Age Careers Expo

Magic Pencilbookfeaturing Hilary Duff

What a great exhibition! I got there at 11:30 and I thought it was going to be really empty because everyone would be at school but as soon as I walked through the gates I was overwhelmed with the number of kids in school uniform just walking around.

I went to the YFU stall and introduced myself to the people there whom I had never met before. There was Julian, a German guy working to promote YFU and two girls who were in Melbourne as exchange students. One from Brazil, the other from Belgium (sorry, forgot you guys' names), haha, you should've seen the school boys trying to pick up the Brazilian girl, it was really naeuseating.

Apart from that I really enjoyed it. I had never really known what I wanted to do after school and then I encoutered two really big passions I realised I had. International relations/ communication and design. There's an international college in Japan and they had a stall up on second level, um 'Renzeikan'?? can't remember and then Grenadi School of Design, this super selective school, or at least that's its image but it gives me some kind of push and as soon as the guy finished talking to me about it I knew that That was the school I wanted to aim for. Not Melbourne U, or Monash, RMIT, Swinburne, nup, none of that. Grenadi School of Design's for me!

Alright then, well I'd better start working on compiling a more recent portfolio. *rolls up sleeves*


I finished at 5 and got to Glen at 6:15. I was already running late for youth group but I needed dinner so I went over to Hungry Jacks and grabbed a Whopper, made some phone calls while munching and met up with Vicky back at the station. My bag weighed a tonne from all the advertising material I had in my bag from the expo so I requested to catch the 889 bus instead of having to walk. Well, we got to Crossway late but it was alright, I did get some strange stares from people, probably 'caus I was wearing a shirt to youth group and carrying a bag that looked like it weighed a tonne but it was all good. So I got a new layout, because it looked to much like Joyce's and I felt like doing something artistic anyway so enjoy the new banner, made by me.

We got home and switched on the news. Creepy what I saw next: "Army recruiting staff had to intervene in a fight in which two school students were stabbed and another assaulted at a careers expo today." Yeah, and that was like right outside and I didn't hear anything about it.

忘れちゃってて．．．ごめん

まさか、もしかして忘れてしまってるかもしれん。昨日寝中にまた日本にいた夢を見た。観光会社と一緒に来た田舎の霧降り山の草の上に遊んでいた。平和な場所だった。

遠いから音が聞こえた私はもやで歩いて遠方にサッカー試合が行ってたのが見れた。


「ちょっと待って」と思った私、「あいつは健太郎じゃない？」『白石高校の同級生』。近づいてであのチームは本当に白石高校であることに気づいた。彼らに手を振ったんだけど誰もが見なかったそうだった。悲しくゆっくりと皆がいた所に戻した。独りで座った私はすぐ３人の長髪があり男たちの姿が見えた。


「おい、ティム！」とあの男たちの中から一人が言って、あ！森田くんだ！と気づいた、だって長い髪形を着ていた。


私が笑いながら先と言った「もしかしてあの髪型は日本の男子の新流行かろ？？」で仲間からの二人、中村くんと江口くんへあいさつをした。

やっぱりへんな夢

すぐ後起きて、あの人々のことを長い時に思い出さなかったことに気づいた。こわい、一年間と過ごしたこの人々のことを僕の記憶から消えている。でも気づいちゃったのはこの人々といなくなったと寂しくならんだった。このへんな気持ちは留学生には普通ですか？

How could I forget

Misty Grass

by carlylecastle

How could I forget? Last night I had a dream that I was back in Japan for a honeymoon trip. We had joined a tour group and we were running around on a misty green hill, far from civilisation. It was all very serene and you could feel the peace.

In the distance I hear some cheers so I ventured through the fog and in the distance I saw a soccer game between two high schools. "Hang on a second," I thought to myself, "is that Kentaro?" (one of my classmates). I walk further and realise that it is indeed Shiroishi High versing some other school. I'm now close enough for them to see me as well and I wave. No one seems to have noticed me so disheartened, I make my way back up along the hill to my tour group. I sit down by myself when three guys with super long hair approach me.

"Oi, Tim." One of them says and I can't believe my eyes, it's Takatoshi with super long hair!

I smile and laugh, "Is that the new style in Japan now huh?" as I greet the other two guys Taishi and Junki (who has grown tall).

Bizzare dream -.-

But I woke up just after this realising that I had not thought of these guys for ages. It was scary, to think that these people, who I spent a year with were fading from my memory. I guess you could say like sand through unsteady fingers. On the other hand I realise that I don't really miss them either, is this normal for an exchange student?

And don't forget that The Age Careers Expo is on tomorrow till Sunday at Caulfield Racecourse.

education.theage.com.au

Happy Days 9/4/08 あの楽しい日々を記憶から消えない

理由

どうしてこのブログを作ったの？このブログ僕のプロジェクト。うちの日本語能力を守りたいので最初に英語で入力して、で同じことを日本語にやく。

平成２０年、４月９日、水曜

「へ？都市で？！」
ローレンは「都市でＰＩＣＮＩＣしよう！」って、びっくりしたの俺はそうと思った。みんなは都市ってへの気持ちはいったいなんなんだろう？俺にとってメルボルン市はっすごい疲れさせるし、つまらないなと思ってるんだが。最近の月曜日にもフィルとクリスともう行ったんだ。だから今回またうちの仲間とここにいてのは面白いだねって。この仲間の中には７人がいた。俺、フィル、ローレン、リリー、アダム、ビックタと遅れたクリス。
誰もいないＳＩＤＮＥＹ　ＭＹＥＲ　ＭＵＳＩＣ　ＢＯＷＬでＰＩＣＮＩＣした。後でステージの上に馬鹿のように走り回った。しかもサラリーマン達の昼休みにステージの前に集まって、僕たちの発表を見ました、恥ずかしかった　＾＿＿＿＾；；んでアダムはリリーとローレンの靴を盗み逃げた。
ビックタはずーっと寝ていた。
クリスのお母さんへ誕生日おめでとう！今日彼の母さんの誕生日昼ご飯のためにクリスは遅れて来た。ＰＩＣＮＩＣはもう終わったからＳＯＵＴＨＧＡＴＥのＴＲＡＭＰＯＬＩＮＥで彼に待ってた。みんなは１時に帰ったけど俺とフィルとクリスを都市で残して、ビックタの送別プレゼントを探した。最終的に彼は何が好きか分からんあったからＦＯＯＤＣＯＵＲＴで座って、しゃべりした。終わった時にもう５時になちゃってＦＬＩＮＤＥＲＳ ＳＴＲＥＥＴ駅に着いたら都市で働く皆は帰っていた。駅では人がいっぱそうから帰るのかわりに母の大学に行った。うちの父さんは今夜シドニーから帰るから今メルボルン大学で待ってて、このブログを入力してる。

and just on another note

Why am I typing this blog? It's an experiment by me, see how well I can cope with translating all my thoughts into Japanese which is why I will do my best to provide a Japanese version of each entry.

Wednesday 9th of April, 2008

AFRO STAR by Hibiki-tris

City, city CITY?!

... and that was my reaction when I got told by Lauren last night that we'd be having a picnic... in the city. Does anyone else find the city quite draining and boring. I went just on Monday with Phil and Chris so it's quite funny that I should find myself here again with the gang which includes: me, Phil, Chris, Lauren, Lilly, Adam and guess who, Victor.
We had our 'picnic' at an empty Sidney Myer Music Bowl and played the idiots on stage running around like complete lunatics fresh out of the mental institution. During the corporate lunchbreak we even had a bit of an audience watching Lauren and Lilly exchanged wedding vows several times, sing opera and recreate Step Up 2... and then there was this big chase where Adam took both Lauren and Lilly's thongs and ran off onto the lawn where the sprinklers were on. As for Victor, he slept the whole way through.
Happy birthday to Chris's mum, Chris came late today 'caus he went to shark fin to celebrate his mum's birthday. We waited for him at Trampoline, Southgate and got gelato in the process.
We eventually went home one by one, Phil, Chris and I staying in the city, trying to find a farewell present for Victor because he's leaving to Somewhere, we couldn't find anything so we sat down and talked at a shopping arcade I've never been to called Galleria. By the time we finished up it was already 5 so we made our way to Flinders only to get swept up in the wave of stinky, fat businesspeople filing through the ticket barriers. I said, "Stuff this." and went to Melbourne Uni to meet up with mum instead of going home. Dad's coming home from Sydney tonight so I'm typing this on the uni computer while we wait to go pick him up from Tulla. I admit not much of a blog post. I'll post some photos up tomorrow when I'm back at home.

who's up for a 100 buck musical at Regent?? I am!

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