LAST WILL

If you want a better future, Ball is in your court.

Sometimes, it is ok to act up, but be responsible.

People tend to forget things, but that is not a big deal, we have book and pens, the best thing since sliced bread!

Bad things happen in life, and there will be a time when you are alone. People who used to be with you may leave. So you have to be ready to answer for yourself.

Life is choices. There will be times when you get caught between two stools. Think calmly, so you can chose the best from best, and the better from the worst.

I know that will not be easy. You would be in so much hardship. You will get sick of it, but don’t give up the day job. Stay where u are, you are in the right path.

When you find yourself fall behind, keep on walking. Keep your thought of giving up at bay.

I will see to your journey. May the force be with you.

Here come the expressions for our Wednesday stories

1. Ball is in your court 

It is up to you to make the next decision or step

2. Act up

Meaning: Misbehave; cause trouble

Example: Children may act up in class in an effort to get attention.

3. Best thing since sliced bread

A good invention or innovation. A good idea or plan.

4. Answer for

Meaning: Vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone)

Example: She’s known me for years, and she’s always answered for me!

5. Caught between two stools

When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

6. Be in for

Meaning: Be able to expect or anticipate, generally said of something unpleasant

Example: The weather forecast says we are in for three feet of snow over the next week.

7. Don't give up the day job

You are not very good at something. You could definitely not do it professionally.

8. to fall behind

go slower than scheduled, lag

Hurry up or you will fall behind!

9. Keep something at bay

Keep something away.

10. see to 

make sure something happens, arrange

I'll see to it that Mr. Ramirez gets your message.

Practice writting 2 with idioms

Once upon a time, In a small village, there lived a young man around 14 years old, His name is Yen. He just got a handmade wooden bicycle from his father, so he broke that bicycle in. There were only few people that had wooden bicycles. Yen was lucky to be one of them. It was because his father was mechanic and artist as well, someone with a great creativity.

One day, Yen was riding his wooden bicycle in a forest out of his village. He really liked to enjoy green nature. While he was riding, he looked at the blue bird, and “booom”. A little girl got bumped by him, a basket flipped on the floor, apples, oranges, and soursop  are scattered. It was all because Yen didn’t pay attention while riding. Looking at the situation, a little girl alone, no one watching, and He tried to be Innocent and be the one who got angry.

“Hey little girl, look, my bicycle is broken, it was all your fault!!”

Hearing Yen’s complain, the little girl got surprised and cried, “You are barking up the wrong tree, it was your fault. You didn’t pay attention on your way, and now my fruits are dirty, some are lost, some are not edible anymore. You have to take the responsibility!”

 “Get over with it! Once more time I will tell you, this is not my fault!” , then Yen left that little girl behind.

At the night in the same day, Yen burned the midnight oil fixing his wooden bicycle, and with no result. It had been hours until the dusk came, he was still trying to fix it. Yen’s father just woke up, and got surprised finding Yen was still working in garage.

“Hang in there, I will help.” He said to Yen while looking for suitable tools.

“Thanks dad, sorry that I can’t cut the mustard ” Yen answered.

“That is fine, things need process. May be it is better for you to put your tools down, and take a rest. You haven’t sleep yet, have you?” My father asked.

“Thanks dad.” Yen answered and went to sleep.

At the middle of the day, Yen woke up. He still felt sleepy but decided to walk down the stairs, and he saw his father was waving at him. Yen approached his father and sit near him.

“What happened to your bike yesterday?” His father asked.

“Ugh, To make the long story short, I bump to a girl.” Yen seemed unwilling  to talk about it, “and nothing serious happened.”

“I see.” His father answered, and continued, “ Yen, I am going to shop around for some tools in the village market, so you stay home, ok?”

“Yes dad.” Yen answered.

The conversation ended, Yen was thinking if his father didn’t help him to fix his wooden bicycle, it might take the whole nine yards to finish.

Here are the idioms provided by a friend,

1. break something in 

wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new 

I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. 

2. Barking up the wrong tree

Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person

3. get over something 

recover from an illness, loss, difficulty 

I just got over the flu and now my sister has it. 

4. Burn the midnight oil

To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.

5. hang in 

stay positive (N.Amer., informal) 

Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a job very soon. 

6. Cut the mustard [possibly derived from "cut the muster"]

To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate

7. put something down 

put what you are holding on a surface or floor 

You can put the groceries down on the kitchen counter. 

8. Make a long story short 

Come to the point - leave out details

shop around 

compare prices. I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots. 

9. Whole nine yards 

Everything. All of it.

Practice writting 1

I and Ann are good friend. One day, I saw her in a deep thought, so I came and asked her, “What is the matter? A penny for your thought?”.
 “This is supposed to be secret, but since you are my best friend, I will tell u.”, she smiled, ” I got dumped by Brian yesterday.”
I lost my words, I tried to think a way to cheer her up, so I told her, “Tomorrow is my birthday, do you want to eat out?”.
“Oh, really? Happy Birth,. ups. That will be for tomorrow.” She was surpised. “Sure, Where will we eat?”
I could see a little smile on her, it seemed that the far away thought had altered somehow. One of my skill is lying, so it was an easy thing to lie about my birthday.
 “I haven’t really thought about the place yet, but I plan to watch the Cinema in Galaxy Mall. For the restaurant, Lets cross the bridge when we come to it.”
“Go to Cinema? I would like it. It is on you, isn’t it?” Asked her to make sure.
“Yes, it is on me.”  I smiled. “Tomorrow at 9 AM. Are u ok with it?”
“Yes, I will be waiting. Pick me up!” she answered with a wide smile.
It was good to know that she felt better. We parted, I went home.
At night, I had to call off my plan to hang out with other friends for watching movie with Ann. Somehow, one of my friends got annoyed because of my cancellation. It was not a big deal, I believed that every cloud had a silver lining.
At the promised day, when I wanted to pick her up, my motor bike’s machine broke down. I was afraid that Ann might be waiting for me, so I called her by phone. Her mother picked the call up and told me that Ann was still sleeping.
“Do you want me to wake her up?” asked Ann’s Mother.
“No, it is ok, Madam. I will call again later.” answered me shortly. Sometimes, it was good to let sleeping dogs lie.
I went to my neighbor to borrow motorbike. I told him that my motor bike was broken, and I had to do group learning in University, and he believed in me. I didn’t want to be caught dead using his motor bike to hang out with girl. If that happened, my pride would fall over in front of him and Ann.
Continued for next idiom …



A penny for your thoughts
A way of asking what someone is thinking

 eat out
To eat out is to eat away from home, at a cafe or restaurant.

Cross that bridge when you come to it
Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before.

To call off something
To call off something (or call something off) is to cancel a planned event, or an event that has already started.

Every cloud has a silver lining
Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.

break down
 My washing machine has broken down.
 If you break down you are unable to control your feelings and you start to cry.

Let sleeping dogs lie
Meaning - do not disturb a situation as it is - since it would result in trouble or complications.

believe in
 To believe in something is to have a strong belief that something is good or right.

Wouldn't be caught dead
Would never like to do something

fall over
 To fall over is to fall to the ground from an upright position.

Idiom from a friend_gudrun

Miraie Kiroro Versi Bahasa Indonesia bukan Via Vallen

Akhir- akhir ini saya lagi seneng senengnya dengerin lagu Mirai-e by Kiroro. Bagi yang belum tahu, Mirai e, adalah sebuah judul lagu versi jepang yang dirilis pada 1 Oktober 1998. Kiroro beranggotakan Chiharu Tamashiro sebagai vokalis (1977) dan Ayano Kinjou sebagai pianis(1977).

Lagu Mirai e sendiri Indonesia dipopulerkan oleh seorang penyanyi Indonesia yang bernama Via Vallen dengan sebuah lagu Miraie versi Indonesia sedikit dirubah Syair dan artinya dengan judul baru "Sayang".

Saya sangat menyukai segala sesuatu yang berkaitan dengan Jepang, dan sangat ingin bisa berbahasa jepang. Sehingga, pada hari ini, tepat pada hari pertama di tahun 2018, saya berniat untuk menyanyikan lagu Mirai e dengan translate Indonesia. Beberapa hari sebelumnya saya sudah mencoba mengartikan lagu ini, tetapi tetap saja terlalu sulit bagi saya untuk melakukan dengan kemampuan sendiri, sehingga browsing tentang translation lagi ini pun tidak terhindarkan lagi. Bukan hanya browsing translation di internet, tetapi saya juga menonton beberapa vidio di youtube berkaitan dengan arti lagu Miraie ini.

Singkat cerita. inilah hasil upload lagu Kiroro-Miraie versi bahasa indonesia.

Nah, untuk lirik lagu versi bahasa indonesia akan saya sertakan dibawah ini. Namun dikarenakan lirik ini adalah hasil dari perpaduan beberapa situs online serta sedikit kreativitas saya, maka hasilnya akan sedikit berbeda dengan sumber sumber yang lain.

Miraie Versi Indonesia.

Lihat, dibawah kakimu, apa yang kau lihat,
itulah jalan hidupmu.
Lihat, yang kau lihat didepanmu,
itulah masa depanmu.

Ibu memberiku, begitu banyak kasih sayang.
Pelukan penuh cinta, menuntunku, lagi dan lagi.
Saat itu Ku masih terlalu kecil,
Aku,.. tak mengerti.
Namun tanganku lalu digenggamnya
dan kita berjalan bersama.

Mimpi-mimpi selalu tergantung tinggi di langit.
Untuk menggapainya, aku takut, tetapi aku terus mencoba.

Ini jalan Ceritaku, Karena itu, aku takkan menyerah.
Ketika aku cemas, dia genggam tanganku
dan kita berjalan bersama.

Rasa kasih sayang itu, pernah aku membencinya
kulepaskan, dan abaikan yang ibu katakan.

Lihat, dibawah kakimu, apa yang kau lihat,
itulah jalan hidupmu.
Lihat, yang kau lihat didepanmu,
itulah masa depanmu.

(music)

Rasa kasih sayang itu, pernah aku membencinya
kulepaskan, dan abaikan yang ibu katakan.

Lihat, dibawah kakimu, apa yang kau lihat,
itulah jalan hidupmu.
Lihat, yang kau lihat didepanmu,
itulah masa depanmu.

Lihat, dibawah kakimu, apa yang kau lihat,
itulah jalan hidupmu.
Lihat, yang kau lihat didepanmu,
itulah masa depanmu.

Tengoklah masa depan, dan perlahan berjalan kesana.

Nah, untuk lirik Miraie versi Jepang dan Inggris bisa dilihat di sini