月曜日, 12月 29, 2008 @ 18:05 Critical Thought on Japanese Society, People and Culture-Fashion Talking about fashion, the first country that comes to my mind is Japan. Why? The reason is that Japanese tend to be very fashionable. From what I’ve always seen from the internet, there are many different kinds of fashion styles that prevail in Japan. Trends such as Harajuku, Shibuya, Ginza, Odaiba, Shinjuku and the like, are among the fashion trend that followed by Japanese. Some of these styles are kind of exaggerated for some of the people. In my opinion, i think that Japanese are courage enough to follow the fashion trend and wear whatever they want. Harajuku and Gothic Lolita From my point of view, Japanese really pay much effort and attention on their appearance. Despite of whether they are men or women. Each time before they step out of their home, they would have to spend a long time in order to dress up themselves. I guess that is the reason why they look so awesome. Most of the time, whenever we are walking on the streets in Japan, or perhaps, from the TV programmes, we will be noticing that the dressing way of some of the Japanese are quite exaggerate. Even though they way they dress are quite exaggerate sometimes, somehow, this kind of trend is still being able to be accepted by some of the non-Japanese. However, there are quite a number of community which is not able to accept that kind of dressing style. There are many different kind of sources that we can get to know more about Japan fashion. Japanese magazine is one of it. There are various kind of Japanese Magazines that introduce about the trend of fashion that prevail in Japan, such as Cawaii, Popteen, Vivi, Ray, and so on. These are among the collection I have. Some of the costumes that the Japanese models are wearing are quite exaggerate. My Japanese Magazine Collection We can always see that sources like manga, anime, games are also the sources where Japanese fashion trends evolve from. Those Japanese who are really addicted into the world of manga, they would have fancy about the dressing way of the characters they adore. This kind of dressing way is called COSPLAY. As I am participating in Japanese Language Society, I heard my senior said that, the people who wish to imitate the characters that they like have to possess with the characteristics that similar with the characteristics that possessed by the particular characters. It is because if they dress up the same as the characters do, their personality and the way they act have to be the same as well. They also put on accessories as what had the characters that they adore are wearing so that they will look exactly the same as the characters in manga. There are quite a number of movies where the outfits that wear by the actors and actresses which are quite exaggerated. The movies that I’ve watched are Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro as well as Nana l and ll. Basically, it is because both of the movies transforms from the world of anime into the real world. The movie Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro is more anime-liked dressing while for Nana, it is more punk rock-liked dressing. There is also another movie which is called Kamikaze Girls. There are Lolita-liked dressing and Yankee-style dressing that we could see in the movies. These movies had shown us the fashion trends that prevail in Japan which are really exaggerated. I think Japanese see these as common but as for non-Japanese, it is quite common to see it on screen but not in the real life. Perhaps, they might think it as overdressed. Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, Nana and Kamikaze Girls As a conclusion, i believe that the degree of acceptableness towards the fashion trend in Japan is depends on individual perception. Some might think that the fashion trend is still acceptable while some might not. As for me, i think that the Japanese fashion trend is still acceptable as it has not goes beyond my degree of acceptableness. So what do you guys think out there? Feel free to drop me comments.

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金曜日, 12月 26, 2008 @ 8:30 せいや（Christmas Eve a.k.a Holy Night) 私はキリスト信者じゃありませんから、聖誕祭には祝いませんでした。 (I am not a Christian, i did not celebrate on Christmas Day) でも、私は友達と誕生日パーティーにいきました。 (However, I went to a birthday party together with a friend) それは私の友達の友達の誕生日でした。 (That was　my friend's friend　birthday） ベーちーに行きました。 (We went to beach) バーベキューがありましたから。 (Because we will be having a barbeque) ベーチーにたくさん人がありました。 (There were many people at the beach) 全部もバーベキューをしました。 (They were all having barbeque) 楽しかったです。 (It was fun) それから、Queens Bay Mallに行きました。 (After that, we went to Queens Bay Mall) たくさん人がありました。 (There were crowded) 下へ計算をしました。 (They were doing count down) それから、e-Gateに行きました。 (Then, we went to e-Gate) あそこにたくさんもありました。 (There were many people at there too) より愉快でした。 (It was really merrier)

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火曜日, 12月 09, 2008 @ 18:07 Working Day in Banquet I went to work today. It is only one day job. Basically, i don't really have the chance and time to work in this holiday because i've already spent the first 2 weeks of my holiday for preparing The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test while i only have 4 weeks holidays in total. I worked in banquet at one of the hotel in Penang. Actually, i was following my sister, Shan, to work there as she has been working there for quite a period of time and i wish to figure out what is actually happens out there. Moreover, it was Hari Raya Haji. So, the pay could be higher (Obviously, not so higher as the normal day rate is RM4/hour and it's only RM5/hour on that day). It's ok. I just want to gain some experience. I worked started from 3pm to 11pm. When we reach there, at fist, the things that we need to do is to assemble, waiting for to be assigned for tasks. As this is the first time that i involved in the line of F & B, the manager just assigned me with the more easier task, which is serving the guests by filling/refilling the beverage into guests cups/glasses. By the way, the event tonight would be a Chinese Style wedding ceremony. The task that i was being assined to seems easy. But guess what? It's not as easy as you could imagine. I have to walk around, holding the heavy jugs or beers and soft drinks and teapots that full with hot tea, keep refilling into the cups and glasses. Different types of guests might request differently as they had different wants and needs. Of course, my job is easier as compare to my sister. She had been assigned to serve all the dishes to the guests, doing clearing and all that kind of stuff. It's really not easy. I was really tiring. My muscles cramps for almost 2 or 3 days. However, even though it is quite a tough job, i think that it is good as i can get to learn experince from it.

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月曜日, 12月 08, 2008 @ 0:57 日本語能力試験(The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test) 十二月八日には日本語能力試験がありました。 There was a Japanese-Language Proficiency Test on 8th of December. 所はPenangのDisted Stamford Collegeです。 The location is at Disted Stamford College of Penang. 私の妹はそのがっこういんで勉強します。 My younger sister is studying at the college. 四級のじゅけんきゅうをとりました。 The test level that i took was level 4. 試験は午後三時から六時五十分まで。 The test start from 3pm to 6.50pm. しけんは本当にむずかしかったです。 The test was really difficult. わたしはかなうその日本語能力しけんおほうがだいがくよりむずかしいです。 I realise that The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test is more difficult than school exam. 試験でいい成績を取りたいです。 I hope that i will get good result in the exam.

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