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20-03-2003
: Laziness
Asides
from the war that just started, I’m also not feeling right about
the 3rd test period starting next week. I already sort of
ranted about that. I can’t seem to put myself to study. Well, the
first test on Monday I don’t have to study for, so that will be
okay. I spend my time watching Rurouni Kenshin, now that I got my
DVD player to work ^^;; I borrowed Lelies ‘fire requiem’ and of
course I have my own volume 1, and the volume 3 I have, but that one
already worked. It had something to do with region codes; Lelie
found me a program that could fix the problem. I really like every
episode and I watch them over and over and… *add as many ‘and
over’ as you like*
I
also enjoy sketching very much; nothing can get me to forget
everything around me like that does. And so a lazy week passes for
me, doing nothing in particular.
I
only seem to live up when it’s Wednesday again, Ninja is the one
thing I look forward to every week. Yesterday’s training was
special; first time training with the tanto (knife). We learned one
really difficult move; I had some real trouble with it. I hope, with
some training, I’ll be able to perform it flawlessly next week at
Ninja. The other moves were no problem; the grip was cool, although
the ‘rolling-over-your-sparring-partner’ part was a bit scary…
Imagine you accidentally hit him/her o_O;; Fortunately that didn’t
happen; It actually went well! I had nothing to be afraid of. There
was also some…person… -.-; that managed to drop his weapon, he
got the whole ‘clan’ (without senpais, of course -.-;) a good
amount of push-ups (100 to be exact, we have to do those next week
*shrugs*)
Hmmm,
I’m surprised I got to write this entry despite all my laziness
lately, maybe I’m finally going to be a little more active. And
that’s about time, with those 100 push-ups next week, the test
period, and there’s my senpai’s 2nd Dan exam, which
I’m going to see!
11-03-2003
: About
anime shopping and my future
I
haven’t written in a while. School wasn’t much last week, and on
Friday, Monday and today was no school. I can’t believe there’s
almost a test period commencing again! Test periods do mean you get
a lot of free time, but also a lot to study. I’ve done pretty well
so far, but can I live up to my reputation? What if I let everybody
down? I’m under a lot of pressure at times like this. I also have
to finish my very last book report, and yesterday, I had to go to my
new school for an interview and introduction. There’s so much to
do, and the exams draw near. After that, I’ll be going to study
TMA, and if I do well, I might go to
Japan
in 2 years. The
foresight of
Japan
is quite
exciting, but the idea of a whole new school and the upcoming exams
frightens me. I’m insecure of the future, it feels like I’m not
ready for it, and I feel so much younger and more inexperienced then
I actually am.
The
interview went well yesterday, if I pass my exams, I can start with
the study in September. I’m lucky enough that Lelie’s gonna do
the same study, that’s at least one person I’m familiar with,
and less to worry about.
My
new school is in
Amsterdam
– A city in
which I feel uncomfortable and I would never
want to live in – when Lelie and I went there yesterday, we
decided to go early and visit some shops in
Amsterdam
first. The first
shop (a store with Japanese products and books) we found without too
much trouble, but it opened at
13:00
so we had to
visit the other one first. Then we kinda got lost, but we bought a
city map, and soon found our way to the other shop (an anime shop).
We were looking for some more Kenshin merchandise, they only had
DVD’s, and I bought one. At a ‘toko’ I bought a wooden
umbrella and chopsticks. Then we went back to the other shop, I
wanted some white tabi socks and Japanese slippers. I got ‘em!
They’re very comfortable ^^;;
I
came home at
19:00, and I
was really hungry, luckily dinner was still warm, and I ate
something first. It turned out later my DVD doesn’t really work
(wrong region code), I’ll find something on that, but there’s no
rush. I was disappointed, though.
Today
I began reading the second book for my report (kinda late, the
report must be done by Friday) and I read about half the book today,
the book’s about 400 pages o_O;;
But it’s about samurai in Edo Japan, luckily that’s
interesting (my favorite topic, actually).
I’ll
hope everything works out with the school work, I already ranted
about my lack of self-discipline, and this is yet another example.
And that test period… the funny thing is, I usually feel weak,
tired and stressed once everything is over. Well, I’ll have to see
what the future will hold, that’s what I always do, no need to
change things now.
05-03-2003
: Ninja
training I
Yesterday
was a short day, and I had to start early, but on the other hand, I
also was off early ^^;;
I
forgot my geography books, because I thought I had Economy x_x.
fortunately I didn’t miss any classes today, but there’s
obviously still something wrong with me. That was about what
happened today. I came home, and tried to sketch, but it wouldn’t
come out right, so I went on to watch my Rurouni Kenshin DVD, and
after that some anime on TV. Later
I tried to sketch again, and this time it went well ^^;;
I
went online after dinner, and chatted a while with Lelie. We were
both looking forward to going to ninja training again tomorrow. Then
I had to go babysitting, I have to watch 3 kids, and a dog -.-;
They
weren’t really annoying today, and I’m glad I can earn some
money with this job. I ‘work’ two nights a week, and the good
part is I can study there as well. Like every Tuesday, I didn’t
came home late, and I still had some time to ‘remove’ my brother
from the computer, so that I could watch some more RK ^^;;
That’s basically how the day ended.
Today I only had 1 class; English. And that lasted for about 10
minutes, because I had a speaking session. I have another good
grade! So I was home early… I went on to practice some ninja
moves, and especially ‘tachi nagare’ (roll backwards), because
last time I wasn’t so good at that. It actually went well! ^^;; I
hope I finally mastered it now. While practicing, I kinda hurt my
right knee o_O;; which was
my ‘good’ knee (I had broken the left one a couple of years ago
and though it is fixed, it still hurts from time to time).
Anyway,
the knee will be fine, I guess, so I put on my gi, because every
Wednesday I walk around in my gi for half a day before I go to ninja
training. I just like to wear it, it’s very comfortable.
After
dinner I took the bus to Lelie’s. I usually go to Lelie’s place
right before training, because she lives near the dojo, and the bus
is always more than 30 minutes early. We spent some time behind the
computer before going to training. She also showed me her b-day
presents, and there was lotsa Japanese stuff with it ^^;;
When
we arrived at the dojo, it turned out we were the first ones. Later
the other ninja and kunoichi arrived, and since Lelie insisted, I
showed some of my latest sketches to some of them. The training
itself was fun; we learned a few new moves; a kick backwards in
combination with a turn and a bodydrop, and a flying kick. I really
liked those techniques, they were beautiful to see, I hope they also
look good when I perform them, can’t judge over that myself… We
also got to do the neck break technique again. One of my favorites!
Lelie and I were sparring partners, I kinda hurt my hand because I
fell on it (Actually, Lelie made me drop, but it was part of the
technique. No hard feelings, Lelie!) It’s not that bad, it hardly
hurts anymore. The training was over before we knew it, I felt like
it was over way too soon. After training senpai Mark told us
something about the new magazine (I’m not surprised, there was an
article in it about him), and it turned out we’re going to train
with a new weapon; the tanto (knife). So we had to order ourselves
some tanto’s after the training. We’ll get them next week. We
were plenty on time for me to catch the bus back home (It’s been
different; sometimes training takes too long ^^;;) Waiting for the
bus, we read the article about senpai Mark (he looks like Sanosuke
from Rurouni Kenshin, according to us) and found out he was 19 years
old (never would’ve guessed! Plus, it’s the same age as Sano!)
He’d really make the perfect Sano!
Anyway
got home late, and went straight to bad, because I was tired from
training. This is about the usual Wednesday for me…
03-03-2003:
A bad start
Okay,
this day was a good promise for the rest of the week (that’s meant
to be sarcasm). School started at
10 am
today, which
meant I could sleep for a while. I took the bus at
9:10, the
bus was actually on time, and I thought I had to start with art
class today. Not! I was supposed to have math, but I only realized
that when it was too late.
I
didn’t want to spoil my reputation (I’ve never been late), so I
decided not to go (you can miss about 10% of all your classes here).
I decided to do some computer work at school and I surfed the web a
little, visited some Japan-related sites. I felt really bad about
missing a class, although it’s really not that much of a problem.
I
really don’t know what got into me, maybe it was because of the
holiday that ended, or maybe I was stuck with my mind in
Edo
Japan
again. I still
feel bad about it, but I tend to worry too much over things like
this…
My
next class starts at 12; the subject Dutch, which is really boring.
And after that it’s 2 hours of Economy! Monday is the longest day
of the week, and also the most boring.
Oh
and I want to say happy B-day to Lelie! ^^;;
02-03-2003:
A report of my holiday
This
is it, my first blog entry. I hope I don’t bore you to death with
my stories, and I don’t know if I’m good at this. I’ll give
you a short review of my one week holiday, which ends today. I tied
to not make a lot of things happen this week, but there actually
happened a lot.
So today’s the final day of a week’s holiday. I’ve done
absolutely nothing this week (which kinda enraged my mom), I was
supposed to do some schoolwork, but there’s still time enough to
finish that.
The
week started great! My best friend Lelie and I went to an
anime-convention on Saturday. She spent the night at my place,
because we needed to be there early. We got in, and it was lotsa
fun! I’m very into the anime ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ at the moment,
so I bought myself a Kenshin action figure and a DVD. Lelie got more
than me, but she also had more money, so I think it’s only fair
^^;; Lelie also stayed over Saturday night, so we could fully enjoy
our new anime stuff.
The
rest of the week I took it easy. There also was no ninja training
that week, and I didn’t even practice moves at home, although our
senpai always tells us to practice well. I feel kinda bad about
it… This just shows how unreliable I am. Every time I tell myself
to do something, I either postpone (in case of schoolwork) or forget
it, I have absolutely no self-discipline *sighs* and that’s
exactly what my parents keep telling me.
‘Do
you make sure you finish your school work?’ or not to forget:
‘you shouldn’t be online that much.’ No way I’m gonna give
up the friends I’ve made online, and I also wanna keep in touch
with Lelie (when were not staying over at each others’ places or
go to ninja). How come my parents keep pushing me, even though I got
very good grades at school? I was best in class with math, and my
mom insisted on meeting that teacher. I’ll never figure out how
she thinks…
I’ve
strayed away from the topic I guess. The holiday went on, and I was
spending my time doing nothing in particular. That Friday I was
supposed to spend the weekend at Lelie’s, because Saturday would
be the 2nd Dan exam of my senpai Graham. In the middle of
the week (forgot what day exactly) they called that Graham was ill,
and that the exam was moved to Saturday the 29th. I
wasn’t really surprised to hear, last time I saw him, his voice
wasn’t too good, that, and I already got some other bad news. At
the riding-school where I used to go horse riding (I used
to, because I already quit some time ago) a fire had broke out, the
house of the owner burnt to the ground. No one got hurt and the
animals were okay too, luckily. It was still a scare, though.
Lelie
and I decided not to spend the weekend together, because of the exam
thing. We moved the weekend to the 29th as well. But
it’s almost her birthday, so I went to Lelie’s on Saturday to
give her a present. I got a really nice print of Aoshi (the cool
ninja-guy from Rurouni Kenshin) and I had my father to copy it onto
A3 format, then I bought a frame around it. She liked the gift, and
we spent the rest of the day watching Rurouni Kenshin episodes, and
surfing on the internet, using her brother’s computer. Here it was
we decided to both make a blog, and we started to build mine right
away. Lelie will be updating the blog, because I don’t have the
right programs to do so. Domou Arigatou, Lelie-san!
I
had dinner at Lelie’s (It was really good. Hotdogs! Yum!! ^^;; ).
Then I went home by bus. Lelie said I could borrow her DVD and 2
manga’s from 'Real
Bout
High
School'. One thing was for sure; I wouldn’t get bored on
Sunday!
Today
is Sunday, school starts again tomorrow (for 4 days; Friday and the
next Monday and Tuesday I also have off
^^;;). However, I do have my usual
‘I-have-to-go-to-school-again-after-a-nice-holiday’-depression
(o_O;; I think other people would call it laziness).
I
also made drawing today, and the end result actually pleased me. It
got my mind off school, parents, and a really annoying brother.
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