Sunday, April 30, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Days of the week~ in Japanese
月曜日Getsuyoubi Monday.
火曜日 Kayoubi Tuesday.
水曜日Suiyoubi Wednesday.
木曜日 Mokuyoubi Thursay.
金曜日Kinyoubi Friday.
土曜日Doyoubi Saturday.
日曜日Nichiyoubi Sunday.
The key to understanding the names of the days of the week lies in that obscure second character . Pronounced yao4 in Mandarin Chinese, means 'sunlight' or 'luminary; shining body'. The sun, the moon, and the five planets were called the 'seven luminaries' ( qi1 yao4) by the ancient Chinese, much as the ancient Greeks and Romans referred to them as the seven planets. It is from the 'seven luminaries' that the Japanese days of the week are derived.
The first two days of the week are named after the sun and the moon, which represent the male principle ( yang2) and the female principle ( yin1) respectively.
To understand the remaining five we must look at the ancient Chinese theory of the 'Five Elements' (wu3 xing2). The Five Elements started out as a primitive system for explaining the universe but gradually developed to become an all-embracing cosmological system. Each element was equated to (among others) a direction, a colour, a season, a time of day, a planet, and a musical note in the pentatonic scale.
Fire ( huo3) was equated to south, red, summer, midday, the planet Mars, and note 5 in numbered musical notation.
Water ( shui3) was equated to north, black, winter, midnight, the planet Mercury, and note 6 in numbered musical notation.
Wood ( mu4) was equated to east, green, spring, dawn, the planet Jupiter, and note 3 in numbered musical notation.
Gold or Metal ( jin1) was equated to west, white, autumn, dusk, the planet Venus, and note 2 in numbered musical notation.
Earth ( tu3), was equated to the centre, yellow, 18 days at the end of each season, the planet Saturn, and note 1 in numbered musical notation.
火曜日 Kayoubi Tuesday.
水曜日Suiyoubi Wednesday.
木曜日 Mokuyoubi Thursay.
金曜日Kinyoubi Friday.
土曜日Doyoubi Saturday.
日曜日Nichiyoubi Sunday.
The key to understanding the names of the days of the week lies in that obscure second character . Pronounced yao4 in Mandarin Chinese, means 'sunlight' or 'luminary; shining body'. The sun, the moon, and the five planets were called the 'seven luminaries' ( qi1 yao4) by the ancient Chinese, much as the ancient Greeks and Romans referred to them as the seven planets. It is from the 'seven luminaries' that the Japanese days of the week are derived.
The first two days of the week are named after the sun and the moon, which represent the male principle ( yang2) and the female principle ( yin1) respectively.
To understand the remaining five we must look at the ancient Chinese theory of the 'Five Elements' (wu3 xing2). The Five Elements started out as a primitive system for explaining the universe but gradually developed to become an all-embracing cosmological system. Each element was equated to (among others) a direction, a colour, a season, a time of day, a planet, and a musical note in the pentatonic scale.
Fire ( huo3) was equated to south, red, summer, midday, the planet Mars, and note 5 in numbered musical notation.
Water ( shui3) was equated to north, black, winter, midnight, the planet Mercury, and note 6 in numbered musical notation.
Wood ( mu4) was equated to east, green, spring, dawn, the planet Jupiter, and note 3 in numbered musical notation.
Gold or Metal ( jin1) was equated to west, white, autumn, dusk, the planet Venus, and note 2 in numbered musical notation.
Earth ( tu3), was equated to the centre, yellow, 18 days at the end of each season, the planet Saturn, and note 1 in numbered musical notation.
Friday, April 28, 2006
grades~
OMG!!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME THIS TERM! i'VE NEVER GOTTEN SUCH A LOW GRADE BEFORE!!! DAMN IT! tHERE GOES MY GPA, AND MY DEAN'S LIST.. DEAN'S LIST CAN TOTALLY FORGET LIAOZ..
PRAYING DAMN HARD FOR QM AND FA.. I just need to get an A for QM!!! and a B+ for FA to make an overall decent GPA.. I'm not even looking at dean's list!!!! AARRGGHHHHH
:damn jaded:
*end rant*
I SUCK!
ok... This time is WAR.. gdbye slacker.. WELCOME to mugger's paradise~
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME THIS TERM! i'VE NEVER GOTTEN SUCH A LOW GRADE BEFORE!!! DAMN IT! tHERE GOES MY GPA, AND MY DEAN'S LIST.. DEAN'S LIST CAN TOTALLY FORGET LIAOZ..
PRAYING DAMN HARD FOR QM AND FA.. I just need to get an A for QM!!! and a B+ for FA to make an overall decent GPA.. I'm not even looking at dean's list!!!! AARRGGHHHHH
:damn jaded:
*end rant*
I SUCK!
ok... This time is WAR.. gdbye slacker.. WELCOME to mugger's paradise~
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Things I want to do during term break -part 2
Updates:
1) Get a job - attempting
2) Save money -attempting as well
(april coming to an end.. april savings ALMOST made it)
3) Go shopping - so far so good.. planning to shop in Hong Kong
4) Go overseas -Hong Kong Hong Kong! 买东西吃东西!
5) Take Japanese language classes - these are on the hold
6) Read lots of fiction -AS ALWAYS
7) Eat at the chijmes Sun restaurant again - done
8) Hang out at tenchi a lot and read lots of manga -tenchi is ex.. look for alternative sources
9) Watch lots of anime -trying
10) Swim - not yet but I gymed!
11) Play squash -not yet
12) Hang out with siu and tok abt guys - yepyep.. waiting for an encore
13) Hang out with Kaijun and tok abt anime, manga, yaoi, *muahaha*
14) Play mahjong with Siow Chien, Kaijun - coming!!!
15) Force JCC to play mahjong with me - ok.. this one too hard.. I can't make it! HAah
16) Watch a few movies - anyone wanna watch any action movies?
17) Teach tuition for a while(?) hahaha.. see if my cousin need la - nothing yet
18) Meet ex colleagues from PS CSC -soon~
19) Get a new phone? - YESH!
20) Earn lots and lots of money.. pls notify if anyone has lobang.. muaha
1) Get a job - attempting
2) Save money -attempting as well
(april coming to an end.. april savings ALMOST made it)
3) Go shopping - so far so good.. planning to shop in Hong Kong
4) Go overseas -Hong Kong Hong Kong! 买东西吃东西!
5) Take Japanese language classes - these are on the hold
6) Read lots of fiction -AS ALWAYS
7) Eat at the chijmes Sun restaurant again - done
8) Hang out at tenchi a lot and read lots of manga -tenchi is ex.. look for alternative sources
9) Watch lots of anime -trying
10) Swim - not yet but I gymed!
11) Play squash -not yet
12) Hang out with siu and tok abt guys - yepyep.. waiting for an encore
13) Hang out with Kaijun and tok abt anime, manga, yaoi, *muahaha*
14) Play mahjong with Siow Chien, Kaijun - coming!!!
15) Force JCC to play mahjong with me - ok.. this one too hard.. I can't make it! HAah
16) Watch a few movies - anyone wanna watch any action movies?
17) Teach tuition for a while(?) hahaha.. see if my cousin need la - nothing yet
18) Meet ex colleagues from PS CSC -soon~
19) Get a new phone? - YESH!
20) Earn lots and lots of money.. pls notify if anyone has lobang.. muaha
$$$$$
I wish I was rich enough to travel the world!!! So that I can spend as I will...
:(
Nvm~ I'll make it there someday~!
Someday I will earn enuf to travel on my whim~!
Till then, save save save!
:(
Nvm~ I'll make it there someday~!
Someday I will earn enuf to travel on my whim~!
Till then, save save save!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
In memory of my dear doggy bookmark which has been with me through the good times and in bad.
*sobsob*
Bookmark lost as of 15/04/06.
The beloved bookmark was with me for 5 months and 11 days.
Been with me for 2 stressful exam periods.
Been sandwiched between my stats book, my biz law book, fa text, etc.
You will be fondly remembered.
wah.. liaoz.. damn sad la!! It's my favourite bookmark!!! So cute!!!! REFUSE to buy another one to replace. feeling not there liaoz.. hiazz... damn damn sad now..
hiaz..
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Hahaha
Just watched Brokeback Mountain and bawled my eyes out.. hahha.. i keep crying and stopping.. crying and stopping.. haha.. Think I scared Phuong.. hahahahaha
It's damn damn sad!!! :<<
But the story is really very sweet.. Now, I can understand why so many pple cry after watching the story.. Damn.. I hate sappy stories.. hahaha.. I'm a sucker for happy endings.. Where's my 'happily ever after'? Hahaha
Phuong.. that's the last time I'm going to watch a sappy movie with u!!!! Hahahahahaa...
Exam's start on Mon! Everyone, jiayou! 加油!Ganbatte! がんばって!
Let's all work hard now and cram the last few weeks of sch!!!
Party on after tt!!! Hahaha
^_^
It's damn damn sad!!! :<<
But the story is really very sweet.. Now, I can understand why so many pple cry after watching the story.. Damn.. I hate sappy stories.. hahaha.. I'm a sucker for happy endings.. Where's my 'happily ever after'? Hahaha
Phuong.. that's the last time I'm going to watch a sappy movie with u!!!! Hahahahahaa...
Exam's start on Mon! Everyone, jiayou! 加油!Ganbatte! がんばって!
Let's all work hard now and cram the last few weeks of sch!!!
Party on after tt!!! Hahaha
^_^
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