If you all notice, it's my blog title, and now I'm gonna tell you about it :)
ななころびやおき 七転び八起き "Fall down seven times, stand up eight"
Mungkin ada yang mikir, bacanya apa sih? Itu bacanya Nana Korobi Yaoki (kadang okurigana "bi" dan "ki"-nya tidak ditulis untuk menyingkat, termasuk judul blog gue :p). Artinya seperti gue tulis di atas, jatuh 7 kali, bangun 8 kali. Pada intinya jumlah bangunnya harus lebih banyak daripada jumlah jatuh, ya :)
Secara filosofis, manusia emang ga bakal ada di atas terus. Pasti pernah berada di bawah, pasti pernah jatuh. Tapi ketika jatuh itupun, manusia nggak boleh menyerah, bagaimanapun beratnya harus berdiri lagi. Bagaimanapun sulitnya, tetap harus berjuang. Sebenernya milih judul ini untuk mengingatkan diri sendiri juga, bahwa setiap hari harus penuh perjuangan....... (walaupun pada kenyataannya sih @"#$%&... hehehe).
Hal lain, Nana Korobi Yaoki ini merupakan peribahasa yang dekat hubungannya dengan boneka Daruma. Boneka Daruma dibuat membulat dengan pemberat di bagian bawahnya, sehingga kalau dijatuhkan dia akan segera bangun kembali. Waktu S1, setelah mikir sana-sini, akhirnya tema skripsi gue jatuh kepada si Daruma ini. Jadilah perjuangan berbulan-bulan mikirin, dan nulis skripsi tentang si Daruma ini, plus perjuangan nyariin Daruma dan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan dia pas di Tokyo dulu, bener-bener bikin 'Daruma' jadi keberadaan yang nggak bisa gue lupakan begitu aja.
LAINNYA lagi, kata-kata Nana Korobi Yaoki ini juga diucapkan dalam lirik lagu "Ishin Denshin" yang dinyanyikan oleh Orange Range :D Orange Range sendiri adalah band Jepang favorit gue, dan Ishin Denshin adalah lagu key yang telah membuat gue membulatkan niat untuk beli CD Orange Range untuk pertama kalinya :)) hehehe. Alesan yang terakhir ga penting mungkin, tapi mengingat Nana Korobi Yaoki aja cukup untuk membuat gue tersenyum.
Oh, dan strap HP gue sekarang juga Nana Korobi Yaoki :)
..... on YouTube of course. Yeah, welcome to the life of a severe internet addict who only watch YouTube.
SO. If you look at the most subscribed music channels on YouTube, you'll find so many famous musician making channels for promotion and also to lessen copyright infringement, such as BritneyTV, ChrisBrownTV, linkinparktv, jonasbrothermusic etc. But yeah, I'm not gonna talk about them. This time it's about hidden talents who never appears on TV before, but they gain their fame through YouTube, and most of them get signed on labels and released single or album! InTeRnetz RuLe!
These are some of my favorites and the channels I'm subscribing to :
1. Lisa Lavie @lisalavie1 A Canadian girl with song writing and singing talent. I love love her. I fell in love with her original song, Angel. Now her album with awesome tracks is out on iTunes. I'm planning to buy it once I got my money transfered.
2. Esmée @esmeedenters A Dutch girl, I don't subscribe to her yet, but her channel rank the second after JonasBrotherMusic on YouTube most subscribed music channel. AND I LOVE HER "UNWRITTEN" (Esmee & Natasha Beddingfield)
3. David Sides @kemlye1 African American talented pianist. I love how he translate hip-hop, pop, rock, r n b into piano without makin it sounds weird or awkward. I LOVE IT. He made an album which is out already on iTunes. Check it out. I'm planning to buy some of the songs.
4. Savannah Outen @Savannah7448 A 15-year old girl with music talent. Her voice is...... maybe way better than some American Idol finalists. She plays guitar too, but only with ear, so she doesn't actually learning it formally. I saw in the comments.. you can't play guitar, or such, but hey, c'mon. She's 15, she play guitar by ear and she can sing well. She is now signed, have a single out already so check her out.
AID JAM008のツアーグッズを注文したら、商品の渡し期間が過ぎてしまって、何も連絡がなっかた。iactsにメールを送ったら、返事も全然なかった。昨日電話したら、（電話代もかかるし！）すぐ送りますという答えをもらった。今日届きましたが、商品が届いたのはほぼ1ヶ月遅れていて、しかもデザインがウェブサイトに載ったものとは違う！！！エリア限定のマフラータオルのデザインが全然違います。どういうこと？ちゃんと払ったのによ！
To the fiveawesomeguys : You guys realise that your videos affected a lot of people, don't you? I couldn't say anything. But If I could, I'd say please don't stop making videos. Kthx.
I was in the mood for going around the town to put some posters by tomorrow when I saw the weather forecast : a thyphoon XD
I was going to post something on Yamato but I haven't got enough materials to make it good enough. Next time, Yamato.
Informasi Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) 2008 (Untuk yang mengambil tes ini di Jepang)
Form pendaftaran sudah dijual sejak kemarin, 15 Juli 2008, untuk yang berdomisili di Sendai, bisa membeli formulir ini di Maruzen AER Building, seharga 500 yen. Biaya ujian 5.500 yen. (Ditambah dengan biaya pembayaran dan biaya pengiriman formulir, totalnya 6.390 yen berdasarkan pengalaman tahun lalu)
Waktu Penerimaan Pendaftaran : 1 Agustus ~ 12 September 2008 Ujian akan dilangsungkan pada : 7 Desember 2008
I saw the rating, it almost always got above 20% viewer rating per episode. BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE FOOLED AGAIN THIS TIME. Last time I saw the high rating of Gokusen 2, and I believed that is a standard of choosing which drama to watch, and I FAILED.
Well, if you don't know what Gokusen is, read my post here. So basically, it's a dorama series about high school boys with bad attitude. You know, deliquents, or whatever. And this one teacher called Yankumi who tried to change them.
The thing is, why do you have to repeat the same story again and again and again? You only change the students and the name of the school. This is a big joke. I watched Gokusen 2 and I only can watch it til the end cos the stars are cute enough. I couldn't even stop myself from laughing in parts I shouldn't be. Now, there's Gokusen 3, LOL. Oh no. I was a tiny little bit curious about this, and I tried to watch the first episode, but NOOOOOOOOOOOO. This is a nightmare come true. The plot is exactly the same with other Gokusen series. Yankumi getting kicked out of a school cos she taught the students bad yakuza words, and she got this job in a troublesome kids' high school. Yankumi fell in love with another teacher but she has rivals. Yankumi saved her student from bad guys. Yankumi get into a fight, etc. I WATCHED THIS BEFORE!
OMG This is the drama I wouldn't watch even when there are cute boys starring in this series.
1. Pilih2 barang pake keywords yang spesifik Kalo enggak, coba ubah keywordnya, siapa tau ketemu yang lebih sepi saingan :)
2. Usahakan nawar di akhir waktu lelang Kalo waktunya masih 5 hari trus kita udah masukin tawaran, ntar sama Yahoo halaman auction itu ditaro paling depan, jadinya selama 5 hari itu bakal lebih banyak saingan yang liat. (emang itu tujuannya seh... tapi kan kita maunya untung dengan nawar paling rendah :p)
3. Pembayaran Pembayaran dengan yahoo kantan kessai emang gampang dan bisa pake kredit card, tapi kalo barang yang diperjualbelikan mahal, biaya administrasinya juga makin mahal. Paling murah adalah dengan transfer antar Yucho ginko karena ga pake biaya kirim. (Tentunya harus punya rekening di Yucho ginko dan jadinya ga bisa dicicil)
4. Jangan lupa hyoka Orang jepang yang biasa auction sih biasanya tulis mereka perlu hyoka apa enggak, kita juga bisa minta or minta ga pake hyoka. Tapi demi menghargai si pengirim, biasanya sih gue kasih hyoka.
Yahoo Auction ini sangat berguna karena bisa menemukan berbagai barang yang susah dicari dan atau udah ga ada dengan harga murah :) Mulai dari buku bahan skripsi, tiket konser, sepatu, komik, majalah, kamera, apa aja ada deh :) Percaya apa enggak, gue beli CD Iwa K dari Yahoo! Japan auction loh :O
Untuk bisa menawar sampai dengan 4,999 yen, hanya butuh Yahoo! Japan ID *gratis Untuk bisa menawar semua barang yang ada di sana, butuh daftar jadi anggota Yahoo! Premium, dengan membayar 300 yen per bulan dan tentu saja harus berdomisili di Jepang. Untuk bisa ikutan dagang, selain jadi anggota Yahoo! Premium, juga harus melakukan verifikasi alamat yang bisa didaftar dari Yahoo! Japan auction.
I just called home, and my mom said, my cousin's pregnant with twins!!!! OMG, I'm just so excited to hear that. I've always think that twins are cute!! I hope they're identical. And I hope it's a boy and a girl, lol.
This is a test post from my email. Oh wow, it works, LOL dork XD
ps. I wrote it wrong before, sorry for the missunderstanding XD
Hiya guys, I'm back with some more yukatas to sell. I brought some yukatas in 2005, and now I bought some more for those of you who interested in Japanese culture, or simply want to have something appropriate to wear on Matsuris and Bon Odoris :)
I bought 3 piece, each is a pair of yukata and obi. I'm afraid I'd have to sell it with different prices, depends on which one you choose.
NOTE: 1. I focused on the Yukata so I bought 2 very cheap obi but they have marks on it. Apparently, that what made them so cheap. But I'd say, it wont be clearly seen especially when you got the obi into the ribbon shape. 2. If you don't know how to wear it, I can teach you 3. The color shown in the pics might differ cos... you know, digital camera doesn't always work the same with different lighting. 4. I will be in Jakarta, in FIB-UI, so contact me if you want us to meet and you can see the yukatas. 5. First come first served basis 6. I might add some more or some second hand ones I have in Jakarta 7. These are chosen with my taste. If you have any requests just write it and I'll consider. There's some techniques in buying cheap yukatas, cos usually they have *not really good* patterns, but if we're lucky enough, we'll find cute ones among them. 8. Three of them are reversible obi, you can combine it differently :)
Anything else? Ask me.
ps. Metha, gue dah beli ijo gold, more like ijo kuning sih, tapi ga ada pilihan lain, kalo lo bisa, upload foto yukata lo trus nanti gue cari pasangannya. Kata mbaknya boleh tuker kalo ga cocok.
Today I stepped down the stairs in Kitayobancho Station, heading to Minami Nagamachi. It's familiar, yes, but I'm not going there to watch movies in Movix. A couple of days ago, I found this advertisement of a cheap kimono store. I remember how I desperately looking for yukata in my college days, so I thought, I'll buy some pairs for my lovely kohais. (Or for anyone who wants them)
On my way home, my mind flown somewhere and I missed my station XDDD So I have to get back (-__-')
July 6 Alhamdulillah, temu ilmiah lancar-lancar aja, walaupun gue sempet telat paginya gara-gara ga tidur sampe jam 5 XDD *ritme hidupku, kembalilah normal* Otsukaresama untuk semua pengurus dan presenter. Terima kasih untuk semua tamu dan tim masak :)
July 7 Mengapa sih aku harus pergi ke Oguni? If I could, I'd pay some money so I don't have to go there. Miura, maaf banget ngerepotin terusss XDD Abis itu ngerjain terjemahan... Pas kadai kenkyu gue juga ngerjain terjemahan, maafkan akuuu XDDD abis ga ngerti sih presentasinya.
July 8 Gue berusaha mengerjakan terjemahan, tapi ga konsen gara-gara peluncuran album Orange Range yang ke-5, dan itu bocorannya dah ada di internet. Yah, gitu deh... pada intinya...gue berada di kampus seharian buat ngerjain terjemahan itu. *yang pada akhirnya tidak selesai juga, ahaks...*
July 9 INI PERTAMAKALINYA GUE PULANG KAMPUS JAM 4 PAGI yang adalah udah terang benderang!!! *nggak benderang sih, tapi udah terbit matahari pagi, sigh* Mana belom selesai pula tuh terjemahan... dasar laknat... susah betul... Gue beli jagabee di lawson, seperti biasa. Eh, taunya baru pertamakali dapet gambar 4 clover :D lucuuu
Ga makan malem kemaren, trus ga sempet makan siang juga gara2 terjemahan yang belom selesai. Kelas bahasa Indonesia seperti biasa kocak karena ada kalimat2 yang ga masuk akal XDD buku yang aneh...
Pas pulang, PANIC FANCY :DDD Panic-nya udah dateng *punya shinrei, bukan punya gue, hohoho*
July 10 : Naik gunung Naik... naik... ke puncak gunung... sambil nyanyi itu gue naik gunung ke Aobayama. Kampus yang begitu dekat tapi jumlah kunjungan gue ke sana bisa dihitung dengan jari. Kalo nemenin Sarah ke kampusnya ga diitung, gue cuma pernah ke sana 2 kali XD Sekali jalan kaki *kapok* dan sekali naik bis XDDDDD
Hari ini gue ke sana lagi, jalan kaki aja aaah... Pas itu.... are? doko dakke? Gue lupa jalannya XDDDDDDD ohohohohohoho
Trus ternyata nanjaknya lumayan juga yaaaaa Alhamdulillah, berhasil mencapai tujuan dengan selamat dan bisa makan makanan halal :D Dan ketemu banyak orang Indonesia lainnya *dalam hati teriak "PERADABAAANN!! :D"* It was fun :)
July 11 : A Lone Trip see next post malemnya, beresin pesenan tiket bis n penginapan buat pulang nanti. I'm super broke (-__-')
July 12 And here I am, sleepless with the sound of rain early in the morning of the weekend.
Akhirnya....... gue udah menyelesaikan segala urusan tiket2an
Tiket Bis Berangkat : Orion Tour jam 23.30 @Yoyogi Seminar Tiket Pesawat : Cathay Pacific *Student Discount* Narita - Hong Kong - transit - Hong Kong - Jakarta Jakarta - Hong Kong - transit - Hong Kong - Narita Imigrasi - Kirim Kopor dll. Penginapan di Narita : Azure Guesthouse Narita - Tokyo : Naik yang biasa aja XD *cari murah* Tiket Bis Pulang : Orion Tour jam 07.40 @Yanma Bld *bis siang paling murah*
AAAARGHHH pulang is frustrating cos it needs so much money!!!
OOOOOOOOOH and I got the Orange Range tickets ;) *finally it's confirmed that I have no problems in the payment process* I'll go with Jeffry, or my new OR fan friend, KBunni or with both of them :D This is so exciting!!
My adventure in looking for Boys - High school - themed movies lead me to this one : Crows Zero. Even though there are quite intensity of violence, but this movie is good!! I LOVE EVERYONE HERE. (Why do I always say that?)
The story is about a boy called Genji, who enters the boys school, Suzuran. It might sound a bit stupid, but I don't think any student in Suzuran ever study anything. Ever. All they do is fighting everyday to find out who is the strongest among them. Anyways, just watch it so you get my point.
Yamada Takayuki plays the strongest character, the monster of Suzuran called Serizawa Tamao. I know it's the character, and the atmosphere of the movie, but Yamada Takayuki IS VERY COOL in this movie, I'm not kidding it's not even funny. Seriously, he plays that weak-hearted boy in Waterboys and a very bad version of Densha Otoko, but this time. He nailed it. He did.
Oguri Shun plays the main character called Genji. This Genji guy is weird. But yeah, he's cool, he's strong and everything. As we watch the movie, we learn that this character is learning a lot from his environment. I always say Oguri Shun is too old to play high school student again in his life, but in this movie. No one can replace him.
Just watch it :D This is not a review this is an encouragement for you to watch it so we can talk about this cool movie or even watch the sequel together later!
Call me slow. I just watched this series. I dunno, when Death Note boomed, I didn't immediately watch it. It's very mainstream, but I'm interested. Especially when my friend who is studying manga said that Death Note is one of the story that breaks the rule of general shonen manga.
I'm not interested in the manga though. I don't really like the style of drawing. So I chose to watch the movie. AND I'M AMAZED. I LURVE IT. I love everything about it. The characters, the idea, the plot, the actors. The CG is not that perfect but it's still brilliant anyway.
The story is about a genius university student called Yagami Light. He's an ordinary kid until he found this book. A death note. He decided to change the world with the power of the book, but he went too far. Will anyone be able to stop him?
I LOVE L. That's why Matsuyama Kenichi gain that much popularity these days in Japan. Cos eveyone put sympathy on L!! But seriously, this character is lovable. I'd be with him and eat a lot of sweets, chocolate and everything. I love them XD
I use to hate the main actor, Fujiwara Tatsuya, cos he was the main character in Battle Royale, a film that changed everyone's life into a one night horror. The image of the film left a bad image in me for everyone who stars in that movie. (except Tsukamoto Takashi cos I watched him everywhere else before.) But Fujiwara did a great job in Death Note!! I like it!
And Toda Erika! OMG I love love love her in MisaMisa character. Nuff said.
At first I thought the translation tried to put a joke on me when I read Yagami Light's name. But then I realized it is the way it is. I'd write it as Raito.
Udah lama banget nggak bikin prakarya, karena sibuk dan berbagai alasan lainnya, tiba-tiba pas liat entri-nya Teh Dydy, langsung terinspirasi dan mood berkaryanya dateng :)
Tapi seperti biasa, jenis-jenis karya saya biasanya yang instan dan cepat. Kalo ditinggal moodnya ilang, trus pasti ga diterusin deh :) Daripada pusing ga jelas, mendingan berkarya kali ya..... :) Temanya "Ibu dan Anak", bahannya setidaknya 75% dari kertas.
Untuk karya kali ini, bahan-bahannya adalah : - Alas (bisa pake karton tebel ato kardus) 16 x 16 cm - Kertas Emas bertekstur garis-garis - Kertas Washi bermotif - Kertas Washi polos warna pink - Kertas karton hitam dan putih - Lace paper buat alas kue - Pita (bisa diganti yang lain sih)
Intinya sih, cardboard paper dilapisi kertas emas untuk dasarnya. Tadinya pilih kertas emas karena mau nulis quote "a mother's love is gold" tapi seiring mengerjakan karya ini, quotenya berubah. Washi yang bermotif dipotong membulat dengan ukuran yang disesuaikan dengan tengah lace paper. Saya buat siluet ibu dan anak awalnya pada kertas biasa, kemudian disalin dikertas karton hitam untuk di potong.
Quotenya "a mother's love is instinctual, unconditional and forever", sebenernya itu dan siluetnya juga hasil nyari lewat google. Quotenya saya tulis dengan pena kuas di kertas washi pink. Kemudian tulisan itu dipotong-potong lalu diatur posisinya pada kartu. Bagian belakang kartu di rapikan dengan menempel kertas karton putih.
Untuk kartu, dii bagian belakang ini bisa ditulis pesan. Kalau di bagian samping dilubangi, bisa jadi cover scrapbook atau digunakan untuk karya lain juga.
Ditambahkan pita kecil sebagain pemanis, jadi deh :)
Hi Yasmin, thanks for joining Orange Rangers, happy to have you there! Oh believe me, you're not alone, most people in my country (I'm from Indonesia) are muslims, and most of my friends love jmusic XD *I'm currently studying in Japan*
Salam Alaikum !! Hi Taxcha, my name's Yasmin and i'm from Brazil ... I don't understand "multiply" very well, but i'm trying to write this messenge for you. This is so funny, because you are islamic and you like Jmusic/Orange Range... I'm really so happy *.* ... Where are you from ?? Indonesia or Japan ? Well i'm so happy XD because now a can say for my father " i knew a girl... she is muslim dad... i'm not only muslim like Jmusic/ORANGE RANGE .... Well, kissus nice to meet you ^.^
tas... apa bedanya admin sama regular member di rangers? gue baru aja balik ke kosan dan buka multi, tapi gue gak menemukan yang beda setelah status gue jadi admin... oshiete kudasai ne.. ^^
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