not so cold today.
finished work at 1am. tired.
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Day 497 - 29.06.2010
too tired that i woke up late today. skipped gongyo ..... darn! nearly late for work. today was not so busy at work as the students are all having break. had 'pei dan jok' *century egg porridge* for supper. so full! finished work at 12.30am
finally the management of my apartment has given response to our complaints. after 3 weeks of no lift, they finally put up a notice stating that the technician will come & fix it tomorrow. gosh .... can u imagine climbing up 10 floors everyday? after standing for 12-13 hours at work. im gonna need a wheelchair very soon.
finally the management of my apartment has given response to our complaints. after 3 weeks of no lift, they finally put up a notice stating that the technician will come & fix it tomorrow. gosh .... can u imagine climbing up 10 floors everyday? after standing for 12-13 hours at work. im gonna need a wheelchair very soon.
Monday, 28 June 2010
Day 496 - 28.6.2010
its not as cold as yesterday. report says min 9 degree. still haven't got any news on my student permit. very anxious now as class is gonna start on 12 July. my college has sent me email today stating tht i need 2 show my permit before i can join d class.
worked from 12pm to 1am. tired.
worked from 12pm to 1am. tired.
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Day 495 27.6.2010
ooppss ..... i keep on dragging n dragging my posts. now i have to skip so many weeks of report. today is a must to blog because i received such a great news that will effect my life for ever.
i had a dialogue session with my YWD chief Seiko san in the morning at Starbucks. she then placed a piece of newspaper cutting in front of me. it was the group photo of Ikeda Kayokai meeting that i took the other day. out of 192 countries, Sensei has chosen 3 to be published in Seikyo Shimbun. it was New Zealand, Ireland & Russia. OMG! my debut photo in Seikyo Shimbun! 5.5 million readers daily! i really can't imagine that happened. my dream has finally came true. i must thank Koji san(my photo team leader) coz he was the one who insisted us to send the photo & report to Sensei. we were reluctant coz its only a small meeting. it was so out of expectation Sensei chose NZ. i can't describe how happy i was when i look at d newspaper. tears were just gleaming in my eyes. then, Seiko san asked me to close my eyes as she wants to give me present as a token of appreciation. it is the Ikeda Kayokai Guidelines Book. its originally in japanese written by Sensei himself, NZ has translated it to English. i have contributed some photos there. wow ...... just so happy to see my photos published in a gakkai book. they are going to send a copy to Sensei of course. i've always wanted to send photos to Sensei & ........ see .......... I DID IT. when we reached kaikan for band practice, Seiko passed me a sheet of paper where u can write to Sensei directly. i wrote a thank you message to Sensei & again mentioning my determinations. then, went to the office and personally faxed it to SGI Japan. pressing the SEND button was so suspence. LOL. its like sending a love letter and hoping Sensei will receive it.
last week, i wrote a letter to Sensei on my situation & determination. i've attached 2 photos in there too. i hope Sensei will like it. i've also gave him a group photo of Penang FY (my last performance before i came here). behind the photo i wrote a short message tht this is the band where i grew up & strived together all my life. they will be having a concert soon. I really wanted Sensei to know what PFY is doing and im praying everyday that our 2010 targets will be fulfilled. all the best to PFY. please do your best and send a victory report to Sensei. its the best gift to Sensei as he has always rely on us music corps on world kosen. its the best way to pay gratitude to him & Gakkai.
i had a dialogue session with my YWD chief Seiko san in the morning at Starbucks. she then placed a piece of newspaper cutting in front of me. it was the group photo of Ikeda Kayokai meeting that i took the other day. out of 192 countries, Sensei has chosen 3 to be published in Seikyo Shimbun. it was New Zealand, Ireland & Russia. OMG! my debut photo in Seikyo Shimbun! 5.5 million readers daily! i really can't imagine that happened. my dream has finally came true. i must thank Koji san(my photo team leader) coz he was the one who insisted us to send the photo & report to Sensei. we were reluctant coz its only a small meeting. it was so out of expectation Sensei chose NZ. i can't describe how happy i was when i look at d newspaper. tears were just gleaming in my eyes. then, Seiko san asked me to close my eyes as she wants to give me present as a token of appreciation. it is the Ikeda Kayokai Guidelines Book. its originally in japanese written by Sensei himself, NZ has translated it to English. i have contributed some photos there. wow ...... just so happy to see my photos published in a gakkai book. they are going to send a copy to Sensei of course. i've always wanted to send photos to Sensei & ........ see .......... I DID IT. when we reached kaikan for band practice, Seiko passed me a sheet of paper where u can write to Sensei directly. i wrote a thank you message to Sensei & again mentioning my determinations. then, went to the office and personally faxed it to SGI Japan. pressing the SEND button was so suspence. LOL. its like sending a love letter and hoping Sensei will receive it.
last week, i wrote a letter to Sensei on my situation & determination. i've attached 2 photos in there too. i hope Sensei will like it. i've also gave him a group photo of Penang FY (my last performance before i came here). behind the photo i wrote a short message tht this is the band where i grew up & strived together all my life. they will be having a concert soon. I really wanted Sensei to know what PFY is doing and im praying everyday that our 2010 targets will be fulfilled. all the best to PFY. please do your best and send a victory report to Sensei. its the best gift to Sensei as he has always rely on us music corps on world kosen. its the best way to pay gratitude to him & Gakkai.Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Day 453 - 477
Day 477 - work from 12pm - 1am
Day 476 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Sensei has received our victory report and sent us a message. another great news is that Seikyo Shimbun will publish our report & photos in few days time!
Day 475 - today is a public holiday (Queens B'day) so i don't have to work. very nice weather after few days of rain. today, the band is having a celebration party for our successful concert at Takuya san house. woke up early to go shopping with Wendy. we bought some crab balls for the party. we were quite early to reach the venue. so, we helped in making breads(ham&cheese and sweetcorn rolls). ooo ... my 1st time rolling doughs ..... some looked like socks, roti canai etc. so many funny outcome but it was really fun. heaps of things to eat eg. sausages, crab balls, sushi, kimchi, dal curry rice, pasta, home made rolls, chips, wine, beers, sodas etc! after eating, we watched our performance video before going home. hitched a ride from Masao san, Yuki & I got down at downtown. was thinking to walk home but since the weather is good, i decided to walk to the habour and enjoy my evening. sat on the bench and listening to my Ipod made my day off so relaxing. then, took the free bus to Borders to read some magazines. it was raining when i walked back home. no umbrella ... luckilly it wasn't that heavy. slept at 9pm. too tired.
Day 474 - attended World Peace Chanting meet. its my 1st day of duty as a member of Senko kai (photographers team). so proud & very determined to do my best to shoot for kosen rufu & Sensei. was again in tears while watching Sensei's video. saw the M'sian troupe in d video too shouting 'Malaysia Boleh' in front of Sensei. Sensei again touched on the mission of brass band, chorus group & Kotekitai. more in tears.
Day 473 - 10am went to Kayokai meeting at Seiko san's house. was asked to take photos of the meeting to be sent to Sensei. it was a great session, heard many experiences & hardship of others. i will never give up as i have gakkai & faith. my dream will surely come true if i just continue fighting. STRIVE ALL OUT Angie!!! together with Seiko san, we went to have coffee with Koji san which is the chief photographer of SGINZ. he related his experience to us which is so inspiring. im very honoured to shoot & learn along with him. went home bout 5pm, clear and empty my room & bomb it. stupid fleas made my legs so itchy & painful. will kill them once & for all. after kao tim everything, i returned the vacuum cleaner to Wendy and then walked to Nigel's house to pass him some Gyoza Seiko san made for us. came home and slept till the next day. it was so so tiring after a long day.
Day 472 - work from 12pm - 12am.
Day 471 - work from 12pm - 1am.
Day 470 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.
Day 469 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.
Day 468 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Nigel managed to borrow a card reader for his friend. he came to my house to transfer photos so that i can give Masao san the photos to be sent to Japan's Seikyo newspaper. thanx a lot Nigel. poor Nigel .... slept while waiting for the transfer to complete.
Day 467 - THIS IS THE DAY! its 30.5.2010! its Victorious March Band 10th Anniversary & 8th Joint Concert with Manukau City Concert Band. can't believe im able to play for the 2nd time. i still remember when we were sharing our resolutions last year before the performance started. i said it will be my 1st and may be the last time to play with VMB. everyone especially the leaders encouraged me to chant for the fortune to stay in NZ and they are sending daimoku for me to stay on. true enough ... here i am again! i have made resolution to be able to participate in the 2011 concert & fingers crossed, i will make it happen!
this year, Koji san went to Japan & couldn't come back in time to photograph our concert. so i asked Tiffany's help to do so. thx Tiff for her effort. after the concert, we helped the 'behind d scene' team to clean the centre. after that we had ramen dinner with Masao san, Nigel & Wendy.
... to be continued
Day 476 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Sensei has received our victory report and sent us a message. another great news is that Seikyo Shimbun will publish our report & photos in few days time!
Day 475 - today is a public holiday (Queens B'day) so i don't have to work. very nice weather after few days of rain. today, the band is having a celebration party for our successful concert at Takuya san house. woke up early to go shopping with Wendy. we bought some crab balls for the party. we were quite early to reach the venue. so, we helped in making breads(ham&cheese and sweetcorn rolls). ooo ... my 1st time rolling doughs ..... some looked like socks, roti canai etc. so many funny outcome but it was really fun. heaps of things to eat eg. sausages, crab balls, sushi, kimchi, dal curry rice, pasta, home made rolls, chips, wine, beers, sodas etc! after eating, we watched our performance video before going home. hitched a ride from Masao san, Yuki & I got down at downtown. was thinking to walk home but since the weather is good, i decided to walk to the habour and enjoy my evening. sat on the bench and listening to my Ipod made my day off so relaxing. then, took the free bus to Borders to read some magazines. it was raining when i walked back home. no umbrella ... luckilly it wasn't that heavy. slept at 9pm. too tired.
Day 474 - attended World Peace Chanting meet. its my 1st day of duty as a member of Senko kai (photographers team). so proud & very determined to do my best to shoot for kosen rufu & Sensei. was again in tears while watching Sensei's video. saw the M'sian troupe in d video too shouting 'Malaysia Boleh' in front of Sensei. Sensei again touched on the mission of brass band, chorus group & Kotekitai. more in tears.
Day 473 - 10am went to Kayokai meeting at Seiko san's house. was asked to take photos of the meeting to be sent to Sensei. it was a great session, heard many experiences & hardship of others. i will never give up as i have gakkai & faith. my dream will surely come true if i just continue fighting. STRIVE ALL OUT Angie!!! together with Seiko san, we went to have coffee with Koji san which is the chief photographer of SGINZ. he related his experience to us which is so inspiring. im very honoured to shoot & learn along with him. went home bout 5pm, clear and empty my room & bomb it. stupid fleas made my legs so itchy & painful. will kill them once & for all. after kao tim everything, i returned the vacuum cleaner to Wendy and then walked to Nigel's house to pass him some Gyoza Seiko san made for us. came home and slept till the next day. it was so so tiring after a long day.
Day 472 - work from 12pm - 12am.
Day 471 - work from 12pm - 1am.
Day 470 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.
Day 469 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.
Day 468 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Nigel managed to borrow a card reader for his friend. he came to my house to transfer photos so that i can give Masao san the photos to be sent to Japan's Seikyo newspaper. thanx a lot Nigel. poor Nigel .... slept while waiting for the transfer to complete.
Day 467 - THIS IS THE DAY! its 30.5.2010! its Victorious March Band 10th Anniversary & 8th Joint Concert with Manukau City Concert Band. can't believe im able to play for the 2nd time. i still remember when we were sharing our resolutions last year before the performance started. i said it will be my 1st and may be the last time to play with VMB. everyone especially the leaders encouraged me to chant for the fortune to stay in NZ and they are sending daimoku for me to stay on. true enough ... here i am again! i have made resolution to be able to participate in the 2011 concert & fingers crossed, i will make it happen!
this year, Koji san went to Japan & couldn't come back in time to photograph our concert. so i asked Tiffany's help to do so. thx Tiff for her effort. after the concert, we helped the 'behind d scene' team to clean the centre. after that we had ramen dinner with Masao san, Nigel & Wendy.
... to be continued
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