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1 Year Ago - Day 2 in Japan (2nd Dec 2008)

2009-12-02T23:33:00.005+08:00

Breakfast time before visiting Waseda University. Why they were wearing 'Cara Melayu'?

Visit to Waseda University. One of the student explaining to Wakayama Group

Visit to Waseda University. Listening to Briefing about 'Introduction to Japan'

Lunch at one of the Indonesian Restaurant

Photo Session - Imperial Palace

Going Up Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower. Happy 50th Annivesary

Dinner at Acting Ambassador of Brunei in Tokyo, Japan.

Collection of KitKat by Acting Ambassador, Awg Mahadi

Basketball Time - Playing outside Acting Ambassador House

1 Year Ago - Day 1 in Japan (1st Dec 2008)

2009-12-01T20:16:00.004+08:00

Arrived at Asakusa View Hotel

Briefing to Hokkaido Group

Briefing to Wakayama Group

Cultural Performance Practice - After the briefing

Touring Asakusa City

Haha, eager to buy cenderamata

Dinner Time - 1st time eating Japanese Food in one of the restaurant

Going back to Hotel

Splitting Cenderamata between Hokkaido and Wakayama Group

In Tokyo, before & after we split up.

2009-11-23T18:50:00.015+08:00

before the flight.

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JENESYS BRUNEI 2009 - SIGNING AGREEMENT CEREMONY - Saturday, 07 Nov 2009, Sekolah Menengah Lambak Kiri

2009-11-07T20:07:00.008+08:00

To all participating students & Chaperons of 2009 JENESYS Programme:

CONGRATULATION!
&
TAHNIAH!

ALL THE BEST FROM US

From: JENESYS 2008 Participants

Students with parents waiting for the ceremony to start

Juruacara Majlis - One of the chaperon - Cikgu Aspalela from SMLK

The Reciatation of Surah Al-Fatihah lead by Ustaz Shahrol bin Hj Sherbini from SMLK

Opening Remark by Ketua Unit Antarabangsa, Jabatan Sekolah-Sekolah, Cikgu Hajah Noridah Abdullah. On the right side, Cikgu Haji Adi - Head of Delegation JENESYS 2009

Sharing Session by JENESYS 2008's Head of Delegation, Cikgu Abdullah Ismail

Background Slide Presentation - 2008 Participants

Sharing Session by Cikgu Suryati of SM Sayyidina Hassan - JENESYS 2008 Chaperon

Signing Agreement by Parents of the Participating Students

Some of the parents waiting to sign the agreement

Refreshment Time

Students listening to a briefing given by Head of Delegation & Chaperons

Female Chaperons this year JENESYS Programme

JENESYS 2008 - Foster Family

2009-11-03T23:42:00.006+08:00

Hi JENESYS 2008 participant,
Have you contact your foster family?
Here are some of the photos for your memories.

ALIF's Foster Parent

NUH & HIRDY's Foster Mother & Brother

SYAFIQAH's Foster Parent

SUFI & AFIQ's Foster Family

IZZAT's Foster Family

ZARIAH & SALIHA's Foster Family

NOU-ZAH's Foster Mother

NABILAH & NADHIRAH's Foster Parent

AZIM's Foster Parent

HAFIZUL's Foster Parent

FAUZZIYAH & AFFEFAH's Foster Sisters

FIONA's Foster Family

FARIDATUL's Foster Family

JAMRI & KAIRUL's Foster Brothers

KAMAL's Foster Family

HAMIZAH's Foster Family

SHARON's Foster Family

SYAHMI's Foster Parent

asakusa mill, japan.

2009-07-20T01:02:00.002+08:00

The Asakusa Shrine is a traditional setting for the Japanese to pay their respects. The shrine itself is a large building, with the usual displays. When you walk up the steps to enter the shrine, be sure to look up to take in the painted ceilings.

Surrounding the shrine itself are different areas to burn incense and to place candles. The smoke and scent from the incense can be quite strong and even overwhelming. This practice has resulted in the opening of booths to sell incense and candles. The contrast of commerce vs. worship and reverence by the locals vs. exploration by the tourists is astounding.

Approaching the shrine area are many touristy shops in the style of an open air market, along the sides of a central sidewalk. I found many of these shops to be overpriced for the trinkets. There are a few interesting things you'll want to see. There are a few booths where candy makers engage in their trade so that you can see how the treats are made, and take pictures, if you'd like.

JENESYS reunion 20th June 2009

2009-07-10T18:56:00.003+08:00

haneda airport.

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tokyo.

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toyota factory, hokkaido.

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embassy of BD in Japan.

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memories.

2009-07-04T09:34:00.000+08:00

Group Photos No 9: Wakayama Group: Visit Kao Corporation, Japan Ware-Traditional Handicrafts - 04 December 2008

2009-06-10T22:50:00.005+08:00

Visit Kao Corporation

Visit Japan Ware-Traditional Handicrafts Hall

Group Photos No 8: Hokkaido Group: Toyota Motor, Shimbun Press, Courtesy Call Hokkaido Government, JR Rower - 04 December 2008

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Group Photos No 7: Hokkaido Group: Oji Paper Co. Ltd, Wakayama Group: Wakayama Government & Wakayama Castle - 03 December 2008

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Hokkaido Group: Visit to Oji Paper Co, Ltd - Tomakomai Mill

Wakayama Group: Courtesy Call to Wakayama Government

Wakayama Group: Visit to Wakayama Castle

Group Photo No 6: Dinner at Brunei Ambassador Residence in Japan - 02 December 2008

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Group Photo No 5: In front of Imperial Palace - 02 December 2008

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Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

Group Photos No 4: Visit Waseda University - 02 December 2008

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Hokkaido Group

Wakayama Group

Group Photo No 3: Shopping - Next to Asakusa Temple - 01 December 2008

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Group Photo No 2: Leaving Brunei at Brunei International Airport - 30 Nov 2008

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Group Photo No 1: Pre-Departure Ceremony 29/11/08

2009-03-25T23:57:00.003+08:00

2009-02-28T12:42:00.010+08:00

Asalamualaikum, and hello to everyone! こんにちは！

This is what I’ve found about Temari, one of the souvenirs that I’ve got from Japan. I don’t want to keep it for myself, so I want to share and talk about it!

TEMARI [てまり]

Temari is one of Japan’s traditional handicrafts. It is said to be originated in China. In Japanese, Temari means “Hand ball”, where “Te” means hand and “Mari” means ball. Its use depends on its size; it can be used for playing if it’s small or as an ornament if it’s big. According to history, Temari were made of old kimono remnants. Nowadays, Temari are made of fabric and threads, where they are wrapped around a Styrofoam ball. After the wrappings have finished, the ball is then stitched according to the desired designs. The colourful threads used and the intricate designs are symbolic, as they are believed can bring a brilliant and happy life to the recipient. The intricate designs are usually symmetrical and geometrical and are based on nature. In Japan, mothers gave Temari to their children on the New Year’s Day. Deep inside, a wish was written on a small piece of paper but this was never told to the children. Apart from wishes, some “noisemakers” such as bells are placed inside to create the Temari more attractive than just an ordinary ornament. Some believed this would bring good luck to the recipient. Temari make wonderful, unique gifts and treasured as wedding and anniversary gifts, and as mementos of friendship and also special occasions, (such as the ones that we received during our visit to Kaseda High School.) For the new batch, Temari might be one of your souvenirs that you can bring back home to Brunei, the more interesting or beautiful the design, the more memorable it is. Why not you try to look for one? Just make sure kamu simpan ia baik2 dalam beg.

[Anyway, kalau kamu notice, the three Japanese characters diatas atu ada arah tag Temari atu. I didn’t notice that at all too at first! When I check the tag, rupanya namanya ada disana… :) ganya written in Japanese… One more thing, carpet arah lobby hotel di Wakayama pun ada gambar2 Temari. Di bawah ada ku gambar...] OK, that’s all that I can share, till next time!

ムハマド・ノオ・ビン・ムサ
[Md Nuh Musa]

Hi! Remember this place?

2009-02-22T20:31:00.003+08:00

Abdullah

Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone! Konnichiwa!

2009-02-15T17:03:00.003+08:00

First of all, I would like to congratulate the students/participants who are selected for the JENESYS-ASEAN region joint programme. You are very lucky sebab kamu ke sana nanti masa spring, in which kamu dapat liat cherry blossom! Whoa…:D

Now I want to share my experience during home stay programme...
I will list down what I think that you should and you shouldn’t do during your home stay ah…

DO’s:

1. Jaga kelakuan semasa berada di rumah foster family. Kalau buleh, jangan buat macam rumah sendiri…
2. If kamu makan or minum masa di rumah foster family, do help them to prepare food and lepas makan/minum, jangan lupa tolong bersihkan. Help them cuci piring and bersihkan meja…jangan camah mata. It’s not our culture tu ah…
3. Prepare yourself with all information about Brunei… Japanese people are very keen to know about Brunei in terms of geography, history… dan jua pasal sultan kitani, sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah…some of them inda tau di mana location Brunei ani, so maybe if durang tanya di mana location of Brunei ani, you may tell them that Brunei is located in the Borneo island, near Singapore…or if ada world map, show them where Brunei is…
4. This is also important, related to the 3rd point: beside pasal Brunei, jangan jua lupa pasal agama kitani, agama Islam… most famous question yang ditanya by the Japanese people, “why the girls wear scarf (tudung)?” so be prepare with your answer…
5. Jangan lupa bawakan some souvenir untuk your foster family…examples like pensel Brunei, key chain, postcard…you can get this from kedai Happy Star, di sana banyak berjual Brunei stuffs, sesuai untuk souvenir…you can also bawakan makanan traditional Brunei like kuih cincin, bahulu etc… kamu boleh jua bawa keropok yang alum bergoreng macam keropok udang, keropok ikan…then masa di sana, you can teach them cemana cara masak keropok atu… tudung jua boleh dibagi as souvenir. Show them how to wear it. Untuk perempuan la…
6. Bring photos of your family, your friends or school untuk tunjukkan durang about your life di Brunei…

DON’Ts:

1. Don’t wet the toilet floor. This is very very important! Di sana toilet and bathroom are separated. Tempat mandi (shower) buleh la basah but not arah toilet ok… and jua, toilet papernya jangan buang merata-rata, you can flush it dalam toilet atu…
2. Don’t wear shoes dalam rumah. Basically it’s the same la macam kitani di Brunei… but bila masuk dalam rumah, take off your shoes and put it nicely, pointing towards the door. Dan jua, pakai slipar provided by them bila berada di dalam rumah, except when you get into the room yang ada ‘Tatami’ mat. Do find out about ‘Tatami’ ani. Google it ;)
3. kalau boleh…jangan akhir bangun masa di rumah foster family. Bangun tah bila durang sudah bangun ok…
4. If durang kan bawa kamu berjalan, make sure kamu bersiap atu jangan lambat. Don’t let them waiting for you…
5. Don’t forget to give them your home address, e-mail address and phone number. Keep in touch with them. Japanese people are very friendly and inda rugi tu berhubung dengan durang eventhough kamu sudah balik ke Brunei… I’m very happy that I’m still keeping in touch with my foster families di sana… :)
6. Don’t hesitate to ask them apa yang kamu inda tau masa kamu stay di rumah durang… mana tau kamu inda tau how to use the toilet kah…apakah… don’t be afraid. Tanya saja…

I think atu saja about home stay ani…

I also would like to share my experience about workshop…three from each group will be given task to be facilitator, note-taker and presenter. Who knows kan nanti, you might be kena suruh jadi either facilitator, note-taker or presenter atu…

I experienced kena suruh jadi facilitator of the workshop. At first, I thought it was a simple job which I found it interesting jua since I never be a facilitator for a workshop. So masa awal-awal kna assign jadi facilitator, I accept and take it as challenge and new experience to me. This is good for you if kamu nada pengalaman mengendalikan sesuatu, so take it and learn. Mana tau, it might be useful for you in the future…masa kamu bekerja nanti…

Jadi facilitator ani, krajanya explaining to the group about the procedure of the workshop, membahagikan tugas-tugas to the rest of the member, brainstorming ideas and discuss sama-sama about your findings about what you have observe, experience and learn masa kamu di Japan. It’s like kamu yang mengetuai others in your discussion atu. Other group member jua mesti berikan kerjasama in this workshop ah…this time, teamwork is very important. In fact, masa kamu di sana pun, teamwork ani penting sekali. Kalau inda ada teamwork, apa saja yang kan kamu lakukan pun inda akan success tu… masa workshop atu, you won’t get help from your chaperons atau pun from the coordinators…kamu sendiri yang akan conduct the workshop, with the cooperation from other members…so that’s why teamwork ani penting.

So, what I’ve learned from the workshop is that it improve my presentation skills which is very useful for me as there’s a lot of presentation assignments yang kena bagi di skulah, so sedikit sebanyak, it helps me on how to present well in front of many people. Workshop ani jua taught us how to conduct a workshop without instructions or guidance from our chaperons and it was our own initiatives to accomplish by our own abilities and judgements, so sendiri-sendiri la tu ah… And jua, it gives you chance to express your own opinions.

I think that’s all from me…kalau ada apa-apa kan ditanya, jangan malu-malu…Tanya saja ok… :)

OPEN DISCUSSION: Some advice to new group of Brunei Jenesys 2009

2009-02-12T02:02:00.005+08:00

Hello Jenesys 2008 participants. This is an open discussion: If you are to share your knowledge & experience about your preparation and trip to Japan last year, what are your advice to the new intake of Jenesys 2009 Group?

You can post your advice here or at the Cbox message: "Let words do the talking".

Your advise, opinion and idea are very useful and valuable to the new group of Brunei Jenesys 2009.

Your contribution is highly appreciated.

Thank You.

Abdullah - JENESYS08

Congratulation to my JENESYS brothers n sisters..

2009-02-01T21:12:00.001+08:00

Hey hey.. Congrates yaw for the excellent result.. It seems that u did ur best during the exam.. Btw keep it up! Sayonara~

By F I Z U L

Fashion Icon - Jenesys Brunei 08

2009-01-24T20:43:00.000+08:00

hey everybody-everybody

2009-01-22T09:25:00.000+08:00

it wasn't me who made this video actually, Sherbini did...he just asked me to post it up.

i would like to take this oppurtunity to way what we couldn't during the Rampai Pagi interview, haha. we would like to thank His Majesty and the government especially Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, the Japanese government especially Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Japan International Cooperation Centre especially our lovely coordinators ;-D (1 point for me, haha) and everybody else who this programme happen and a successful one. and also thanks to you guys for the memories. i'm really sorry if i made any mistakes and i'm sure there are a lot! and i hope we all could do it again in the near future. PEACE!! -kamal

Wakayama Group JICE Coordinators

2009-01-18T12:23:00.000+08:00

Syafiqah,

Listed below - our Wakayama Group JICE Coordinator:

1) Sarah SOHMA Saeko, JICE Programme Coordinator
e-mail: jicecdnsarah@yahoo.co.jp

2) Yuriko NODA, JICE Programme Coordinator
e-mail: reallyinspirational@mbi.nifty.com

Thank You,

Abdullah

_________________________________

Two great JICE Programme Coordinators for Wakayama Group

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Ride On The Shinkansen

2009-01-06T06:57:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone! こんにちわ！It's my first post and I wanted to share with all of you what it feels when riding on one of the fastest bullet trains in Japan or "Shinkansen" by posting a movie about it. I've read about the Shinkansen before leaving Brunei on a magazine called NIPPONIA given by one of my school teachers. I've also found the webpage about the Shinkansen that we used and the address is: http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia43/en/feature/feature13.html.
That's all for now and I also want to thank all the chaperons and also the JICE coordinators who took care of all of us during our trip to Japan. Also, to all the people who are involved from the beginning. So, ありがとうございます！！

BTW, Do you all noticed that the Tokyo Tower celebrated its 50th anniversary in the same year as the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque? A coincidence perhaps?

How to insert Video

2009-01-05T18:51:00.000+08:00

Inserting Video is the same as inserting photo into the blog post.

Anyway

STEP 1:

Go to Jenesys Brunei 2008 Website. Click Log Masuk (Log in)

STEP 2:

Type e-mail address and password (kata laluan). Click LOG MASUK.

STEP 3:

'Dashboard' window will appear. Click NEW POST.

Step 4:

'Posting' window will appear.

Step 5: In this window, type the title of the new post. If you want to insert video, click Video icon.
Step 6:
'Add Video File Dialog Box' will appear. Browse and choose a video file to upload.

Name the video (video title).

When finish UPLOAD VIDEO.

Step 7:

Click PUBLISH POST and go back to Jenesys Brunei 2008 website for preview or view.

GOOD LUCK!

Abdullah

BRN 08 01 901

Kaseda High School, Wakayama, Japan

2009-01-04T11:36:00.000+08:00

To Wakayama Group and other participants,

You might want to see this website http://www.kaseda-h.wakayama-c.ed.jp/topic/08/2ki/brunei.html, visiting Kaseda High School Wakayama.

I saw photos of Syafiqah, Nouzah, kamu menari, teacher emisa, principal of Kaseda High School, flower arrangement, Sufi and Alif giving presentation about Brunei, Nuh with the chop stick, learning cca activities: dance and martial art.

Abdullah Ismail

BRN 08 01 901

myra @ faryy was here~

2009-01-04T02:47:00.000+08:00

hello people! (: okay, i wanna becakap pasal jenesys ni as in my appreciation to those who involved in this programme.

i'm very lucky that my teacher nominated me for the opportunity. terima kasih kerana telah mempercayai saya & memberi peluang keemasan ini. i know that inda semua orang yang dapat memperolehi peluang melawat sambil belajar ke Jepun ni.

i've stated during my interview last time yang...

my interest in Japan through the Japanese Club & the Karate Club makes me like to learn more, to experience life in Japan with Japanese family in a Japanese home.
my interest in economics & geography where it would be really good to see Japan's highly developed systems, infrastructure & commercial areas as well as the beautiful scenery & countryside such as mountains, volcanoes & temples.
i want to share my experiences in Japan when i come back to Brunei.
i want to share my life in Brunei with a Japanese family.

and banyak lagi lah. when i reached home (back from Japan), the above statements tu faryy rasa faryy kecapi sudah. i stayed with my host family; i learned about their culture even their language. as we know that, durang pun ada bahasa tersendiri. macam, if hokkaido bahasanya lain then if di tokyo, lain jua. for example 'namara' is usually Hokkaido's language).

faryy pun sudah mleat bangunan2 di sana tu which have big differences from ours. durang banyak buildings yg sky scrappers. the road lagi macam roller coaster punya track. (:

masa di Japan, kami banyak melawat ke tempat2 yang menarik. example, Asakusa Temple, Oji paper Industry etc. semasa lawatan tu, kami ada menulis beberapa nota untuk menjadi rujukan kami semasa membuat report. lawatan2 tu membuat kan faryy bpkir yang suatu masa nanti, faryy akan cuba buat apa yg ada di Japan tu di Brunei. mana lah tau in the future, Bruneian becomes genius macam Japanese tu.

banyak pengalaman yg telah faryy alami sepanjang programme ane. faryy dapat membiasakan hidup sendiri, berdikari & jauh dari keluarga di Brunei. faryy dapat jua melatih diri be puntual. and banyak lagi lah. i think i benefit-ed from the experiences. it gave me better understanding of another culture & simultaneously helped me appreciate my own culture & family more.

honestly, i miss our coordinators; Hokkaido group's Okasan & Onesan. ): do me a favor? please come to Brunei & have our reunion together here. it would be fun! (: (:

okay, i'm out of words now. i'm not really sure apa yg faryy type in di atas tu because i just miss all the memories that we spent together in Japan with JICE people. MISS MUCH!! we had our breakfast together, we had our lunch together, we had dinner together & i remember during our last farewell dinner party, Okasan danced with the guys (menari tarian tradisional kitani tapi inda plg batah, skajap saja). (: (:

uhhhh~ i miss all that~ i miss Japan crying out loud! ): ): ): ):

okayy, still to come~

Happy New Year 2009

2009-01-03T00:01:00.001+08:00

Hey guys and gurls.. Hehe.. Juz want to say HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!! hehe.. Sory lmbt sehari,sibuk yo.. X ) Btw I miss ol of u.. k ne ja lu.. bubyee~~

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

2009-01-01T16:01:00.000+08:00

Wishing You A Great & Prosperous Year Ahead!
Happy & Successful 2009!
Best Wishes.

To Your Wonderful 2009,
Abdullah Ismail

To Your Wonderful 2009,

Abdullah Ismail

PTE Berakas

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

2009-01-01T09:58:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

new year doesn't mean we have to forget our memories in year 2008. i had a great time spending my 1 month plus with u guys & 10 days in Japan. hopefully, our friendship will last forever~

JENESYS programme (Brunei) Press Reporting in Japan - No 3

2008-12-27T00:23:00.000+08:00

This is the last one.

MURORAN Newspaper (Report on visit to Hokkaido Government)

Thank You MIWA Ito.

Abdullah Ismail

JENESYS programme (Brunei) Press Reporting in Japan - No 2

2008-12-27T00:17:00.000+08:00

Yet another one.

Hokkaido Group Visiting Sapporo Tsukisamu High School

Abdullah Ismail

JENESYS programme (Brunei) Press Reporting in Japan

2008-12-26T23:50:00.000+08:00

Hi Jenesys Participants.
Here is Press Reporting in Japan visiting Tomakomai (Oji Paper) by Hokkaido Group.
Thank to Ms. Miwa Ito for sending this media.

Abdullah Ismail
PTE Berakas

2008-12-22T12:50:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum and hello semua...Syafiqah's here!!haha..this is the first time ni aku post arah blog...*sakai*haha..testing saja ni.hehe..well, just wanna say that I miss you all and i miss Japan too!! to the JICE coordinators who read this...I miss you all and I really want to come back to Japan!

Ok, when I have time..I will drop some other post here ah..

i'm waiting for another gathering...bila??just inform k...

=Syafiqah JENESYS 2008=

2008-12-21T15:02:00.000+08:00

Hello Jenesys2008 participants...

Thanx to the efforts in making this blog.....It had been a great and wonderful experience travelling to Japan with you all....and thanx to the warm welcome by the JICE personnels and the Japanese people who were involved in this programme.
Anyway... just to send some good old pix for you to remember...
From Mr Zamley

REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS BEFORE FLYING TO JAPAN?

to: jenesys

2008-12-16T13:44:00.000+08:00

please link urself; friendster, facebook, msn or blogspot, at 'jaa matta~'. thank you.

before leaving Brunei.

2008-12-15T17:38:00.000+08:00

end,

myra@faryy

Fauziyyah here.

2008-12-15T00:09:00.000+08:00

I feel extremely lucky and fortunate to be the first one -- or the second one -- to write in this blog. I feel so honoured. Okay cut the crap.

I miss you guys a lot. All those mini parties at night, trying to finish up our logbook and findings book.

Singing those songs in the bus like gang bas sekolah.

If only I could rewind the time, I would love to relive those 10days I spent with you guys.

Never knew how 10days could bring 30people together. It was such a short time, but it felt really like a huge family that isn't having a family planning programme. HAHA.

Okay, my emo session is over. Thank you very much.

Arigato gozaimasu. Oyasuminasai.

will update more, soon~

2008-12-14T22:58:00.000+08:00

this blog is still under construction. hehe. (: