Y 私の憧れの人 Y

私の憧れの人はYogaです。Yogaは台湾人で、有名な歌手です。
The person that i admire is Yoga. Yoga is Taiwanese and he is a famous singer.

其れに、彼は大学生で、今二十二歳です。若いです。
Besides, he is also an university student and he is 22 years old. He's very young.

Yogaは長男です。彼は弟さんと妹さんが一人います。
Yoga is the eldest son and he has a younger brother and sister.

Yogaはちょっと背が低くて、目が大きいです。彼も可愛くて、かっこいいです。
He is a bit short, but he has big eyes. He is also cute and smart.

Yogaは正式な歌唱コンクールに参加したことがありませんが、歌の経験を積んでいます。

Yoga never participate in any formal singing competition but he has a lot of singing experiences.

Yogaは高校と大学の時バンドに参加しました。

Yoga joined band when he was in high school and university.

そして、彼はカフェで二か月ぐらい歌を歌っていました。

Other than that, he became pub singer for about 2 months.

Yogaは2007年にSuper Star歌唱コンクールに参加して、チャンピオンを獲得しました。

In year 2007, Yoga participated in Super Star singing competition and he won the champion.

先ず、Yogaはあまり注目を浴びませんでした。其れから、彼はあまり自信を持っていないよろでした。

From the beginning, Yoga got less attention from the audiences. Besides, he seemed like did not has much confident.

後で、Yogaに注目する人は益益増えました。彼は歌を歌う時、自分のスタイルがありますから。

Later, more and more people took attention of Yoga. This is because he has his own singing style.

でも、Yogaは一回の試合でコンクールを放棄すると言っていました。

However, Yoga said that he wanted to give up in a PK round.

彼はストレスがたくさんあると思います。

I think that he faced many stress.

その後、たくさん観衆はYogaを批判しました。

After that, many audiences criticed Yoga.

でも、Yogaはコンクールを続けて、著しい進歩を見せていました。

However, Yoga did not give up and continued the competition. His singing had become better and better.

彼は十一回満点を取りました。すごいですね。

He totally got 11 times full marks in the competition. He's amazing.

歌唱コンクールの後、Yogaは有名な歌手になりました。

After the singing competition, Yoga had become a famous singer.

去年、Yogaはコンサートをやって、新しいアルバムを作りました。

Last year, Yoga held concerts and his new album came out.

私はYogaにたくさん学なびました。

I learnt many from Yoga.

Yogaは私より一つだけ年上ですが、たくさんストレスに直面していました。

He is only a year older than me, but he is able to face so much stress.

私はYogaの堅持と変化に感動させていました。

I felt touching of his persistence and changing.

先学期、私は試験の前にその歌唱コンクールを見ました。

Last semester, I watched that singing competition before the exams.

勉強する時、Yogaは私のいい手本で、原動力です。

Yoga is my good example and motivation when I study.

だから、Yogaは私の憧れの人です。

That's why Yoga is the person that I admire.

去年、彼は賞をたくさん獲得しました。

Last year, he got many singing prizes.

其れから、Yogaは去年マレーシアに来ました。

Furthermore, Yoga came to Malaysia last year.

私のルームメイトはコンサートにYogaを見に行きました。

My roomate went to concert in order to see Yoga.

でも、私はその時未だYogaを知りませんでした。だから、私はコンサートに行きませんでした。残念ですね～～

Nevertheless, I even did not know Yoga yet that time. Thus, I did not go to the concert. It was my regret~~

其れに、私はよくYogaのブログを見ます。でも、私はあまりYogaのブログが解りません。

In addition, I always visit Yoga's blog, but I do not understand much what he is writing about.

彼のブログはちょっと難解だと思います。

I think that his blog is a bit abstruse.

My Belief about Japanese

My Belief about Japanese

Talking about my thought on Japanese, the first impression is they are very fashionable. The Japanese youth fashions that I know from surfing the internet includes Harajuku, Kogal (コギャル), Ganguro fashion, Gothic Lolita, Rock and Punk, Cosplay and others. These fashions are very well-liked and followed by Japanese teenagers. I wonder that they are adhering to their own dressing style without caring about others view on them although the fashions are quite exaggerate.

Gothic Lolita and Harajuku fashion

While surfing internet, I found that there is a Harajuku Bridge in Japan. The Harajuku Bridge (原宿の橋) (sometimes called Jingu Bashi, JinguBashi, or the Harajuku Cosplay Bridge) is a bridge that runs over the train tracks near Harajuku Station in Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku Bridge is famous because it has long been a weekend hangout spot for the Japanese girls and a few guys who are involved in Harajuku's unique fashion scene. For the young and fashionable teenager, spending time in Harajuku on the weekends is practically a necessity. The fashion styles on the bridge vary widely, but the two most popular groups are either some type of lolita fashion or people doing cosplay. It is funny when I found out that some tourists who clearly had not read their guide books fully on Harajuku surprise to see these awesome scene and they even don't understand what is going on.

Harajuku Bridge

A group of friends enjoying cosplay in Harajuku

Furthermore, I also get to know about Japanese fashion through the Japanese magazines, such as ‘Cawaii’. The clothing that introduced in magazines all are very fashionable and some are a bit exaggerate. These magazines even provide the information for readers about the ways to design Japanese finger nail’s pattern, make up and design hair style.

In addition, the Japanese artists also play important role in evolving Japanese fashion trends. Their adherent or fans will pursue their dressing style. In my opinion, I think that not only Japanese girls put effort on their appearance but also the Japanese guys care about it too. The famous artists such as Gackt, Toshiya and Japanese Rock Band have evolved the Rock and Punk fashion in Japan. Besides, the movie ‘Nana’ also induced the rock fashion. Thereby, the Japanese teenagers imitated Nana’s make up, dressing and hair style.

Gackt

The characters in the movie 'Nana'

‘Cosplay’ is one of Japanese’s unique cultures. ‘Cosplay’ (コスプレ,), short for "costume play", is a type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character. Characters are usually sourced in various Japanese and East Asian media, including manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, and fantasy movies. The participants seem like the characters in the animation, manga or movie come to the real world. In my opinion, I think that people who love to Cosplay may too indulge in the characters of anime, manga or movies.

Two photos above are cosplay of Final Fantasy

Cosplay of L in the movie'Death Note'

This culture is familiar in Japan and the Japanese even open Cosplay restaurants in Akihabara, such as Maid Cafe or sometimes referred to as ‘Meido’ or ‘Maido’ cafe in Japanese. Recently, there is a few Maid Cafe opened in Shinjuku plus others in major Japanese cities like Osaka. In maid cafes, typical manga-style maids serve tea and cakes. When a customer enters the café, the maids typically give a flattering greeting such as "Welcome home, Master"(お帰りなさいませ、ご主人様!) in order to play the role of a house servant. Unlike "ordinary" cafés, maids serve customers as if they were their masters. For example, the staff sometimes kneels on the ground to mix sugar or milk in teas or other drinks. The purpose of the maid cafes and their service is to make customers feel at home and relaxed.

Cosplay of maid at Maido cafe

Overall, I think that Japanese are very care about their appearance and put many efforts on it. May be they think that appearance is very important for a person no matter girl or guy. Playing with costume even has become important event in teenagers’ lives in Japan. As for me, Japanese fashion is acceptable as long as it is not too exaggerate.

じゃあ、みんなさん
What is your perception about Japanese fashion?

Is Japanese fashion acceptable for you?