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School Entrance Ceremony

Tue Apr 14, 2009, 4:16 AM
(( the original post with photos can be seen at [link] ))

Tokugawa Ieyasu came to my School's Entrance Ceremony!!


Ok, if you know your history than you'll know that that's impossible.
But the actor who played Tokugawa Ieyasu in an NHK Drama, Tsugawa Masahiko, did come and speak to us.

I had watched the drama and really liked his acting, so I was surprised and honored to see that he had come to the ceremony.


I wasn't expecting much coming into this ceremony, because in America I don't think I've ever had an entrance ceremony, so I didn't really get what the point was, and I have to say it was a little weird hearing Canon playing in the background despite the fact that it's not a graduation ceremony.



But I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed. The ceremony started with introductions of the principal and teachers, and the principal gave an interesting speech which was followed by words of encouragement from a few other teachers as well as some famous graduates and people related to the school including Tsugawa Masahiko, who I mentioned earlier. And there was even a recorded message sent to us from the Principal of Columbia University Chicago (<-My home town).


Then the second half started off with a graduate from the school talking about his recent work arranging the Resident Evil theme song. Which was promptly followed by a live concert style performance of the song.


I was sitting in the very front next to the left speakers and I could feel every beat course through my body. As the girls next to me cringed at the loudness of it, I just sat an took in the moment like a sip of high quality wine. As I heard and felt the guitar riffs and watched the singer bathed in lights on the stage I could to tell that this was definitely not your average school function. Realizing the possibilities that are being laid out ahead of me I almost cried. Maybe it was joy, maybe it was excitement. Anticipation maybe? Whatever it was I felt something deep within. Something like what I felt just before I made the decision to come to Japan as a study abroad student four years ago. It's the feeling of change, and the feeling of possibility. It's the feeling of purpose.

  • Mood: Excited
  • Listening to: Miyavi
  • Reading: Blade of the Immortal
  • Watching: V for Vendeta
  • Playing: Warhammer (WAAAAGH!!)
  • Eating: Bread and Onigiri
  • Drinking: Aoringo Sour

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  • Current Residence: Tokyo, Japan
  • Interests: drawing, painting, & photography. Electric & bass guitar, J-drama, movies, running, etc.
  • Favourite movie: Sakuran, Cha Cha, LOTR, Matrix, Troy, anything epic that makes me think or imagine.
  • Favourite band or musician: Miyavi, followed closely by MUCC. L'Arc-en-Ciel, Versailles, Chevelle, etc.
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock and Visual kei
  • Favourite artist: Takehiko Inoue (Vagabond, Slam Dunk, etc.) Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal), Amano Yoshitaka
  • Favourite poet or writer: (English) Anne Rice, (Japanese) Natsume Soseki or Yoshikawa Eiji
  • Favourite photographer: DA's own "zemotion"
  • Favourite style of art: Gothic, perhaps somewhat chiaroscuro-ish.
  • Operating System: Windows
  • Shell of choice: Is this like a Ghost in a Shell reference or something?
  • Skin of choice: The skin I'm in. I don't think I'd be comfortable without it.
  • Favourite game: Halo (though I don't get to play much lately)
  • Favourite gaming platform: despite my favorite game being Halo my favorite platform is still Playstation
  • Personal Quote: 七転び八起き Fall seven times, get up eight
  • Tools of the Trade: Kurosaki (That's what I call my labtop) and my Intuos 3
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heya, how have you been?

I finally uploaded your portrait!
Check it out ^_^
Hi!
I'm Irene, we met at Christon Cafe with Mariko and Jingna :3 nice to find you here~
Oh hey glad you found me. I looked for you but I must of misspelled your name cause it didn't come up. Anyway hope you had a good time in Japan.

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Fall seven times, get up eight
I had the time of my life there ;_; didn't want to come back, duh~
yeah, Japan tends to have that effect on people.
But don't worry you can always come back.

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Fall seven times, get up eight
hullo! :D

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I heart <@=:
cool...

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aRe yOu cOoL eNoUgH?


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