what will you do if you have 4 years in Japan

1st November. this day marks my 4 years in Japan. What will you do if you have 4 years in Japan? these are what i did...
1. read every manga(comics) i like in Japanese!! (crayon shinchan, dragonball, doraemon etc)
2.buy a bottle of 500ml green tea from vending machine everyday.
3.watch the japanese variety shows that no one can understand for 30mins every night.
4.construct my personal workstation-style computer with many-displays-many-harddisks configuration with parts from akihabara!
5. buy a bunch of japanese novels and still couldn't finish even one.
6.join at least a full marathon!
7.buy every available green tea products.
8.realize leaves can be so beautiful during autumn.
9.working with a bunch of talented engineers graduated from top rated japanese universities.
10.cry when heard the "welcome home" message in malaysia-bound flights.
11.change handphone every 2 years.
12.try snowboarding and do it ultra high speed and break your glasses.
13.attend "intensive japanese language classes" for 6 months but know nothing about speaking japanese.
14.go shibuya and feel the world's busiest crosswalk and realize it is not busy at all.
15.feeling excited on 1st november every year and shout "1 year has passed!", "2years have passed!!", "3 years have passed" ..... then that's all.
16.realize life can be so fragile from natural disasters
17.when the earthquake is not strong enough, plz continue working like normal.
18.realize sakura can be so beautiful.
19.read and understand the lyrics of japanese songs.
20.realize how advance science and technology can become.
21.realize why sushi can be so popular.
22.realize beer is cheaper than water.
23.mistakenly take a wrong train even after 4 years!
24.nothing spicy here.
25.bought a sony camera but realize everybody has a nikon or canon.

challenge, motivation.

couldn't help but notice that this winter has been a challenging one. For one, it was especially cold with a few snow storms blowing recently. There were scenes around tokyo and yokohama that we didn't really have any chance to see for the pass decades. Me, as usual, was so excited seeing so many snow falling down from the sky.

This is also a season full of emotions. Attended a few farewell dinners made me realize once again, it is time for some changes to happen. Time is gold, a broken hard disk from my personal computer today has actually reminded me, that time is passing so fast, so fast that the spring is coming again in no time.

Quoted some of my friends : The moon is huge. The moon is beautiful..... indeed, there is more to life if we slowed down our pace, looking at it from a different direction, the same thing might not be the same again.

Motivation, is a challenge one will face during some stages of his life. No matter how strong you are, there is a certain possibility that a psychological challenge might happen. As long as we start believing in ourselves again, nothing is impossible. Be dreaming again, be motivated again, there will be a suitable platform for us somewhere in this world eventually, good luck to us all.