How I learn japanese language

Started a new blog to talk about what I found about japanese language along the way I learn it. It should end in a Japanese Language Proficiency Test(JLPT) level 2 cert photo. Haha.

Also, took this chance to fiddle around the widgets and settings of Wordpress.

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Journey to the east

Japanese lesson

Been taking part time Japanese class lately.

在朋友的怂恿下交了学费
宝贵的周六早晨

忍痛割爱
踏上了不归路...

第一次踏入教室

"I'm coming for the replacement session."

"%@*^#$#" (直接用日语跟我对话)

完全是以身体语言和日文授课的 >.<..

渐渐地

听得懂的

看得懂的

越来越多

当然

离自然地对话、读、写还很遥远

"学日语的目的是什么?"

也没有什么特别的目标。开心就好。

每个星期都要做功课...

如果厌倦了朝九晚五一成不变的生活

参与喜欢的短期课程也是不错的选择 =)

Bon odori festival

The crowd. People wearing traditional japanese outfit were dancing on the stage and playing the drum.


One of the food stalls.
Banana chocolate - sold out
Takoyaki (octopus ball) - sold out
T.T


Asahi japanese beer. Taste like... beer.


Japanese ice cream. Unique taste. Delicious. Green tea covering the red beans inside.

One of the highlight for the night is that during the end of the event, we stumbled upon 3 kids wearing yukata. Someone suggested to take picture with them.

I overheard that one of the kid is speaking japanese on her mobile phone, "doko?". I step forward, and speak, "Anata wa nihon-jin desu ka?" (Are you a japanese?) The most amazing thing happen. She understood what I asked and response with a yes.

And then I just stand there thinking what to speak next. LOL. No idea how to say "take picture together with us".

My attempt, "Kamera..."(Camera) *hand gesture to represent taking picture, pressing the shutter button.*

Anyhow, this is an amazing outing. Abandon the aircon and comfortable japanese restaurant and squeeze and queue up in a crowded and hot environment just to eat the same food and watch the performance. Fun!

Rainbow

Saw a huge rainbow on the way back home after work. It covers half of the sky. Good fortune coming soon? =)

BookCrossing @1Utama

This is the book that I grabbed for free from the official BookCrossing zone at 1 Utama. Seems like MPH would release 50 books to this place every month there.

People can write reviews and notes about the book by using the Book ID written on the BookCrossing sticker. If you decide to "release" a book to the wild, you would be able to track the book as it travelled and read what others say about it. I wonder how this would play out in Malaysia. Haha...

It's located at ground floor of HighStreet. Even the guide that dressed up like a security guard failed to show me the direction. "I have never heard about this. Books? MPH?" They need to create more awareness.

From what I have observed, people who sit around the area are not reading! And I am being stared upon when I open the book shelve and fiddling around the scarce and worn-out books inside.

More information:

• The official event description at 1 utama website (ignore the event period)
• BookCrossing Liz (blog)
• of bookcrossing at 1utama (blog)

IBM Websphere Application Server 7 Training

Get to attend IBM training again these few days. It's always nice to break out of usual work routine.

Technical stuff:
Java EE is very complicated. EJB3, JPA, SOA, ESB, BPEL... Yea, they are "open standards" backed up by Sun and IBM. But there are open source libraries tools that try to scratch the same itch too. Personally, I would use whatever that works and cost me less time to learn and setup.

Being too high level and abstract means it would be a nightmare to troubleshoot when errors occurred. It's definitely nice to generate entity POJO and input forms in JSF with a few clicks though.

Setup clustering is as easy as typing a few commands. That's the difference between a free and paid solution I guess.

The Pursuit of Happiness

银幕上熟悉的字眼不断向上滚动
看得我不禁流下男儿泪 （ok...夸张的）
为了这些 Standing Instruction
不知死了多少脑细胞、掠夺了我珍贵的周末休闲时间
终于...... 顺利生出来了!
YEAH!!!!

同事：喂! 你拍什么?


时间是 晚上7.31分
轻快铁站依然人潮汹涌
个个面无表情
都市化的副作用就是人与人之间变得异常冷漠

可恶的资本主义
金字塔底层的人们任人鱼肉犹如变相奴隶制

作者满身汗臭、疲惫不过开心
现场报道

对面的人：喂! 你拍什么?


回到家
温暖（烫嘴）的晚餐已经准备好了
好吃~

妈妈： ......(无言。看惯了我乱拍 =.=V )


Ice cream x 3 = RM7.20
Enjoyment? priceless.

每当心情低落就会乱花钱
购物狂倾向形成中？

最近发布了颇多负面的想法、投诉、发泄...
写些无聊的来"对冲"一下 =)

p/s: title inspired by a nice movie by Will Smith.

食之无味，弃之可惜?

Subway's Veggie Delite. RM6.90.
My favourite meal to date.

The food is nice
Time and venue totally wrong.
Why am I siting at the office without aircon in this lovely(read: hot) sunday afternoon?


Secret Recipe's Chocolate Mud cake. RM6.50.
Lust for chocolate

如果巧克力能让人开心
我需要吃很多很多......