The Other Eerie Half of Me…
After a major examination of my high school life,I had blissfully 6 months of holidays ahead of me.6 months before I start my college life-which is tomorrow!!!
This 6 months,there were several things that I had found out - and they had really grown into me!!
- AAA and NISHIJIMA TAKAHIRO
*I can’t believe I have once overlooked them!On 2007,I really loved Kamen Rider Den o.I enjoyed the story and its opening theme,which was climax jump.but I had never given a thought to google them because at that time,I thought the one who sang the song was Sato Takeru!! (OMG!!).Then,when the fun of holidays started to wear off,I decided to watch japanese dramas to kill the time and one of the first I watched was Ghost Friends.Somehow,Hayami Kaito kinda caught my attention.That’s the turning point.I googled up for Nishijima Takahiro.And I literally whooped in joy when I know he’s one of the singers of climax jump!!!After that,I’m one of AAA’s and nissy’s fan! AAA’s my first favourite japanese band and I’m happy with that! ^_^ (seriously,everything’s like moving with the speed of light.the next second,I’m hooked to their songs and I listen to them for hours.)
2. LEARNING JAPANESE
*When I was in junior secondary school,my school had international language classes (one was japanese class and the other was mandarin) for its students and they need to learn one of them.I took up japanese and I was soooo happy because it was like dream-come-true sort of thing.I really wanna learn it when I was such a small kid because I was fascinated by its language and cute animes.
This class enabled me to read hiragana and katakana and simple kanji and a few sentence structures.I absolutely enjoyed every class.(^_^)
So,since I am hooked up with AAA,I try to search for them in youtube.Yes,there are lots of AAA documentaries but it was hard to understand because the videos are not subbed.Unlike korean tv shows,most of them are subbed by fans.
But honestly,my greatest motivation is delicious gakuin!They are subbed only up to 7 episodes but I’m dying to watch the rest! So,at snail’s pace,I started to brush up again my japanese and started to learn kanji and try to remember the common ones (but I’m still not good at kanji yet.) and trying to learn japanese online. Have you heard that you can be the best friend for yourself and also the worst ones?So,while trying to learn the sentence structures,remember kanji and new words,there are voices in my head saying:
“Why are you wasting your time like this?You’re not even gonna use this because your native doesn’t speak it.And you’re gonna do your International Baccalaureate (IB) soon so you need to focus and arrange your priority”.
At times I’m in doubt,whether I should just stop or keep on continuing what I’m doing.Motivation is low especially when I’m struggling alone and all the effort is tedious.And that sneering voice are getting louder.But I really love what I’m doing.
Then,I have a solution.I say to my head:”well,I’m doing this because this is my HOBBY!Nobody will question your hobby because it’s just…a hobby.Like,nobody ever reprimand me when I’m doodling or drawing because it’s my hobby.
And to my relief,the annoying voice faded away… :)
