441 days / ファッション [Fashion]

こんにちは。

私は少し病気になります。

きの寝るの日です。

明日仕事に行きます。

そして、かわいいファッションがいます。

Good afternoon.

I’m sick.

Yesterday I slept all day.

I will go to work tomorrow.

So, here is some cute fashion.

Sorry, not too many things.

Hopefully I’ll be feeling better tomorrow and maybe I’ll have a more interesting post.

じゃあ　♥

445 days / Childhood Memories

こんばんは。

私はビデオゲームを遊ぶのが大好きです。

子供の時毎日たくさんビデオゲームを遊びました。　♪

今とてもいそがしからビデオゲームを遊びません。

でも、私は希望を持つ。　♫

だいたい私はビデオゲームを遊べます。

来週私の仕事がたいしょく。

ワクワク

Good evening.

I love playing video games.

When I was a child I played tons of video games everyday!　♪

Now, I’m very busy and I don’t play video games.

But, I have hope!　♫

Soon, I can play video games.

Next week I will be finished with my job!

I’m excited!

I thought I’d post five of my favorite video games that I played when I was a child.

(However, to start things off, even though this is not a video of my younger brother and I, how the boy is reacting in the video, this is how we both reacted when we also received our Nintendo 64. I’m not even kidding)

I spent countless hour, upon hour, upon hour, upon hour playing these games.

My older brother is 10 years older than I am and therefore he was playing video games when he was 13 and I was three.

My “induction” into video games started at an early age and by the time I was 9, I knew that I wanted to work for Nintendo when I was older.

At first I wanted to be a graphic designer, but after many years, and a trip to DigiPen in the 6th grade, I learned that I did not have the stamina to draw so much.

I switched to studying Japanese and learned that Nintendo was from Japan.

I would love to work for Nintendo either in Washington or in Kyoto.

I’m lucky enough to live very close to Nintendo’s main headquarters in the United States so if I did work in Redmond, I already know that I’d be happy with where I would have to live.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: (bought in 1999)

My younger brother and I, along with my dad made a trip to our local pawn shop.

It was my younger brother’s birthday and he wanted to buy something with the $20 he had received from our Uncle in England.

We both spotted the game and as I recall we were both like, “Hey, it’s a Zelda game!”

We had previously only played the Zelda game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

My brother bought it.

When we got home he played it for 20 minutes and then I got to play it.

(My mom had made this rule that year that we would put our kitchen timer on for 20 minutes  so we would both be able to have fair playing time)

However, I ran over my 20 minutes promising my brother to do all of his chores for a week or something like that.

I played this game everyday when I got home from school and all day on the weekends until I beat it.

To this day, Zelda and the Ocarina of time is my all time favorite video game.

2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (bought in 2001)

I remember that my dad took my younger brother and I to the gas station down the road and in a side store they rented movies and video games.

I saw Majora’s Mask and immediately begged my dad to let me rent it for the five days that rentals were allowed.

He agreed and I was so excited!

However, when I got home and placed the game into my Nintendo 64 system, horror washed over me.

The screen read that I needed an Expansion Pack to play my game.

What the heck was an expansion pack!?

I placed a mental image of what the expansion pack looked like into my head and the next day my mom and I raced to the pawn shop.

Success! There in the counter was an expansion pack.

We hurried home and went about trying to install the expansion pack into the N64.

After about 25 minutes (maybe even longer) and using a table knife to pry the old “expansion pack” out of the system (we even placed the knife in the freezer to get colder for some reason…), I was off to playing Zelda again.

Sadly, I did not have enough time to beat the game in the five day period, but luckily enough the next week I visited the pawn shop again and the game was there!

I bought it and beat the game shortly after.

3. Banjo Kazooie (2000…still haven’t bought…)

To this day I’m still “borrowing” this game from my neighbors.

I was at my neighbors house and saw them playing it and asked if I could borrow it.

Being the amazing neighbors that they were they said yes.

I was drawn to the game because it had similar graphics to those of my beloved Zelda games.

This game just brings back good memories of coming home after school, sitting down in front of my TV, and playing video games for hours without having to really worry about anything. (Money, school, jobs, etc.)

4. Kingdom Hearts (bought in 2003)

I know that I bought this game in the 6th grade, because one of my friends wouldn’t stop telling me how far he had gotten the night before. (He got the game before me and sought to remind me everyday until I was able to buy it).

This game also marks when I was introduced to Utada Hikaru.

(As well as more Japanese music)

I remember sitting in front of my TV with the cartoon channel on just waiting for the commercial for Kingdom Hearts to come one so I could hear the beautiful song.

I swear that I had butterflies in my stomach.

My dad and mom surprised my brother and I with a PS2 shortly after and I almost cried when I put the game in and saw the opening clip.

It’s a good game.

Go play it.

5. Super Smash Bros. (bought in…)

I remember staying the night at my neighbors house with my younger brother all the time and staying up into the wee hours of the morning playing this game.

We would rotate houses and my neighbors would bring the game over to our house, along with their controllers, so we could play in my room too.

We hadn’t bought our own game because we didn’t really feel that it was necessary since our neighbors would let us borrow it and we would let them borrow ours.

This game keeps improving and improving with Super Smash Brother’s Melee for the GameCube and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii.

Also very good games.

Go play one, they are all worth your time.

Thanks for reading!

おやすみなさい。　[goodnight]

じゃあ　♥

448 days / 珈琲じ光 [Café Lumière]

こんばんは。

今日私はずつうがする。　私もねむいといそがしいです。

でも、明日は金曜日です。　やった！

私は珈琲じ光「こーひーじこ」を見ました。　♪

日本語を勉強したいでも、この映画は少し話しました。

でも、珈琲時光は良い音楽とへんしゅうすると女優と男優でした。

Good evening.

Today I have a headache and I’m tired and busy.

sigh

But, tomorrow is Friday!

Yay!

Earlier this week I watched Cafe Lumiere.

My intention was to be able to study Japanese while watching/translating the movie. However, there wasn’t very much speaking in the movie.

But, the movie was very soothing to watch, with good music, editing and a good lead actress and actor.

The movie followed, Yoko, a freelance writer who became pregnant but was adamant that she was not going to marry the father of the child. Yoko is researching a composer, whose music is the soundtrack for the film, and as she tries to learn more about him, she takes time to look at her life and realize all the people that care about her.

I enjoyed the movie, it was a good length, but there was barely any speaking.

However, the symbolism was very relaxing to watch and there were a few bits of humor throughout the film that also made the movie flow nicely.

The movie’s “main” goal was that it was made to commemorate the film maker Yasujiro Ozu. Therefore, camera angles, lighting, and along with the storyline were similar to a movie that Yasujiro would have made.

Out of 10 stars, I would give the movie a solid 6 1/2. I would have liked more speaking [because I was trying to study] but the movie was a good length and relaxing to watch.

I hope that one day I can make movies with this much meaning and beauty.

おやすみなさい。

じゃあ　♥

452 days / Uwajimaya

こんにちは。

今日わじまやに行きました。　少し楽しかったです。

もいい、あついですね。　大きらい。　も、雨がどこ？

どこどこどこどこどこどこ。

私はかさを買いました。　私のかさは黒とむらさきとピンクです。　このかさもかわいいですよ。

私もフォルダーを買いました。　三フォルダーを買いました。 私のフォルダーは魚と金魚があります。

私は日本語をべきょう。

Good afternoon.

Today I went to Uwajimaya. It was kind of fun.

It’s too hot. I hate it. Where is the rain?

At Uwajimaya I bought an umbrella. My umbrella is black, purple and pink. It’s also really cute.

I also bought 3 folders for my classes. They have fish and goldfish on them.

I’m going to go study Japanese now.

じゃあ　♥

454 days / Let Downs

こんにちは。

今私は少しかなしです。

私の家族はＴＶＪＡＰＡＮを買いません。

私はそつぎょうするのプレゼントが欲しかっただよ。　でも、高いと大学を行きています。

だから、日本の本と日本の映画で図書館にかいます。

少し悲しい。

Good afternoon.

Right now I’m a little sad.

My family isn’t going to buy TV Japan.

I wanted it for 2 months for a graduation present, but it’s a bit expensive and I’ll be leaving soon for college, so my family and I decided against it.

So, I’m going to use Japanese books and movies from the library.

I’m still a little sad though.

I checked Sassy! again today and saw that it’s been updated!

Check it out.

I’m not feeling very well today, so I’m sorry if my post isn’t very exciting or informative.

sigh, I really want to go to Japan.

じゃあ　♥

455 days / Emma Watson’s Fashion

みんな、こんばんは。

外風が気持ちいいね。

今日私の仕事がつまらない。　明日もつまらない。

でも、私はがんばります。

風が良いですよ。

Good evening everyone.

Outside the breeze feels really nice.　♪

Today work was slow and tomorrow it will be slow again.

But, I will do my best.

The breeze feels nice. 　♫

Here are my favorite  Emma Watson outfits.

These she wore either at a press conference, premiere, TV appearance, or just out and about.

When choosing my favorite outfits I have to love the whole outfit. From her hairstyle, all the way down to her choice of shoes. I would have to say that below, I really do love all of these outfits and would wear all of them.

Emma has also appeared in many magazines and has also done beautiful photo shoots as well.

However, I will save my favorites from those categories for a later day.

I hope that you all enjoyed the outfits above as  much as I enjoyed sharing this blog.

おやすみなさい。　[goodnight]

じゃあ　♥

445 days / Fashion

watashi no conpyuta ha nihongo ga arimasen.

demo, kawaii fashion!

♪

My computer doesn’t have Japanese again.

But I wanted to show you some cute outfits!

 

Let’s start off with some Chanel shoes from the Fall-Winter 2009/10 Pre-Collection, Paris-Moscou 2008/09 Collection and the Spring-Summer 2009 Collection.

 

Some cute clothing from L’est Rose.

 

 

 

 

Some more cute clothing from Xmiss.

 

 

 

 

Not too many items caught my attention, but I’ll be posting some of my favorite Emma Watson outfits later this evening, so stay tuned!

 

Jaa ♥

448 days / ｢あついですよ」 [Hot!]

今日あついですね。

あぁ、たすけてください。

ごめんなさい。今日私は日本語をべんきょうしませんでした。

そして、明日とても日本語をべんきょうします。

がんばるよ。

じゃあ、明日うんどしたいと日本語をべんきょうした。

雨がどこ？

あつい。

明日もお母さんとサイモンはサブウェイを食べます。

ワクワクですよ。

Today is really hot! ☼

Help!

I’m sorry, but I did not study Japanese today. : (

Therefore, I will study Japanese a lot tomorrow! ♪

I will do my best!

Jaa, I will exercise and study tomorrow.

Where did the rain go? : (

Hot…

Tomorrow I am going to eat Subway with my mom and Simon.

I’m excited!

So, I watched Memoirs of a Geisha yesterday and I forgot how beautiful Ziyi Zhang was.

I’m not sure how old this picture is, but she looks stunning and I love her dress.

みんな、がんばてね。　[Everyone, lets do our best!]

じゃあ ♥

449 days / Cooking

みんなこんにちは。

今日私はたいやきともっちをりょりしています。

わくわくですね。

２時私の家族とわたしは英画を見ます。

この映画はＭｅｍｏｉｒｓ　ｏｆ　ａ　Ｇｅｉｓｈａ．

Good afternoon everyone!

Today I am going to be cooking Taiyaki and Mochi!

Taiyaki is pancake batter poured into a fish shaped mold.

Then the fish is filled with a yummy filling such as bean paste, chocolate, custard, marshmallows, and other delicious fillings.

I’m not making mine from scratch as a friend of mine bought me a packet of already pre-maid Taiyaki and I just have to cook them.

Yesterday I bought some ingredients to also make mochi.

Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made with rice that is pounded into a  paste texture and usually shaped into a round cake or a bun.

I’ve never cooked these two things before, so I’ll let you know how it goes.

Maybe I’ll post some finished pictures too.

またね。 [until later]

じゃあ　♥

450 days / Nail Art

こんにちは。

明日私の仕事がきらいでした。明日は金曜びがよがっですね。

I hope that everyone had a good week.

I’m very glad that the week is over and hopefully the weekend will go by very slowly.

Being a fan of ｢パフューム」Perfume, I started to notice that all three girls had their nails done, especially A-chan.

I did a bit of research and learned that it was Japanese Nail Art.

These are A-chan’s nails from the Triangle album.

I would love to get my nails done like this. I think that they look very cute, fun and “girly”.

Here are so more pictures of Japanese nail art that I’ve found that I like.

I think that you should always wear something “simple” and then accessorize the outfit with a really nice pair of shoes and in this case having your nails done in a fancy and delicate way.

If you dress up “too” much then the nails would just be overkill with your outfit, but I think that they add just the extra bit of sophistication and grace to your appearance.

I think that women should wear dresses and skirts more often because  girls look much more attractive in a dress or a nicely planned out outfit with a skirt and a cute blouse. Pants and jeans are nice occasionally, and can also make you look nice, but I wish that I would see more women wearing beautiful dresses and cute outfits.　♪

Back to studying! べんきょう、べんきょう、べんきょう。

おやすみなさい。　[goodnight]

じゃあ　♥