Friday, November 24, 2006

SATURDAY CLASS SUXX~

Do you know why I dislike Saturday's class? The reason is.. because I'm all alone in this apartment I'm staying in Kampar. All my housemate who are staying here with me, will be back in ipoh on friday. Their classes until friday only. Most of the students here leave kampar on friday. So, you can see that there will be not many cars here after friday noon.

Sueling and Lingsim went back yesterday because they don't have classes til next monday again. Today, Szemin went back to ipoh also. Fortunately, ^^ Chuilynn have presentation tomorrow while Livann have presentation on Sunday..pity Livann alone in Kampar. This week, I have two friends to accompany me...ikikiki~!!! Next week onwards, wa's saturday class will change to Friday night...7pm-9pm...wikikiki~!!! Wa don't have to be in Kampar alone again..heahea~!!!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

1 LITRE OF TEARS~


This dorama is about a girl who was diagnosed with a disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration when she was 15 years old, and was able to continue her life until her death at the age of 25 years old.

The plot is based on the true story of a Japanese girl named Kito Aya, who had the same disease. She kept writing in her diary to remember her experiences until she could no longer hold a pen. Aya simply wished to live until the end of her life, and the purpose of writing in the diary was to remind herself to not give up. She shed tears many times, at the same time encompassed by the rich love and support from her family, friends, and boyfriend. Her diary “1 Litre of Tears” was published after her death, because of its inspiring and courageous message of, “Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.” So far, over 18,000,000 copies of her diary have been sold.

This dorama features Sawajiri Erika, Nishikido Ryou, Narumi Riko, Yakushimaru Hiroko, Jinnai Takanori and Fujiki Naohito. Sawajiri Erika has powerfully brought out the character of Aya, and people who watch this dorama will feel compassion for her while she suffers from the illness. My tears flowed after almost every episode as I questioned myself, “What would I do if I were Aya?” This is a dorama where you can see a 15 year old young girl who was able to face her disease bravely, and tried her best to treasure the time she spent with her friends, family and boyfriend everyday she could.

To me, this was one of the best doramas of 2005, mainly because the reality of this story has enlightened me. I realized that my life is not that tough compared to those who are suffering from an incurable disease. “1 Litre of Tears” stood out for a reason: it is not because Aya was upset because of her disease, she was touched by the love and patience she received from her friends and family. I was amazed by the braveness with which she chose to live her life, as a strong girl who was only 15 years old, yet managed to face her cruel fate with a positive outlook, and tried her best to do whatever she could by herself.

This dorama starts right before Aya is confronted with the illness, Spinocerebellar Degeneration, in which the nerve cells of areas necessary for the human body to move and balance–including the cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord–transform and eventually disappear.

Ikeuchi Aya (Sawajiri Erika), a 15 year old girl, is the eldest daughter in a normal Japanese family. She lives with her reliable mother, Shioka, who works as a nutritionist, her father, Mizuo, the wacky owner of a tofu shop, her quiet younger brother, Hiroki, and two younger sisters, the sarcastic Ako and innocent Rika. On the day of her high school entrance exam, she left the house full of energy, but she missed her stop to get off the bus and walk to her high school because she fell asleep. She quickly got off and ran from the bus in the rain when she discovered she was late. She slipped, fell down and injured her knee. At that time, she met Haruto Aso, who was trying to skip the exam. He gave her a ride to school, the administrators allowed them to take the exam (despite the fact that Haruto was uninterested in taking it), which they both later passed.

The new semester began, Aya and Haruto were in the same class, and both were elected as the representative of their class. Aya also joined the basketball team, and was reunited with the boy who she was fond of from the male basketball team. Just as she was beginning to enjoy her high school days, Aya starts to experience some physical difficulties. She always dropped food from her chopsticks, could not estimate the distance of the objects in front of her, could not pour water into a cup without spilling it, and occasionally wobbled while walking. Her mother, Shioka, who was the only one to notice the physical changes in Aya, started to worry about what was going on.

One day, Aya’s life started to change after she tripped and fell. She couldn’t protect herself with her hands while falling and she hurt her face. After this, her illness is slowly revealed and her tragedy begins…

How would you be if you couldn't walk freely anymore?
How would you be if you couldn't talk anymore?
How would you be if you couldn't move anymore?
How would you be if you're aware of anything around you, but you can't to anything?

The people around you sees that you're slowly getting more and more sick every day..the pain to see..the tears you'll cry.. the sickness is progressing slowly, but it definitely continueing...

What will you do if you were 1 of them?Will you give-up just like that or be like Aya?

After watching this drama, it reminds me of the days I used to spent in the hospital. I remember those feelings when my family came to take care of me day and night and the moments where my friends went to visit me too. My parent and relatives tried their best to find out bout the causes that made me couldn't move my legs or walk around. That time, the doctor said that my the disease I had is rare. There is no proper medication for my illness unless there's miracle that I could walk again. I had to undergo physiotherapy everyday. The doctor even did electric shock kinda therapy to check the nerve. He told my parent that I have to take some fluid out of my tulang sumsum part to check more. He said it's gonna be very painful. I was scared. I didn't want that on me. I prayed day and night in my heart that GOD would let me walk again and thank GOD he did it. Now, I'm walking and jumping around again. I was so happy. The day I was discharged from hospital, the doctor told me to takeCare because that disease will attack me again. The only thing is, he don't know when.

By the way, I don't care much bout those anymore. I believe that the disease has totally left me and never gona attack me again. Here I am blogging and doing whatever I am doing now. When I walked out of that hospital that day, I told myself that I never gona admit into hospital at a young age like this again.

You all might think that what I had typed here is so lame. But..to me, that incident was a memorable one. I will forever remember how my family and friends came to visit me and truely cared bout me.

Back to the story bout 1 litre of tears..Kitou Aya passed away on the 23rd of May 1988.

I agree with the message she left for all before her last breath...

“Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.”

Friday, November 10, 2006

SHOOTING STAR

ARTIST: RYOSUKE NERIKI


nagareboshi ga yokogiru
tsukanoma no shizukesa ni
sora ni nobasu yubisaki
todoku wake nai takasugite

itanda kokoro wasureta furi shite
arukitsuzukete wa iru keredo
motometeta no wa kieta maboroshi to
ki ga tsuite ita yo

hateshinaku susunde mo
otoseya shinai yo
setsunasa ga kono karada
shihai suru

kanashimi o omoide ni
kaereya shinai yo
okubyou o kono mune ga
kakaeteru

negau koto ga hoshi ni
mitsukaranai no wa
kanaeru mono wa jibun to
wakarisugiterute

ni wa dekinu mono nara
kagayaki o tomete kure
yoru no kage ni kakurete
wazuka na hikari dake de ii

toritsukurotte kizu fukamete iru
hiyowa na kimochi o moteamasu
sagashiteru no wa yume no zangai to
akiramete ita yo

atedonaku hashitte mo
ikitsukya shinai yo
tebanashita yasuragi ga
oikakeru

mezameru no kowakutte
nemureya shinai yo
itsu made mo yasashisa ni
najimenai

nagareboshi ga hitotsu
mata hashirinukeru
hakanai mono wa
jibun to wakarisugiteru

itanda kokoro wasureta furi shite
arukitsuzukete wa iru keredo
motometeta no wa kieta maboroshi to
ki ga tsuite ita yo

hateshinaku susunde mo
otoseya shinai yo
setsunasa ga kono karada
shihai suru

kanashimi o omoide ni
kaereya shinai yo
okubyou o kono mune ga
kakaeteru

atedonaku hashitte mo
ikitsukya shinai yo
tebanashita yasuragi ga
oikakeru

mezameru no kowakutte
nemureya shinai yo
itsu made mo yasashisa ni
najimenai

nagareboshi ga hitotsu
mata hashirinukeru
hakanai mono wa
jibun to wakarisugiteru



watashiwa too free and found that the title of the song is wa's favourite. So, wa decided to post it ^^
Unfortunately, wa tried to download the song, but failed. Anyone out there who is willing to help wa get the song then send to wa, wa will be super happy ^^ ikikiki~