The Japan meteorological agency released the sakura forecast recently. Click here to check.
In this season, you can see information about sakura blossoms and the degree of blooming after each weather forecast.

A picture from the web

Autumn leaves as well as Sakura blossoms have their own forecasts in Japan. Especially sakura trees, they have a very special place in the heart of all Japanese people. And of course in mine~

Most areas are still in the initial bud stage

It's the season where people start checking forecasts and planning their Hanami.
Here in Tokyo, most Sakura is still in the TSUBOMI = bud state, but some single trees here and there are already in full bloom. Different types I guess.

I can't believe that one year has already passed since I was last checking sakura information sitting on my desk in my room in Jordan..then to find myself after few weeks doing a real Hanami..

Anyway, I'm planning to take a lot of great sakura pictures this year so look forward for this!

第12回日本語弁論大会のレポート

2009-03-11T17:32:00.006+09:00

The 12th Japanese language speech contest reports.
Waiting for more reports!^^
出席したブロッガーの皆さんもよろしくぅ～！
Special offer: Write your report now and get a chance to win.. NOTHING!!!! (valid until 15th of March)

@右京の空

@Iman's Universe

@A Momiji Trip

@Rua's visions ←優勝者のレポート！：The grand winner's report

The 12th Japanese language speech contest!

2009-03-07T19:13:00.003+09:00

I can imagine the atmosphere there now and can only wish to be there!
I wish everybody the best of luck and a great experience! (Especially those who I enjoyed the Japanese language class with at JUST : Yzn san, Iman san, Rawand san and Rua san!!)
.... I think the results are about to be out by now...so I'm waiting for interesting reports on all blogs!!
Ganbare minna! \(^0^)/

やっちゃったーw

2009-03-05T00:09:00.001+09:00

＊mobile blogging＊
ただいまー
帰りにこれ買っちゃった...((((((^_^;)
日本語の勉強になるって言い訳でw

Hints of spring

2009-03-02T15:29:00.006+09:00

Today I went to the new city office to complete the procedures of address changing and other stuff.
I officially and finally moved.(Still no internet)
I really had a very hard time during the previous month in room searching and in the whole moving process~ (I moved my stuff "manually" >< ).. Anyway now its March and you can see some early spring signs here and there.

Find the bird in the picture and get.... nothing

I took these pictures for a sakura(?) tree infront of the city office. I was surprised because its almost in full bloom while we are at the beginning of March. And there was only this one tree.
But I heard there are many types of Sakura and they bloom at different seasons..
Until next time..

LIVE from TOKYO

2009-02-27T12:43:00.001+09:00

*mobile blogging*
snowfall〜
In my lab as usual.I would be checking the news for a day off if I were in Jordan w

日本語集中コース修了式

2009-02-19T23:54:00.005+09:00

Japanese Language Intensive course completion ceremony

...And so, I graduated from class 4.
This class gave my Japanese language another push up!
We mainly studied Japanese that is used in research papers and articles.
From time to time, we studied texts taken from newspapers or novels.

クラス4の学生＆先生方
Teachers and students of Class 4

At the end of the course we made a presentation in which we introduced our research theme in a general way that allows a general audience understand.
And as a tradition after each completion ceremony, I spent some fun time singing in the karaoke with two class mates.

So I had the honor to be a student of Class3 (last semester) and Class4 (this semester) of the international center at Tokyo University.
For me, Class3 felt like the teenage stage for my Japanese language. Class4 moved it more into the early adult stage.
In case you were wondering, YES, I will continue to take classes as long as I can. For me Japanese language is a life long trip! 頑張ります！！o(>o<)O

Here is a treat! I hear this so often in the convenience stores recently. A very nice song but doesn't match the theme of this post so much.

Other news :

-I'm MOVING SOON.. I'm gonna miss this place.
-As for the COMING SOON post, I need more time ^^;
-My English feels strange..

バレンタインデー：好き？スキー？大スキー！！

2009-02-16T21:38:00.005+09:00

バレンタインデーでの...

On Valentine's day ..

好き？SUKI?

スキー？SKI?

COMING SOON　ですぅ！お楽しみに！
Look forward for the next post~

Torture of another type!

2009-02-08T14:11:00.008+09:00

YaY! Finally I found some time to play after I almost killed myself preparing for the research progress presentation...
Anyway..we entered this sweets heaven-like shop. Everything looks so yummy, so sweet..
Enjoy the pictures!

All kinds of sweets and cookies!

Noodles too!

Any food you can think of!

Any sweets you dream of!

Some sweets-land locals..

But!!!..

...BUT!!...But!!!!....

Take a deep breathe!

.....but!

...it's all plastic!! XD

*Update 1: Where?
A famous street called kappabashidori (合羽橋通り) full of shops for selling plastic food and other restaurant essentials. It is located between Ueno and Asakusa stations.
Kappabashi on Wikipedia

*Update 2: Why plastic food?

There are 2 main reasons.

1) Almost all restaurants here have very realistic plastic models for the food they offer. They usually place these in a glass box on the entrance. So these plastic foods are mainly bought by restaurant owners.
This way, when u go to a restaurant, you can see how the dish would look like before you actually order it.

2) Some of these plastic foods have magnets on the back. You can use these as kitchen decorations..on the fridge for example.

See these google image search results:
Japan plastic food

When time slows down

2009-02-04T16:42:00.002+09:00

...and I wish it does!

小浜 :: OBAMA

2009-01-25T01:10:00.004+09:00

Some few days ago, I was walking my usual morning way to the station and thinking how Japanese-like the name Obama is.
I also went as far as flipping some kanji in my mind and created a combination for the name. I thought that the combination of 大　and 浜 would be funny.
I was surprised to find later that I wasn't so far away from an actual Japanese city name!!
The actual name is just "SMALLER" than the "BIG" one I had in my mind.
See this video about the city of OBAMA(小浜).

Nature and rush hours

2009-01-18T16:09:00.004+09:00

The start of a new day in Tokyo

Fuji san freezing

As if it was drawn by a brush

Rush hour at shibuya station. Well, this was just at around 10:00am . You have to see how this place looks like between 7:00~8:00am !!

無題　その２ :: Untitled 2

2009-01-11T15:34:00.016+09:00

知らないことを知りたいですか？
ここに載せた写真はほとんど新聞やニュースで見れないものです。。てゆうか見れないようにされているものです。
いろいろ悲しくてこういう写真を見るのはいやだという人もたくさんいるけど、私は少なくとも自分が持ってるこの小さなブログの力で世界の人に真実を伝いたい。
皆さんも無力なんかじゃない。情報を伝えるのも力なんだから。
そうしなくてガザで今起こってることを無視して見ないふりしたら、私は子供や罪のない市民を殺している戦争違反の爆弾を使ってるイスラエルと一緒です。
皆さんに分かってほしいのは、このポストを作ったのはヨルダン人だからではなくて、アラブ人だからではなくて、イスラム教徒だからではなくて、人間だからです。
今まで殺されたのは870人超えてしまった。その三分の一以上が子供...
これはただの数字じゃない、人間の命の話です。

Most pics I posted here can't be seen in news. They are meant not to be shown to people.
I know these are sad pictures that you might not want to spoil your morning, but for me, this is the least thing I can do with the small power of blogging.
Everyone can do this too.
If I don't do so,stay silent,pretend that I don't see, I will be just like Israel whose killing children and innocent people.
I wrote this not because I'm Jordanian, not because I'm Arabic, not because I'm a Muslim, but because I am a human.
Over 870 people are killed so far one third of them are children. Look again we are counting souls here.

では、これがガザの人の日常生活です。
This is the daily life of Gaza people..

幼稚園
Kindergarten

もう二度と起きれない子供
They wont wake up again

ターゲットされたモスク
A targeted mosque

食料不足
Lack of food supplies

ノーコメント
No comment

東京
In Tokyo

韓国
Korea

マレーシア
Malaysia

Sorry to spoil your day!
I just had to say all of this!

2009年1月1日

2009-01-01T17:15:00.007+09:00

あけましておめでとうございます!
今年もお願いします
＊世界各国が平和でありますように＊　

Happy New Year!
A lot prayers for peace!!

無題

2008-12-29T00:35:00.005+09:00

Well I'm sure he has already seen alot in the 4 or 5 years he has lived up to now.. more than you or me would ever see in a life time ><
いろいろ奪われた子の叫び..
４．５歳なのに大人よりもいろいろ見てしまったに違いない orz

あ！ホタルや！

2008-12-28T01:35:00.004+09:00

Jumping between links over the internet will sometimes get you unexpectedly stuck to something.
I've just found out that there is a live action movie for "the Grave of the Fireflies".

I remember I watched the animation version some years ago and it was so good that will truly move you and will leave you for sure with some affection tears in the eyes.
But things are way different in this live action movie,, at some scenes I just started to officially weep!! (;_;)
The characters closely resemble their Anime counter parts and the little girl is just great at doing her role and they talk with the nice accent of KANSAI in the movie.
...Any way, it has a lot of parts on Youtube. This is the link for the first part, and you can find the rest from the "related videos" panel.. a MUST SEE
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=sThH1yJNSHw&feature=related

Just remember to thank God for everything, because what looks a trivial daily life for you is the ultimate dream of someone suffering somewhere else..
Remembered my speech at the Japanese language speech contest.

釣りキチ三平...実写映画に？ｗｗ

2008-12-27T17:03:00.006+09:00

I think you can recognise the little guy in this upcoming movie trailer （＾▽＾）
I don't think it will be that interesting as a movie but it brought back some memories.
(its exceeding the writing space margin >< will upgrade the page design when I have time~)

This is the Arabic anime opening..very old!!XD

扉

2008-12-20T21:54:00.003+09:00

グリーンの最新の唄で～す。
さすがにナイス！！

The latest NICE song by GReeeeN. TOBIRA.
Very energetic and very inspiring.
This can be heard in konbinis and fast food restaurants a lot recently.
Enjoy~

Lyrics:

『扉』

ほら、顔あげ少し笑って
そりゃ色々あるよ解るって
想い通りのstoryとは行かないけれど

誰しも明日は来るって！
待ってくれない　時は過ぎ去って
あなたに　今見える未来から　目そらさずに

意味のない事は　何一つ無いって気がすんだ
思い切りやり抜いたら　気持ちハレバレ
振り返れば　ほら見えるだろう？歩んだ道のり
恐れずに次の一歩　ほら　踏み出せ！！！

君が開く　その目の前に　明日の自分は見えていますか？
新しい扉のその先に　きっと出逢える
次の自分に　

ほら？どうした？暗い顔　ツライかもしれないが　さぁ笑おう
黙っても過ぎてく日々なら　明後日、明日、今日、意味がある
迷ってばっか　一刻一刻と　カレンダーの日付　コツコツと
待ってくれるわけなんてないんだ　じゃあ今　速攻で即行動

意味が無いとただ決めつけて　扉閉めてるんだ
見えない様　聞こえない様にしてるだけ
明日何が出来るかなんて　君が決めるだけ
恐れずに次の一歩　ほら　踏み出せ！！！

君の扉を開ける鍵は　いつも君のポケットの中
いま開けば　ほら目の前に　きっと待ってる
次の自分が

立ち止まって動けないなら
僕がそっと君の背中押すよ
その一歩で　前に出たなら
あとは一人で進めるはずさ

いつかきっと　あなたの『夢』が『想い』が届くんだ！！！
思い切りやり抜いたら　気持ち×１００！！！
それも全部分かってるんだろう？
扉開くには　その想い　全部抱え　ほら　踏み出せ！！！

君が開く　その目の前に　明日の自分は見えていますか？？
新しい扉のその先に　きっと出逢える
次の自分に
君の扉を開ける鍵は　いつも君のポケットの中
いま開けば　ほら目の前に　きっと待ってる
次の自分が

アンマン

2008-12-15T22:48:00.004+09:00

アンマンの人へ、気をつけたほうがいい！イルベッドからきたある人は「アンマン」食べられるからww
寒い時食べると最高！（≧ω≦）

*Update:
So I succeeded in getting you curious over this ;)
The thing in the picture is some kind of sweets that is called ANMAN, which is also the way you say AMMAN in Japanese. (Here is the what-I-think-is funny part in case you didn't notice!).

ANMAN is some kind of bread/cake filled with red bean paste (ANKO).
The 'AN' part came from the above word ANKO(餡) .ANKO is used in a lot of types of Japanese sweets.
This ANMAN is eaten hot and I enjoyed eating it on my way home in that cold evening.
*Update 2:
And according to T senpai, -MAN' means MANJUU（饅頭）
(Rikai chan : 饅頭 : Steamed yeast Bun with filling)

本郷3丁目から

2008-12-11T17:26:00.001+09:00

長い時間待たされている＠softbank(-"-;)おなかすいてきた‥
［mobile　blogging］

☆Ad7a Mubarak!!☆

2008-12-08T22:15:00.002+09:00

While you are enjoying Eid, I was doing my research progress presentation(T^T)
Well it's better than staying home and sleep until late time, which is what I used to do most of the times in Eid.
I kind of dislike the 3ajga of visits, kids and sheeps! =p
Eid Mubarak everyone!!

Now that's amazing!

2008-12-08T16:37:00.002+09:00

You have to see the way it falls.. just like snow.

ピザ会

2008-12-05T14:14:00.003+09:00

Some pics taken today

Pizza in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and English

ミーティングの後

2008-12-01T19:48:00.002+09:00

After the weekly meeting, everyone is in the lab!

２００８年１１月３０日

2008-11-30T18:56:00.004+09:00

The Last November 2008 post~ I'm gonna miss this month!
Introducing today's photos . (Stay cool, no Fuji san this time w )

Very thin nice crescent against nice colors

Well I tried to include fuji san, but I couldn't see it due to clouds..besides, it was extremely cold.

As you know winter is coming...See you next spring! :p

崖の上のポニョ

2008-11-30T15:41:00.003+09:00

And this is Hayao Miyazaki's newest movie. 崖の上のポニョ "Ponyo on the cliff".
It was first announced around the period of my entrance exams. Glad they became a memory!:)
I would love to see this movie sometime~!
The great thing about it is that no CG is involved. An Anime that was mainly done the traditional way. See the interview below.

One CM:

Interview:

And here is the awesome ponyo song!（≧ω≦）
Also if you are a good nihongo student, you will go to this page, see the lyrics and sing along.(Mostly in Hiragana with very simple Kanji)

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ウォーリー

2008-11-30T14:55:00.006+09:00

Disney's new movie.
Meet Wall-e~! An extremely lonely robot.

I am not a big fan of Disney but this time, this cute robot is involved!
I have been seeing eye-catching posters for it everyday in Shibuya. It is scheduled to be shown for the first time here December 5th.
By the way the Japanese commercial and the posters I saw are more touching.
Sometimes they would show you a picture like the one below with a line that's saying "Why nobody is here?","Why am I so lonely?".... well it wont give the same effect unless you see these lines in Japanese! lol

I think that the story is very nice.
And here is the Japanese commercial :

mata ne~

秋＠東大

2008-11-27T01:35:00.007+09:00

Autumn @ Toudai

なかなかなかなか大変だけど、必ずゲットだぜｗｗ

2008-11-24T22:17:00.008+09:00

これどう思う？
草、炎、水、岩、、全タイプを！
第１．２．３．４、、全進化も！
。。ゲットだぜ！
漢字図鑑を完成させるのも忘れないでね！ｗ

Now how about this?

Grass, fire, water,stone, electric.. all Kanji types!
1st,2nd,3rd,4th.... all their "KANvolution" levels!　
Gotta learn them all!　
Don't forget to complete the Kan-Dex!

Imagine if I changed this idea into an Anime.... （☆▽☆）$$$ ww
That's why, just in case, All rights reserved!!
Let's hope someone we all know wont be sued by Nintendo! ^^;

よろしく！

Me is Fujisan loves!

2008-11-23T17:24:00.005+09:00

ロッジの7階からとった今日の夕暮れの写真。
富士山めっちゃ好き、夕暮れの色も好き、キャノンちゃんも大好き！

＊＊このポストは、天日™．キャノン™．駒場ロッジの7階™　の提供でお送りします！＊＊

昨日のベストショット　：

それでは！

紅葉狩り!

2008-11-20T15:35:00.011+09:00

Yesterday I went on an all alone adventure to Mt. Takao.
I have been carefully watching the 紅葉前線 since the start of this month. And yesterday was a perfect sunny day with the perfect timing to view momiji on Mt. Takao according to this page.
http://kouyou.nihon-kankou.or.jp/list/result.php?m=1&c=03&c2=13

Some appetetizers..continue reading~

Climbing the mountain was a little bit hard but a refreshing experience. I felt that I'm a stronger person after reaching the top.
There were a lot of trails to reach the top each with different features. I chose one randomly and started my way up.

The autumn colors were amazing, and the AMAZING 100% clear view of Mt. Fuji was the reward of reaching the top!

「富士山こんなにきれいに見えるなんて知らなかった」、隣の日本人さんはそう言ってた！

天日さん＆富士山ｗ Amani san and Fuji san

On the way down, I went from a different trail. It was really wonderful with a river flowing all the way down..BUT VERY DANGEROUS!..in some places one wrong step and bye bye~ enjoy a free fall..seriously.

..Another thing, in this trip I discovered a very nice side of Japanese people tht you rarely see in the busy daily life.
On your way up or down, most people that you encounter will greet you with a nice warm "konnichi wa"! It felt really nice.
I believe this "konnichi wa" holds alot inside.
"You and me are sharing the joy of watching this beatiful nature and are doing our best to reach the top, we are the same in this, so regardless where you came from, konnichi wa!:)"
This is how it meant to me.

I took more than 300 pictures! Will post the best here.
So I will leave the rest to the pictures!

Hope you enjoyed this!
Alot of comments please!! :)

感動

2008-11-19T12:07:00.002+09:00

IM　WATCHING　THIS　NOW　FROM　THE　TOP　OF　MT　TAKAO．今度のポストおたのしみに！

If you don't comment...=p

2008-11-16T20:26:00.001+09:00

Another unforgettable sunset

2008-11-14T17:45:00.006+09:00

I've just enjoyed a very beautiful scene..
Fuji san against the autumn sunset sky~

Thanks to the lodge's 7th floor !

....I think that there is no camera that is better than one's own eyes. I took many pictures but no one could deliver the scene the way I saw it... (―、―;)
Enjoy!

リサイクル

2008-11-11T23:30:00.002+09:00

すごいと思わない？？ｗ＾＾

カマキリ Mantis

2008-11-08T15:31:00.004+09:00

I met this BIG mantis at the lodge entrance the other day. It was around 20cm long!
Believe it or not, I am interested in such non-ordinary insects...I know my interests are very unpredictable! ^^;

A picture to give an idea about it's size

Look at the eyes in the following picture, he is truly posing for the camera!! （＾▽＾）

はい！チーズ！ｗ
say cheeese!!

I wanted to keep it as a pet, but unfortunately I was in a hurry that morning :p

テスト

2008-11-02T13:47:00.001+09:00

携帯ブログ試してみる

Tokyo from 250m above ground level

2008-11-02T11:36:00.010+09:00

Yesterday was a perfect clear weather. So I decided to go to Tokyo tower for the first time.
Tokyo tower is the highest building in Tokyo.
Actually I feel ashamed of saying "for the first time" since I am already here for more than half a year. ^^;

Clear weather = High probability of seeing Fujisan
It was around 2:30 PM when I arrived there. The view of Tokyo from above was amazing, but it was very bright that mountains weren't very clear.

Roppongi hills and Shinjuku in the far background

Rainbow Bridge and Fuji TV building(The one with the shiny ball)

Nice feeling

Autumn colors

But at last I was able to enjoy seeing Mount Fuji for about 10 mintues. It only appeared at sunset time. I enjoyed the most beautiful sunset I ever saw in my life.. The sun hiding behind mount Fuji with a whole spectrum of sunset colors.. It can't be described by words..

The VERY sad fact is that by sunset time, my Camera's battery was already dead... I really felt sooo frustrated!! T_T But I could take some shots by my sooo-uncool-mobile camera .. hope it delivers at least a small part of the idea.. (The last 4 pictures)

This was the last picture I could take before my camera died.. If I just saved some battery power..just for 5 more minutes!! I would have been able to take high quality pics of the sunset Fuji...T_T

The sun hiding behind mount Fuji :

Tower at night

By the way I can see the upper part of Tokyo tower from my room.

View from my room.
A tree turning red, Roppongi hills and the upper part of Tokyo Tower

Until next time..

Of reuse and space utilization

2008-10-31T20:43:00.006+09:00

Today I made a small extension to my kitchen! .. or what's called a "kitchen area" according to the lodge terminology lol
Now I will call this the hot drinks area.
I am very happy with it that I took a memorial picture :D

This following picture is for my dish washing liquid. I bought this during my first week here..which means half a year ago~

The used amount is much less than the half!

This would happen under 2 possibilities ->
A) I rarely wash my dishes
B) I don't have much dishes to start with.

The answer is a mix of the two above reasons :p
What I do is "Dish Washing on-Demand"..which means I wash a dish when I need it.

The last picture is for something that I saw today in the place that my neighbor Ocha san once referred to as a "Visual Crime".
I really wanted to laugh when I saw it. See and judge~!

That's all for today~

Wonderful fall-colored sunset

2008-10-31T03:23:00.008+09:00

Today was my first lab meeting presentation. Thank God, It went way too smoothly.
Now its 4:20AM . You might wonder why am I still awake until now. But the truth is that I woke up 1 hour ago ^^;
Today I came back home at 5:00PM and slept all the time until now. I was very busy preparing for my presentation so last night I only slept 2 hours.. that's why I allowed my poor self to sleep until now.

Soon it will be the time for 紅葉(もみじ/こうよう = Autumn Leaves) .. I would love it if I can do some 紅葉見（？）ｗ .
Actually these are times of the year that one wishes to go to Kyoto!!

Anyway, here are some pictures I took for today's sunset. It was really nice beyond words..

それでは！

人生の目標進む君へ

2008-10-26T21:24:00.002+09:00

Introducing one of my favorite J-pop songs.
Singing along with songs can always be a good practice to improve your pronunciation skills.
This is how I started actually. In my high school days I used to sing Japanese songs reading lyrics written in Romaji without understanding a single word! w
Enjoy!

Tabidachi by Greeeen

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作詩：GReeeeN 作曲：GReeeeN
午前0時　明日　旅立つ君ヘ
僕の気持ち　手紙に託すよ
朝焼け　いつもの駅で　ただ「気をつけて」と
笑えるように　yeah

※人生の目標進む君へ　後ずさりなんか出来ないリレー
泣いて帰ったら許さねー!　踏ん張れ!頑張れ!まだ知らない地で
人生の1ページ刻む旅路『不安』と『孤独』で少し寂しい
でもそれは僕も同じだから　笑顔で送り出すと決めたから※

あれは去年　春の出来事で
駅のホームで　君にぶつかって
スゴイ法則　見つけ出せたんだよ
『恋に落ちる=時間じゃない』

夕暮れ色染まる君の自転車を　2人乗りで駅まで
笑い　走れたのは　今じゃ昔

明日　旅立つ君へ
僕の気持ち　手紙に託すよ
朝焼け　いつもの駅で　ただ「気をつけて」と
笑えるように

あの日　君が　いつものデートで
僕に「あのね、言いづらいんだけど、、、、」
夢を求めて　旅立つと言ったね
君の涙と共に

夕暮れ色染まる君の横で　肩を落とすのは　もう止めた!
「行っておいで!」と　涙こらえ

2人の距離を　埋める言葉を　探し　選んで　君に送るよ
隣でいつも　笑ってた君　でも大丈夫
わかっているよ　君が好きだから

小さな手に　大きなカバンを　抱え君は
「少しの間、、、」と
朝焼け　いつもの駅にホラ　桜の花びらが舞い降りた

午前0時　明日　旅立つ君へ
僕の気持ち　手紙に託すよ
朝焼け　いつもの駅で　ただ「気をつけて」と
笑えるように　「またね」と言えるように

(※くり返し)

Step by step into a busy life

2008-10-22T20:37:00.004+09:00

This is a fresh picture that I took minutes ago of my desk in the lab. It's 8:40 PM and it's still VERY EARLY to go back home..
Recently life is becoming very busy for me and I spend looooong times in the lab. Most of the time I come here at 10:00AM and leave near 11:00PM.
In other words, I use my home for sleeping only!

I have to submit my research topic (only the title)during the coming 2 days and I need to do a lot of reading before I decide~!

I forgot to blog about the fact that I was allowed to take the Japanese language intensive course level 4 !
I am really glad, even though I know this is going to make me much busier but improving my Japanese is also one of my goals.
Actually the selection was very strict because people are not usually allowed to take the intensive course twice, to give chances for new students. (We can apply but whether we are allowed to take it or not depends on #1: Number of new students, #2: result at a placement exam #3: result of an interview)...at last I was the only student of class3 who was allowed to take level 4 ^^; I am gonna miss my nice class 3 friends~

By the way, the "summer memories" series is still incomplete. I think I still have 2 or 3 more posts about it..will hopefully do them soon, but with the current commenting statistics I dont feel encouraged to write them any time soon :p
ganbarimasu!

I ate Nattou

2008-10-21T22:09:00.002+09:00

先ほど初めて納豆を食べちゃった！全然大丈夫だった！
Believe it or not, I ate nattou for the first time in my life a while ago! It was totally ok! I don't know why its considered the ultimate challenge for foreigners regarding eating Japanese food... :D some times its said that its an indicator on how much you are used to Japan.

Read about Nattou on wikipedia here

My latest digital work

2008-10-21T01:41:00.003+09:00

Do these faces look familiar?! :D
Apparently some 4 students of TOUDAI chose to be characters of the hit anime that I am going to make.......if I have the chance to live another life! :D

☆ようこそ！Amani's World☆

Test!

Pray for Japan

Small update

日本代表応援ソング Victory by EXILE

またやろう。 Please do it again

Understanding Fourier transform with..MANGA

満開！Full bloom!

Two years old!

春よ来い 早く来い～♪ :: Come spring, come fast

家でやろう！ Please do it at home!

Entrance exams results announcement at TOUDAI

JLPT2 Results!!

Pi meets i

First sunset of 2010

Long time no sketching..

はーやく来い来いお正月～♪

JLPT1 next July!!

美しい東大：：Beautiful TOUDAI

Welcome a new blogger!

The count down to the JLPT2

Small notice

I'm back!

On the way down to Petra a month ago..

光 by BREAKERZ

Now this is really old!

４年前描いた夢 - 日本語版！

JLPTにチャレンジしてみよっかな！

Adventure in South Jordan

しばらく圏外

SOS団の活動として...

RADIO のボリュームを ちょっと あげて！♪

The semester is officially over

K-chan on the summit of Fuji san

Coming soon!!

終わったところ

任務完了ですぅぅぅ

あれからもう２年！

ある晴れた日

ちゃんと生きているよ！

ある日...

遥か

Busy

swine flu stay away!

ヨルダン＠留学生センターHP::Jordan@the Interntional Center webpage

Summer Memories 4: The countdown before the entrance exams

蘇り＠東大

To all of you applying to the MEXT scholarship

Sakura Quest Final

Mascots? Sakura pictures?

Sakura Quest : Day2 満開です!!

新キャラ登場! ＠マイ机

アラブのお花見＠井の頭公園

1年間の記念日！: One year anniversary!

Important note::重要なお知らせ

&先週のベストショット

今日のベストショット＠上野公園

桜前線情報：：Sakura forecast

第12回日本語弁論大会のレポート

The 12th Japanese language speech contest!

やっちゃったーw

Hints of spring

LIVE from TOKYO

日本語集中コース修了式

バレンタインデー：好き？スキー？大スキー！！

Torture of another type!

When time slows down

小浜 :: OBAMA

Nature and rush hours

無題 その２ :: Untitled 2

2009年1月1日

無題

あ！ホタルや！

釣りキチ三平...実写映画に？ｗｗ

扉

アンマン

本郷3丁目から

☆Ad7a Mubarak!!☆

Now that's amazing!

ピザ会

またやろう。　Please do it again

春よ来い　早く来い～♪ :: Come spring, come fast

４年前描いた夢　-　日本語版！

RADIO のボリュームをちょっとあげて！♪

新キャラ登場!　＠マイ机

無題　その２ :: Untitled 2