Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The slowest 5 days / 試験中の誕生日

Can't believe my schedule only has 2 tasks left! XD I have been keeping this word file since the beginning of this busy semester, and add tasks/assignments/exams/homeworks to it. And it feels good to erase a task every day! (^o^)



Only 5 days remaining..i'll see them as 5 years!!

And yea! today is 29/5! this means im already 21 years old!(O_o)
happy birthday to me! (^_^) mattaku never had my birthday free of exams..neither in school days nor in university days!(T_T)

3rd JUNE k-chan returns! look forward for the new posts! (^o^)y


Thursday, May 10, 2007

Away for a while!



Yo minasan! genki~? ^^
Soon this semester will come to an end. This period will be very busy for me! its the period of project deadlines and final exams! (O_o) Our graduation project seminar will be soon! (can't believe we are doing a graduation project seminar,ureshii~ sniff sniff T_T never thought that this day will come so quickly!)
So i'll be away for some time(max 1 month) from my blog!
Thanks for all commenters who always visit my blog and support it. Inshalla ill be back with a whole bunch of nice topics to post! Look forward for it! Otanoshimi ni~!!

ja ne~! (^_^)/
K-chan signs out!


Sunday, May 06, 2007

Introducing Shibuya 8! ハチ公::HACHIKOU

In this post am going to talk a bit about the faithful dog HACHIKOU.(Dogs are among the animals i like so much!)

HACHIKOU was the answer to the previous post quiz.
*8 : eight in Japanese= HACHI: ハチ in katakana
*Public : kanji part KOU : 公
*Shibuya : It has a popular statue in Shibuya.

The first time i knew about this statue was from the anime "CHO GALS!!" which took place mostly in Shibuya, where it appears several times.
(The anime is very nice and funny! i just saw a couple of episodes only, i couldnt get the rest >_<)



I knew the story of this dog but never knew the name of it until Saqf san mentioned its name in one of his posts! (im glad i finally knew hachikou 's name!)



Now to the story of Hachikou : Hachikou was a very faithful dog(faithful dog hachikou :忠犬ハチ公), he always used to see his master off at the shibuya station and always waited him to come back at the end of the day.
When his master died, he kept coming to the station everyday waiting for his master. He did so for 11 years! (sniff sad story T_T )
People were amazed by how faithful hachikou was, so they built a statue after him. (important dog! ^^ )


These were images i took from the net.I hope one day ill be able to write another post with images of hachikou taken by my own camera! \(^o^) /
You can visit HACHIKOU on wikipedia for more details.
Hope you enjoyed it!
See you next post!


Friday, May 04, 2007

QUIZ!!

A famous name of an animal
It's mentioned in one of the blogs under the "Fresh from Japan" links.
If u want to reach the answer,think in Japanese !

Hints:
* 8
*Public
*Shibuya

can't be any easier ne!
Try and post the answer!
I'll make my next post about it (^_^)


Sunday, April 29, 2007

Golden Week

Today is the start of the Golden week in Japan. Golden week refers to four national holidays in Japan that fall into one week. It's one of the most important and most busy holidays in Japan.

Probably most of you will recognise the 子供の日::kodomo no hi::children's day(boy's festival), in which Japanese families pray for the health and success of their sons. They hang carp-like streamers and display samurai dolls.
Kodomo no hi is the 5th day of the 5th month( 5th of May). Notice that also girls day was the 3rd day of the 3rd month (3rd of march).


Families hang such wind streamers in Kodomo no hi, im sure most of you saw such streamers in anime-specially old ones that r targeted for kids-
The biggest one represents the father, then the mother is the one below, last one is the son.

The other 3 days in the golden week are:
-29April : Showa no hi : which is the birthday of emperor showa,the former emperor of Japan
-3rd of May:kenpo kinen bi :constitution day
-4th of May : Midori no hi : green day : a day to enjoy nature in Japan, like the one we used to have in Jordan (spring day), but there is no more spring day holiday :(

hope you enjoyed the info! ^^ see you next post & keep up the comments! \(^o^)/


Tuesday, April 24, 2007

K-chan Recommends(1)::DATTE BA YO!

I can't believe this blog has been open for nearly 7 monthes now and i never made a post on anime!! it's time for Anime recommendations then! (1 anime per post)

Naruto (ACTION/martial arts/comedy) : this NINJA anime is really the best of its type,,best action ever! the story is well structured and the characters develop with the story as the episodes go on.
The comedy you find in it is really the best too!




"Ore..dareni mo makene~n datte ba yo!"



"omee~! nani surundatte ba yo?!"








and so cute change on the character(good if they decided 2 change it to an anime for kids!lool)


(I published this post from my drafts. I had this post actually written before 3 monthes ago! so i thought better 2 publish it before it rottens up! lool)
*No guarantees on when the next recommendation will be! :D
see you in the next anime recommendation!


Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Japanese Photo Exibition in Irbid Municipality Hall

Hi all! i attended the event and took some shots too! So,i thought blogging today's event would be cool! ^_^
The photos were truely nice. They reflected the life of Japanese children after WW2.(本当の「戦争の子供」の写真を見た::i saw real pictures of "children of war" )
Some pictures were truely heart breaking, others were cheerful.
It was a nice experience , here are some pictures i took :
(All photos of exibition were taken by Japanese photographers, all rights reserved ^_^ )


A sad image that shows 2 survivors of the NAGASAKI bombing holding rice balls.


A child of war time


The cheerful Japanese Spirit


So cute


Modern Okinawa girls


A Japanese girl with a very deep expression of sadness for the devastation of her house because of an earthquake


Cute Jap kids


The "KAWAII culture" i always refer to! :)


Totally efficient! a mother with her 3 kids on 1 bike. I love this pic!


Japanese Young mama's ( u dont usually see such thing!:D , this is a picture in SHIBUYA if i remember well)

Hope you enjoyed them! and hope we'll have more Japanese event in Irbid!
ja ne~~! (^o^)/ k-chan logs out!

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Japanese photo exibition in IRBID ^_^

hey all! long time no post ne~~! well its not like i became less busy, rather i cant leave my lovely blog to starve from lack of posts!!
Monday 16/4 is the opening of the Japanese photo exibition : "Scenes of Childhood:
Sixty Years of postwar Japan" at the Greater Irbid Municipality City Hall. This looks so much interesting , i'm planning to go there too, cuz u know Japanese events in Irbid are not like a matter of everyday life! lool

For our project, things are going fine but we need to hurry up sonce we are running out of time!
I'll post pictures of our car robot once it is done.
Currently, i'm trying to apply for a scholarship to Japan. Hope things will go fine.
Im more determined now to complete my study there, since i saw many people already living my dream currently!
See you in another post! ja ne~~!

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Busy to the limits!! :: チョ忙しい!

Long time no post! waaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~~!! i am very busy these days. You'll find me in either one of 3 states : studying on my desk,sleeping on my bed or eating(for no more than 5 min)...and today i allowed myself 3 minutes to write this post! =D
I have this graduation project that is taking my whole time! .. i'm even started to get degraded performance in other courses. (MUCH DEGRADED PERFORMANCE actually)

Anyway, everyone, wish me luck! and wish our little robot project luck too! (^_^,)y
It's only this semester! its like the final battle! i'll do my best!

See ya in another post (and i doubt that this will be soon LOL ) (-_-;)

Friday, March 16, 2007

桜 :: SAKURA trees

Soon Japan will be covered with the lovely SAKURA trees!
One of the things i dream 2 do one day is to sit under full-bloom SAKURA trees in Japan! ^_^

A sakura tree picture from the net:



here is picture of a tree similar 2 sakura. I took this picture in our university last year:



Here's how sakura is written in kanji:



Notice the KI (Tree) kanji part and the ONNA(woman) kanji part.
see ya next post! (^_^)/


雪 :: YUKI :: snow

Today was such a cold day! Jordan had snow fall today..well not all of Jordan actually, only Ajlun, Amman and other high cities... Ofcourse,as usual, Irbid stays snow-less! :D mattaku~ T_T
i was looking a while ago at blogs of bloggers who had posted pictures of today's snow, they were really nice..buuhuu me want snow >_<
And here, its not like i don't have snow pictures to post!! i do have a snow picture!and its really nice one! here is it :


Its the YUKI kanji picture :D :D that's what i can do when snow doesnt fall in Irbid (笑) just play with kanji^^ don't you think its nice?
enjoy!

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

上を向いて歩こう ::UE WO MUITE ARUKOU

この歌が大好き! スピコンで、みんながその歌を歌いました!
its really nice, download it here :
ue wo muite arukou
Note: the one that u'll download is the original traditional song, still very nice. The one in the supikon was remixed and a guitarist played along with it..it was very nice!!

LYRICS:

上を向いて 歩こう
涙が こぼれないように
思い出す 春の日
 一人ぽっちの夜

上を向いて歩こう
にじんだ 星をかぞえて
思い出す 夏の日
 一人ぽっちの夜

幸せは 雲の上に
幸せは 空の上に

上を向いて 歩こう
涙が こぼれないように
泣きながら 歩く
 一人ぽっちの夜


(口笛・・・・・・)


思い出す秋の日 
一人ぽっちの夜

悲しみは 星のかげに
悲しみは 月のかげに

上を向いて 歩こう
涙が こぼれないように
泣きながら歩く
一人ぽっちの夜

一人ぽっちの夜


TRANSLATION:
I look up when I walk down, down the street all alone.
So tears will not wet my cheeks as I walk along.
I remember the spring days I spent with you,
But now every night I'm left all alone.

I look up when I walk down, down the street all alone.
I count the blurry stars with my tearful eyes.
I remember the summer days I spent with you,
But now every night I'm left all alone.

I hope for happiness beyond the clouds.
I hope for happiness high up in the sky.

I look up when I walk down, down the street all alone.
So tears will not wet my cheeks as I walk along.
With tears in my eyes, I walk along;
I walk along the street all alone.

(Whistling...)

I remember the autumn days I spent with you,
But now every night I'm left all alone.

I hope my sorrows will go beyond the stars.
I hope my sorrows will go beyond the moon.

I look up when I walk down, down the street all alone.
So tears will not wet my cheeks as I walk along.
With tears in my eyes, I walk along;
I walk along the street all alone.


I walk along the street all alone.

Hope u liked it!(^_^) / K-chan signs out!


Sunday, March 04, 2007

「戦争の子」の勝ちだ! ( ^_')b

woohoo! I just came back from the 10th japanese speech contest..Today was such a blast!!
All contestants were great! i like the way how japanese language evolve in jordan from year to year! and im glad i was included in this evolution!
Last year, i was just an attendant for the 9th contest,,it was the first time i hear that such contests exist in jordan..(mattaku irubiddo wa... ^^; ) ..i watched all the contestants n i was really happy and motivated to the limits!!..thats why i decided to participate n do my best to win next year.
and i am today, participated, had fun, met friends, met new friends and won.
Im so glad that i fulfilled the goal i sat infront of my eyes last year. It's a dream coming true, im finally going to Japan next July (if things went as i was told! lol )
Well anyway, what i'd like to say here is that, i cant refer what happened today only to myself..
i wouldnt have won without :

1) JICA :

*Kobayashi Sensei :thanks alot for your support! I'm so glad i got to know a SUPER sensei like you! =D 本当にありがとうございました!
*Oka sensei, Sonoda sensei (and all JICA nihongo senseis), even though we didnt meet alot, i can tell u are great senseis too! (^_^)
*NIPPON NI IRU no UKYOU sensei : Your video charged us all with highest determination! thank you alot!
*Hussam san : thanks alot for your support! you were splendid!

2) Friends :
Ahmad,Alex,Ania,Hanin,Liliana and Rasha
What can i say! i have the best friends ever! thank you all for your support..i know i wouldnt have made it without you guys!

3) Family :
Thank you for always listening to my speech..(even if i forced you to do so! )..i know you all memorized it after reading it for the 9999999999999999999999999999 time! lol

The song "ue o muite arukou" was perfect..i loved it so much!!
Contestants were great too, you all were amazing.

Phew! this was such a happy end to a day that i'll never ever forget.
And now, ill have 2 concentrate on my graduation project!!
Ahmad hanin liliana, GANBARIMASHOU YO!! let's make our little robot the best thing ever! (^_^)
K-chan signs out!


Friday, March 02, 2007

もし私が「戦争の子」だったら

Hey everyone! less than 30 hours for the contest to come! =D
interested in knowing my speech topic? well here it is.
(first in japanese then scroll down for english Translation)

日本語:

『もし、私が戦争の子だったら』


みなさんも ごぞんじのように、ヨルダンは中東にあって、

戦争をしているいろいろな囲まれています。

でも、ヨルダン人として、はヨルダンのような平和生きていることを幸せ思います

しかし、もし、そうじゃなかったら。

もし、戦争をしている生まれたら

もし、戦争見て育った子供だったら…。

が、平和暮らしているのは、ほんの偶然かもしれません。

そう思っては、スピーチのテーマを選びました

この東世界は、本当複雑だと思います

長い争い続いています。

正義という名のため、憎しみのため、復讐のため、あるいは理由もなく、

毎日たくさんのが、殺され傷つけられています。

もし、が、このような戦争しかないようなところに生まれていたら、

どうなっていたでしょう。

は、想像してみます。

「もし、戦争だったら」。

戦争」の言います

とても楽しかった戦争前は。

でも、戦争始まって全て変わってしまった。

は、最後に いつ両親会ったのか、覚えていない。

両親が、、まだ生きているのかどうかもわからない。

ずっと「学校にもどりたい」と思っていた。でも、学校は、もうない。

は、両親にほめられたくて、いっしょうけんめい勉強した。

でも、自分名前どう書くか、それも忘れてしまった。

はいつも、明るい太陽で、いっぱいの公園で、

走り回って遊んでいた。

でも、は、太陽爆弾見えない

公園は、地雷でいっぱいだ。

は、爆弾から逃げるために、走り回っている。

のない子供たちは、捕まえられて戦争のために働かされている。

私たちは、爆弾運べと、命令される。

命令従わないと、殺される

たくさんの子供殺された

は たくさんの見た

温かいベッドは、もうない。

(わたし)は、爆弾(ばくだん)(おと)聞きながら(ききながら)寒さ(さむさ)にふるえて、(ねむ)ることができない。

(わたし)は、いつも おなかが 空いて(すいて)いる。

ここまで想像(そうぞう)して、(わたし)は、本当(ほんとう) 怖く(こわく)なってしまいました。

どうして、(わたし)は、爆弾(ばくだん) 運ばなければ(はこばなければ) ならないのでしょう。

どうして、(わたし)は、戦って(たたかって)血だらけ(ちだらけ) ならなければ ならないのでしょう。

どうして、(わたし)学校(がっこう)は、なくなってしまったんでしょう。

どうして、(わたし)は、友達(ともだち)殺されなければ(ころされなければ)ならないのでしょう。

どうして、(わたし)は、もう両親(りょうしん)会えない(あえない)のでしょう。

(わたし)は、生き延びる(いきのびる)ことが できるのでしょうか。

明日(あした) どうなってしまうのでしょうか。

(わたし)は、戦争(せんそう)がきらいです。

(わたし)は「もし、(わたし)戦争(せんそう)()だったら」と、想像(そうぞう)してみましたが、

ヨルダンの周り(まわり)(くに)では、本当(ほんとう)にこんな子供(こども)たちがたくさんいます。

戦争(せんそう)は、子供(こども)たちから笑顔(えがお)(ゆめ)をうばい、

代わりに(かわりに)恐れ(おそれ)と、(なみだ)と、憎しみ(にくしみ)をあたえます。

とても悲しい(かなしい)ことです。

(わたし)は、偶然(ぐうぜん)ヨルダンに生まれて(うまれて)幸せ(しあわせ)暮らして(くらして)います。

でも、偶然(ぐうぜん)イラクやパレスチナに生まれた(うまれた)子供(こども)たちは、爆弾(ばくだん)(なか)生きて(いきて)います。

(わたし)は、自分(じぶん) ただラッキー(らっきー)だったと 思いたく(おもいたく)ありません。

(わたし)だって、「戦争(せんそう)()」だったかもしれないし、

(わたし)子ども(こども)たちが「戦争(せんそう)()」になるかもしれません。

(わたし)だけでなく、ここにいる皆さん(みなさん)も、「戦争(せんそう)()」だったかもしれないのです。

私たち(わたしたち)はみんな、「もし、自分(じぶん)戦争(せんそう)()だったら」と、

想像(そうぞう)してみなければならないと思います(おもいます)

私たち(わたしたち)は、平和(へいわ)生活(せいかつ)願って(ねがって)います。

平和(へいわ)は、みんなが平等(びょうどう)にシェアするものです。

そして、世界(せかい)起こって(おこって)いる不幸(ふこう)も、みんなでシェアするべきだと(わたし)思います(おもいます)

そうでなければ、本当(ほんとう)平和(へいわ)になりません。

不幸(ふこう)希望(きぼう)も、みんながシェアすること、

それが、本当(ほんとう)平和(へいわ)への(みち)なのではないでしょうか。



ENGLISH:

If I was a child of war


As everyone knows, being part of the
Middle East, Jordan has always been surrounded by a lot of countries that are facing struggles because of wars.
And being Jordanian, I say that we are blessed to be living in such a peaceful country.

But what if this wasn’t the case. What if I was born in a country having war?

What if I was a child who was brought up watching war?

I wonder if the fact that I’m living in peace now was a coincidence.

..Thinking of that, I chose my speech theme.

Our Middle East world is really complicated.

Since a long time, It always had a lot of conflicts and struggles.

Everyday we see a lot of people who are killed or live through pain for the sake of hatred, revenge, or even for no reason.

If I was born in a place that knew nothing but wars, what would I have become now?

I am going to try and imagine that.

If I was a child of war

I -as the child of war- will speak.

It was so fun, the times we had before the war.

But now, everything changed.

I don’t remember when the last time I saw my parents was. I wonder if they are still alive.

I always think that I want to go back to school, but the school is not there anymore.

I loved my school and did my best studying, so my parents can be proud of me.
But now, I even forgot how to write my name.

I always used to play & run under the shiny sun in parks planted with flowers.

But now I can’t see the shiny sun because of the smoke of the bombs, parks are planted with mines, and I’m always running away for my life from the enemy and from bombs.

Children who have no parents were caught and were forced to work for war.

We are forced to carry bombs and we only have to follow orders. If we don’t, we’ll be killed…A lot of kids were killed

I saw a lot of blood…

My warm fluffy bed isn’t there anymore.

We always sleep under the cold sky with the scary sounds of bombs and war alarms.

Even food isn’t enough. We are always hungry.

…what I have imagined so far really made me scared!

Why am I forced to carry weapons?

Why do I have to fight and stain my hands with blood?

Why was my school destroyed?

Why were my friends killed?

Why won’t I see my parents again?

Will I survive? What will happen tomorrow?

I hate war.

I tried to imagine being a “child of war”, but in countries around Jordan a lot of those children do exist in reality.

Wars steal innocent smiles and dreams from children and replace them with tears, fear and hatred.

It’s really such a very sad reality.

I happened to be born in Jordan; I’m living a peaceful life.

But those children who happened to be born in Iraq or Palestine are growing between struggles and bombs.

I don’t want to just consider myself lucky. I could have happened to be a child of war too, even my children could become children of war. It’s not just me; everyone here could have been a child of war.

I think we all have to imagine being children of war ourselves.

We are all hoping for peaceful lives. I believe that peace must be shared equally by all. Also, disasters that occur in our world must be shared by all.

If this wasn’t done, we will never reach peace.

Hard times, as well as Hope, both must be shared equally between all.

This is the true way towards peace.

Hope you liked it! (^_^) i'll just do my best n what ever the result was, i already won just by going through the experience and improved my japanese!! \(^o^)/
JA NE~!