Hello everyone,

I'm here to happily anounce that we moved to another place. We won't post here anymore, so please, read us at the following website:

http://yamazushi.blogspot.com

We hope you will like the new layout :)

Thank you for reading, and well.. thank you if you still read us ^^

meet you there.

Nyekk & mizuki

Hi 皆さん！

I'm at home now, and as the weather is cold, everything is frozen outside. There is a nearby shallow pond, that is completly frozen to the bottom. So it's a great opportunity to do some free iceskating!

The ice was good, there were a lot of people, and it was fun. At first, i was a little unstable, as the last time I skated was ages ago. But later I managed to catch the hang of it, and slided away ^^ Of course I fell a few times, but that's in the game, and it didn't hurt much. My brother and his kids were also there with us, and we played catch.


My brothers daughter and me doing circles

All in all, it was good a time, but now I'm a little tired, and hungry ^^;;;

Ps.: I, too, look forward to see the Always movie in a real cinema, it's like a dream come true. I already enjoyed it when we watched it on a projector, in the summer camp. But this time, it will be waaaaay bigger ^_______^
Ps.2: I have the last exam tomorrow wednesday (somehow I wrote tomorrow lol), so I have to 勉強！がんばります！

Mata ne,
Nyekk

Hey,

I had my exam, now waiting for the results. I hope it went well :S Around halfway I felt really bad, I even thought of leaving, but I somehow win against myself and managed to finish my essay. Shiken no kamisama, tasukete kudasai!!!

We went to a presentation today with Nyekk and Padi, we learned about onsens :) We got to know, that both Hungary and Japan are in the top 5 country with lot of spa, also the differences in spa culture.
The presentation itself was really entertaining and funny, I'm glad I went.

It was held in the Japanese Foundation's library (where we can rent books and ready magazines, all in Japanese ^-^V), so after it, we checked out the new magazines and stuff.

The huge thing is, why I decided to write a diary today happened before we checked the magazines.
Being able to watch Japanese movies in Hungary (mostly with Japanese dubs and English subs) can be thanked to the Japanese Foundation. Every months, they provide movies, some of them you can watch for free as well.

So I watched what could we watch the next few months, and there it was:

ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
02.14.

On Valentine's day!!!!! We can watch ALWAYS in the CINEMA!!!!! (underline it twice more) Isn't it wonderful???? It's like a dream of mine came true :D
I think I remember right when I say, ALWAYS was the first Japanese movie I ever watched, just because Horikita Maki played in it, and instantly, it became my favourite movie of all time.

Ah, and finally I got my hand on 'Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac' by Gabrielle Zevin.... actually I gave it to my Mom right after I bought it (I got it for Christmas btw from my Mom, but I went to buy it :D), but told her to hide it, because I knew it would be too addictive for me to stop, and I had to study. Now that I am reading it, I think it was a good idea not to start it when I was still learning :D

Why this book? Again... a connection with Horikita Maki. There is a Japanese adaptation of this book, with an American director, where Maki plays the heroine, Naomi, and Matsuyama Kenichi (Death Note movie) is another key figure in it. Also I was always interested in the topic - amnesia - so this book is like a 'you-have-to-read-it-you-have-to' book for me. And I really enjoy it very much ^^ Also.. since the main characters are already choosen (Naomi's best friend will be played by Tegoshi Yuya), I can imagine the characters from the book. Anyway... the cast is well chosen I think, I feel like this gonna be a really great movie ^^ Title is: Nakushita Kioku.

Hm... other things. I got addicted to the ending song of One Piece and the Valve game Portal. I think I will try to play it, it looks fun ^^

hope you are all okey! It's extremelly cold in Budapest right now.

mizuki

PS: if there was a machine that counts your words and gives the most frequently used word as a result... in my case the result would be "really", don't you think?

Hi :)

I just can't focus on studying and the fact that Nyekk is taking a bath now makes me mad, because I can't blame him (inside me) for not letting me concentrate. No.. just joking :P

So I decided to write about this game. Carcassonne is the best boardgame I ever played.
You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)


(the basic boardgame with extension River)

We first played with it at the summer camp. On the last day we played with it all night till we were so exhausted we couldn't play any longer.

Soon after we got home, we searched for a version that we can play on the PC, and found this very nice game: http://www.carcassonne-online.com/downloads.shtml


(our play in the pc game, Nyekk is yellow, I am green, but I didn't have figures on this place) by Nyekk

We still play with this version, but it's not the same :) since Carcassonne is a game of strategy and it has tiles, the thing that makes it fun for me is that I can talk with my friends while playing, watch their expressions. And it has a different feeling to actually hold the tiles, instead of just clicking with the mouse.

So around Christmas, when my mom asked what I wanted, I said Carcassonne. So did Nyekk ^^ So now we have the game and some extensions, and we plan to do a Carcassonne party at the school (for ourselves and our friends who are interested) to celebrate the end of the exam season :)

So if you can, try this wonderful game out :)



(credits: Sanuka on deviantART)

mizuki

PS:

<Nyekk> vlogging is evil
<mizuu> vlog is evil my bunny is too active and i'm sick
<mizuu> if you sum these what do you get?
<mizuu> = can't concentrate :D
(I couldn't resist watching communitychannel's video log on youtube. Also, KTShy's comics make my sick days better. Check them out if you want to laugh ^^)

Hello,

We are trying to apply to our subjects for the next semester at school. Every semester it's the worst thing to do (beside applying to exams), because the website is slow, and we always get kicked out. So far I managed to apply for 3 classes, but Nyekk was not that lucky :((((
So while waiting, I have a little time to post here.

I happily inform you, that I passed my big exam ^^ so now I can finally choose my major at the uni.

I feel like an adult now :D speaking of adults... today is Coming-of-age day at Japan, so I wish a happy day for everyone, who turned 20 at the last year :)

And, one nice thing, that we finally got to taste the real ramen soup ^^ We decided, that if I pass my exam, we will eat at a japanese restaurant called "Momotarou". And since I passed, we went there last week :) It was not cheap, but really really tasty ^^





We watched "Summer Snow" at New Year's Eve. It was really good.... till the end of the last episode :( I wish they wouldn't end it like that. But I recommend this drama, no matter what.
I watched "Beach Boys" while waiting for the results of the big exam. I liked it ^^ Takenouchi Yutaka rocks!!!
Soshite.. we are watching "One Piece" at the moment :) it's very entertaining ^^

I have one exam left, after that I'll be free again :)

And lastly some sad news... that there are no news on Cooper. :( I just wish that he is happy where he is now.

Now, get back to fight with the subjects.

mizuki

Dear fellow netizens!

I gladly inform you that the transition from 2008 to 2009 was seamless, not a second was dropped in the meantime. There are 3.1536e7 brand new seconds for you to live up, use them up as you wish.

Always at your service,
God of Time

Dear reader of this blog,

So as you already read in Nyekk's entry, we are revising our last year's promises. Here is how I done:

* being silly in 2008 too - I think it's obvious, I should check this immediately
what can i say.. i'm silly. a silly friend for people, who needs me. PASS

* start to learn Japanese from March, and going to give my heart to it
PASS ^^ sometimes it aches to live without a heart, but ii yo

* keep my friends close, and my penpals in touch :I
my friends are close, but I have somehow feel that I lost connection with some of my penpals. I hope after this exam season, they and I can write more letters. PASS/2

* okey Nyekk.. I'm going to study hard for my exams... of course I will!! (I don't want to (TT_TT) )
hey, i'm studying right now as well. PASS

* buy the last Harry Potter book in Hungarian.. there are parts I still don't understand
PASS, and read it too :P

* will post here often (^3^)
hehhhe... FAILED

* kill uhm... burn my most hated teacher with my eyes (Supaaaman!)
i spared his life.. FAILED

* watch Heroes 2nd season, watch jdoramas (yaaaaaaaay! (^v^)V ) and jmovies
PASS, watched Heroes, and watched so many doramas, I couldn't keep up the list ^^;;

* I have a guitar.. but I still can't play on it, so I think I should study some accords
FAILED, sold the guitar... bought an ukulele, but can't play it yet

* going to delete my deviantart account.. bye bye DA!
FAILED, I still have it.. that way i don't have to watch ads when I search for pics

* going to try more jfood and still eat cfood a lot!
haven't tried more jfood, but ate a lot of cfood PASS/2

* would like to snailmail
PASS, whould like to do more btw..

* I should study some English grammar.... I have soo many mistakes :\
I don't know.. I think I practice enough at SNS.

* I would like to draw more... maybe 4 panel strips, I need a drawing tablet then... ($_$)
FAILED, both of them

* would also like to get to know more about cryptograhpy and steganography
bought a book, read it halfway, liked it, but it got a bit boring :P PASS

* need more emoticons, please A-chan, teach me more!!
still need more FAILED

Promises for 2009

* If Cooper comes home, I'll be a better owner
* will go to JLPT3 in December
* and the japanese-chinese camp at summer
* make a website with Nyekk, I don't know the topic yet, but I really want to do it.
* i would like to play the ukulele and kendama (it's not an instrument, it's a toy)
* lose more weight, gain more muscle
* get a new laptop
* will work at summer to get money for my japanese courses
* go to MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) course
* choose my major
* oh... will never change the way I am.. that I'm silly


And a personal thing for Nyekk: I'll stay to be your best friend zutto zutto :) even if you go to work and we will be far away, I'll always be your friend :) Thank you for always being by my side, for always supporting me.. (i sound like i won an Oscar :D). You are a friend, that I never dreamed of, I'm happy to be able to know you. You have to promise me one thing though... 「日本語のキャンプへいっしょうに行くぞ」って　:) okey?

Things I did this year:
- learning Japanese. this fact changed my life so much. it became a hobby, and a new lifestyle. I got to know new people, I got to know new things. I love this all, and I think it is a good sequence of my life. Thank you Ancsisan :) also, went to take the JLPT4 exam. Now my family sees that I'm serious about this :)
- at summer I worked at a computer shop, my first job experiance. Also, from the money I got there, I went to the Japanese language camp, and made new friends.
- sold and bought many gadgets... you can't change the way you are right? :)
- I tried to change my clothing habits to be more woman like.
- got a bunny, lost a dog :(

Hm.. I think that's all.. I'm not a productive human being ^^;;;
Well... my friends, who read this blog. I wish you a very very very Happy New Year! I wish to be your friend next year too.

mizuki

So here I am, only a few hours left of 2008, I will now go through my promises i wrote a year ago. Let's see how a did this year? :D

In 2008, i will...
o ...get my life back together
Managed it somehow, it will fall apart soon again. PASS.

o ...spend a lot lot lot of fun time together with my friends ^_-
Suuuure, it was good, the best times of the year ^^. PASS.

o ...spend more time with drawing
It's just FAIL.

o ...buy a Nobuta style bag ^^
PASS.

o ...go to a japanese language course with Mizu-chan
PASS.

o ...& go to the japanese summer camp together :P
PASS. It's one of my most successful timelines of the year. I'm glad I started.

o ...read more books
Ah, yeah, I think I read...2? :D So this is FAIL.

o ...try to be a little less selfish, sometimes it really gets on me :/
Nai, this is a FAIL, too.

o ...solve the damn rubic's cube ^_^;
Solved it! And I still can. PASS.

o ...learn to play on some instrument, dunno what though (i failed miserably trying to learn some piano -_-), but i would like
Bought a guitar, but that's it LOL. FAIIIL.

o ...watch the horror staring Horikita Maki (Scary!! ^^)
One Missed call? Done that, it was funny. (Mizu was scared, though). PASS.

o ...try to get some kilograms on me :P (So many of you told me that I should :D)
I gained...hold on...5 kgs, that's something now eh? :D Mizuki was more successful with her measurement corrections. But I give it a PASS.

o ...do some regular sport activity, running or rollerskating (Finally I'll have to, i have practically no muscles ^^)
Haha, bought a bycicle, did some ride, but I wouldn't call that regular. FAIL.

o ...giving up DeviantArt, too, they are no fun with all the constraints, and even less fun alone :P
Still have it, abandoned though. PASS.

o ...try to help less people (looks funny, but if you know me, you know what i mean ^_-)
I FAILED that one.

And I FAILed the extra one, too, so let's face it 16/9 PASS, so it's average I think.
I don't know if it's worth to make these promises, I will think about it. Not good at keeping these. And as I practically finished school, I have find work a place to work, soon. (OK, I still have one exam, but nevertheless), so this roughly marks the end of my college days. It was so much fun, it changed my life, and me, too. So I am sad now. Hopefully later this day, as we will start watching Summer Snow, i will cheer up, and end this year merryly.

Happy New Year, everyone.
Nyekk

Hello,

Sorry for not being there to wish all of you a Merry Xmas, but I'll be there to wish a happy new year :)
It's just as Nyekk oniichan said, I study like hell, my brain aches all the time. So he has to play Carcassonne with me every night to power up my HP a bit. Also.. lately he has to watch dorama (Summer Snow) and anime (One piece) with me to put some life in me...

Because..
On 27th, my dog, Cooper lost. My dad took him on a walk, and a car nearly hit Cooper, so he was so scared, he run away. He ran so fast, my dad couldn't catch him, and no matter how loud he shouted, Cooper never stopped again.
Now we are kind of sure, that someone a bit after that put him in the care, because my dad saw a car stopping, then the car went away.
We did what we can to let people know we search for him. Now we can only wait for someone to call.
Please Cooper.. come home. We miss you so much!



Btw... we watched Innocent Love till the end. It was a good drama I think, and I'm glad that Nyekk oniichan liked it too. Now we are watching (as I wrote before) Summer snow and One piece at the same time, so SS gives us good stories and drama, and OP makes us laugh.

jyaaa.. mata ne.
I hope when I next write here, it will be good news.
Also, i have a new year's promise list to write tomorrow. And I will have a wish too, you surely know what I'm going to wish for.

mizuki

Hey!

If you read this, then Merry XMAS and Happy New Year for You! :D

Mizuki is studying like hell for her big exam, so she probably won't come anywhere near the blog nowdays. So I think it's my resort to make best wishes like this xmas one :P

But before the new year comes, I think we might revisit the New Year promises we made last year, to see how much did we achive :D (I didn't check the first post date, but this blog is one year old no! Yaaay, たんじょうび！)

So, later!
Nyekk

PS: We are done with the JLPT test, it wasn't hard, we surely passed, the only question is the percentage. The results will only come in feb-mar T_T Lot of time!