The Spontaneous Blog https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/ This is just another little blog channel that you've come across in life ja Lazy bum
It's been FOREVER since my last post on this blog channelびっくり.... and I apologize すみませんです(●´_ _)ﾍﾟｺ
But then again, no one's really been keeping up with this blog channel (and this includes myself) so... yeah there's that. Shame on the lazy bum🍑, AKA Andante.

...Now moving on!ランニング

⏬ここからは日本語で(理由は特にないです)⏬

ついこの間、アンダンテは家族のいるアメリカのミシガン州に行ってきました✈5日間仕事がお休みだったので、短いながらも沢山遊んできました!
シカゴに観光行ったり、オハイオ州の有名な遊園地行ったり、アウトレットモールで買い物したり…休みのはずが遊び疲れました (でも色々連れ回して?くれた家族に感謝です)


日に日に、日が短くなってきていたりしていて、夏の終わりのサインがちらほら見えてきましたね。数週後にはまた学校も始まるので、忙しくなる前にやることやって置かないと!って毎日焦ってます焦っている割には、やることリストが一向に短くなりません…(相変わらず字もとても汚いです)



とまあ、今回はここまでです⛔
みなさんが楽しく充実した夏休みを過ごしていることを願っています!
また近いうちに投稿すると思います✏
]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12062353992.html Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:59:09 +0900 学生時代に聴いていた曲 学生時代に聴いていた青春の曲 ブログネタ：学生時代に聴いていた青春の曲 参加中

 こんにちは、

わたしが中・高校生時代に聴いていた青春（かどうかはわかりませんが）の曲をいくつか紹介したいと思います。

一つ目は、ポルノグラフィティの渦です。
ポルノグラフィティは小さい頃から聴いていて、アーティストとしては一番好きですハート。ポルノグラフィティの曲の話をし始めるともう止まらなくなってしまうので、私が登校/下校中に一番よく聞いていた「渦」を選びました。とってもとっても迷いました(笑)歌詞はすこし重めな曲ですが、私個人的にアップテンポで明るい曲か、少しダークな面のある曲が好みなので渦は一曲リピートで繰り返し聴いてました矢印

2つ目の曲は、Imagine DragonsのIt's Timeです時計
この曲は、私のセカンダリースクール（8年生から12年生までの中高一貫校みたいなもので、カナダでは一般的な学校制度です）卒業の際の学年テーマソングでした。
プロムでは5年間のスライドショーと一緒に流れた曲で、卒業式ではこの曲をみんなで歌った後（卒業式はぶっつけ本番だったので、コンサートの観客の人達が歌う♪感じでした）卒業生代表の合図で帽子を投げ上げました卒業
学生時代によく聴いた曲ではありませんが、この曲は5年間の学校生活の集大成みたいなものを思い出させてくれます。

他にもThe VeronicasのUntouchedや東京事変の絶体絶命、久石譲さんのHanabi、Owl CityのFirefliesなどのたくさんの曲にお世話になりました。（無理やりつめちゃいました苦笑）

形がないのに、昔の思い出をしっかり保管してくれている音楽って本当に不思議です片福面と一緒

]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12042710567.html Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:17:55 +0900 Focusing On the Positives
 It's been a while since my last post but here I am! (and as always, thank you for dropping by this channel!)

 Today, I wanted to talk to you about  this new challenge that I have come up with for myself to change/reset my mindset about.. pretty much everything吹き出し吹き出し
 I often compare myself to others, judge myself based on peoples' standards, etc.
For instance, many of my friends back in Japan (often times, wealthy onesお金) are having fun travelling, shopping and doing all those exciting stuff when I am here working my ass off to pay my own rent, tuition, hydro, phone bills, etc.金欠 while going to school. I really don't have much time to hangout so I am mostly at school, at work, or at home.

 Just writing this example makes me feel a little bit down↓ but that is not my intention.
Highlighting the negative parts of myself and my life, I have put unnecessary stress on myself for no apparent purpose or reason.... and I think I have done enough of thatもうっ
 So the other day, I had decided, as the title suggests, to focus on the positives and ignore/forget the negative aspects of life. As cliche as this may sound, some people have it way worse than me and I should be more appreciative of what I already have.

 What I do is, whenever I find myself thinking negatively, I force my mind to think about positive things. That's all but it's easier said than done and I am only so far on my learning curve汗☆

 I hope that sometime in the future, this will come to me naturally so I can be a happy person all day longくまピース

 Thank you again for reading this post and I will see you soon!!
]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12042192756.html Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:59:43 +0900 10分前なにやってたかって？ 10分前なにやってた？ ブログネタ：10分前なにやってた？ 参加中


　こんにちは、

　タイトルの通り、10分前に私が何をやってたかですよね。
　
　勉強してました。

　昨日、今日と2日続いて大学の中間テスト（？）なんです。ちょっと一息つこうかなと思って、今回の投稿を書くことにしました。
　30分だけ仮眠をとったのですが、今は朝の3時半でやっぱり眠いのでレッドブルにもお世話になっておりますRedBull

　知ってる方もいるかもしれませんが、ドラえもんどらえもんのエピソードの一つで、のび太のび太がドラえもんに出してもらった暗記のできる食パンを大量に食べるお話があるんですけど、今そのパンが、喉から手が出るほど欲しいです食パンマン
　ノートにつけたパンを食べるのは衛生的にどうかとは思いますが・・・というか、のび太がそのエピソードで、パンの食べ過ぎでおなかを壊す、という設定なのですが本当はノートにパンをつけるところでアウトなんじゃないでしょうかNG相葉さん


　・・・とまあ、どうでもいい話になってしまいましたね。（なにか写真を入れたかったので、今の様子を撮ったのですが、字がとても汚い汗）

わたしももう勉強しに戻らないとなので、ここらへんで終わりにします。

ではおじぎ

]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12039607488.html Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:28:35 +0900 こんにちは
はじめてこのブログを読んでいる方は、はじめまして手
いつも投稿をグダグダ長く書いてしまうクセのある、アンダンテです。
（日本語力、文章力がないので今回の投稿、特にこのクセがひどく出ることを想定しています・・・）

このあいだ英語で簡単な自己紹介の投稿をしたのですが、日本語でも簡単に説明させていただきます。
日本生まれ、カナダ在住の女子大学生で今年二十歳になりました。
簡単にまとめすぎでしたでしょうか？

でも、私個人の話ばかりしてもスクリーンの反対側で読んでくれている方（ありがとうございますおじぎ）にとってあまり面白くはないと思うので、今日はバイリンガル・トライリンガルのことについて少し話したいと思いますふきだし

日本ではバイリンガルやトライリンガルと聞くと、なんかすごい！、頭がよさそう！など考える方もいるかもしれません（いないかもしれませんが笑）
私の住んでいる国、カナダはよく移民国として知られているだけ、実際に周りを見渡した時、たくさんの人種の方たちが見られます男の子４女の子４男の子１男の子２
カナダに住んでいる大半の人たちが、バイリンガルかトライリンガル、もしくはそれ以上の言語をはなせます。それが当たり前なのです。（でもさすがに10か国語ペラペラだったらすごいと思います拍手♪）
バイリンガルでは少し物足りない、と考える人のほうがカナダでは多いです。

今の時点でもうグダグダと書いてしまいましたが、私の言いたいことはつまり、
英語が話せるから・他の言語を話せるから、かっこいい、すごいわけではないのです。
グローバル社会化している今、人の喋れる言語のレベルで感心している場合ではないんです。ましてや、英語が話せるからと言って海外に出ても誰からも相手にされませんがくっ

なので、言語力は一つのツールとして考えたほうがいいのではないかと私は思います。多国語を話せる人は世界にたくさんいます。他にないすばらしいスキルや才能、経験など積み重なれば、そちらのほうが世の中に貢献できるのではないでしょうか。

今回の投稿は少しシリアス・オープンな感じで、しっかりまとめられませんでした汗
二十歳の私がこの件について長々と話しても仕方がありませんが、中学・高校生の方たちの参考に少しでもなればと思って書きました。

今日はここら辺で黙りますね・・・

次回は少し日本語から休みをとって、英語の投稿をしようと思います（たぶん）
]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12038200698.html Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:42:52 +0900 My College Necessities (Part 2)

  Hi again people,

 I am back again to finish this series off that I never intended to originate lol
 So without a further ado, here's part 2 of My College Necessities!


 8. In many universities, including my own, they have a fragrance-free policy where students are not allowed to wear perfume or anything that emits strong scent on campusBOUMBOUM Although this is heartbreaking news for a person like myself who owns a few perfumes and not being able to use them on a daily bases, I do respect the fact that there are people who are sensitive to strong fragrances. When you give this gigantic bottle of Un-Stoppables a sniff, you might be overwhelmed by its strong scent but if you use the right amount of this product when you wash your clothes, they will be left with clean scent and by the time you wear them out, the scent is so subtle that people in the same room won't be able to notice itぐぅ～。


 9. When I do my laundry, I always use Un-Stoppables in conjunction with these soap nuts.They are, as the name suggests, nuts that you can use as soap. There is no need to use softener when I use these so I can save money and be eco-friendly at the same time 二葉I purchased my soap nuts at an organic supermarket but I have seen them online as well. This bag entire bag can last up to 80-100 loads! 


 10. My iPad has to be mentioned as well. I take my iPad to all my lectures and labs. For my labs, we are required to print out and bring a 260-page lab manual. Not only is that going to cost me some money but that's some heavy stuff to carry around!腕。 With my iPad, I can have an electronic version of the lab manual so I can avoid the hassle that everyone else in the same lab section is going through ピース


 11. There's not much to share about this particular item ごめんよ I like to use a smaller ring notebook when I take notes in classes. 


 12. Thesaurus has really helped me for many years when writing an essay, etc. As you can probably tell by now, I am not the greatest when it comes to writing. I always tend to use the same vocabulary repetitively so thesaurus gives me better wording choices and makes my essays look a bit more polishedキラキラ♪

 13. My portable phone charger (or sometimes I use it to charge my iPad) is no special from other portable chargers out there. Some nights, I forget to charge my electronics for the next day but this charger always has my back.

 14. I use Frixion highlighters when I need to highlight or write some notes directly onto my textbooks 読書中 When I am done with every semester, I sell all my used textbooks and when I do so, I want them to look unused. Here's what I do: I take a hairdryer and apply heat on writings that I made with Frixion highlighters (and sometimes doodles, not gonna lie). The ink instantly turns colorless, leaving the pages looking all brand new静怒


 15. I know the struggle to find good pens outside of Japan. Many pens in Canada are just pieces of plastic that look like pens and they just don't work but the ones by Paper Mate do a pretty good job. They are inexpensive and can be found anywhere. 


 We have finally come to an end of this post, ladies and gentle men! (Yay!)
If you got this far, thank you for reading until the end (and possibly the last one as well).

 I might write the next post in Japanese if I feel like doing so then.
Anyways, I'll shut my mouth up now (or more like my figures in this case).

 Good night!

 ]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12037994776.html Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:38:36 +0900 My College Necessities (Part 1)
 As I mentioned in the last post, I am going to try and make my blog a bit more visual than before by incorporating some pictures!

 So today, I would like to introduce you to some of my daily essential items as a college student. 



1. Of course, my cell phone. I am currently using a Motorola phone and it's not the best smartphone out there but I'm not the kind of person who is obsessed with its phone so this serves me just fine手。 I mostly use my phone to listen to music (I actually put one song on repeat and listen to it for weeks until I get bored of it).

2. When I bought this whey protein powder on a whim, I didn't know how much I would come love this stuff メロメロ This is just typical protein powder that you can find in any drugstore. What I like about having protein powder in my life is that one scoop of this guy keeps me full for hours. For those days when I am running late for school or simply just don't have anything to eat for breakfast, I chug a cup of protein shake down and I am good to goけむり

3. Extra Energy was also a quick purchase I made at my local drugstore. This claims to "help to temporarily promote alertness, wakefulnessキョロ & relieve fatigue" and I think this really does what it says. I take couple of tablets when I need to wake myself up for a class or when I need to pull an all-nighter. 


4. Those days when I have soar throat or have a mother of all zits that just will not vanish, I take a spoonful of this magical potion (aka Manuka honeyはちみつ) and in a day or two, the problem is solved. Sometimes I put Manuka honey directly on my acne and that will do the trick.


5. Being a college student, I often sacrifice hours of my sleep to study for upcoming exams鉛筆 To prevent my skin from breaking out, I use Midnight Recovery Concentrate from Kiehl's along with my night cream every night. Since I started using this serum, my overall skin condition has really improved. 

6. With limited hours of beauty sleep, dark circles come creeping their way in くま I personally do not put a lot of makeup on (mostly because I do not know how to lol) but to counterattack these beasts under my eyes, concealer is a must-have for me. 

7. Poo-Pourri is one weird product a person can own but I would recommend this to anyone who shares a washroom with another person. This eliminates that funky smell that arises after you finish your businessうんこ and leaving your entire washroom smelling like flowersバラ (They have different scents too!)


.... Initially, I was going to talk about 12 different items today (so 5 more). I'm only half way through them but this post is so wordy that I don't think it's a good idea for me to continue on lol
I will split this into two parts so the other half, I will post tomorrow.


I hope I didn't bore you all and hasta mañana!

]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12037578082.html Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:30:25 +0900 Procrastination at Its Finest
 I had been away for few days due to school but I'm glad that I'm now sitting in front of my computer trying to be somewhat consistent with this blog (it is a sad fact that as of now, I have no one reading my blog...顔6 but that's okay, at least I am not being judged for what I write on this blog).

  Today was 4th day of my summer class. School has been alright so far, except that I was required to purchase a lab coat, dissection kit and a Godzilla-sized textbook that I will most likely never use after this semester is over しっぽI have finally come to appreciate the ancient but free-of-charge textbooks that we were all given back in secondary school.

   By looking at the title of this post, you can probably tell that I am in the middle of procrastination meaning that I should be doing something else, that is to study for a mini-quiz tomorrow (0:54 at the moment..). I am nowhere near being ready for the quiz so it seems like I need to pull an all-nighter. Bye bye sleep and hello Red BullRedBull(←I'm actually quite impressed that they even have an emoji for Red Bull lol)

 Well I think I have done enough blabbering for today and I really should get back to my studies. I'm thinking for the next post, I might try something new by incorporating some picturesカメラ Let's see if I can stick to my words.

 Chao for now. ]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12036874240.html Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:28:23 +0900 so the semester starts..  
  Today is the first day of school. Some of you might be thinking, "Hey but it's still June!". Some of you may have an idea of why I'm starting school in the middle of summer. And the majority...well I guess you don't really care but let me take part of your time in life and explain quickly.

  In my university, we have three semesters per school year. Fall, Winter and Spring. Many people spend their time during spring/summer working, just simply chilling, or if they are fortunate enough, travelling around the world

  As for me, I have a part-time job as a server so travelling for such a long period of time is not an optionえるも If I wanted to, I could have looked for a summer job but I didn't want to have to deal with scheduling my shifts at two different workplaces. Alas, I have chosen to go to school and earn some credits.

  By the way, I might have explained things a bit in a miss-leading way but I am just going to school just for the month of June taking only one course. Forcing in all the material that people normally spend 3 months doing so in just one month will be intense, toughガッツ but I wanted July and August free (except that I have work).

  If all goes well and I get a week or so off from work during July or August, I will go and visit my family in Michiganバンザイ The rest of summer, I will work and earn some money to pay tuition for the upcoming school year and maybe get my driver's licenseぶーぶー

 As always, I have rambled way too much so I will go have a breakfast.
Wish me luck (although by the time you are reading this, I might be done with the course so wish my past self luck)!

 I will be back again on this channel soon!

]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12034667417.html Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:03:18 +0900 FIRST POST!
　First of all, thank you for taking your valuable time choosing to stopping by this random stranger's blog in this vast, mysterious world of weirdness which people often refer to as Internetsafari

　 So... I guess this will officially be my first post on this blog. In fact, I have never had a blog channel for myself until, well, now.
　I don't really know how this whole blog thing works but I'm going to figure that out as I keep things updated on this site (that is if I can be ×10000 consistent than I normally am).

　I'm going to try and keep my real name anonymous because maybe one of you on the other side of the screen might come and knock on my door one day. Really, who knows, right? (but seriously, I am just kidding. It is solely for the sake of my own privacy).

　Anyways, I will take this opportunity to introduce myself.
　　
　I am 20 years old (as of 2015). I am a 5'2"/157cm (as of 2015...or so I would love to say but my height hasn't changed for the past couple of years..) Japanese female student and I currently live in Canadaカナダ　国旗Eh?/mp白抜

　　My favorite Youtuber is essiebutton. My current favorite TV show is Orphan Black (and I recommend anyone who is looking for a good TV show to binge watch to check Orphan Black out. It is so worth your time and you can watch the episodes on Netflix).

....Well, I will leave this very first post at that. I don't want to keep rambling any more than I already am.

　Thanks again for reading this not-so-life-changing blog and see you in the next post！ ]]> https://ameblo.jp/whereibelong/entry-12034231633.html Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:16:49 +0900