Not That Close of an Encounter

 Teluk Kemang Beach, Port Dickson, Malaysia.

Have you ever been to this place?

It's a very beautiful sandy beach with wide blue ocean.
I love the ocean...

The vast open sky looked bewitchingly far away.

Tickly sand softly brushed against my bare feet.

I went there with my close friends. Our last year together as university students. Despite last minute planning, we were able to make it. I had the opportunity to ride on the 'banana boat'. Even though I wished the boat was faster, it was thrilling to be in the middle of the ocean.

 

While closing into the seashore, the banana boat swerved. We went flying in the air and Geronimo'd into the water.

Being a girl, I screamed with joy.

It was all part of the 'buy one free one' package.

Yet, we were thrown a bit too far.

Oh, did I mentioned that I didn't know how to swim?

Since I had my life jacket on, not having fish gills wasn't a problem. That is until I felt someone grab my back, dragging me down into the water. Pushing myself up, I saw that the person hugging me from behind was my room mate, Sarah.

"My life jacket's opened! I can't clip the belt ...!".

She was crying her eyes out and I tried to calm her down.

Panicked, she struggled to stay afloat by hopping on my back like a big baby koala holding on for dear life.

Not able to feel the ground, I felt tense.

"Let's grab the banana boat, they'll carry us ashore", I told her.
Like a fish floating in the sea, we held on to the boat.

As we were floating farther away, the ocean seemed so empty and big.

Wanting to swallow us up.

 

I looked at Sarah's crying face and felt hopeless.

I stared into the sky...

Am I going to DIE?!

 

Drowned in the ocean right after riding on the BANANA BOAT???

Such a terrible joke. . .

 

Then, I heard somebody calling my name.

"What are you guys doing? You can let go now".

It was another friend of mine. She looked as if she wanted to laugh but stopped after seeing my white pale face. No longer crying, Sarah gingerly stood on her feet. Doing the same, I felt my feet touch the seabed. For a few minutes, I tried to make sense of the situation. During all the time we were floating with our feet up on the surface which seemed like forever, we didn't realize that we were already ashore, dragged along by the banana boat.

 

 

I was so GLAD... And MAD at the same time.

Not because of Sarah's carelessness but the fact that I couldn't do ANYTHING.

To save her and myself.

The hopelessness that I felt... engraved deeply in my inner conscious mind.

 

I chased after Sarah to give her a piece of my mind.

 

"Sarah, YOU IDIOT. Don't go panicking like that EVER AGAIN!".
"I seriously thought we were going to DIE!"
"It wasn't MY FAULT>... It was the JACKET'S!"
"Really? You're actually BLAMING THE JACKET?? Next time FREAKING CHECK IT!"

Laughing like crazy, Sarah ran and ran.
I gave up and went on to the next activity.
The super fast viper boat. "Not for the faint hearted".
Why not, I thought. But this time, NOT WITH SARAH...

Haidan - 私のペット / Watashi no Petto (My Pet)

これは私のハムスターです。
Kore ha watashi no hamusuta desu.
This is my hamster.

彼の名前はHaidanです。
Kare no namae ha Haidan desu.

His name is Haidan.

 

かわいいですよね？
Kawai desu yo ne?

 Isn't he's cute?

世界で一番かわいいもの。
Sekai de ichiban kawai mono desu.

The most cute thing in the world.
 

毎回Haidanと遊ぶことは私を幸せにする。
Maikai Haidan to asobu koto ha watashi wo shiawase ni suru.

I am happy everytime I play with Haidan.

残念なことに、彼はずっと前に死んでしまいました。
Zan'nen'nakotoni, kare ha zutto mae ni shinde shimaimashita.
Unfortunately, he died a long time ago.

 

最近、私は彼がとても恋しい。

Saikin, watashi ha kare ga totemo koishi.
Recently, I miss him very much.

彼の空のケージを見て、私は孤独を感じる。
Kare no sora no keiji wo mite, watashi ha kodoku wo kanjiru.
Looking at his empty cage, I feel lonely.

たぶん私は新しいペットをさがす必要があります。

Tabun, watashi ha atarashii petto wo sagasu hitsuyo ga arimasu.
Maybe I need to find a new pet.

例えば、ラクーン。
Tatoeba, racoon.
For example, racoon.

ラクーンも非常にかわいいです。
Racoon mo hijo ni kawai desu.
Racoons are very cute too.

それでも
Soredemo,
But still,

Haidanはかけがえのないもの。
Haidan ha kakegae no nai mono.
Haidan is irreplaceable.

My Japanese's Diary - 父よ母よただありがとう (Mom Dad, Just TQ!)

私はお父さんお母さんがいちばん愛してます。

Watashi ha otōsan okāsan ga ichiban aishitemasu.

I love my mother and father the most.
 

 

彼らはやさしくてしんせつな人です。

Karera ha yasashikute shinsetsu na hito desu.

They are nice and kind person.

私は少しいたずらな人です。

Watashi ha sukoshi itazura na hito desu.

I am a bit of a mischievous person.

 

いつも少ない小さな問題をつくる。

Itsumo sukunai chīsana mondai wo tsukuru.

I had always made a few problems.

 

その当時、私はあまりいい子ではいませんでした。

Sono tōji, watashi ha amari ī-ko dewa imasen deshita.

Back then, I was not quite a good kid.

とにかく、私のせいでした。

Tonikaku watashi no sei deshita.

However, it was my own fault.

このことから、彼らは心配してきたなので,お父さんお母さんごめんなさい。

Kono koto kara, karera ha shinpai shite kita nanode, otōsan okāsan gomen'nasai!

From this, I made them worried so 'Mother, father, Sorry!'.

 

毎日、毎回、感謝する。

Mainichi, maikai kansha suru.

Everyday, every time, I am thankful.

よかった...

Yokatta...
"I am glad"..

 

Greeeen - 父母唄