Japanese Otaku…?

Hahaha… this thing came up when I talked to my Japanese friends about many things I know about Japan, from the language to Jpop musicians to dorama then... to anime. Firstly, they amazed with how I spoke the language (only in very simple sentence) in correct pronunciation, then I admit that I know it all from those bunch of anime, dorama and songs. Then..., “So you’re a Japanese OTAKU”. Dhuaaaar!

I thought that otaku refers to those freaks who always watching anime and socially excluded... Really, I’m not in that level of freakiness, though, yes, I’m also freak :D I can watch 3 to 5 episodes of anime or dorama per day (note: when I don’t have any assignment to be submitted soon ;p), and I had more than 1000 Japanese song mp3s, I ever sing in a Jpop-and-rock-cover-band, and I also cosplayed. Huwooo...

When I posted the pictures I took when I visited Mibudera temple (Shinsengumi Heritage Site) in Facebook, my Japanese friends started to ask me how come I know that place?? It rarely appears in tourism reviews for Kyoto. Yeah, only those who know Shinsengumi, and interested in it will visit that place. And... I think I really freak of Shinsengumi stuffs since I read the manga Kaze Hikaru (author: Watanabe Taeko).

Maybe for some people who didn’t know nor interested in Shinsengumi stuffs, it will be boring to visit the sites. Beside Mibudera temple (former Shinsengumi homebase), there is also Yagi house nearby the temple (place where Shinsengumi first founded). And in the second place..., I have to pay for ticket to get inside the house... only listening storytelling which is, unfortunately, only in Japanese (sweats), cannot take pictures also. But, I felt so happy to get inside. See..., I’m freak!

And then, my freakiness is not stops only in Mibu.

Couple weeks after that, me and Naoya (Japanese) and Chor (Thai) visited Kyoto International Manga Museum. And this museum is really a great place to read mangas and relax. The museum collects manga from all over the world, yeeeah, I found Indonesian mangas too!! They also collect Japanese manga from 1950s (if I’m not mistaken). And the most fascinating is the “Wall of Manga” which allows you to read all of the mangas there (but sorry, mostly in Japanese) and you can read everywhere in the museum. I like to read in the outside of the building, in the front field, because I couldn’t stand with the AC temperature :D hehehe. Besides, in the field, you can freely read with the most comfortable position (you can lay down in the ground for sure). For this time, the three of us became too busy with our own world.

(Chor)

(Naoya)

And lastly, the thing makes me labeled as Japanese otaku was because I saw Rurouni Kenshin movie. Firstly I just asked my Japanese friend, how to watch cinema in Kyoto and where is it. Suddenly one of my Japanese friend, Dohi, kindly offered to accompany me watching. Then the plan was spreaded among the Japanese students, “Atid san I saw you visited Mibudera, you also wanna see Rurouni Kenshin?? You know, I also like Kenshin,” then the conversation gets longer, only talking about Shinsengumi and Kenshin. Hahaha...

(Dohi)

It’s not too bad to become freak. Eventhough I looks too much talking, but actually I’m shy and don’t know what to talk to new friends. So, sometimes my freakiness can break the wall and help me a lot in making friends. Besides, it also take me to many unusual places, for example as I mentioned above, and also new experiences that not all of my friends or even any other visitors in Kyoto did that. Above all, maybe my strong interest about Japan leads me to struggle and pray a lot to get myself there, even only a while. 

And as my friends Kojima and Nagakawa said, nowadays it’s not really bad to be otaku, as long as you still live in the real world. 

Which type are you? ;)

Miburou Hometown - Shinsengumi Historical Site

Finally visit this place! Hihihi...I visited this place alone because maybe this place will be boring, unless you have strong interest in Shinsengumi story. And as for me, beside their story in Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X), I also follow a manga by Watanabe Taeko titled Kaze Hikaru (Flash of Wind) which the story is more about Shinsengumi, but not seriously historical.

And, after lost in the small street downtown Kyoto, finally I reached Mibudera Temple. And suddenly Shinsengumi atmosphere become strongly felt in this area. Inside the temple area, there graveyard of Shinsengumi. Although it's called "graveyard" but one thing I noticed in here was the aura of those anime lover, especially when I see the ema hanging on there :D hahaha...

From the temple, I stopped by in the house of Yagi Gennojo, a place where Shinsengumi founded. The funny thing is the front man told me that there is nothing inside the house except story telling, and also cannot take pictures, but I still insist to getting in. And yeah, inside is nothing but a house, with story of a famous samurai group called "Shinsengumi" or "Miburou" of "Mibu Wolves".

Yeeeah, anything, but I was so happy I can visit this place, even for some people it might be so boring. Hehehe... It's not really bad to be a bit freak...

… And Everyone’s Happy

Last night I got a message from my ex boyfriend,  a wedding invitation! Agaiiiin??? Hahaaha… Finally, he's getting married! Dan dengan ini, berarti sudah ketiga kalinya aku dilangkahi sama mantan! Hahaha… I really laughed a lot for myself. Bukannya bermaksud berlomba sama mantan, tapi kok ya kebetulan mereka duluan dari aku ya. Tapi wajar juga sih, secara umur mereka sudah lebih tua dari aku.

He, who ever messed up my love life for quite a long time... Yap! Bagi yang ingat dengan postinganku beberapa tahun lalu, ketika duniaku seperti runtuh dan membuatku sulit buat percaya lagi sama cinta. Butuh waktu lama dan proses yang panjang buatku memulihkan semangat untuk bercinta lagi (hayah bahasane :DD). Actually it was not because of him, or his fault that made me so down. But I was too tired to be in love and failed. Why should I love somebody if in the end I will get hurt?

I wrote a lot, think a lot about love and myself, really, I became self-centric at that time. And yeah, time really healed the pain. 

Tiga tahun sudah berlalu, hidup kami pun banyak berubah, in a good way pastinya. Kalau dideskripsikan, saat itu hatiku terkena bencana tsunami, semuanya hancur berantakan tersapu gelombang. Saat gelombang itu pergi, sisa-sisa pondasinya masih tertancap di tanah. Slowly I cleaned up those “disaster debris”, and prepare the land for rebuilding a new nice place for my true love to live in :) 

I’m truly happy with this good news, at least he find a very nice woman to be with, and he also grow become a good man. Me, myself… my life now is really wonderful! I don’t know how much I should thank to God to express how grateful I am being blessed with much love and this great life. Having family and friends who really care to me, a sweet loving boyfriend to be husband, and easier way to reach dreams… 

(Finally my dream to go to Japan came true.... plus, its Kyoto University!)

Aku pernah menulis di posting sebelum-sebelumnya, bukannya dia nggak punya spek bagus buat bersamaku, atau aku nggak punya spek bagus buat bersama dia, tapi memang bukan jodohnya. Ironically, he will be good, if not with me, and me too. But that’s LIFE, isn’t it?

After this…, it will be my turn! I will revenge him with my wedding invitation! Hahaha…

I really thankful to my man Kamen Rider who bravely proposed this complicated daydreamer called myself. With him, I never afraid to dream high and higher, because he’s the one who can walk and run with me to reach them all…

Then… Congratulation! … And everyone’s now happy!

Hmmmfh, kadang jalan sama temen2 itu nggak enaknya kalo ternyata nggak sesuai hati, baik tempat maupun moda transportasinya

Still cannot imagine how I can move these posts in here (@_@) nunggu balik Thai aja kali ya, koneksi lebih stabil

Greedy Me

"Today Kiyono sensei sent us Veronique's report to study," my friend Nao said. I looked at his iphone, and amazed with how my friend did for her assignment, so orderly good, professional, but still have personal touch in it. Then I remember my own worked, what I've been done with my assignment was too far from it. Such kind of feelings appears, I got jealous. Still finding many excuses to face the fact that I couldn't make even nearly like that. 

Then I realized one thing, deep inside me, I always want to be the best.

Sometimes, I feel hopelessly like I'm really nothing. Even if I try so hard to do something, I'm still like nothing. Then after many times trying, sometimes fail, at least I can be better. Feels so happy in this stage. But at the same time, my heart demanding for more, become the most... The best.

I feel so greedy. I should be thanked that I already blessed with this all. But still can't deal with this uneasy feeling. I think I should place myself again in the phase that I'm nothing, so I have nothing to lose, and keep on struggling to be better. 

I hate the fact that I'm so greedy. That I want to have many things more and more... 

But I think being greedy for good thing is not bad, unless I do everything (in a bad way) to achive it. I ever learnt that it is good to compete for good thing, "Fastabiqul khairat".

Yeah, being greedy is not that bad, but in this time, enjoy the moment is better, not forcing myself too much. I will do my best, and hope it will also be the best.

"With this delicate body, I will always fight for the best..."

Ganbatte!

Ga nyangka salah satu temen Jepang ada yang suka Kimi no Todoke juga, cowo lho :)) hihihi....

Teman-teman... hijrahnya yang kompakan yuuuk....

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