Hey guys,
I guess it's been a while since I've last updated this blog. Can't believe time flew so fast! Since December last year I've been so focused on my piano that I've simply lost track of time. I'm glad that things and work have slowed down a little recently so I was able to write this post.
Since I'll be doing my Grade 6 piano exams next year, my teacher have suggested to start learning the exam pieces. So at the moment I'm currently learning Beethoven's Op 49 No. 1 1st movement. I can honestly tell you that since this is my first Grade 6 piece, it is extremely difficult to learn it. It took me around two months to finally get to understand the rhythm and patterns. Now I am able to play the whole piece with few mistakes, but at a slow tempo. I have to slowly increase the tempo so I will be able to properly play the piece at the required speed one day.
Aside from Beethoven, I have been trying my best to learn Chopin's pieces since Chopin's life and music greatly amuses me. But alas, his pieces are still kind of difficult to learn, so I turn my focus to study Bach instead. It is said that in Chopin's life he had studied Bach's pieces and also taught his students Bach because he strongly believes Bach can greatly improves technique. That's why nowadays I've spent most of the time studying Beethoven and Bach pieces.
I've also recently recorded some of my playing, so expect me to post it in the near future!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Monday, May 21, 2018
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
What the...? Why?
Hey all,
it's been a while. And no, I have not forgotten you all! (I wonder if anyone is even reading this. lol) Let's see now.... what have I done for the past 2 months? Times certainly flew by quickly and I can't help but feel that I haven't done much, despite the fact that I've pour a lot of hours in practicing my piano.
Last month, the guy who sold the piano decided to host a recital at his shop and he was kind to invite me to play a piece for the recital using a grand piano! I knew I wasn't exactly ready for it, but I decided to accept his invitation and chose to play Clementi's Op. 36 No. 1 (all three movements). I can't help but feel amaze at how everyone is great at playing the piano (well, they were leagues better than me since I was the only beginner there) but nevertheless I enjoyed my time there. Since I wasn't exactly fully prepared (and I was exhausted from work too but still, ultimately my fault for not being fully prepared), I accidentally stumble a few times especially on the third movement. Usually I would be very critical of my mistakes, but the lesson to be learn here is to accept my mistakes and learn from it. I graciously accept the mistakes that I've made during the performance and bow in front of the audience. I guess I needed more experience to perform publicly, huh.
A few days later, I packed my luggage and lo and behold, my vacation to Sydney is finally here! To be honest, I have been extremely looking forward to this trip. It's been a long while since I've done any overseas travelling. Why was I looking forward to this trip? If you think about Sydney, what would be the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right! It's the Sydney Opera House! I was able to make a booking to see one of the classical music orchestra to further expand my classical music exposure. Sadly, during my stay in Sydney, there weren't any piano concertos or performance held so I went for the next best option: Wilton's Belshazzar's Feast. I attended this orchestra during the night with a little skepticism since I am more interested in piano performances. The whole performances has two acts: the first act is Halleluja - Oratorium balbulum, a modern 2015 piece by Peter Eotvos that talks about prediction; whereas the second act is highly anticipated Wilton's Belshazzar's Feast. Sadly I did not enjoy Halleluja as it was more of a 'show performance' rather than a 'musical performance', and I really dislike how they just simply time-skip the story from the past to 2001 to the future and then back and forth again. This performance's main theme is mostly about philosophy about our life and while I thought the ending is cool with everyone on stage ended not nothing a single muscle in the dark, but I still think it was underwhelming. After a quick 10 minute interval, the performance for the second act starts. As much as I would like to describe how I feel, I am simply powerless to express my experience. All I could say is that I was completely absorbed in the music, so much so that it felt it I was at Babylon, watching the enslavement of the Jewish people and the celebration of King Belshazzar's grand feast celebration. It was truly amazing. After the performance, everyone (me included) can't help but keep applauding at the brilliance of the performance that we've witnessed. The standing ovation lasted for more than 10 minutes! Simply bravissimo! I am glad that I was able to witness such an amazing choir orchestra and was satisfied with my trip in Sydney. You must simply attend an orchestra if you've visiting Sydney! I also did have a good time in Sydney as I managed to stumble upon a public-use piano and play a piece. It was fun but man, I seriously need to get over my shaky fingers. I'm just glad I have the courage to performance in public and I should be proud of it as I am expecting to do more public performances in the near future.
My Sydney lasted for a week, and despite my effort to make it a tireless trip, I came back home exhausted. I won't deny and say that I absolutely miss playing piano, so I make an extra effort to make sure to practice more than usual. Last week when I attend my class, my teacher decided to drop another surprise on me. He told me that I will not be doing my ABRSM Grade 5 practical exam next year due to time constraint. Hurray! But.... I will be doing ABSRM Grade 6 practical exam two years later, in 2019 whereas next year I will be doing my ABRSM Grade 5 music theory exam. What the...? Why...? Nevertheless, I am glad the stress has been lighten a little since I will not be preparing for a practical exam next year, but it's Grade 6, man! Grade 6! It's miles more difficult than Grade 5 and I'm not even sure if I have the confident to do well this time. It seems my teacher is confident that I can perform well for the exam, so I guess I would have to place my trust in him. So to start preparing for Grade 6, I have increase my scales practice from 3 octaves to 4 octaves, and have also started practicing Minor Melodic Scales. Maybe I'm insane, but I actually do enjoy the increase difficulty in learning more difficult stuffs in piano (must be the effect of playing Shogi, since I enjoy playing against players way stronger than me. I strive on pressure. lol) . My teacher even took the liberty to start my journey with Bach's songs, and I can tell you that it was insanely difficult. It was suppose to be a normal crochet legato but I'm suppose to play semi-staccato. What the heck? I don't get it but I guess I'll just have to grit my teeth and bear it. It also certainly doesn't help that my teacher would want me to start learning new sonatina pieces which I'm pretty confident to say that it's a grade or two higher than my current level. Strangely this time, I enjoyed the challenge, but I'm sure I'll performed terribly initially. lol. At my current schedule, I am learning 4 new pieces of music each week and it was insane. I'm glad to see that I've improved but man, there's so many things to learn in a week! Your confidence in me is too high, teacher!
Anyways, I can't believe there's so many things to write. I just kept typing and typing and my fingers wouldn't stop. I'm pretty sure there's more things that I would like to talk about, and I guess I'll leave it to next time. Sorry about the huge gibberish and mess I've typed here because I was just so excited talking about everything here. I know I promise to post a video of my performing Clementi's Op 36 No 1, and I'll try post it once I've further polished myself with the music. Anyways, see you all next time!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
it's been a while. And no, I have not forgotten you all! (I wonder if anyone is even reading this. lol) Let's see now.... what have I done for the past 2 months? Times certainly flew by quickly and I can't help but feel that I haven't done much, despite the fact that I've pour a lot of hours in practicing my piano.
Last month, the guy who sold the piano decided to host a recital at his shop and he was kind to invite me to play a piece for the recital using a grand piano! I knew I wasn't exactly ready for it, but I decided to accept his invitation and chose to play Clementi's Op. 36 No. 1 (all three movements). I can't help but feel amaze at how everyone is great at playing the piano (well, they were leagues better than me since I was the only beginner there) but nevertheless I enjoyed my time there. Since I wasn't exactly fully prepared (and I was exhausted from work too but still, ultimately my fault for not being fully prepared), I accidentally stumble a few times especially on the third movement. Usually I would be very critical of my mistakes, but the lesson to be learn here is to accept my mistakes and learn from it. I graciously accept the mistakes that I've made during the performance and bow in front of the audience. I guess I needed more experience to perform publicly, huh.
A few days later, I packed my luggage and lo and behold, my vacation to Sydney is finally here! To be honest, I have been extremely looking forward to this trip. It's been a long while since I've done any overseas travelling. Why was I looking forward to this trip? If you think about Sydney, what would be the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right! It's the Sydney Opera House! I was able to make a booking to see one of the classical music orchestra to further expand my classical music exposure. Sadly, during my stay in Sydney, there weren't any piano concertos or performance held so I went for the next best option: Wilton's Belshazzar's Feast. I attended this orchestra during the night with a little skepticism since I am more interested in piano performances. The whole performances has two acts: the first act is Halleluja - Oratorium balbulum, a modern 2015 piece by Peter Eotvos that talks about prediction; whereas the second act is highly anticipated Wilton's Belshazzar's Feast. Sadly I did not enjoy Halleluja as it was more of a 'show performance' rather than a 'musical performance', and I really dislike how they just simply time-skip the story from the past to 2001 to the future and then back and forth again. This performance's main theme is mostly about philosophy about our life and while I thought the ending is cool with everyone on stage ended not nothing a single muscle in the dark, but I still think it was underwhelming. After a quick 10 minute interval, the performance for the second act starts. As much as I would like to describe how I feel, I am simply powerless to express my experience. All I could say is that I was completely absorbed in the music, so much so that it felt it I was at Babylon, watching the enslavement of the Jewish people and the celebration of King Belshazzar's grand feast celebration. It was truly amazing. After the performance, everyone (me included) can't help but keep applauding at the brilliance of the performance that we've witnessed. The standing ovation lasted for more than 10 minutes! Simply bravissimo! I am glad that I was able to witness such an amazing choir orchestra and was satisfied with my trip in Sydney. You must simply attend an orchestra if you've visiting Sydney! I also did have a good time in Sydney as I managed to stumble upon a public-use piano and play a piece. It was fun but man, I seriously need to get over my shaky fingers. I'm just glad I have the courage to performance in public and I should be proud of it as I am expecting to do more public performances in the near future.
My Sydney lasted for a week, and despite my effort to make it a tireless trip, I came back home exhausted. I won't deny and say that I absolutely miss playing piano, so I make an extra effort to make sure to practice more than usual. Last week when I attend my class, my teacher decided to drop another surprise on me. He told me that I will not be doing my ABRSM Grade 5 practical exam next year due to time constraint. Hurray! But.... I will be doing ABSRM Grade 6 practical exam two years later, in 2019 whereas next year I will be doing my ABRSM Grade 5 music theory exam. What the...? Why...? Nevertheless, I am glad the stress has been lighten a little since I will not be preparing for a practical exam next year, but it's Grade 6, man! Grade 6! It's miles more difficult than Grade 5 and I'm not even sure if I have the confident to do well this time. It seems my teacher is confident that I can perform well for the exam, so I guess I would have to place my trust in him. So to start preparing for Grade 6, I have increase my scales practice from 3 octaves to 4 octaves, and have also started practicing Minor Melodic Scales. Maybe I'm insane, but I actually do enjoy the increase difficulty in learning more difficult stuffs in piano (must be the effect of playing Shogi, since I enjoy playing against players way stronger than me. I strive on pressure. lol) . My teacher even took the liberty to start my journey with Bach's songs, and I can tell you that it was insanely difficult. It was suppose to be a normal crochet legato but I'm suppose to play semi-staccato. What the heck? I don't get it but I guess I'll just have to grit my teeth and bear it. It also certainly doesn't help that my teacher would want me to start learning new sonatina pieces which I'm pretty confident to say that it's a grade or two higher than my current level. Strangely this time, I enjoyed the challenge, but I'm sure I'll performed terribly initially. lol. At my current schedule, I am learning 4 new pieces of music each week and it was insane. I'm glad to see that I've improved but man, there's so many things to learn in a week! Your confidence in me is too high, teacher!
Anyways, I can't believe there's so many things to write. I just kept typing and typing and my fingers wouldn't stop. I'm pretty sure there's more things that I would like to talk about, and I guess I'll leave it to next time. Sorry about the huge gibberish and mess I've typed here because I was just so excited talking about everything here. I know I promise to post a video of my performing Clementi's Op 36 No 1, and I'll try post it once I've further polished myself with the music. Anyways, see you all next time!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Exam Results and the Beginning of 'Real Stress'
Hey all,
after waiting for almost a month, I've finally got my exam results for my ABRSM Grade 3 Piano. Can't say that I am anxious about it because I am only expecting to only get a past for my results. I know I made a lot of mistakes during the exams so I didn't really expect too great for my results.
I wasn't able to attend my class last week due to illness, so I wasn't really informed about my exam results. But when I went to my recital a few days ago, my teacher inform me that I've actually gotten a distinction for my exams. All I could think on my mind was the word "Impossible". Since my main focus was on the recital, so I didn't really pay much attention to it.
Did I mention I didn't really perform too well during the recital? I was perfectly calm during before the performance but when I actually sat myself on the chair, my heart starts beating like madly. I don't know what came over me. Since I can't control my crazy heartbeat, I used my mind to control my fingers to play my piece. As you expected, I definitely made a few blunders, but I make absolutely sure to keep playing the piece without stopping, without restarting a phrase, keep up a consistent rhythm and more importantly, not to shake my head whenever I made an error. And I did manage to do all of that. I was told by my teacher that my nervousness showed greatly during my performance, so I guess for next year's goal I have to learn to control my nervousness and stage fright if I were to do more performance in front of the audience. Time to work hard!
So where was I? Oh, the exam results. Sorry for getting off the track. So yesterday I went for my class and my teacher finally gave me my exam assessment. I really did get a distinction for my exams! I am proud of myself for achieving a distinction, but at the same time I am also worried. The thing is, my teacher plans to make me take Grade 5 exams next year! I have a lot of pressure and stress preparing for my Grade 3 exam this year, and I am certain that I am going to have more pressure preparing for Grade 5 since I do know that it is not easy to take Grade 5 exams. It's going to be another year till my exams come, and yet I'm feeling more inclined to practice more. I guess it never hurts to start preparing early rather than late, huh?
Aside from that, my class lessons have increased in time due to preparing me for taking Grade 5 exams, and I am actually glad it happen. Although I work 9 hours a day in the office, I am always constantly thinking about going back home and play the piano so I'm really glad I get to spend more lesson time with my teacher to improve my piano skills. It is tiring to practice daily, but I've always enjoyed my time spent with the piano.
As of this moment, my teacher has already started me on learning all the required scales, arpeggio etc for Grade 5 and I've taken most of my time to make sure I remember the key signatures. More so than ever, I am highly motivated to approach and learn new difficult pieces to increase my repertoire and musical knowledge. I can't wait to see how much I'll be improving for the following 3 months!
Enough rambling today. Right now I'm trying to learn Clementi's Op 36 No.1 so once I did I'll try to post a video of me performing it. Till then, see you guys in the next post!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
after waiting for almost a month, I've finally got my exam results for my ABRSM Grade 3 Piano. Can't say that I am anxious about it because I am only expecting to only get a past for my results. I know I made a lot of mistakes during the exams so I didn't really expect too great for my results.
I wasn't able to attend my class last week due to illness, so I wasn't really informed about my exam results. But when I went to my recital a few days ago, my teacher inform me that I've actually gotten a distinction for my exams. All I could think on my mind was the word "Impossible". Since my main focus was on the recital, so I didn't really pay much attention to it.
Did I mention I didn't really perform too well during the recital? I was perfectly calm during before the performance but when I actually sat myself on the chair, my heart starts beating like madly. I don't know what came over me. Since I can't control my crazy heartbeat, I used my mind to control my fingers to play my piece. As you expected, I definitely made a few blunders, but I make absolutely sure to keep playing the piece without stopping, without restarting a phrase, keep up a consistent rhythm and more importantly, not to shake my head whenever I made an error. And I did manage to do all of that. I was told by my teacher that my nervousness showed greatly during my performance, so I guess for next year's goal I have to learn to control my nervousness and stage fright if I were to do more performance in front of the audience. Time to work hard!
So where was I? Oh, the exam results. Sorry for getting off the track. So yesterday I went for my class and my teacher finally gave me my exam assessment. I really did get a distinction for my exams! I am proud of myself for achieving a distinction, but at the same time I am also worried. The thing is, my teacher plans to make me take Grade 5 exams next year! I have a lot of pressure and stress preparing for my Grade 3 exam this year, and I am certain that I am going to have more pressure preparing for Grade 5 since I do know that it is not easy to take Grade 5 exams. It's going to be another year till my exams come, and yet I'm feeling more inclined to practice more. I guess it never hurts to start preparing early rather than late, huh?
Aside from that, my class lessons have increased in time due to preparing me for taking Grade 5 exams, and I am actually glad it happen. Although I work 9 hours a day in the office, I am always constantly thinking about going back home and play the piano so I'm really glad I get to spend more lesson time with my teacher to improve my piano skills. It is tiring to practice daily, but I've always enjoyed my time spent with the piano.
As of this moment, my teacher has already started me on learning all the required scales, arpeggio etc for Grade 5 and I've taken most of my time to make sure I remember the key signatures. More so than ever, I am highly motivated to approach and learn new difficult pieces to increase my repertoire and musical knowledge. I can't wait to see how much I'll be improving for the following 3 months!
Enough rambling today. Right now I'm trying to learn Clementi's Op 36 No.1 so once I did I'll try to post a video of me performing it. Till then, see you guys in the next post!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Hey all,
Finally my piano exam is over! I'm so glad. I can't believe I actually spend more than 5 months preparing for a practical piano exam. It was definitely nerve wrecking, but a good experience to boost confidence and reduce performance anxiety.
Nevertheless, this is my first time taking a practical piano exam. But it is strange - when I entered the room I feel calm. However, as I sat down and my fingers touched the keys, I can feel my fingers start to shake. Oh dear, the goddamn nervousness have gotten hold of my fingers. Any thoughts start running through my head - was it the height of the bench affecting my posture and position of my fingers; or were I not used to the piano keys (it was a different piano with different key stiffness), or was it because of the room etc etc. But I quickly shrugged off my negative thoughts by telling myself that I should bravely confront the exam.
The examiner serenely asked me if I chose to perform my pieces first, or scales. I chose scales first because I thought it would be a great opportunity for my fingers to get used to the keys' stiffness and the sound. It is no wonder that most pianist would usually play scales before their actual performances to warm up their fingers and get familiar with the keys. So I had scales for my first part of the exam. Although my fingers are still slightly shaky, my mind remained composed and I think I got the first part with no problems, although I did accidentally made a note mistake in the beginning.
Next comes the 2nd part - piece performance. Stirring up the confident in me, I proceed to play Clementi's Allegro boldly with force and speed, I was able to play through the piece with the rhythm that I wanted but the unthinkable happened - my fingers slipped and I mess up the last few measures of the piece. Dammit. Of all times why did it happened now? But there's no time to worry, cause my examiner is expecting me to start playing my second piece: Rebikov's Pastushok na svireli igraet. I never did have any troubles with this piece before, except for the second phrase of the song which you have to play A major scale starting on E5 with fast tempo. Usually I would have troubles with this part while practicing because my fingers are still not fully used to playing the black keys (especially true since I started to change my fingers' posture of playing the black keys a few weeks ago). But I'm glad that I got through that piece with no mistakes or problems, although I think I might have accidentally connected two notes together earlier in the piece instead of disconnecting them. Lastly, Nikki Iles' Cotton Reel. I can't really remember how I did, but I think I might have made a small error in the middle of the music but still satisfactory nonetheless.
Then comes the third part: the dreaded sight-reading. I have been preparing extensively at home with sight-reading and if I botched this, there's a high possibility that I will failed my exam. The examiner gave me a short passage and I was given 30 seconds to read through it. Nevertheless, I take the opportunity to try it out but man... my fingers just won't stop shaking! I made lots of error playing the wrong notes while trying out and I was like OMG I'm doom. Ding! Thirty seconds are up and it's time to play. Much to my amusement, I was glad I manage to play the piece with no mistakes and good rhythm too. I think I have avoided the crisis. I'm pretty sure I've passed my sight-reading. Hurray for big persistent of constant practicing sight-reading!
Then finally the last section is Aural. To be honest, I have absolutely no idea how well I've performed. I did give my answers confidently to the examiner as he tested me, but there is no sure way of telling if I did answer correctly or not. My teacher did advice me that I should answer quickly and confidently which I did, but there's no way to tell until I got my results three weeks from now.
Now that the exams are over, I can finally have a breathe of relief. I remember clearly that as soon as I got out of the room, my teacher just simply walked up to me and told me that I will be having a recital next month. You can probably expect to see me with a huge expression of WHAT? then and there. Haha.
With my exams over, it doesn't mean that I should be relaxing too. I've noticed that with my improved sight-reading, I was able to play some of the pieces with much ease so I would like to take this opportunity to increase my practice schedule. For the moment I'm looking at doing these exercises every night:
1. Hanon Finger Exercises from 1 to 20 (probably going to increase it to 30 or even 40 depending on my free time)
2. Scale, Contrary Motion Scales, Arpeggios and Chromatic Scales for all learned majors and minor scales (2 octaves). To be perform at least 10 times with no mistakes, proper tempo and evenness
3. John Thompson pieces (Both pieces and technical. To be prepared for class' next lesson)
4. Czerny Op 599 (for additional learning and sight-reading training)
5. Sight-reading (I'm thinking of going through Grade 3 sight-reading again and slowly increasing it to Grade 5. I've already consulted my teacher to give me materials for practice).
This is my current plan and I hope I will be able to stick to it persistently. Nevertheless, I'm definitely looking forward to how much I've improved before I take my next exam again next year (please teacher, don't make me take Grade 5 exam. I don't think my heart's ready yet...)
Sorry for the lengthy post but I am glad I was able to share my experience with you all! See you all next post!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Finally my piano exam is over! I'm so glad. I can't believe I actually spend more than 5 months preparing for a practical piano exam. It was definitely nerve wrecking, but a good experience to boost confidence and reduce performance anxiety.
Nevertheless, this is my first time taking a practical piano exam. But it is strange - when I entered the room I feel calm. However, as I sat down and my fingers touched the keys, I can feel my fingers start to shake. Oh dear, the goddamn nervousness have gotten hold of my fingers. Any thoughts start running through my head - was it the height of the bench affecting my posture and position of my fingers; or were I not used to the piano keys (it was a different piano with different key stiffness), or was it because of the room etc etc. But I quickly shrugged off my negative thoughts by telling myself that I should bravely confront the exam.
The examiner serenely asked me if I chose to perform my pieces first, or scales. I chose scales first because I thought it would be a great opportunity for my fingers to get used to the keys' stiffness and the sound. It is no wonder that most pianist would usually play scales before their actual performances to warm up their fingers and get familiar with the keys. So I had scales for my first part of the exam. Although my fingers are still slightly shaky, my mind remained composed and I think I got the first part with no problems, although I did accidentally made a note mistake in the beginning.
Next comes the 2nd part - piece performance. Stirring up the confident in me, I proceed to play Clementi's Allegro boldly with force and speed, I was able to play through the piece with the rhythm that I wanted but the unthinkable happened - my fingers slipped and I mess up the last few measures of the piece. Dammit. Of all times why did it happened now? But there's no time to worry, cause my examiner is expecting me to start playing my second piece: Rebikov's Pastushok na svireli igraet. I never did have any troubles with this piece before, except for the second phrase of the song which you have to play A major scale starting on E5 with fast tempo. Usually I would have troubles with this part while practicing because my fingers are still not fully used to playing the black keys (especially true since I started to change my fingers' posture of playing the black keys a few weeks ago). But I'm glad that I got through that piece with no mistakes or problems, although I think I might have accidentally connected two notes together earlier in the piece instead of disconnecting them. Lastly, Nikki Iles' Cotton Reel. I can't really remember how I did, but I think I might have made a small error in the middle of the music but still satisfactory nonetheless.
Then comes the third part: the dreaded sight-reading. I have been preparing extensively at home with sight-reading and if I botched this, there's a high possibility that I will failed my exam. The examiner gave me a short passage and I was given 30 seconds to read through it. Nevertheless, I take the opportunity to try it out but man... my fingers just won't stop shaking! I made lots of error playing the wrong notes while trying out and I was like OMG I'm doom. Ding! Thirty seconds are up and it's time to play. Much to my amusement, I was glad I manage to play the piece with no mistakes and good rhythm too. I think I have avoided the crisis. I'm pretty sure I've passed my sight-reading. Hurray for big persistent of constant practicing sight-reading!
Then finally the last section is Aural. To be honest, I have absolutely no idea how well I've performed. I did give my answers confidently to the examiner as he tested me, but there is no sure way of telling if I did answer correctly or not. My teacher did advice me that I should answer quickly and confidently which I did, but there's no way to tell until I got my results three weeks from now.
Now that the exams are over, I can finally have a breathe of relief. I remember clearly that as soon as I got out of the room, my teacher just simply walked up to me and told me that I will be having a recital next month. You can probably expect to see me with a huge expression of WHAT? then and there. Haha.
With my exams over, it doesn't mean that I should be relaxing too. I've noticed that with my improved sight-reading, I was able to play some of the pieces with much ease so I would like to take this opportunity to increase my practice schedule. For the moment I'm looking at doing these exercises every night:
1. Hanon Finger Exercises from 1 to 20 (probably going to increase it to 30 or even 40 depending on my free time)
2. Scale, Contrary Motion Scales, Arpeggios and Chromatic Scales for all learned majors and minor scales (2 octaves). To be perform at least 10 times with no mistakes, proper tempo and evenness
3. John Thompson pieces (Both pieces and technical. To be prepared for class' next lesson)
4. Czerny Op 599 (for additional learning and sight-reading training)
5. Sight-reading (I'm thinking of going through Grade 3 sight-reading again and slowly increasing it to Grade 5. I've already consulted my teacher to give me materials for practice).
This is my current plan and I hope I will be able to stick to it persistently. Nevertheless, I'm definitely looking forward to how much I've improved before I take my next exam again next year (please teacher, don't make me take Grade 5 exam. I don't think my heart's ready yet...)
Sorry for the lengthy post but I am glad I was able to share my experience with you all! See you all next post!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Stress is coming!
Hey all,
it's been a while. There are a few times that I've wished I could have updated the post, but I was busy with work so I kinda have to delay writing this post.
I know I've been stressing this alot, but my ABRSM piano Grade 3 exam is coming. It'll be on 18th September 2017, which is less than 2 weeks! I am definitely nowhere improved my sight-reading. To combat this weakness, my teacher actually gave me a Grade 4 sight-reading material to improve. Why practice with grade 4 when I'm not even good with Grade 3? I can feel my head spinning everytime I tried to practice the Grade 4 material. Ughhh.
Anyways, recently I've gotten hold of Czerny's op 599 for practice. It is definitely helpful for me to improve my sight-reading and I'm really looking forward to go through the whole book together with Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises. Nevertheless, my practicing time has increase alot as a result of it.
I've recorded playing a piece, so I hope you will enjoy it!
it's been a while. There are a few times that I've wished I could have updated the post, but I was busy with work so I kinda have to delay writing this post.
I know I've been stressing this alot, but my ABRSM piano Grade 3 exam is coming. It'll be on 18th September 2017, which is less than 2 weeks! I am definitely nowhere improved my sight-reading. To combat this weakness, my teacher actually gave me a Grade 4 sight-reading material to improve. Why practice with grade 4 when I'm not even good with Grade 3? I can feel my head spinning everytime I tried to practice the Grade 4 material. Ughhh.
Anyways, recently I've gotten hold of Czerny's op 599 for practice. It is definitely helpful for me to improve my sight-reading and I'm really looking forward to go through the whole book together with Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises. Nevertheless, my practicing time has increase alot as a result of it.
I've recorded playing a piece, so I hope you will enjoy it!
See you guys next time!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Hanon and Sight-Reading
Hey all,
For the past month, I've been learning and practicing Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 exercises. As a result, it has increased my daily practice session by an hour. I remember it used to look very daunting when I first took a look at it years ago, but I'm glad now I'm able to play till Exercise 20. Although still not a master with it, but I can see some improvement on my fingers posture and strength as a result of using it. I wonder when I'll be able to play those exercises with a M.M. of 108?
Anyways, I've always been terrible at sight-reading and yesterday was my first attempt at a sight-reading test. The result? Terrible. I'm absolutely terrible at it. I understand that sight-reading is important for all pianist, so I guess I really have no choice but to grin and bear it.
Nevertheless, I've been trying to find ways to increase my daily practice session. There are still a lot of etudes that I would like to spend more time on, but for now I'm spending more time on Hanon, Scales, Sight-Reading and my exam pieces.
It's less than 3 weeks left till my exam. Am I really going to be ok? I'm really worried. =/
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
It's been a while...?
Hey all,
It seems I've pretty much left this blog empty for a long time. I can't help but wonder how I was able to write so much 8 years ago. Wow, 8 years of inactivity!
It's really no brainer: so many things have happened ever since I graduate from university and left Melbourne. There are so many ups and downs in my life (mostly the downs, but I'm still staying optimistic.)
So where to start? I guess everyone probably know by now that 8 years ago I left this blog so I could concentrate detailing my Shogi life in my other blog. And since I'm pretty much inactive in Shogi (excuses excuses I know but I guess I'm pretty much been active in other stuffs), that blog has pretty much been updated quite rarely.
Fast forwarding to current day, as a normal adult, I am now a member of the working society. Slaving my butt to the seat from Monday to Saturday working 8 hours per day: pretty much living the same lifestyle as most adults in the world.
Please pardon me for rewinding back to 3 years ago, a unique thing occur to me. I was at home one evening and saw my sister's digital piano left untouched in the living room. I have always been skeptical of myself when it comes to musical instruments: I've tried learning them in the past but it has always been unsuccessful. Tried to learn a guitar when I was still in highschool but peer pressure got the better of me so I gave up. Tried to pick up guitar again during my college days but it was a failure due to importance of other stuffs in my life. Two failures, surely I won't succeed at another one again, right?
Here's the thing about pianos. I've never liked them. I've always think people playing the piano are cliche and overrated. If I have to rank piano as one of my favourite musical instrument, it'll probably be at the last in the list. Electric guitar has always been my most favourite instrument in my life (hence I've always tried to pick up a guitar), with violin coming in second and saxophone in third (that delicious jazz music. Yeeeeeaaaa!)
Nevertheless, I sat myself down and tried playing the digital piano. I texted my sister about which book I should use and tried to play the first song. Not bad, it was easy although it took me 3 days to actually got the song down. Onward to the second song: a little tough but still manageable. By the time I realised, I have been playing the piano untutored for a year (and even completing the book!) I was pretty amazed at myself. A person like me, who could never play a single song with a guitar in the past and now I was able to play the whole book! That's when I've decided to gather my courage and make up my mind.
On one of the lunch breaks during my work, I muster up my strength and drove to a musical center. I've decided to enroll in a piano course. Of course my skepticism got the best of me again - am I going to give up and quit a few months later? I registered at the school and went for my first lesson the following week. I was criticised by my teacher that my playing form is incorrect and I found myself playing poorly in front of him. With no choice, he had to start me with a beginner book, although I've been self-taught myself with a piano for a year.
3 years later, which is now, I am still in that school, learning piano. My passion for piano has only strengthen and I'm really glad I took up piano. I am pretty much surprised at myself. I thought for sure I'll give up along the way but I'm still here standing strong. In fact, at the end of this month I'll be taking ABRSM Grade 3 practical exam. I'm nervous, but I guess it's something that all amateur pianist have to go through in their life.
My love and passion for Shogi has always been great, but my affection for music has always started since I was 4. Music has always been a huge part of my life that you would simply see me constantly listening to music everyday. My love for music is like a drug addiction: I could feel emotional and cry while listening to rock music, or stay up all day and night listening to music hence unable to sleep.
I was really glad that at the very least, I am at least proficient at one musical instrument and able to play music to my heart's content. Although still not a great pianist, but I will continue to strive to improve my skills and technique.
Since piano is a great part of my life now, I can't help but feel that I should share my piano experience with everyone. I once did create a Shogi blog to detail my Shogi experiences, but after some thought I really do not want to create a new blog just for piano. That's why I decided to update this blog and try to see if I'll be able to focus on talking about my piano experience. How knows? Maybe I will create one in the far future.
Nevertheless, it's great to be back and hope to see you all in the next post, about me talking about my new piano adventures!
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
It seems I've pretty much left this blog empty for a long time. I can't help but wonder how I was able to write so much 8 years ago. Wow, 8 years of inactivity!
It's really no brainer: so many things have happened ever since I graduate from university and left Melbourne. There are so many ups and downs in my life (mostly the downs, but I'm still staying optimistic.)
So where to start? I guess everyone probably know by now that 8 years ago I left this blog so I could concentrate detailing my Shogi life in my other blog. And since I'm pretty much inactive in Shogi (excuses excuses I know but I guess I'm pretty much been active in other stuffs), that blog has pretty much been updated quite rarely.
Fast forwarding to current day, as a normal adult, I am now a member of the working society. Slaving my butt to the seat from Monday to Saturday working 8 hours per day: pretty much living the same lifestyle as most adults in the world.
Please pardon me for rewinding back to 3 years ago, a unique thing occur to me. I was at home one evening and saw my sister's digital piano left untouched in the living room. I have always been skeptical of myself when it comes to musical instruments: I've tried learning them in the past but it has always been unsuccessful. Tried to learn a guitar when I was still in highschool but peer pressure got the better of me so I gave up. Tried to pick up guitar again during my college days but it was a failure due to importance of other stuffs in my life. Two failures, surely I won't succeed at another one again, right?
Here's the thing about pianos. I've never liked them. I've always think people playing the piano are cliche and overrated. If I have to rank piano as one of my favourite musical instrument, it'll probably be at the last in the list. Electric guitar has always been my most favourite instrument in my life (hence I've always tried to pick up a guitar), with violin coming in second and saxophone in third (that delicious jazz music. Yeeeeeaaaa!)
Nevertheless, I sat myself down and tried playing the digital piano. I texted my sister about which book I should use and tried to play the first song. Not bad, it was easy although it took me 3 days to actually got the song down. Onward to the second song: a little tough but still manageable. By the time I realised, I have been playing the piano untutored for a year (and even completing the book!) I was pretty amazed at myself. A person like me, who could never play a single song with a guitar in the past and now I was able to play the whole book! That's when I've decided to gather my courage and make up my mind.
On one of the lunch breaks during my work, I muster up my strength and drove to a musical center. I've decided to enroll in a piano course. Of course my skepticism got the best of me again - am I going to give up and quit a few months later? I registered at the school and went for my first lesson the following week. I was criticised by my teacher that my playing form is incorrect and I found myself playing poorly in front of him. With no choice, he had to start me with a beginner book, although I've been self-taught myself with a piano for a year.
3 years later, which is now, I am still in that school, learning piano. My passion for piano has only strengthen and I'm really glad I took up piano. I am pretty much surprised at myself. I thought for sure I'll give up along the way but I'm still here standing strong. In fact, at the end of this month I'll be taking ABRSM Grade 3 practical exam. I'm nervous, but I guess it's something that all amateur pianist have to go through in their life.
My love and passion for Shogi has always been great, but my affection for music has always started since I was 4. Music has always been a huge part of my life that you would simply see me constantly listening to music everyday. My love for music is like a drug addiction: I could feel emotional and cry while listening to rock music, or stay up all day and night listening to music hence unable to sleep.
I was really glad that at the very least, I am at least proficient at one musical instrument and able to play music to my heart's content. Although still not a great pianist, but I will continue to strive to improve my skills and technique.
Since piano is a great part of my life now, I can't help but feel that I should share my piano experience with everyone. I once did create a Shogi blog to detail my Shogi experiences, but after some thought I really do not want to create a new blog just for piano. That's why I decided to update this blog and try to see if I'll be able to focus on talking about my piano experience. How knows? Maybe I will create one in the far future.
Nevertheless, it's great to be back and hope to see you all in the next post, about me talking about my new piano adventures!
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Happy Late New Year!
Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm very sorry that I did not update my blog for a very long time. This is mainly because my new semester has begun and I'm too busy with my semester and my life. And I also aplogise for not writing the story for last year's Christmas. A lot of unexpected things have happened that have hinder my story progress.
Since I am sick and updating this blog might take a long time, I will import the post that I have written in another blog and post it here:
Since I am sick and updating this blog might take a long time, I will import the post that I have written in another blog and post it here:
During my holidays in December I thought I could finish up at least three Shogi books but unfortunately I only finished up one because I was asked by my parents to help them build up a website, which has almost took up all of my leisure time. Aside from being busy, I do tend to read Shogi books whenever I have a short break inbetween my hectic life.
I am happy to announce that I am finally 1-DAN!!! WOOHOO! Finally a dream come true! I was playing against the president of the Shogi Club in Kuala Lumpur, who has the strength of about 5-Dan amateur. We played Yagura Joseki (opening or fundamentals) but because I have forgotten about the Joseki, I tried to play the opening with concentration and understanding. My opening turns out well as both of us have already created Kin-Yagura (Gold Fortress) and he was a step ahead to attack my base with his bishop on the left side of the board (I am sente, or black player). Without knowing what to do next, I bring my rightside silver to attack the bishop on the leftside of the board. It turns out well when we exchange silvers but I made a fatal mistake that have almost cost me the game - being greedy. I immediately drop my silver, trying to take his rook on the 82 (or 8B) square. He dropped his silver too, trying to take my rook but he has one extra turn than me. Next, he keeps on attacking my castle and I keep on defending. When his attack finally runs out, I surprised him that I was actually destroying his castle! Unfortunately I did not successfully defeat him because I made two fatal mistakes. My attack was one move late. If only I did not make two of those mistakes I would have probably won him. Though I lost to him, I was happy with my performance. Remember back in July I was playing against an old man in University Malaya during the Japan Language Festival? It was that old man! Back then I couldn't even touch his base, but now I almost checkmate him! He was amaze at my performance and ask me what level I am. I told him that I was ranked 3-kyu and he told me that I actually have the strength of 1-Dan amateur! I was happy to be told that I am 1-Dan! My dream has finally achieved after such a long period of hard work and studies!
Few days ago I received a comment from someone in this blog that he wants me to teach him Shogi. I really don't mind teaching beginners how to play Shogi but his request was different. He wants me to teach him how to improve in Shogi! I never have anyone teaching me Shogi before so I don't really know what to teach him. But I'll do my best to improve his Shogi! The only annoying problem is that he is staying in Portugal, which has 8 hours of difference between our time. It will be difficult for me to find time to teach him Shogi especially I have to wake up 6.30 a.m. the next day since the only time we're both using the internet are during the midnight (my time). I think the only free time to teach him is during the weekends.
I guess that's all. To end this post, I will talk about my New Year Resolutions!
My new year resolutions are:
1. Achieved 2-Dan amateur within this year!
2. Read up at least 3 psychology books.
3. Write at least 3 stories this year.
Starting this year, I will also review the albums/songs that I am currently listening so readers could consider listening to it. I'll be sure to update more stuffs with pictures in my next journal!
Once again I wished everyone a happy new year!
Once again I wished everyone a happy new year!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tag 2
Hey all,
I know I haven't been update this site journal for almost more than a week. This is mainly because I've been very busy helping out my family with their events. Anyways my friend tag me again so I have to do it.
Use Google Images to search the answers to the questions below. Then you must choose a picture in the first page of results, and post it as your answer. After that tag 7 people.
Q1. The age of my next birthday
Yup. Japan's legal age. That means I'm fully an adult when I reach this age. But why the heck is the picture so childish?
Q2. A place I'd like to visit
I searched for "Tendo City" but they gave me a picture of the mountain near Tendo City...
Q3. A favorite place
In case you don't know where this is, this is the Go/Shogi club in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur! The one and only place where I can find Shogi players! =3
Q4. A favorite food
Pizza!!!!11!1!!!!1! Yum! Yum!
Q5. A favorite color
This picture is soooo cool!
Q6. The city I live in
RAWR! =3
Q7. The city I was born in
Do I need more explanations? =P
Q8. A nickname I had
Try and guess why this picture shows up. =3
Q9. A bad habit
Listening to music all the time. No music no life!
Q10. A hobby
Shogi! I wish I have this set...
Q11. Current wish list (max 3 items)
The Shogi table! I must definitely have this! Too bad it cost more than RM 1,000... This would make the best Christmas/Birthday present for me ever! =3
In preparation for playing Final Fantasy series, Dot Hack series and other role-playing games!
Not exactly this laptop. I just want a new laptop which is more powerful than my current one.
Q12. A favorite thing
I'm going to spend the rest of my life with this thing! Ever! =3
Q13. College major
All Architects, Quantity Surveyor and workers shall be under my command! WAHAHAHAHA!
I'll leave this up to your imagination. =3
Anyways this will be my last time being "tagged". Any more tags from friends will be ignore because my blog focus on what stories I'm working on and explanations why I'm not working on them. Anyways I'm still busy helping out with my family and will only be free starting this Sunday. I have already decided to write a Christmas story for this year and hope I will be able to finish it before Christmas. Ideas and stories have been planned and now the only problem is getting the time to write it. I hope everyone is looking forward reading it. It has been more than a year since I published one. Take care everyone! See you all next week!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
I know I haven't been update this site journal for almost more than a week. This is mainly because I've been very busy helping out my family with their events. Anyways my friend tag me again so I have to do it.
Use Google Images to search the answers to the questions below. Then you must choose a picture in the first page of results, and post it as your answer. After that tag 7 people.
Q1. The age of my next birthday
Yup. Japan's legal age. That means I'm fully an adult when I reach this age. But why the heck is the picture so childish?
Q2. A place I'd like to visit
I searched for "Tendo City" but they gave me a picture of the mountain near Tendo City...
Q3. A favorite place
In case you don't know where this is, this is the Go/Shogi club in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur! The one and only place where I can find Shogi players! =3
Q4. A favorite food
Pizza!!!!11!1!!!!1! Yum! Yum!
Q5. A favorite color
This picture is soooo cool!
Q6. The city I live in
RAWR! =3
Q7. The city I was born in
Do I need more explanations? =P
Q8. A nickname I had
Try and guess why this picture shows up. =3
Q9. A bad habit
Listening to music all the time. No music no life!
Q10. A hobby
Shogi! I wish I have this set...
Q11. Current wish list (max 3 items)
The Shogi table! I must definitely have this! Too bad it cost more than RM 1,000... This would make the best Christmas/Birthday present for me ever! =3
In preparation for playing Final Fantasy series, Dot Hack series and other role-playing games!
Not exactly this laptop. I just want a new laptop which is more powerful than my current one.
Q12. A favorite thing
I'm going to spend the rest of my life with this thing! Ever! =3
Q13. College major
All Architects, Quantity Surveyor and workers shall be under my command! WAHAHAHAHA!
Q14. Name of first (and only) love
I'll leave this up to your imagination. =3
Anyways this will be my last time being "tagged". Any more tags from friends will be ignore because my blog focus on what stories I'm working on and explanations why I'm not working on them. Anyways I'm still busy helping out with my family and will only be free starting this Sunday. I have already decided to write a Christmas story for this year and hope I will be able to finish it before Christmas. Ideas and stories have been planned and now the only problem is getting the time to write it. I hope everyone is looking forward reading it. It has been more than a year since I published one. Take care everyone! See you all next week!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Shogi Festival in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur! (Report)
Hey all,
Before I begin to talk about Shogi Festival, which was held in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur today, I would like to show the book that I have purchase via internet which has cost me roughly around RM 100.
A knockout tournament! I didn't knew they were having tournaments otherwise I would have join them! I shouldn't have went there at 2pm. And this is the first time in my life I've seen so many Japanese playing Shogi in Japan Club!
These are the giveaways and prizes. There are two types of categories. One is for adults and another is for children. Naoki has already finished his game so I have a game with him. Unfortunately I lost. =( But I knew why I have lost. =)
After the tournament has ended, We were given by a small lecture on tsume Shogi by a 9-Dan pro Mr. Kenji Kobayashi. After the small talk a gift was given to the club leader as a small present...
This present actually has all the signatures of the Meijins! Do not look lightly on this prize. It is actually worth more than RM 3,000!!!
Two tables are set up and Mr. Kobayashi is going to play against 7 players at the same time, including me! He gave me two piece handicapped, Rook and Bishop. The game lasted for a long time and I lost. After all the games Mr. Kobayashi gave evalution on everyone about how well they played. Naoki has the strength of 2-Dan amateur while I have the strength of 3 kyu only. That explains why I have lost to Naoki earlier. Looks like my days of exams have really deteriorate my Shogi skills. =( But I remember Naoki was playing against handicapped of Rook, Bishop and two Lances... Fortunately Mr. Kobayashi praised me that I have talent and might be a genius. I have never been so proud of myself in my life. =D
After that it's time to hand the prizes to the winners!
The winner of the adult category
2nd of the adults category
2nd of the child category
Alot of things have been given away as presents and then it's group photo! I'm the one wearing the yellow shirt from the 2nd left...
With the Shogi activities over I have been invited over to a restaurant for free dinner! Talk about being lucky!
I was the only Malaysian there so I feel a little awkward because I couldn't speak Japanese nor fully understand it. But I'm very grateful that they're being friendly and tried to talk to me in English. =)
Knewing that I play Shogi, they specially gave me this...
A book written by Mr. Kobayashi himself! It teaches you how to play Fourth File Rank Rook (Shinkenbisha). And lastly...
A calligraphy by Mr. Kobayashi! I really should have thank him for all these great stuffs!
Now that I know I was 3 kyu, looks like getting 1-Dan by the end of this year will be realised soon! I'm going to work hard to achieve 1-Dan! And also I really hope I can participate more Shogi events in the future! Gambatte, Ryou! You can do it! For the sake your dream, work hard!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Before I begin to talk about Shogi Festival, which was held in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur today, I would like to show the book that I have purchase via internet which has cost me roughly around RM 100.
It has 118 pages and I found it very useful for beginners because it teaches us the things we should be thinking while playing Shogi. Unless "Art of Shogi", it teaches you basic joseki (openings or fundamentals) but not too much about what we should be thinking. Therefore it is very good to have Habu's Words for Shogi players.
Alright, it's time for the report on Shogi Festival!
Alright, it's time for the report on Shogi Festival!
Report on Shogi Festival
Yesterday I was told that today Shogi Festival will be held in Japan Club Kuala Lumpur. One of the Japanese told me that it was starting around noon but I thought it was just a normal festival but it turns out that they were having tournaments!A knockout tournament! I didn't knew they were having tournaments otherwise I would have join them! I shouldn't have went there at 2pm. And this is the first time in my life I've seen so many Japanese playing Shogi in Japan Club!
These are the giveaways and prizes. There are two types of categories. One is for adults and another is for children. Naoki has already finished his game so I have a game with him. Unfortunately I lost. =( But I knew why I have lost. =)
After the tournament has ended, We were given by a small lecture on tsume Shogi by a 9-Dan pro Mr. Kenji Kobayashi. After the small talk a gift was given to the club leader as a small present...
This present actually has all the signatures of the Meijins! Do not look lightly on this prize. It is actually worth more than RM 3,000!!!
Two tables are set up and Mr. Kobayashi is going to play against 7 players at the same time, including me! He gave me two piece handicapped, Rook and Bishop. The game lasted for a long time and I lost. After all the games Mr. Kobayashi gave evalution on everyone about how well they played. Naoki has the strength of 2-Dan amateur while I have the strength of 3 kyu only. That explains why I have lost to Naoki earlier. Looks like my days of exams have really deteriorate my Shogi skills. =( But I remember Naoki was playing against handicapped of Rook, Bishop and two Lances... Fortunately Mr. Kobayashi praised me that I have talent and might be a genius. I have never been so proud of myself in my life. =D
After that it's time to hand the prizes to the winners!
The winner of the adult category
2nd of the adults category
3rd of the adults category
Winner of the child category
Winner of the child category
2nd of the child category
Alot of things have been given away as presents and then it's group photo! I'm the one wearing the yellow shirt from the 2nd left...
With the Shogi activities over I have been invited over to a restaurant for free dinner! Talk about being lucky!
I was the only Malaysian there so I feel a little awkward because I couldn't speak Japanese nor fully understand it. But I'm very grateful that they're being friendly and tried to talk to me in English. =)
Prezzies
Speaking of which I've received a lot of presents from them! First off I've received an instant soup. =P And then...
Knewing that I play Shogi, they specially gave me this...
A book written by Mr. Kobayashi himself! It teaches you how to play Fourth File Rank Rook (Shinkenbisha). And lastly...
A calligraphy by Mr. Kobayashi! I really should have thank him for all these great stuffs!
Conclusion
It's been a long time I have enjoyed myself so much in Shogi events after AISEP. I'm glad that i have came to this festival just because I love Shogi alot. To everyone in Shogi Club in JCKL...
OTSUKARESAMA!
Now that I know I was 3 kyu, looks like getting 1-Dan by the end of this year will be realised soon! I'm going to work hard to achieve 1-Dan! And also I really hope I can participate more Shogi events in the future! Gambatte, Ryou! You can do it! For the sake your dream, work hard!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Shogi Full Time!
Hey all,
Today's 28th Nov so that means... exams are finally over!!! WOOHOOOOO!
With my semester ended I can finally play Shogi the whole day! Actually I'm playing Shogi at this moment and I'm taking a break right now to type this entry. I have been learning for Shogi for two straight hours so I still have 6 hours ago! It's great that I can learn Shogi full time, with at least 8 hours per day. Call me crazy, but that's how I love so much about Shogi!
On the night before my last exam, I couldn't sleep at all. Not that I was worried about my exams just because I have to take two different papers on the same day, the main reason is I was too excited about playing Shogi after exams! I found it a little scary that my obsession of Shogi is too strong but... I love this feeling! I did not force myself to learn 8 hours of Shogi. I was actually spending it just like my past-time/leisure! The sense of learning new strategies, discovering new ideas, playing against myself - it feels so great and refreshing!
Tomorrow is Saturday and I'm going to Japan Club Kuala Lumpur to play a few games of Shogi. It has been a very long time since I last visited JCKL. Hope my skills improve!
Alright everyone, I'm going to resume learning Shogi now. Take care everyone!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Today's 28th Nov so that means... exams are finally over!!! WOOHOOOOO!
With my semester ended I can finally play Shogi the whole day! Actually I'm playing Shogi at this moment and I'm taking a break right now to type this entry. I have been learning for Shogi for two straight hours so I still have 6 hours ago! It's great that I can learn Shogi full time, with at least 8 hours per day. Call me crazy, but that's how I love so much about Shogi!
On the night before my last exam, I couldn't sleep at all. Not that I was worried about my exams just because I have to take two different papers on the same day, the main reason is I was too excited about playing Shogi after exams! I found it a little scary that my obsession of Shogi is too strong but... I love this feeling! I did not force myself to learn 8 hours of Shogi. I was actually spending it just like my past-time/leisure! The sense of learning new strategies, discovering new ideas, playing against myself - it feels so great and refreshing!
Tomorrow is Saturday and I'm going to Japan Club Kuala Lumpur to play a few games of Shogi. It has been a very long time since I last visited JCKL. Hope my skills improve!
Alright everyone, I'm going to resume learning Shogi now. Take care everyone!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Photo Tag
Hey all,
I have receive the following thing from a friend:
1. Take a recent picture of yourself or Take your picture of yourself right now.
2. Dont change your clothes, dont fix your hair... Just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with no editing.
4. Post these intructions with your picture.
5. Tag 5 people to do this.
But the problem is... I don't have a camera! Not even a phone camera! Since I'm an impatient person, I'm suppose to answer the following questions:
Instructions: Remove any number of questions from below, and add in your personal questions, then tag any number of people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.
1. What do you do most for the time being?
Internet surfing, video games and of course... SHOGI!
2. What is your favourite animal(s)?
Meow~ Cats! =3
3. What is your one regret in life?
Letting go of my first love.
4. Who inspires you?
Let's see... Koyasu Takehito and Yoshiharu Habu.
5. Tell me something I don't know about your family background.
They are strict, stricter than what you think.
6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
Yup.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
My Shogi stuffs.
8. What can cheer you up from sadness?
Music Music Music and Friends
9. Have you ever fall madly in love?
Once and the only one
10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Good guy, helpful and great companion
11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Hardworking and loves Japan culture only.
12. What's the best thing that happened to you?
Getting my Tsume Shogi book from my friends as a birthday present.
13. What is your ambition?
Becoming a professional Shogi player. Definitely.
14. Describe your life in one word.
Hatred
15. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick?
None. Maybe I'll just take rich.
16. If you are told you can enter any university in this world, Oxbridge excluded, what university will you enter?
Tokyo University.
17. Who is the persons (peoples) that you can share all your problems with?
None of my friends are reliable or have the patience to listen to my problems but for now I guess it's Xinwen.
18. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Dead.
19. You accidentally deleted this question. What do you do?
Oopsie Daisy.
20. What is your dream job?
Voice Actor who writes story just like Koyasu Takehito. If possible I would like to become a professional Shogi player too.
Now that my part is done, I'm going to tag...
Chen Xinwen
I don't really have that many friends to tag so I'm only tagging him. Hope he doesn't slack. =3
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
I have receive the following thing from a friend:
1. Take a recent picture of yourself or Take your picture of yourself right now.
2. Dont change your clothes, dont fix your hair... Just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with no editing.
4. Post these intructions with your picture.
5. Tag 5 people to do this.
But the problem is... I don't have a camera! Not even a phone camera! Since I'm an impatient person, I'm suppose to answer the following questions:
Instructions: Remove any number of questions from below, and add in your personal questions, then tag any number of people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.
1. What do you do most for the time being?
Internet surfing, video games and of course... SHOGI!
2. What is your favourite animal(s)?
Meow~ Cats! =3
3. What is your one regret in life?
Letting go of my first love.
4. Who inspires you?
Let's see... Koyasu Takehito and Yoshiharu Habu.
5. Tell me something I don't know about your family background.
They are strict, stricter than what you think.
6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
Yup.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
My Shogi stuffs.
8. What can cheer you up from sadness?
Music Music Music and Friends
9. Have you ever fall madly in love?
Once and the only one
10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Good guy, helpful and great companion
11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Hardworking and loves Japan culture only.
12. What's the best thing that happened to you?
Getting my Tsume Shogi book from my friends as a birthday present.
13. What is your ambition?
Becoming a professional Shogi player. Definitely.
14. Describe your life in one word.
Hatred
15. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick?
None. Maybe I'll just take rich.
16. If you are told you can enter any university in this world, Oxbridge excluded, what university will you enter?
Tokyo University.
17. Who is the persons (peoples) that you can share all your problems with?
None of my friends are reliable or have the patience to listen to my problems but for now I guess it's Xinwen.
18. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Dead.
19. You accidentally deleted this question. What do you do?
Oopsie Daisy.
20. What is your dream job?
Voice Actor who writes story just like Koyasu Takehito. If possible I would like to become a professional Shogi player too.
Now that my part is done, I'm going to tag...
Chen Xinwen
I don't really have that many friends to tag so I'm only tagging him. Hope he doesn't slack. =3
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Hanabi
Hey all,
You think I have forgotten about it? When I said I will post at least once every week I will definitely do it so here's the entry!
Because I have some unpleasant events in my college for the past few weeks, I started to remember about my highschool life. Then I remembered about this blog I created back then. I named it "Yami no Seikai", which means "World of Darkness" in Japanese. The blog's background is black and the font size and colour used are 12 white. And then I add a small yellow-border chatbox at the side of the blog. But what I really think it's cool is that for each post's title I used the name of the song that I'm currently in love with. Just like this post, "Hanabi" is sang by Mr. Children and I have been listening to it recently. Not only that I actually wrote about how the song's mood matches with my current mood in that blog.
Aside from that I remembered why I have created a blog called "Yami no Seikai'. You see, "Yami no Seikai" was suppose to be an organisation (or something similar like an orphanage) where people, who thinks they have no friends or feel lonely, would gather together. I seem to have forgotten about this mission over these hectic years. I'm still not sure whether I should carry this mission once again on my shoulders or not. I always hate seeing people being lonely because it reminds too much about the lonely life that I have struggled and endured over the years alone. For their sake, I want to protect them and let them know there there is always one person caring for them no matter what the circumstances are.
Anyways I have been terribly sick for four days so I don't really feel like typing out more. To make matter worse, tomorrow's my exam and I have yet to study. What the heck am I suppose to do!?
Regards.
Ryou Takehito
You think I have forgotten about it? When I said I will post at least once every week I will definitely do it so here's the entry!
Because I have some unpleasant events in my college for the past few weeks, I started to remember about my highschool life. Then I remembered about this blog I created back then. I named it "Yami no Seikai", which means "World of Darkness" in Japanese. The blog's background is black and the font size and colour used are 12 white. And then I add a small yellow-border chatbox at the side of the blog. But what I really think it's cool is that for each post's title I used the name of the song that I'm currently in love with. Just like this post, "Hanabi" is sang by Mr. Children and I have been listening to it recently. Not only that I actually wrote about how the song's mood matches with my current mood in that blog.
Aside from that I remembered why I have created a blog called "Yami no Seikai'. You see, "Yami no Seikai" was suppose to be an organisation (or something similar like an orphanage) where people, who thinks they have no friends or feel lonely, would gather together. I seem to have forgotten about this mission over these hectic years. I'm still not sure whether I should carry this mission once again on my shoulders or not. I always hate seeing people being lonely because it reminds too much about the lonely life that I have struggled and endured over the years alone. For their sake, I want to protect them and let them know there there is always one person caring for them no matter what the circumstances are.
Anyways I have been terribly sick for four days so I don't really feel like typing out more. To make matter worse, tomorrow's my exam and I have yet to study. What the heck am I suppose to do!?
Regards.
Ryou Takehito
Friday, November 14, 2008
Experimental Story to be concluded
Hey all,
I guess it has been a very long time since I last properly post something in this journal aside from my 'experimental stories'. As you have noticed, I spend lesser and lesser time to update those segments and therefore I'm going to put a close to it, for now. Maybe because I'm lazy, maybe because I don't have the time to write it but I can ensure you that I did not run out of ideas. Writing a segment could take me at least 1 to 2 hours, with proper planning! To be frank, I did not have enough proper planning for the rest of the segment, which if I were to type out a segment now it could probably take 4 to 5 hours for me.
Nine segments have been typed out, which I'm actually impressed with myself, and there should be 4 to 5 more segments left. The other reason why I'm getting lazy to write it because I feel demotivated from not receiving any comments or remarks about it! Without any support or comments I have finally run out of passion to write it. However I still do write new stories from time to time.
I will be withdrawing all the segments temporarily and hope to post it again after I have edit, and complete the rest of the segments. At the mean time, expect to see a new story coming out for this year's Christmas, probably.
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
I guess it has been a very long time since I last properly post something in this journal aside from my 'experimental stories'. As you have noticed, I spend lesser and lesser time to update those segments and therefore I'm going to put a close to it, for now. Maybe because I'm lazy, maybe because I don't have the time to write it but I can ensure you that I did not run out of ideas. Writing a segment could take me at least 1 to 2 hours, with proper planning! To be frank, I did not have enough proper planning for the rest of the segment, which if I were to type out a segment now it could probably take 4 to 5 hours for me.
Nine segments have been typed out, which I'm actually impressed with myself, and there should be 4 to 5 more segments left. The other reason why I'm getting lazy to write it because I feel demotivated from not receiving any comments or remarks about it! Without any support or comments I have finally run out of passion to write it. However I still do write new stories from time to time.
I will be withdrawing all the segments temporarily and hope to post it again after I have edit, and complete the rest of the segments. At the mean time, expect to see a new story coming out for this year's Christmas, probably.
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Weiß kreuz day
It has finally been more than 8 years.
One look at my MSN messenger's personal message and you would see "(name of song) - Weiß kreuz" for the whole day today. Yup, that's right. I haven't forgotten what I had said last year. Today is Weiß kreuz day for me.
Together with this four voice actors, they made a superb team as:
Koyasu Takehito has a deep and sexy voice;
Yuuki Hiro has the cutest voice eventhough he is the oldest among the team;
Tomokazu Seki has the ability to change to more than 5 types of voice which is hard to recognise; and
Miki Shinichiro has a very manly voice.
Almost in every popular anime you could find at least one of their voice: Initial D, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gravitation and so on. They have been one of the most popular and famous voice actor in the anime industry and they even have their own solo albums!
It all started with a small little story idea of Koyasu Takehito. In order to fulfill his ambition, he looked for his friends and hosted Project Weiß as a CD drama, which was broadcasted all over Japan's radio. Soon it was realised into manga and finally into an anime. If Koyasu Takehito had not taken the first step into fulfilling his ambition, Weiß kreuz would not have existed in the first place.
Remembering what I had said last year, I left my laptop to play Weiß kreuz's songs the whole day, even when I'm in college. I upload all their songs into my iPod and listen to them even during my college lessons! While I was driving, I would play their CD "Die Bleibende Erinnerung" to let me rememver the good old days I had when I first started listening to their songs. For the whole 24 hours today, Weiß kreuz's songs will be played all over my surrounding.
If someone would to ask me have my love for Weiß decrease, I would shake my head and said "I will, and always will, love Weiß kreuz. With each passing time my love for them would only grow."
Again,
Nevertheless today's Weiß kreuz day for me is a success. Here's the english translation of one of their songs to commerate this wonderful day for this dedicated post to Weiß kreuz.
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
PS: Sorry I won't be able to write my story tonight because I have a test tomorrow. But I'll be sure to continue it whenever I'm free!
One look at my MSN messenger's personal message and you would see "(name of song) - Weiß kreuz" for the whole day today. Yup, that's right. I haven't forgotten what I had said last year. Today is Weiß kreuz day for me.
Generation 1
(Appears on Weiß kreuz Kapital)
(Appears on Weiß kreuz Kapital)
Despite the fact that they are anime, Weiß kreuz is a real music band consists of Koyasu Takehito, Miki Shinichiro, Yuuki Hiro and Seki Tomokazu.
Starting from left: Koyasu Takehito (as Fujimuya) , Yuuki Hiro (as Omi), Tomokazu Seki (as Ken), Miki Shinichiro (as Youji)
PS: For some reason Miki looks weird. =P
PS: For some reason Miki looks weird. =P
Together with this four voice actors, they made a superb team as:
Koyasu Takehito has a deep and sexy voice;
Yuuki Hiro has the cutest voice eventhough he is the oldest among the team;
Tomokazu Seki has the ability to change to more than 5 types of voice which is hard to recognise; and
Miki Shinichiro has a very manly voice.
Generation 2
(Appears on Weiß kreuz Gluhen)
(Appears on Weiß kreuz Gluhen)
Almost in every popular anime you could find at least one of their voice: Initial D, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gravitation and so on. They have been one of the most popular and famous voice actor in the anime industry and they even have their own solo albums!
It all started with a small little story idea of Koyasu Takehito. In order to fulfill his ambition, he looked for his friends and hosted Project Weiß as a CD drama, which was broadcasted all over Japan's radio. Soon it was realised into manga and finally into an anime. If Koyasu Takehito had not taken the first step into fulfilling his ambition, Weiß kreuz would not have existed in the first place.
Generation 3
(Appears on Weiß kreuz side B)
(Appears on Weiß kreuz side B)
Remembering what I had said last year, I left my laptop to play Weiß kreuz's songs the whole day, even when I'm in college. I upload all their songs into my iPod and listen to them even during my college lessons! While I was driving, I would play their CD "Die Bleibende Erinnerung" to let me rememver the good old days I had when I first started listening to their songs. For the whole 24 hours today, Weiß kreuz's songs will be played all over my surrounding.
If someone would to ask me have my love for Weiß decrease, I would shake my head and said "I will, and always will, love Weiß kreuz. With each passing time my love for them would only grow."
Again,
Weiß kreuz FOREVER!
Nevertheless today's Weiß kreuz day for me is a success. Here's the english translation of one of their songs to commerate this wonderful day for this dedicated post to Weiß kreuz.
the worlds' flowers like a carpet of crimson red
as one scatter and toss through the air
sorrow and sadness are born there
from the darkness that streams underneath
ah, are hearts only meant to lie?
are people just puppets of fate?
only to embrace those we love
and protect those small and precious
today again some one shouts that out
sacrificing even their life
to smolder in the midst of time with that instant kiss
In this city stained with greed
there is only wind blowing towards the sky
that is left of trampled love
is the tear left in the palm of my hand
ah, were smiles only meant to sunder?
everyone has their wounded hearts
I want to protect those timid creatures
those who kneel in prayer
I'll even carve a cross in my chest
to believe in something unstoppable and the
irrepressible spirit now and forever
the cloud disperse the stars are seen
the wind stills the birds sing
the ocean shines the heavens thaw
the night ends I feel you
only to embrace those we love
and protect those small and precious
today again some one shouts that out
sacrificing even their life
to smolder in the midst of time with that instant kiss
I want to protect those timid creatures
those who kneel in prayer
I'll even carve a cross in my chest
to believe in something unstoppable and the
irrepressible spirit now and forever
as one scatter and toss through the air
sorrow and sadness are born there
from the darkness that streams underneath
ah, are hearts only meant to lie?
are people just puppets of fate?
only to embrace those we love
and protect those small and precious
today again some one shouts that out
sacrificing even their life
to smolder in the midst of time with that instant kiss
In this city stained with greed
there is only wind blowing towards the sky
that is left of trampled love
is the tear left in the palm of my hand
ah, were smiles only meant to sunder?
everyone has their wounded hearts
I want to protect those timid creatures
those who kneel in prayer
I'll even carve a cross in my chest
to believe in something unstoppable and the
irrepressible spirit now and forever
the cloud disperse the stars are seen
the wind stills the birds sing
the ocean shines the heavens thaw
the night ends I feel you
only to embrace those we love
and protect those small and precious
today again some one shouts that out
sacrificing even their life
to smolder in the midst of time with that instant kiss
I want to protect those timid creatures
those who kneel in prayer
I'll even carve a cross in my chest
to believe in something unstoppable and the
irrepressible spirit now and forever
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
PS: Sorry I won't be able to write my story tonight because I have a test tomorrow. But I'll be sure to continue it whenever I'm free!
Friday, June 20, 2008
AISEP Photos - Part 2
It's 1.40 a.m. now and since I'm so bored and listening to Weiss kreuz songs at the same time (Weiss kreuz songs always keep me awake throughout the night because their songs are fantastic that I want to keep listening to it!).
Anyways here's the photo that I promise to show it to everyone when I got it from the other members of AISEP. All these photos are taken by Marie, a very kawaii girl. ^^v
1st Day
The scenery of Beijing...
Beijing's terrible traffic jam...
Nikko Hotel's room...
And then the photos of our first day presentation:
Presentation
"Ehehehe. Everything is as I have planned!"
Shisho-Sensei of 7-Dan professional Shogi player!
"Am I suppose to sing like Aerosmith?"
"Can I talk about my love life instead of funny story?" <--- he actually said that!
"Am I suppose to speak into the mic?"
"Um.... what am I suppose to say again?"
Kazuma looks cool when he's serious. @_@
Dinner
Photos of foods first...
The so-called "China Hamburger"
After all the munching it's group photo time!!!
Three good-looking guys. Yum Yum.
Paul managed to hook up two gals. Way to go, man!
Say Cheese no.1!
Say Cheese no.2!
Say Cheese no.3!
Say zzzzzzz <---tired
Shogi Night
SHOGI BANZAI! <----wait...they're actually playing Chinese Chess!?
They played Chinese Chess throughout the night and it's only one game! Truly a match between professionals! <--- not a joke.
Um... you're suppose to play Shogi right now???
2nd Day
Presentation
On our second day of presentation we talked about our own country and cultures.
Close-up photos...
"But...but...but..."
"Gender balance... what should we talk about?"
"I have a weird dream last night. And yes, you're in the dream too."
"LET'S ROLL"
"Yes, we understand your problems."
Sleepy...sleepy....NO! MUST AWAKE! Sleepy...
Staff Meeting
"Yes, I'm a staff too. What are you looking at?"
Li-sensei
Shoshi-sensei
Important meeting going on...
Lunch
Olympic Stadium
The Park
The old man with the sunglasses, "think you can beat us, punk? We've been playing here everyday for years!"
Arrival of Habu and Chess Institute
Dinner Party
Habu's Q&A Session
Show me your cute smile, Habu-sensei!
A group photo of everyone.
3rd Day
Habu's Talk Session
Kawaii girls! ^.^'
"Can I have your number?"
Good work, everyone.
Japan Foundation and Presentation
Our bento lunch. It was tasty!
Um... you are suppose to be prepare a presentation, not playing Chinese Chess?
Taichi's Birthday!
"I felt like a celebrity."
Lovely couple. ^.^
Taichi's beloved chocolate cake. I love chocolate cake too! =/
A surprise cake given by the hotel! WOW!
A great man needs a great knife to cut his great birthday cake. That's what men should be!
Dinner
Food, food, food and more FOOD!
Desert of the year. Best food EVER!
After food it's PARTTTTYYYY TIIIMMMMEEEE!
Cheer up, Kazuki. We know it's not your birthday.
Why is everyone taking photos of the ceiling!???
Congratulations on your engagement, both of you! CONGRATS!
Punishment Game during Dinner
"YUCK!"
"EWWWW"
Gift Exchanges
That's all for the photos. Before ending this journal, I would like to say that I won't be posting about my personal life for the moment. If some of you have actually noticed my last entry "Conceived Sorrow", it means that I'm currently writing a new story using this journal. So you will see me posting parts of the story from now on until the end of the story. I will bring forward "Conceived Sorrow" two days later to commence the official posting of the story in my journal. This also means that I won't be posting anymore AISEP photos.
Looking back at all these AISEP photos, I would like to say that I'm glad I've created such splendid memories during my stay in Beijing eventhough it's only three days. Words can't really describe my feelings as I look over all these photos again and again. They're really nice people, REALLY! It has really been fun hanging out with everyone! I really enjoy myself alot! I'm really looking forward to see them again in the coming future if there is ever a chance!
Less but not least...
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
PS: Thanks for all the photos, Marie!
Anyways here's the photo that I promise to show it to everyone when I got it from the other members of AISEP. All these photos are taken by Marie, a very kawaii girl. ^^v
1st Day
The scenery of Beijing...
Beijing's terrible traffic jam...
Nikko Hotel's room...
And then the photos of our first day presentation:
Presentation
"Ehehehe. Everything is as I have planned!"
Shisho-Sensei of 7-Dan professional Shogi player!
"Am I suppose to sing like Aerosmith?"
"Can I talk about my love life instead of funny story?" <--- he actually said that!
"Am I suppose to speak into the mic?"
"Um.... what am I suppose to say again?"
Kazuma looks cool when he's serious. @_@
Dinner
Photos of foods first...
The so-called "China Hamburger"
After all the munching it's group photo time!!!
Three good-looking guys. Yum Yum.
Paul managed to hook up two gals. Way to go, man!
Say Cheese no.1!
Say Cheese no.2!
Say Cheese no.3!
Say zzzzzzz <---tired
Shogi Night
SHOGI BANZAI! <----wait...they're actually playing Chinese Chess!?
They played Chinese Chess throughout the night and it's only one game! Truly a match between professionals! <--- not a joke.
Um... you're suppose to play Shogi right now???
2nd Day
Presentation
On our second day of presentation we talked about our own country and cultures.
Close-up photos...
"But...but...but..."
"Gender balance... what should we talk about?"
"I have a weird dream last night. And yes, you're in the dream too."
"LET'S ROLL"
"Yes, we understand your problems."
Sleepy...sleepy....NO! MUST AWAKE! Sleepy...
Staff Meeting
"Yes, I'm a staff too. What are you looking at?"
Li-sensei
Shoshi-sensei
Important meeting going on...
Lunch
Olympic Stadium
The Park
The old man with the sunglasses, "think you can beat us, punk? We've been playing here everyday for years!"
Arrival of Habu and Chess Institute
Dinner Party
Habu's Q&A Session
Show me your cute smile, Habu-sensei!
A group photo of everyone.
3rd Day
Habu's Talk Session
Kawaii girls! ^.^'
"Can I have your number?"
Good work, everyone.
Japan Foundation and Presentation
Our bento lunch. It was tasty!
Um... you are suppose to be prepare a presentation, not playing Chinese Chess?
Taichi's Birthday!
"I felt like a celebrity."
Lovely couple. ^.^
Taichi's beloved chocolate cake. I love chocolate cake too! =/
A surprise cake given by the hotel! WOW!
A great man needs a great knife to cut his great birthday cake. That's what men should be!
Dinner
Food, food, food and more FOOD!
Desert of the year. Best food EVER!
After food it's PARTTTTYYYY TIIIMMMMEEEE!
Cheer up, Kazuki. We know it's not your birthday.
Why is everyone taking photos of the ceiling!???
Congratulations on your engagement, both of you! CONGRATS!
Punishment Game during Dinner
"YUCK!"
"EWWWW"
Gift Exchanges
That's all for the photos. Before ending this journal, I would like to say that I won't be posting about my personal life for the moment. If some of you have actually noticed my last entry "Conceived Sorrow", it means that I'm currently writing a new story using this journal. So you will see me posting parts of the story from now on until the end of the story. I will bring forward "Conceived Sorrow" two days later to commence the official posting of the story in my journal. This also means that I won't be posting anymore AISEP photos.
Looking back at all these AISEP photos, I would like to say that I'm glad I've created such splendid memories during my stay in Beijing eventhough it's only three days. Words can't really describe my feelings as I look over all these photos again and again. They're really nice people, REALLY! It has really been fun hanging out with everyone! I really enjoy myself alot! I'm really looking forward to see them again in the coming future if there is ever a chance!
Less but not least...
AISEP 4 EVER!
oops, wrong photo. Let's try it again.
AISEP FOREVER!!!
oops, wrong photo. Let's try it again.
AISEP FOREVER!!!
Regards,
Ryou Takehito
PS: Thanks for all the photos, Marie!
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