Every athlete looks super cool and it looks like that they are telling us how we should achieve our own dream without any word. Go Go Japan!!!
Kx
Friday 15 August 2008
Friday 8 August 2008
8:15am 06/08/1945
Hiroshima is sending a message to the world that such a tragedy should never happen again.
Wish world peace!
Kx
Friday 18 July 2008
Discovery of Future
What do you want to be in your future?
When I was asked this question, I used to be clearer about what I wanted to be.
But in the reality, making a move into finding "future" is more difficult than telling my vision about the future to other people.
Of course, "boys be ambitious" is a very important attitude to achieve our own dream, but we, or at least, I have to be mentally tough to face the reality. I got a few jobs offered but I want to take more time to figure our what I really wanna be and where I wanna be for my near future, because I still have a plenty of time to do so.
Apart from job-searching, my life back home has been great. The life has been pretty hectic, but I've also been meeting with lots of my friends in my free time. Many childhood friends and Hiroshima friends... friends from abroad... the origine of my vitality!
Today, my friend took me to her university (Waseda) and I witnessed the life of university students in Japan. My uni life is as cool as thier life, but I enjoyed the difference between. I thank Kana-chan for bringing me into the new world today!
I'll probably be back in Hiroshima in a week. I haven't had enough family time since I came back so I'm looking forward to hunging out with my family. Of course with friends in Hiroshima as well!
Kx
Tuesday 1 July 2008
house-sick syndrome
I've been surviving in Tokyo for a week. Well, this is where I grew up, but it looks different from what I remember. I didn't know that Tokyo was that busy. People say London is always busy. I don't think those who say so can survive in Tokyo. It's super. But since I came here, many of my childhood friends gave me a call and would remember the old days together, which reminded me that Tokyo is also my hometown. HATE TRAINS IN THE MORNING THOUGH! They can never be worse!
I'm living with my uncle couple. He was sorta old when he got married and he had been like my big brother in my childhood, so I'm still close to him, and his wife is very friendly too so I don't have to be conscious of being polite to them and am enjoying living with them. They wanted kids but they could not, so I think they are enjoying having me here too.
One thing that I'm learning by living with them is "house-sick syndrome". My aunt is allergic to any artificial smell, so everything we use in the apartment has to be organic with no artificial smell. It's so weird that soap doesn't have any smell and also I can smell nothing after shower. She told me that when they moved to Tokyo, they had to change everything in the house to sweep away the exisiting smells. I guess I'm having a very healthy life for definite though. Everything is organic! hmmm... very interesting though!
Go go Kaori!
Kx
I'm living with my uncle couple. He was sorta old when he got married and he had been like my big brother in my childhood, so I'm still close to him, and his wife is very friendly too so I don't have to be conscious of being polite to them and am enjoying living with them. They wanted kids but they could not, so I think they are enjoying having me here too.
One thing that I'm learning by living with them is "house-sick syndrome". My aunt is allergic to any artificial smell, so everything we use in the apartment has to be organic with no artificial smell. It's so weird that soap doesn't have any smell and also I can smell nothing after shower. She told me that when they moved to Tokyo, they had to change everything in the house to sweep away the exisiting smells. I guess I'm having a very healthy life for definite though. Everything is organic! hmmm... very interesting though!
Go go Kaori!
Kx
Sunday 29 June 2008
http://www.kiseki-symphony.com/
I met up with my friends from home in Shinjuku today; two of them are working in Tokyo and one is finishing uni this year and she is going to work for a property company from next April.
We went to see the film that I wanted to see so badly! August Rush... such a great one!
Also I saw "Once". I really liked the film itself but more than that it was great to see the city where I live through screen.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc
Check them out!
Kx
I met up with my friends from home in Shinjuku today; two of them are working in Tokyo and one is finishing uni this year and she is going to work for a property company from next April.
We went to see the film that I wanted to see so badly! August Rush... such a great one!
Also I saw "Once". I really liked the film itself but more than that it was great to see the city where I live through screen.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc
Check them out!
Kx
Tuesday 24 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
One year to go!
4 years ago, I thought that being out of Japan for 5 years was way too long, but here I am, I have only a year left till finishing the college. As I grew up, I started sensing the speed of time; I reckon being an adult means being given more choices for my own life, which is constrained by time, so that we always have to care about time when we choose to do something. The more I want for my life, the less the time of my life seems to be.
Until so far, my decisions have been conditional on what my parents answer to them, and they were never turned down. I could always do whatever I chose and I could always try whatever I was interested in, because my parents would always allow me to do so. But the solution to my future is entirely dependent on what I decide, which I did know, but I have been pretending not to know.
When I decided to do my degree in UK (I decided to come to Ireland when I was studying in UK), my mum kept telling me to come back to Japan when I finish the college, but recently, she’s been telling me,
“I still want you back, but I now don’t know if it would be the best for you to come back here for good; by listening to your story in Ireland and seeing how you are over there makes me feel I have to stop you coming back. You would definitely get re-culture shocked again and I don’t wanna you to regret leaving there”
During the exam period, I went to London and had a long long long interview with a big Japanese company. I think they liked me a lot, but the company was not my first priority, and I was there just to get myself prepared for other interviews in near future; but the other applicants who were also chosen until the last stage were those who wanted to work for them and had themselves fully prepared for the interview. I felt my undetermined attitude was really rude to those who really wanted the job. I was taken to the dinner at night and could talk to many of the company’s staffs; I did enjoy being there and it was a great experience, but after that, I re-thought whether it was where I wanted to be in my future or not. I don’t think it was. This answer was really hard to face, as I thought that I would love to work for a big Japanese company and that would be the place for me to be, but by witnessing how it is really like, it made me re-think about my viewpoint toward job-choices. Of course it is very wrong to think all the Japanese companies are the same, but I was very shocked to know that there are some situations to which, before anything starts, I can tell that I could never get myself adjusted. I guess I was too confident in my adaptability to any environment.
Until so far, my decisions have been conditional on what my parents answer to them, and they were never turned down. I could always do whatever I chose and I could always try whatever I was interested in, because my parents would always allow me to do so. But the solution to my future is entirely dependent on what I decide, which I did know, but I have been pretending not to know.
When I decided to do my degree in UK (I decided to come to Ireland when I was studying in UK), my mum kept telling me to come back to Japan when I finish the college, but recently, she’s been telling me,
“I still want you back, but I now don’t know if it would be the best for you to come back here for good; by listening to your story in Ireland and seeing how you are over there makes me feel I have to stop you coming back. You would definitely get re-culture shocked again and I don’t wanna you to regret leaving there”
During the exam period, I went to London and had a long long long interview with a big Japanese company. I think they liked me a lot, but the company was not my first priority, and I was there just to get myself prepared for other interviews in near future; but the other applicants who were also chosen until the last stage were those who wanted to work for them and had themselves fully prepared for the interview. I felt my undetermined attitude was really rude to those who really wanted the job. I was taken to the dinner at night and could talk to many of the company’s staffs; I did enjoy being there and it was a great experience, but after that, I re-thought whether it was where I wanted to be in my future or not. I don’t think it was. This answer was really hard to face, as I thought that I would love to work for a big Japanese company and that would be the place for me to be, but by witnessing how it is really like, it made me re-think about my viewpoint toward job-choices. Of course it is very wrong to think all the Japanese companies are the same, but I was very shocked to know that there are some situations to which, before anything starts, I can tell that I could never get myself adjusted. I guess I was too confident in my adaptability to any environment.
Also, I’ve realized that I would want to work for a company who can value what I’m studying in the college rather than where I go to study. It is true that Japanese companies tend to care about the fame of universities rather than the context of experience as a student unless we are science students. To a great extent, I knew they were like that, but facing this reality was harder than I expected. I like studying Economics and for my future, I would like to take advantage of what I have learnt in the university not just from the social life but also from the academic aspect. I would like the society to value what I have achieved as a student. I guess this is just an ideal state and I know everything can’t go in the way I want it to be, but at least I definitely want to find the best solution to my future. I want to figure out what I really want for my future, and I want to find a place where I can see myself being happy and smiling all the time.
Anyway, this is what I have been thinking.....
Anyway, this is what I have been thinking.....
I had a great time in Dublin after the exam for a week, and went to London. I was Rondonning with my favourite people over there. It was super cool to catch up with them and it was great just to chill without worrying anything.
I loved the weather too. I came back to Japan a few days ago. It's always great to be back home but the weather sucks. I don't like Japanese summer in terms of the weather as it is too humid, which makes the heat worse. It feels like the air is really heavy,,, Apart from the weather things are great though. I stayed at my best friend, Ayaka's apartment in Kobe on the first night. I love my monkey Ayaka! And then I came back to Hiroshima. I haven't done much, just have been hunging out with my mum, which is though really cool. The food is wonderful! Many of my friends gave me a call and I cannot wait to see them soon! I will be in Tokyo from the next week for job-hunting! But I am also planning to enjoy myself there too!
My mum is correcting my weird Japanese... hmmm,,, My English will be totally messed up after the summer I guess,,,Ah well!
Kx
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