ゲゲゲの女房

Ah. Newest obsession: Gegege no Nyobo ((:

This 156 episode drama depicts the life of Mizuki Shigeru's wife, Fumie,from childhood all the way to finding love with Shigeru and maintaining a happy family no matter how ビン簿 they are.

Each episode is only 15 mins but this 15 min is enough to make you smile after a hard day of work. The pure goodness and faith that Fumie has in her husband makes her the ideal woman of all time. The kid acting as Fumie when she was young and her daughter is so cute that I have to control myself not to hug the computer screen everytime when she appears. ><

Not to mention the super delicious Mukai Osamu as the ever eccentric and taleneted Manga artist Shigeru. :) His interactions with his children makes Mukai all the more appealing to ladies of every generation. Hoho. Plus he does have a good chemistry with Matsushita Nao. (Fumie) They are both so tall....

Awesome drama with lots of laughs and heartwarming scenes that are bound to make you smile.

suffering from love sickness

I am love sick.
I miss Japan so much that I think about flying back there everyday since I stepped back on Singapore ground. I didn't even have the heart to watch the National Day parade because I miss Japan so much. Urgh

I miss the food, I miss the beautiful places, I miss the people. Especially the people. T.T
All of them are so kind and courteous, lining up to get on the trains or queuing up. So unlike Singapore, we rush into the trains as soon as the doors open and there will always be some one speaking very loudly on the trains ignoring the feelings of the other commuters. ><

I love Japan and I will always love Japan!

final words

I love and will always love Japan for her beauty and her spirit.

This exchange has opened up so many different perspective of life; the happiness, unity, and staying strong in times of grieve. Most importantly the friends that we have made during the entire journey.

I was seriously on the brink of a breakdown the last day due to the pathetic amount of sleep that I had over the past few days. There were still so many things unfinished and everything was unprepared.

We really didn't have a choice but to brace ourselves to ask 国場さん and 小島さん for their help even though we knew that they had other stuff to do. Nobody other than Vanessa and Jun Rong could understand how guilty I felt when I saw 国場さん typing away on our laptops, helping with the translation even though I am sure she had her own articles to complete and had recovered from her flu not too long ago. When she asked Jun Rong and I for help, we didn't hesitate to say yes as what we have helped seem so minimal to the amount of effort which she had placed in creating the BEST SPEECH for us. Thank you!!



Thank you, Chan Loong and Jia ming for coming over when we went around to gather photos for the slides. Thank you team 2 for coming over to ask us if we needed help and liang yu for insisting on making us green tea to soothe our nerves. ((:

Jun Rong, you are our savior, our KAMISAMA in terms of Japanese and niceness. For staying up with us until 6am!

Pong and Tian Hong: I had an awesome time with the both of you, かわいい三人グルプ！

I couldn't have asked for a better group. We were the most enthusiastic, the most organized group out there!!!! GROUP C!!!!! WOOTS!

Volunteering And first try in the onsen

It has been a pretty eventful day. Volunteering at the rikuzan takada and traveling 3 hours to togatta onsen :D while what we have done to help has been very minimal, I am glad that we have been given a chance to experience the disaster first hand. Even though everything has been more or less cleared, it is still heart wrenching to witness it. We were told to pick up the rubbish as they wish to build a carpark for the tanabata festival. After a few hours of digging, we have uncovered a few momentos which we were unwilling to throw. For example we found a gorgeous yukata and a notebook filled with advanced mathematics which was very neatly written. Who is to decide what is precious and what is not? On an amusing note, never underestimate the power of women! Given enough strength, we can move a tree (literally)

iwate prefecture

Our group has finally got hold of the wireless donkers and the routers. I guess internet has become a vital part of our life and it definitely allows us to stay in contact with our friends who are currently overseas or in Singapore.

After visiting the Iwate prefecture and the Miyagi Prefecture, I believe that Japanese are the most resilient people in the world. Their spirit in the midst of the grief and the disaster really shows the power of the humanity. The help that each of them offer to to each other selflessly makes me ashamed of the fact that we are so stingy with our own countrymen.

We went to the Hiraizumi Chuzonji Temple in the morning, despite the fact that we had very minimal amount of sleep, this early morning wake up has been very fulfilling on a spiritual level. As a believer, being in such a sacred place makes me feel at peace and energized. (:

Next up we went to IPU and and the IPO for several talks regarding the great tsunami that happened during March. Much information was provided to us which would be useful for us tomorrow when we start our volunteering.

Finally we went to the Sansa Odori festival, IT WAS SUPER DUPER FUN! After much hesitation, I threw all the reservations that I had (being on TV and being photographed) and join them in their final dance. Thankfully we had an amazing 'teacher' who shouted out the directions of the dance. It just muses me that Singaporeans always think that Japanese are so conservative yet I can ascertain that Singaporeans will not spontaneously join in any dances in the Chingay and they are often embarrassed when they are asked to be part of a magic trick. HA. That is something to think about. LOL

Maybe Singapore should have more festivals that actually mean something to us.

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Tomorrow is the day that we do the volunteering. A little afraid but still I am willing to do my tiny little part in the Gambaro tohouko project

TO JAPAN WE GO~

Today marks the first time that I am going Japan! -Cheers-

While this looks like a holiday at first glance, it definitely embeds much more than just a leisure tour around the various areas in Japan. Yet deep in our hearts, I'm sure that all of us know that it is much more than that. For one, we are helping out at areas which were devastated by the Tsunami a few months ago. It seems dangerous, but I believe that we all have to do a part to help out no matter how small the effort may seem. In terms of spirit and energy, Japan is the role model for the countries out there. No matter how many setbacks she faced, she is still able to continue striving to be the best among us. All her achievements couldn't possibly be done without the strong spirit of the Japanese. To be able to be part of this program is an honour and I can't wait for the journey to start!

Here is one video to ponder about:



I was watching the Adidas commercial by Li Bing Bing and I loved what she said:
能力有限,努力无限,全倾全力

That's the spirit that we should all have.