Which Japanese name suits me ?どれ日本の名前がいいですか

Yesterday while I was having dinner, I suddenly thought of having a Japanese name.日本の名前がほしいです hehehe

My Japanese teacher will assign or give Japanese class student a Japanese name which will be used in the class. For example, if your Chinese character can be translated to Japanese then it is easier. If not , she will take longer time to think of one for you. I am not sure if teacher will give me one or may be because I stay in Japan for some times before, so I might prefer to choose one myself.

First in the list I thought of is Yuki. 雪 (snow)

Few Reasons :

1)I like to see yuki 雪!! When i first saw snowing in osaka although tiny snow, I was so happy !

2)I like cold weather !!

3)I was born in January (winter snowing times )

4)Yuki also sounds like Yuuki ( 勇気）which means courage, courages, something I have ? or had ? or something I always need to have.

5)Yuki sounds modern ! hehehe

6)Yuki has another kanji character of 幸 which has the meaning of happiness, good fortunehttp://www.20000-names.com/female_japanese_names_02.htm

Mum and my other friend suggested Kawaii ( pretty/cute) . There was a lady named Kawaii in the Hong Kong series we are watching so idea came from there. haha but I dare not use this name, difficult to carry this name... especially as times goes by kekeke

I tried to do a research online and found this website :

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/jap2.php

It is a good website which gives me ideas of what is the meaning of my Japanese friends' name.

I realised Mei is a Japanese name ?http://www.behindthename.com/name/mei-2

hmmm...

Many ideas in my mind .. hehehe since I like Doraemonどらえもん cartoon... should I use a gal character in the cartoon ? Shizuka 静香 meaning is quiet.hahahah...

For Japanese's lady name, I like one of my friend's name the most is Kumiko 久美子.. but I don't want to have the same name ....hehhehe..

While shopping with mum, saw a accessories shop by the name of Yumiko. So mum suggested to have the name of Yumi. I checked YUMI (由美): Japanese short form of names beginning with Yumi-, meaning "cause-beauty." hmmm... Yumi or Yuki ? hehehe...

It is just for the fun of having one Jap name may be used in Japanese class or...., I will keep considering and thinking..

Feel free to share your ideas with me too !!

Cherry Blossom in Penang ?Penang に桜 がありますか

I received these beautiful flowers photos from my friend。私の友達君子にきれいはなの写真をもらいました。Looks like sakura ( cherry blossom) ? 桜ですかIt is not sakura but ........................桜じゃありません...

These photos are taken in Penang.　Penang で写真撮りますした。There was one tree full of these flowers near my house but I didn't take photo .私のうちの近いにこちらはながありましたが写真を撮りませんでした。

Chinese name : 風鈴木學名：

English name :Tabebuia sp /紫葳科 （Bignoniaceae Trumpet）

Originated from :（Tropical America）產地： 熱帶南美洲，委瑞內拉

Sometimes, I wonder are these flowers from sakura's family ? May be is sakura's sister ? brother ? cousin ? こちらは名は桜の家族ですか。The blossom season is almost same times as sakura.

Penang City council had planted these trees ? Definately is an tourist attraction, we saw exceptionally many of these trees blossomed with beautiful flowers around. My friend just told me that there are professional will take photo for your if you pay 20 RM ( 500yen) at one of the area with many of these trees.( very business minded ! )

Feel free to enjoy the photos then !...............

Samantha Thavasa New York

Today , back to an English post :) I posted an Japanese article about my hobbies but I realised I made some mistakes after I started learning chapter 18 in my Japanese class today. So I thought I want to learn this new grammar and revise my article and repost it.

Therefore, let's talk about handbag !! Why this topic ???? hahaha ...okay ... I did survey of my blog's traffic and I realised the most popular blog is the Blue lable Burberry http://limeiblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/burberry-blue-lable.html !! haha so Japanese brand handbag seems very popular ! or may be is a women's topic ? or a shopping topic which is ever popular !

So I thought ok.. let's write about Samantha Thavasa now !!

Samantha Thavasa is a Japanese brand 's handbag. Founder is a Japanese by the name of Kazu Terada. It has many sub brands under Samantha Thavasa umbrealla such as Samantha Vega,Samantha Thavasa New York, Violet Hanger, Samantha Tiara (jewellery),Samantha Thavasa Deluxe, Samantha Thavasa Petit Choice, Samantha Silva (jewellery), Samantha Thavasa KINGZ (Men'sline). There are different ranges and different classes of handbags among these Samantha's brand.

I was introduced to this brand when I did my shopping. Most major departmental stores and airport has Samantha's shops. Posters of Victoria Beckham as model were displayed in the shops. At one point of time, I nearly bought one in the airport but I hesitated, for the style and price..... in the end didn't buy ( haha must control a little of my shopaholic 's habit !, see.. so dont' say I don't resist or control myself ! in fact recently due to the current economy situation, I already cut down all my shopping :( )

2008 Summer sales in Osaka, I finally bought one Samantha Thavasa New York ! at 50% off !! hehehe... !! so happy ! I added one Japan brand handbag to my collection !

One Saturday, I was wondering around in Namba Park. Then I realised there was 50% off sales in the shop. So after selecting and comparing a few models, I bought one ! haha and on that day, while I was in the shop, I remembered my boss called me because there was an incident happened at client site....I tried to recall and helped as much as possible, talking on the phone... temporarily stop my mind from thinking which hangbag to buy ..hahaha...

Took a photo with the sales assistant of the shop. She is kawaii (cute ) right ? She was very patient helping me to make my choice.

Ok ! finally show you, this is the one I bought !!! Originally I wanted to buy white colour but I think white is hard to maintain so I decided to go with this one, may be a little formal style... with a lock ! just anusual design which was not in my collection before.

I am 1 year old today !

I have just turned 1 year old today !!!
Today (March 11th ) is my blog first anniversary. 今日私のBlogの誕生日。

I started this blog while I was in Japan. Time flies and I am back home now. Last year was very nice memory for me, a beautiful dream which I hope I am still in the dream !! refuse to wake up !!

Many thanks for your great support of my blog , specially to my frequent visitors, blog supporters!! I will keep up my blog !

新友達- Japanese Learning with new friends

今日二人友達　いしょに　日本語を　ならいました
清美ちゃん　と　君子ちゃん　は　Malaysia 人です。
日本語の授業　が　にきやかですした
日本語はとても　むずかしですがおもしろいです
私は日本語を勉きょしますから日本がいきたいです

日本語の授業　８時半から１０時まで。
私は新ものをならいました
１０時に　日本語の授業おわりました　それから私と二人友達Gurney Plaza へいきました
DOME Cafe へ朝ごはんをたべにいきました。
私はおいしいパンを　たべました、　熱いChocolateをのみました　それから　友達　いしょに　宿題をしました。宿題はたくさんですそしてむずかしですが　おもしろいです。
２時間Dome Cafe で宿題をしました　そして私たちは清美ちゃんの店へ宿題をしにいきました。
清美ちゃんに日本の旅のPampletsをみせました。

Hokkaido がすきですからHokkaido へいきたいです。Okinawaがあまり好きじゃありません。

Hokkaidoの海鮮が新鮮とおしいです。

４時半にうちへ帰りました。

My Diary on March 3rd

Today I studied Japanese with 2 other friends. Kiyomi chan and Kimiko chan are both Malaysian. Japanese lesson was very lively. Japanese language is difficult but interesting language. I study Japanese as I would like to go back to Japan.　

Japanese lesson started at 8:30 till 10:00. I learnt new thing. (My Japanese might be wrong here ).At 10 o clock, lesson was over. After that, I went to Gurney Plaza with 2 classmates.We went to DOME Cafe to have breakfast. I had delicous bread(breakfast set) and hot chocolate.After eating, we did our homework together. There was lots of workhome given and difficult homework ( as it was a revision covers all the previous chapters) but interesting to do together with classmates. We almost spent 2 hours in DOME doing homework. Later on, we changed venue to Kiyomi chan's shop to continue the homework.

When we finished doing all the homework, Kiyomi showed us all the pamplets about travelling in Japan. I like Hokkaido and I would like to go there. I think I don't prefer Okinawa as I think the beach is more of warm country place. Hokkaido's seafood is fresh and delicious.

At 4:30 , everyone went home.