I don't know how to prepare for my Japanese oral exam. I'll be able to pull it off but I shóuld practice some conversations so I won't enter a "nervewracking-state-of-feeling-unprepared" next Friday. I'm repeating "default sentences" in my head all day, but it feels useless if I don't somehow say it out loud to someone.

失礼ですが、お名前は。
会社はどちらですか。
毎日何時に起きますか。
先週の土曜日何をしましたか。
銀行は５時に休みます。
来年日本へ帰ります。<= lol yeah I wish

Man, I'll be glad when I'm back in class.

Edit:



I have my own laptop now, which will stay in Maastricht during schoolperiods. And I have to admit, Microsoft sort of redeemed themselves with Windows 7. I got 7 instead of XP because the shop owner assured me it's working perfectly so far and he's quite impressed. In 2011 Microsoft will stop supporting XP, so starting with 7 now will spare me the trouble of upgrading later. Our home desktop and my dad's laptop still run XP though.. it'll be hard saying goodbye to that. XD

(look at that stunning wallpaper made my the lovely anei_no_tsuki!)

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As the main character Nemuri Kyoshiro of the 'Nemuri Kyoshiro' series GACKT will appear in various media. The stage production written by Koyama Kundo is the first in line of the 'NEMURI×GACKT PROJECT'. After the theater version of 'Nemuri Kyoshiro', the combined character 'NEMURI×GACKT' will be featured in manga, anime, video-games and film.

http://musicjapanplus.jp/news/?action=detail&news_id=3417

. . .

*freezes, crumbles and becomes dust*

So I lost the studio to someone else because I'm still stuck to my current contract. It's ok.. I'll try again in february, when the university is taking in new people and they're in need of rooms again. Then I can end my contract and move into a studio, I'm sure there'll be lots of nice things available.

Today's exam went well. I was done in less than 45 minutes, which gave me the feeling I went through it too quickly as usual, even though I know it'll be fine. *shrugs*

I still have 20 more pages to go in my history book though. Fortunately a classmate passed around a very useful summary of the book which she found on the net.
Friday's exam covers everything from hunter/gatherer Japan up to Edo. I'll manage. Somehow. +__+


You know what? This wins bronze, silver and gold in the olympics for most stunning Gackt single covers.


(click for the full thing)

He's sitting on a throne with fabulous hair and there are like.. candles and sparkles and snowflakes floating around... XD And guess what, the moooooon is back.

Oh, and his face resembles a lightbulb again.

(I'm a proper blonde again!! xD)

It was wonderful to see anei_no_tsuki again~ I had missed her~~ <3 See you again soon, dear!!

This is it was great.. it felt like a concert..

Just.. ah, this killing empty feeling. :/

If that man had still lived they would've been magnificent concerts. Concerts that I wouldn't want to miss.. it sucks that I wasn't born earlier. If I had been older I'm sure I would've been able to have much more of those wonderful experiences, also with Gackt.

It's not fair, all those people worked so hard, and it just gets blown up in their face..

And Michael just deserved it after all those shitty years. He deserved it so much more Lady Gaga or any other cheap pop "artist" that's out there right now.

It's not fair.

I don't like Halloween (nobody here cares about it anyway), but I do like this season's colors. XD



Tonight I'm seeing This is it with anei_no_tsuki~ Looking forward to it~~

- your train comes to a complete stop for 5 whole minutes because it is stuck behind a goods train
- once it moves again, it moves at a snail's pace
- this causes your train to arrive in Eindhoven 15 minutes late
- as a result, you miss your bus which leaves only once an hour in the evening
- it's cold and teen girls are making fun of you behind your back
- the busdriver that's supposed to drive an alternative bus (with more stops and longer travel time) is 10 minutes late, so you decide to get out and go for the next "quick-connection bus" anyway
- once that bus arrives, the driver gets out to drink coffee, even though it's already time to leave again (21:07)
- 50 people are waiting in a crowded bus, and some stoned foreign kids that brought a DISGUSTING weed smell with them are making your ears bleed with their noise and their loud music
- finally a busdriver comes over and decides it's time to go (even though the bus should've been on its way for about 15 minutes already)


All of this happened to me over the course of barely one hour. Sometimes I feel like it's only possible in Shitty Flatland.

http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/2112128/grote-brand-in-centrum-gemert.html


That place burned down a year or two ago as well. Typical.

kono_ame guessed Mozart and Queen
larosenocturne guessed Gackt (KOAKUMA HEAVEN), MALICE MIZER, Chachamaru, Tori Amos and Vanessa-Mae
joostmusic guessed Dire Straits and Billy Joel
zwartwit guessed Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams, Spice Girls and Sting

Nobody guessed Gackt (Flower), Hans Zimmer, Gackt (Manri 2005 pic), KOTOKO, Gackt (Jesus), Kenji Kawai and Gackt (U+K)


NEW MEME:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So ask me something you want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Name: Tim
Gender: Male




Time to get out of here. Now if only that studio guy would reply to my email... =/

1. Open a music player.
2. Go to 'all music'/'library'.
3. Hit shuffle/repeat/randomise.
4. Find photos of the first 20 artists/bands that come up (no repeats and no cheating).
5. Have people guess who the artists/bands are.
6. Paste this in your journal and do it too, so I can have fun guessing as well.

( Sorry, no generic J-rock bands :P )

So yesterday was my first exam (Dutch) and it went ok, I guess... With Dutch, you just never know. It's a fucked up language. :P

Friday I have another exam (Japanese: listening), and then my autumn break starts. The week after that I have 3 more exams (Japanese: writing and reading, Japanese: speaking, and last but not least Japanese history), and then another week off, because my class doesn't have any exams scheduled for that week.

4 weeks of lazyness, yay. Well, I figured it might be a good opportunity to start looking for a bigger room, preferably a studio with my own kitchen and bathroom. I found one on Kamernet last night and sent an e-mail.. I hope it's still available; it's situated on my current cycling route to school and very close to a line 9 busstop. And the most amazing thing is that it's more than twice as big as my current room, but €110 monthly rent cheaper. Yup, now I'm sure my current room is a ripoff. I need to find something else as soon as possible now that I have time to move.

I'm looking forward to this weekend; I'm seeing my dear friends es_chan, littleflapper and joostmusic again! That's going to be epic as usual~
And the 31st I'm going to see the Michael Jackson film with anei_no_tsuki, who I haven't seen in a while either~ <3

I'll definitely meet up with my classmates during autumn break as well, since they all live in the vicinity of Eindhoven. (THOSE ARE MY TRIBE OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW XDDDD)

Ah, it's been ages since I've felt genuinely happy! The last months went very well, it's like I forgot what it's like. If only I could see my friends more often.. Damn distances and school!!
I'm so restless, I'd rather go out and do stuff instead of sitting at home, being lazy. Last night I did kanji for 3 fucking hours because I was bored. I can use all kanji for the first semester now. I also finished ICT. If only my pageturning in my history book went that fast. I'm still behind on it because it was delivered a month late. >_>
I've also been exchanging e-mails in Japanese with Kana-sensei, which is very good practice! She and Aoi won't have classes with us anymore after the exams though.. they'll be switching with the exchange students who are in charge of other classes now. I don't see the use of that, honestly.. I think it's important to develop a bond with your teachers, it's no use if they dissapear again after each semester.

I want to go shopping. I need a new coat. :|