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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

餅つき 2008!

みんなさん、明けましておめでとうございます! 今年もうよろしくお願いします!
English: Everyone, Happy New Year! This year too, Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! [Please guide me/Teach me? O__o How do you translate yoroshiku onegaishimasu..]

On Saturday, my friends and I went for the 餅つき (pronounced: もちつき Mochitsuki) organized by the Center for Japanese Studies! ^_^ It was very fun indeed. Haha. I'm still sad we missed Kevin pounding the mochi.. But origami called!

We got to do loads of fun things, one of them being calligraphy! ^_^ Urm. Okay.. So I don't actually know how to write calligraphy COUGHS but then.. =D =D =D Calligraphy! Haha. This is a very good example of you should NOT write calligraphy.^_^v

Since mochitsuki is supposed to be a celebration of お正月 [the first day of the new year], they had all the traditional activities! ^_^ There was mochi-pounding, live music [koto, shamisen, shakuhachi], story-telling [in both English and Japanese], Calligraphy, traditional Japanese games, Origami and of course, FOOD!!! =D =D =D

The snacks we got from the mochitsuki! ^_^

We had freshly pounded mochi too, in 4 ways: With anko/azuki bean paste, with seaweed and shoyu, with kinako [roasted soybean powder] and with grated daikon and shoyu! YUMMY!!!!!!! It was SO GOOD. Much better than I expected!! The mochi was soft, chewy and tasted so fresh!!! I was so happy and attacked it with such relish that I um.. Forgot to take photos. Coughs. But it was good. Yea! ^_^v

We spent the rest of the time folding origami.=D As expected, I'm really bad at it... ^_^" Haha. But I managed to fold these:

^_^ My very first crane!!! Squee!!! Haha. And Anna taught us to fold 3-D Turtles!!! =D =D =D But I really suck at origami, so don't expect me to remember how to fold these.. I took the guiding papers though.=D

Teehee! I love these CJS-organised things.=D The best thing is that, everything is free!!! Unlike the horrible Singapore Student Association where we have to pay for everything.(T_T) I'm actually looking forward to their film series this year.=) And if I skip lunch on Thursdays, I can go to the CJS Noon Lecture series ... The Otaku one sounds interesting.=) I'm REALLY looking forward to taking Asian Studies...=P

Anyway, I hope everyone will have a good year ahead! Once again, よろしくお願いします!　今年、みんなさん頑張ってください!　夏休みに会わなくちゃいけませんよ!
English: Once again, yoroshiku onegaishimasu! This year, everyone please work hard! We must meet in the summer holidays!

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : 金魚花火 大塚愛]
[mood : ^_^]
[food : MOCHIIIIIII]

Labels: edibles, misc, mochitsuki, origami, umich

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