inconsequential.

I am in the library right now, and cannot focus on reading anymore...I am reading the book for my Japanese book report....which was supposed to be done last week...I have changed my book twice because the two books I chose beforehand were too complicated. So I am still reading that one, I have to read another Japanese book for this weeks essay, and I have not even started it yet, although I already have the book picked out. There is also work to do for the book report due Tuesday...maybe I should come to school tomorrow and spend my day in the library...?

Anyways, I need a snack. Wont make it till I get home haha

Hope you all have a calm, carefree, deadline carefree weekend.

And I really want to spend more time with you all outside class......the first term is almost over....wish we all could get together and go eat sometime...?

And sorry for making you read my tired post...I just wanted to complain to somebody, and I am alone in the library, so...haha. So, thanks guys for letting me type this inconsequential post!

Friday!!!!!! YAY

It's friday guys !!!!!

whats your plan for the weekend??? I think most of you are going to stay home and finish the book report!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone finishes the last book report!!!!!!!!!

We CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Friday morning

Today, I woke up a bit late than I usually do every Friday, but I managed to get on the bus on time. However, when I had to transfer to the train, since it was raining this morning, there were many people waiting in the platform. I tried getting in but it was already filled with people so I had to wait for another train. I understand that. The problem is that the train was delayed. I couldn't hear the reason for the delay very well but probably because of the rain. All I was thinking about was getting to class as fast as possible, so when I didn't see any train coming for five minutes, I felt very panicked. But I'm happy that I made it to class. It was a tough morning for me. 

Anyways, hope you all have a great weekend!

CD

I went to tower record and then to Tsutaya to find my favorite group's CD but they were all out... I really regret not buying it on Tuesday. It's out in Amazon too so where should I find it!!

global culture class

What we do in this class is just watching movies. It's really enjoyable and easy but the final homework is pretty big...5 papers....

ichty

I got stung by a bug called gnat which is buyo in Japanese.
It's super itchy....

italics

I forgot to put the source in italics for my listening report this morning when I printed it, and I had to reprint the first page. So glad I made it on time

media

The video I just found for today's listening report said that we should know more about the things we really should know (politics?), and less about entertainment.
Sure, we need to know a lot about politics and stuff since it relates to the problem of nations. But hey! I bet the author who even made this video loves something entertaining. And besides, I think watching entertainment can actually sometimes lead to watching news. 

rain

It's very rainy and humid recently.
It makes me very irritating.

Stay POSITIVE

Sometimes in life there are struggles. Right now I'm in that situation. I'm struggling with a lot of thing which I will not talk further. But now i came to realize that being positive at all times makes everything much easier. I can always keep my confidence!!!!!!!!!!!!!



💖ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE💖

logorama

Summary

It takes place in Los Anglos where everything is made of logos of companies. Ronald MacDonald, a terrorist gets chased by Michelin Man that is a police. Ronald kills so many people in the city. Then an earthquake comes and destroys everything. A girl and a boy were the only people who was able to fled away from the natural disaster. At the end, they were on peaceful island with no logos.

Message

This short film is a simple satire which shows that our land is over-loaded with so many things such as brands, buildings, cars, fights, troubles, guns, motorbikes, roads, garbage, human beings, and phones. We have created too much stuff in the industrial world that it has become over-loaded and complicated and often times destroying the nature. On the other hand, the mother nature is simple. The film clearly explains that producing too much products and emitting pollution on Earth is definitely a problem. The power of nature is so strong that one big earthquake can destroy what humans made up with time and effort.

the tree is my hat

We read this short story in reading class this morning, it is said to be a horror story but I couldn't find anything horrifying throughout the story. I haven't read any Gene Wolfe's work before, wonder how others are like.

How E-books are right now

While I was reading through some of the old posts, I realized that some posts about E-books were posted in 2010. Sooo I thought it will be interesting to post a comment on how E-books are right now, seven years later...
2010 was around the time when smart phones began to spread. Since then, many things can be done on the phone. Around that time we started to order things online, communicate with people by using e-mail, and I think both Facebook and Twitter started to become popular. Useful services were made. And one of the other new services were reading things on the internet. Back then, it was said that now anything can be done on the phone and that people will be reading using the phone too. However, seven years later today, I think a lot of people prefer reading paper books than the ones on the internet. Yet, we are likely to use the internet only sometimes, for example when we can't find a copy of the book in the store. And I think this will go on in the future.

The movie of the book report book

The book that I chose for the book report is called "me before you" and I'm currently watching the film version of it and it's amazing!!!! I recommend you to watch it👍👍💕

two more book reports

It's surprising that we have two more book reports and we're done with the first semester! Time really flies.

final project

Our group is having a survey about relationships and marriage!!

We're going to ask people in university so please answer the survey when we ask you guys!

First semester

I didn't realize that yesterday was our last day of media discussion.
During the first few weeks, we were talking with the same members but I really liked the idea of changing the members every week so that we get to talk to different person. I will miss having media discussion in our class.

Anyways, I'm enjoying my final project right now. I'm hoping to do the best we can to make our project great.

I bought on ebay〜♪

who remembers that eBay parody song from youtube 

after reading the posts of 2009 and 2010 that video came back into my brain...

group work

I can't believe we are now working for our final project of integrated English class. My group will surveying about global worming so I might ask you guys to help our survey so please help:)
anyway, hows your university life so far? good night

Logorama🤡

The video was basically about Ronald McDonald chased by two Michelin men in Los Angeles, in the video, the whole city was made up with various kind of famous logos and mascots. When Michelin were trying to catch McDonald, suddenly the earthquake occurs and the ground cracks into half and tsunami-ish black water flows over the city, Eiso lady and Big Boy only survives it. 

The video was overall pretty interesting, it used a lot of familiar company's logos that are also famous in Japan, including YAMAHA, Sony, etc, I'm really into brands and corporate identity and it was great to see all my favorite companies included somehow. I think it is about the world which over-marketed with only logos and mascots, and rampage of fast food company, for example McDonald will destroy the market of whole other companies. 

check our old posts! wow!

I tried to go to sleep, but I couldn't so I was reading some of blog entries that were posted back in May and April.
Look at our old posts! They look so shy😂
I can't believe it's been about two months since we started college!
I was reading some posts from 2009 and around 2010, and I think I know this one person... I don't know, but the name was similar...
Guess what I was doing back in 2009? I still lived in America!
It's been about 7 years since I came back to Japan!

getting ready

I'm getting ready for lots of stuff these days.
You know, like finals, reports, and some English tests that I have to take outside of the school...
The way the finals are made, the way of handing out the reports, and taking this English test for the first time this year- they're all new to me so I have to get used to them fast! Yikes!

First semester is almost over.

Today in our IE class we finished all our media discussion and at that point I literary felt how time flies so fast. It's only about three more weeks to go until summer.

I feel kind of sad because I won't be able to take class with you all in the second semester since we are separating to the next class IE Seminar.

I hope I can have more conversation with all of you until the class finishes!!!!!!!

Odd

In the past few weeks I made lots of friends that go to different universities for some reason. I don't know why, but it just.. happened...
So this month and the next I'm vereeeeery busy😂

Final Project

I'm really excited for the Final Project!! I love my team members and I think we are the best!!! hahah ;) Can't wait to meet up with them in class today and get things done!!

Logorama

The story was mainly about Ronald McDonald (criminal) being chased by two Michelin men (police). Ronald succeeds in getting away from the two cops, however, a big earthquake occurs and he dies. The earthquake splits the continent in two and a huge tsunami comes as well. The only survivors were the Esso lady and Big Boy.

I thought this film was very interesting because it was using familiar logos which made me feel like I was looking at the world we actually live in but from a wider perspective. I'm guessing this film wanted to tell us that we live in a world full of logos and that we are controlled by them and their image. Logos might seem cute and fun, however, it has dangerous aspects like how it can be used for propaganda. We are used to living in a world surrounded by logos that we don't realize how we are controlled by them and I think the film wanted us to think about this problem. At the end, almost all the logos(shops and houses) disappear because of the natural disaster but the two survivors seem happy and relaxed. I think this is saying that our world will be more peaceful without any logos.

made me hungry.

Watching that logorama video made me hungry😋
And who knows Stop and Shop? There was one in the town I used to live in in America, but none of my returnee friends didn't know the store...
It was good to see the name of it after all these years

Logorama

The story is about a terrorism that happened in Los Angels. The culprit is not a normal human but a popular brand character we've all known from childhood- McDonald's "Donald". I didn't know some of the logos, but it was still interesting video to watch. I think the creator of the video was trying to know how we would react-and especially how the owners of the companies in the video would react if all these brands went crazy. We know some of the logos since childhood, and I don't think it's bad at all to twist some of the images of these brands. It's a great way to entertain, and it may sound weird but also a way to spread the word of the company.

University School Life

It's almost 3 in the morning and I'm still up as always, doing my assignment.
Somebody said that the four years in university are the life's longest summer vacation, but I can never agree with that. I have so many things to do every day and it is nothing like a vacation.

Logorama

Summary
This is a story about two policemen (Michelin Man) chasing an armed criminal (Ronald McDonald) in Los Angeles, the city made up of many familiar logos and mascots. McDonald takes a child (Big Boy) as a hostage while running away. During a gun battle with McDonald and the policemen, an earthquake suddenly occurs and the ground cracks open. At the end, only Esso girl and Big Boy succeed in escaping from the tsunami.

Message
I think this video is trying to show that we are surrounded by so many kinds of logos and brands in this world, and our images are controlled by them. Therefore, it might be tellig us that if there were no brands in this world (just like what happned at the end of the film), it would be more peaceful, without any need to compete. Also, this video showed that one huge disaster or shock to the society can lead to many brands and companies collapsing at once.

Logorama

The video is about crime in Los Angeles. A bunch of random character's lives all crash when a gunman Ronald McDonald is on the loose. The police are Michelin men and the street of LA becomes the playground of a car chase. Though it seemed like Ronald escaped from the police, an earthquake comes and he dies all too soon. In the mean time, BigBoy, who was taken as a hostage by Ronald was saved by Esso lady and survived the quake.

Some scenes were a little violent, but I liked the point that the characters were different from my personal image. It made me think how much media advertising and corporate images have become embedded in our culture. I felt kind of scary thinking that the media can control the things we know and are familiar with.

I was also surprised to know that there were about 2500 logos in this 15 minute video.

Logorama

Summary

          Ronald McDonald was being chased by Michelin policemen. Ronald McDonald was being chased because he killed some people. When policemen were trying to catch Ronald, suddenly earthquake occurred and the land was being cracked into many pieces. Most of the land were being swallowed by the sea. The film closes by zooming out to reveal that the entire universe is made up of even more logos.




Theme

            I consider the theme of this movie has two. 
One is to show the current environmental situation. Circumstance in which this world is turning into industrial world. People are only thinking  about their profit. Such as humans are cutting trees to make papers and houses, killing many natural animals and species for an investigation, turning clean water into dirty water for manufacturing things. Our selfishness is what makes this world to collapse. 

Second is to express how over-marketed land we are in. we can't really notice everyday, but when you intentionally think about the amount of commercial brand we have in this world. Watching television, there are always commercials. When walking down the street, you will notice many signs up on the board. I can't clearly noticed how messed up this world is with all the commercials. From this movie I finally realized the nosiness of this world where there are no time for a rest. 

Varmints

The story follows a creature who finds himself in the midst of monstrous city as he lived peacefully in the nature. Having to change his lifestyle to suit a smoggy, dirty city filled with sickness and sadness, he falls in love with another of his kind who has also found herself sucked into this new landscape. Dealing with problems of ecology and germination, the story proves the great power of nature.
The theme of this short film is the loss of silence, nature, and a space to relax peacefully because of the sudden urbanization. It makes us reconsider about both the current earth and the future earth. I couldn't get what the last jellyfish-looking thing was representing, but it seemed like an alert for human before it's too late.

Logorama

The video is about the world where almost everything is made of logos and characters of different brands. It starts with two Michelin cops chasing Ronald McDonald. The chase ends when an earthquakes hits the city and destroys everything.
I think this video is to show how our life is surrounded by so many different companies, and to show the power of brands. We can easily get impressions from just looking at the logos. I think they made Ronald McDonald as an antagonist to imply fast foods are bad for our bodies and McDonald is the biggest fast food company.

Logorama

Summary
Ronald McDonald, the criminal on the loose, was traced by Michelin policemen. McDonald killed some of the character on his way and suddenly an earthquake happened. The continent split apart and there followed a long shot showing the view of the galaxy infiltrated by logos.

Theme
This short film is full of sarcasm. Michelin men are fat and round shaped, they had coke and fried chicken for lunch which can be often seen in dramas for policemen. The donkey and elephant, which represents the Democratic Party and the Republic Party are locked in the zoo. More over, Ronald McDonald stumbled over the logo of Weight-Loser when the earthquake happened.I also did not realized how our daily life is infiltrated by logos. It does not seem that messed up in real life, but when hundreds of logos are put together into one short film, the chaotic and noisy image of the roads and stores has stayed in my mind since the first time I watched it.

IT

IT finally appeared in my room... My feeling is literally like this 😂 I don't know if I'm able to survive...

Rainy season has come

The rainy season has officially come.  I forgot about it and was ready for summer but it came......
WHY JAPANESE WEATHERRRRRR!!! I hate you baiuzennsenn

Logorama

The film was a story about two Michelin men cops chasing the Ronald McDonald criminal in a city made up of logos and mascot characters. The message of the film was to show how our everyday lives are full of advertisements and branding. I thought that they made Ronald McDonald the bad guy was because he simply looks evil and kind of scary. (I think many people will agree with me😂) I think the message was that there are advertisements and brandings everywhere in our lives. It was very interesting to get used to the logos and started to not notice the logos anymore.

Logorama

Summary
The film used the well-known brand logos we now see every day. It starts with two Michelin men, who are the cops, talking in the car. One of the Michelin men got out of the car to buy fast food and by the time he came back, he finds Ronald McDonald, who is the villain and they chase him. There was violence and shooting during their chase. In the end, the city is destroyed by an earthquake and ESSO girl and big boy were the only ones left to survive.

Theme
I thought this film had the idea of consumerism, because it has taken a big part in our lives and we cannot avoid it. Also, during the time the film was made, the companies have worked hard to come up with new and best ideas for their promotion, in order to catch people's attention and because of that pressure to raise the company even higher, their plan didn't work out well and made things fall apart.

Even though the language used in this film was quite dirty, I really enjoyed watching this film that I even shared it and recommended watching to my sister. She told me that she enjoyed it too.

Logorama

Summary: The cops are chasing a criminal (Ronald Mcdonald) in a stylized Los angles where everything is made up of well known brand logos. During the chase, a gun battle happened and an earthquakes occurred, destroying the whole city. At the end, only 2 people survived on a floating island.

Theme: I think the video presents us the world we live in today where companies are shaping our society. At the last part of the clip an earthquake occur leaving 2 people in a floating island, resting while eating an apple. My thoughts about what the message that the writer wants to send is that having a simplier society is easier and people can live more peacefully.

My weekend:))

I stayed in Karuizawa for two days with people from my golf club. The lodge was super luxrious and fancy! We played golf, went to the outlet mall and had takoyaki party. The senpais payed almost everything for me so I felt kind of bad but I was happy;) It was such a satisfying weekend!

Logorama

Summary: Mcdonald steals a car of another company and is chased by police. Unfortunately he succeeds in getting away with it. Then, an earthquake occurs collapsing company by company, till all companies drowned making the whole world hollow.

Theme: This video was made in 2009, so I think one of the things this video represents is the state of Lehman Shock which happened in 2008. (That is the earthquake). The state before the earthquake puzzles me, but I think that it meant that there were companies that tried to steal other companies benefits for their own sake which caused chaos...?

Although I didn't like the language used in this video and felt a little sorry for Mcdonalds, I liked the way they portrayed the chaotic situation then and give the message to be careful and not be selfish by holding back the truth that the company's situation is getting worse and they are at the verge of collapsing, causing a big chain reaction to other company's...like the major company Lehmon has done.

Macha ice cream

Don't stop me, I must have a macha ice cream now

Logorama

Summary
Michelin'a character, which is a protagonist, is chasing McDonald, an antagonist of the video.  They are having a car chase at a city filled with logos from many companies such as 76, UHAUL, Avis, and much more. McDonald kidnaps Big Boy at the restaurant which he escapes and heads to where ESSO is. Meanwhile, Michelin finds McDonald and tries to kill him but Michelin loses, sadly. McDonald tires to chase after ESSO and Bigboy but he actually ends up getting run over by them. The city starts to collapse and turn chaotic, and ESSO and the bigboy becomes the only two to survive.

Theme
I thought two themes were hidden in the video. The first theme is that, proper and aesthetic gourmet are important and necessary rather than fast foods which are unhealthy. Another theme is that, we are surrounded by companies and logos, and if some disasters happen to those companies, our lives could end as well.

I personally love this video that I have been watching it almost everyday. It was shocking when M&M and Skippy were killed.

Genpatsukun and Nuclearboy

          To me I think "Genpatsukun" was easy to understand, especially for kids. When I was a kid many people around me used those inappropriate words all the time. So this kind of way actually keeps big attentions for kids. Mostly for the topic that's very complicated and too boring. However, there are minus point within this video. the video somehow allows kids to laugh since it uses a lot of inappropriate words but kids might not take nuclear problem very seriously.

           In the other video of "Nuclearboy" it was so hard to understand. The thing is using these inappropriate words to something is very usual in Japan but in America I consider these words not really the way to make people in those country laugh. They will just feel shocked using inappropriate words. I lived in america when I was in elementary school and looking back at that time none of my girlfriend or boyfriend used words that aren't improper words at school.


To conclude, I consider the culture's difference makes the video very hard to understand. Japanese people may be able to understand, in contrast American will just feel uncomfortable seeing lacking words.

LaLaport

Today, I went to LaLaport Tokyo bay's bargain sale! The number of people at there was literally the same as the number of people at concert at Tokyo Dome! Maybe Kyocera dome? Or Fukuoka... anyways, it was just too crowded! But it was exciting because I was able to observe what kind of people bought clothes from where. I wasn't able to buy much because though it is on sale, the clothes were still expensive...

School festival

Hi all,
Hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Next week, I'm going to the school festival in my high school.
I'm so excited!

too EXCITED for summer 🤤💕

Summer vacation is just around the corner!!

Me and my mom have been planning things to do in the Philippines these past few days and I'm really excited to go home😭💕 I can't wait to see my whole family and childhood friends. 

I have a feeling that this summer is going to be AWESOME! I made plans with my friends here and I'm excited for those as well, I dont know but I feel like It's been a while since I felt excited about something! Going to use this as a motivation to get me going this coming month with all the exams and stuff👏

Peach cake

Recently, there was a menu renewing day at the cafe that I work part-time. One of the cakes that came as a summer menu was peach cake (tiramisu?). The company members let us taste them, and it was so delicious!!!   I don't really like too cheesy food so I usually don't even try eating tiramisu, but this one  recommended by my co-workers was different😋  I came to feel that, maybe I will try rare cheese cakes sometime...

Hot Cheetos

I miss hot Cheetos a lot and feel like I would literally munch on them once I return to United States. Yes, it's a junk food but who cares. Junk food is sometimes good for you!!!