Lilliloquy

Der 7.Juli ist ein besonderer Tag. Heute wird hoffentlich Deutschland den Einzug ins Finale schaffen!
Die Spiele bisher waren einfach ein Wahnsinn!! Auch wenn die Spanier als Weltmeisterfavorit gelten, ich glaube fest daran, dass wir auch diese Huerde packen. Schliesslich ist heute mein Geburtstag und gibt es ein besseres Geschenk, als der Sieg der Deutschen?

The 7th of july is a special day. It is the day when the Germans will make it into the Worldcup finals, hopefully! The german matches so far have been amazing!! Though Spain is said to be the next World champion, I hope that we will be able to beat them like we did with England and Argentina. After all, it is my birthday today and would there be a better birthday present than the victory of the german national team?

Der 7.Juli wird in Japan aus einem anderen Grund besonders gefeiert, als Tanabata. Die Geschichte hierzu steht in meinem Eintrag zum 7.Juli.2008, allerdings nur auf Englisch.

This day is celebrated big in Japan for a different reason, Tanabata. The story behind that festival can be found in one of my blog entries two years ago: 7.Juli.2008

An dem heutigen Tag werden in Japan auf Papierstreifen Wuensche aufgeschrieben und diese an Bambuszweigen dekoriert. Mein Wunsch lautete natuerlich:

Today the Japanese write down their wishes on paper strips and decorate bambus branches with them. My wish is of course:

Auf geht´s Deutschland!!!
☆☆☆★

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Mit drei Maedels habe ich mir gestern das Spiel in einer Sportsbar angesehen. Da eine von der Truppe Koreanerin war, haben wir natuerlich fleisslig fuer Suedkorea gefiebert. Da Japan und Korea nicht immer in gut aufeinander zu sprechen waren, nahm ich an, dass die meisten in der Bar Argentinien-Fans sind, aber als dann doch das eine Tor fuer Korea fiel, war der Jubel deutlich groesser!

With three girls I went to see the match in a sports bar in Ebisu. Since of us was from South Korea, we were of course supporting the korean team! Because of the history between Japan and Korea, I expected most of the people at the bar to be fans of the argentinian national team, but when Korea scored that one goal, the cheering was much louder than for any of the argentinian goals!

Jedes Mal, wenn Argentinien auf das koreanische Tor schoss, weinte meine koreanische Freundin fast. Obwohl sie kein Fussballfan ist, koenne sie es nicht ertragen, ihr Land verlieren zu sehen. Da blickte die starke koreanische Mentalitaet durch!

Every time when Argentina shot towards the korean goal, my korean friend was near tears. She is so cute. Although she is not a soccer fan, she said that she couldn´t bare watching her country lose. Wow, that´s the strong korean mentality!

Auch wenn sie 2-0 gegen Griechenland gewonnen hatten, gegen Argentinien waren die Koreaner leider machtlos und das Spiel endete in einem 4-1. Leider war eines davon ein Eigentor und zwei weitere sahen verdaechtig nach Abseits aus… aber Messi ist einfach unglaublich und Argentinien hat das Spiel verdient gewonnen! Aber es gibt noch ein Spiel zu gewinnen, so dass Suedkorea noch alle Chancen offen hat in die naechste Runde zu kommen.

Though they beat Greece 2-0, the Koreans were powerless against Argentina and the final score was 4-1. Unfortunately, one of them was an own goal and two others looked awfully like offside to me… but Messi is just unbelievable and Argentina was the stronger one to have earned this win! But there is still another match to play, so South Korea still has big chances to make it to the next round.

Aber jetzt wird erstmal fleissig fuer Deutschland die Daumen gedrueckt!
Auf geht´s, Deutschland☆☆☆★！！

But now it is time to cross your fingers for Germany!!
Let´s go, Deutschland☆☆☆★！！

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just one pic for now…
i will write more later as soon as i get the rest of the pics.

japanese version

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ガーナのハーフのデイビットとブラジルのハーフのカミラさんとカナダのハーフのマギーちゃんと飲み会をしました。皆日本のハーフなので、言葉として自然と日本語で会話してました。周りにいるお客さんはすこし不思議そうでした。四人そろったのはレッドブルのエアレースの取材以来でした。ちょうどデイビットの誕生日の一日後だったので、本当は駅で待ち合わせだったんですが、持ち込みオッケーだったので、早めにレストランに行ってこっそりケーキを店の人に渡しました。そして間違えて駅で待たずにお店に行っちゃったってふりをしました。

I had dinner with David from Ghana, Camilla from Brazil and Maggy from Canada. Since we are all half Japanese, so we spoke in Japanese together which must looked funny to the other customers. The last time we all got together was at our report on the Red Bull Air Race. The day before it was David´s birthday, so I went to the restaurant a little earlier because the restaurant owner had told me on the phone that it is ok to bring in a cake and they would keep it in the fridge for me. David had told me to meet at the station but I sent him a message pretending that I had misunderstood and went straight to the venue by mistake which seemed to have annoyed him a tiny little bit.

四人そろって乾杯して、エアレースは楽しかったねってすぐに話が盛り上がりました。四人で取材に行ったのはあの一度だけだったけど、みんな凄く仲良くなったので、もっと四人で行きたかったよねって話してました。ご飯食べながら勉強になった事とか色々喋りました。もちろん恋愛話もしました！みんなそれぞれ性格が違うので、面白かったです！（アメブロ１）

Once we all got together, we soon reminisced about  the funny happenings with the different “sport!” jobs, especially the one we all had done together – the Red Bull Air Race. It was the only time that we did a report together and we all agreed that it was lots of fun and wished that there had been more team jobs. During our delicious dinner, we exchanged our experiences and what we had learned. Of course, we also had chats about love matters! Because we are all very different in our personality, it was a fun talk!

そしてご飯を終えた頃にお店の人にケーキを出してくださいと頼みました。お店の明かりを少し暗くしてお店の人がケーキを持って来てみんなが歌いだしても、お茶目なデイビットは自分の誕生日お祝いだと全く気づかず、ノリノリで一緒にハッピーバースデーを歌ってました。ケーキのプレートの名前が自分のだって気がついた瞬間がすごく面白かったです！本当に分らなかったらしいです！天然どんだけぇ〜？？！うける！デイビット最高〜。サプライズ大成功〜！！（アメブロ２）

After dinner, the owner of the restaurant dimmed the lights and brought out the cake. David didn´t think that the cake was meant for him and sang Happy Birthday along with us. It was when he saw the plate on the cake and read his own name on it, when he finally  realised that we were celebrating his birthday. He is sooo funny! And our surprise was a full success!!

来月はマギーちゃんとカミラさんの誕生日なので、また集まる予定です。サプライズできるかな？さすがに無理かな？でも楽しみです！凄くいい仲間が出来て嬉しいです〜。

Next month, Maggy´s and Camilla´s birthdays are coming up and we made plans to meet up again then. I wonder if another surprise is possible? Maybe not that soon again? But I am looking forward to that day! Good times with fun collegues, I am glad that our paths had crossed.

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The report I did on Fukuoka will be on air tonight! I am introducing a lot of different delicacies, sightseeing spots and hot springs! I am a little worried about the Onsen scene – me taking a bath on TV, hmmm… I am looking forward to see how the director cutted the different scenes together!

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The EU’s trademarks authority has permitted a German firm to brew beer and produce clothing under the name “Fucking Hell“. It may be an expletive in English, but in German it could refer to a light ale — Hell — from the Austrian town of Fucking.
Read more…

Das europäische Markenamt (HABM) hat für ein Bier aus dem österreichischen Ort Fucking den Namen “Fucking Hell” gebilligt. Die Eintragung als Marke könne nicht dadurch vereitelt werden, dass der Name “in anderen Sprachen eine zweideutige Bedeutung” besitzen könne, teilte das im spanischen Alicante ansässige Amt am Dienstag mit.
Fortsetzung…

The twin music unit “Red Pepper Girls” from Korea came to our TV show “The Goldenhour” tonight! I have met them through the friend that is on the picture above. Mami and Mai are two cute and very sexy girls that had their major debut in Japan last year. Nevertheless, they agreed to come and perform live in our studio! Those hot girls brought an even hotter present  - a spicy korean chili sauce. The host of our show, Mr Tokumitsu tried it – first he was smiling because one of the twins fed him the sauce, but soon his big golden smile disappeared and he was caughing like hell! It made him almost speechless, but he took it like a man! I haven´t tried the sauce because I am not a big fan of spicy stuff, but after the show the twins gave me a bottle of the sauce as a gift… Yay??

Ameblo☆アメブロ （Japanese only−日本語のみ）

On tonight´s show my twin friends from Korea will come as guests. They are cute, but even more than that – they are super sexy! Don´t miss it!

MXTV “The Goldenhour”
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In der heutigen Sendung haben wir Zwillinge aus Korea zu Gast. Die beiden Maedels sind supersuess und vor allem: extrem sexy! Auf keinen Fall verpassen!

今晩の番組には韓国からきた双子ちゃんがゲストとして来ます！メッチャ可愛い上にスーパーセクシーです♥　お見逃しなく！

MXTV「ザ・ゴールデンアワー」
２１時〜

In the TV show “Kinkyu! Sekai summit Takeshi JAPAN 2″ I made a comment about how I think that japanese people often ignore a problem until it becomes too big and then discuss it forever instead of taking steps to solve it. In my opinion japanese people generally don’t take the initiative. I compared them to a school of sardines that look like swimming around in circles forever. Unfortunately, I couldn´t finish my comment, because the american guy sitting next to me took the chance that the camera and mics were so close by and cut in. He apologised later and said he “thought” that I was finished (yeah right! lol).

Anyway, what I wanted to say was that once japanese people come to a conclusion, they all follow what the group has decided, no matter if they personally agree to it or not. In Germany, there would be still people here and there that keep arguing and disobey. But in Japan, they all follow the same direction, like a school of sardines – which I think makes them then very powerful!

My collegue Kintero from MXTV “The Goldenhour” sent me a pic that he took while he was watching the show. Thank you, Kintero, but… unfortunately, my eyes are shut… lol!!

「緊急！世界サミット“たけしＪＡＰＡＮ２” ２０１０日本を考えるＴＶ」の番組で問題を目の前にしても日本人は中々行動に出ないで、とりあえず目をそらしてその問題を無視する事が多いっと言いました。無視しきれなくなるとみんなで話し合うようになるが、永遠とその話し愛が続く、まるでイワシの群れみたいにぐるぐると。残念ながらここで隣に座っていたアメリカ人がカメラとマイクがこっちにむいている隙をみて割り込んできてしまって、私のコメントは言いたかった事を最後まで言えずに終わってしまいました。後から「ごめんね、君のコメントはもう終わってたと思ってたよ」って謝ってきましたが、それは絶対に違うでしょう〜（笑）。

まあ、それはおいといて、私が本当に言いたかったのは、そうやって日本人はあまり決断力がないかもしれないけど、でも一度みんなで決めた事は個人的に納得してなくてもちゃんと守るから凄いという所。ドイツ人は違うと思うと議論し続けるし、言う事をちゃんと聞かないで自分勝手な行動をとったりします。でも日本人は約束通りに奇麗に同じ方向にむかって動きます、イワシの群れみたいに　−　パワーフルですよね。これが日本の島国根性の素晴らしい所、そして日本の強みでもあると思います！

MXTVの番組「ザ・ゴールデンアワー」にも出ているキンテーロさんがたけしジャパン２を見ている最中にテレビ画面の写真を撮って、それを送ってくれました！ありがとうございます、キンちゃん。。。でも。。。目が閉じている瞬間ではないか〜！！（笑）