時々の事実

Oh yay, the cycle is complete.

2009-11-09T00:39:15Z

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!)

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*

New timetable

2009-11-06T13:41:48Z

Who makes these things? ಠ_ಠ

And I just noticed there's no workshop. WHY?

The present I got es_chan for her birthday also arrived in the mail. Man, if it wasn't such a fabulous present, I'd keep it myself. XDDD

Kimiiiii o dakishimeruuu hane to nareeeeee--- gets shot

2009-11-04T19:22:59Z

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.

"In mah dreams, I'm a vain gurl, y'know."

2009-11-03T13:55:11Z

(click for fullview)

I wish curling my hair perfectly was possible and wouldn't take so long. XD

And...

BWAHAHA PIGTAILS.

Ok now, stop stalling, grab that book and READ...

YOU CURRY = WANT

2009-11-02T13:29:53Z

http://gackt.com/jp/page/kamuigakuen/4.html

BAHAHAHAHAHA. THIS.

TOLD YOU THIS SHIT WAS GOING TO BE FUCKING EPIC.

But they'd better add a bowtie for the girls. I want a Kamui Gakuen bowtie, damnit. xD

And even though I can't attend this myself, I'm still curious about those cover songs. If so many Dears are requesting MALICE MIZER songs, maybe.. just maybe... *crosses fingers*
Well ok, if they're being requested, he has to do them.
A flood of MM requests was to be expected anyway, since he's asking his FANS, lol.

Btw, pray that I'll get a studio of my own this week. I hope I can settle things with my houseboss. She was all like "Your contract stands until July 7 2010 unless you can get someone else to take it over". :/

Is this true?

2009-11-01T23:16:50Z

Gackt to play starring role in resumed jidaigeki Nemuri Kyoshiro

I am speechless.

It's somewhat of a tie between "OMGNOTNOW", "WTFGACKTONSTAGE" and "GAKUTORAYESPLEASE".

The way you make me feel ♪

2009-10-31T22:48:50Z

(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.

Have some horribly retouched pics

2009-10-31T13:18:25Z

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~~

BAH

2009-10-30T22:27:01Z

- 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.

Burning shoes smell horribly

2009-10-29T20:25:58Z

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

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

Setsugekka ~the end of silence~

2009-10-29T16:27:16Z

My heart is exploding with love for this man.

R&RII Tour book photos on Ebay

2009-10-27T11:11:33Z

Look at the boobies on the one in the silver dress up front!! XD

Music meme results + Meme stolen from kono_ame

2009-10-27T01:13:39Z

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.

New housemate

2009-10-22T19:40:28Z

Name: Tim
Gender: Male

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

Ok, meme XD

2009-10-21T20:01:51Z

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.

1 RULE: IF YOU THINK YOU CAUGHT A GACKT, YOU MUST ALSO STATE A SONG OR YEAR.

1. Mozart - kono_ame

2.

3.

4. Gackt (KOAKUMA HEAVEN) - larosenocturne

5. Dire Straits - joostmusic

6.

7. Queen - kono_ame

8. Michael Jackson - zwartwit

9. MALICE MIZER - larosenocturne

10. Robbie Williams - zwartwit

11. Chachamaru - larosenocturne

12. Tori Amos - larosenocturne

13.

14.

15. Spice Girls - zwartwit

16. Vanessa-Mae - larosenocturne

17.

18.

19. Sting - zwartwit

20. Billy Joel - joostmusic

あぁ！！遊☆戯☆王１０ｔｈ！

2009-10-21T08:32:38Z

遊☆戯☆王　～超融合！時空を越えた絆～
Gekijou-ban YuuGiOu! ~Chou-Yuugou! Jikuu o Koeta Kizuna~
Theatrical film YuuGiOu! ~Ultra Fusion! Bonds over Time and Space~

As a former 遊☆戯☆王 diehard, I have to see this. XD

I completely forgot it's been 10 years since the original anime (Duel Monsters aka the one that made it big, not the very very first anime) first aired in Japan, time flies~
And I remember hoping to see a Japanese-produced theatrical feature film for this at least once in my lifetime. XD

What I fail to see is why GX and 5Ds have to be thrown in, though. I mean, they're like, NEW and inferior compared to the good old shit. I don't like spinoffs. BOO!

New cover feature

2009-10-20T22:52:41Z

ENERGY!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-20T15:04:54Z

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. :|

OMG WHY

2009-10-17T23:58:34Z

I've been searching for a new coat for weeks. ;___;

Oral exam

2009-10-16T13:45:33Z

New icon to celebrate I will have leftover money this month since I'll be mostly home the coming three weeks.

Exam went.. um well it passed in a blur as usual and it left me feeling "meh". XD

Teacher gave me and my partner a 7 out of 10 and I suppose I should be happy with that, considering we made some stupid mistakes while figuring out our file cards which made US point out mistakes that we had to correct in our conversation (which was going through a weekly schedule for a Japanese businessman together).

"Emmy, Wednesday is pronounced as Wennsday, but I'm sure you know that."

Me: "Yes, of course. Sorry."

No, I did NOT know that. I have made that mistake since elimentary and no one ever corrected me because I had far from capable instructors. But YOU, Dear Sir who speaks perfect British, don't know it's OOsaka, not oSAAKA. Or MIyazawa, instead of MiyaZAwa.

"Emmy, you're a real businesswoman; you skipped the smalltalk."

Me: "I guess I was busy then."

No, I just don't do small talk on the phone. Ridiculous; they subtract points if you get to business after the "how are you" exchange. I thought that was more than enough, but if you want to discuss the weather and get a high phone bill, be my guest. XD

We were marked seperately, but both of us scoring 7 was a bit unfair.. I had to correct my partner many times because she gave me the wrong info (which I had to react on) and some of her sentences were a complete mess.

Meh, I'm satisfied with my 7 even though it's the lowest mark I ever scored on this subject. *lol* It's not going to appear anywhere; this oral examination, the letter we wrote 2 weeks ago AND attending all classes this semester merely contributed to a 0,5 point bonus to the mark we receive after the exam in January. No harm done.

*sigh* Putting myself under so much pressure is a habit that stuck after secundary school. I was the best at English in my class (on the whole, the level at my school was way below avarage) and cursed myself when I ended up with a 9,4 at the end of my fifth year, which then appears as a 9 on your diploma; 9,5 and higher appears as a 10. At my current school I believe they have the same rounding system. If I'm able to score a 9 on my test in January, thanks to the 0,5 bonus I'll be able to restore my dignity. *slaps self*

But that's not gonna happen, I have to accept I'm simply not good enough to score a 9 for English on this level.. and this guy strikes me as a teacher who simply doesn't hand out marks above 8. I've had a few of those.

Why are English teachers always such haughty pricks who think their subject is the best and most important? XD

Anyway, yesterday's workshop was calligraphy!! I'll definitely take it as a subject in Japan. I want to get better at it. Like Gackt.. Although unintelligible, his handwriting is like art. XD

For anyone interested, here is my first try at "Ai":

brrr

2009-10-14T20:18:32Z

It's freezing -2 outside. ;___;

I'm in bed in a new vest (pity I don't have my camera here, I got some new clothes at the New Yorker and it's EPIC XD Remember the Drapery!Gackt at the Korean Dears event??) with my laptop on my lap (aahh warmth <3) but my feet are SO DAMN COLD. I want wool socks or something. It's getting better though, slowly. I should fix some tea but I'm too lazy to get up. XD;;

Man it's October and I'm already complaining. I have a feeling it's gonna be a cold winter after such a nice summer. Bleh. Why can't it be 20-22 C all year long?

I'm nervous for my English oral examination on Friday. It's a formal conversation on the phone and I will have partner. We get 10 minutes to prepare ourselves. I know I can do this, I just get so nervous for things like this, I'm not at my best under pressure. Writing in English is so natural for me, but speaking.. bleh. It's so alien, and I don't enjoy it.
It's weird, I'm not nervous for Japanese at all, which will be interpreting between two teachers.

I should just tell myself English will be a piece of cake as well, then everything will be fine.. I hope. ^^;;

Really, this government...

2009-10-13T17:13:12Z

They're taking advantage of the crisis by using it as an excuse to finally raise the age of retirement in the Netherlands from 65 to 67, an issue they've been wanting to tackle for years.

The plans as they are now, state that starting 2010 everyone below the age of 55 will have to work until they are 67 instead of 65. This includes both my parents, and of course both my brothers and me.

People who started working at a young age cán quit at 65, BUT their income will be lower than it will be if they choose to retire at 67.

DAMN YOU, BUNCH OF MONEYHUNGRY CAPITALIST PIGS!

My dad and brothers quit school before they were 18 and have been working ever since. Physically demanding labour in the construction industry, often more than 60 hours a week. My oldest brother lives in a tiny first floor apartment with his lazy constantly pregnant Antillian girlfriend who refuses to work and their kid, and they have to rely on us to afford primary needs like food. My mother works 4 days a week and next to that takes care of the household 7 days a week; she barely has time to herself either, but if she didn't work, we'd be in a situation likewise to my brother's.

Unlike you, who sit in lazy chairs in your meeting rooms after studying until age 30, enjoying salaries and bonuses at criminal heights, and all the time thinking of more ways to make as much money as possible from your hard working, tax paying citizens.

Seriously.. I don't care about having to work until I'm 67. I won't start working until I'm at least 23, and I will never have health issues due to working in the cold or heat from early morning to late evening. But the rest of my family doesn't deserve this.

My dad's pension is of the VUT (Vervroegde uittreding) type, which shortly means he can quit earlier (at 62) because then he'll have worked in the same field for 40 years without break. But it's very possible that he might lose this.
He just came home with these "65 will be 65" buttons and posters the SP (Socialistic Party, he and my mother are members) is spreading among other material.

I really admire those people, they're always out on the streets, getting signs for petitions and talking to people about social problems..

Pity it's not going to work, they're not going to turn this back now.
Last week public transport companies in large cities in the Randstad (urban area in the west of the Netherlands) threatened with strike actions. Fortunately that was forbidden; public transport is a too easy target, poor students.

Finally figured it out ^^;;

2009-10-13T14:50:34Z

ああ！　
最後に出来た！！

私は今PCで日本語で書きますよ！！

これはムリだと思いました！！　
やっぱりスゴ～イね！ホオッホッホッホオ！

No way

2009-10-11T17:27:37Z

NOT AGAIN. |D

Well, it looks funny, like always. XD The haunted house things looks epic.

(But where's my beloved Jukie? >> *taps foot*)

I suppose I'll give this a chance XD

2009-10-10T17:25:24Z

Tonight on SBS6; Hole in the wall, a Dutch version of a programme with the same title that also airs in other countries around the world, and which is a remake of the successful Japanese series Brain wall commonly referred to as "Human tetris" that airs on Fuji Tv since 2006. It's starring the 2 biggest gheylords of Dutch television.

I hope they paid the Japanese a lot of money for the rights to this, but I have no doubt it'll fail here. :P

This is the Australian version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5P3AkQ1T7A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Wall