OngakuSociety at 2007 Nihongo Fiesta
OngakuSociety, the premiere contemporary Japanese music community for Filipino fans, was also present at the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta last Saturday. Aside from manning their booth, the OngakuSociety bigwigs also hosted a mini quiz show where they gave away OngakuSociety shirts. I was going to run up to the microphone and answer myself (even if I had to trample on some poor kid to do it nyahahaha!), but I had to maintain a more dignified...
Juujiro J-Culture Organziation, Inc. at the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta
Aside from the free mochi, the 34th Nihongo Speech Contest and the doll exhibits, the other cool thing about the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta was the fact that I had the chance to work my social skills to the max. One of the groups of which I had the honor to make an acquaintance was Juujiro J-Culture Organziation, Inc. which is a “non-profit, all-Filipino Youth Organization established last October 22, 2004, that undertakes special...
More mochi!
It was supposed to be a secret, but I guess the secret is out… The only reason why I went to last Saturday’s 2007 Nihongo Fiesta was because of the free mochi. Call me a glutton but I don’t think my love for the Japanese sweet (very similar to our own palitaw, a traditional Filipino rice delicacy that I adore) would actually send me to the fiery pits when my spirit leaves my earthly body. Weng-sensei looked at me...
34th Nihongo Speech Contest Winners
If I knew that the first prize for the 34th Nihongo Speech Contest, held last Saturday during the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta, was an all-expense paid trip to Japan (courtesy of Japan Airlines), I would have dug up my old speech piece and entered the darn contest myself! All I could do was gnaw at my bottom lip last Saturday as I trained my lens on the happy teary-eyed winners posing for both the amateur and professional photographers happily...
Hinamatsuri
Happy Hinamatsuri! Late? I know. I should have posted this last Saturday but I was a little busy romping about Clam Shell II in Intramuros for the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta (which you will find out about in my later posts). Excuses? I know. Good thing there was a doll display in one of the booths. Lucky? I know! Every year in Japan, the 3rd of March celebrates Hinamatsuri, a tradition also known as Girls’ Day or Doll Festival. On this...
I adore Anna Tsuchiya
I adore Anna Tsuchiya! She’s so cute! I loved her as the female moped-biker thug Ichiko in Shimotsuma Monogatori (a.k.a. Kamikaze Girls). Anyway, here she is in a Beauteen commercial. Oh, Beauteen is a hair color brand which I tried using aeons ago (yes, as a Japayuki). I bought one bottle for around 650 yen (approximately 325 plus pesos at that time). I remember that it was my first personal encounter with hair color and I was...