Thursday, January 03, 2008

明けおめです!Merry New Year!

Sorry for being 3 days late.. haha.. So lazy to update. heh.. Anyways,....

Another year has passed and the dawn of a new year falls upon us. But exactly what is New Year?
もう一年がたった。そして、新しい年が訪れた。でも、お正月ってそもそもなんだろう?

The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations.
from Wiki

Well, in Malaysia, our country of diverse cultures, everyone gets to celebrate at least 3 new years in a year. Oh, wait, that sounds weird. How can you have 3 new years in only 1 year? lol. It's really quite astonishing, you get ang pau and super illegal fireworks during Chinese New Year, then tuak and a feast during Gawai, and Rendang and Satay during Hari Raya. Name any country you can think of, but I am sure there is no other country that celebrates as many New Years as Malaysia does.
我々の他民族のマレーシアでは、みんな一年にせいぜい3回ぐらいお正月が楽しめるのだ。ちょっと待って、それじゃおかしいわね。一年に3回お正月?(笑)そう、不思議に思うかもしれないが、旧正月にはお年玉と不法な花火(マレーシアで一番楽しみにしている花火と言っていいだろう)、イバン民族のガワイにツアッ(米で作ったお酒)とごちそう、イスラム教のハリラヤにはレンダン(牛肉)とサテー(焼き鳥)。考えられる国を全部言ってみてください。でも、マレーシア程お正月を祝っている国はないと思う。

Anyways, nowadays, most people go by the Gregorian calendar and accept that the New Year is on the 1st of January.And usually you have countdowns and fireworks on December 31, the New Year's Eve. It has also become a custom to make New Year Resolutions and look back upon the year that has passed..
今日は、多くの人々は西暦に従い1月一日をお正月と認めている。そして、12月31日の夜中にはカウントダウンや花火が行われる。それから、新しい年のための目標を作ったり去った年の反省したりするのが流行している。

For me, I don't really like making resolutions because I usually forget about it after a week. heh.. But just for the record, I would like to be more hardworking, learn more deeply about my majors, and throw away my bad habits, and also visit Kansai and Disneyland/DisneySea and visit East Hokkaido.
僕はあまり目標を作るの好みじゃないな。。すぐ忘れちゃうから。まあ、一応、もっと真面目になりたい、専門をもっと深く学びたい、悪い癖を捨てたい、そして関西やディズニーランド・ディズニーシーや東北海道に行きたい。

As for reflections, I don't really have much to reflect on. Just that really living independently in Japan made me realize how sloppy I really am. So I really gotta change that attitude.. heh.. But anyways, travelling was really fun. And I am happy to say that I've seen the most beautiful sceneries I have ever seen in my life last year.
反省と言えば、僕はあまりたいした反省できる思い出はないけど。ただ独りで日本で暮らすことは自分がどれだけだらしないかが分かってきた。だから、その癖を変えなきゃならない。でも、日本で旅行したことは楽しかった。そして、僕は去年一生一番きれいな風景を見られるととても喜んでる。
And what are those? それがなんだろうか?
1. Lavender Farm (Numata,Gunma) ラベンダー畑(沼田、群馬)
2. Asahiyama Zoo's Animals (Asahikawa, Hokkaido) 旭山動物園の動物達(旭川、北海道)
3. Otaru Canal (Otaru, Hokkaido) 小樽運河(小樽、北海道)
4. Oonuma Sunset (Oonuma, Hokkaido) 大沼の夕焼け(大沼、北海道)
5. The Night View of Hakodate City from Mount Hakodate (Hakodate, Hokkaido) 函館山から眺めた函館の夜景(函館、北海道)
6. Noboribetsu Bear Park (Noboribetsu, Hokkaido) 登別熊牧場(登別、北海道)
7. Hell Valley (Noboribetsu, Hokkaido) 地獄谷(登別、北海道)
8. Fukuroda Waterfall (Daigo City,Ibaraki) 袋田の滝(大子町、茨城)
9. Snow fall while snowboarding (Togari, Nagano) スノーボード中に雪降り(戸狩、長野)
10. Shibuya's busiest intersection. 渋谷の一番混んでる交差点

Okay, that`s all for now. Have a great 2008!

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1 comment:

calvin said...

that night at the top of mount hakodate was really nice, even better if the slight rain and wind didn't spoil the night.