haiz....so long didn't update anything adi....
so much happened during these few weeks....
first of all, exams have come and past.....
i think this is the first time so many ppl were absent during exam....
all because of H1N1....
lol....some of my friends didn't came too......
haiz....
i didn't wanna come too....but ShiroKaori won....
before exam....Pn. Suneeta had us write an essay....
die lor....haven't finished it yet....
while we were starting...she was telling us not to cheat and refer to the essays we wrote before....
hearing that, i turned to Rachel and said" Life cheats, so why can't we?"
Rachel was all agreeing and we both said it was a good one....
Exam
well, moving on to exams....didn't really study until the last minute...
and i mean it literally....
who am i to deny the temptation of fanfictions?
haiz...since so many ppl were absent and it does not affect my position in class.....i guess it doesn't matters....
wait...then why did i even bother taking it?....oh, yeah.....my conscious a.k.a ShiroKaori...
SK:Hey! it was for ur own good...
well, lets put depressing matters aside and move on to other subjects....
Japan Cultural Festival
Winnie and I attended the Japan Cultural Festival at SMK Batu Lapan....
it's very interesting thought KuroKaori and me were gritting our teeth whenever the student and teacher of that school discect the language...
and i kept thinking bout other things everytime the teacher said SMK BL....
lol.....i wonder if the student's in that school who knows bout these things ever laughed bout it...
me and winnie joined the Ikebana competition....
we were so lucky!!
actually on thursday, the teacher came over and asked who wants to enter the sushi making competition on Saturday....
Winnie and Iris were absent that day and Anne and i wanted to join but KBC and Subra got to it first...
the next day, we were waiting for Anne and Iris to come to school but deduced that they weren't coming....
we felt a little angry as Anne said she would come yesterday..
then the teacher came and ask if anyone wanted to join the ikebana compertition....
the way she said the words....i was like...."wat? ikre barat??"
i thought she was talking in BM....lol....
but then i recognize her as the teacher from yesterday and she said something bout flowers so my mind click....
so it was Ikebana....
Winnie and i wrote our names and there... we got in....
and i spent the whole night searching for information bout it....
i was surprised how different it was from the western flower arrangement....
Ikebana actually have rules that you must adhere strictly to because it is actually a form of discipline in the olden days....samurai did it too......
but i have to say....the flowers are really nice!!!
KK: yeah! I especially like the way they cut and bend the branches!! Way to go!!
ahem....well.....i search for a lot of pictures to but maybe i will tell more on Ikebana in another post.....
then, the next day....i woke up to my sister alarm clock(actually it was her phone but....)....
to be more accurately...i woke up to the song of Michelle Jackson's Billie Jean.....
Yeah.....she put that as her alarm clock ring tone.....
and it kept ringing....and ringing....and ringing....and ringing....and ringing the same chorus part....
i can memorize that part already lol.....
and it was 6:30 in the morning....
the first time it rang and quieted i was like....what the hell was that?....
just when i was about to sleep....my alarm rang....
dang....i forgot i set it earlier....
but i still lay in bed until 7:15...
changed into uniform and went down to get ready the vase....
smsed winnie to see if she has transport and then sat down and read zig zag for a while....
then i realized i was late....
rushed to winnie house to fetch her and got to school in time!!
the teachers took us to SMK BL *snickers*.....and the second secretary of the japan ambassady gave a speech....filled our stomach first and by the time the Ikebana competiton started....we were off-scheduled!!!
A japanese woman named Sube gave us a demonstration(more like 4..) on how to do Ikebana.....i couldn't hear her voice and the translation sucks.....
then we were required to do an Ikebana arrangement in 10 mins!!
Winnie helped a lot...if she wasn't there i dun know how the heck am i going to cut that branch....
then a chinese looking guy wearing a batik shirt came over and the moment he spoke....lol.....he was a japanese.....quite friendly...
and our 1st time at doing Ikebana we got 3rd place!!! whohoo!!
we did sms anne and asked her to guess where we are....she called back.....
and it seems like she got a bit angry.....
well then, nevermind about that....she'll get better in a few hours....
our school got 2nd in sushi making and 3rd in the fastest eating sushi competition.....
and then Sube-sensei demonstrated how to wear a FURISODE KIMONO!!!!
man!! i wan 1!!! but damn expensive!!!
that model is sure one lucky girl....
by the time the kimono wearing competition started, we were WAY off schedule.....
then they decided to save time by starting the yukata wearing competition the same time...
hectic on stage lol.....
just when i thought this would be finished and be over so i can get to my Japanese class in time....they have performances......
by that time....i dunno wat to say liao....
the 1st dance was a fan dance.....the dancers weren't really synchronized well...
the second one was a festive dance using umbrellas with bells....not that good also....
the third one was a dance about two girl walking in the garden during spring....she girls are cute and the dance is nice...
4th 1 was about the fishermen is Hokkaido....a girl was out of beat but overrall it was not bad....but at that time i was worried about the time so i didn't really like the length of the dance....
just when i thought it was over... they have a 5 th dance!!
this 1 was bout tea picking...cute song, nice dance.....Sube-sensei participated in it too...
finally! they were going to pick out a winner for the Kimono and Yukata wearing competition....our school got 2nd in the Kimono 1 but didn't got any in the Yukata 1...
i guess mainly because the guy didn't hid his t-shirt under the yukata.....
got a bon-odori fan and two certificates that the teacher took to write our names on it....
and finally we can go back!!!
managed to make ot on time to class but was stuck wearing my school uniform the whole day....
and i really mean the whole day.....
haiz...so tired......slept at 12 adn woke up at 9:30 this morning to go for guzheng classes....
came back....did housework and went online watching Hetalia's video (which would be talked about in another post.... )....
that's all for now....i'm itching to write about Hetalia already....i have so many things i wanna say....
And so....
KuroKaori, ShiroKaori and Kaori says bye-bye.....

Labels: culture, ikebana, japan, life