Miscellany

So I graduated yesterday! I can finally say I have an LLB (Hons). And it sure took long enough.... I will upload some photo's tonight of me wearing the silly clothes and celebrating afterwards.

Only 2 days until Xmas. Proudly I can say that I have only one more person to buy a present for - altogether organised don't you think? :-) The weather for Xmas day is supposed to be quite warm? Certainly warmer than Japan anyway, where I hear mother nature has been dumping snow all over the place? Has there been snow in Tokyo?

Lots of Japan/Australia related news lately too:

1) Miyamoto (Japan Soccer Captain) has been making some fairly interesting statements to try and psych out the Socceroo's in their opening World Cup game. BRING IT ON!! Can't wait for that one!

2) The Wiggles are "turning Japanese" - for those of you who have not had the pleasure (displeasure?) of hearing about The Wiggles- they are a group of four Aussie guys who have made themselves very rich by writing and performing songs for kids including "Dorothy the Dinosaur", "Hot Potato", "Big Red Car" and "Wake-Up Jeff". They are taking their franchise to Japan next year. All you crazy MPE's should audition. Seriously!

3) Whaling is back on the radar again with Greenpeace ships chasing Japanese ships all over the Southern Ocean to try and prevent them from catching their research quota. I honestly did not hear a thing about whaling in Japan- it doesn't even seem to be an issue there? Isn't it interesting how something that arouses such negative feeling in Australia is not really up for debate in Japan? Meanwhile it is plastered all over Australian news websites.....

Oh, and in Indo/Australia news- the travel warning has been AMENDED not upgraded for over the Xmas/NY period, and in Aceh- there was a ceremonial handing back of weapons by GAM to the Indonesian military which is pretty amazing given that in pre-Tsunami times peace looked extremely unlikely there.

And that concludes today's look at news and current affairs. Thankyou.

;-)

sakamoto kyu

Look what i found! Where were these fabulous phonetic lyrics on the last night at karaoke? Does anyone know what the song is about by the way?!


Sakamoto Kyu

Sukiyaki

by N/A
Ue wo muite
arukou.
Namidaga koborenai youni
Omoidasu, haru no hi
Hitoribocchino yoru.

Ue wo muite
arukou.
Nijinda hoshi wo kazoete
Omoidasu, natsu no hi,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni,
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni.

Ue wo muite arukou.
Namidaga koborenai youni
naki nagara,
aruku, hitoribocchino yoru.

Omoidasu, aki no hi,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Kanashimi wa hoshi no kageni,
Kanashima wa tsuki no kageni.

Ue wo muite arukou.
Namidaka kobore naiyouni,
Naki nagara, aruku,
hitoribocchino yoru.

Hitoribocchino yoru.