Uka's daily this and that

2006-12-14T00:10:00.000+09:00

Well I wrote this post on mixi, expecting not many ppl wud see whats this bout. But I got to know many of them reacted to this post so I decided to move this post to this Uka's daily this and that-my more personal blog!

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manic-depressive?me?

Hey guys This is a quite personal, private post which Im writing to push my stressES out. Sooo... pl ignore this post.

Recently I got too many things on my mind and am a bit overwhelmed:((
I could think of some reasons of it.... I always keep my worries, discomfort and anger in my mind, rarely let it out on my surface, and can keep cheerful. SO, one silly thing---ONLY one silly thing can causea huge foggy feeling of low spreading all ova my heart n head, just like the one Im having now. This condition can be my chronic illness----is this manic-depressive? hmmm guess no. Its not that serious. 'posi-nega-tive-ness' sounds more suitable.
So. one of the reasons why im overwhelmed n feelin down is becuz of my posi-nega-tive-ness.

and THAT issue also.

*HE* and I are not in a good relationship. but lately -he- asked me out again n we sometimes talk on e phone. Talking to -him- is fun, but I used to feel sorry for -him- cz I couldn give -him- back what -he- could gives to me.... I always think of *HIM* and look back to my happiest time being with *HIM*:(( -he- doesn say ath like bf-gf stuffs, but I still dun no how to get along with this relation cz once -he- said -he- wanted to know if -he- cud be my bf. i didn say yes, cz *HE* is my most beloved guy eva. still, *HE*s the one fo me. then how come i didn say no to go out with -him-? -he- is my fren, not bf. neva.. afta that -he- said -he- wud forget me.wun ask me to be -his- gf. so i thought -he- became my fren. my policy is: never go out with a guy while Im in love with someone (exception: when the guy n i dun have any fren in common) we... -he- and i have some frens in common, but how come -he- asked me to go out fo din alone? shd i think bout it deeper? or shdn i? arrghh how stupid i am:(( m so confused uh..... Maybe I shdn take it too seriously. Dun think deeply. Just go. Enjoy. Thats it. ......really? am i sure it is? A few days ago I sent *HIM* a xmas card. funny but I still do this sort of things to *HIM*.

newys neva mind dearie, Im okay.
Well i spat it out now so gng sleep. ta-ta!

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2006年12月11日03:21
しのびー
Girl, you can alwayz talk to me. Life's confusing, but friends are here to help. Sleep tight.
2006年12月11日20:26
て-さん
英語でさっぱりわからん！？！
2006年12月12日01:15
yoko
Toriiiiiii.....reading your post, I thought bout our day's in Aus. I remember you were worried bout many things in those days as well (the situations are not same, though). Actually, I also have some worries bout my bf and cannot clear my mind. But, one thing I want to tell you here is; when your head is overburdened, empty your mind of worries and relax. It's important. I know you are so sweet and very thoughtful person. But, plz try to forget everything which annoys you. Do nothing when you don't feel like doing anything. Open your mouth, look up at the sky and hum a song. A! how about having a foot massage? We should try it again. We'll see each other very soon, right? Let me give you a hug when I find you next time. とりたんの悩みがすこしでもどっか行ってくれますように！！！

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I wanted to keep this more private, but I didn wanna delete this post cz some of them left really thoughtful comment on it. So I think its a better decision to have this post here. . Sorry this post is too complicated... I was so confused n stressed out when I wrote this. Neway Im okay now. I can write better English now(hopefully!)

Well Xmas is coming..... its always fun to have this exciting feeling of this season, but this year I have work on 25th! hahah..... (not funny at all!!!!! eeeeEEEEE!!!!;(( )

that all for tnite!:)

Wishing you a veryyy merryyyy Xmas!!

2006-11-12T00:20:00.000+08:00

↓LOOK AT MY FUTURE BOYFRIEND!!!!↓

...... kiddingggg...... he is my sis's 1st baby, means my first nephew;)
he is such a pretty babe!

Hey guess what?? Recently my (future) comp sent me a paper, and I was assigned to join the team which starts the job training program in June!! JUNE!!!! No way..... So i think I shd keep workin at part time till May. Also im thinking bout goin abroad (on holz, of course!).
Giv me any good ideas of the places to go, k?

I have some ideas so far.. am thinking following countries are good places to go.... but still not sure:((
*Turkey
*Thailand
*Malaysia(I have some friends in Msia, so they will show me ard, hopefully)
*Greece
*any Euro countries if airticket to get there is not really expencive
*Vietnam

Also I guess I dun have any friends to go with cz they must be working in Spring n cant have a long holz like me...:S neways its still okay with me cz Im always wanting to try traveling abroad by myself! doesn it sound excitng???
So tell me where is the greatest place to go alone!

2006-09-19T16:03:00.000+08:00

FIESTA!!

I went to my high school's school festival with my friends on last Sunday :)

This was our first time to go to our highsch fest sice we graduated.. but this time we couldnt miss the chance to come to the fest! Bcuz our highsch will be merged with another highsch and this alma mater wont exist nex year ;(

It was gd to go there cz we could see many friends n teachers... luckily mamy of my mates were also coming and some teachers who now teach at other schools were also coming to the fest ;)

We got free tics for food there... lucky girls! hehehe...

Its still so sad that we lose our high school... hope well be able to have a final gathering at this school building!! I love Tomi-ko!!

2006-09-02T15:13:00.000+08:00

Lazy girl's unpacking and packing.....

Hey guys Im back from Taiwan;) It was a quite stuffed 4day trip!! There are so many places Yoko n I visited.... maybe too many to write dowm :S

On the second day of our trip, Yoko n I went to 'kyu-fun', spelled 九份 in chinese. This place somehow let ppl wallow in nostargia.... this place is also well known for being an original scene of a movie '千と千尋の神隠し'. Can you find any similarities to the scene of the movie in this pic??

This is me having my legs&feet massaged..... so nice!!!!

And its 3rd night in Taiwan... we went to a famous ice shop maned 氷館 to have a mango ice!!!! It was the bestest mango dessert I ever had!!!! yummyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

This is also our 3rd night in Taiwan.... we had a gorgeous dinner!! Ate shark fillet, lobster and abalone!!! Do ya wanna have some lobster?? Here you are........

Hope you guys enjoyed these pics...

And now Im packing again... to go to Perth!! Yay!! Im leaving here tomorrow!!

2006-08-17T01:10:00.000+08:00

My Life ROCKS!

Hey ppl:) How are yall?? I had some koolies on weekends!

Well, I went to the Summer Sonic'06!!! Thats a huge Japanese Rock festival:) I saw The All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, Lostprophets, My Chemical Romance, MUSE, and Linkin Park!!!! They rock!!!! They were such hot bands!!!! My friend Keiko and I were so so excited! I gave her the ticket of this Summer Sonic for her Bday:) Her Bday present from me this year is 'The Rocking Day':) Hows that sound??? Hope she enjoyed it loads!

I also went to Tokushima, a prefecture in Shikoku. There was a FREE live concert in Tokushima and my coworker and I went there to see it. We saw some bands/singers there.... the best of them was BENNIE K!! I liked them when I was a sophomore, and now this was my first time to see them in flesh... they were just so so nice!!! After that we went out to see the AWA ODORI (AWA DANCE). Well that was crazyyy.... I enjoyed it!!!! ;P

And... I still have some more cool stuffs to do....

Nex weekend Yoko and I will fly to Taiwan;P Taiwan is famous for its yummy food!!! hehehe..... cant wait to eat them....... and also this is a good opportunity to practice my Chinese;) Yoko and I are takin Chinese class this year and Im studyin it so enthusiastically... hope theyll understand my Chinese.. ;S

AND....

Ill go to Perth in Sep. My stay there will be for 10days. Im excited & a bit nervous to see my friends there!!! Well I gotta do some stuffs there too, though.... to move on....

anyways I promise Ill enjoy the rest of summer as a student fo sure;P coz I dun think Ill be able to have days off in summer next year... I shoud be working... airline in summer is damn buzyyy!!;(

2006-07-27T01:29:00.000+08:00

THANK YOU, THANK EVERYTHING!!!!

Hey Keiko and Bernat..... Thank you for you guys' wishes....

I made it!!! Got a call from the comp and was told that my application was accepted!!!!!

YAAAAYYYY.. my dream came true!!!!

Bernat, maybe, MAYBE someday Ill go to Spain with a discounted air ticket :P kikiki...... (evil laughing voice!)

Today I had a part-time job at the Japanese restaurant from 5pm to 10:45pm. The Japanese style banquet I served tonight was just a usual banquet with usual customers... but since I got accepted to the work at an airline, I often look myself as a service provider.... I feel I shd provide the best service I can do at that time... Anyways the banquet finished without any troubles:) gd gd.... I didnt think that Id finish my work that late, though! It was almost 12am when I got home:( sobs..

Tomorrow Ill go to Kobe with my coworker:) We'll eat Chinese food at the Chinatown in Kobe, called 'Nankinmachi'. I love chinese food!!!! I often get less appetite in summer, but still I love to eat yummy snacks, juck food, sweets (esp CHOCS, YAY!), and chinese food!

Okay I think I shd go to sleep tonight... better get some sleep for tomorrow or Ill miss the appointment!

Thank you guys so so so much again!

tata!

2006-07-17T23:59:00.000+08:00

WISH ME LUCK LUCK LUCKKK!!!!!

Hey, long time no blogging.....

Id been jobhunting since the beginning of this year...

I dunno how many resumes I wrote during the jobhunting!!! It was really a nightmare when I made a mistake at the very end of the resume..... we have to WRITE Japanese style resume.. must mot type it.. so Id been wasting uncountable # of papers!!! Who da hell made the rule of this stupid handwriting resume!!??? Its not gd for the earth, and also not gd for me!! I freaked out so many times, holding a pen in my stupid lefthand.... AaaarrgghhhhHHHHHH!!!!! I did it again!!!!!!....

Anywayz... its almost over now... calm down, Uka...

phew... yea, Im a senior at my uni, but still had to jobhunting cz most Japanese students start working just after their graduations.. so they need to find an ideal job n make an agreement with their future employers before their graduations...

And I finished all my tests/screenings/interviews in the end of June! Yayyyy dun have to go to Tokyo for jobhunting anymoreee!!!! And so far, Iv passed the all screenings for a hotel and a passenger handling comp! I dunno how to translate 'a passenger handling comp'... to explain it, employees there work at a check-in counter or boardind gate at an airport. And I declined the offer from the hotel, and still holding the right to enter the 'passenger handling comp' now.
But I have a dream.... and am still waiting for a call from a comp. If I passed their screenings, theyll call me within 7days from tomorrow. eeee so nervous... I guess theyll call the successful candidates tomoro or the day after tmr. So Im gonna stuck to my mobile all day tomorrow!!!

Everyone... pls wish me luck... my dream almost comes true..!!!

2006-05-18T01:00:00.000+08:00

♬祝我生日快楽♬

18th of May is my bday =)

Happy Birthday to me!

All bday wishes are welcomed....

heheheh.. ;P

2006-05-08T20:32:00.000+08:00

Wow Maiko-Dancers in Kyoto!!

... Guess who they are ;)

2006-04-25T02:36:00.000+08:00

Here it is... finally I could upload the pic of my sis's wedding ;)

My broz in law's bro, my broz in law, my sis and me!

I had a seminor of a company (part of my jobhunting) yesterday and had to hand in my entry sheet (sth like a resume) then. They wanted me to fill the small blank it said 'score of TOEIC', but I hadn got the result of my TOEIC yet, so I couldnt....

Then today, I got the result of TOEIC!!! Eeeee TOO LATE!!!!! I wanted the result yesterday!! Whata crap...

Recenlty I couldnt stop buying spring-summer clothes!! They are too cute!! I dunno how much Iv spent so far.... so scary to see the heaps of my shopping receipt.... but its okay as long as its me who earned the money.... haha...

2006-04-01T02:39:00.000+08:00

No Music, No Life!

Hey, I got an i pod nano today :) So happy!!

I love music!!

I love to sing at loud when I was bathing n taking shower!!!!

When I was in Aus, I couldn sing in the bathroom, though.... I was too shy to let other roomies to listen to my horrible singing...

I think I didn need ipod when I was in Aus thanks to my 'always-connected-to-the internet life', but becuz Im in Japan, now I needed new supplier of music!

Well when I was in Perth I turned on my computer n listened to internet radios all the time, but since Iwas back to Japan, I can listen to my fave songs only in my room... Boohooo :(( Thats because my faves are mostly English songs n Chinese songs, n not many shops in Japan play hot musics... They play new Japanese songs, and sometimes they play English songs as well but theyre so old ones like -songs released in years n years ago-I used to listened to when I was in junior high....

And I finally decided to buy the new supplier of music-it was i pod nano.

Oh well.. you know, Im not good at using high-tech stuffs... I even dun know how to use some functions of my mobile, which I hav used for almost 2 years... but so far, Im doing okay with my i pod-chocoholic chick's i pod;P I just leant how to charge, transfer songs, play songs, though!

Yay I can listen to my faves when Im on the way to my work tomoro!

So now all the thing I need to remember is: Try not to sing along.

2006-03-27T00:31:00.000+08:00

Just Married!!!!!

Hellowwww!!! Im so so sorry that Id been away from Blogger for such a long time!!!!

I reckon ya tired of listening to my excuses :(( But but I definetely will keep posting!! So plz come bk here sometimes....

Oh well, I think now ya wanna know why I put 'just married' first...

Its all about what happened to me(not exactly to me, though) while I wasnt here...

My sis n her bf got married a few days ago;P Yay!!! So now finally I have a big brother (in law) !!

My mom n grandma were cryin when my sis n her husband came into the chapel.... n all I gt do was to take nice pics of them!! They were cryin n nobody else but me could take that role as a photograper lo.. No time to cry... *sobs*

Ahem.. that was really a nice wedding, but it was my first time to attend the wedding ceremony ;P My sis's friends came to see them n said that my sis was so pretty... I thought it might be true.. hehe... yea she looked good in her wedding dress, I admit .. I realised that Happiness could be seen at that time!!

Unfortunately!!!!..... I couldnt get the bride's bouquet so my wedding wun be held for the time being ;( I wanna be a bride!!!! Now!!!!!

Eh... I wanted to put a pic of my new big bro, his bro, my sis n me, but somehow Blogger didn let me do it. It jus didn work now.. So let me try it again nex time.

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Btw, I went to take a TOEIC test today. Iv taken TOEFL so many times (so I already sick of that huge amount of questions) before, but it was my first time to take TOEIC, which is more valued in business and daily life situations. My friend Yoko( you know her, she is da gal who was studyin in Melbourne last year) said TOEIC was easier than TOEFL, and it was very true!! Listening test, Reading test... All parts of the test was so easy. Even I finished it 10 mins before the times up..

Yes TOEIC was easy... n wats the prob then? Well I went to bed before 5am this morning and the test was from 12:20... I WAS SLEEPYYYYYY ;(((((( I was daydreaming and taking the test at the same time...

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Now its time for enrollment for uni students like me.. My last year at uni starts in April. Although Iv got enough credit to graduate, its still compulsoly to take at least one unit/year. But you know... Im a hardworking uni student!! Oh well maybe you didn know that.. haha... SO, Im gonna take 6 units thi year. They are Area Studies 2(England) and 6 (Middle East), Linguistics, Chinese (Mandarin) and Arabic. My uni hold lots of language classes, n this year will be my last chance to learn foreign language at the uni, so I enrolled 2 foreign language classes. Its gonna be challenging, but Im so excited to study new languages!!!

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Hey.... do you think guys in ya country are shy or straightforward?? You know, Japanese guys are really shy n dun try to seduce gals if the gals dun show any interests in the guys. Sometimes i think they are coward, though.... Anyways.. I met an Aussie guy who tried to ask me out persistantly though I didn like to date wit him and said so to him. It was about a year ago, when I was in Perth, and I thought Western guys are so straightforward: They say wat they think, n it doesn matter if the gals say no to them. But how bout Asian guys?? Are they diferent from Japanese boys? Recently I became friends with a guy in Shanghai. But afta a few minutes chatting on line, he said he likes me. Isn that weird??? At first I thought he likes me as his friend, but he said he wanted me to be his gf. Huh....????? He also sez that Japanese gals are very fealty to their bfs. Hmmmm It depends... Iv seen many Japanese gals who are far from that sort... I thought he is too stereotyped n jus so excited to be frends with a 'Japanese gal'.. But I gotta tell him that I hate to be looked at with such stereotype... n above all I dun have any crush on him:( I like only one guy on earth n its not him le..

2006-01-16T01:11:00.000+08:00

Im bak!!!

Hey hey hey guys! How are ya all??

Sorry it took long to write a new post:( the internet connection at my home is not good as the one in Perth.

Anyways... Im in Japan! I still feel so weird, though... sometimes I say 'oops, sorry' in English, and say 'Uh-huh'... Now I speak Japanglish!!

Today was a sort of special day for me. I started working at Japanese restaurant. Its my new part-time job:) This restaurant is high class one, and I wear kimono when I work. I was working there for 8 hours today. It was busy day, n I was walking, running, carrying heavy stuffs.... So so tiring;( But Im sure this experience is worthwhile:) n do you remember that I used to work at Mc? My way of hospitality is still appropriate in the restaurant and ppl there said Iwas doin okay. Phew! But I dun like drunk mid-aged men talkin vulgar jokes to me! :(((( n I dun like girls' bitterness also.... sometimes, I have trouble with making friends with girls. Of course I have many female friends, but sometimes it jus doesn work n I become sort of isolated... hope this time it wun happen. For me, its easier to be friends with guys. Anyways, so many things happened to me today, and my legs are so so sooooooooo tired now... so let me go to bed now tonight. okie?

Then talk to ya soon:)

P.S. Do you wan me to write bout my stay in Brisbane n Singapore? I may write bout it later.. when Iv nothing to write.. hehe..

2005-11-21T02:23:00.004+08:00

I got FREEDOM - FREE from STUDY

I finished my exams, and it means I finished all my studies in Perth. Hehehe I dont have to study in Perth anymore ;P All Im gonna do are just having all my assignments back, and waiting for the total evaluation of each unit. Im not worrying bout my results, so Im just relaxing now.

Oops! no no! I cant spend my time relaxing, coz I have to prepare for my departure. I have only 1week left in Perth. Only ONE WEEK!!! Thats sooooo sad ;(((( I dont wanna go back to Japan!! I wish i could continue my study in the uni in Aus... my uni in Japan never allows me to do so, though.....

So now my room is less and less 'UKA's room'..... less decorations, less clothes, less shoes, less... less.... and at last it will be just a room for a next international student. Oh nooo I dun like it!! I like my room in Perth so much.... I miss this small comfy room soon..

As you know I go to Brisbane and Singapore ( hopefully Malaysia also) on my way back to Japan, and I think this will be good thing, coz if I went back to Japan directly, I would have sudden change of my life... so being away from Perth gradually might be better.. you know what I mean?? It also prevents me suffering from too much farewells at one time. I mean, I say bye to friends who are in Perth first, and to friends who (I met in Perth, but live) in Singapore next. If I said bye to all of them on the day of departure, I wouldnt stand the strong sadness.....

Anyways.. now Im packing stuffs and I think I wun be able to write new posts while Im in Brisbane and Singapore.... Please wait for my new post till the end of Dec, or the beginning of the new year!!

Peace & love,

UKA

2005-11-06T20:58:00.000+08:00

Beach!!!!!! ;P

When I woke up this morning (to be honest it was around noon) , I found it was really sunny day today!!

So we went to the beach near here :))

But water was too cold to swim... we were bathing sun, ate sandwich we bought at Subway, and played with sea water a bit.

We could escape from reality (=exams) for a while!! Niceeeee ;)

2005-11-05T17:47:00.000+08:00

Borrrrringggg!!!!
I wanna enjoy rest of my life here!!!!!!!

Hellow. Now I handed in all of my assignments and feel so relieved..

... actually feeling so lazy.. ;P

Im gonna have last exams on 15th and 16th, but I really cant concentrate on my work.... I think Im sort of exhausted after I finished all my assignments.

I wanna do sth, (not study) , but everyone here is busy with assignments and study for exams... nobody can accompany me;((

Boring boring borrrringgggg!!!! eeeeee!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I know I have to study.... I know I know.... *sob*

2005-10-27T18:41:00.000+08:00

Im baccccckkkk!!!

Heyyyyy!!! Sorry Id been busy and lazy for these days! ;(( But I handed in my assignment today. Actually I have one more to go, but I think I still have time to manage that... (thus I always procrastinate things.. kikiki ;P)

Yaya, let me talk bout things I had during I hadnt been writing. As you know its early summer in Perth now. Around this season, whales are coming to the west coast. And student village in my campus held a daytrip for whake watching ;) It was always nice to do activity in cheap price ;P Surprisingly, I could see some whales in just a few kms from Fremantle quay. First time to see wild whale!!!! I was soooooo excited!! yayyy!!!! But I couldnt take pics of them coz once they came out, then soon they went back above water..... Anyway, I took a pic with Keiko on the boat. I was eating a lolly, but I dropped it accidentaly... soooo sadddd ;((

And a few days ago, we, my friends and me had a cute fluffyyyyy visitor in our student village!! In fact, this tiny duckling was getting lost when Hij found him. They were taking care of him, and I went to see him. Soooo cute!! I hadnt had such cute fluff ball in my hand :D We wanted him to survive till his mom would come up to the village to find him, but he passed away.. so sad... I wish he could be happy in the heaven......

And recently, my bf and I went for a walk around the lake near the student village. I hadnt been there before.. but the parks, paths and the lake were sooooo nice!!!! He brought a few pieces of bread, and we fed ducks swimming in the lake!! It was very relaxing and so much fun :) This is the picture of the lake, taken from the first park we went. We fed the ducks at the second park, but I still liked this park ;))

Yah, these are pretty much everything I had these days...

Oh, let me tell you guys that I will be in Japan in the end of December ;) this is good thing, but also sad;;;;;;(((( I will miss so many things here!!!! I love Perth!! I LOVE!!!!

After the lease of my present unit, I will fly to ...

Brisbane!!

to see Yuri's host family there :) 2 years have passed since lase time I went there..... there will be many changes there. I cant wait to see walking Tara! Tara was a cute baby lying on a crib... but Yuri told me that she is walking now! I will be in their place for bout 2 weeks.

Then will fly to ...

Singapore!!!

for sight seeing and see my friends I made in Perth. Many of my friends here are from Singapore, and at the time I go Singapore they will be back their homes. It will be sad to say bye to them when I leave Perth, but its really good to see them again in Singapore☆ This stay will be for 2 weeks too.... Im thinking bout going to Malaysia from Singapore, but I was told that going there by myself was not safe... so still thinking..

Then finally, I will be back to Japan!!

I wanna eat takoyaki when I arrive at Japan ;) Recently I saw a pic of takoyaki on the internet, and I started missing takoyaki!!! AArrghhhh I want I wanttt.....

These coming months will be full of sad farewells and funs!!

I have one more assignment and 2 exams before I leave, though.................. ;(

2005-10-26T12:22:00.000+08:00

Long Time No Blog, But Still Im Alive in Perth

Hello matie... I was surprised to know that Iv nt been blogging for such a long time!!!

Some stuffs have happened here and I really wanna tell you guys about those things, but I had an assignment due today. It was tough one and I was doing it till last night!! I handed in the assignment this morning and feel so exhausted now...

But guess what?? My another assignment is due tomorrow!! Eeeeee!!!! Its still on the way... I think its better to take a short nap and start editing my writing.

So I promise Im gonna write about

*Whale watching
*relaxing time I had around the lake near this student village
*cute fluffy guest in this student village
*my plan to go back to Japan

tomorrow, after class!

Please check my blog after tomorrow(27th), okie?? ;)) I guess itll be loooong one!!

Hope you guys are still interested in things happening to me......

Peace!

2005-09-19T22:19:00.000+08:00

Cute duckey babies =)

Look @ these cute stuffs!!!! A mommy duck and her chicks!!! I found em @ another metro campus of my uni in Perth.

I went to this campus for a sports event. Residents in my student village and residents in this student village played some sports together ;) I was supposed to join it, but the one I was supposed to play was cancelled bcuz of lack of players... anyway I enjoyed the event, and felt very happy to meet this cute duck family!!

When I wrote my last post, I was sort of sick, and guess what? Im still sick!!
Actualy I havnt been feeling sick for such a long time. I mean, I almost recovered from the sickness. Then the next one has started! This one is more evil than previous one, and it bothers my sleep ;(( Thats really suck!! Sleeping is one of my pleasures in my life....

Oh!! Speaking of pleasure, I found new TimTam on Sat! Its TimTam Ball, and like Japanese Choco-ball. Its..Its.... yummyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! Awww I love it!!!! Its my new fave ;)) Hey hey is this coming to Japan?? I wanna have this when I return to Japan too :D

Anyway.... my second sickness seems almost gone, hopefully!!

I hope I can write long 'This and that' soon!!

2005-09-08T02:08:00.000+08:00

Sniff sniff, Achoo achoo, and assignment!!!!

Hey guys... Im doing my assignment now @2:10am. Guess wat? Its due today!! Hahah... Im really a procrastinator and still leave my work behind and blogging now!! Am I stupid?? I think I am.. Why cant I concentrate on it!?? I need to scold my self ;((

Heyyy you know what? Now Im suffering from sicknesssssss!!! My nose always tickles, blocked and running!!! And cant stop sneezing!! Achoooo ;O Im not sure if this is justa cold, or some kind of allegy as many flowers are blooming-almost full bloom.

Alrightyyy... I think I should, no, I must go now... my yuckey assignment, here I come!!!

2005-09-05T13:42:00.000+08:00

Share the spring inPerth with you!!!

I went to the Araluen botanic garden on last Sat. There were heaps n heaps of tulips and other flowers there!! It was just soooo lovely!! It is still cold sometimes, but I could 'see' that spring has come to Perth.....

And I ate cake at the cafe in the botanic garden;P Yummyyyyyy!!!!

Well, I have an assignment due on Thursday, then I have assignment-due-free one month!!!! Yay!!

Oh, I need your help! I have to finish my cabbage in the fridge soon... can you think of any good recipe of cabbage?? Pls give me some advice before the cabbage goes off ;(

2005-08-26T00:10:00.000+08:00

Disability Study

Hellow ppl!

I had an 'Introduction to Disability' class today, and I had to decide the research topic for my presentation during that class.

I thought a story about 'disable-bodied' man was interesting. I think most of you know about Mr.Ototake who was born without arms and legs, but my class mates wouldnt know bout him. I thought his story would be interesting to other class mates.

But one of my class mates' topic was amputation, so I didnt choose this topic.

Next I thought of Animal Assisted Therapy, as I did lots of research when I was a freshman. This topic is also interesting.

However, I wanted to work on another one.

Something which lets me think deeply... and something new...

I remembered a man I saw on the train.

It was the end of July, when my friends and I were on our way home from the city. I saw a man. He was sitting on the seat on the train.

I thought he was a drug user bcuz he his hands were shaking..

When the train was about to leave one station, the man stood and rushed to the door with jerky walk.

But it was too late, and his bag was stuck between the doors...

People on the train pushed the emergency botton and talked to the driver to open the door, but the system to open and close the doors was automation and it didnt help.

The man was standing, holding the strap of his bag for some time...

Then one of my friends told me that the man should be a patient of Perkinson's disease.

I was so embarrased with my misunderstanding... I didnt know anything bout Perkinson's disease at all, and whats worse, I looked at him with a prejudice...

what a shame!!

So I decided to research about Perkinson's disease. Knowing more about disability will reduce the prejudice towards ppl with disabilities, I think.

2005-08-22T23:04:00.000+08:00

Happi Bdae Keiko and Janice!

Well, their birthday is actually on 23rd, but I prepared a bday celebration on 21st.

Id been working on it for a few weeks...

I bought stuffs I needed for the party
I asked Jocelyn and Ina to send me Bday messages so that I can make other cards from them and pass them to 2 bday gals
I collected all the message cards Id passed to my friends, and made 2 cards from them

To be honest it was quite tough week for me as I don have Jocelyn and Ina here... If I had had more ppl to work with, it would have been better! .... anyway.. I did what I could do.

On the day of the celebration, we asked Janice to come to Keiko's bday celebration, and asked Keiko to play ping pong (we had the party @rec room where there is a table for ping pong). And they came to rec room and found that theres a bday celebration for them!!
Yea, it was sort of surprise party.

I was busy and occupied to doing stuffs, and still not sure if they enjoyed the party...

I really hope they had febulous time on that day, and will have great bday(s?) on 23rd!!

And, to my dear Hij, Yuichi, Johana, Tasuku and Lih Wei.... thank you so much for your help!!!!
I really appreciate your cooporation and cooking;)

With love,
UKA

2005-08-14T17:38:00.000+08:00

Oh no Im such a lazy bum!!!

Hey guys, how are you doing??

I spent these weekend just being lazy!!!! Woke up late, stayed up late, no study, took a plenty of nap..... How come I can be such a lazy bum??? I know there are lots to do!!! I have readings, assignments and some other things.... you know, Ive been procrastinating!!!!!

I saw a movie on TV today. It was about 2 doggies one belongs to the president and one does to a normal couple. One day, they were swapped accidentaly then... oh well, I stop telling you bout the movie, coz any of you may see the movie in the future.. Anyway it was sort of kids' movie and I could enjoy seeing it. Oops, it doesnt mean that Im a kid!! Im a woman!!

Well, Im going to go to the post tomorrow, and will do some grocery shopping too. Hope I start beong a good girl from tomorrow...

So let me be a lazy bum till the end of today!

By the way, my mom attached this picture on the email. This is one of my doggies in Japan!

Cute, eh???? ;)

2005-08-11T00:29:00.000+08:00

IS ILLEGAL BAD AND LEGAL GOOD??

Hey guys. I had a Addiction Studies class. This class is about use and issues of psychoactive drugs.

I learnt that the different concepts about drug use. According to different factors like culrure, religion, era and country, drug use could/can be 'OK' or 'NG'. Many psychoactive drugs used to be legal or welcomed. Opium was used by Eng gov't to get tea from China by means of barter. It caused terrible addction, and even the Opium War, though!!! Other psychoactive drugs used to be in use in medical field, and still, some of them are in use now (in forms painkiller, etc). In some regions, psychoactive drug is used for ritual or religious ceremonies.

So? Some thinks using psychoactive drug is 'OK'.

I say its ok to use moderate amount of prescribed psychoactive drug. Anti-depressaint is a good example.

BUT, only to feel 'high' or escape from dull mood, psychoactive drugs are in use, too.

I never say its 'OK'.

However, according to my friend, its legal here to grow one root of plant from which we can make psychoactive drug. Im not sure what kind of plant is 'OK' to grow, but it may be hemp, I guess.

In today's class, the lecturer asked us if we would permit our 14 year old sons or daughters to use marijuana if they want to do so.

I was like... "Awwwww whata heck is she asking?? Our answer will be absolutely NO!!!"

But some said 'I say no, coz its too young'

WHAT??? Is that the point of this discussion??? :(

And even some said 'I don mind. Its ok'

HA! Im happy coz Im not their daughter!!!! :S

Even if its legal, psychoactive drug is far from 'safe'.

If our children use it...... hmm...

its too risky!

-they are more likely to get involved in drug use related crime!

-its addictive!

-we dont need it for our pleasure!!!!

Is legal not always 'OK' for us, and we need to be more responsible for what we are doing....

I know the concepts of druguse are vary from one another, and no two minds think alike, though.....

2005-08-04T20:25:00.000+08:00

Weekend!!!

I finished all my classes I had in this week!!!! I had 4 classes.

Well, I had 'Introduction to Disability' today. It was tiny class!!! Only 7 students were in the class room..... I found that the class was nice and assignments were not tough ones.

At first I enrolled 4units coz I planned to withdraw the most tough one... so I was supposed to continue 3units. But all of my units seemed interesting and I think I may continue all 4 units this semester.....

In this semester, I got to know some classmates who are moms! They are very nice and friendly!! I hope we can have a good relationship through the classes..

My friends, many residents in the Student Village and I went to 'reverse birthday party'. I uploaded the pic on my 'My Space's blog! So if you are brave enough, check 'my space' and see the pics!!! I promise you will be surprised!!!!

Bye!

2005-07-31T17:36:00.000+08:00

WELCOME PARTY @METRO

Hello everyone!!! I went to the metro, a big club in the city lastnight. My uni reserved the second floor for ECU students, and we could enter the metro for free, and enjoyed clubbing there!!! Well, Id never expected that there were sooooo many ECU students!!!! And we met a Asian gal and she is the new student who is gonna study in the same campus as I... I hope i'll see her again!!

On Fri, we went to the gbt, the pub near our student village, and the welcome party was on Sat night.... 2 nights clubbing a week is fun, but tiringggg coz its series-Fri and Sat!!!! I think Im not so young anymore..

And guess what? I bought some clothes here, and a few of them are for clubbing... I cant wear them in Japan, coz I don go clubbing in Japan!!! Theres few clubs and pubs .. but only ard my home uni, 2hours away from my home!

Tomorrow I have two classes. The latter one is Beverage Appreciation, but Im thinking of dropping the class. Coz I heard that the evil lecturer are going to teach us some sections of the subject, instead of the regular lecturer.... and we need to buy a set of tasting glasses.. it means we are gonna drink some amount of beverage, including beer and wine, during this class. But I cant enjoy the taste of beer and wine!!
Also, I don wanna reel along the way to home on Monday!

2005-07-27T18:22:00.000+08:00

Yummyyyy!!!

I just ate this sweet melon!!!! Guess what?? I ate this half a melon!!!! What a huge stomach I have ;D Well..... yummy stuffs are always welcome to go into my stomach X) Hiji named him 'Mr. Green melon'. He has already gone into my stomach, though!

I wonder if its better not to eat dinner... coz its 18:30 now!

And see this Gingerbread man!! Keiko gave him to me!! So sweet, eh?? He is now my new bf.... and will be a victim of my huge stomach!!!! Gingerbread man, here I come!!

2005-07-26T00:56:00.000+08:00

FLuFFy stUff!!!!

Hello everyone!! I just feel like sharing this sweet, fluffy doggy with you☆ She is one of the doggies I found on the Bells Beach in Melbourne. At first i was trying to take a pic of her bout 50m away from her, but she noticed me and approached me. How cute!!!!! I uploaded a pic of me with another doggy on Flickr. You can check it as well. Also, I have the short video of me with the doggy.... but I was so excited, so I couldnt help grinning and talking in strange voice in the video... Yoko and Keiko laughed at seeing it, and even I laugh at the film.....

Hey, I just started 'my space' on MSN. But Im quite not sure if Im gonna post frequently, as I already store my posts here. Anyway if ya interested in my other blog, feel free to go to
http://spaces.msn.com/members/you-ka/

Im off to bed tonight! Ta-ta mates!!!

2005-07-23T19:30:00.000+08:00

Hey mates!!

I went to the city to be a volunteer of the event for new international students. I had been interested in being a volunteer staff, but i was not confident if I could do that. But this time, I tried! I found it was quite fun!! The event was called the Great Race. Around 25 pairs made the rounds of some check points and got to the goal, Town Hall in the city. Some groups of volunteer staffs were standing at each check point. My partner and I were at the 4th(maybe!) check point. But the check point was rather 'check area'. We were told to hung around the area and groups of new students would find us. We had apx 1 hour before our check point opens, so we had cups of hot chocolate before our work;) Our volunteer work were to give participants a stamp and next clue. Eazy ones! Though we had a small trouble, it went smoothly, I think. After that, we all-volunteers and participants, had lunch together. Free food again!! Luckyyyyy meeeeee ;P

Then we hung around the city, and had bubble tea together!! I had a peach milk tea with jelly-the one I had in my first time to came to the city! Yum yum---- :D

When I went back home, I got an email from my mom. I had sent her some kinds of beer, chips and chocolates. And I had sent 2 sets of tea cups for my sister's engagement. That tea cup was so lovely!! The shape of it is unique, and a sweet heart appears when she pours tea(or coffee, hot chocolate.. anything!). At first I bought them coz I liked them, but I thought this sets of tea cups would be a good present for my sister's engagement! Anyway, I was so happy to hear that my mom was pleased with my little gifts. My sister is not in my house now, (she is at work) so I hopr she will like the sets of tea cups!

Ohhh I think i had a really nice day today!! Hope tomorrow will be a great day as well!!! And hope my housemates are coming back soon ;)

2005-07-22T00:14:00.000+08:00

One more semester to go!!!

I went to the city today and bought a package of rice cake! I sometimes miss Japanese food!!!! And this time, it was rice cake! Now I can eat them!!! Rice cake, here I come!!!!

Residents in my student village had free pizza tonight!! Free food is always welcome! We had this pizza night in the beginning of last semester,too. It was my first semester in Perth, and this time, the pizza night really made me realize that I have only one more semester to go. No more free pizza... ooops, no no!! Im not talking bout pizza!!!
You know, half of my term as exchange has already passed. What have I been learning? Has my english been improving?? Am I taking advantage of this chance??
I guess the answer is invisible... Someday in the future I might notice something happened to me, or others might see the change.

My life here is never better so far.... I hope this coming semester will be full of happy stuffs. I will cherish all my time here with my loved ones..

2005-07-20T16:32:00.000+08:00

NEW NEW NEW!!

Well, Im happy to tell you that I passed all the units I took in my first semester here!! Whoopeeee "∩(´∀｀∩)♪(∩´∀｀)∩"

Now, new international students are coming into this Student Village. It reminds me of my time to came here. Farewells were so sad..... but meeting with new people is exciting. Im shy girl, you know, so Im a bit nervous bout it too, though. I hope I will be friends with many new students!!!!

Keiko and my recent habit is using 2ch-vocabularies!!! We knew them from Japanese movie 「電車男」, and we thought the 2ch-vocas were like new Japanese slang! We are not the 'obsessed ones in Akihabara', but its just fun to use new vocas.

Bye for now, mates!

2005-07-20T02:50:00.000+08:00

Thank you for you four's advice

I can see the ending of my worry now.

Tonight, I got an important information about the cause(a guy) of my worry. At first, i couldn't help laughing to know the info. It was not funny at all, but I couldn't help laughing. And as time went by, I felt irritated by the guy who had worried, and has underestimated me.
Anyway anyway, this matter shouldn't be discussed on this blog, I think. Coz I don wanna bother my sweeties who concerns me.

For many of you, this post doesn't make sence, sorry about that.

But now I can say I was released from my worry!!! Thanks to all of you guys!! With big love from Uka! Mwoahhhh☆★☆

-Please dont return my love and kiss to me! I don't need my own love and kiss, I need them from my loved ones-from you guys' !! hahahh.... (I changed a bit of this sentence as my friend Federico said it sounds rude... I hopr you guys can get what I really mean now....)

2005-07-18T21:15:00.000+08:00

Originally uploaded by uka.

So sorry for unclear picture. This is the Big Issue which I talked bout on my recent posts. Can you see the White Bands around those two arms??
Yuri told me that White Band sold in Japan is different from those sold in Australia. Yea, our White Band have the print says 'MAKE POVERTY HISTORY'. Yuri said Japanese ones dont have that print on them. I think it might be because Japanese people are not used to show such slogan. The White Band which doesnt have the clear slogan on it will be more acceptable for Japanese people, I guess. Maybe easier to wear for them. Bcuz I cant imagine gals who are carryig LV bags wear the White Bands with the print 'MAKE POVERTY HISTORY'! But most of my friends are not that kind and they might not me bothered with the print, I think. They would buy the printed ones if they were in Australia.
I even think it is queer that such big number of Japanese people rush to get the White Band. Its is rare to see this kind of movement -the movement to change this world- in Japan, so I think the change of the design of the White Band was a good idea. The change may result this heated up concern with poverty.

2005-07-18T02:14:00.000+08:00

White Band
Originally uploaded by uka.

Hello guys. These are the white band that Yoko and I got in Melbourne. The right arm is mine. Im wearing two rubber bands. One is the white band for poverty, and the other is the band for breast cancer research. I told you guys about both of these rubber bands, so I just wanted to up my pic on my blog today! This pic imitated the cover of the Big Issue Vol.231 sold in Australia. Did the Big Issue sold in Japan have the same article as the one in Australia?? I think not.. but the cover caught my eyes when I saw it. I bouthgt the Big Issue and read bout the white band. Now we can know the information bout the white band on www.makepovertyhistory.com.au , but I havent seen many celebrities appear on the media in Australia, unlike Japan....
Bye tonight, Im so sleepy now!!

2005-07-18T00:45:00.000+08:00

If someone (who you don't like as an object of love) shows his/her interest in you.....

What will you do?

Im not a type who is popular among guys, but in my case..... I feel like escaping from the guy..

Does this sound strange to you??? Yes, even I think that Im A BIT strange about this. Since I was young, oh no Im still young (hopefully!!), well, since i was in junior-high, I was not good at warding off guys seducing me.

You may think 'Uka, why dont you just tell him ya feeling honestly?'.... I wish I could!!! but I cant say things in roundabout way, so it often be offensive.

In Japanese it is still ok, I can somehow make it roundabout, but in English, I don know how to soften my way to speak...

Can I say something like
-'I dont like you'?
-'Im not interested in you'?
-'Could you stop asking me out coz i don feel like goint out with you?'?

Can you think of any other good way but escaping?

2005-07-16T20:11:00.000+08:00

Excited!!!
Originally uploaded by uka.

Hey mates. This is the pic of me. Yoko has her own. We thought normal pic would be boring, so we took strange ones like this. I hope Yoko will update her pic so that you guys can see jumping Yoko. Well, I have a lot of pics and don know what to show you guys.... tell me what kind of pics do you wanna see!
I will up my pics then!!
C-ya soon! Mwoahhhh!!! (Hey, you think that Im crazy??)

2005-07-14T14:04:00.000+08:00

LOooong Straight Railway Crosses Australia!!!

railway
Originally uploaded by uka.

On the 2nd day of our journey to Melbourne, we arrived at Australia's one of the most isolated station, Cook. Cook is in the remote village, and there were only a few houses, and a vast desert. Can you see the colour of the desert(sand)?? You may not see the colour of it in this picture, sorry... but its kinda orange! I had never seen such a desert... but I felt the colour was like the colour of the sun, and it makes exquisite harmony with the real Australian sun!!!
I really felt that 3days train journey was worth taking. I could see some kangaroos hopping, cows and sheep. Above all, Yoko and I enjoyed eating food on the train!! hahahh

2005-07-14T14:03:00.000+08:00

We Are Leaving!!!

2005 June in Perth 070
Originally uploaded by uka.

On 29th of June, Yoko and I left Perth to Adeleide, then Melbourne! We took a long-distence train called the Indian Pacific. This is the picture taken in front of the carriage. Poor me forgot to bring a thick jacket, spent freezing nights!!!!

2005-06-28T02:10:00.000+08:00

winery
Originally uploaded by uka.

Hey hey matesss!!!! How hav you guys been up to??

I went wine tour with Yoko on Sunday!! Wine there was beautiful!! I couldnt drink much, though!! Anyway I enjoyed wine with cheese, and chocolate of course;) I bought sum packages of chocolates there, and was so happi!!!! and I bought a jar of strawberry jam for Keiko;P

I hav so much fun in Perth with Yoko now, but at the same time, there are so many farewells here. Thats sooooooooooo sad to say bye to my frens..... yah, but Im sure I will visit em in the near future!!!! I can do it;D I will say bye to 2 of my frens tomoro, and I will take some pics with em. Hope they wun forget meeee!!!

Also, I will move out from my room tomoro. and.... move into new room!! wooohoooooooo!!!! My new housemates will be great gal and guys!!! There will be 2 gals and 4guys in my next unit. Sounds interesting, eh???

Oops, yup yup, I hav to write bout today!! Yoko and I went to the city. At first we bought bubble tea and took a bus to the King's park, the place where I went to in the beginning of this semester. I hope Yoko enjoyed the park!! (Yoko says she enjoyed, she is sitting beside me now! hehehh) and we hung around the city and bought some stuffs!!! We are such shoppingholic!!! Nobody can stop us!!!! Yah dats very true...... Soon we will run out our money!!! Oh, we bought nice stuff today!!! They are necklaces of the tooth of shark. They are handmade ones sold in the city! A veryyyyy cute Italian guy had made them and was selling them...... We couldnt help approach the cute stuffs!!! heheh... Yoko bought a brown one, and I bought a black one with colourful glass beads. He is almost alwayz there in the city and selling nice stuffs! I bought an anklet when I went to the city last time with Keiko. Keiko has already made a wish and tied the anclet on her ankle, but I havnt.... Im still choosing the best wish from heaps of heaps of my wishesssss!!!! I cant decide! Oh,no...dear.. sucha greedy gal I am...

I think I should stop here tonite, coz... my typing is terribleeee!!! Toooo many mistakezzzzz... Lazy and stupid meeeee;(

Bye!!

2005-06-24T00:08:00.000+08:00

Hello mates!!

Well, my friend Yoko is here now!! She came to Perth!!! We will spend ard a week in Perth, then move to Melbourne.

We will...
*go to Freo and Subiaco, and have a dinner at ZEN
*Wine tour (including the visit to the chocolate factory)

and might do other fun things ;)
Hmmm .....I will write bout the things we do later!!! Cacha ;P

2005-06-22T01:17:00.000+08:00

Hey hey mates!!

I went to the city to have a dinner with my friends today. I had been working on the group project of the Hospitality Service, you know, and I had the dinner with the group members. We ate Korean BBQ at Arirang, and had some alcohol in the pub. All of us finished the exams, and we are now study-free!!! Wooohoooo^^♪ We had a quite nice time together!!

When we were heading to our home, Keiko and I wanted to go to the bathroom. But when we got there, the one for women was closed. And we were at a loss.... then a guy told us that gals can use the one for ppl with disability at the night time. I thought he was kind. I regret what I felt bout him..... I tried to avoid him at first, coz he is an Aboriginal guy. I had been told that Aboriginal people here often drink and beg money. So I had the bad image bout the Aboriginal people, and thought its betta to avoid them. And today, I thought the Aboriginal guy was kind. But..... when we were leaving the bathroom, he said "give me one dollar, please....." The voice was very weak.. I felt so sad.... Its not because that my faith was betrayed, but I had sympathy for those people. They used to be the members of the noble tribe in Australia. But now, they dont have jobs, and may be no social status either.... They seemed miserable. They are victims of the prejudice. Why are they looked down on?? Who hurt their pride as a noble tribe?? If I could, I would help them... but yea, Im at a loss now. Just feeling that Im a helpless.... Only a few Aboriginal people are cherished.. It reminded me of Japanese Ainu tribe. I hope all Aboriginal people will be recognised as important people. But some says that they are spoiled bcause of 'too much' support from the government.. I can agree with the idea too. The way of support doesn't work..
Oh dear, what can I do for them? Nothing??

Restaurant again!!

2005-06-20T23:16:00.000+08:00

IMG_0227
Originally uploaded by uka.

Hahah, this is a pic of my friends and me, taken at the Perth's highest restarant. I think you can see the bigger one when you click the pic.
Well, long time no see mates!!! Its ukaaaaa!!! Do you remember my face?? I had have my haircut on 18th, can you see the difference??
Well, after we enjoyed tea (Actually I enjoyed hot chocolate!), we went to have a dinner at the Indonesian restaurant!! Yum yummmmm ;P

Oops!! Don say which gal you are on ya comment, Jocelyn!! I wanted ppl to guess which gal Uka is.... Its okay, though..

Anyway we all had so much fun today ;)

The great scenery from the Perth's highest restaurant!!

2005-06-20T23:08:00.000+08:00

IMG_0194
Originally uploaded by uka.

Im back from the restaurant!!! Yay!! We could see such a nice scenery from the restaurant and the inside of the restaurant was moving!!!! Wow thats so exciting!!! But, but... Im scared of the height!!!

2005-06-20T13:21:00.000+08:00

Tea time

G'day mate!!
Im gonna go to the city to have some tea with my friends today. We are gonna have tea at the highest restaurant in the city!! How exciting!!!! Well, I will tell you bout it when Im back!! See ya!!

2005-06-19T22:42:00.000+08:00

American government expressed a desire to financial assistance from Japan-to develop the missile for Missile Difence

Huh??? What a hell the American government and Japanese government are tryin to do??? Why do they like to oppose against the unclear missile with nuclear missile??? I think America has authority and can think of any other method to defeat the missile.... I hope America government is smart enough to solve this matter without the use of the weapon.

and who are going to attack America??? and Japan???

Japan has the three anti-nuclear principles... but it doesnt say that 'we must not assist the development of the nuclear weapon in foreign country'

Japan always obey America.. Its ridiculous.. Im proud of the Japanese law which says Japan will never have nuclear weapons and never have wars, but Japan supported America when the Iraqi War was started. The principle doesnt mean 'its ok to support the war if its held outside of Japan'.. No....

Even if Japan is nuclear-free, or war-free, Im not happy with what Japanese government is trying to do. I cant help thinking that Japanese gevernment is self-centered.

2005-06-18T23:18:00.000+08:00

From the world's news: A Memorial Event of the Invention of the Atomic Bomb Was Held in Tennessee

I read the article about the ceremony in Tennessee. According to the people who were concerned with the invention of the atomic bomb (so called 'Manhattan Project') dropping atomic bomb was considered as a right choice.http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050618-00000010-maip-soci(Sorry this article is written in Japanese, but it says people in Tennessee think that atomic bomb contibuted to end the war, and they hornored themselves to contribute the invention of the bomb)

This is different from what I had learnt.

These following are quotations from my paper for 'Peace, Conflict and Human Rights' class. The topis of this paper was 'If I were a decision maker of dropping an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in the summer of 1945'.

'The decision maker was provided a lot of information about the profits of dropping the atomic bomb on Japan'

'People who were concerned in the idea of dropping the atomic bomb thought the war should be ended more terribly in the expactation of invading Japan(Simon and Schster, p.684). They needed to exhibit their authority over Japan to control it, and they thought dropping the atomic bomb was a good way to show their power. America forced Japan to surrender unconditionally by showing their power.'

'They needed to drop the atomic bomb not to be blamed for spending too much money on developing nuclear weapons. If the war had ended without using the expensive weapon, the atomic bomb, American people would have blamed the American government for the wasting money. Fortunately they got some official reasons to avoid being blamed-they stated that they dropped an atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender to America, and it prevents American soldiers from being sacrificed(Simon and Schster, p.688).'

'Dropping an atomic bomb was an experiment to know the real damage in inhabited area. They choose some Japanese cities which had not been damaged yet as targets for being dropped an atomic bomb(Simon and Schster, p.689).'

Unlike the then American decision maker, I know the results of dropping the atomic bomb... I visited Hiroshima Peace Museum and listened to the survivers from the atomic bomb twice.

In addition...

'At that time, it was visible that Japan would be defeated in the near future and unnecessary to defeat Japan violently with an atomic bomb'

'A Japanese ambassador, Naosuke Sato was attempting to "interest the Soviets in meditating a Japanese surrender (Simon and Schster, p.684)", that is, America could wait until Japan surrendered the war, without sacrificing American soldiers.'

Can you see what I mean?? Yes, there was no need to kill people with atomic bombs. The atomic bomb were dropped on Japan in the name of end the war and save more lives, but it could be done without dropping the atomic bombs. The atomic bombs were dropped for different reasons.

I wonder, can pro-atomic bomb people stand seeing the pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki taken in August of 1945, or even can they stand listening to the survivers from the atomic bombs?

I NEVER blame American people and America itself. I dont have any rights to pursue war responsibility. But I want them to know the truth. Its so sad that they can justify the invention of the atomic bomb which neccesarily killed so many peole. We should study from the past.

Let me say that the information I refered to when i wrote the paper was not Japanese books. It means I was not given the 'Japanese-centered' information. Also, the Dr. who taught me the class was American.

With all my wishes for future world peace,Uka

2005-06-18T02:32:00.000+08:00

"There is no Japanese among the victims of the accident"

This speech is often heard from the media when there was an accident in foreign country(I mean country except Japan, as I am a Japanese).

I hate listening to this speech.

I can understand the feeling of families whose family members are in abroad. As I came here, I more understand their feelings, coz my mom might feel just like them. They must be worried their family members in abroad everyday, and they must be afraid of hearing any bad news happen in the countries where their family members are.
So it might sound natural that the information that the families want to hear is if 'there are any Japanese victims'

But this is so sad for me.

Even there are no Japanese who were victimised by the accident, there ARE victims. And there are people who are grieving.

So I think this speech is lack of consideration.

When I heard the news that the international school in Cambodia was occupied by the extremests, I also heard that 'there were no Japanese victims among the children'.... Then?? Is there any victims?? Were people really happy to hear that Japanese children were all unharmed?? Im not. I thought there might be victims, and felt sad.

There are borders among countries, but are there any borders when we care each other??

I NEVER THINK THERE ARE.

Mass media is lopsided.

In Japan, one day news casters say, 'Someone scrawled on a window of subway' on their news program. But they never talk about more considerable, serious incident happened in foreign countries. Do they talk about kidnapped foreign people in Iraq, as much as they did when Japanese people were kidnapped?? How many people know whats going on in Tibet now?

For Japanese people, aren't life of Japanese people equal as the life of people in other countries?? Every life is equally precious.

Then why is this present situation such biased??

2005-06-16T23:09:00.000+08:00

Requested topic: Jocelyn ;P

Yes, Jocelyn is one of my gorgeous friends here!!! She started posting @ Blogger recently and she said that I hadnt wrote anything bout her yet. Yes, YET!!! Its just 'Not yet'.

And?
Then?
Now Im going to write bout her!! hahah!!

Actually, she was the one who planned to bring a birthday cake at night on my birthday!! So sweet, eh?? On Ina's birthday, she planned the surprise party for her. I think she loves 'surprise' stuffs!!! and I love seeing her tryin to take so many pictures with a serious face!! On my Bday, she was recording a video with her digital camera!! and in the video, I was saying 'I don wear makeup today~~~~~!!!!!'. Thats funny, but embarrassing!!!!!!

Tonight, with Keiko, we drank alcohol!! She drank wine, Keiko drank two bottles of beer, and I drank sth like....alcoholic soda! Haha, I cant explain.

Yay we all are having fun in Perth.... but Jocelyn will be leaving here soon... she is here on exchange and it is only for 1 semester. I wish we could be here together much n much n much more months, or even years!!! Oh, but the length of the time being together is not equal as the depth of our friendship. So im sure we are good friends when she goes back to Singapore and I go back to Japan. Stay in touch, Jocelyn!!

And I will see her in the end of next semester. It will be my first time to go to Singapore!!! Im really looking forward to going there!!! Also, I hope to see mf there;P Ohhhh I cant wait!!

2005-06-16T01:19:00.000+08:00

你好　我的朋友！！

I had a good day today!!

Well, I went grocery shopping and bought heaps of food!! They were full of four practic bags!! Oh now you can easily see that Im getting fat and becoming a piggy.... and I got TimTams too. It was cheap this week!! Woopeeee!!

Then I chatted with my friends on MSN and one of them taught me some Chinese!! Thats cool, eh?? Chinese is 有意思（interesting)!! I got 20 new chinese vocas and he said he would give me a test next time! Wow!??? Test again??? But it should be fun one, I reckon!! While I was chatting with him, I was lietening to Chinese songs!! I wish I could sing Chinese songs!!!! When I started studying English, I often listened to English songs, and it helped me to learn the flow of the sound of English and its pronunciation. But it wunt work with Chinese, as Chinese has four kind of intonations. Anyway I will practice singing Chinese songs as I study Chinese as a language!!

And I went to my friends place to see... guess what?? MOUSE!! Heheee!! Friends there hate mouse, but I thought the mouse was cute!!! Yeah, he is!! But I don think he is my prince, so I didnt kiss him! I won't!!! I wanna have a prince who is already a human!! hahah

And now, Im in my room and bloggin this and that! Hope you guys enjoy reading my blog!!! And 多謝 for visiting my blog!! I really happy to have you here!!!!
Oh do you hav any recommendation, or request for my blog?? Do you have any topics that you wan me to write?? If you have, please let me know☆

Okie, Im going to bed soon.... 晩安（Good night）

2005-06-15T01:03:00.000+08:00

FFFFREEDOMMMM

Hey heyyyy world!! Uka came back from the busy yuckey life with studyyyy!!!! All of my exams were over now, and I dont have to study anymore!!!!.... till August!! I love knowing/learning new things, but if it is a subject, my interests are halved because I will have exams... Anyway Im still interested in the units which Im gonna take in semester2. Did I tell you guys which units I would take?? Hmmm... I think not. Do you wanna know them!?? Yay I think you guys wanna know what Im gonna study in semester2... Here we go..

Gender Studies: Terms and Debate
Introduction to Disability
Addiction Studies
Beverage Appreciation

Sounds interesting, doesnt it?

Well... hehe, Im gonna take three of them. I mean Im gonna drop the most yuckey one. ※My definition of 'yuckey' here means 'It has complicated assignments, or exams which weigh more than 50% in the assessment'.
ANYWAY!! I put a pose on this matter. I don hav to think bout it now. No more study!!

Oh, do you know bout a charity rubberband?? This rubber band is really popular in Australia now. The reason are not only because the rubber band is fashionable, but also, no, MAINLY, because the rubber band is a casual way to get involved in the charity. My friend wears the one for racism, and another friend and I are wearing the ones for breast canser research. I spent ard A$2.50 on this rubber band (sorry Im not sure bout the price), and this donated money is used for breast canser research. Do you guys in ex-IES E remember sth related to this topic?? Yah!! It reminded me of Terry Fox!! Terry Fox is a hero in Canada who contributed to gather donation for cancer research!! I wish I could take part in the real Terry fox Run!! Scott, could you invite me the Terry Fox Run in Canada someday?? Im serious!!

Oh, I found a picture book bout a little American gal who died of a cancer. She thought of one way to raise funds when she was suffering from cancer-to sell lemonade and gather money for cancer research. She had been sold lemonade and raise funds. After her death, her will is still
living, and the organisation was established to raise funds. She says 'when life gives you lemons, just make lemonade'. It meanse 'even if you encounter difficulties (sour lemon), you can change it into ... hmmm I cant think of good word describes sweet lemonade.. Sorry for my lack of English ability! This picture book is titled 'Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand'. This is a real story, so if ya interested in it, i recommemd you to read ittttttt!!!!

Oohhh... its sooooooooo cold!!! Im freezin!! Brrrrr.. Can you imagine that Im shivering with the weather in June??

Well, Im off to bed.. Good night mates. Sweet dreams.. zzZZ

Snoring Uka

2005-06-01T20:03:00.000+08:00

Finally!!!!

I handed in my last assignment!!! Wooohooooo （●＾o＾●） I had really stressful dayz!!! But finally Im freeeeeeeee!!! Oops, I have 2 presentations, though!! But they are ez ones, so I don hav to worry about them.. maybe! I will go shopping to the city on Fri!! New clothes and bubble tea, here I come!!!!

Whats ya plan for the break? I mean winter break in Australia, and summer break in Japan. One of my friends will come to see me in the beginning of the break. She is from KGU, and studying in Melbourne now!! Yoko, welcome to Perth, and welcome to my tiny room!! Then we will have some relaxing days and might go to the wine tour, which including a visit to chocolate factory! Then we will be heading to Melbourne by long distance train. Yup! We will cross Australia, from west to east!! Sounds exciting, eh??? Yah, we are really excited!!! Also, she wants to see 'sth', but showing 'sth' is somehow embarrassing.... Oops, it is a secret!! Hmmm.. Im not sure yet bout my stay in Melbourne, but guess we are going to join the Great Osean Road tour (am i correct, Yoko??). Im sure I will enjoy my stay in Melbourne!!!! After leaving Melbourne, I will be off to Sydney, to meet my mom. My mom will come to Sydney in July. Ive not seen her for about 4months!! This is my first time to live separately from my mom! Hmmm Im afraid if my mom say 'Uka, youve got so much fat!'..... It might happen...

No, I wrote too much bout my plan in the break! I may run out of topics to write a post.... hahah, stupid me!

As I finished doing my yuckey assignment, I started reading a novel. I love reading but didnt hav time to read. Now I can read books!!!! woopieee(*^^)v I have an insomnia now, but still ots ok coz I have a book to read! But I have to study for exams, ish... maybe laterrrrrrr.....

2005-05-25T05:34:00.000+08:00

It nearly dawned................

Assignment rush never ends

I stayed up all two nights.... this is because my darn assignment. The assignment is due on Fri, but I have to finish my portion as this is a group work. Actually, I havnt finished my portion. What? You say that 'don write new post and concentrate on the assignment'?? Yup, you can say dat again..
But this class is weird!! I took Hospitality Service 1, but the class is held for both Hospitality 1 and 2 students!! 1 is for freshman, and 2 is for sophomore, but both 1 and 2 students are taking completely the same class on Fri!!!! Why should I study harder to catch up with Hospitality 2 students?? Its too much to ask, prof. N****!!! What a lazy prof..... Yah, now Im quite sure that I will fail this class. But still I hav to work hard for my group member who are going to pass the class. Yah, complaiming is meaningless...
I wish I were a bird...
oh no, here is Australia, so..
I wish I were a koala!!!!!!!!

2005-05-21T23:26:00.000+08:00

UNEXPECTED BIRTHDAY

Hi mates. I was in my room and browsing internet yesterday. Then one of my friends came to my place. He said theres something to show me, and we went to.... my other friends' unit. He opened the fly wire door and I opened the door, then...

the sounds of crackers, my friends laughing, and a cake with a lit candle.....

????

What happaned to me??

They celebrated my birthday again, with more people!! Oh how sweet..... I cant find right word to describe this happy feeling.. Actually my friend from KGU planned this party for me. She said it was impossible to have a big celebration on week day so she planned to have the party on Sat. Im really happy.. how can I say my feeling which is 'more than the happiest'??? Thank you so much everyone!!! Now I feel like hugging and kissing people in all over the world!!!!!
BTW, I did the same thing.... did not wear makeup!!!! AAAARRGHHHHhhh..... yeah, I did it again...ha..

2005-05-21T14:03:00.000+08:00

Great 21st Birthday!!!

Thank you for ya birthday wishes!!!! I had a really great birthday with my friends here. At night on 17th, I was on MSN and chatting with my friend in China, but when the clock showed it was after 12am, someone knocked on my door. WhenI opened the door....
my friends were coming with birthday cake!!!!
I was sooooooo surprised!!!! and I was not wearing makeup(This is only my regret at that time..) Anyway, they celebrated my birthday*** That was so sweet!!! Also my sharemates came to my place to give presents to me^^ ohhhh what a happy gal I am!!!! Yah, I thought I was the happiest gal... was overwhelmed with thanks for everyone!!! :D I put all birthday cards on the wall in my room☆ and again, thank you for ya birthday wishes on my blog!! Uka turned 21, and will keep blogging this and that for this 1year (as my 21st year) too!

P.S. Yoko.M, thank you for ya bday message on my blog, but I am sorry I do not know ya email address.... so can you email me?? I hope to hear from you soon!!

Baby rush!!!!!!!!

18th was my birthday, and 19th and 20th were my friends birthdays!! There are many May babies here!! and on 25th, its Saki.I's birthday!! Let me celebrate ya birthday in advance!! Happy 21st Birthday!!!!!

Interesting website

I found an interesting website about hunger;
http://www.food-force.com/
I checked it briefly, though! If ya interested, visit the site^^

2005-05-17T19:38:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone.
Im stuck on my assignments.... even I try to escape them, its no use... thats really sucks..
When I was browsing on the internet (oh, let me say--- its just for refreshment! hahah), I found a song I heard once. My friend brought his frens CD and I listened to the song with my PC. It was good song.... yah, but I was oblivious of the song. Then I hapened to meet the song again. And when I listened to the song, it was much much more impressive sounds.... I don know why, but, yah, it was. But guess wat? The lyrics was written in Chinese and I couldnt understand what he was singing.... all I could do was just guess the meaning from the Chinese letters. you know Japanese uses Chinese letters, and some of those letters are still common in China and Japan. Hmm... I have too many things to learn now..
HEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY my 21st birthday is comingggggggggggggg******************** I hope happy thing will happen ;)

2005-05-15T14:56:00.000+08:00

Hi mates!
I had a sports event yesterday. Some of my friends played soccer, badminton, volleyball and basketball. It was more like...the event for fun, counter to my expectation. so... I think I will join the event next semester!!! Im not good at playing sports, but I like playing sports as well as watching them, actually!
Last night, my friend talked to me on MSN and we had a chat for a while. He is a few years older than me, so sometimes he is like my brother. He gave me some advice. I lost one of my friends, you know, but still I have some good friends here who listen to me and care me in their faith. He encouraged me a lot.
So, what exciting and happy thing will I hav today?

2005-05-11T23:06:00.000+08:00

The Best and the Most Exciting Game I Have Ever Seen!!!!!!

Im back from the sports centre now. Especially tonite, they did reeeallyyy reeeaaallyyyy welll!!!!!! We're soooooooo excited!!!!! Did they finally start practicing!???? I don know, but anyway anyway, the game was great^^ Now Im looking forward to seeing next games!!!!!
I wish I could play sports......!!!! You know, Im not sort of sporty... and alwayz got 'so-so' mark at school.
The big event is coming now. Sports event of residents here VS residents in another Student Village. Sounds fun, er?　But I wont join, I will jst watch the games! Watching sports is fun! Even I cant understand the rule.

2005-05-11T19:45:00.000+08:00

Gratefulness for my family

Hi there. Since I started my life here, I have been following the current here. Japanese people are too shy to say thank you to their family, especially when they are hat in hand. So there are few occasion to say thank you..... you know what I mean? I think I am bad at explaining this characteristic of Japanese people... Anyway, I rarely say thank you for caring me to my family. and people here are more likely to say 'Oh, thank you mom, its so lovely!!....' or sth like that.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"

SO.....

"When in Australia, do as Australians do"

Then I enclosed card to say thank you when I sent a birthday gift to my sister, and a mother's day gift to my mom. They were pleased! If i were in Japan, I wouldn't do this till the day of my wedding ceremony!! (In Japan, many brides are likely to read a letter to say thank you to their family, especially their parents during their wedding ceremonies.)

And a few days ago, I received a small package from my mom&sis. They sent me a birthday gift! and there are two cards in it. Hmmm I think this is a good experience! I live in Australia, sepalated from my family, but sending cards each other could be done thanks to this distance and a different culture I experienced here.

2005-05-10T23:47:00.000+08:00

The Importance of the Thing is always noticed after it had gone.....

Yah, its very true.... recently I lost one of my friends. I mean I lost the relationship between us. He was my good friend. He always cared me, and was always good to me. So I wanted him to understand me, not only just having a nice chat about this and that---silly things, but it didn't go well. I was alwayz frustrated to make myself understood. Im not good at talking about complicated feelings.... its difficult to explaing as those feelings are intangible. Also, Japanse has many vocabularies to help us explain complicated feelings, but English doesn't. Theres no exact word to describe my feelings in English sometimes. And sometimes I feel like screaming, 'I cant describe how I feel coz theres no way to describe it!!!'
..... I know, my vocabularies are only a few and my English is hard to understand.
I'm depressed to know the difficulty of communication.

Sorry for whining! It will be only one whine on my blog!

Ina and Latif's birthdaysssss

As I told you guys, we had a party! Ina was surprised a lot!!! My friend and I cooked yakisoba and chirashizushi for the party. And I made Ina and Latif's BD cards! We enjoyed the party so muchhhhh!!!! Here in Australia, 21st BD is a big celebration. I ate chocolate cake! Hmmm.. chocolate is always nice!! I hope I will have a great BD as well.

2005-05-04T18:20:00.000+08:00

Hey friends.
Im having a early dinner coz will go to see the basketball game later. I tried Chawanmushi tonite! Its Japanese dish. I think I did it so-so well. I made 2 cups of chawanmushi, so I will give 1 to my friend from Japan. Im not sure she will like it or hate it, though....
My classmate told me that shez interested in Japanese today. I was surprised but pleased!! and now Im just wondering, how many of you (I mean you----readers from overseas) are interested in Japanese/Japan... and why??

2005-05-02T21:00:00.000+08:00

Ohhhh now I know who you are, Mr. Anonymous! Visit my blog sometimes even I know who you are!

I have nothing to write today.... I jus handed in my case study report today. Recently I alwayz writing bout assignment!! Hmmm.... I will go to ZEN---Japanese restaurant on Thu, but its also part of my group assignment. When Mayaya were in Perth, we went to ZEN to hav dinner!! and dishes there were so nice!!! I cant wait!!

Recently I try to study Spanish. I studied it for a year and a few weeks. I mean I took Spanish1 but dropped Spanish2. It was advisable dicision to drop Spanish2 coz the lecturer's way didnt go well with my way... But Im still interested in Spanish, so I wanna learn it!! My friend is studying Chinese and it is also interesting for me, though!!

2005-05-02T00:46:00.000+08:00

Hi mates! I called it quits my assignments. It is around 1am now and I have to get up early to go to the lab to print out my report tomorrow. I will wake up around 10, though!! I have difficulty to get up recently.... on Sat, I went back to my bed even after I fell down from my bed!!!! It was my first time to fell down from bed, but still my sleepiness defeated the pain.... Hmm am I cracked?? Mayde the little devil whispered to me to go back to my bed.... How do you think, Mr/Ms. anonymous?? When will you tell me your identity??? Its still interesting, though.

Today my friend brought a package of fried rice to me. She was volunteering @uni event today and got some packages of fried rice for free. Lucky thing!! but I was more lucky coz I didnt help anything!! just stayed @my room and doin assignment and eating snacks......

Guess wat!? It is May now!! There are many May babies here....6 May babies, as far as I know. In this weekend, I have a bd party for Ina and Latif. We told Ina that we could not have a party on her birthday coz we're bz..... but of course this is lie!! and we're planning surprise party! Sounds lovely, er?? Latif's birthday is the day after Ina's, so when the date changes (@o:oo) the bd party changes for Latif's!! Hmmm, nice..... Even if the day after Latif's bd is a due of my Tourism journal....

BFN guys!

2005-05-01T02:34:00.000+08:00

Hellowww! Now I finished my case study report!!!! Yahoooooooo!!!! It was tough one!!! I still have 2 tough ones, though....anyway their due dates are end of May, so no worries^^; I have 2 journals due on this Wednesday and on next Monday, but its not such hard ones so still ok!! ... am I too optimistic???
Yayayayahhh I enjoyed the party!! I didnt hav time to prepare costume to be Angel/Devil/Super hero, but my housemate lent me an Angel's ring. Soo... I wore usual clothes, and an Angel's ring on my head.... A bit strange? Maybe I was a nearly-fallen angel without wings! hahah.. OOops! Who is anonymous!??? Im evil and alwayz hiding my little devil... but how come you can see her?? hehee.. That was my first costume party, so I was too shy to wear something odd (Yup Thats also the reason why I couldnt wear special costume for the party)... but I will be disguised on Halloween!! I think I will disguise myself as something related to Japan--- but have no good idea yet. Do you guys think of any good ones???
After the party, my friends and I went to the club together and had so much fun there too. Soooo.... It was soooooo much fun!! xept the terrible test.....!!!!! AAaaaarrrghhh--------........

2005-04-29T18:59:00.000+08:00

Terrible exam & Im really a party animal
Hey guys. The exam was over...!!! It was terrible!!!! Im sure I got a terrible mark. No doubt!!! Anyway anyway I went to the shopping centre to get some food and I bought a huge eggplant! it was around 3times as big as Japanese one.... Its funny though.
And guess wat?? I have a party tonite! My housemates' b day party and everyone wear sth to be Angel, Devil or Super hero. Sounds fun?? Yah it will be fun!! It starts @8pm and now Im cooking.... I should be in hurry!! Aarghhhhh...!!!!
See ya!

2005-04-27T19:30:00.000+08:00

Test and due dates are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmm... its remind me my busy life @KGU.... but I have only one mid-term, and one of my assignments are on half way. I can do it! I HOPE I can do it!!! Please pray for my luck! Soooo I may not go to the sports centre to see basket ball game tonight. (◎-◎;
Hey guess wat?? One of my friends came to my place just now and gave me an ornament for lighting. She gave it to me coz I did her makeup and hair for tha ball. Its soooooooo sweet☆☆☆☆ I luv to be given presents!!!! it may sounds greedy, but I luv to know that people think/do something to make me happyyyyyy!!!! and Im sooooo happyyyyy now!!!! Thank yooou Inaaaaaaaa!!!!! *^∀^*
Hmm, I hope you guys leave comment, even on this short post! hahah
See you! (Maybe I will see you next time when Im bored!)
Uka

2005-04-24T21:12:00.000+08:00

Here I found an interesting article on the internet. This article is about history text in China. Sorry that this webpage is not written in English, but I thought its interesting and want you guys to read. http://cnn.co.jp/world/CNN200504180011.html

2005-04-24T19:10:00.000+08:00

Hi. How are you doing?
I was very tired bcoz of the 2nd moth's attack lastnite. I stayed awake till 4 and went to bed and closed my eyes. Then....something rustled! and.... IT started humming and flying!! I could hear the yucky sound even I covered my ears with a branket, so IT must be big one. I couldnt slip out of my bed because of fear. So.... I was in my blanket suffering CO2 which I emitted. I got dizzy because of my CO2! How ridiculous!! Ugh!!! How long did I wait??.... finally morning came! It was around 6. I moved slowly.. slowly.. from the bed and grabbed my blanket, mobile and stuffed animals(its funny, isnt it? I understood why ppl who escape from disaster do some silly things!), then escaped from my room!! Why should I escape from my room!??? Its my room!! but I couldnt complain... I was just afraid of the moth. I decided to sleep in the living room. Needless to say, my housemates were surprised to see me sleeping in the living room!! haha.. I don know where IT is now. Maybe went out from my room, or still in my room?? My room is quiet now... jst like it was lastnite.. Im still scared of IT.

2005-04-22T04:07:00.000+08:00

Hey hey heeeyyyy!!! Im back from the ball!! Let me tell ya guys bout tha ball!!! It was goooorgeous!!!! Everyone dressed up.... I wore a black one-piece dress with light blue shawl, and pearl earrings and necklace. I put lame and a pink flower on my hair. How does it sound?? Nice :)? or... :( The ball was like a dream...pretty gals(xcluding me!! haha) and cool guys, delicious dinner, Singaporean entertainers, luxurious hotel..... sooooo nice!!!! and guess wat!?? Tha dessert was chocolate cake******* ohhhhhh such a nice dinner.. I knew nothing about table manner, though! Somehow I could finish the dinner without any problems. My friend from KGU and I were only Japanese there coz tha ball was presented by Singaporean Student Assosiation. Fortunately most of my friends are the members of SSA, and we could go to the ball in reduced price (originally reduced for SSA members). After the dinner, we went a bar at the hotel. It was like clubbing...like we often do on almost every Friday nite. Drink and dance!! Soooo Im not sure if I will go clubbing tomorrow. I still have some assignments..
Thatz all for tonite! Talk to ya soon...hopefully!

2005-04-19T22:02:00.000+08:00

Hi again.
I found that Chinese embassies in Japan were harassed by Japanese people. Same things have occured when Japanese people rose their hostility against North Korea. What on earth are they doing? Why did they do such things?? Thats not what we should do now. It only causes additional hostility against Japan.... Hostility cant solve problem. Hostility only causes another hostility. Don they know that!??? How stupid they are!!!! and how woeful.....It disgusts me a lot.

2005-04-19T17:30:00.000+08:00

Hi.
Now I was so upset to find a news on Yahoo Japan...... It says that Korean people in fishery are trying to keep out Japanese words like sashimi or wasabi. Not only people in China but also in other countries like HK(can I distiguish HK as a country???) and Vietnam boycott Japan.... Japanese people dont hate these people, but they hate Japanese.. so sad.....
6o years ago, 2 atomic bombs were dropped on 2 cities of Japan. It was planned and dropped by the US, but Ive never had a grudge against American people.. even I know how beneficial for the then American exective people to drop atomic bombs. I learned many reasons why the bombs should be dropped on Japan in 'Peace, Conflict and Human rights' class in my home uni. They, I mean the reasons, were very self-centred... and the Dr. in the class said that not only the students in the US, but in other countries, were given little(not 'a little') education about peace. Japan still have some scars of war, but no hostility against former enemies...

2005-04-18T18:09:00.000+08:00

Hello guys. I got my 1st journal back today. This journal is for tourism class. and...Yahoo! I got a 'High Distinction'! Im sooooo happy coz I thought Iwould get a 'Pass'. Anyway anyway, I have to study harder to get good marks! This result might be just luckey thing...
I will go to the city to get a shawl tomorrow. Also I will buy a birthday present for my housemate. 2of my housemates' bds are in April and mine in May and another's in June! Spring babies! Oops, no, actually Autumn babies here. haha..
Guess wat!?? I bought 3 packages of TimTam today!! Too much!! I keep them in my fridge now! Chocolate really makes me happy! Tim is my boyfriend!!

2005-04-17T19:33:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone.
I jus checked Scott's blog about China and lavor in sweatshops. Like him, I also feel some kind of guilty to lavors under bad working condition in many Asian countries. We tend to buy cheap stuffs from these countries, then business managers or employers expand their sweatshops or make their employees' working condition worse....to keep exporting cheap stuffs to Japan. Also he mentioned about recent Chinese resistance movement. We are too unlearned in this matter....I felt shamed when I noticed it. I didnt know why Chinese people got angry about visiting Yasukuni-shrine. We should have been given more education about modern and contemporary matter in this world.
I live in Student Village in Perth, you know, and there are many international students here. Of course there are students from so-colled 'poor' countries. You, i mean Scott's ex/present students, know where they are. I realized I had drawn a line between rich countries and poor countries, and thought people in poor countries were a sorry people.....what a shame!! It is important to know which country is developed or less developed(/rich or poor) when people learn global issues, but don misunderstand about poor countries. Scott's students who are studying global issues now, don be stereotyped about the word 'poor'.

2005-04-16T16:05:00.000+08:00

Hi. Howzit goin? Im doin my assignment.... but I will go to a restaurant to celebrate my friend's birthday tonite. I will wear new clothes! Wearing new clothes makes me feel better. I have to finish 2 of my assignments in this weekend! So tough, isnt it?? I used to drink Ripo-D before due date when I was in Japan, but I don hav it here.... how can I stay awake at nite???
Enjoy your weekend and see ya soon guys.

2005-04-14T23:29:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, how goezit?? Im jus back from the sports centre where I was watching indoor soccer games.
I went to Perth city to get some of my friends' BD presents today. I wanted to give them Japanese things, but Im in Perth and cant buy things in Japan now....so maybe nxt year!! Also my friend and I went to karaoke!! My first time to sing in Australia! My singing is not good but I love singing! Its friday tmr, but Im not sure if we are gonna go to da club..coz most of my friends and I have to finish assignments. Go to clubs is not special thing here...esp among Western ppl!! and I also enjoy going such places! Recently I like music played @ clubs. Anyway if my friends will go to the club, I have to study @ library till we leave...
Do you guys remember that I wrote about the ball?? Its on 21st. I have a dress but still have to buy shawl. Its getting cold esp at nite, so I need it! I will paint my nails and put 3D art on my nails on the day b4 the ball. My first (and perhaps last) ball!!
Okay Iwill stop here tonite to start studying.

2005-04-13T18:17:00.000+08:00

Hello guys. I'm in my room and eating Oz sweets--Lamington. Its a small sponge cake coated with chocolate and coconut. One of my Aussie friends brought a package of lamington yesterday. We had them with caramel tea...hmmmm sooo nice.. then I thought I would share the rest pieces of lamington with my housemates, but I nearly finish them!! Theres only one piece of lamington left...!! Ohhh gosh whata greedy gal I am!!! I have 5 housemates, so I cant share the one.....all I can do is...to finish it by myself!!
I love barley tea, you know, but all kinds of tea sold here are sweet!! Even green tea is sweet.... I bought tea bags of barley tea @ Japanese grocery near my flat, and making barley tea for myself! I will do it later coz my barley tea will be out of stock tonite. Its troublesome but healthier than drinking coke, huh?? TimTam+coke=shortcut to becoming piggy. Of course not I can give up TimTam, so I drink barley tea. It is balanced! ....Maybe!!
Okay Iwill stop here today. I have to finish making barley tea till 8:40 coz my friend and I will go to the sports centre to cheer my friends who will play basketball @9:oo. Wednesday nite=basketball, Thursdaynite=indoor soocer! Hmmmm If I played in these teams, I could avoid being piggy.....
Anyway anyway! CU guys! Im happy coz you guys often left comments recently!! Really!!!

2005-04-12T21:58:00.000+08:00

Hi again. Im back from my friends place. I cooked my dinner after I finished writing blog, but suddenly a huge moth came!!! He was so aggressive and tried to fly @ me!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!(ToT)　SOOOO HORRIBLE!!!!!! I nearly died!!!!!!!! What I hate the most about Aus is insects!!!! Oh I should say dats the only thing I hate about Aus!! Except for bugz, I love Aus!!!! I cant explain how disgusting they are....... Actually the one (huge moth) is still in the kitchen, near the sink, so I still leave my dish and folk in the sink. I cant approach, so I cant wash!! I will ask someone to let him out... I feel like crying now.......Help me.

2005-04-12T16:49:00.000+08:00

Hi mate. Im in my room and have nothing to do but studying again...

Oh let me tell you bout 'Big Issue'. I wrote about it in this season last year. Some of my friends bought the magazine and I thought it was kinda successful business.. Then I saw people selling 'Big Issue' in Aus too. It was A$4(≒￥360). But as long as I was watchin no one bought da magazine....I was shocked. I think i will buy it nxt time.
Also, havu ever thought bout animal rights? I tried to write a research paper about it in the end of my 1st year @KGU, but it was too hard for me to keep workin on such cruel issues...and I changed the topic. but if youre interested in, visit http://www.arcj.info/ (Japanese) or http://www.arcj.info/eg/arcindex.htm (English). I want as many ppl as possible to know da fact---This is what WE are doing.

Ohhhhhhhhhh my housemate is cooking dinner and smells soooooo nice!! It makes my stomac sing...!!! Birds outside are also singing....no, more like screaming! There are beautiful birds here, but strange ones too!!

I will finish blogging and go to da kitchen to cook. (Listen, I said 'cook' !! Even I cant cook, I have to cook!) I was given some slices of chocolate cake from my friend today---maybe for dessert!! Woooohoooooo!!!!

2005-04-09T12:55:00.000+08:00

Hellow world! Im back from Freo. I stayed @da hostel for backpackers and it was fun!! fun fun!! The room in da hostel was for 8 people!! Doesnt it sound something exciting!?? It reminded me of my school trip when I was in school (I mean elementaly, juniorhigh and high, not uni). One of my friends and I were exchanging languages last nite. She was interested in Japanese, so I taught her some Japanese words and she taught me some Makedonian words instead. Naturally Japanese is difficult to pronounce for Non-Japanese people, but she was really good at copying my pronunciation!! She must be talented! Language is interesting!!

2005-04-07T21:23:00.000+08:00

Im back from the city now. I had a tuna-don @the Japanese restaurant. I was @the shopping mall b4 I went to the city. I was looking for a wine @the woolies. I couldnt drink wine but recently I found a good one and am interested in wine now. But I can drink white ones only.. anyway I found new interest, so Im kinda excited! Hmm....I have a hospitality class tomorrow and its a morning class, so I should stop blogging here and start preparing for the lesson. I pretend to be a good student! haha.. Oh and I wil go to Freo (a harbor town named Fremantle) with my sharemates and some other friends on Fri. We will stay @hostel togrther! Sounds fun, doesnt it??
Bye fellow friends! Hope to have your comment on my blog.
Peace out, Uka

2005-04-07T13:01:00.000+08:00

Sup guys?? I woke up b4 12 and now do nothing (don say "uka, study harder!" plz..). 2nite I will go to Perth city to eat Japanese food!! Woohooo!!...no, its not like sth fun, its part of my group assignment. Anyway, all I have to do 2nite are only mystery shop @da Japanese restaurant and get a contact detail to the MGR of da restaurant. But I will go to Perth city earlier to get a free paper for Japanese people who stay in Pertn. I need to have my hair cut now and looking for a Japanese hairdresser. I don like my present hairstyle! I'll go to da ball in the end of April so I need to have my hair cut!!! I will wear a black one-piece dress to da ball! Its my first time to attend to such a formal dinner. Hmmm..a bit nervous.. But I will take 2 hours to wear make up!! For sure!!!!
Bye!

2005-04-06T21:44:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, how are you all?? I heard it was hot today, and also it was hot in Australia. Autumn has already come, but still we have hot days here.

Heeeey Saki-chan, its piggy-Uka!! I always eat TimTam here,excluding today!! Its bcoz I ate rest of my TimTam which had been stored in my fridge yesterday!! So.... I have to go to the shopping mall to get SOME packages of TimTam tomorrow! Hmmmm I think I should go on a diet till you cum back from the US. I cant stop eating TimTam anyway!! Woohoo!!^^

Hellow Scott! It was good to have a comment from you!! Yep I really enjoy my life here, but also have been losing my confidence since I came here. Its natural to speak and listen in english here, so I have a kinda difficulty. But still have fun and hope to recover my confidence as time goes by.... Also as you said, I have a thick texts for just one semester!! My text for tourism class is thicker than "Global Issues"!! No way!! Btw, how did you put pics on your blogs?? I wanna put some pics on my blog, but not sure how to do that.. I took a photo of kangaroo which was lying just behind of my flat. They are cute but look like big rabbit or deer.

And Bernat, thank you for you to read my blogs and made comments on them. It was enjoyable to read your comments.

I didnt have class today so I had a lazy day.......but I went to the uni gym to cheer some of my friends who were playing basketball. It was fun to watch sports!! But you know, I am not good at playing sports...Im not sporty. I wish i were sporty!!

Oops, I should say that I got a mobile here! I said i would not have it once, but I got it! However mobiles here are not so good like Japanese ones... My mobile in Japan was only ￥7000, but my mobile here was A$99=apx￥8900, more expencive than japanese one. In spite of the price, quality of Japanese mobile is much better than Oz one.... not fair!! I miss my Japanese mobile!!! But I dont depend on my mobile too much here, I depend on my PC instead!! So if some of you have MSN messenger, let me know! Lets have a chat!!

Hmm... I will stop here coz my friends and I will go to one of our friend's place to eat late huge Easter Egg which he got in reduced price. Heheee

Bye!

2005-03-25T04:00:00.000+08:00

Hi mates! how are ya doing?? I have a Easter break now and enjoy eating chocolates!!^^ Australian chocolates are beeeeaauutifullll!!!! Now you can guess easily that I have been getting fat day by day---piggy Uka!!!
BTW I met Maya on last Thursday in Perth!!! We met in Subiaco, then ate gelato and had a dinner @Japanese restaurant. We felt it was a bit strange to hung around in Perth together. However we had a very enjoyable time!! I cant wait to see the photos*^^*
I went to Perth city and got some stuffs for my sis's BD today. And of course I bought some clothes for me♪♪ I am shoppingholic!! It is still hot here, apx 25-35℃, but it gets cold in nite time and in class rooms, so I need both summer clothes and winter clothes. At nite, my friends and I went to the sports centre in campus to watch indoor soccer games in which some of my friends were playing. We went there to watch basketball game in which my other friends were playing last nite. There is less entertainment here, but still we can have fun! We went for a drive to the beach on last Friday. We went there @around 4:00am, then we could see innumerable stars in the sky!!!! It was sooooo lovely!!! I had never seen such beautiful stars....
Anyway, my life here is very worthwhile, not only about studying but also other experiences.
I have to read some reading materials and finish any of my assignments during this break. Even if they are interesting work, its still quite hard to do assignments in English. It takes longer time than I do those in Japanese.. I will study hard hoping my English will improve^^;
Bye for now.
Your piggy, Uka

2005-02-27T21:01:00.000+08:00

Hi. How are you guys?? I'm good. My 1st semester starts tomorrow so I'm a bit nervous now... I have a lecture of Introduction to Tourism(2hour) and a Tutorial of Introduction to Tourism(1hour) tomorrow.

Mio and Saki-chan, thank you for ur comments on my blogs!!^^♪ I'm happy to have comments!! Thanx(^３^)~☆
Yes, NeverLand is the one J Depp acts in it. Hmmmm.. I wanna watch it! But I havnt found the DVD here yet.... I wanna see movies here but I think I cant follow the story without subtitles.. :( You know, following story is more difficult than talking with friends in English bcoz of various unfamiliar accents, some subject-specific vocabularies and speed. I hope I will be able to watch movies here without any problems!!! Then I can watch many movies in L.A next year, right? Mio?? ^^;
Saki-chaan! Yeah, application form and some documents are very troublesome!! In addition all of them are written in English and have to write in English! I hope you can write an essay well!! You must be a bit tired of doing everything in Eng... but your English is excellent☆ What will you study in the UK?? I have 3units(4classes) a week and have 2days off on weekdays so I have more times to do what I wanna do here, except shopping on Sundays! I'm sure you can have more relaxing time in the UK! Ganbatte!

I went to Fremantle Prison on Friday. It was a tour and we walked aound the prison which had been in use till 1991. This prison was built by some prisoners in1850s and had held many English exiled prisoners. The tour was held at night and we didnt have any lights except small torchlight!!! How scary!! We walked on the hallway watching many doors of rooms for prisoners, and I saw high wall fenced with barbed wire. I felt something which I had never felt before... it was when I saw the moon over the the fenced wall just like many prisoner did over past several years. How were they thinking when they saw the moon over the fenced wall, not outside of the prison?? I was just watching the moon vaguely. I saw a tower where many people have seen ghosts( I didn't know that and heard about it later! If I had known it, I wouldn't have been there!!!!!!!!), some pictures painted by prisoners and the gallow----real one (;ｍ;)*sob* Though the prison tour was terrifying, I learned a fraction of Australian history.

URZ, Uka(some of my friends in Aus spell my name "Uka")

2005-02-22T18:32:00.000+08:00

Hey. How are you doin?? I just finished watching a DVD movie titled the Notebook. It was easy to guess what would be happen, but a beautiful love story. Oh, I wanted to watch the Never Land but couldn't see it in Japan coz it was released on the day after I left Japan, and of course can't see it here coz its too late. Please let me know how was that if someone saw it! Should I buy a DVD? But I think I need Japanese subtitle... Anyway Im having fun here.
Let me know how you are doing guys, Cya.

2005-02-20T13:59:00.000+08:00

Hi. How're you doin on Sunday? Almost all shops in Australia are closed on Sundays, so I have nothing to do!! Therez a nursery school at the back of my unit and I often hear children shouting, laughing and crying, but not today...
I had many opportunities to have free meals since I arrived at Perth^^ Pizza, hotdog, some sweets..... also to go to bars or clubs. People here LOVE drinking and dancing!! Though I can't dance, I like to go to such places with friends. I'll go to Perth city on Monday with friends. You know, I LOVE shopping so I'm looking forward to go there!! I'll blog bout howz the city l8er. I think Yuri also goes shopping and buy a loooooot of stuffs! Don't you, Yuri??
Btw, I havnt been homesickness yet, but I realized how my mom thought and worry bout me. I thank my mom a lot. 　

2005-02-18T17:17:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, do ya think bout Global Issues lately??
I heard bout homelessness and dealing drugs in Seoul from one of my ex-coworkers, so let me tell ya bout that today.
He went around Korea and found many homeless people in Seoul. According to him, there were more homeless people around Seoul station, much more than Umeda. And what was worse, he saw some drug dealers were speaking to people to sell drugs. dontu think that Japan and Korea are similar?? Both developed countries have both wealth and poverty. But I was so sad to hear that some of people who were selling drug were children. Surprisingly some of their customers are Japanese so those children can speak some easy Japanese words, like "kusuri". It reminded me of young girls (sometimes under 5) at brothels in Thailand who could speak some easy sexual English words because their customers were from rich English-speaking countries, mainly the U.S.
I have been studying Eng to communicate with people from abroad, but to neither sell drugs nor sell my body!!! I can say "drug", but it doesn't mean this is the same thing as Korean children can say "kusuri". I feel sorry for those children .... I want them to learn languages for their happiness!!! When I started to study Eng, I was so excited at the fact that I would be able to make my self understood in abroad.

2005-02-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone! This is my first blog from Perth!!

I arrived @ Perth yesterday, but I had a loooooong journey to Perth.
First, I left Japan am11:00 on 14th and flew to Hong Kong via Taipei. Some cavin attendants spoke to me when I was waiting takeoff on an airplane in Taipei, and one of them suggested me visit Tsing Yi in Hong Kong. They noticed that I was a passenger from Japan so we talked in English and some easy Japanese. They were friendly and kind, so I could have a comfortable flight to Hong Kong. I took Cathay Pacific, and I found this company has sent money to UNICEF and the money was gathered unused foreign currency which was donated from passengers. I wanted to donate some money but didn't have any foreign coins, so maybe next time! In Hong Kong, I went out from the Hong Kong airport to go to Tsing Yi because I had plenty of time before bording the airplane to Perth. This was my first ADVENTURE. In fact it took about an hour for me to go out from the airport because I got lost *sob*... but I could go to Tsing Yi somehow. In Tsing Yi, I felt lonely because everyone spoke in Chinese and I couldn't understand them at all. I realized that this was kind of fear that no one can understand me. Anyway, I dropped at a cafe to have a Chinese tea. It was difficult for me to listen to English with Chinese accent, but I could order acup of black tea with peach and waffle with fruits. I could arrive at perth without any problems at am8:00 on 15th. But It was tooooo hot in Perth!!!! I went to the nearest shopping centre but it caused me painful sanburn and exhaustion. In addition I forgot to buy many stuffs! How stupid I was!!
I went shopping today and got some more stuffs, but again, I forgot to buy some things... I got some snacks instead!
I have 3 unit mates so far; 2guys and 1girl. I'm an only Asian here but I think I can get along with them. I'm the only one to use chopsticks to cook and eat, though! My new life in Perth has just started and I'm having a good time here. I have some parties!! I have an oriantation on 18th. Many enjoyable things are waiting for me in Perth!!!

2005-01-21T14:44:00.000+08:00

Hi friends.
I'll finish my part-time job at Mc soon. I've been working there for 4 years. I already miss my life at Mc.... I studied many things there, not only tasks, I mean smiling and selling humburgers, but also some interpersonal skills and.....It takes loooong time for me to talk about my days at Mc (^^ゞ However, I got a topis from Yoko.W's page.
As I commented on her blog, there are only 2 non-smoking seats(4 seats+2table×2pairs) in my Mc. It is because of my Mc has only 1floor and these 2 seats are placed far from others. I know many customers with childres complain about it, and I also hate smoke filling the whole store. However some customers who come to my Mc almost everyday are all smokers. It is true that they have relaximg time with hot cofee and cigaretts. I don't wanna deprive their time. I know smokers feel small because of recent anti-smoking trend...

2005-01-21T13:28:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, how're you?? I'm tired. It's because of my Finnish test. I had it today so I don' have to study hard Finnish anymore, but anyway I'm tired now......
Learning new foreign language is difficult, isn't it?? You can see many mistakes on my blogs even I've been studyinng English for 8 years, so.... it took 8 years that I can write this level of English. Such a long time!!! At first when I start learning English, I was reeeeallly bad at it. However a ALT teacher in my juniorhigh was very friendly and I could communicate with her both in easy English and Japanese. We used to exchange diary and she suggested me take part in the English Speech contests which were held in some highschools. I took part in some contests. I couldn't do well in all contests, but I enjoyed using English. The ALT teacher and I still have a good relationship. I think if I had not met her, I would have not been interested in English. She has new baby now and must be busy, but I hope to see her soon and talk with her about this class!
On my way to became student at this uni, she took an important roll. However, my Finnish theacdher is not such kind of person, so I lost my intererst in Finnish a little :-(
And I'm sure the result of my Finnish exam will be terrible!! ;-(

2005-01-15T05:39:00.000+08:00

Hi friends, on 1 month later today, I'll leave Japan to Perth! How exciting!

During my stay in Perth, I won't have a mobile phone because I won't use it so often like I do now in Japan. Instead of a mobile, I'll exchange emails on PC. But I can't imagine how my life without mobile will change. Honestly, I think I can't live without mobile in Japan. I need to be a person who "anyone can communicate with anytime they want". Do you see what I mean?? Now I have friends who live in other prefectures and foreign countries, but mobile enables me to communicate with people who are not with me at that time, or even in foreign countries. Thanks to mobile, I have many good memories and experiences. They are secret, though.
But sometimes I have a little fear that I depend on my mobile too much, so I am woprry about my life in Perth....

I'm sooooo sleeeepy now.....so see you later.

2005-01-13T12:54:00.000+08:00

Hellow♪ How's your winter break?? I enjoyed it a lot.

I spent most of my days off working(so actually they were not days off). Recently many buildings around my Mc are under construction. They are shops, restaurants and even pachislo. Do these buildings show development in countryside? Originally I don't like such changes in countryside, especially around my hometown. In my opinion, we don't have to follow "new". We don't need so many shops. Also old thing doesn't always bad. My hometown, which has only one convenient store, is not less developed, but I can live there comfortably. I can't help thinking that changes around me are symbols of too much development.

I hope there will be no more unnecessary changes in while I'm in Australia.

P.S. I told some people my blog address, and one of them is in the UK now. I hope he will comment on my blog. I'm happy if I can receive many comments from abroad.

2004-12-16T12:05:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone. Loooooong time no C! I'm sorry that I was procrastinating writing blogs. However finally I got spare time and am writing blog^^

We studied deforestation, didn't we? I remember a CM about Eco Project by Cosmo Oil (this is Japanese company and we call it kosumo sekiyu in Japanese). This compamy is trying to spread rice crop instead of slash-and-burn agriculture in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Cosmo Oil is not a company which sells energy but makes some efforts to reduce the emission of CO2 while they are purifying oil, and to forest in Australia. They think that Japan had been deforestaing and polluting while their development, so Japanese should learn about their history and turn their previous experience to advantage in developing countries. Also, they sell energy produced by oil, but they are working on searching alternative energy, like hydrogen. And they issue a card named "eco". This card costs 500yen a year and this dues are spent for Eco Project. This card is not compulsion, so they rely on individual awareness of environment.

I thought this system is very good because the company which sells energy trying to protect forests and control Co2 emission. We can help this activity by buying "eco" if we want.

We must pay the price for our developed society by working on the protection of the earth.

2004-11-22T13:33:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone!! How are you doin'??
I'm....maybe good! I have lots of things to do now and have the busiest time now. I have been thinkng "Now is the busiest" for a loooong time, I mean everytime I got many things to do I thought "Now is the busiest", but, guess what!? I became busier and busier....and FINALLY! Now is the busiest!! Give me time to sleep! Give me spare time to do what I wanna do! And give me chocolate----!! I'm frustrated :-(
By the way, I attended to my last "Peace, Conflict and Human Rights" class, and there were 2 presentations in the class. It was my first time to listen to students from overseas were doin' presentations! They were completely different from what I used to do, and seemed exciting. I hope I'll be able to have such presentation with Mio in Scott's class.
Oh I think I should work on my research paper now coz it's due on Wed! I'm procrastinating now.
CU guys!

P.S. I got comments from a girl in the U.S. and I'm really happy with them ☆《Hi tigerpearl, are you reading this post?? :-) 》 I wish I could write&speak better English! I'll keep on blogging after I leave to Aus, so I want many people to read my blog! Needless to say(write?), my blog will be about my life in Aus!

2004-11-05T13:01:00.000+08:00

Hellow guys, how are you today? I'm good.

Do you know how much you are ?? or How much do you think you are ??
These questions sound strange, I know. But this indicates real ploblem in this world;the mixture of the rich and the poor.

I found a book a few years ago. It had interesting title on it. It said "Don't stole my heart". It might sound like love romance for some of you, but the word heart means his heart, his internal organ. I didn't bought the book because I didn't have time to read the book then, but I read the outline on its back.

He was a boy in poor country and one day he was sold to the rich as a servent. But actually it was not his real job for the rich. The rich bought not him, but his heart. He was cheated and brought to Asian country to have an operation to remove his heart, and....

I'm not sure abut the detail, but needless to say, it amazed me a lot. I'm not familiar to this topis, but I know the future of the children who don't have their internal organs. Of course this is illegal and terrible crime, but I've heard the rich who buy internal organs of the poors include Japanese. Can you believe it?? Imagine, if your precious person has weak internal organ and has to be given the internal organ transplant...but there's no time left for him/her to wait...then someone approaches you about business on internal organ, and he says the operation will be carried out secretly..... Will you kill the poor to save your precious person?? I think you answer NO, but it is true some Japanese answered YES and paid for the business. How shocking!!!
While I was searching about business on internal organs to write a paper for my class, I found the story of the poor who sold her kidney. She used to be poor, but her kidney brought her a lot of money which she can't earn even if she worked hard for the rest of her life. According to the website, there are some poor people who sold their kidney or eye, which people originally have in a pair. They think it is good to get money by selling them because they can live with rest of kidney or eye. How about this one?? I wanna have some comment on this topic.

I'm sorry if I upset you.

Yours, Yuka

2004-11-05T12:03:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone! How was your holidays?? Actually I had only three days off including Sat. Sun. and Cultural day. I mean I didn't have 2more days off which many of you had....;-(

Anyway, I spent these days off going to school festivals(not at my uni) with my highschool friends, going to Kyoto with Mina, and working. When I went to the school festival, I felt strange because there was few foreign people there, only around five. I realized how international my uni was. I ate a lot at the uni and dropped at Umeda for shopping. My favorite food there was a flavored cotton candy. My friend bought strawberry flavored, and I bought lemon flavored. Both were delicious!!! Next day I went to Kyoto with Mina. We walk around Sanjo and ate a piece of chocolate tartelette. After that Mina and I bought lanterns in which we can place aloma candles. They have pattern of snow flakes on them and very romentic! By the way, did anyone see my T-shirt today? I bought it at Kyoto, and Mina wore same one with different letters today. It's cool, isn't it??

When I visited Kyoto for my first time, I thought Kyoto was historical place. I visited around Kiyomizu temple at that time. But 2nd and this time, I thought Kyoto had both historical and modern faces. I personally think in my home town Nara, it's hard to find sceneries like Kyoto,where historical and modern characters harmonize well. In Nara city, you can find temples and shrines after you work about 10 minutes through modern shops and amusement stores. Don't you think this is unattractive?? If you really want to enjoy Nara, you should visit Naramachi, the only place I can think of. Naramachi has historical aspect. But I think you can't enjoy harmonized sceneries in Nara. I feel sorry for dissappearing fascinating place in Nara.

People from foreign countries may expect to visit historical places in Japan, but are they satisfied with present Japan without tradition??

2004-10-28T12:41:00.000+08:00

Hey mates, how are you??

In my Pre-Derauture class and Roger's class, I learned about internet suicide. Internet suicide is one of the bad aspects of globalization. What do you think is the reason why they get togher to die? I felt so strange when I knew about internet suicide. If, if I thought about committing suicide, I would not talk about it to anyone! Don't you think so?? However, internet offers some opportunities to chat, and chat about suicide is included. Chatting on the internet is so easy, so people can talk anything they want. Happiness, joy, irritation, frustration, lazyness....there are various feelings they show on the internet. And surprisingly some people share their feelings of depression and sorrow, and their will to die. These people may not have anyone to shere their feeling near them, or they may not be able to talk about it with them because of some reasons. I feel a kind of fear the exsistence of chatting site which everyone meet people who have same feelings. Originally, person can do something difficult in a group, but can't do it by his/her own. But they can easily get their member to take action together on the internet. I personally think that spreading of internet rises the number of suicider. It pushes hesitating people-people who can't kill themselves, or are not sure if they really want to die-to death. In many cases, there's no ways to persuade people if they reveal their feelings only on the internet. We can't do anything for people who pretend to be fine. Internet was invented for people and brings a lot of advantages, but it tempts people to die. How we can deal with the situation??

2004-10-18T12:31:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone!
I went back fromHiroshima yesterday! I spent great time at Hiroshima!

On Saturday, I visitedHiroshima Peace Memorial Parkwith my class mates in "Peace, Conflict and Human rights". We took a trum to get there. I saw the Atomic Bomb Dome and some monuments. I've visited there once when I was 12,but this time I felt something which was different from what I had felt when I was 12. It was somehow new to me. I walked around the Park and listen to the lecture of a surviver of the Atomic Bomb. I think many people should go there and learn more about the importance of peace.
After that, we checked in a hotel and went out shopping! I bought a shirt and a bracelet. They are sooooo pretty!! Then we ate Hiroshimayaki! Hmmmm...How tasty it was!! I wanna eat it again!

On Sunday morning, I and some of my classmates ate breakfast at Mc. Then took a ferry and visited Miyajima with my classmates. We went to Itsukushima shrine and my friend was pleased to see its beautiful construction.　However when we were eating ice cream, some deer came close to us, and my friend was attacked! Also my paper bag was bite by one of the deer... We screamed, "That can't be!".

Anyway, I could enjoy staying in Hiroshima! I could learn and have fun a lot!

2004-10-14T12:26:00.000+08:00

Good afternoon everyone.

I am fighting against aging problem!!! Of course I'm 20years old. I'm young. (How many of you agree with me?? Ha-ha...) But I am suffering from terrible muscular rheumatism.... I played volleyball and badminton with my coworkers.

Anyway, have you ever studied Peace Study before you entered KGU? I had been to my elementally school every August 6th to study about War and Peace. We saw many war movies on that day. I don't remember much about the movies, but I was shocked when I saw it for the first time. It was "Hadashino Gen". I was only 7 years old at that time, and I spent rest of my summer vacation being frightened by the sound of airplanes. Though, according to Dr. at my "Peace, Conflict and Human Rights" class, there is few peace studies in foreign countries. We saw a kind of war video during the class, and the Dr. asked foreign students if they would show this film to children in their countries. It was an animation and didn't have cruel description, but most of foreign student answered "No". I was surprised to see that. I thought not only I but also many Japanese students had seen mush more cruel movies when they were elementally school children. I think watching such kind of film is important to know how terrible war is, and it is one of good way to approach Peace.

Do you think you can understand the cruelity of war without watching visual materials?
Do you think you can hope Peace without knowing what was war?

I think Peace Study is necessary field for everyone in this world.

2004-10-06T14:15:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone.

I did unnoted bibliography yesternight. (Do you remember this word? "yesternight" means "last night" and we found this word in the movie of Shakespeare. This is old word, though.)
Anyway, I reviewed what I learned about population. I feel irritation to the fact that many parents prefer sons to daughters in many countries. They prefer sons because sons will take care of their parents, daughters cost much money when they get married, sons can be their successors....etc. I was amazed because almost all reasons they prefered sons were not considered for their children, but for themselves. I think parents want children to love, but they use their children to satisfy their selfishness!! They want to be taken care of, they don't want to pay dowry....but do they want to love their children, especially daughters?? I guess "parents prefer sons" means "parents prefer themselves, or their benefit". I can't understand their view. However some Japanese couples still prefer sons. It is because they have succeeded traditional knowledge or technique of something, like kabuki and tea ceremony performance.
Are women still standing on a low position in society? I learned women are employed preferably in England in Area Studies class. The video said that women were likely to study harder than men while they are at school because they should be enough efficient to get good jobs. Then women get higher valuations on their efficiency. While men, who spent their schooldays playing, are in trouble to get jobs. Like this phenomenon, everyone should be valued according to their efficiency, not their gender. In Korea, employers tend to employ beautiful women so many female university students have had cosmetic surgeries!!
Therefore I have to be efficient somehow ;-) Studying? I wish I would smart so that I don't have to study!! Beauty? I don't mind because I won't get a job in Korea!! Hmmm... I think I'll have trouble of getting job!
Ha-ha...

Bye for now.