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Sunday, March 09, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
日本語を勉強し始めた理由
小さいから日本語のアニメやファイナル・ファンタジーというゲームが好きだが、大学に入ったまで、いつも英語の字幕でした。いつでも日本語が難しいと思ったので、勉強しなかった。しかし、大学の一年生の夏休みとき、アメリカへ働きに行って、日本語が話せる彼女と付き合ったら、日本語が勉強したくなった。つまり、日本語を勉強し始めた理由は彼女のためにだろう。とにかく、シンガポールに帰ったら、NUSで日本語１の授業を受けて、日本語の旅が始まった。
最初は、日本語が本当に難しかったが、優しい日本語１の先生が親切に教えたら、日本語がどんどん上手になった。それに，日本語は勉強すれば勉強するほど面白くなると思ったから、次の学期で日本語２も受けた。その間授業とチュートリアル以外に日本語が話せないから、教科書やクラスで勉強した言葉と文法しか全然わからなくて、発音もちょっとおかしかった。あの時、日本へ留学することにした。それから, 日本語の旅は次のレベルになった。
日本語を勉強の理由はいつの間にか変わっていて、三つ目標を持つようになった。一番大切は敬語が上手になって、いつか日本で働きたい。次は、できるだけ十年間に日本に住むつもりで、日本人の女の子と付き合う。そのために、日本語を一生懸命勉強している。
最初は、日本語が本当に難しかったが、優しい日本語１の先生が親切に教えたら、日本語がどんどん上手になった。それに，日本語は勉強すれば勉強するほど面白くなると思ったから、次の学期で日本語２も受けた。その間授業とチュートリアル以外に日本語が話せないから、教科書やクラスで勉強した言葉と文法しか全然わからなくて、発音もちょっとおかしかった。あの時、日本へ留学することにした。それから, 日本語の旅は次のレベルになった。
日本語を勉強の理由はいつの間にか変わっていて、三つ目標を持つようになった。一番大切は敬語が上手になって、いつか日本で働きたい。次は、できるだけ十年間に日本に住むつもりで、日本人の女の子と付き合う。そのために、日本語を一生懸命勉強している。
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
自己紹介
電子電気工学の四年生のティオン・ハンセンです。２年前から日本語を勉強しています。最初はアニメとドラマをわかるように、日本語を勉強したけど、日本語がどんどん上手になったら、日本人の友達を作りたくなりました。日本のカルチャーや歴史を楽しみにしています。
趣味はスポーツだけど、あまりスポーツができるタイプじゃないので、テニスもバスケッとも下手ですが、友人とテニスやwakeboardingという激しいアウトドア・スポーツを暇なときやっています。あとは、食べることが大好きです！シンガポール料理の中でチキン・ライスは一番すきだから、日本に留学したとき、自分で作って、友達と一緒に食べました。日本料理も好きです。特にざるそばときつねうどんが大好きです。お好み焼きも好きだけど、ショウガがあまり好きじゃないので、お好み焼きやお寿司を食べるとき、ショウガをつけないで食べたほうがおいしいと思います。
この学期日本語５のクラスを受けた目的は２つがあります。一番大切な理由は大学を卒業したら、日本で働きたいからです。次は、日本語と日本の文化が好きな人と友達になりたいからです。実は、日本人と付き合いたいんですけど。。。ハハ。冗談です！本当に信じてください。まあー、このコースで皆と楽しみにしています。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。
趣味はスポーツだけど、あまりスポーツができるタイプじゃないので、テニスもバスケッとも下手ですが、友人とテニスやwakeboardingという激しいアウトドア・スポーツを暇なときやっています。あとは、食べることが大好きです！シンガポール料理の中でチキン・ライスは一番すきだから、日本に留学したとき、自分で作って、友達と一緒に食べました。日本料理も好きです。特にざるそばときつねうどんが大好きです。お好み焼きも好きだけど、ショウガがあまり好きじゃないので、お好み焼きやお寿司を食べるとき、ショウガをつけないで食べたほうがおいしいと思います。
この学期日本語５のクラスを受けた目的は２つがあります。一番大切な理由は大学を卒業したら、日本で働きたいからです。次は、日本語と日本の文化が好きな人と友達になりたいからです。実は、日本人と付き合いたいんですけど。。。ハハ。冗談です！本当に信じてください。まあー、このコースで皆と楽しみにしています。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。
Monday, August 20, 2007
The controversial shrine
In Sino-Japanese politics, the Yasukuni shrine has always been in the limelight, with the previous Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi bringing Sino-Japanese relations to its lowest point by just paying a visit to this shrine. PM Shinzo Abe promised that he was not going to visit the shrine during this year's anniversary to the end of World War II to appease angry Chinese. Why is it so important? Resting peacefully here are Japanese war heroes dating all the way back to the warring periods and Meiji Revolution, which of course includes their World War II heroes. However, if you carefully go through the rows of military men, you might come by certain all-to-familiar names. Yes, they're the Class A War Criminals. 15 of them in all amongst the other war-deads. Understand a little bit more now?
Whatever it is, many Japanese have not set foot in this temple, only vaguely knowing its existence. As a foreigner, it was kind of an eye-opener, no special aura or oppressive feelings, just a nice walk into the past.
The metro exit
The entrance
Long stretch to walk in.
Even sacred shrines have little food stalls and baskers around
Main entrance to the shrine
Buy and plant trees for remembrance
The shrine set in the backdrop of skyscraper Tokyo
Inner Shrine
Family gathering to pray. The inner shrine is always closed to public.
Nationalistic man thinks he's still living in the 40s, waving the imperial flag and singing patriotic songs.
No camera? Buy one from the vending machines!
The museum where you can find out more about this shrine.
Slack.
Whatever it is, many Japanese have not set foot in this temple, only vaguely knowing its existence. As a foreigner, it was kind of an eye-opener, no special aura or oppressive feelings, just a nice walk into the past.
The metro exit
The entrance
Long stretch to walk in.
Even sacred shrines have little food stalls and baskers around
Main entrance to the shrine
Buy and plant trees for remembrance
The shrine set in the backdrop of skyscraper Tokyo
Inner Shrine
Family gathering to pray. The inner shrine is always closed to public.
Nationalistic man thinks he's still living in the 40s, waving the imperial flag and singing patriotic songs.
No camera? Buy one from the vending machines!
The museum where you can find out more about this shrine.
Slack.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Climbing to the top of Japan
Well, during this 2 week of absence from this blog,申し訳ありません, I've done a couple of things I can't believe myself, one of which is mountain climbing. Although I must say its bad choice to do a 3776m mountain when its my first time mountain climbing, it was generally enjoyable.
I started at around out from Shinjuku station around 4.50pm on a Keio highway bus. It costs 5200yen (S$70) for a return trip ticket to Kawaguchi 5th station on Mount Fuji where I would start my climb. I bought a bento to eat on the bus, and some other high-carbo food to eat on the trip like chocolates which I would not get sick off even if I'm tired and energy-drained.
Along the way up I caught nice pictures of the sunset but, these are the only nice scenery pictures I managed to take.
If you've noticed by now, my plan was to hike up Mount Fuji at night... yes, in the dark, and then reach the peak by 3am to catch a spectacular sunrise. However... Anyway, the rest station at 5th station where you can grab basic necessities for the climb like water and a walking stick. See the snow on the peak? I should've known better...
Sign telling you the way up Mount Fuji.
We were quick coz by 10pm, just 2 hours after we started I was already at the 7th station.
Toilets with 100yen boxes where you donate to them for cleaning the toilets. Although I didn't have a chance to take a photo of the insides, its actually very clean.
Nice little sign along the way reminding you not to throw stones down the slope.
More helpful signs
Nice and cosy rest station. Wish I was inside.
On the 8th station at 12midnight.
As shown on the thermometer, though it was a sweltering 28 degrees in Tokyo, its a shivering 6 degrees up here. List of TOP 10 things I appreciated bringing!
1 - Climbing stick (Bought from shop)
2 - Warm hat (Courtesy of Espen)
3 - Warm windbreaker (Again Espen thanks)
4 - Warm jacket
5 - Gloves
6 - Bottles of water
7 - Head torch
8 - Handphone (Call and chat)
9 - Nintendo DS (Self-entertainment when starting to feel sleepy at rest station)
10 - Good boots (Tough terrain, don't want to bust your sports shoes!)
Couple cuddled up in a sleeping bag, not wanting to spend 7000yen each on 3-hours rest stations
Our final stop before the peak, we were cold and shivering requiring of some shelter from the blizzard outside. We stopped over at this over-priced rest place. They let you stay for 15 mins max for each order, then they start chasing you out. Since we were really early to reach the top for sunrise, we decided to take up his "bargain" to stay for an hour for 1000yen ($13).
Finally at 4am, I reached the peak. Sadly though, what welcomed me was not the spectacular sunrise I was expecting, but thick misty, bone-chilling fog and blistering cold wind. Yes, I picked the wrong day to climb. My friend climbed 2 days later and caught spectacular pictures of sunrise from the peak.
Torii at the peak too?
After deciding that the fog was not going to clear, I headed back down.
Low visibility and chilly winds like this on Mount Fuji are to be expected from Fuji's temperamental weather conditions.
Morning climbers are already setting off to the peak at 6am.
Nice and serene
Exorbitant priced rest stations
Mystical forest?
Finally back to 5th station for my bus ride home, here's a map of Mt Fuji.
Overall, this was an eye-opening experience. I won't say I was prepared enough for the trip. Though, thanks to Espen, I had good quality clothes to keep me relatively warm until the peak... I need to climb again some time, but not anytime soon. Terror of Mt Fuji experience still lives deep in my memories.
Slack.
I started at around out from Shinjuku station around 4.50pm on a Keio highway bus. It costs 5200yen (S$70) for a return trip ticket to Kawaguchi 5th station on Mount Fuji where I would start my climb. I bought a bento to eat on the bus, and some other high-carbo food to eat on the trip like chocolates which I would not get sick off even if I'm tired and energy-drained.
Along the way up I caught nice pictures of the sunset but, these are the only nice scenery pictures I managed to take.
If you've noticed by now, my plan was to hike up Mount Fuji at night... yes, in the dark, and then reach the peak by 3am to catch a spectacular sunrise. However... Anyway, the rest station at 5th station where you can grab basic necessities for the climb like water and a walking stick. See the snow on the peak? I should've known better...
Sign telling you the way up Mount Fuji.
We were quick coz by 10pm, just 2 hours after we started I was already at the 7th station.
Toilets with 100yen boxes where you donate to them for cleaning the toilets. Although I didn't have a chance to take a photo of the insides, its actually very clean.
Nice little sign along the way reminding you not to throw stones down the slope.
More helpful signs
Nice and cosy rest station. Wish I was inside.
On the 8th station at 12midnight.
As shown on the thermometer, though it was a sweltering 28 degrees in Tokyo, its a shivering 6 degrees up here. List of TOP 10 things I appreciated bringing!
1 - Climbing stick (Bought from shop)
2 - Warm hat (Courtesy of Espen)
3 - Warm windbreaker (Again Espen thanks)
4 - Warm jacket
5 - Gloves
6 - Bottles of water
7 - Head torch
8 - Handphone (Call and chat)
9 - Nintendo DS (Self-entertainment when starting to feel sleepy at rest station)
10 - Good boots (Tough terrain, don't want to bust your sports shoes!)
Couple cuddled up in a sleeping bag, not wanting to spend 7000yen each on 3-hours rest stations
Our final stop before the peak, we were cold and shivering requiring of some shelter from the blizzard outside. We stopped over at this over-priced rest place. They let you stay for 15 mins max for each order, then they start chasing you out. Since we were really early to reach the top for sunrise, we decided to take up his "bargain" to stay for an hour for 1000yen ($13).
Finally at 4am, I reached the peak. Sadly though, what welcomed me was not the spectacular sunrise I was expecting, but thick misty, bone-chilling fog and blistering cold wind. Yes, I picked the wrong day to climb. My friend climbed 2 days later and caught spectacular pictures of sunrise from the peak.
Torii at the peak too?
After deciding that the fog was not going to clear, I headed back down.
Low visibility and chilly winds like this on Mount Fuji are to be expected from Fuji's temperamental weather conditions.
Morning climbers are already setting off to the peak at 6am.
Nice and serene
Exorbitant priced rest stations
Mystical forest?
Finally back to 5th station for my bus ride home, here's a map of Mt Fuji.
Overall, this was an eye-opening experience. I won't say I was prepared enough for the trip. Though, thanks to Espen, I had good quality clothes to keep me relatively warm until the peak... I need to climb again some time, but not anytime soon. Terror of Mt Fuji experience still lives deep in my memories.
Slack.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Forgetting things on the train
When we were kids we learnt this phrase in one of the chapters in our Chinese text. 路不拾遗. Always thought it was just an utopian concept, but recently I realise that Japanese are somehow or rather like that.
Last Saturday on the train, I carelessly left a plastic bag with a laptop and many other stuff in it on the train when I got off (it happens very often in Tokyo). I immediately informed the station master once I found out, and the bag with its belongings intact was recovered 5 stops down. 30 minutes later, we got a call telling us that we could collect it from the lost and found section of that station.
When my friends went to a party and got themselves knocked out, my friend kinda misplaced his wallet. He got a call the next day from the party organiser that they were holding on to his wallet. My friend wondered aloud, "How did you know it was mine?" The organiser simply replied that so many people had came up to him telling him that if someone should return his wallet, to call this number.
Slack.
Last Saturday on the train, I carelessly left a plastic bag with a laptop and many other stuff in it on the train when I got off (it happens very often in Tokyo). I immediately informed the station master once I found out, and the bag with its belongings intact was recovered 5 stops down. 30 minutes later, we got a call telling us that we could collect it from the lost and found section of that station.
When my friends went to a party and got themselves knocked out, my friend kinda misplaced his wallet. He got a call the next day from the party organiser that they were holding on to his wallet. My friend wondered aloud, "How did you know it was mine?" The organiser simply replied that so many people had came up to him telling him that if someone should return his wallet, to call this number.
Slack.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
A-ya-ka... a-ya-ka...
Yesterday I went for my first big live event in Tokyo. It was my first big live for some time too. Ayaka was holding her 2nd last live for her Peace loving tour held at NHK hall, Shibuya. It was a helluva experience being so close to Ayaka man... This close ->|............................|<- You could feel her energy and power coursing thru you man. Her powerful voice hitting high notes sounded so pleasant to the ears. She even sang her new song, Jewellery days that's going to be out 7/4. During the concert, she stopped her repertiore a couple of times to chat with the audience. During the many instances of her talking with the audience, you could tell how 元気 or lively she was. Always prancing around the stage, and joking with us. Okie, before you think I'm another fanboy or Otaku, I'm not. Interestingly though, there were many around me. =(
Well, can't wait to hear her new release for Final Fantasy coming out in September. Too bad I can't take pictures in the hall.
Slack.
Well, can't wait to hear her new release for Final Fantasy coming out in September. Too bad I can't take pictures in the hall.
Slack.
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