Insight Japan...

i was in japan and it was my first trip there. i've never been there or had any intention. thanx to my public service department, i was able to go there for a course on leadership and learn about this assiduous nation.

My first encounter or knowledge about Japanese was when i was a small girl. Even then...i barely know who they are but i really loved watching 'Oshin". Oshin is a Japanese serial television drama that follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is Japanese archaic cognomen. Oshin, the heroine, serves as a symbolic figure for perseverance, showing that a person should never give up - even in the most trying times.

Besides Oshin, i was also a fan of other japanese shows like "Shogun", "Maero Attack", "kesatria Baja Hitam" and many more. Don't blame me...for i was a child addicted to tv...hehehehe

As soon as i entered my primary & secondary...i learnt how 'creatively' (or is it cunningly?) Japanese masuk Malaya thru Kota Bharu! All the torture warga Malaya went thru semasa penjajahan Jepun. Hmmm...sampai lah kita dijajah semula oleh British.

Being in Japan...saya tengok bagaimana Jepun bangkit selepas peristiwa hitam pengeboman Hiroshima dan Nagasaki. Mereka hilang segala galanya tetapi berbekalkan kecekalan dan sikap tidak berputus asa, mereka telah berjaya bangkit semula sebagai kuasa ekonomi terulung. Saya dapat memahami motif Tun Mahathir memperkenalkan Dasar Pandang Ke Timur. Namun ...kelebihan Jepun terletak pada budaya serta masyarakat homegenusnya. Amat berbeza dengan budaya Malaysia. Kita boleh belajar dan mengaplikasikan apa yang baik mengikut acuan masyarakat kita...

Beyonce - If I Were a Boy

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it.
Cause they’d stick up for me.

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

[Verse]
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleepin’ alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waitin’ for me to come home (to come home)

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he’s taken you for granted (granted)
And everything you had got destroyed

[Vamp1]
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

[Male]
You know when you act like that
I don’t think you realize how it makes me look
or feel

[Beyonce]
Act like what
Why are you so jealous
It’s not like i’m sleeping with the guy

[Male]
What

[Beyonce]
What

[Male]
I said yo
Why are you so jealous
It aint like I’m sleepin with the girl
[Vamp2]
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
Yeah you don’t understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you’re just a boy