Thursday, June 12, 2008

Oyes!!! I finally completed Brave Story in PSP. Okay lar, actually it's not that hard to complete, and I think the bosses ain't tt tough too. So yalorz, have been chionging these 2 weeks that I don even have the time to online at night. -_-'''

And I finally got my DS Lite from my friend. Got all the games from her as well.. But 95% of her games are Japanese "educational" kind of game. (So I guess no1 will bother asking me for DS Lite games) Like write the correct Furigana, write correct Kanji, guess the meaning, construct sentence..blah blah. And some of them even explain to you why u get wrong, and the correct answer/explanation. Not bad lar. Wah laoz, then MY JAPANESE IS OBVIOUSLY TOO CUI TO PLAY MOST OF IT. Maybe I can play just 1 or 2, those VERY VERY "idiot-proof" ones.. Owellz, I think I shld just get other English games to play lorz. But still, I think playing those Japanese-educational games can build up my foundation. (And obviously that means if I don't just anyhow guess/write the answers)

And after tuition on Sunday morning, I went out with my Japanese friend's family, together with another Japanese family that live in Singapore for lunch. (Is a treat from my friend) Went to the "Din Tai Feng" (Don't know how to spell) at Tampines Mall.. Was quite crowded arz. Anyway, so the 4 Japanese gals (2 pri.3 kids, 1 pri.6 kid, 1 sec2 kid which is my student) were playing their DS Lite then toking very loudly in Japanese. Then my friend, her husband and the other Japanese parent were chatting in Japanese as well.. And I think we invited alot of stares from other ppl waiting outside the restaurant. -_-'''

And this is the 1st time I had lunch with Japanese ppl. AND TO MY GREATEST HORROR I REALISED I WAS VERY "rude". Because I forgot that b4 eating I must say いただきます(itadakimasu), BASIC MANNER which I KNEW abt it, but I totally 4got. Wah laoz, demn paisehz. Can u imagine I already have my first bite, then suddenly the rest of them were saying "itadakimasu". Nvm, I learnt my lesson. Although I feel like digging a hole to hide my face then. 2nd mistake I made is the way I grab food from common food plate. You know cause we got order a few common dishes, so the fact that according to Japanese culture, when u wan to pick up food from the dishes, u r supposed to change ur chopstick upside down, then tt means u grab the food using the supposedly "upper end" of ur chopstick, put the food back to your plate, then u "flip the chopstick" back to the original position. AND OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I REALISED THE REST OF THEM WERE DOING THERE. -_-'''''''''''''''''''''''''

I was utterly disgusted with myself how rude can I be. But nvm, they are all very nice ppl. Then obviously throughout the lunch, they were chatting in Japanese, and I was the ONLY DUMBASS that spoke in 80% English 20% Japanese. Wah laoz, even the children were like "huh? wat toking u?" when I spoke very horribly. Jialat lar. Out of the 4 children, only one can understand Chinese. O YES!!! I CAN SPEAK CHINESE to make myself feel more at ease. But still, very dumb becuz tt will mean the other 3 cnt understand. Wah laoz, serious language barrier. I really think I must force myself to speak more Japanese if not really too cui until ppl can laugh. BUT THEY ARE ALL WILLING TO HELP ME IN JLPT LEH!!! WOW!! SO GOOD RITE, GOT FREE TEACHERS LIAOZ. CAN SAVE $$$$$$$$ -_-'''' Bleahz, I'm such a cheapskate. But nvm, I think I really love hanging out with them. And becuz mainly THEY DON''T HAVE Singapore friends as well (quite sad horz?), so I'm one of the few that's closer to them. Owellz, not bad lar, at least they r such a nice bunch of ppl.

And I think a few days ago there's this news abt this CRAZY man who knock down/stabbed 7 ppl to death in Tokyo. Really siao. Haiz, as mentioned in one of my previous post, such things are so common in Japan until it poses quite a serious social problem. See lar, Manga and Anima are to be blamed. -_-''' But on the other hand, if not manga/anime, I think our childhood will be quite boring.

Monday, June 02, 2008

Last Friday night I received a super LAST MINUTE call from Kingsley to go drinking at a pub, to celebrate Evan's b'dae. So Kingsley, Melvin, Desmond, Evan and I went to this pub called "Caesars" (if I spell correctly) at Bugis there. 2 bottles of Chevas shared among 5 of us, and I think is ALOT liao leh.. (though they complain is "okay" only") I think we really very evil, cause we "pretend" to be playing dice and only the loser needs to drink up. BUT ENDED UP Evan (b'dae boy) majiam lost 80% of the time lorz. Cause we are such cheaters that no matter what, it's very hard for the rest of us to lose (but we got purposely lose to him, if not no fun liaoz) And ultimately, Kingsley the hero "sacrficed" himself to get himself and Evan DRUNK... WAHAHAZ..

From there on, melvin, desmond and I took over the role and proceeded with our "Master plan". WE STARTED TO TAKE OUT A VIDEO CAMERA, with me being the cameraman, and then the rest of them started INTERROGATING Evan, making him confess all the DIRTY SECRETS that he had for his *ahem*. WAHAHAAZ. And true enough, when a guy is drunk, it's never too difficult to dig out secrets from him. And the whole process was recorded down nicely, thanks to Yours Truly. But we haven burnt into a VCD yet... Maybe soon arz..

And then we left the pub at abt 230am, but the 5 of us were stranded outside a 7-Eleven store opp. the club for like 1.5 hours until 4am... That's because EVAN and KINGSLEY WERE SO DEAD DRUNK THAT THEY CAN"T EVEN STAND UP ON THEIR OWN. Ogosh lorz, and worse is they puked ALL OVER THE road outside the 7-Eleven store until I think the store cashier was like STARING at us... So Melvin, Desmond and I being the "GOOD PEOPLE", had to take good care of them, bought them hot drinks and some food to make them feel better, tissue paper and plastic bags were necessary as well. Lolx. And then we took the Cab back to chalet at 4am. Obviously when we reached back, Evan and Kingsley were ignorant to what's happening around.. Melvin, Desmond and I tok cock abit and then I left the chalet at 6am to go home and sleep, before I went back to the chalet on Sat night to join in the actual BBQ, where the rest of the class came. Okay arz, I think Evan was like -_-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' when we presented the mug that contains he and "ahem" photo. Wah laoz, seriously he nearly wanted to kill all of us, but cuz is his b'dae so he never. LOLX. Overall, I think we are quite evil to come up with such a plan.

Oyaz, Desmond helped me to transfer 153 PSP games into my portable harddisk le. And majority of the games are not very old that kind, so still not that bad... Anyone next time want PSP games know who to find le horz. *Cough* I guess for the next couple of yrs I shld not worry too much abt "not having enough games" to play liaoz... And PSP can help to kill boredom during the journey between home and NTU next time....

Monday, May 26, 2008

As usual on every Sunday morning, I went to my Jap classmate's house ystd to give tuition to her sec2 Japanese daughter. Then I realised I was very bored while watching her do her work, so I ask her to show me some of her sch TBs. Science, maths, Geo, History, blah blah. Okay, at the end of the day, I just LOOK AT PICTURES ONLY cuz the Japanese words are too chim for me to comprehend. Then I realised got one TB which is titled "Singapore". I was like "Huhz, study in Japanese school also must know S'pore meh?" Anyway, I juz flipped thru, and to my greatest horror, I think it's 90% rubbish written inside. There are things like wat call "995", then u see fire symbol next to it, then call 999, and u c a policeman next to it. Ogosh lorz, I thought that's quite idiot-proof? But maybe cuz they r foreigners so need to read up bahz.. But I still can't help but to laugh that sum1 can actually come up with such a book...

Then after tuition, I ended up having a chat with my friend, abt Japan obviously. Then she told me smth which up till now I still cnt accept. Kind of "culture shock". She told me a few yrs back, while she was in one of the densha(train) station in Osaka with her family, she suddenly saw one guy like walking frantically past her then suddenly FAINT just like that, but not directly next to her lar. Then guess what!? There were MANY people walking around who SAW THAT but nobody bothered to do anything. Sum of them who saw the fainted man lying on the floor even purposely make a BIG detour. SO HEARTLESS RITE!? Like my friend said, that man was no different from a "dead chicken" lying on the station floor. So my friend, who doesn't know anything, juz went forward with her husband to help the man up arz. Apparantly maybe due to fatigue or what that caused the faint lar. Then soon after the station worker came to "help" the guy. My friend was angry at how cruel can the Japanese ppl be. Likewise, I had the same thinking, like no "humane feeling" lorz. Till I hear the reason...

She called one of her close friend, a native Japanese and told her the incident, and complaining this and that saying why no1 BOTHERS to help a fainted man up, summore in a country like Japan. Then when her friend heard that, she was shocked and screamed over the phone "OMG! YOU WANT TO DIE ARZ! NEVER EVER GO NEAR A FAINTED PERSON IN PUBLIC PLACES!!" Like any normal person, my friend asked a big "WHY!!??" According to her friend, in recent decades, there have been COUNTLESS cases of ppl killed by "fainted ppl". Any place, be it train stations, shopping centres or wherever, these "INSANE PPL" will suddenly faint in the middle of the road. Any normal person who saw that will obviously go forward and try to help the "fainted person" up right? But when these helpful ppl were trying to lift the "fainted person" up, the mad guy will draw out a knife from his pocket and STAB the person to death! Sum may run away, sum may started laughing hysterically like a mad person till the police come to arrest these "mad ppl". When I heard that I was like "huhz.. Hao Xin mei hao bao horz?" And because there were simply too MANY of such incidents in Japan, especially in more urban cities like Tokyo and Osaka, with so many innocent ppl being killed just like that, the public has grown to be "cautious" of ppl who "faint" out of nowhere. And instead, when a person faint, many ppl who are walking past will try to "detour" as far away as possible.

Cause of this problem? Because these ppl read too many manga liaoz, especially those thriller/detective/crime kind of comics (like kindaichi!!!????) and hence they started imagining things and wanting to "act things out". Wah laoz, see lar, I knew it.. Manga is bad for health. So that's why ever since young till now, I never really read comics/manga. -_-'''

But on a serious note, it's really DANGEROUS lar! And my friend was telling me also countless cases on the Japanese news, of mad ppl walking around public places and keep stabbing alot of ppl, just "FOR THE FUN OF IT". Wah laoz. I think it's demn ke lian lar. Can you imagine while you are shopping and suddenly someone just pop out from nowhere and stab you? If die like that so wasted lorz. Haiz. Okay, luckily such things don't happen in S'pore...

Saturday, May 24, 2008

HOW ON EARTH CAN I FORGET TO BRING MY 2 BINDED JAPANESE NOTES FOR LESSON!!!??? And I only realised when I reached class. Ended up having to share the notes with my friend. Haiz. But luckily I'm not that BLUR to not bring my that thick blue TB, if not sure @#$%^. Then the grammar I learnt together was @#$%^&. One grammar usage, can have 5 DIFFERENT meanings. -_-''' I think really can die lar. I mean almost all the grammar I learnt so far in JLPT2 has multiple meanings. SOme have 2, some 3, some 4, and today I came across one that has 5. Wtf, like that how to pass!? Probably pass on 2nd or 3rd attempts, which is very common among Singaporeans as I heard from friend's experiences and stuff. Haiz, sucks.

Then in the morning went for tuition, saw my student's report book. WAH LAOZ, I think I really CMI lar. Kaoz, cuz I think my student like did so badly lar. Gosh.. Okay lar, I admit I'm a lousy teacher. Haiz.

And so after Jap lesson, met up with JC classmates to buy birthday present for my friend whose b'dae is next Sat. AND I THINK WE R DEMN EVIL. We have a "real present" and a "fake present". Real present is a guitar we bought just now... Then the fake present is like WE ARE GONNA PHOTOSHOP HIM WITH A GAL (he likes her for like 5 or 6 yrs but nv dare to confess) then create a BIG POSTER plus a mug (also got photo of him and the gal in the mug). I think during the party sure disaster 1. Then this gal (also from TPJC and she knows every1 of us) will also be going, and I think she probably will slaughter all of us. But okay lar, it's meant as a prank only. Lolx, hope things don't get out of hand... But I demn scared of the party becuz the b'dae boy is gonna buy LOTS of liquor. Wth... I think in my class my alcohol tolerance is really the lowest, or maybe I shld say most of them r crazy ppl who drink alcohol majiam like drink plain water. And they want to go pub to drink on next Friday night, then sat during chalet drink again. Literally MAD ppl. I really demn scared when they mix all kinds of alcohol and the taste is like sum fark shit which u juz feel like vomitting upon 1st slip, and yet they can drink like so shiok like tt. -_-''' Haiz, watever arz, juz drink within my limit and be sober. If not next day tuition sure die.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

And yesterday my sister went to Australia with her friends on a 2+ weeks trip, which is what she called "Graduation Trip". Shiok hor, will be back like 10th June if I'm not wrong. And that sets me wondering where shld I go next time... ( Definitely not Japan... !!! As I think i will have "ample" chance to go after I grad) Maybe Europe? USA? Or Africa!? Piangz, havent even start school and I'm already thinking of enjoying... Haiz. Owellz, 3 yrs down the road is neither fast or slow. But then again. the main pt is WHETHER got MONEY to go anotz!!!!!???? -_-'''

And surprisingly, like 2 weeks ago, my sister had landed herself a job with CapitaLand (Real Estate Developers) which she can apply what she learnt in her 4 yrs of Building and Real Estate degree in NUS. Like time flies, she can start earning money, although I think starting pay is really quite so-so only, BUT STILL IS BETTER THAN NOTHING. Then I still got a long way to go before I start working.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Broke

So long never update my blog le. To be more exact, nothing to blog. I think I'm super lazy these couple weeks. WASTING TIME AWAY and only "flip through" a few pages here and there. Alamak, die, like that how to do well for JLPT3. But haiz, nvm, still got 6++ months more.. And also I got from my friend the soft copies of JLPT3 to JLPT1 papers (yr 1991 to yr2006). Wah laoz, seriously, I think I 99% cannot pass JLPT2 the 1st time (which is next yr). I read a passage is "one-word one-word" kind of style, but that shouldn't be the way cuz there's LIMITED TIME and if I do that I probably take like 3 hrs to complete, instead of the given 70min. Luckily JLPT3 is only like "2 paragraphs" kind of passage, so still not that bad. And gosh, I finally understand how to use passive verbs, causative verbs and passive-causative verbs, which took me MANY MANY hours of looking over and over again to understand. BUT THEN AGAIN, after procrastinating for so long, I still haven't go memorise the list of transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. HAIZZZZZZZ, actually is not I don wan to memorise, but I will forget everything like half an hour after I memorise. -_-''' And not to 4get my "beloved" KEIGO which I've been telling myself umpteen times to memorise, BUT STILL HAVEN'T MEMORISE! And I always give myself stupidreasons.

But then again, I can't remember when was the LAST time I have a free day for myself. Since I started work, together with tuition, I've been working everyday (including PUBLIC HOLIDAY like today). And that's on top of 3 hrs of lesson every sat afternoon. Studying Japanese on weekday nights can be quite unproductive becuz I always give stupid reasons like "I-am-very-tired" HAIZ, but the thought of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ simply "forbids" me from wanting to give up the tuition.

Being a spendthrift, I spent like $300 on clothes (bought like 7 t-shirts, 2 bermudas, 1 jeans, sandals, belt etc) 2 weeks ago, last Friday went for hair-cut + dye + hightlight = $150, then on Sunday I gave my friend 19000 YEN (S$250) to help me buy a DS Lite (because she got HUNDREDS of DS Lite games, mostly Japanese games, and also some educational games that can help improve Japanese, which I think I will really need) from Japan as her husband is going Japan this coming Wed, then today I spent another $200 on some IT accessories. THAT'S LIKE $900 IN THE MONTH OF MAY!!!???? Ogosh, no wonder after working SO HARD, trying to earn as much money as possible, I think I'm still very broke. I really must curb my crazy urge to waste money like that, if not I probably won't have much savings for my own pocket money when school starts. Haiz. utterly broke.

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Bitching session abt this farking old man in my Jap class who's like 50++???

So just now during break-time, I went to toilet and everything that happened was based on what 2 of my other closer classmates told me. Usually I sat right at the END of the class, which is like just in front of the door of the classroom. Then you know, just like any normal ppl, I will put my bag leaning against the leg of the table, so that means beside my leg there lar, and it DOESN'T in any way seem like a road block.

Then this farking old man, cuz he went back to classroom earlier than me, so while he walked past my table, he actually KICKED my bag quite a distance away from its ORIGINAL position. Mind you, I mean KICKED. So ended up lying flat on the floor lorz. Then my friend who was sitting next to me saw that and gave that "OMG" expression. And apparantly that old man saw that and u know what he do? He said "Sorry" to my friend and then with his LEG, he KICKED MY BAG BACK TO SOMEWHERE NEAR UNDER MY CHAIR.

FARKING HELL? LIN BEI'S BAG FOR YOU TO KICK ONE IZZIT? DOES MY BAG LOOKS LIKE SOME FOOTBALL TO YOU!? NI NAO HIANG... And my 2 friends who saw that was like *Jaws dropped* and couldn't believe how on earth such a person can exist. You kicked ppl's bag, at least have a BASIC COURTESY to use your BLARDY HAND to put back rite? My friends being nice, they helped me to pick my bag up, and put it on my chair till I came back and that's y I was surprised to see my bag on the chair.

You farking cheebye Ojiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisan. So old liao still wan to attend lesson? Don't waste money, perhaps you have Alzehmir's disease and will take 10 yrs to master. Opps.. Or shld I say before you get the chance to master it, you already **Sayounara**?? And farking hell, don give me that "O.. I'm the OLDEST ppl in the class so you all must respect me" FUCK YOU! And LUCKILY WHEN HE KICKED MY BAG, my dictionary was already taken out. If he kciked my bag with my $600 Dictionary inside, I SURE GIVE HIM 1 TIME GOOD ONE!

Ogosh, y this class so many bakas? Fark, I think I shld just self-study..

Friday, May 02, 2008

残業ですね。忙しい、多忙な生活を送る。土曜日に 午前に 授業を教えて、午後に 日本語コースーがある。日曜日に 午前に 授業を教えて、午後に 三時間の授業がある。じゃ、暇な週末の晩が あるだけ。今様子が 続いたら、病気に なるでしょう。

では、私の将来のために、一生懸命働きすぎだ。

ごめんなさい、わたしの 文法はよくないです。

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

I was reading some of the news in Channels NewsAsia when I came across this particular news which was totally unbelievable to me.. Let me just extract some parts of the news...

Austrian incest accused admits abusing daughter

Austria: An elderly Austrian confessed Monday to holding his daughter - now 42 years old - captive for 24 years in a windowless dungeon and fathering her seven children, prosecutors said.

Josef Fritzl, 73, who faces protective custody in the coming days, "admitted building the dungeon and to holding his daughter and three children there," prosecution spokesman Gerhard Sedlacek told AFP

Fritzl's daughter Elisabeth has alleged she was drugged by her father in August 1984 and had been his prisoner ever since, giving birth to seven children in the "dungeon" he built in the basement of his apartment building.

Elisabeth Fritzl and the three other surviving children, aged 5 to 19 and who had until now never seen sunlight, were kept in three cramped underground rooms.

Fritzl legally adopted three of the children when they were still babies, allegedly telling local authorities and his wife Rosemarie, 69 -- with whom he already had seven children -- that his daughter had left them on the doorstep, with letters saying she could not support them.

Elisabeth Fritzl told investigators her mother knew nothing of the sexual abuse she had endured since the age of 11, while the trio who lived with Fritzl and his wife went to school as normal, seemingly unaware that their mother and three other siblings were trapped underground.

This is totally shocking arz. It's like it's even worse than being held as a prisoner lorz. At least prisoners can get to see SUNLIGHT, and can mix around and exercise abit here and there. But then can u imagine those children who were being held captive there since the day they were born till the day they were being rescued.. Omg lar, really hard to believe lorz. I think really is a torture to them. Then I wonder what do they do for past God knows how many yrs in their daily life.. I think the father really shld be shot dead, for doing such a thing to his own daughter and his "children" or shld I say "grandchildren" since it's a case of incest.

And I've been wanting to complain abt how INSENSITIVE Singaporeans can be. As you all know, the public transport will also be jam-packed during peak hours. So everyday on the way to work or on the way home, the trains are always crowded. But the morning train ar.. Okay, I just cant stand those commuters who like to HOLD their newspaper out and read it, as if they are His Majesty or smth like tt. Do they know that it's occupying alot of space? Do they know if that don't read the newspaper, they could actually save ALOT OF SPACE which allow other commuters to get in? Not only that, since the newspaper is so demn big, then it's inevitable that the edges of the newspaper will sometimes like hit(or shld I say touch) your face/ear/neck etc, and the readers seem ignorant that they are causing a nuisance to other ppl. Farking bunch of morons. Really @#$%^&. Gosh, what farkers can they be? And seriosuly, I think i have extremely LOW tolerance level for old ppl, or shld I say the obasan/ojisan who always seem to be SLOW in their movement, or I donno are they acting blur or what when I say "EXCUSE ME" to let me squeeze out of the train at City Hall Station. Nvm, it's okay, then don blame me if I have to BARGE my way out, I don care whether you are reading newspaper, deaf or you are SENIOR CITIZEN.

And likewise, I think my patience level is not very high when I'm at home. I extremely hate it when ppl likes to ask me ques "just for the sake of asking", which seriously is none of their concern. I feel that I don't need to account my actions or whatever shit to anyone. As long I have MONEY, I feel that it's more than enough. With money, I can buy so many things and to use it for other purposes. If not for money, why shld I make myself work like a dog, having a 8 to 5 job and then still have 3 tuition assignments and on top of that, having to go for lesson, do my jap HW, and revise for that farking JLPT3. Ever since I started working in starhub, I really donno when was the last time I sit down properly in front of a TV to watch a show. Probably nowadays I only watch like less that 1hr of TV a week? And who understands how blardy tired it is to teach tuition on a weekday night after a day's work? Who understands how hard it is to try to meet my "20 hrs of Japanese study a week" goal, just so that I can stick closely to my schedule (syllabus) which I already plan for the year? Blardy shit. And even on public holiday when I thought I can finally "rest", my student still wan me to teach tuition cuz it's exam period now. But still, having said all these, life still goes on. Even though how much I hate having to study after work, I still have to do it. Nvm, as long as I know what I'm doing, I feel that all these sacrfices are worth it.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

I realised I have quite limited clothes, everyday also wear the same old ones to work, until I also quite sick of it. And so juz now I went to Bugis after Japanese lesson to buy a thumbdrive + electronic shaver which cost me like $100. -_-''' AND I SAW ALOT OF NICE CLOTHES LORZ. OMG, I'm so tempted to buy... (Especially when I see is import from 日本) But then nvm, I think I will devote like $200 to buying new clothes for myself when I receive the $200 on 30th April for the GST offset thingyi. (AND THE NEXT ONE WILL BE 1st JULY, omg, money faster come!!) HAIZ, I feel I'm so pathetic nowadays. When can I ever break out of this vicious cycle of being a poor guy? And I think I spend like perhaps more than 1K purely on Japanese education (dict + course fees + books etc) in March+April. Omg, that's alot, I mean for a poor guy for me... I'm glad I never give up on tuition although everytime I'm so tempted to as I'm REALLY tired after work to teach (during weekdays) and then on weekends it will be eating into my Japanese study time. BUT THE THOUGHT OF $$$$$$$$$$ will make me conclude "If u quit, u r so gonna be more broke than now" HAIZ....

Thursday, April 24, 2008

So on 26th April, the Olympic torch will be at its 18th stop, Nagano; Japan, as it will be flown from Canberra(Australia). All right, I just don't care watever Pro-China or Pro-Tibet, as far as Japan is concern, I'm pro-Japan. So hope those 2 groups will stop making a nuisance of themselves, allowing the torch relay to be a successful one. And God damns whoever go vandalise one of the prominet temple in Nagano. Idiotic Bakana. But looking at the chaotic situation during the relay in Canberra, where the pro-China and pro-Tibet groups are making so much trouble, I really really doubt it will be a peaceful one in Japan 2 days later. Haiz.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

During work, I always try to find time to read the Channel NewsAsia website to keep myself updated on some of "big news" happening. And as most ppl know, the Olympic news cover quite a large proportion of the new. E.g The Ah Tiongs are boy-cotting the 100++ Carrefour outlets.

Owellz, got this from the Channel NewsAsia website:

"China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition" to the honour, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement posted on the ministry's website. "This interferes rudely with China's internal affairs and seriously harms the Sino-French relationship, and in particular the existing friendly ties between Paris and Beijing." The Chinese reaction came a day after the Paris councillors voted to award honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, and follows a series of anti-France rallies in China in recent days, triggered partly by a threat by President Nicolas Sarkozy to stay away from the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. In her statement, Jiang singled out anti-Chinese protests during the Paris leg of the torch relay, saying those tumultuous scenes had "hurt the Chinese people's feelings." "The fact that this moment the Paris city council decides to make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen can only be seen as a serious challenge to 1.3 billion Chinese including Tibetans," she said.

To be frank, I don't see any reason why China should kaopei so much when France decides to award citizenship to Dalai Lama. Like piangz, since China forced Dalai Lama not to be able to return to his own homeland; Tibet (on exile), making him having to "take refuge" in other countries for the past decades, then I don see why China wan to make so much noise when a country wants to give citizenship to him. And I think it's very childish of the Chinese to even think of boy-cotting French giant supermarket Carrefour.

Okay, I guess my strong feelings towards Ah Tiongs can boil down to my working place, which happened to be where Kaplan campus is. As I think like 90% of the students in Kaplan are Ah Tiongs, so everytime when I use the lift, it's INEVITABLE I will bump into a large group of them, regardless of the time. And seriously, I think they really got no basic manner. Example, they TALK so loudy as if they are making announcements. Then a LARGE group of them will stand at the Level1 Lift Lobby, obviously creating a LARGE road-block for many other ppl who try to walk past. Also, they take AGES to decide whether they wan to take the lift anot, in the process wasting other ppl's PRECIOUS TIME in waiting for them, and whoever stands near the button must PRESS the OPEN button and wait for them to decide. These are just some of the unpleasant events that cause me to have such negative feelings towards them. Wellz, don't blame me for saying all these. Blame themselves for being so.. erm.. ill-mannered. Watever.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

I think I cnt stand one baka idiot in my class. NO MANNERS.

So this is wat happened, during lesson, my friend and I were toking abt some stupid joke, so we were like laughing softly arz... Then I think my sensei saw me so she suddenly ask me:

Wei Yang さん、指定席券の意味は 何ですか。Omg, it's a new vocab, and I didn't know the meaning, so I quickly try to punch in the word into my electronic dict while I was saying "言葉の 意味は....... ちょっと 待って (while I was still busying checking wat the hell is tt word)" THEN SUDDENLY THIS MAD GUY STARTED LAUGHING SO LOUDLY, as he thinks like I'm trying to say the meaning is CHOTTO MATTE!? Hello, I was more of trying to stall for time b4 I say out the meaning, then obviously I'm not that STUPID to actually say tt. And seriously, I donno wat's so FUNNY abt that, nobody laughed except him. Really pissed me off man. Stupid 猿男。Owellz, watever, not that I ever tok to him b4.

And I spent another $170 at Kinokuniya. Ogosh, bought 5 books.... One of them is Business Japanese (Part 1). Perhaps I shld start to self-study for it so that I can take BJT a few yrs down the road... But when I see the 1st page, OMG, it's all in my "favourite" 敬語... Haiz, wat to do, to work in a Japanese environment and not knowing Keigo is like telling ppl u work in an English company but don't even know A to Z. Sighz.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

So I went for my check-up at NTU on Tues. Wah piangz, SO FAST finish liaoz. Okay lar, I mean I thought it will take half a day or watz.. But I only took 1 hr then finish liaoz. Owellz, better still, so when it ended at 9am, I juz went to the NTU popular bookstore to look look around. Then I saw a TB; "Taxation in Singapore". Being boliao, I flipped a few pages n juz put back cuz it's totally alien to me.

And spent the whole Tues afternoon mugging Japanese yet again.

I was looking at some book retailing website and feel like buying 4 more Japanese books... Maybe must order thru Kino again. BUT THESE 4 BOOKS WILL COST ME LIKE $150!? 1 of the books is actually "introduction" to prepare for BJPT (Business Japanese Proficiency Test), which is more geared towards your Jap Biz knowledge (obviously) which I think will be another stage of horror for me. HAIZ, y am I always spending n spending but my earning seems to be so stagnant? But nevertheless, I won't hesistate to spend $$$$$ on my Japanese education even if it cost me so much $$. Owellz...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sometimes you will just feel that no one else matters except youself. Family? Friends? Colleagues? Classmates? WHATEVER! At the end of the day, who's going to help solve all the shit other then yourself? It's okay. I shall be independent. I shall solve my own problems. I SHALL LEAD MY OWN LIFE. Even if the whole world turns against me, I shall stand up against them.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Today's lesson was OWNING. Wtf, 4 pages worth of vocab words?????????????????????????? In the past, vocab words are covered in Lecture only. BUT NOW, it's both LECTURE and TUTORIAL. Ogosh.. And Naomi sensei was saying that from now onwards, she will not "spoon-feed" us anymore. Must check the dictionary ourself n if really don understand then ask her. Haiz, y such a drastic change? And today's hw.. No joke.. I CAN'T EVEN DO A SINGLE QUES AFTER STARING FOR SO LONG.. I don even know how to START lorz.. I thought maybe I got dictionary still can help.. But wtf, with dictionary I still DONNO how to do. Am I just plain stupid or watz? Haiz. I decided to wait till Friday then I will "attempt" the hw again, if not next lesson must hand in. And the class is so demn big now, 19 students. Wtf.. Last time only like 9 or 10 students lorz. And there's 2 new students who me and my "old classmates" were toking abt, THEY TALK SUPER DUPER FAST CAN? We even think they talk faster than the sensei, AND WE SERIOUSLY think they shldn't be in this class, cuz they are seriously WAY WAY WAY BETTER than most of us. Can you imagine they can tok to the sensei for like 5 minutes conversation and we couldn't even understand like 5% of wat they r toking abt? Like our jaws simply dropped when we see how the 2 of them interact with the senseis, and obviously we are in our own wonderland lorz. And 1 of them had a Japanese husband. HUHZ? CANNOT ASK YOUR HUSBAND TO TEACH MEH? Wah laoz, like so demn @#$%^& lorz. No offence to them, but I think they majiam join this class to make us feel stupid only. =X. For once I really felt abit of "threat" in this new class, like some of them r so pro lar. But I do wonder izzit cuz I'm stupid lar.. Maybe lar..

CANNOT LAR NG WEI YANG! DO YOU KNOW HOW CUI YOUR JAPANESE IS? YOU BETTER SPEND 3 HOURS STUDYING JAPANESE EVERYDAY IF NOT YOU ARE GONNA GET THRASHED BY THOSE PPL CAN!? STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!! 勉強しろ 勉強しろ 勉強しろ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pardon for being so paranoid, but as far as Japanese is concern, I simply can't stand those ppl who are so PRO lar, Anyway, I think I better revise my "basic foundation" of Minna No Nihongo L.1 to L.50 thoroughly AGAIN first b4 I start attempting the @#$%^&* homework.

Friday, April 11, 2008

The JLPT vocab words list which I found on the net... My gosh, tons of GLARING errors. I mean while I was going through the JLPT4 and JLPT3 words. Even basic Kanji can write wrongly, AND EVEN USE SIMPLIFIED CHINESE. Wtf? Since when Kanji use simplified chinese 1.. Is only traditional chinese.. And some of the definitions are wrong as well. Haiz, waste my effort.. But nvm, at least I make use of the chance to "correct" the errors and learn in the process (Sumtimes with my beloved 電池辞書) Kanzen Master is like 90% done. So proud of myself -_-''' I realised Keigo ain't that scary at all, I mean wellz, after memorising all the keigo verbs, then its usage isn't tt hard. BUT I STILL HATE chap37 and chap48, which is passive and causative verbs. Balrdy hell, I took ONE WHOLE NIGHT to study these 2 chaps, but I still don really understand, as it needs you to be very clear between 他動詞 and 自動詞, which is @#$%^&*... And best is I realised that's this NEW form called 'passive-causative verbs", which I never learn b4, although it appeared in my JLPT3 kanzen master. Like wtf? I already don understand passive and causative verbs individually, then now come a 2-hit combo of "passive-causative verbs"? Why Japanese got so many forms? Haiz..

And these days I've been listening to DJ Ozma's song, which my dys1 recommended me. OMG.. I love their songs! Although the lyrics words seem quite hard compared to typical pop-song lyrics. but owellz, nvm, got my jisho to decipher the meaning.

And tml's my first JLPT2 lesson. I also donno whether will still be Naomi sensei and Reiko sensei anotz. Hope is them as I think they teach really well! But I scared tml will be 3hrs of "Greek" lesson. And the new JLPT2 TB which cost me $50... No more "Minna No Nihongo".. And did I say I HATE writing 手紙(tegami) and 作文(compo)? But wat to do, JLPT2 will be tons of this.. And I seriously donno y we bother learning to write Chi letters in sec sch. Like wtf, since when in your life have you ever write a PROPER chi letter on those square-boxes paper and like send to somebody, other than the fact we are forced to write them by our chinese teachers during tt 4 yrs of sec sch life. I remember when I finished my A-levels, I was happily telling myself "OMG, no more essay writing for English/Chinese/GP! Yay!" I always write under-length essays and horrible language-usage and watever thingyi" I don't mind writing "essays" generally like Humanities or Bio or watever, cuz it's okay to have grammatical mistakes and it's definitely ok to be "under-length" since there's no min words. But I simply HATE to do corrections for language essays. Sucks to the max.. But now, it's back to square one. HAIZ.. How can I force myself to LOVE writing letter/compo again? Nvm, I shall slowly "generate" my interest in writing Japanese essays and letters and let my senseis vomit blood due to my utter horrid grammar.

And this week I felt an accomplishment in my work. Wahhaz.. My superior received an email from a few managers from other depts saying that "Wei Yang is indeed a very good in work!" (Then continue to describe what the hell did I do to make them feel so satisfied -_-''') Let me start with the history, as my supervisor told me, all along in these FEW YEARS, she said that all the temp staff who were doing my job-scope will 100% kana whack by managers of other depts becuz they always sent emails to the wrong person n pissed them off. But seriously, I also donno wat's so hard abt sending emails correctly to the relevant Account Managers. Very hard meh? And as my supervisor was saying, is very RARE that I nv kana scolded lorz. And to think now I got a compliment from them, all the perm staff in my dept were telling I broke the dept's "record" of being the first person to be praised by them. -_-''' In my opinion I find it abit "kua zhang" arz, cuz I juz see nth special abt my job performance, but to them they say it seems to be "exceeding expectation". Owellz, then it happened the email was sent to my big big big boss, some big shot guy, and he replied say "Then like that we have to try to keep him! Any chance to turn him into perm staff?" I nearly fainted when i saw that, but then again, my supervisor replied to all the other managers that I need to start sch in Aug, so too bad lar. Wahhaaz, but as I was discussing with my supervisor, maybe next yr during my 3 mths holidays, I want to go back StarHub to work! Wahhaz, then she say confirm no prob lor, cuz apparantly the big big big boss know me liaoz, and shld be no issue at all finding a temp job with them next time. =) And I really love my job now, I mean at least the ppl there are quite friendly n interesting. Hahaz. So glad I landed myself in this job at StarHub.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

僕は とても 疲れた。どう しようかな。困ったなあ。残念ですね。

僕の希望は 世界に 消える。

Saturday, April 05, 2008

And today I shall devote my WHOLE day studying 日本語, after much procrastination..

It's quite amazing how the JLPT3 syllabus end with what we actually learn in Lesson 1.

In Lesson 1:

1) わたしは Wei Yang です。(I am Wei Yang.)
2) わたしは シンガポールから 来ました。(I come fron Singapore.)
3) わたしは NTUで 勉強して います。(I'm studying in NTU.)

And so in L.50, with my "favourite" 敬語(keigo).....

1) わたくしは WeiYangと もうします。(I am WeiYang.)
2)わたくしは シンガポールから まいりました。(I come from Singapore.)
3)わたくしは NTUで 勉強して おります。(I'm studying in NTU.)

Obviously those expressions in L.50 are used when you talk to your superiors/not that close friend etc, which is like way more polite than what is taught in Lesson 1. But obviously I'm not really a "polite person", so I guess I will prefer to using plain form as opposed to keigo. BUT HAIZ, JLPT2 will involve quite alot Keigo as my sensei said. Why must Japanese ppl be so polite. Even polite also must categorise into different level, like "very polite" to "quite polie" to a little bit polite" and stuff. Demn mafan lar... BUT OWELLZ, SINCE I"M DETERMINED TO MASTER JAPANESE these few years, I have to force myself to love Keigo. *sighz*

And my second newly-made tattoo is "peeling off". I mean cuz it's still a fresh wound, so the dry skin will start coming off. Disgusting arz, but nvm, it shall go off in a few days time and ta-da, it shall be "pleasant" to look at as compared to now. And this 2nd tattoo seems more painful than the first one lar. Wtf, I also donno y... Ogosh, but at least it's over liaoz and it's recovering fast with the medical cream that they provide. I hope Reiko sensei won't scream her head off when she see my tattoo next sat.

All right, back to mugging.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

So 3 of my army friends are now in Japan on 7 days trip. Owellz, so jealous of them. Although they tried to persuade me to go with them last yr, but haiz, I didn't go cuz I know I'll be working n most imptly, NO MONEY.

So their trip is fly to Osaka first, then travel down to Tokyo. Sounds like my 3rd trip to Japan last time. Along the way passed by Nagoya (which is in the middle of Tokyo n Osaka), which is an old and boring city. Yes, I also agree, cuz other than that Nagoya castle, I donno wat else to see/do in Nagoya. And now is 春。Shiok, they got to see cherry blossom. Haiz, I always go during winter cuz I just wan to see snow and experience that COLD WEATHER. But I think every season got it's own beauty lar. (except summer) And everyday my friend sms me like what they did in Japan n stuff, exploring the subway and stuff. Ogosh, I have never taken a "MRT" ride in Japan lar. -_-''' But at least they get to do lots of shopping, as compared to Hokkaido which is so demn ulu and NOTHING to buy except to see snow. At least they get to enjoy a cool spring of abt 12 deg cel. I also want to see "桜が咲く", but NO CHANCE ALREADY lar. Wah laoz, this yr cnt go. Then the next 3 yrs also cannot go see, cuz will be during sch term. HAIZ, earliest also must wait till I grad, n tt's like so demn long. And the places they are goin in Tokyo are quite expected, Ueno park, Ginza and shinjuku etc. SHINJUKU!!!!!!!! Ok, Shinjuku = Orchard of Tokyo. If you think Tokyo is exp, wait till you go to Shinjuku, which is literally juz "see but no money buy" The price tags are demn **blink**blink** arz. HAIZ, but nvm, I asked my friend to buy my military flag. WAHAHAZ. And my friend gave up "engaging in a conversation" with the native Japanese though he's at JLPT2. Okay arz, me n my friend simply hate Keigo (敬語) which the Japanese always use, but we are too "lousy" to use it. Nvm, at least like my friend said "Wow, I finally know my Japanese standard arz. Really hard to have conversation with them". But nvm, it's okay. Not that they go there to have Japanese oral exam. Is go there to enjoy and have fun n shopping.

I must save up lotssssssssss $$$$$$$$$$$ to go Japan next time as well for holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!