2008年12月29日月曜日

End of the year 2008

End of the year 2008 is happily busiest days in my life.
after entering winter holidays, even slightly before it
I met various friends almost everyday including,
colleagues in my company, friends from University,
New friends from other company, seniors from part-time job,
what else...., oh, friends from primary school, friends of
my friends!
What I found is I mostly meet those people in
Shibuya. I don't know why and I prefer to avoid it because
Shibuya is too noisy. City for students.
but it is also fact that I used to be there and if in shibuya
I have no trouble to find the restaurants. Funny even if
I was invited to join dinner, it happens in Shibuya. OK,
it doesn't matter where I meet friends, the important thing
is to spend and share time with them.

My birthday is 28th Dec. This year I was luckly cerebrated in 5 parties!! that would be a maximum in my life. one reason is because it can happen next to Christmas party or celebration for end of the year. In other words, "Pure" birthday party is hard to happen in my life. That is the thing I always complained to my mam,
"Please SEPARATE my birthday party to Christmas party, so do PRESENT!!"

The more hard to live with serious job, The more I am sensitive to warm feeling from others. Especially in my room full of birth day presents.

↓creative sushi made in B.D party;) I love it;)))

2008年12月17日水曜日

MOU

It gets colder and colder in Japan.
It is very difficult to get out from the warm bed.

Recently economy gets worse all over the world, but now Japanese yen
is strong relatively to other currency so people says now is the time
to travel abroad. Especially, 1US$ worths 88 yen, which I have seen the
same situation some times around 10 years ago, anyway i was surprised to hear
the current currency power balance.

But it never give any effect on me beacuse even if I got strong currency I have no time for travelling, even if I have travelling inside of Japan. but you see,
Japanese yen has no power in Japan. Even evryone thinks traveling Japan is much expensive than traveling abraod.

So what? I am a genius (looks too much confidence;)) to find something interesting around myself. Last weekend I enjoyed Ginza, which is the place Sony building is as I post before. Ginza is the place you can find the nice restaurant even if you didn't check them in advance.
Of course the avereage fee for foods and drink is higher than other place in tokyo but still there are reasonable restaurants.

We were 10 people drinking together and conversation became hot when we tallked about snow bording tour in Feb. It would be great if we can lent a cotage and
stay at night after playing snow bord. I am almost beginer of the snow bording
but some of us are experienced players. it would be more enjoyable if I can get a fiends as a coach next to me!

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Secure, Protect, .....and what?

Stable, Secure job, how can I describe the life witout any wave?
One of my colleagues said that good job and good life and
appropriate social level is not secure in fact. she is saying this
because that grows the alibiity to protect someting but nothing else.
Actually people have to live in any situation. In that case, Protecting something is
only one of the anbilities to survive in severe world. In that mean I guess she
said being current posion and trying to protect it is not always safe.

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People want people in winter.

This is because it is cold in winter. Then, what makes you warm?
Stove? no. Poeple warm you up.
I got a mail on my mobile from a friends. She gave me a mail because she met
a friend who works in the same office as me and she was crying over her job
since she got much stress on her job. Therefore my friend kindly worried about
me as well. I wasn't really depressed with my job but the mail was just like
"Out of the blue" so that I was glad to know someone takes care of me.

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Don't cry! say NO instead!

Some children are not really good at showing thier real emotion because of something. They are strugglig to express thier emotion properly and the strugling
became tons of tears running from big eyes. Then mom says ( especiilay fro boys),
"Don't cry, show your real emotion to others. To show anger is an element of communication."
In the culture of dignity,"徳治主義" Showing anger is almost eaqual to badness.
It is always natural to make effort to imperove oneselfs if it's poepole. The dignity emphasized culture everyone tray to be a person who got dignity. But what the hell the dignity is? dignity is the atomosphere for people to ovey him/her witout any presseure on others moreover the preson who got dignity is liked by evryone even if he/she do nothing special.

And now, what will happen to the poeple who are in the dignity culture?
the answer is all citizens become poker face. Namely poeple reraly show
their emotions on their faces. basically what is the things people don't like
in common? Anger, Uneasy, something dark, negative.To get rid of them from
the facial expression you will automatially become poker face which other poeple
never be able to read the change in your emotion. you may think even if pople
lose the power to express the anger, still they can show the happines or smile
one thier face. It seems right but human is not so simple. If you throw away the
effort to show the bad emotion, good emotion also can't be expressed on the face.
It is just like pople don't pay attention to show expression on thier fases nevertheless good or bad feelings.

So back to the original story, Children growing in the porker face culture
unconciously learn not to show express thier feelings apart from parents's expectation.
the thing which makes children are real children is to show emotion freely
not thinking of any unbreathing rules in the society. I personally feel the kids
are really cute if they are crying loudly with tears which is almost making
a water fall from eyes. And the eyes looking out of the windows curiously occupy
my heart with pureness and feeling to cover them from the all things making them cry.

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No ipod, No life

What my comuting time enjoyable is ipod. I can leave my purse in the room
but not ipod;) This is partly because ipod is a muic portal device. I can't
be prepared to work without listrning to music. It sould be something slow,
soft, giving ease to me.
"Good looking out" is my recent favorite song.


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2008年12月8日月曜日

Blackberry

Is it sweet? Blackberry is a berry which is not sweet but smart!
how common is it in Japan? not so much. I have never seen who uses it.
(maybe i'm not in the center of the business;)NTT docomo, ehich is a telecom
in Japan,they sell Brackberry in limited stores. Anyway it's not so common and
other telecom in Japan seems not to sell it in thier shops.

The Big 3 Telecom Operator in Shingapore:
Shingtel: this is a telecom worldwide telecome company having branches in many
areas in Asia. and they of course have Brackberry solution with 2 type fee systems
as far as I know. and also They are presenting Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 solution
for enterprizes. The solution enables users to use Microsoft Office, such as Outlook, popwepoint, word, excel, etc. If the company currently is adopting Exchange server, they also can shere their scheduler with thier PC and Mobile.

M1(Mobile One) :they are domestic company with in Shingapore but people say that
M1 is the best on it's usage for cutomer, means it is easy to use thier services
or function. They also prepare the Blackberry solution for Enterprize. Actually Blackberry needs either Lotus domino or MS OCS in some cases, I just don't remember it clearly.

Starhub: They are also singaporian domestic company and it is said they are the cheapest on mobile services in Singapore. But What I was interested in was they
have thier own system of a discount scheme for roaming which is called "Green Rorming 108" something like that( again I'm not sure the name of the service).


As for mobile network, 2.5G now looks common in shingapore, which is not so enough to clear data communication. From 3G the data communication can be operated well.
And Smartphones which i describe today is data centric systems so the stable infrastructure for data communication is needed for the environmnet for use of Smartphone.

The big difference between Japanede mobile fee scheme and that of Other countries is
the system of SIM card and Prepaid mobile usage. Prepaid is rarely used by Japanese and SIM card is registered only for one telecome and you can't use it in the devices which is sold by other telecoms.

The consept of Smartphone is basically, "Bring your office even outside"
But it means you never be able to leave the office?! It scared me;) Of corse
I'm more or less satisfied with my current job but it doesn't mean I want to bring my office even at lanch in holiday!

Nokia is the strong even in Asia and I've heard that they will stop to produce the
cheap devices and will concentrate to manufacture the hi-end devices only. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Motolora seems to produce the devices which supports windows mobile and so do HTC, LG, Sumsung, i-mate.

Economic crisis hits Japan
Toyota, or the oter motor company start restructuring in the end of this year.
Moreover there are companies cancled it's potential employees who was suppoesed to
join them in next spring. Temporary workers are cut gradually. Here what I think
is the importance of self development otherwise if I lose the job no body would employ me.


Currency
South Africa: Land
Sweden:Clone?
Korea:Won
Thai:barts?
Inida:Rp.
Japan:Yen
The Czech Republic: Kc
Brasil:?
Myanmar:?

What is the good answer
She likes someone who got girl friends but she liked him before he got girl friend!
What can I commnet on this. Girls be ambicious! That is not sweet memory jsut like strawberry but bitter like Blackberry!!

2008年11月26日水曜日

Yesterday Hero, Tomorrow Murderer.

I know it rarely happens but if you want to be disapointed or
feel helpless, I definitely recommend you to watch
"Watashi ha kai ni naritai(わたしは貝になりたい)" 
I don't know it has Eiglish subtitle version but This is the movie
I'll never forget.


This movie is basically set the situation as WW focusing on
a man who got an invitation letter from goverment,which is called "red paper" 赤紙(aka-gami)in Japanese because the letter literally colored in red. And the invitaiton means you are picked up as a solder to go to the war.

Roughly let me explain on the movie.
Japan was beated in WW2. And after the war is ended, US or United Nations
executed trials for the persons who took part in a war and killed people
in foriegn countires. In the war time, they were enemies for them and it
was natural to do it (of course it is never natural, i know)decause Japan
was a country of the emperor and at that time if you behave like you are
against from emperor's order, you are not seen as a nomal human and people
were afriad to be eliminated by neibours and society. (In basic Japan
is an island isolated from other continent and it made a culture easily that
cooperation is the essential matter to survive in that small island. then
For us Japanese it is more important to live in harmony with people rather than being indipendent like Eastern countries do.)

In short, emperor is God for Japanese and ignoring goverment order means death.
(in war time goverment is totally under the control of emperor. Of course,
now emperor is separeted from politics and just a symbol od Japanese citizens)
Moreover, you can be admired as a hero if you go to the war and killed emenies.
because it's a huge contribution for Emperor who wants to win the war!

During the movie you can find a scene that a man got an solder invitation
was oedered to kill an American solder. He was shrinked up and couldn't
easily execute the cruciel order by his boss. but his boss doesn't allow him to
stop to kill the American solder then the boss put a gun on the head of the man
and ordered him to execute the murder again. This is dead or alive.
If you refused your boss's order, you will die. Where is the origine of the boss's order? Emperor.
As a result, The man couldn't kill the americam solder and panished badly.
(but the audience know the fact later on this scene)


And the war is over. as I mentioned above, Japan lost.
What happen then? The United Nations decided to find the
JApanese who killed people in United Nation side and
execute judgements. the guilty JApanese solders were
ranked in 3 level, A, B, C.
A is the most heavy charge which is death penalty.
the guilty person is hung until die.
Moreover, the body of hunged persons are not sent to
their families even the families never be told where the
body is buried. It was a strict rule.

The change is the history is like this.
Today you are hero, and tomorrow you will be hung.

The man ordered to kill an American solder judged as rank A.
It was misunderstanding. but what the man could do in the traial
executed by English speakers who emphasize on the free will
to chose his own will. Both regarding language problem and
democratic idea was a begining of the tragetic misunderstanding.
And the movie goes as if the misunderstanding can be solved
but it never happens. he was hung.

He was characterize as a cheerful person who never lose the
hope but at last scene, he wrote a will that he never want to
be reborn as a human. I can't post this anymmore today.
it's too hard to remember this movie. after some time
i will post more on this, sorry.

2008年11月24日月曜日

Lighting and Some Stories

As you know, this is a season of lighting.
Although Japan is not a country of Christian,
but I can see a lot of lighting decoration verywhere in Tokyo.
It is obvious that the lighting tells Christmas is coming soon.

Especially the lighting in Tokyo midtown was really beautiful.
I was interested in the designer who created the design of the lighting.

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Language between Parents and Chidren;

Last day I met a guy from Italy and currently he works in German.
He is having soft atmosphere around him and has lots of experience to work
aound the world.
We have known with each other though my colleague.
The guy has a child and he told us a problem which he has got recently.
The ploblem is the language which his son is speaking.
He was married with a woman from German and he talks with her
in English. And his son is going to school where the lessons are held in German.
The son is good at speaking German more than English and the father (Italian guy)
almost cannot speak German.

What will happen if the son and his father cannot communicate propery?
It would be a big motivation for the father to learn the language his son is speaking.

Although I'm sure that the son will lean English sooner or later but the age of elementary school effects relatively big on his personality. The lack of communicaton with father seems not good.


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Not a Boy, but a Man;

My brother called me last day over the phone and he asked me that
"Is it OK if I wear that T-shirts with the shoes? you know, T-shirts I mention is the one which has a print at the center, ...yes, yes, that white one. and make sure that the shoes I am talking about is the black one with pink shoe races, you know it, right? I have weared it for some time"
I asked him why he asked me such a fashion comments since he never asked it to me
like it is emergency for him.
But immidiately after I asked the answer, I can't help stopping to smile
"I have to go to the station to pick up my girl friend!"
For me he was a only kid who is easy to cry, loves snacks and sweets;)
He growed up! Of course I knew it but this phone call reminds me of
the fact.

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Positive Game;

I always remember the game I and my friend created in university days.
It is word playing game. Especially our favorite rule was that we can use only positive words in the game. Actually I was tought this game by seniors.
For example,If I say "BRAVE", the next person has to say the word
starts with "E" in positive meanings. In this case, the next person
could anwer,for example, "ENCOURAGE" or "EVOLUTION", or anything
related to positiveness. But what will happen If the next person
answers,for example,"ELEVATOR"? Nobody knows an elevator is a positive or not.
Then the person has to explain why he thinks that an eleveter is positive thing.
He may answer that an elevator is a thing which lifts up something. And it is basically possitive to lift up somthing.For example, women usually want their skin to lift up especially in middle age. And If the explanation can get a consensus among the players, then ELEVATOR is approved as a positive words. If not, the person who says ELEVATOR needs to put more explanation to persuade the palyer or just he changes the word. The key of this game is how much you can be possitive and pasuasive to the people who has differnt thoughts. It can be good exercise when you are in negative.

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4 Blood types;

Blood type A is thought they are sensitive.
Blood type B is thought they go thier own way
Blood type O is thought they are tolerant
Blood type AB is thought they are genius or strange.

It is said 60% of Japanese belongs to Blood type A.
Me? secret;)

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LYBIA(not sure the spelling)

I happen to know that the location of LYBIA in Africa
and the president there hasn't changed for 30 years!
and it is undone to regisgter every polulation in the country.
It must be not everyone can get social welfare.
I want to know the situation there more in details.

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1 Day Trip to Korea

I've heard it is possioble to trip to Korea within a day.
there is a flight from Tokyo to korea 6:00 am and
the flight from Korea 11:00 pm. I want to trip to korea
on the weekend with a friends who studied in Korea using an
exchange program.

2008年11月13日木曜日

What comes next?!

I literally work hard until today.
I was responsible for a event in my job and
It was really good exerience to get involved in
the activities.
I just wake up, and preapare myself,
take a piece of chocolate as a breakfast, rush to catch a
train and working, somwtimes forget lunch,
and work again, then go back to my place
and take shower, no time to think of anything,
immidiatelly go to bed.
and weekend, hunging out with friends until past three o'clock,
sleep 4 hours, and again I meet my friend to spend 3 hours
in karaoke from the morning, and meeting other friends at
a kind of bar.

I could spare the time to make landry and hung them on the
hungers or anywhere else, but couldn't have a time to
take them and hold them to place inside of the shelf.


it seems the dried up landries is a cartin near the window.
Ok, I'll work on it soon.

That was my life in this 2 week.

If you are concentrated on one thing,
you can use your energy fully for it.
I decided not to think something deeply,
My behaviour these days made a provement that
moving one's body is the best solution.

Then, What's next?
I need something which I can concentrated on.
Oh, I have forgoten to study on MCA.
which is executed only in Japan. Something related
to Microsoft certification.
I need to know more about platform and application
to improve my performance.

I should take at least one certification
within this year. what else?
maybe one more language I can start to learn.

and I want to lose my weight by 3kg.
need to take a time to run as well.

so I have a lot of things to do again,
Time should pass quickly, please.
I will do my best to enjoy my life time as much as I can
but still I wish time flys soon.



























I could work with many kind of people,
different nationality different section of business, etc.

What I was happy is a executive told me
that my english is good. ok, To tell the truth,
he is Japanese;)
But I hope it was a result of listening to podcast
of Business English for 5-10 minuites every weekday
in the train.

2008年11月3日月曜日

think less

It's difficult to tell you What I did in this weekend cause
I did lot of thing. no time to think deeply something,
I just do what I want to do and have to do.

Think deeply is one of my charactaristic point and
sometimes it seems too much.
I try to avoid thinking too much this week.

I had a short trip with friends to Izu, where is one of the famous
place to go within 1 days from Tokyo.
There are many hot spas there and the spa we went this time
was exactly facing to the ocean even I was worried that
someone in the seashore could see us with a telescope.

But actually it was really nice to be in the hot spa
with the view of the big ocean. it gave us the thinking
that the existance of people is really a part of a planet
and what I was confused is only a small tiny thing so that
it doesn't make a sence to crying over something.


Next day, I went to good cafes and karaoke with friends.
The cafe served us unique food and it satysfy our expectation.
Tokyo is a small are without natures, crowded place especially
in central part. Then you see the culture of mixing one and another,
evolving new combinations. For example, having a cup of capcino in Japanese
traditional interia or Thai green curry with miso soup, antique chairs
and having formed green tea with hand- made potteries.
Karaoke, of course you know it, is the place to sing a song to release
your stress or enjoying the music video which is played in the display with
lyrics while you are singing.

Recently I have one favorite singer, who is Amuro-Namie.
Her songs are taseted in R&B or reggae, Although I see
much infuence of US there, but anyway, in she is hot.
What I like is "White light" which is a number giving
the girlish feeling to the person who sings the song.

I don't want to think anything now, I just want to move
my body not my brain. Time should pass quickly,
And I want to be around 30 or a little bit lower age
with experiences to be a translator of technical issues and
picture books both. then I don't have to care of the place
I work.

I'll work hard and what else can I do now.

My skill or experience may be a help in the future
to the one who I want to support.

2008年11月1日土曜日

The caprices of a chance;)

As I get to be busy at work, some qusetions come up in my mind all the time.

1.Does it really make sence to work so hard?
2.Is there any other option to live my life?

Question 1 would be answered by following.
-"don't work so hard. work easy. it is all depend on you,
it is you who won't be needed in the campany if the severe economic
situation attack your company".
As for Q2, some of my female friends, in fact most girls
have the same thought in their mind at unconcious level,
give the answer like this. "Quit your job. Be a wife for someone".

Hey,no offence.Don't be angry boys but it is the fact.
It seems like a final escape route for girls to get married
to someone. I'm sure most girls tend to think about marriage
if they made a mistake in job or feel unconfortable with
business environment such as cost reduction, no budget,
report to who and who,responsibilty,compete to everything,
internal struggle, etc...

OK, I can say girls sit on the clture that it is actually OK
if they do well in the family.
But the qeustion is this.
What will the end of the marriage if you get married for escaping from
something? I guess it is only be a help to make the habitual style of avoiding
difficulities pretending that you take another option.

Here I would say marriage should be sponaneous.
If you couldn't meet someone who you really want to get married,
No meaning to be a blide.

If you like someone, You do like him/her.
For example, this situation may happen.
After you prepared completely for marriage,
you found that there is no one who you want to get married around you.
because you miss the person who you really wanted to be together with
while you were preparing!
In this case, what good is a time oriented thinking for marriage.

but sometimes situation doesn't allow couples to be together.
That is another story.

I myself haven't decided to get married with someone.
but at least don't want to miss the right person.
Of course no intention to chain, freedom should always
be owned for everyone.

2008年10月17日金曜日

Prospect




I want what I want.
If I really want it, it is not enogh to
make one proposal only,
some replacable plans are needed.

It will be more difficult to give up
what I want.

2008年10月6日月曜日

Relax and inspire



Whenever you feel stress, you may need a cup of coffee with
soft milk form.

If there is art there, it could be wonderful more than anything else..

Rei Harakami is one of the most impressive musicians.
Usually his music doens't have rylics.
you can feel nostalgia but someting new as well.

2008年10月5日日曜日

Houjyouki

"Change is the only thing which never change"

That is the word to open my eyes to new perspective.
Actually the same pharase is found in old Japanese history.

行く川の流れは、絶えることがなく、それでいて目の前を流れている水はもとの水ではない。流れのよどみに浮かぶ水の泡は、一方では消え、一方ではできあがり、長くそのままの状態であるということはない。世の中に存在する人も住まいも、またこのように変わりやすくはかないものである。

[The river never stop flowing, and the water never be the same.
Bubbles on the water are coming up on the serface, on the other hand, disappearing.
So do humans and homes.]

It might not be right translation;)
but something like this.

Some of you may know "houjyouki", which is one of the most famous japanese
old literature,written by kamono-choumei.
He had lived around twelve century in Heian era.

In Kanji, which is the character derived from China
and speaded over in Japan, Heian means "ease" or "peace".
it is easy to image how the Heian era was, wasn't it?
Of course there was wars even in peaceful age,
but relatively Heian era is the age of less wars and
stable time in Japanese history.

What I want to write today is not about
Heian era but the phare of CHANGE NEVER CHANGE.

There is nothing which keeps the same status.
unn,,,

Distance is the thing that I never be
able to control. Even if I make any effort as possible as I can,
without a magic, I would not be shorten the distance.
but why? why, why!

Not in technological way, but in financial tool,
the distance can be controled. In short,
you can control distance if you are special rich
enogh to own your jet plane and own pilot,
then you can fly anywhere you want, anytime.
It is like buying the time by money.
in fact you don't control the distance still because
owinig your own jet doesn't mean shortening the
distance. it means only you save your time to wait for bording time
in airport or don't have to be annoied by the high price of a ticket
and also don't have to be bothered to find good discount.

But it doesn't make any sense to crying over these
things that you can never change.
money is the thing of capitalism and the thing for restore
the value. Vaule is in the time you meet
someone who you want to meet. don't want to
measure it by capitalism, don't you think so?

It is much more reasonable to think how to
overcome the dificulities.

In basic, I think we have to be appreciated to have
someting you are passionated to over come.
People say that it is no use to remember the past
but everyone must have unforgettable memony,
so how can you forget it?
Sad and Bad memory can be forgettable,
But how about good one?
It is quite natural that you remeber enjoyable moment
if there is, with pictures or anything holding the moment.

No need to be pessimistic.
But very hard to fight the thing
you can never change.

The more you are realistic,
The more you know how difficult to overcome the difficulities.

It hurts me a lot
to recognize that I have no power to
change the situation,
why I am not the one who can work
everywhere in the world at this moment.
why poeple can't be with whom they want to be.

Repeatedly, meaningless to crying over someting.
We have to live with difficulities.
that is life. soon or later it will be solved.
the only thing we can do is to believe in future.
Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.

If there is someone who can make him happy
more than you can,that should be a thing to be
appreciated.
If I'm not smile, someone who want me to smile
would be sad. Here what I can do is to keep smiling
and cheerful, good in job, everything.

Grapevine 歌詞

思いつくままにグレープバインの歌詞を
書いてみた。


Grapevine is oneof my favorite group.
especially their lyrics are great.


here I wrote down their lyrics
as much as I can remenber.

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雨が降っているのか
いないのか
いや、いるのか

I wonder that it is raining or not
it' not? no, it is.
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白い吐息はタバコなのかと
とぼけてみた

I pretend that I know
it is cigarette, not the breath.

けして
この町の歩きかたを
知らないわけじゃない
上着が要ることも

I do know how to walk this city
and need to wear a jacket.

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少しはこの場所に慣れた
余計なものまで手に入れた
イメージの違いに気づかなかった

I ggt used to be in this place
and got something that I had not
expected to have.
I didin't notice the differences
of image between us.


人の流れ眺めながら
時計をこの目で確かめるが
季節は変わり始めていた
いつの間にか


As watching the stream of people,
I check what time it is.
The season started to change
without recognizing.


そうきっと
昨日に疲れたんだ
ほんの少し

you must be tired of yesterday a little


情熱を捧げたままで
待ってたのか

Were you waiting to devote your passion?


光に満たされていく
この世界のなか
何を見ていられた

what have I seen in the world fiiling
with brightness?


誰もが浮かれて
分かり合ったつもりなら
それだけでいられた
心はただここにあった

Everyone seems to uderstand with eachother
and It should be enogh.

Just the heart is here.
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2008年9月20日土曜日

Handmime



OWESOME!!!

Practice?



with English.

2008年9月18日木曜日

hard to have logical pass

I had dinner with my collegue yesterday.
It was an indian restaurant and reminded me the days in
India. Especially when I found a Masara-Dosa,
which is a typical South Indian food, with crispy and thin
cake covering a sort of potatoes and vegetables.

We ordered a recommended plate which has a variety of curry,
there were more than 5 kinds of curries each in the silver bowl.
what makes me excited was the big green leaf undere the curry bowls.
then the mood is like really being in India,
flash backed old memories.


daba meals


Masala-dosa


↑Dhaba India

We enjoyed the meal to the heart contents.
Yes, of course we didn't forget to taste rassy as well, which is also typical drink from india made by yogrt.

The contents of chatting with my colleagues is almost
about our fututre.Both of us were talking on "assertiveness"
which is hot key word between us recently.

What is assertiveness now?
Assertiveness is that not being agressive neither being passive.
plus, assertive person gats reliability from others easily.

maybe we were so serious enough to take the topic of assertiveness
even after the work due to hot indian curry;)

I knew the word of assertiveness at the trainig course in a company.
There is a lot of things remainig that I don't know yet.
tomorrow never knows.

I have to go Dhava India again to order Masara-dosa.

2008年9月12日金曜日

No!


Sometimes it is natural to feel flustration especially
when you have something strong in your mind.

Laziness can supress one's motivation easily.
It is the thing that we should avoid.

Not everyone can keep their motivation all the time.
It doesn't matter where the motivation exists,
the thing is there is or not.

why people doesn't realize to waste important thing
becaus of thier laziness, the thing they waste might
not come back again, why they lose thier chance just
killing thier time.

It is like a chemistry that you met someone, for excample,
someone in front of you. It is much better to take the chance
as an irreplacefull, worth to consider well.
Use your brain to think these thinks, not to think of something
derived from laziness.

How can we deal with things that you definetely believe it is
right, but others seems not to think same as you.
But they are also correct, but don't have rightness.

If you say we don't have to live for the rightness,
it is also true.
Inventually world is selfish anyway.

Then how can I throw my frustration in the world!
Maybe to space?!
kidding, space is what?
a space is where you can use as much as you like,
Some may dream about going moon,
some may aim to invade,

But it is true we can't escape from the world without CO2
as long as we are human beings.

It doesn't really make sense that you are No.1 in your country,
No offense, but that is really meaningless to be proud of,
Look at the world, everyone, Japan.
wake up.

I really think it is beautifull country, people are nice here.
But it is another story whether you match the culture of mother country.
I may get along with it somehow, that level of adaptation skill
I have. but can we say it is really that I live my life?

I'm not nationalist but have identity as a member of this country.
I want Japan to be good, that is quite natural to feel like that, isn't it?
I don't leave japan but I can chose other option to live in other countries
and think of Japan from the distance. There is affection as well.
the differnt thing is just distance.
if someones motivation is the core to move, dvelop, improve something or someone,
it doesn't matter where you are.

The soul will be deliverd to others regardless of distance as well as history.
who made this world like this in the past,
who can chose the country to be born.
who can chose their parents.

Like and dislike is not the matter.
The important thing is how you want to live your life.
what is the best for you.
it is totally depend on who you are.
I hope everyone can find it.
but it is life that even if you chose what you guess it is best,
if someone may concern to you don't guess same as you,
your guess is just guessing, nothing more.

But no other options to look for your best.
Try and error.
That is only the area that you can insist your age
as advantage. if no try and no error,
what will you insisit to fellows?

no same person in the world here, in the past, in the future.
think think think, and deveop myself.
draw your future as a real picture or video playing.
you can do it, just need a ittle training to think.

what can I do. how can I think.
for what should I go.
when to give up.

I don't want to lose what I found.
no chance to find same thing. there is not the exact same.
we are sensitive enough to recognize even the slight
differenciation.

2008年9月10日水曜日

Road full of flowers

2008年8月25日月曜日

A train goes ountryside




Missing to catch a train,
I asked a preson in a platform
that when to come next train.

"40 minuites later."

".......thank you."

I found a scene which reminded me the countryside of Amsterdam in Holland.
houses were really similar.

2008年8月24日日曜日

Short story

Pom is a boy who is lazy with doing his homework.
Dom is a boy who is lazy with thinking his schedule for next week.

Pom starts to think byu himself why he doesn't feel to do his homework all the time.
and he concluded that because he doesn't like homework.

Pom desided to ignore his homeworks.
the homeworks are compiled day by day on his desk.

but he didin't care about it, he kept ignoring his homeworks.

Once his homeworks are compiled upto the ceiling,
the homeworks tower became a real wood
and start to have branches and leaves... even fruits!

Pom picks up one of the fruits
and gave it to Dom.

Because Dom doesn't have any schedule for next week,
he decided to eat half of the fruits
and another half to bury next monday.



The fruits buried in the field grows quickly
because Dom kept watering the buried fruits
every hour.

Finally the buried fruits growed enough to be big tree
having plenty of fruits.


Dom gave one of the fruits to Pom.

Pom came back home and cut the fruits into half.
Then what he found inside of fruits
was the answer to the homeworks
which he compiled on the desk.

but his homeworks had already become a real tree, it was
not homeworks anymore.

That's why Pom made a pie using the fruits and castard cream.

He gave a piece of pie to Dom.

Dom ate it all and wrote a letter to
Pom to thank him for the pie.


-----------------------------------------------------
To Pom

Thank you for your pie, it was pretty tasty.
I grow up the fruits as I didn't have any plan to do.
That's why I had no stress to grow it up.
I hope you also didn't have any stress to make
the pie.

With love,
Dom

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2008年8月17日日曜日

がんばるとかそうじゃないってことかな。

かなしいけど、しかたないってことはあるって思う。
人には人の事情があって、むりやりがんばっても
どうしてもうまくいかないこともある。

英語がちっとも上達しないからかな。
もう社会人だったら違ったのかな。
どっちにしろ、うまくいかないときはうまくいかないもので。
どうせ、辛くても自分からは止められない。
自己防衛力がたりんなぁ。





・・・・・なにやってんだろ。いったい。






愚痴ブログになってしまった。

そんな日もある!たまには!



関心も興味も無い重いことに時間をかけたい人なんていない。
会話をする時間だってきっともう無い。

でも、

とっても楽しかったなぁ。
すごくいい人だったなぁ。

また、どっかで会えたらいいなぁ。


ってことだけでも、言えたら楽になるのかなぁ。

またねー

2008年8月8日金曜日

What's your flava?

♪"What's your flava, tell me what's your flava?"

Lucky girls who got golden CD,
they got a right to meet "prince" to them...
The true reason that they wanted to meet him was....?!



This remains us easily the story of golden chocolate bar in Charlie's chocolate factory;)



both two video above are instractive for viewers to think
what modesty is.

2008年8月5日火曜日

Japanese beauty



SHISEIDO is the best cosmetic campany in Japan.
Their way of product promotion is gorgeous.
In this TV commercial of shampoo,which is called "tshbaki" the name of
flower, you can see the most popular Japanese actresses.

I was simply influenced by this commercial and bought the
shampoo;)

It is not easy to be like actresses in the commercial only to use
same shampoo...of course;))) rather you never know they really use
it;))

Don't be lazy to be a attractive women, girls!(including me;))

It is said sense of sight gives the strongest impact on human's brain
among 5 senses(hear, taste, touch, smell,see).

There was a polular book last or two years back,
titled "人は見た目が9割" in Japanese.
If I traslate it in English,
"You are judged at 90% by your appearance"

Don't have to cry over it;)

There is also a proverb
"you will get tired of a beautiful lady in three days"
huh, so now I hit on the new proverb now,
"you never get tired of a women who are not only beautiful
but also XXXXXXX "

fill your character in XXXXXX ;)
and you'll be the one for someone!

2008年8月3日日曜日

"Hey, let's go to see sunrise on the beach!"

At 11:30pm in a restaurant with friends.

"why don't we go to seaside to wait for sunrise tomorrow?"

The idea came up in our mind suddenly.
Instead og going to karaoke (we planed to spend some time in
karaoke at first), we jumped in the last train taking us to
nearesr station from seaside.

We invited three more friends to this quick tour to seaside
calling them like,

"Prepare yourself quickly and catch the last train to
the station I tell you from now, the distination is.....,
and the train will leave nearest station for you in 15 minuite,
....why?....we go to the sea!"

To my surprise, the three caught the train successfully regardless of
sudden invitation. I have to admire their flexibility to join something
interesting!

we got off the train and killed some time in karaoke sining songs related to
summer or the sea, like I posted last time.


around 4:00 am,
we head to the sea by taxi, which was daedly expensive, I was afraind
that the meter figure goes so fast. but we managed to reach beach
and waited to surise.

Though we came the beach earlier than sunrise,
played some game. we found a thin stick and
stand it in small sand mountain.
the ruleof this game is to make smaller the sand
mountain not to lean the stick.
if you lean the stick , you'll have penalty.

This time, we decided the penalty is to shout about the first love
to the sea loudly.
we were seven people and finally we heard seven first love stories;)

Unfortunately, we couldn't see sunrise because it was cloudy.
but we enjoyed on the beach somehow;)
at least I'll try to tell you reader what we expected to see.
here is a video from you tube.
This video seems to be taken on the same beach we went.




At 7:00am, having brief breakfast we fell asleep in the train on the back way
to home. won' t worry we didn't miss the station to get off.

Nice memory it was. the small adventure witout concrete planing
remainded us school days.

2008年7月28日月曜日

Japanese pop music



If we talk about music, it is the most global field, don't you think?
Wherever you are, you can hear various kinds of music from various countries.

Therefore, It became rather difficult to make a clear line
for genre on music.

Japanese pop music got also influenced by forign countries, it is said especially
from US. that's why many Japanese songs has some taste from foreign music,
Even you won't be able to find easily true Japanese music from pop music
listened by young people. (Of course we have japanese originated music,"which is called "enka" (演歌 in Japanese) which is almost for the old and usually is not
coming to TOP10 popular music chart.

The music which I post today is by "yuzu" that
I can say they are rarely influenced by forign music
and one of the most popular musician among young people.

I don't hesitate to introduce their sounds as a Japanese originated music.
This song is one of the most popular songs by "yuzu" and the music itself
gives you a flavor of summer.

2008年7月27日日曜日

Aquarium in SONY building in Ginza

Ginza is the area so colled "for the rich".
Ginbura is a kind of slung which means
just walking around in Ginza.

On weekend, main street becomes only for walkers
and no car allows to come in.
it is really for "ginbura" condition.

SONY, which is so famous too mention as a one of the
biggest campany in Japan,they have thier own building
in the center of Ginza.

Recently they set an big aguarium in front of the building.
and con you guess what kind of fishes are inside of the aquarium?
they were transferd from Okinawa located far from Tokyo,in the
most sounthern part of Japan.







I was with a friend and we decide to come in a cafe
after seeing the aquarium. what we were surprized at
was the price of cup of coffee.
it was totally "Ginza price".
Maybe the cafe we try to enter was kind of special,
of course not every cafe or restaurant give such a high price,
maybe,,,,maybe not?

Tokyo,it is small area when you check by world map, like
small dots in small Japan, But every area in Tokyo
has different culture and taste,that's interesting.

For example...
------------------------------------------------
Shibuya-for young
Shinbashi-business man
Aoyama-fashionable
Asakusa-mostly for the old,or foreigner
Akihabara-electronic, Manga
-------------------------------------------------

2008年7月21日月曜日

Another Morchard!

I happened to find that Morchard is a name of town
in Australia.
I really didn't know another Morchard in the world
cause the name of this blog "Morchard" was totally created
by me with personal reason.

I haven't tell you readers why I named my blog "Morchard".
Now is the time to announce it.

First of all my name in Kanji, which is Japanese characterisrtic
letters originagted in China,means
"beautiful tree" in English.

it's easy to feel simpathy with something natural from my name.
And I like fruits not only in terms of eating but also the general concept
about fruits which is "good result after effort". It is written "実を結ぶ" in japanese.

"Orchard" itself means fruits yard although I don't know exactly for what kind of
fruits.

The reason I put the letter of "M" on the top of "Orchard"
is just because it is initial letter of "Miki".
It's like I'm an owner of Miki's orchard in the blogging world.

I imaged that every posting on this blog were fruits.
The more I post, the larger Morchard will be.

2008年7月20日日曜日

Disney on ice ---princess dream----

It is quite hot these days.

But there was a "cool" event by which you forget
a hot day.

At Yoyogi Taikukan in Tokyo,
lots of people made a line to enter a hall
holding a ticket for "disney on ice -princess dream 2008-".

It is a skating show that actors wearing
costumes of princess,price,and other charactures of Disney.
Personaly,I like Jasmine and Allagin and thier song
A whole new world

It seems the show is held in different contries every year.
and the video I posted here is in English not
in Japanese I saw. but still you see piece of
contents of the show regardless of language.

2008年7月12日土曜日

Imagination

Watch this till the end.It's not so long.
Don't skip.

2008年7月2日水曜日

First business trip in Tohoku area.

It was my first time to have business trip today.


you will find a collored map of Japan here


Green part of the map is Tohoku region where I went today.

The place where I went last Sunday to picking cherry tour was
Nagano prifecture in Koshin-etsu region colloerd by orange.

Mainly Japan are devided into nine parts including Ryukyu island.
Each region has speciallities or sometime, dialogs which even
I Japanese can't understand.

There is a myth from ancient time,it is even before
we were influenced by Budddism from China.

The region on this story is Kyushu region
collored in yellow.

There was a god who control the Sun in the world
She was called "Amaterasu ookami"
Oneday she got angry with something and hide herself
in a rock hole.
To get her out from there, other gods pretended to be
enjoying to sing or dance. They thought Amaterasu
must feel to join it and come outside from rock holes.

when Amaterasu step out,
Other gods catched her not to go back to hole
and finally Sunshine came back to the world.

check the details about Japanese Region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_in_Japan
sorry,about the Myth, no reference here.....

2008年6月29日日曜日

HATO BUS TOUR

Regardless of rainy day,
Girls don't stop to go out!

I went to Nagano prifecture with friends by bus.
It was kind of packed tour including some
interesting activities.

We were 10 mebmers group.
two out of them were so cool, they
made pair-card which makes pairs
to take a seat together.
There were 5 pair seats for us.

The tour started as a snack party,
We passed snackes, chocolate, chips and
anything we brougt.
"this is from her, and that is from her in next seat...";)
Besides the bus left early in the morning
6:00 or so. Most of us took breakfast in the bus.


First, we arrived at Kiyosato in Nagano.




We don't have much information about here,
but this place was related to cultural exchange program
after WWⅡ. Doctor pole, who is priest from US
came to this place and spread the peace between US and Japan.
The program was successful here,
although not every place in Japan wasn't.

The enviroment around here was plenty of nature.
we got a bouquet of herbs as a suvenir.



good smelling!
where am I looking at.......;))


and suddenly I found this while we went to next spot.



a pretty cow;)


hey, one of the main activity was cherry picking!
so sweet and tasty cherrys were.







At last we visited winary.






going into the forest....



and..!






we could also taste some wines.




Whether wasn't parfect, but we enjoyed.

2008年6月18日水曜日

New Staff

2008年6月7日土曜日

縁の下の力持ち



let's be deserved to get reward;)

Trap of Meanings

she is genius that you cannot image what she thinks.

she understands everything.

she knows herself very much.

and she foresees what will happen to her in the future.

Nobody can break her logic.

she has got what she wants untill now.

she never misses her target.

she never makes meaningless action as well.

Every her action makes sense.

you really cannot understand her.

she is in too high level to catch up.

you respect her.

you try to follow her.

But she is in a stage where you can never reach.

you can touch her.

but she has also certin area where nobody can touch.

she wants to be touched there by someone.

she is waiting for the person who can reach her secret area.

she opens her door all the time.

but nobody come in.

the only way to come into the door is

to know that you never understand about her.

you don't have to understad the contents of her secret area.

what you have to do is just to recognize she has secret area.

imagine how lonely she is.

she is talented.

everyone wants to be like her.

but she was herself from the begining.

so she didn't wish to have the talent.

Tragety is that she feels lonely easily.

but she knows of course she can't change her given talent.

it means she will be talented feeling lonely for whole her life.

but

she finally found something.

you know what?

dedicated for special person for my friend

2008年6月1日日曜日

Museum in Ueno

On sunday afternoon, it is sunny day and warm.
The clear blue sky came after rainy days.

I put so tight schedule on weekday this week that
decided to rest on weekend.

I got up 7:00 and cleaned my room then made laundry.
I napped a bit after that.
Around 2:00 pm I finally had nothing to do.
the plan to visit museum came up my mind suddenly
and preparing myself roughly even not with putting mascrca
on my eyerushes,I left my room.

Ueno was not so far from my place.
It took about 20 minuites by train directly.
because there is one of biggest zoo in Ueno besides Museums,
the ueno station was crowded with many people from kids to
the old.

On the way to the museum entrance,
I should across the large park.
With music in my ipod nano,
I was totally relaxed walking on the street
to the museum.
there were plenty of green or nature in the park.
and I found this.


Blue giraffe in the park.


the exhibition I saw was this.

Bauhaus

Good thing was to touch something new in the exhibition.
but not only outside but also inside of the museum was crowded.
that made me nervous a little.
but because I didn't want my holiday spoiled with such a negative feeling,
I concentrated to seeing exhibition.

on back way to home I dropped at the book store
and bought a book about basic marketing.

on the back way to home, I got two muffines for my friends.
Onw for a friend who gave me medicine for cold last Tuesday and
another for afriend who tought me java programing stuff for test.

Relaxed weekend got me full energy for next coming weekday.
it is not good sometimes to have extra time to think something
because one can tend to think too much about what
one can not solve now.

someone said,
"life is short. time is limited.
make use of time for enrich your mind"

2008年5月31日土曜日

つれづれなるままに

知らないうちに時間が経っていて、
手をつけないことは
そのままになっていっちゃう。

目の前のことを頑張っていれば
きっといいことがあるんだろう。

からだが弱くなると心も弱くなる。
風邪に負けるな自分!


最近はいろいろな人から恋愛相談を受けるけど、
そういう時期なんだろうか。
アドバイスしてるようで、実際は自分に言い聞かせてる
みたいだ。

考え出すときりが無い。と
分かっていても、暇があると
いろんなことを考る癖はなくならない。

無駄なんだろうけど。
本当に無駄と思ったときにやめるだろうから
放置。

とりとめのない文章を日本語で書きたい気分。

掃除上手になるにはどうしたらいいだろうか。

最近O型っぽいと言われることがよくある。

なんでもいちいち本気で怒ってたら自分が疲れるだけだ。

配属が決まって、まあようやくここまで来たなぁと
しみじみ思ったりする。それなりに希望通りだし。
ありがたいなぁ。

びくびくおどおどしても仕方ないし。

なるようにしかならないし。

自然体でいるしかないし。

一日一日明るく楽しく過ごそうって、とりあえず
それだけ考えてればきっと大丈夫。

分かる人は分かってくれる。

2008年5月25日日曜日

Question

Could you tell me the answer for this?

"There is a glass of water with ices.
When you turn the glass,
does the water inside turn as well as a glass?
or the water itelf doesn't turn with glass?"

A line makes a story

If you get imagination,
you can make whatever you want with limited
resources.



I wish the drawer in this movie writes something
for me with the magical white pencil which
produces everything "line man" want.

2008年5月12日月曜日

Cool library in Amsterdam

Definitely,
The library in Amsterdam is cool!

I have never seen such a stylish library.
The library looks like a faniture shop in some
place inside.
you can find cute ceiling lamps,chairs,sofas etc.






The top floor of the library is food court.
it has open teras as well so that
you can see almost whole Amsterdum from there.
You may find artificial wind mills over the distance,
cannals running through the city! Needless to say,
it is nice view which you should see when you
visit Amsterdam.





(all photos from highwayman)

It is great if you read favorite book in
nice environment. even if the book is not so interesting,
you'll stat to like it thanks to this cool library;)!

perhaps you can find special book there,
like,,,, this??

2008年5月8日木曜日

Sports----Soccer and Kendo

Obviously sports excite poeple.
I personally have played some sports,
like tennis or kendo and a hurdle race a little.

I think I know at least how to enjoy playing sports
but not so much for watching it.

Soccer or baseball is most popular sports as I see
and I guess that if I have experience to play those
sports, I can enjoy watching them.
but less oppotunity to play them now,
I found this movie from you tube.

I recognized pieces of what a soccoer player see in his life;)


One more movie,
I found funny kendo game.
this is famous cartoon in which
a boy called shinnosuke ,who is a main character,
plays kendo match and show funny skills.

.....And can you guess what a man weaving his hair into
ponytail step at the last scene;))?

2008年5月6日火曜日

flowers!

I went to Hitachinaka kaihin park, where is
located in Ibaraki prefecture.
Also the park faces sea side.
Though we went there by car.
You know what will happen when young people
in holiday gather in onw place in a car;)
Chatting,snacks, music....!

Of course
we did safety driving,
No accident, No complaining from others;)

well,
We arrived at the park in around one and a half hours
with using highway.

The park itself is really wide and
has some sections for each flowers.
Now Turips are in full bloom.
and another is nemofila.










Nemofila is not as famous as turip
but pretty pale blue small flower.
it doesn't insist its beauty but if you
look it carefully, you feel modest beauty
.







2008年5月4日日曜日

keyword diary

Theme:DRIVE


Departure time is coming soon.
Rords to go haven't been decided yet.
Invite your friends as possible as you can in your car.
Visit places you have wanted to go.
Encountering something new will be wonderful.

2008年5月3日土曜日

keyword diary

Theme: HOLIDAY


Hot events are held everywhere.
Over the night enjoy yourself.
Look, people are dancing and singing.
It is time to have fun.
do what you really want to.
And get excited fully with it.
You'll fall asleep being satisfied with what you've done at night.

2008年5月2日金曜日

Fallin' love with world

There are many things which is worth to see in the world.
Luckly I could have chances to see some of them
and this movie shows them as well.
I realized that I have many things which I
haven't seen.

When you see this movie,
Even if you are worried with something,
you may start to think
it is not so big issue comparing with
the size and diversity of our beautiful planet.

World is just big, wide anf full of unknown things.
and that excites my curiosity easily.


2008年4月30日水曜日

Goblin

The color of this cartoon, behaviour of characters,
everything is so cute!!

These days thanks to development of technology
characters of animation became like a real human.
but still we can't deny feeling artificial moving
in modern cartoon characters. Of course
we can't help admiring the high level of 3D animation technology but
on the other hand it gives us one simple question
such as ...."Do we need it?"
(No offence to high technology;))

I think 3D animation is not mainly for kids but for adults.
Reality is not always needed for cartoon world.

In my opinion
I don't want to be in the realistic world even when I
see cartoons. The reason why I see cartoon is simply it is pretty
and also I want to see the world that everything can happen.
Of course, some theories should be there to stand a story
but it doesn't have to be so strict.

hey, look this now.
how sweet this world is,
even I don't understand any words because it is russian.
but action, singing, things going on here,
I see somehow.




and next cartoon is from Japan.
can you see semi-reality here?
I couldn't find Japanese one from you tube
then you'll hear Chinese here.
this is "tonari no totoro"
from Hayao Miyazaki who is a master of
cartoon in Japan.



....well,
by those cartoons
did you enjoy and go into the world where
fewer theories works than real world?;)

2008年4月29日火曜日

5 sentences diary

I met one of my friend from university today.
We directly went to karaoke and stay there for 3hours.
After that I joined indian curry dinner near my flat.
Both new friends and old ones have something to learn.
It seems important things which I won't get only by myself.

Graffiting!