julinan's diary in Finland

Go forward with shadow!

Hello. Today I will tell you what is a perfect personality for me. (This is just for my case and dreams.) Are you positive person or negative person? I think I am positive person. However it is always changed. I can say that I am very positive person now because I can switch my thinking now. This is not only my power. My friends, family, natures… many things are helping me. “Positive” is very good thing but, I don’t think that happy is for only positive person. Positive is not only way to be happy. I think some people who read this blog likes dark colors. I like too. Very beautiful and fascinating colors. Some times it’s very warm and safety. Pictures which used many dark painting are not only cold pictures. I think it’s same thing with happy. I like negative thinking and positive thinking. The perfect personality for me is people who wants to go forward with strong determination and shadow. I want to know your ideal personality!!

I’ll upload this blog on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday!! Friday is Japanese blog day so if you can read Japanese, please try to read!! (This blog page is the main so I don’t update Japanese one every Friday)

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Go forward with shadow!

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To be To do

I learned how to set aims. I try to do these things.

First, we should think what do you want to be. (Of course before this we have to return the past.) Next, we think what should we do to be. We should put numbers. Numbers makes you confident and you can keep concentration. The balance is very important for EQ and IQ. Especially my exchange is 10 months. I want to control myself and achieve my aims!!

I went to public sauna again! It was very dark and water was almost 0 degrees… I went to sauna and also 0 degrees lake!! The sky was so so so much good!!! It’s very different from Japan. Stars were so blight! Big Dipper is very different angle. I had very strong impression!

0 degrees!

Dream and passion

All teenagers are thinking about their future. I am high school student and thinking about my future. I think this exchange is very big material for the future. I’m in Finnish high school. High school students have own dreams and passions. They want to talk a lot. I get stimulated by advice from people from different countries of the same age working hard together.

I went to my friend’s house. She loves Japan. Her favorites are very similar to mine. We talked a lot and went to her room. Her room was very beautiful!!! It’s like a picture book. The room was full of her passion and dreams. I felt the connection between the heart and the interior. My dream is to be modern artist and picture book author. I want to give many images for people. Her room reminds me my dream stronger.

Thank you for All connections

Yesterday was open stage day! My school has stage event in each period. I wanted to participate in this very good opportunity! Fortunately, this school has one more Japanese so I could perform together! My friends taught me many things about open stage. If I was lonely I could not attend this stage.

We perform Japanese dance “Soran-bushi”. This is a one of the most famous dance in Japan. We learned in elementary school. Soran is very good for this stage! This song is from my grand father’s home town. He is in heaven now but I think he is happy now! He was very quiet person but he taught me many things about his hometown. I really loved to listen his story. (I think I know his hometown more than my mother…) He didn’t say it but my grandma said that he watched my Soran video many times. I’m really happy to perform this song in Finland!!!!

I learned Japanese traditional stage “Kabuki” so I know how to put kimono (Japanese traditional uniform) well, and I brought some kimonos from Japan. Therefore we could dance wearing kimono.

Before the performance many people gave me many words. And also after the performance many people came to me and praised me! I could have so many good friends!! I could have new friends! My family and Kabuki’s teacher also cheered me up. Thank you! Thank you so much!!!

I felt that this is so special! I can say with confidence that this is me!

To be good interviewer!

I decided my new aim. To Be Good Interviewer. In these days, I could have many friends and had many conversations. They told me many things and they answered me many questions. I want to be more good friend for them. I want to know more new things about them! I thought that good question is the best way to be more closer. Finnish people likes to answer questions (I think). I will do my best to ask questions that are comfortable for them.

Today was snow! It was very beautiful so I had video calling with my family. This is my first time to calling from Finland. My mother and brother joined. I went to forest and showed the snow. We had a good time! My brother started YouTube channel. He began to walk towards his dream. My brother and me always influence each other. My motivation is very high now! I really hope his successful and happiness.

“Ishoku-Gyaru”

Today I will introduce about Japanese “Ishoku-Gyaru”. First, you should know what is “Gyaru”. Gyaru is a Japanese fashion which is created by young age people. One of the most famous gyaru style is “Ganguro”. Ganguro gyaru use black make up and decorate so much.

I like gyaru fashion. This fashion has very interesting history. Nowadays some schools changed but, Japanese teenager can’t choose their fashion because they have school uniform and school rules. And also their parents wants natural fashion too. So they created gyaru style. They started to be gyaru before the school started and after the school ended. Before they came back to home, they took off their make up. This is very hard but fun.

Ganguro make up is started 2000, and now, new gyaru style is starting! It’s called “Ishokuhada-Gyaru”. Ishokuhada style is not only black. This style has many colors and it is like a alien. I am very interesting in this fashion!

I think almost everyone has Desire for transformation. This is human’s history and it won’t be ended. Some people think gyaru fashion is very bad. However I think gyaru people has their passion and desire so much. I think gyaru is needed now because this society needs many characters.

How beautiful Finland and How happy I am…!!

I am very very so much happy now!!!!! Super happy. Yesterday and today were very very beautiful sky! I love morning. I take a buss to go to school. I listen my favorite music and see this beautiful sky!! This is perfect. My face was maybe like this.

This picture is like a bad face but, I’m so happy and I was put off by my happiness😂.

I saw the sky in the school and my friends come to me and we started to talk and also we saw the sky together! I was very happy at this moment! After the school, I went to Finnish language lesson and I talked and learn many Finnish. My motivation glow up! And the sky was becoming red but so many beautiful colors were there! The sky are very fit to my feelings! My host sister worried about me because I can’t withstand smiling and laughing. The reason is just I am so happy😅.

Today my exchange organization sent me a message. This content is about homesick. Many exchange students are homesick in this month. I heard that some exchange students changed their host family (Host family decided). I don’t feel homesick now and I am very happy and positive now, but some people feel loneliness in here. I want to say thank you for all!

Japan and Japanese

I’m very proud of born in Japan. I love Japan. Before I know Finland, I wasn’t interesting in other countries because I love Japan too much and it’s fit me. And it’s very nice thing but also not good, because I saw only Japanese things. (Anyway, I am interesting in many countries now!)

Today was very important day in Japan. Japanese emperor (I don’t think emperor is the best translation…) is changed. I saw a live video on my phone. I realized I love Japan again!!! It was perfect! I was very surprised about news in Finland. So many Japanese things in newspapers here! Today’s morning, there were live on TV from Japan. I know it’s very big event in the world but not only this!! Japanese idols, Vocaloid, traditional instruments and so on! My host father taught me many articles about Japan. I wonder, does Japanese know well about other countries?? In my opinion, I think we just know about closer countries. USA, China, Korea… We don’t know well about Europe pop culture, brands, thinking and so on. Finnish people care about many things but how about Japan??

My family wanted Japanese exchange student so I came this house. They said that Japanese are very diligence and has so many good cultures. I think so too (but of course case by case). I respect my ancestors and history so much. However if I did something bad things, their hope will be destroyed (they understand well about different cultures so maybe not but…). I think everyone has some image of each countries or area. Finland has many races so I want to talk and learn from a lot of people and I want to create my original dictionary!

Free time…

Hello! I’m in friend’s house now. Because My friend’s birthday! We went to linnanmäki and came back home. It was fun!!!

These days, I have a problem. It’s “how to spend the free time”. I had so many things to do in Japan. Actually I have hobbies and I know what should I do but, it’s not so much important and in my case, I enjoyed these hobbies because I was busy. I was busy, so I could do my best. So now I cannot concentrate well.

Anyway, if I did something new, I thought that something related to Finland would be good. And I want to express something about Japan. Therefore I decided to make “MMD” which is Japanese software. Formal name is Miku Miku Dance. Do you know Hatsune Miku? She is a Japanese idol. She is not human, she is computer call “Vocaloid”(vocal android). Everyone can make Vocaloid’s songs and everyone can make dance video. MMD is created for dance video for Vocaloid. However it is not only Vocaloid’s video now. We can make original models, object and anime characters. The most created anime characters in MMD is “Hetalia”. “Hetalia” is a national personification anime. I selected to use Japan and Finland in Hetalia’s characters. I want to express Finland to Japanese and I want to propagate MMD to Finnish friends!

I will do my best to get used to free time living!

I will fix and continue to work👍My image of this stage is Finnish lake