Poem: "I Know I Have Said It"

" I Know I have Said It "

I know I have said.

I know you have heard it.

A million times,

a million times,

a million and more times.

But each time is the first time.

The first time for me.

Each time it is new.

It makes my heart skip a beat.

Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Poem: Keep On Believing

"Keep On Believing"

Children keep on believing,
fly around the world tonight.

Children keep on dreaming,
recreating the world each night.

Children keep on imagining,
building castles in the sky.

Children keep on seeing things,
with your eyes filled of wonders tonight.

Children keep on being children,
the world needs your magical light.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Poem: Capable of

"Capable of"

What am I capable of?

I am capable of many things.

The greatest kindness, generosity and love.
The greastest evil, violence and coldness.

Yes I have these qualities.

What am I able to do?

I will give you all that I have.
My money, my clothes and yes my life.

I can give nothing.
Unfeeling.

I can,
harm or help
hurt or heal
damage or repair
destory or build.

Yes I have these qualities.



Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Poem: There Is No Thing

 "There Is No Thing"

There is not one thing,
you can do to me that we harm me.

There is nothing, no pain,
you can give me that will hurt me.

There is nothing you can do,
to make me blink.

I am nothing, stone, ice, cold.
I am numb to all harm or pain,
that you can cause me.

World you can do nothing to me.
I survive, I live, I survive.
I always do.

But be warn.
Harm the ones I love,
harm my sweetness,
My wrath will know, no bounds.
I will tear your soul apart.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Poem: Do Nothing

"Do Nothing"

Millions cry,
yet we do nothing.

Millions can't see,
yet we do nothing.

Millions can't fill their bellies,
yet we don't do anything.

Millions are sick!
Millions DIE!

Yet we do Nothing Nothing and NOTHING.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Poem: Changes

"Changes"

Changes, good or bad.
They happen,
they are in ways needed.

Changes,
needed, wanted or not.

They bring new things,
sometimes good, some not,
but its a part of life.

Changes are all the time.

We don't see them at times.

Think we, they stay the same,
but in everything there is change.

All things change.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Poem: Come With Me

"Come With Me"

Come with me,
you and I.

Go with me,
a new life.

Dance with me,
together in rhythm.

Come with me,
you, me, us,
this time.

Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Poem: IF YOU ASK

"If You Ask"

If you ask me to cook for you,
I will say sure what would you like.

If you ask me to massage you,
I will say certainly what oil would you like.

If you ask me to kiss you,
I will say definitey its my pleasure to.

If you ask me to hold you,
I will say absolutely I will hold you all night.
If you ask me to die for you,
I will say, yes I am able to,
BUT I will live for you and not die, that I promise you.

Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Chikako Yamashita, Photographic Art Work

One of my friends, CHICAKO YAMASHITA ( 山下千香子 ),  recently had a exhibition of her photographic art work. 


The title of the exhibition was " SHIMMERING " or " YURAGI ( ゆらぎ ) " in Japanese.

I really like her work and I believe that you too will also like her work.


Chicako also does commercial work as well, so if you want to get the perfect image or photograph for your business needs, wall art - decorative, personal request, etc then Chikako is the person you must definitely hire.


Here are the links to her web-site and blog:


Web-site:  http://photofac.net


Blog:   http://photofac.exblog.jp





Here are some examples of her art: The photographs at the beginning of this (top, 2 female models) are fashion shots for a magazine and the one below are her own personal art (work). 

Here is Chicako's profile in English and Japanese:

Chicako Yamashita/ photographer＆writer

Profile
Born in Tokyo.
Completed the professional photographers’ course of TSG(Tokyo Shashin Gakuen/ Tokyo Photography School).
Studied video making at London College of Communication (Formerly named: London College of Printing), University of the Arts London.

Exhibitions
2006 group exhibition“Colors; Superb Photographers 022”,“2008 Prints Exhibition "（@ T’s salon, Tokyo）
2008group exhibition“2008 Prints Exhibition”（@CCAA Ramp-zaka Gallery, Tokyo)

山下千香子／ヤマシタチカコ　フォトグラファー＆ライター Profile 東京生まれ、横浜育ち。 東京写真学園プロコース本科修了。大学卒業後、会社勤めを経て渡英。ロンドン芸術大学London College of Printing (現London College of Communication)でビデオ制作を中心に学ぶ。帰国後は編集プロダクションにて主に映画関連の書籍・フリーペーパーなどの編集・取材・執筆を幅広くこなす。2005年に独立し、フォトグラファー＆ライターとして活動中。 Exhibitions 2006年 　グループ展「Colors～極上写真家022～」（東京・渋谷　T’s salon） 2008年 　グループ展「2008枚展」（東京・四谷　CCAAランプ坂ギャラリー）

TOEIC Books on Sale

（青山学院大学講師／駿台外語綜合学院講師／日米英語学院講師）
上智大学大学院博士前期課程修了（言語学、英語教授法）。専攻は、言語テスティング。大学や英語学校で、大学生、ビジネスマンを対象とした資格試験対策を行い、TOEFL,交換留学プログラム準備、カウンセリングを含め短期間で目標突破へと導くことを得意とする。指導科目は主にTOEIC900、730、550突破、英検1級、準1級、TOEFLiBT100、80突破コースなど。認知科学、心理学、自己開発プログラムに関心があり、一眼レフカメラが趣味。

松本恵美子

http://emikotoeic.blog83.fc2.com/ 


http://matsumoto.nichibei-shibuya.com/

書名：新TOEIC(R) TEST 必達 550点〔リスニング編〕
著者：松本恵美子
定価：945円（税込み）
ISBN:4-532-40579-3
ISBN-13:978-4-532-40579-3
出版社：日本経済新聞出版社
出版日　11月25日

書籍名： 新TOEIC(R)TEST必達550点〔リーディング編〕
著者名： 松本恵美子
価格： 945円（税込み）
ISBN-10： 4-532-40578-5
ISBN-13： 978-4-532-40578-6
出版社： 日本経済新聞

出版社

Well the books went on sale in the book store in Japan on Sunday (22nd November 2009). 


I went and check out a few book store to see how the books were selling. The "Listening" book is selling more that the "Reading" one but this is understandable since most Japanese struggle more with listening part of the Toeic test than the reading part. 


I do hope that the books are a marvelous success, Emiko (The author) has worked hard on them to make a book that will benefit everyone wishing to take the Toeic test. 


With this I have put Emiko Matsumoto's photograph, Bio-info and a link to her blog {Click the title of my blog} (sorry all in Japanese). Plus as you can better pictures of the two books and there covers.  So what are you waiting, quickly run to the book-store, jump on-line and buy the books today, no now, before they are all sold out. Seriously everyone, they are wonderful books and will definitely help anyone wanting to get a better score in the Toeic test. So I do highly recommend that you buy them for yourself, someone you know or please recommend them. Furthermore the cool thing about the books is the size: large enough to be read easily but small enough to be carry in a bag, jacket-pocket. So you can use the books basically anywhere plus with the listening section being down-loadable, well you are free to practice just about anywhere. 


Enjoy everyone.


Syrbastyian (Amaya)   

Toeic Books

http://matsumoto.nichibei-shibuya.com/

http://emikotoeic.blog83.fc2.com/

A colleague of mine , Emiko Matsumoto 松本恵美子, at Nichibei Eigo Gakuin Shibuya school 日米英語学院渋谷校 has been working on some Toeic books for the listening and reading parts of the Toeic test. 

Ms. Emiko Matsumoto asked me if I could help with the books by checking the English for grammar, structure, vocabulary use and naturalness.

I was only too happy to do this for her because I had never done this type of book editing work before and also if someone who is going to write something to be publish I want me to help, I will assist them in any way I can.

So now the books are finished. 

The titles of the books are:

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リスニング編」 

新TOEIC TEST 必達 550点 「リーディング編」

or in Roman letters:

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Listening hen"

shin TOEIC TEST  hittatsu 550 ten" "Reading hen"

They are being published by Nippon Nikkei Keizai Shimbunsha 日本日系経済新聞社.

They will be on sale at book stores throughout Japan on the 22nd of November 2009, Sunday. 

The price will be 945yen each and there is a web-site in which you will be able to download the listening material and some other things as well.

I enjoyed doing this work very much and I hope that the books sell well, so you guys out there BUY A COPY even it you do not need one. Want a signed copy, then hey, get a copy and I will sign it and more importantly I will ask Emiko, the author, to sign it as well.

In all seriousness though, I believe that if you are studying for the Toeic test, interested in taking the test, or know someone you is, then you should get these books or recommend the books to the people you know; these books will help you to get a higher score in the Toeic test.

I am proud of the work done and hope that more work like this will follow. 

I would very much like to thank Emiko for asking for my help. I enjoy the work quite a lot. Also I am humble by the fact that Emiko had my name put on the front cover of the books under her name. This is a great honour, a wonderful surprise and I am full of gratitude.

Eventually I hope to be writing my own material but probably not text books but poetry or stories (fiction and non-fiction), then again I think that all my years of teaching have given me something to write about in a text book that may benefit people who wish to develop and improve their English communication skills. 

I have included some photographs of the (possible) covers. The covers will look something similar to these photos. My apologies for the low quality of the photographs, I took them with my mobile phone.

There you have it. That is what I have been doing recently. 

Buy a copy, it will make you feel good about yourself, lol.

Syrbastyian (Amaya) 

Short-Story: The Magic Castle, Yellow Room

" The Magical Castle, Yellow Room "




Once upon a time there lived a most lovely and amazing cute princess, who lived a magical castle in the land of Easthugeisland.
 
One day the princess decided that she wanted to eat yellow-marshmallows, so she went to the yellow-room, where all the yellow things are kept in the magical castle, but she could not find the yellow-marshmallows.


Where are the yellow-marshmallows, she asked herself. 


She had looked everywhere: in the yellow-wardrobe, under the yellow-tables, behind the yellow-curtains. Everywhere yellow and anything yellow she looked in, under, behind, beside, above, on top of, below, around just everywhere! and still she could not find the yellow-marshmallows. 


She was feeling very tired and a little sad, and was about to give up on her search for the yellow-marshmallows.
When all of a sudden she realised that, that morning, she had just created yellow-marshmallows because she had dreamt of roasting yellow-marshmallows for the picnic next week in her dream. 


Happy with her self discovery, she set about asking her servants (who would do anything for the amazing cute and wonderful princess) to make yellow-marshmallows to roast at the amazingly wonderful picnic next week. 


Tomorrow she will be able to wake up to the delight of knowing that next week she will be able to roast yellow-marshmallows the amazingly wonderful picnic. 


And, life was wonderful and fantastic for the most lovely and amazingly cute princess. 


She lived her days happily ever after.


"The end."

By Syrbastyian (Amaya) Vzampfyier 

Poem: Love You, Two

" Love You Two "




I like your nose.
I like your toes.
I like you feet.
You have nice teeth.
I like your smile, 
it shines through your beautiful eyes.
I like the clothes you wear,
especially when you have no underwear.
I like all things about you.
I guess I am trying to say is that I like you.




Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Poem: There Is

" There Is "


If there is love, let me know it, for it's knowing is greater than the loss of it.


If there is love, let me see it, the radiant beauty of it will burn in me when my eyes can no longer see.


If there is love, let me hear it, it's heavenly sound fills me with tears, and it reverberates through me soul when my ears fails in winter years.


If there is love, let me feel it, the loss of it will destroy me, crush my soul to nothingness, turn me dead inside
but this pales to never having felt the love of true love.



One may learn to love again? and may find another love?


Of true love, only love, real love. one can never experience that again.


For this love is made of the stars, it's made of dreams, It is a millenium event. 


Born and destine to be.


This love, once had can never be blessed again upon we.



If there i love, let me touch it, to hold in my arms while it sleeps.

A simple kiss, Oh! how magical, to feel it's caress on my lips.Hold close and lay in love, for the two become as one.

If there is love, let me experience it, It is the most joy est thing that one can have in all one's years.

If there is love, let me have it, even if it one day I may lose it? having it is far greater than my tears and empty years.


If there is love, There is love.



By Syrbastyain (Amaya)

Poem: Come Again

" Come Again "




Here's some news,

I am free from 2 to 5,

Wish to see your heavenly wings.
Wish to fly  with you in the clear blue sky.
But if i remember yamada or ? has reserved you,

Alas not enough time.

No need to worry, no need to cry.

Time will come again,

To meet, to share, to enjoy our smiles.

Until then keep our thoughts and time together in happy memories,

For we are born to be, you and I.

By Syrbastyian (Amaya)

Short-Story: The Magical Castle, Pink Room

" The Magical Castle, Pink Room "




Once upon a time there lived a most lovely and amazing cute princess, who lived a magical castle in the land of Easthugeisland.
One day the princess decided that she wanted to eat pink-popcorn, so she went to the pink-room, where all the pink things are kept in the magical castle, but she could not find the pink-popcorn.
Where is the pink-popcorn, she asked herself.
She had looked everywhere: in the pink-cupboards, under the pink-socks, behind the pink-chairs. everywhere pink and anything pink she looked in, under, behind, beside, above, on top of, just everywhere! and still she could not find the pink-popcorn.
She was feeling very tired and a little sad, and was about to give up on her search for the pink-popcorn.
When all of a sudden she relised that popcorn is usually white and kept in the white room.
That morning, she had just invented pink-popcorn because she had dreamt of eating pink-popcorn in her dream.
Happy with her self discovery, she set about getting the white-popcorn from white room and turning it into pink-popcorn and putting it in the pink room.
Tomorrow she will be able to wake up to the delight of eating pink-popcorn in the pink room.
And, life was wonderful for the most lovely and amazingly cute princess.
She lived her days happily ever after.


"The end."

By Syrbastyian (Amaya) Vzampfyier