静かな日々。。。

#175

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope, you'll have a wonderful new year. :)

What?

I'm just surprised, that two of my previous posts are gone... What? Where have they gone?
It could be the dorm's net, I posted them, while using that...

And an other shame, that my English skills are decreasing so fast, due to my increasing Japanese skills that I've got in this past half semester of the university...

I'm off to learning thanks to the upcoming (what it's called?) examinations. :-D

My current J-drama list... :-)

EDIT soon so it's a preview or something like that

How much time passed since I've been here! gosh...gosh...

But finally, I'm here. I went to the Japanese Summer University this year too, but I only visited one day with my friend, and this was the most Japanese being there day or whatsover-...

I went through the trouble (I mean it was a half all-nighter until 1 a.m.) to make a Japanese lesson/unit for those, who were in the Japanese division... I wanted it to look professional and easy-understanable...so I worked really hard too...
And only two of them were so nice to learn it.... OK. I should be grateful that two learned it at least, but... anyway I feel a little miserable sometimes that the whole meaning of the Summer Uni is disappearing... >_<"

But it was awesome, because we somehow became friends with my guest (my task is to get a guest from my side somehow, every year, so I always chase after a suitable person) so he is the friend in the beginning of the post (last year my guest was Asuka-chan, if you can remember) :-D We managed to be energetic that day so we could help the people who were interested in the Japanese culture, he was the main helper while the ikebana class took place, and I was the how-to-put-on-your-yukata person, so my "performance" was that I put on my yukata before the girls... I was totally shy, when Kubo Junko-san entered the room to watch it... So I almost missed one fold, when I saw her, but in the end it was my first-time-perfect put on. ^^" She praised me that I did it perfectly. :-D I was smiling with a 32 theeth smile... :)

Guilty..... -.-"

Sorry guys, for not being here, but I had pretty much to do. I feel guilty.

I have to report, that I'm admitted to the university and I'm going to be a Japanese language student! So, dorm admitting challenge will come! Support me, because I want to get to a good dorm, to be able to get to the uni's lecture room really fast! I hope that I won't have to travel at least 40 minutes till I reach the gates of the uni, in the capital city. waaaah

Today, I'm planning to learn! Yeah, I have to catch up with my old Japanese knowledge, because I don't want to have a hard beginning in the first lecture. :) So I'm off to learn!

Hair capsules

I had some problems with my hair. It was dry and damaged for no reason (no heat, dying, ironing), my scalp felt itchy after washing my hair and it had no volume, so I decided to find out what's the problem. So far I know, that my body lacks some vitamine like B12, B1, B6 and B2 (something like them). I think it can be due to the stress caused by the admitting procedure, I don't like to eat meat, so I hardly eat...maybe 3 times a week and I can't really drink milk or eat any dairy products, because I'm becoming kinda allergic to them lately... which means I get hard stomachache, sometimes other severe problems...
So I went to the local Herb and Organic medicine shop and I found a hair renewing vitamin, which contains almost all the vitamins above.

It helped me so far! My hair grows faster and my problems disappeared. But I feel a bit sick, when I took the medicine and I can't eat my lunch in time. I think it's just a slight problem to have a healthy hair.

This was a month or two ago. Now I'm not using this vitamine pill and my hair is still healthy and still growing fast. So I'm happy that I found this and I think, if I'll have similar or same problems again, I'll definitely use it.

O-cha set

I've got this four flavoured green tea set from my friend, who lives in Japan.

It was so great!

I loved the tastes of the teas, but the brown one's taste (on the right side) was a little bit too harsh for me. So I didn't liked it, but after I pop some honey into this tea, it was so much better. I liked it, because with honey it's taste was quite close to a caramel-brownie cake. :)
Thanks so much, my friend! *.*

#168

Meeting others is the meaning of life. It's a shame, that public transport can be in the way to fulfill it.

GOCOO OMG part 2.

I'll continue my report about the concert, and this post will be the place for my happiness and the good things of that day.

So June the 9th. :) It is a very special and precious day of my life, because I've got unforgettable memories.

We could enter the concert hall only 15 minutes before the beginning.

The concert hall is so wonderful! I love it! It had a very nice impression on me. :) The seats are comfortable, there are enough place for your legs. There was wood smell in the hall, because it is a new building, so you can still feel the fresh smell of the woods. The wooden parts are impressive, they make you feel, like you are in a wonderland.

We sat in the end of the hall, and I could see everything that happened on the stage. :) I was so happy to sit there, I couldn't stand waiting the concert to start. Although it was forbidden to take photos in the building, I've taken some in secret. ;) They aren't the best because I had only my cellphone with me, and it has a good camera, but it can work only in 5-10 metres, so the distance wasn't the better.  But I have photos, although they aren't focused. :D

I was so excited! I couldn't imagine what will happen... After 15 minutes they came up to the stage, and started to play! (You can see them in this photo if you look closely...) OK. Well, I have to tell you, that I cried.............. I was so happy and sad at the same time. I haven't seen them for two years! Yeah! So I cried, bcause I was happy as well as I was moved. And I started to enjoy the show! They played the show called "The Big Bang" and it was really a great bang! I loved it! The song 11 (juuichi), which was inspired by the catastrophe of 11th of March was played for the people who are suffering. I felt so moved! Kaoly-san said so nice things about happiness, the power of praying and smile, she mentioned that this disaster will help them to learn how to appreciate life and how to become stronger and more helpful. She is totally right.

I enjoyed the show, moreover I wanted to dance, but staying up wasn't the right thing to do, so I was dancing and moving secretly my legs and I was bowing my head. Well, I could seem very strange, but this music can't leave me alone, and I don't mind ;) I can't describe the experience of the playing and how they, what to, with and so on they played. (Sorry for this messy line, but I think you can understand it if you'd attended this concert....) I was so sad, when the show ended! And now, my greatest experience will come!

[EDIT]

You know, because of the graduation exams I didn't have enough time to learn Japanese, so my knowledge needs some highlighting....^^" So when my father encouraged me to talk with Nogzo-san, I hesitated....This happened, when he was preparing the flag for the charity autographs (you could sign a flag with your name and a short message to the victims of the earthquake, which they promised to take to them) before the concert. And then...my father pushed my back to give me courage... SO I ended up talking with Nogzo-san. I asked him in Japanese, whether I could sign the flag, because I was the first person and he let me to do it. He thanked me and said that my Japanese is quite good... eeehhh ^^" I think there is still a long way to go for me to speak a good Japanese (as it is the case with my English, but) and I know the manners made him to say these, but I felt happy, anyway.... I told him, that there is a long way to go, but I'm happy that he told me this. (And I felt silly myself, because I've forgotten from the excitement to ask him be present on a photo with me.
***You know guys, my affection to nice people never ends, so I want to take pictures of the nice people, who I meet. Moreover to be together on the photo, because I want to remember the person and the kindness.***
So this happened before the concert. :)

And what happened after the concert?
There was a Meet&Greet with some of the GOCOO members (Kaoly-san and Nogzo-san), so you could sign the flag there shaking hands with them, talk to them a few words and ask for their autograph.

I went to the table as well. And I asked for their autograph... And after that I've asked Kaoly-san wether we could take a photo. And she said me, "come, come!" So we ended up taking together-photos. :) While I was between Kaoly-san and Nogzo-san (who said that my Japanese quite good, and he told it to Kaoly-san) I realized, that more than ten other people shooting. :D YAY. Half way famous feeling. We talked a little bit more, and praised their performance and said them that I'm totally amazed, then it was time to go home. For everyone.

To sum up, I'm still happy because I could speak with them in Japanese, and now you don't have to think about my laptop's wallpaper, because it's my photo with them! :) And I'm much more motivates in learning Japanese, and I've got a new dream (ok, I have two new dream...:), as well! But it's secret, until it comes true.
Now this is the time to say goodbye to this post... I hope you liked it. If you have questions don't hesitate and comment below. :)

#166

Sorry guys, that I'm so slow with the uploading, but although it's summer vacation I don't have much time....So I can come always only with a tiny new, few lines....

But have a nice day and talk to you soon!
Reiko92

The PAST

Oh, my gosh.... It's not to easy to get rid of the past. As I've graduated from High School, I will need more space for my things, which will bond me to the university. So I decided to throw out some papers, but there was so muuuch! I had to carry 3 bags of paper to the recycle bin, they were so heavy! I was very close to cry, when I sorted them out... It was so sad. High School Christmas play scripts, drawings, notes and so on. And it isn't easy to decide which I won't need. I felt so sorry, by the way this is my past...So I was kinda confused. But who won't be?

So I determined myself, I will throw those out, which weren't used at least for 1 year. So now, my desk is totally clean from papers. And what is awaiting now? Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.... After I got home from the open air theater! YAY! Theater, I haven't been in it so long! OK. Maybe three months ago, but I missed it so much! So a review about my journey, theater and play can be available soon. BTW, have you checked the edited GOCOO review? (it will be edited again, soon)

How do you decide what to throw away, when you have to sort out your past? Is there something that you still want to carry/have/be with you?

Kami no Shizuku - 神の雫

Well, I can say I'm not a fan of wines, when I taste it - ever - I feel it's totally sour. I couldn't imagine how people can like wine, but this series made me think, that wine could be a good thing. I loved this series, and how you can see it on my mydramalist profile, I finished it today.

(pic: jdramazone.com)

Somehow Tomine Issei was a creepy person for me, but I definitely felt that - somehow - he is a fine guy. Well, some of his "oooooh!"-s was too naughty for me and I thought something is not right with him.... hmhmhmh..... But he's a totally awesome wine and food critic. If he would existed in the reality in Hungary, than Hungarian restaurants would have already become wonderful! *-* This is the same with Kanzaki Yutaka.

Kanzaki Shizuku's attitude towards wine was a bit too harsh, but it was so good to see how the ice melted in him... :) Yay! My totally loved saying from him is the "Awaken, Bacchus!" I was so excited about the Apostles. I wanted to know which wine is referred to in each letter/will. It somehow reminded me a crime drama, where the words were the traces and the culprits were the wines. ;)

I'm a bit sad that I couldn't know more about Shinohara Miyabi, who wanted to be a somelier. Kiryu's story was so nice and I loved Robert sensei! When I found out, he was Franz Stresemann in Nodame Cantabile I felt moved!...barely could sit on my chair.... :) I totally fell in love with these guys... They are so kind and real! If I would have such colleagues in the future!

I felt that this drama lacks something... I don't know what, maybe the romantic part... It should have been totally in this drama or just totally left out? Should have been a drama on wines or more, if more, how much? I can't decide, but the ending was nice and made me to want a new battle with wines. *** And the opening was a masterpiece! As a native Hungarian, I felt, yeah, it should be shown in Hungary as well! Oh my gosh! The pictures of people, sceneries, churches and the wines in the glasses.....*.* Such a marvelous sight!

My own rating: 7,5/10 (same rate like Zettai Kareshi, huh? although they're totally different... I would give 8 to Kami no Shizuku, but I feel I shouldn't, OK! It won....and extra half point, and why***? :)

#163

I've graduated from high school today. I can report a tiny failure, and others, which are awesome:
Maths: 96%
History: 92%
IT: 88% (I haven't ever been good at it, and we practiced only a little bit...:)
English: 97%
Hungarian literature and grammar - Advanced level: 82% (this was a failure, I've lost 4% because of the oral exam... but I don't mind this is a fantastic result!!! If you knew the Hungarian advanced level graduation exams...)

Language exam: B2, C complex. 28 points

Exact graduation points: 436/480 points (for a Japanese division/depart in the university)

#162

Tomorrow, at 11 a.m. oral exam....support me! ***crossed fingers! Anxious, nervous, but want to go through.

GOCOO OMG part 1.

I went to the GOCOO concert in Pécs. It was held on 9th June, and it was really fantastic. How fantastic it was? It will be in the next post...

This post will be the place for my disappointingssssssssss...

1.,
I started to prepare for the concert at 3 p.m, because I couldn't decide what to wear: yukata, one piece or jeans with dress. Because it became really chilly, I decided to wear jeans with dress. *sigh yukata, I really wanted to wear it!
We started our journey at half past 4, and we got there (Pécs) at 6 o'clock. I have to say, that getting to the Kodály Concert Hall was quite disappointing, because there weren't any sign or whatever, so we ran an extra round with the car....And it was such a luck, beause my father knows Pécs very well, so we got there, but if I were driving there alone, I've probably got lost... =_= OK. Anyway.

Yup, Another mistake... We went to the nearest door by going upstairs, and of course, that door wasn't that we needed. So firstly we got to the communication/presentation rooms site of the building. We weren't the only ones, who tried the wrong door, but the nice security guard man helped us, and told where we had to go.

Finally we got to the right door! I have to tell, that the Kodály Concert Hall/Kodály Culture Centre/ is not an architecture super work, it looks like a big and totally wonderful building, but it has such an avantgarde layout....^^" It looks like, it is a oktagon or more it's a hug concave. Two side are just walls (the third one is a gate for the musicians, or artists, so it looks lika kinda backstage gate). Another side is a cafeteria with large window-walls and looks like it is made for mistaken you. Because it makes you believe that you found the entrance...
The entrance is the fifth wall, YAY! This is the farthest from the car park, so it makes you walk long distances. Of course, because it's a huge building, I can't describe, but really big, compared to the other buildings in Hungary. Well, it's understandable, because Pécs is the cultural capital city of the European Union.

Oh my gosh! Huge window-walls and only two tiny door handle helps you to find the glassdoors. OK. I'm exaggarating, but I'm really disappointed with the building. Looks like modern, but not as modern as you think, because it's absolutely non-understandable with a messy layout. How to explain it:

Do you know the big theaters around the world? They're spilt into parts which helps to sell the tickets (better view, worse view, comfortabel seats etc.) and find your place. Something like this: Right, Middle-right, Middle-middle, Middle-left, Left,, Upper seats: right, middle and left; and Lower seats: the same.
This is the original arranged theater, concert hall, and you can find your place to follow these order.
But this concert hall is very special. First:If you stay downstairs, you manage to find Lower-left (I have no idea, how you can get to the Lower-right seats, I didn't notice any sign or logic in it....) If you go upstairs: you can get Middle-right, than Midlle-left, if you go more upstairs, you find Left and Right, more upstairs Upper seats.
And how you can get to the Left and the Right? No idea!
Don't think, I'm whining, but I've been to a lot of theaters and concert halls, I never get lost in buildings (I get lost only on the streets :P), and I easily find my way, seat in every cultural building... But in this concert hall, I felt kinda lost and it was strange for me after I've been at least 100 different cultural buildings....

I think, a building is well built, when you can find anywhere by yourself using the helping signs or the logical thinking (if you know the concert halls), and you don't have to ask the people who works there to help you find somewhere, and they don't have to explain it to you for at least 2 minutes... =_= There isn't any emergency exit (only the two entarnces), how I noticed, and there isn't any emergency sign or whatever, which could help you to get out the fastest in case of danger, fire etc.

Or I'm too old styled girl and I'm not enough modern to see this messy layout's good points.

Some good point: extremely modern, wonderful colours and great materials such as wood, granite etc., bright, great lighting, washrooms are totally superrrr!. Efficient staff!

But more helping sign and emergency tablets would be fine...

2.,
I couldn't imagine, but there were some people, who looked down (with a puffy act of the face) the members of GOCOO, I felt that I wanted to hit them.... Grooosssshhh. One of them was a man who was even shorter than me! And he had the biggest mouth, it was so sad to hear the attitude (you know, when they are talking like they were better and bigger than the others), how they were talking about them. I felt blessed, that I can hear them, and I was happy, that the kind members of the GOCOO couldn't understand them. I think it was a great good point of the Hungarian language, this time...

It's a Hungarian thing

I don't know, how much you know about the Hungarian education system, I don't know it enough as well, maybe...but I just can't sleep, because I'm worried, so I need to share it.

Hungarian system has some basic elements, such as:

1. Grades/marks are from 1 to 5, and 5 is the best, 1 means you have to redo it, take an exam again etc. 3 is no warm and no cold mark, 4 and 5 mean a good student. (Some parents aren't satisfied with 3 or 4, they can appreciate only 5.)
2. You have to go to nursery school until the age of 3 (but it's not needed, so most of the children usually don't go, if their mother can stay at home, Hungarian system and law allow it, but some family can't afford it, so both of the parents work and toddler goes to the nursery if it's financed by the country/government or it's affordable (cheap enough).
3. Kindergarden from 3 until 6-7. 6 is the usual age of going to school but there are some 7 y/o example, like me. :P (yep... I could be children for 1 year longer, and it was a great help, because I learned faster and better at school than the others.)
   (Oh! You can start your first kindergarten year if you were born until the end of May 3 years ago ->I was born in August, that's why I had to stay in kindergarten for an extra year, because I was to young as a 6 y/o child to go to school:)
4. Elementary school 6-14/15 years old. Some of the students stay longer, it depends how many times they fail, but redoing a year -> can be required by the parents as well!
5. High School 14/15-18/19/20 -> it depends on the structure of the school, your skills and interests. There are vocational (you learn a job, but you usually don't get a graduation exam certificate), technical (learn job, get the certificate and have the chance to get to a college or university) and secondary grammar schools (NOT learn a job, only get the certificate, with better chances to get to a university or college.
   
   
6. UNI/College: smashed thing, bologna system, too difficult, and I haven't tried, but there are a lot of ghost stories about it: credit system, hiatus, changing terms, strange/strict/lukewarm/worthless teacher. So I can't decide yet, but if I'm in it, I'll definitely tell about it, because I'm sure I'll be crazy about it sometimes. :P

And, what about my current chances of getting to my dream university to my dream division? Last year's goal: 432 points

Intermediate levels:
Maths: 96%
History: writing: 92%
English: writing: 96%
IT: writing: 85%
Advanced level:
Literature: writing: 86% (and a total failure oral exam with the worst thema matching, results will be out after the intermediate oral exams)

Others: B2 comlex (intermediate) English Language Certificate (means: extra 28 points)

If I calculate: -maintain these results: 436/480 points (if the limit doesn't go higher, I'll be able to be admitted....I hope, crossed fingers!)
(OK, I'm sleepy now, so I won't write about it, but there are two ways of countinng your points for the university........................YEP, and this is only a little slice of the enormous cake of the Bologna System;)

YUMM!

Miserable: Sounds good for a Hungarian's life, huh?

My Advanced Level Literature Oral Exam was a disaster. Can you imagine that you pick those two themas, which weren't taught by your teacher - you could just read it through - and you could hardly learn it, because there wasn't any book to it, moreover you thought: "Ah, I can pick my favourite two, so I don't have to worry."

............................^^" YEP *wink*. My teacher said, that this two can't be picked up together, nobody can be so unlucky....................(as unlucky)

Just like me!(as me) I've picked them up. The worst matching ever!!! I have the right to feel this way... But i'm catching up guys, nothing is lost! Yet...
I have to learn to maintain my Intermediate Level Writing Exams with good Oral Exams, and I may be able to save the sinking boat... :)

:D

I'm so happy, I could die! Now I have to learn hard to maintain it... I hope, I'll be able to report this happiness again after 2nd June. :)
86% ---> I got on my Advanced level, Literature, Writing Final exaaam.....!!!

Whooosssh

Sometimes I feel this way, how do Hye Mi and Pil Sook in Dream High k-drama. *SIGH

I'm here again... Well, now I'm learning for the final exam, oral presentation... yeeep this will be my advanced level literature exam.... pffff I'm so nervous, because I don't know the results of the writing exam of my "literature". This will determine my 2nd June's exam...whoooaaa scared!
I think I'll do a tag post soon, I've seen it on Hungarian blogs for weeks, and I think it's quite good.
And I want to learn how to dance during my summer holiday, because it's a great pastime activity and healthy, as well.

See you soon! Have a nice day!
Reiko92

Yume - 夢

I've seen this film a long time ago on the TV, maybe it was 5-7 years ago and it was so great, that I can still remember, how good it was. I loved all parts of the film, especially the Snow Woman part. I think it's a totally right film, it's ok in every meaning.

I think - this film teaches you about the life and dreams in a special way. And it looks like you're going on the Canossa with a very interesting eyesight.
You can't say that it's an old film, because it's actual in our everyday life - nowadays.

Directed and screenwritten by Kurosawa Akira. (should I say more? It's granted to be good.)

My own rating: 9,5/10 (I'll never give 10 - I think - it could mean that I'm totally crazy into a film, but now I think I should watch this film again:)