Thank you guys, our donation has just been completed!

It ends up with ¥91,894 JPY, I am amazed that we collected such huge amount of money. I am sure this money will help my friends studying in Tohoku region.

There are some of my friends in Tohoku, who I still cannot contact with, but I won't lose hope until it's sure whether they are alive or not.
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Groupon Japan has a maximum limit for donation, ¥10,000 JPY for one account. Therefore, I changed the plan and donated Red Cross Japan directly. I sent ¥92,000 JPY to red cross in total.

I sent an e-mail with receipt picture to the people who donated. Please check your e-mail account which you used for this donation.

This donation is finished because the donation page I made is not really convenient to use. There are many other good donation pages now, so if you still want to donate more, please use these below.


American Red Cross : https://american.redcross.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=F8HWA002

Global Giving : http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/

Yahoo Japan internet donation : http://volunteer.yahoo.co.jp/donation/detail/1630001/index.html#purpose



If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a message.

Thanks again, I hope you guys have a peaceful day without any of fears :-)


Kota Samejima


ご協力どうもありがとうございました。集めた寄付金は、責任をもって送金させていただきました。

みなさまのご協力のおかげで、 ¥91,894 JPYもの募金がたった２日間と少しで集まりました。友達伝の募金だけで、これだけの金額が集まり、正直少し驚いております。この募金はわずかながらも、きっと被災された方々の希望となるでしょう。

私の東北に住んでいる友人の中にも、未だ連絡が取れない者が数名いますが、ハッキリするまでは希望を失わないでいようと思います。

当初、募金はグルーポンジャパンに送る予定でしたが、募金の最高額が１アカウントにつき¥10,000JPYに設定されていたため、予定を変更し、日本赤十字社に直接送金いたしました。

募金の最少額が¥2,000JPYからでしたので、差額を私個人で出して、合計¥92,000 JPYを寄付させていただきました。募金していただいたかたには、別途レシート等を添付したメールをお送りさせていただいておりますので、ご確認ください。


この募金自体はこれで終了させていただきますが、これからも他の募金は呼びかけていきたいと思っています。
地震発生直後は、これといった募金のページがありませんでしたので、私個人で募金ページを作らせていただきましたが、現在は使いやすく安全な募金サイトがたくさん出てきましたので、これから募金をお考えの方はこちらのサイトからお願いいたします。



American Red Cross : https://american.redcross.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=F8HWA002

Global Giving : http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/

Yahoo Japan インターネット募金: http://volunteer.yahoo.co.jp/donation/detail/1630001/index.html#purpose

日本赤十字社：http://www.jrc.or.jp/contribute/index.html



また、今回の件で、色々と反省することもありましたので、お時間のありますときに、こちらもご覧いただけたら嬉しいです。
http://pal1130.blog39.fc2.com/


何かご質問がありましたら、お気軽にメッセージをいただけますようお願いいたします。

ご協力、本当にどうもありがとうございました。
皆様が、災害に脅かされることのない、安らかな日を送れますことを願っています。

鮫島　甲太

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WASABI Japanese cultural exchange club at Sydney university is also organising many fundraising events in the following weeks.
We hope we'll be able to help the many people in need in Japan.
Our first proper fundraiser will be a BBQ on Monday from 12-2pm so any people in Sydney who is free please drop by! We are in a relatively easy to find position, situated in front of the Chemistry Building on Eastern Avenue.

BBQ is $4 (for sausage+drink) we will also have donation boxes around! よろしくお願い致します　

Please take care!

The earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku is so devastating. Lots of other areas and even other countries have been affected. I pray that all of you in Japan and all your family and friends are safe. Please take care!

To those who live in places that may also be affected by resulting tsunamis, please take care!!!

Stay safe everyone

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友達のブログ


My friend Kota Samejima has taken the initiative to set up a donation page (particularly so we, who are not in Japan, can help as much as possible. Please read and help by donating or sharing with friends!)

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Please read following carefully, and only the people who agree my plan, donate with your credit card or paypal on the link below.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=HH6SPKEWRW4Y8&lc=AU&item_name=The+2011+Tohoku+Earthquake+Donation&currency_code=JPY&bn=PP-DonationsBF%3Abtn_donateCC_LG.gif%3ANonHosted


...As you guys already known, there was a horrible earthquake in Japan. It recorded the magnitude of 8.8 in Tohoku region, one of the biggest quake ever. Also that earthquake led another big quake around the Kanto capital region, and the function of the capital Tokyo city stopped.

My sister was in central Tokyo, and I couldn't contact with here about 5 hours after the quake happened. I was really worried while I was waiting for her message, checking the news online and the name of people past away.


I was feeling frustrated that I am in far away from Japan, and couldn't help anything for my family or friends. Hundreds of people are lost by 10 meters high Tsunami, and there are still many people suffering from injuries and fear of another big aftershock in freezing shelters.


Therefore I made a donation page for my miserable home country.You can decide how much you donate for them, $1 or 2 is still ok. The collected money will be sent to the donation campaign held by Groupon Japan at 14/3/2011 (Mon) 10 AM. Then, that will be sent to the red cross, and Groupon also donates same amount of money. It means we can send double amount of donation to the red cross.

If you have your own account of Groupon Japan, you can donate by yourself from the following link.

http://www.groupon.jp/?ssl__ses_id_=12203220ba7f1b3d3804042c40947237


After you finish donation, please change your status of the event attendance to "attending".


Even if you don't have any credit card or paypal account, please tell your friends about this donation.

Also if you have a twitter account or something, please tweet with this following link, my new launched blog page for this donation.


http://pal1130.blog39.fc2.com/



Thank you for your cooparation.



Kota Samejima



以下をよくお読みの上、ご賛同いただける方のみ、こちらのリンクから寄付をお願いいたします。

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=HH6SPKEWRW4Y8&lc=AU&item_name=The+2011+Tohoku+Earthquake+Donation&currency_code=JPY&bn=PP-DonationsBF%3Abtn_donateCC_LG.gif%3ANonHosted



皆 さんご存知の通り、この度過去に類を見ないほど大規模な地震が日本を襲いました。その規模は、なんと最大マグニチュード8.8、宮城県の一部では震度7を 計測したようです。そして、そのすぐ後にも茨城県沖で大規模な地震が誘発され、首都東京は機能停止を余儀なくされました。


私情になりますが、私の双子の妹も首都圏へ就職活動に出かけており、地震発生から５時間ほど連絡の取れない状態が続きました。
双子という特別な関係もあるかもしれませんが、彼女の無事が確認できるまで心配で心が張り裂けそうでした。


今回の地震において、留学中の身である僕には彼らのためにできることは何一つありませんでした。
ただ、妹からの連絡を待つ間、ニュースで死亡者、行方不明者の人数と名前を確認して、泣いて心配する母親をなだめることしかできなかったのです。
それが本当に悔しくてなりません。

今なお、冬の寒空の下避難所では余震や二次災害の脅威に怯え、怪我に苦しんでいる人たちがたくさんいます。

そこで、ほんの少しでも助けになれればと思い、個人的に寄付用のページを作ることに致しました。
寄付の額は、個々人で自由に設定できるようにしてあります。
集めたお金は、2011/3/14 （月）の10時に、グルーポン・ジャパン株式会社へとまとめて送金致します。
そして、その倍額がグルーポンによって日本赤十字へと支払われることになっています。

もし、ご自分のグルーポンアカウントをお持ちでしたら、以下のリンクからご自分で寄付をされても結構です。

http://www.groupon.jp/?ssl__ses_id_=12203220ba7f1b3d3804042c40947237


寄付をしてくださった方は、イベントの参加予定を、『参加する』に設定してください。


もしもクレジットカードを持っていないなどの理由で、協力したくても寄付ができない方などがいらしましたら、この募金のことをお友達に広めていただけたら幸いです。


Twitterなどのアカウントをお持ちの方は、以下のURLをRT希望でTweetしていただけたら嬉しいです。

この募金のために新しく立ち上げた、僕のブログです。
Facebookアカウントがなくても見れるので、よろしければ足を運んでみてください。

http://pal1130.blog39.fc2.com/



ご協力どうもありがとうございます。



鮫島　甲太

Wendy ended up deleting her LJ before OCT1st...

ah well...

I wish her all the best.

I hope that she will find somewhere to post up links to her awesomely subbed videos 
but will understand if she chooses not to due to people who can't follow simple rules and were just plain rude to her.

Well, this motivates me to do more subbing.

Wendy was one of the best in the JE fandom.....

NEWS fandom already has a lack of fansubbers...*sigh*

Should get NIF back on track :/

I have not been keeping up with JE fandom orz
and now that mid-semester break has come...I decided to finally catch up a bit

and find out..

NEWShFAN is closing down her LJ D:

NUUUU!!!!

darn inconsiderate people! You're ruining the fandom for EVERYONE!
Wendy had simple requests, just DON'T UPLOAD TO STREAMING SITES! I don't understand why you inconsiderate people couldn't abide by that rule? I understand wanting to share the wonderful subbed videos by Wendy..but you could usually just REPOST the link to her journal at YOUR blog or facebook or whatever instead of breaking that rule!
Also why are there people who are leaving nasty comments?! Wendy is subbing FOR us fans! She doesn't have to do it! She's just nice enough to share her knowledge with us!

grrrrrrrr!!!!!

On the other hand...life has been pretty good (well...now i'm angry at those people...but otherwise good)
Uni has been fun at least....because of my wonderful wasabi family.
My japanese seems to have improved somewhat.

But has seriously bee neglecting all my online things -__- expect facebook and email

even ameblo I haven't been updating.*sigh*

well..

I hope us fangirls can come together and somehow change wendy's mind.

well well~ uni is getting busy again! I regret choosing my cell bio class...but i guess i'll just have to try my best!

So i havn't updated in a long time...and i'm sorry!! i havn't updated my ameblo for a month now :( i need to repost all entries to it for the missing days xD ah~ i'll get to it..some time :l

Well what made me update now?

Tegomass no ai is coming out TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! :D i havn't preordered :l

but i did get Sakura Girl (LE and RE) from Amazon.co.jp~ sankyuu okaasan! :D

ALSO ALSO! recently i've fallen for....SETO KOJI :D
From watching Atashinchi no Danshi xDD hehe~~
So i want to get Junon 2009 December and 2010 January...special Kouji cards :l i found it on ebay...but not able to get anything until after i finish my exams :l

I have japanese written exam tomorrow! xD lol Topic is : reflections on Japanese customs (i've chosen to write on the Japanese custom...USE OF LANGUAGE! :D hopefully i will remember it and write well :S)

well instead of studying..i finished watching atashinchi no danshi, Happy boys...and RINNE NO AME!

i recommend that movie highly! Yamamoto Yusuke and Seto Koji both do a great job acting! but mind you, it's a very dramatic and sad story! (well written nevertheless!) How they both portrayed the characters was...WOW! THat'll stop people from saying the Japanese pretty boys are only good for looks! (because of Koji..now i'm paying more attention to Dboys too xDD haha~~ )

Anyways...i probably won't update for some time after this..because i have a report due next week..
the test tomorrow...a quiz this week....a quiz in 2 weeks :l and a report due in 2 weeks...
i think there's more but those are the ones i remember right now D: so much work!

jya....GANBARIMASSU

so i'm back in sydney...again xD after trip back to Hong Kong for Chinese New Years! it was lots of fun, lots of yummy food :P hehehe

Uni has started! first week ended already!!!! i feel so tired...even though there's really not that much work....yet!

anywayz...once again i've neglected my livejournal...even though i said i wanted to fix up tags and everything =___+


well....i have started a japanese blog (so for those interested please go read it!! if you have Ameba please add me :D )

-> http://ameblo.jp/shinelover

this is my personal project to try and make myself use more japanese...and hopefully improve! because in japanese 5 classes...i feel like i don't know anything and am really behind everyone else D: 

that's all from me now!! i have like 4 entries i need to update ameblo with tonight lol i wonder if i'll actually finish it in time?? lol i'll just cheat and change the date/time

(haha i thought i'll come update my LJ...and look! i had a draft written few months back but never finished it and posted :P ah well here it is! and i'll do new post right after)

Last fanmeet was a huge success!! Thanks for organising it Arisa :)

Now it hasn't been long since the last fanmeet, but i know we were all hoping to meet up again soon! I know some have started school so it might be a bit hard to get together or some people might have work....

BUT i thought it'll be a great meet up if we all go to Sydney's Natsu Matsuri Together!

http://www.jpf.org.au/02_events/summerfestival10/index.html

When: Saturday 6 February 2010, 11am – 10pm
Where: Palm Grove, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Admission: Free




It'll be great if we can all go together and of course wear your yukata if you have one (or bring it to change into at darling harbour if you'd rather not wear it on the bus xD like me )

Even though it starts at 11am we can meet up later. Also if you don't have a yukata, but has a cosplay costume? there's a cosplay parade this year! so feel free to come along in costume >w<

Please leave your name and contact details here if you can come along :)

(please feel free to bring along any friends, even if they do not like JE~ we can all have fun together!)