September 2009 Archive

September 23, 2009

Love Summer Hate Summer

I Summer.

In summer, what else but a real warmth nice weather! icon:w_1_hare

The smell of summer is different.

The smell of the warmth air icon:w_2_kumo

, the smell of the grass icon:p_futaba

, the smell of the sun icon:w_1_sun

makes you feel happy and joyous. icon:a2_up

Countries which do not have 4 seasons is like having summer the whole year round, but the summer from a 4 seasons' countries where else is just different. The atmosphere is different.

We have fireworks events icon:h_shine

, summer O-bon festivals icon:p_hana-ani01

, people yearning to the beach icon:yb_see

, hot pants hot style icon:face2_lovely

from the girls, and so much more!

To me,

what's really representing summer is CICADA!

I never familiar with the name of Cicada, I was just familiar with SEMI 「蝉」 in Japanese.

I Google-ed it with that and found Cicada is SEMI in English.. icon:face2_catface

And, what is Cicada? icon:h_hatena04

This is CICADA icon:mark3_sign03

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Pic source: http://pianix.exblog.jp/tags/セミ科/

Cicadas will be out from the ground making noise, or I rather say, they sing along the whole Summer. icon:h_notes

Some species may sound quite similar to cricket but they are not!

One day when you woke up hearing them singing loudly, you'd know that the Spring is over and it's SUMMER! icon:a2_up

This is the sound when you feel 'it's SUMMER '
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File source: http://maiise.dtiblog.com/blog-entry-2115.html

The cicadas existence is strong enough to fill up the whole atmosphere of Summer! icon:w_1_sun

Cicadas love heat and they do their most spirited singing during hotter days in Summer. icon:w_1_sun

I love icon:h_heart09

the atmosphere of Summer with them singing! icon:h_note

I just feel nice when hearing them singing! icon:h_notes

And the atmosphere just somehow reminds me of the summer of some animes that I've watched last time.. icon:face2_confident

I cycle much around my town area icon:yb_house02

and this

was how my Summer looks like! icon:p_futaba

I Summer with the singing sound of Cicadas.

But,

at the same time I hate Summer when all insects came into lives during Summer

I think I've been facing troubles with mosquitoes, cockroaches, tiny flying insects and all every summer !

Anyhow, I'm happy that I do not need to deal with any cockroaches this summer. hah! icon:body2_a_scissors

(I've just seen one dead cockroach on top of the basin in my kitchen when I woke up in the morning...only one and a dead one this whole Summer! icon:a2_up

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This summer, however,
I had quite a hard time dealing with the one I've been saying that I love their singing sound in Summer... icon:face2_gawk

yes...a Cicada... icon:face2_sad

A Cicada just flew straight into my living from the widely opened window.
(Totally regret leaving the windows all opened.)

It then flew crazily up and down, fly, bump, fly, fly, fly, bump, bump, bump onto my walls, doors, ceiling and finally landed on my curtain. icon:face_shock

Okay, since it stays on the curtain quietly after that, I din't bother to do anything and continued with my work...

After a while, it began to fly again up and down all crazily bumping here and there and this time it landed onto my round ceiling light! icon:face_shock

Can't feel any comfortable with this flying stranger in the house... icon:face2_bearing

Yapi volunteered to remove the glass from the light to have it escape from the light..(though his fear to insects is worser than I do..)

The Cicada escaped and now landed back on my curtain JUST NEXT to my opened balcony door! Why can't they just fly out icon:mark3_sign02

Yapi asked me to get rid of it...but how icon:mark3_sign02

I love them singing in Summer, but the sound they make when they feel danger is absolutely dreadful to ears! icon:face2_shock

Picture taken very unwillingly... icon:face4_kao-a14

I did got rid of it after that...but in a very timid way... icon:f_been

...but at least I got rid of it without killing it ! icon:f_been

I actually love insects, in the sense of seeing their documentaries and have always think that their world, the insects world is just so amazing and mysterious.

But once they are somewhere near me, just like all the other girls, I'll be shrieking uncomfortable, anxious, and can't stay still until they are gotten rid of... icon:face2_crying

But yeah, insects are actually very beautiful in their own world which seems to me like a fantasy-like world especially when you see them in a very high resolution captured videos and pictures. icon:h_heart04

Some Cicadas pictures from Wikipedia.

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They are actually beautiful if they do not invade into my house!

Cicada molting

They will be in their MOST BEAUTIFUL STATEright after molting !

They glow-in-the-dark when they are still fresh from molting, which gives them a fairy-figure !

Yeah, I've just got to repeat myself that I think they are beautiful and I love their singing sound during the Summer, but I just hate them when they invade into my HOUSE icon:mark3_sign03

Anyway, it's already Autumn now...an insects-less season! Love it as much! icon:h_heart08

New blog New skin !

Helloooooo~! icon:a2_up

My new blog, new skin!!!!! icon:face2_happy01

Nice or not ? icon:h_heart04

My URL address is back to http://harupi.com
and it's no longer http://blog.harupi.com ! icon:h_heart04_

I don't like my profile picture though... icon:face2_despair

someone just forced me to use it... icon:face2_gawk

Anyway, I have all my cute emoticon, pictorial symbols, emoji　絵文字, to make my blog flashy with cuteness. haha.
Oooo~! You can use them in comments too! icon:a2_up

And I have a photo corner icon:o_camera2

& a video corner too up there!!

The photo corner is "for-me-to-put-up-whatever-photos-I-love-and-hope-you-love-it-too" corner. icon:face2_smile

The video corner is "Haruka just-for-fun-TV" corner.
No specific definition... icon:face2_coldsweats01

might be boring too... icon:face2_confident

All this while, I've been busy searching for jobs to get some real money instead of coins from Restaurant City or Country Story... icon:face2_coldsweats01

been doing some freelance translation works, and went to some interviews too. Moreover, been working out this blog skin since...not sure when, and that's why never really have time to update my blog or my Restaurant City Addicts' blog. icon:face2_catface

HOWEVER, with this new cutely constructed blog, I'm soooooo gonna update everyday as I could icon:mark3_sign03

so excited! haha

Oh yeah, I'm going to have a Japanese blog too (the link is at the top right of the page) where I'll be writing in Japanese depending on my mood.... icon:face2_confident

just if you might want to read in Japanese too... icon:face2_coldsweats01

I would like to say thank you to everyone who have left me some very nice comments, emails, and messages! Really happy and convincing after reading them all although just still only a few of you! icon:face2_coldsweats01

But thanks! icon:o_p22_loveletter