baka neko

atminimo vakaras

2007-04-13T22:56:00.000-07:00

kada nors ka nors parasysiu..

バカ猫 during 花見

2007-04-08T23:41:00.000-07:00

well, i forgot one important thing - sakuras ^^

i didn`t have the opportunity to take pictures of sakuras in my campus, but i took it from somewhere else XD

it was cloudy that day...

バカ猫　＆　the Fuji-山

2007-04-08T23:10:00.000-07:00

well, during my holidays i didn`t do anything so very special that i could write many posts about it. half of the time i was laying in bed or watching movies at my friends place or completely doing nothing.

later i started to travel a bit around Tokyo. like Yokohama, Kamakura, Kawasaki and Mt Fuji.

well, when we went to Fuji san, we were planing to get to the middle of it by bus, but it was closed (reason - out of season). so we at least went to Kawaguchi-ko and looked at the mountain from there. it was a very beautiful day and when my friends saw the pictures, said that they all look like postcards :)

バカ猫

2007-02-14T03:34:00.000-08:00

あたしはあなたのことが好きだった。でも、あたし。　あたしがあたしだ。
いつも2割だけの言葉を言う。
あたしがあたしだ。

あたしがバカ猫だ。

ニャー

雪が解けると春になるよ。あたしの一番好きな季節だ。でも今、あたしが悲しくなった。雨が降るので。。

バカ　猫　- tskant,pavasaris,ar ka?

2007-01-31T20:18:00.000-08:00

雪　が　とける　と、何になる　でしょう？

i was waiting for snow in Tokyo or at least for cold days but i guess i should give up already :)

because of this reason :)

these two photos are from my friends village in Lithuania.. i miss this.. in Tokyo i skipped winter and i don`t like that. but basically,i can`t do anything about that so maybe i`ll be ok :))

バカ　猫　vs flash

2007-01-28T06:29:00.000-08:00

well, these are on the internet for quite a long time, i guess. it`s funny ^^

on Christmas Eve with Japanese girls we were watching the DVD of Japanese comedy duo Ramens . these are made from their performance, i guess :)

chiba
shinbashi

バカ　猫　vs 雪　(snow)

2007-01-21T22:27:00.000-08:00

i like winter. i like snow. that`s why i don`t like Japan.

my friend told me that it was snowing on saturday.. for the whole 2 min... and i missed that...
other friend, who also was outside at that time, said that the snowflakes were melting in the air not reaching the ground. but still, it was snowing and i didn`t see that..

i still hope to see white Tokyo... i wonder if it`s too naive.. ^^

anyway, this is how winter looks like in my village in Lithuania (photo taken two years ago)

New Year`s day /Imperial palace

2007-01-08T08:46:00.000-08:00

おしさしぶり　！！
あけまして　おめでとうございます！！

ok, i know, that the New Year`s day was a long time ago, but anyway. i`m trying to be polite ^^
well, i`m not going to write how i celebrated that day. it`s enough to say that it was a great international party. Lithuanians/Japanese/Americans/French ^^
oh, at that time we missed two very important things.
1. snow
2. fireworks.. not a single one.. :/

anyway

on the 2nd of January my friend decided that we need to go to the imperial palace. it`s opened only twice a year (on the emperor`s birthday dec 23rd and jan 2nd) so it`s a `must see`. ok, whatever..

so, that night both me and my friend slept for about 2 hours.i don`t know why it just happened. we were sooo alive and happy and whatever :) well, i understand that i may look strange writing like this,but again `whatever` :))

so, we had to pass 3 security posts (bags,body check and metal detectors). after that i thought that there`s no use for that security thing at all. if you really wanted to bring sth with you,you could bring it. but there`s no point in that,too :))

so, we started our journey. `don`t stop while taking pictures!!` and so on. there were millions of people.. 多すぎる。へんなすぎるよ。
i had no idea what we are going to do but i sort of expected to enter the palace, see the rooms and so on. but as soon as i saw so many people i had to give up on that idea. we just walked with mass, taking pictures while slooowly walking and listening to japanese traditional music.

we reached some wide area, where people and press were waiting for sth. we had no idea what to do so just waited together with the crowd. 5min, 10 min, 15min... then we thought about going further, but only one look around was enough for that idea to rest in peace.. there were too many people..
so,we waited for 20 more minutes until we heard why we are waiting there.
the emperor was going to say a short speech. reaaaally worth waiting..
ok. i know i`m a bad person that i reaaaaly don`t care about sth like that. i don`t even know the emperor`s name. it just doesn`t apply to me. i just wanted to see the palace but i was only able to pass it..

so, we waited for 40minutes, then the royal family came out. people around us were waving small Japan`s flags and shouting with happy faces.へんな。。 the emperor said few words, waved and went back to his apartments. all show took about 2minutes.. veeery interesting.. especially when i didn`t hear a single word of his speech,because people around me were too enthusiastic, shorter than me and tried to test their flags` strength in my head.. heh.. it`s a very bad thing to be tall in Japan.. well,sometimes :))

so, after the speech we slowly moved to the exit. maybe lack of sleep made us hyper active that we were talking in very loud and happy voices in our native language. i wonder if we scared anyone :)) i wish,we did :))
so, we were not very happy with that event,but later we went to a very beautiful park. so it was quite ok.

until the next event. we got lost for at least two hours :))

well, it wasn`t a very bad thing, we knew that we can come back home, but we wanted to find the same train station. so we were walking in an empty city with no cars, no pedestrians.. trying to find our way according to the train routes (well, everyone who was in Japan should already know that maps, especially subway ones are not accurate at all). it was stupid and maybe that`s why it was fun.

so, that`s all folks :))

バカ　猫　on the Takao mountain

2006-12-13T05:01:00.000-08:00

autumn in Japan is really beautiful.
i went to Takao mountain and to Kyoto. both places at that time were perfect for pictures.
it was a rainy day and there was fog in Takao, but still it was very beautiful view :)

in some pictures you can see Shinjuku, even if you`re at least 50 km far away from it.
on the way up there was a long wall of wooden plates with people names on it. as far as i know, those people donated trees or at least money for that mountain.

you can see many temples or shrines on that mountain. almost each of them had water or smoke place to purify yourself before going to that temple. you scoop some water, pour it on your left hand, then on the right. then wash your face/ mouth and pour it out washing the handle.

also, you can wash your money, put back to your wallet and hope to get more later. or you can wash (1 yen, 5 yen, 10 yen) coins, think of wish and throw into water.

バカ　猫　aka 侍　(samurai)

2006-12-13T03:51:00.000-08:00

please imagine:

here comes two samurai with all necessary equipment.
- 何か　あったんですか。
- ぼく　は　あなた　が　殺す。　いいですか。
meaning: what`s wrong/what happened? - i want to kill you now. is it ok?/can i?

well, sounds strange or even funny, right? how about this

-何か　あったの！ぼく　は　あなた　が　　殺す。　
（sth`s wrong?!! i`ll kill you!!)
and here should be a bloody fight with katana`s.

well, if you couldn`t understand what i was trying to say, don`t worry.

i just wanted to post some photos of me and my friend when we tried to be samurai and maiko.

バカ　猫　vs deer

2006-12-12T03:37:00.000-08:00

for some strange reason there were talks about fallow-deers..

well, just now i tried to look for their photos and they`re not `danielis` that i actualy was thinking about. maybe there`s something wrong with my imagination ^^;

anyway. deers in Nara, Japan :)

バカ　猫　vs 名前

2006-12-11T22:57:00.000-08:00

since i was a child i read many books and watched many movies. i was always thinking about the names that i like. well, usually it depended on the main characters.

for example, Nikita - i at least wanted to name my dog `nikita` when i have it (i got a cat, named `muse` [fly] but that`s not the point). i liked long names and wanted to name my son `Nikolai` (Никола́й), so that i could call him `Nichola` or `Nicholas` (i watched too much stuff about vampires ^^). the other one was Daniel. as far as i remember, i thought of at least two reasons for that name.

first, an animal that lived in the woods with the goddess Artemis (i loved Greek mythology). at least in my language it is translated as `danielis` (in english it`s `fallow-deer` if it makes any sense).

second, a male name that`s not so common in my country and that sounds nice to me ^^.

later i thought that my son`s name should start from the same letter as mine, so it should be Vilius or Wilhelm or sth like that.

later i started to watch more anime. one of my favorite characters was Yuki (雪ーゆき）. i fell in love with this name because i liked the main character, because of the sound and of course because of the meaning - snow.
i like snow, i like winter when it`s white and beautiful but anyway i like ゆき　also because of Maxence Fermine`yuki`. maybe it`s not a very special book but i like it.

well, now i don`t think about names that much. i`m not planning to have a family soon so i don`t need to do that. :)

on my first day in Japan during the newcomers self introduction there were more Daniels in one dorm than i`ve ever seen. and i even have one in my class. OK. 私　は　バカ　猫　だ。どうだろう？　:)

and one of my dorm mates is ゆき. even though she`s from Hokkaido where you can find snow almost all year round. she can`t stand cold. ちょっと　おかしい。ちょっと　おもしろい、ね。　

ニャ－

バカ　猫　on bicycle vs Tokyo transport

2006-12-11T01:50:00.000-08:00

usually when i bike in Japan i promise myself to stay alive. and at that time i`m really concerned about my life. not about health, but my life.. some streets are very narrow or there`s no space for bikes or even for pedestrians.

anyway, today i was biking from my campus to a cheaper shop with my dormmate and once again i experienced something not so very fun.
i was crossing the smaller street after a car and was almost run over the other that started beeping. there were no shingo (traffic lights or whatever) for pedestrians and bicycles, so it should be always green for me (at least it usually was).
ok. next there were street works and you have to get off your bicycle to pass them quickly and safely (or go after another person, who is going to take care of safe trip. at least you hope so).
well, usually i like people regulating the traffic `cause they wave and smile (usually) but sometimes they`re just in the way..

later a car came out of nowhere right before me and stopped in the middle of the pedestrian track. ok, thank you very much. well, i guess i should mention that that car came without lights and it was dark. (my bicycle`s light is not very good. in Japan it is more important to show that you`re coming than to lighten your road).
it`s scary and i don`t like it.

that`s for today :)

about

2006-12-08T21:09:00.000-08:00

i never thought that i`ll like cats. i hated them.

from childhood i had parrots and wanted to have a dog. my friends had, but i couldn`t. well, at least i had one in my village.

later my friends started to call me `cat`. my friend said that i talk like a cat, my sectionmate said that i drink like a cat and when my bestfriend`s bf looked at my photo said that i look like a cat..
weird, huh? i always wonder why

well, that`s all for this time. i like confessions and i do it too often. i guess that`s my biggest problem.

meow

in the beginning

2006-12-08T01:24:00.000-08:00

there was a word

meow

baka neko

atminimo vakaras

バカ猫 during 花見

バカ猫 ＆ the Fuji-山

バカ猫

バカ 猫 - tskant,pavasaris,ar ka?

バカ 猫 vs flash

バカ 猫 vs 雪 (snow)