a typical eremiophobic in a foreign land...

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

psalm 91

HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

everyone okay?

heard bout the early morning quake measuring 8.5 on the richter scale... that`s a major quake eh! felt kinda ironic... i mean, you guys back home in malaysia experienced more major earthquakes and even tsunami while i`m tucked away in nagoya, in the tokai region, which is expecting a major quake anytime soon (said to occur once in a hundred years)... but just not yet!
how`s everyone in peninsula... penang, kuala lumpur, melaka, perak... home to those dear to me... must have felt the tremor real bad huh? read that the epicentre is just 5ookm off the west coast of peninsula...

Saturday, March 26, 2005

明天是复活节咧!

记得小时候,主日学校在复活节一定会有个寻宝游戏,我不用多说你也知道游戏是怎么玩的啦!还有就是把一颗颗的鸡蛋给彩得红的绿的,五颜六色!还有就是话剧啦,
圣经故事,表演啦,填色图啦,这就是小时候的复活节了。oh ya, 还有easter bunny和chocolates eh!
那现在又有些什么改变了呢?长大了,说是比以前懂事多了(烦恼,忧愁也跟着变多了),那复活节的意义,难道还是跟十多年前一模一样吗?这不可能吧!如果是这样的话,那只证明了有问题的是我吧!让我印象最深刻的,是by his stripes we're healed!

受难节... 还是受难日... 弄不清楚...

昨天晚上到教会去,天气还是很冷,早上还下了一场雪呢!今年樱花季节比往年来得迟... 这几天还在下雨呢!受难节礼拜... 还有圣餐... just in case 我弄错了,我指的是holy communion... allison也一下班就赶过来了。好久没有参加祷告会了(prayer meeting) 感觉就好像很熟悉似的,完全分不清楚是在日本,还是在家里的教会!虽然也只有小猫两三只,上帝不管在哪儿都是一样的看顾咱们,他的慈爱,平安,喜乐永远跟随着我们。amen!

好久好久没用中文了!如果再不练习就快要把全部给忘了!春假也快过完了,今天得留在学校写报告。唉... 又有些什么办法呢?爽就好啦!前几天到东京去,真的好累!两腿都走得快断了! 一点儿也不夸张哦!这一次算是第二次啦... 人潮往往,挤来又挤去,快透不过气了!东京人口真的很稠密,取到哪里都是一堆的人群!更别说迪斯尼乐园(tokyo disneyland)了! 还是用英文比较快... 我快疯了!认识我的都知道我是个急性子,short-tempered的人了。总不会花这么多的时间在用拼音输入法来blog吧!够了,我受够了!什么话嘛!

Thursday, March 17, 2005

ham & cheese sandwich...

wanna make one thing clear... this has got nothing to do with kuali.com or whatsoever... blah... whatever...

went to the travel agency yesterday, wanted to make reservations for 4, to nagasaki kyushu... well, too late! there goes our plan... for the spring break! guess i`ll end up rotting myself away in my lil room... guess i`ll smell like tatami at the end of the one-week, ya wanna know how tatami smells like? like hay... rumput kering... speaking of hay... hay fever is really teruk here right now! well, pollen alergy would be more appropriate in the japanese`s context coz they dont have hay lah... a japanese told me, `flower powder disease`... if you know mandarin, you would know that he translated the term literally from japanese lah! whatever... you`ll get teary eyed, sneeze a lot... `bless them`... people go around their daily routine with masks and goggle-like protectors... 花粉症 (ka fun syoo) that`s the japanese term for pollen alergy...

back to nagasaki... will postpone it till may, will fly off straight after the exams... dont care! the JR 18kippu is just to proof that the saying `there is no free lunch` is indeed true... you`ll need to spend more than 16hours on the train, a local express train that is... from nagoya to nagasaki... with numerous stops to transfer... yikes, dont think i can stand that long in a train... i`ll go crazy, with my oshiri flatten by the time i get to my destination... well, shinkansen is another story lah, 6hours... guess how much`s the tic... it`s around 20k yen... that is 7ooringgit ++ i`ll just go during off-peak season lah... fly there, stay in a nice posh hotel, everything for less than 50k yen... argh... still too early to make plans... the power of procrastination...

met makino-san at the library a while ago... she was in USM for 2week last february... stayed at the guest house... and she knew soeda sensei, tn syed, dr. leelany... wow... i`ll be meeting the students who went to USM, sometime next week... hahah, i guess they wanted to put what they`ve learned (bahasa) into practise lah.... nah... was once again reminded of pusat bahasa up the lil hill... USM... penang... yay yay... 3more months... 我慢して... 頑張ります...

oh ya, will be going to yamada-san`s house this satuday... cooking lesson... ahahha! kidding... a lil info bout yamada-san... she`s a really nice lady, mid 40s, has a 10yr old golden retriever named carl... she had been to malaysia twice... loves bak kut teh... loves anything south east asian... curry, tom yam... cool... a lil secret... she hasnt asked the others in kojima, so i guess hmm... i like yamada-san... oh ya, she was asking me whether i would be free on saturday to join her for an afternoon of `spices`... and take carl out for a walk in the evening... plum blossoms-filled park nearby...

gotta go, have to get some bread later on my way back... bread`s cheapest on thursday... a loaf for 105yen... fresh ones dont worry, ma! hahaha! oh ya, the cut on my left thumb is healing kinda quickly... dont worry, i didnt faint like i did when i was 14... cant afford to faint coz there was no one around...

ham & cheese for breakfast tomorrow morning? toast with butter & strawberry jam? oh ya, full cream milk... must get milk also... carrots, garlic, broccoli, potatoes... can make stew for dinner... i go now

Monday, March 14, 2005

ホワイトデイ

Thursday, March 10, 2005

オッス!

テストは終わったばかり...
午後の生け花試験受けることになっています...
明日は、口頭試験...
あさっては、奈良にいくことにしました...
大変忙しそう...

できる限り
知っている限り

暇な時間さえあれば、幸せ...

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

the movie... the songs... this one`s my dearest...

Sarah Brightman & Cliff Richard - All I ask of you
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Lyrics: Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe
Show: "The phantom of the opera" (1986).

Raoul (Cliff)
No more talk of darkness,forget these wide-eyed fears;
I'm here, nothing can harm you,my words will warm and calm you.
Let me be your freedom,let daylight dry your tears;
I'm here, with you, beside you,to guard you and to guide you.

Christine (Sarah)
Say you'll love me ev'ry waking moment;
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.

Raoul
Let me be your shelter,let me be your light;
you're safe, no one will find you,your fears are far behind you.

Christine
All I want is freedom,a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,to hold me and to hide me.

Raoul
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you want me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
that's all I ask of you.

Christine
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.

Together
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.

Christine
Say you love me ...

Raoul
You know I do.

Together:
Love me, that's all I ask of you ...
Love me, that's all I ask of you.

testing testing...

was fun bloggin in jap, i found out... well, now i could badmouth, share my deepest secrets without having anyone of them find out! hmm... not a bad idea huh? oh ya, why english now? :p

by the way, for a quick update! you could go to http://hweihwei.multiply.com/ for my calender and stuff... kinda lazy to upload pics nowadays... as if there are people who are interested in them... you may not even noticed that i blog lesser these days... whatever...

loads of test coming up! gotta summarize our survey`s report and hand in the nicely typed copy... more oral tests... interviews... but at least i`m looking forward to the trip to Nara with the rest of my friends, 90 of us going... and the spring break... Kobe`s in my mind right now... i`ll see how it goes lah... i could always catch a `bullet` and come back to Nagoya without having to put up in a hotel or something... Kobe`s famous for it`s beef steak, for your info... hmm... well, you know me...

oh ya, the curry i cooked the other day... masih boleh tahan lah... my friends liked them, even asked me to cook for them again... hmm... maybe i shoud try rendang the next time! if only we had `char mee hoon`... with curry...

power failure... my brain just got disconnected... will be right back!

また...

じゃ、これから、多分日本語でblogsを書くことにしました。いい練習じゃないでしょうか?ハハハ、読めないの人もいるかもしれないけど、残念ながら、仕方がないから、我慢してね!

もういいよ!勝手しないで!馬鹿をいっちゃう、だめ!何だそれ?阿呆じゃん?悪口ばかり、そんなことをいわないで!

実は、日本語を習うために、たくさん練習しなきゃ!毎日毎日予習、復習、自習など、ちゃんとしなきゃ!日本語は面白いですが、大変無難しいこともありますよ!毎日のんびりして、ペラペラになれないでしょう?

ええ、ちゃんとやってる?ウェイちゃん?もしもし?ええ...
また、馬鹿をいちゃった...
恥ずかしい...

日本語で

皆さん、ひさしぶり!最近はどう?試験もおわった?どうだった?大丈夫だった?心配しないで、きっと大丈夫よ!あたしはね、研究レポートで、毎日死ぬほど忙しくて、小説を読む時間さえあれば、幸せ!手紙を書く時間もないし、本当にごめんね!ご迷惑かけて、申し訳ございませんが...

いつの間にか、日本に来てから、もう6ヶ月間に経ってしまいました。寂しい... でもね、たくさん友達ができて、本当によかったと感じてる。さすが国際的な交換留学プログラム... アメリカ、ポランド、ベルギ、インド、タイ、台湾など... 

実は、日本語の勉強は今もよくできませんでしたが、これからも頑張ろうとおもっています。簡単な文法ができる内に、なるべく毎日練習しべきだ!じゃあ、皆一緒に頑張りましょう!よいよい将来を!

明日がある、明日がある、明日があるさ!
若い人は、夢がある...