Eikou No Kakehashi

Warning : this is a long entry to be read. SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

Assalamualaikum & konnichiwa!
If you read this post, you'll think what's special with this song. I've been searching this since last year (somehow I lost its lyrics) because this song has its valuable meaning & full of spirits.
Now, I've found the title of the song and this video is just for sharing. Before I forget, this was the song that we sang on our graduation day - the last day as AJL no gakusei.

*AJL-Accelerated Japanese Language.
Course I took after SPM (using trial SPM result).

Translation

There were tears I didn't show anyone
There were tears I shed that no one knew about
It definitely wasn't a smooth road, but it's the road I walked
On the way to those dreams I imagined back then
And now, on the way to the dreams I almost gave up, time and time again

After countless days, I arrived at where I am now
So just keep going and don't falter
To the bridge of glory...

There were nights I couldn't sleep because of regret
There were night I was scared and trembling
And there were times I hated everything and thought it was all for nothing and wanted to run away
When I think of it, there was so much support as I walked

At the end of sadness and pain there is light
Come on, let's go; we just have to run without turning back
To the sky full of hopes...

There were tears I didn't show anyone
There were tears I shed that no one knew about

After countless days, I arrived at where I am now
So just keep going and don't falter
To the bridge of glory...

To that endless journey
To the bridge that leads to your heart...

Romaji

Dare ni mo mise nai namida ga atta

Hitoshirezu nagashita namida ga atta

Kesshite taira na michi dewa nakatta

Keredo tashikani ayunde kita michi da

Ano toki omoi egaita yume no tochuu ni ima mo

Nandomo nandomo akirame kaketa yume no tochuu

*Ikutsu mono hibi wo koete

Tadoritsuita ima ga aru

Dakara mou mayowazu ni susumeba ii

Eikou no kakehashi he to...

Kuyashikute nemure nakatta yoru ga atta

kowakute furuete ita yoru ga atta

Mou dame da to subete ga iya ni natte

Nigedasou toshita toki mo

Omoideseba koushite takusan no

Sasae no naka de aruite kita

Kanashimi ya kurushimi no saki ni

Sorezore no hikari ga aru

Saa ikou furikaerazu hashiri daseba ii

Kibou ni michita sora he...

Dare nimo mise nai namida ga atta

Hitoshirezu nagashita namida ga atta

*Repeat

Owara nai sono tabi he to

Kimi no kokoro he tsuduku kakehashi he to...

And for this post, I've been searching all the pictures of our moments during the course. Luckily I found them in my friend's fb (thanks Yuva, Jaclyn n others). Without further ado,

1. The ILMU apartment; 4th floor.

Description : nice and comfortable room (1 person per room, 4 rooms), near to the mosque, a huge living room, a kitchen.

Stairs~

Place for study

The mosque - i used to go there to recite Yaasiin every Thursday night with Amirah

(view from my apartment)

Golf field. (behind my apartment)

Bus for going to the class ( suteki!!)

2. The class - Meiji

Description : Only 5 Malay girls (suffocated!), noisy, crazy-thinker classmates but always in the top rank list for the test, sporting guys and girls.

Firstly I came to this class, I was a little bit afraid of the Meijians since I got no basic in Japanese. When I entered this class, Safril sensei was teaching in the class and I was asked to introduce myself in front of the classmates.

Me : Hi, my name is Siti Nurul Afiqah. From Melaka. Nice to meet you.

Meijians : Hajimemashite!!!!

Me : Huh?? (I don't know what they're saying so I hesitated for a while).

Sensei : Please take your seat back there or shall we ask you to make a "moonwalk" from here to your seat.

Meijians : (laugh..)

Me : Uh, no, thanks.

For the 1st week, I used to sit alone. Then, Ahamado san (the real name is Ahmad) volunteered to sit beside me, but he was shy. Hahaha. Then sensei relocate our seat and I have some new friends. By the way, I love this class and i was really hoped to see my classmates again someday.

Syazana

Arina and Najwa

Yuva and Ben. Aizat on the right

My classmates : Shih Yin, Yihuan, Yuvarani, Michelle Tam, Amar Arif, Nazim, Hafiq, Syazana, Najwa, Arina, Kak Elly, Chinting, Hui Chyi, Justin, Xiu Dan, Yus, Ben Haaziq, Al Aizat, Ben, Jou Lin, Calvin & Ahmad Ridhwan & others (sorry if I left someone's name)..

Takahashi sensei

Our lesson in nihon go

Hectic schedule

Our result for the test

Playing golf for sports

Bridge crossing - way to go to the cafe

3. Sensei

Description : All sensei are interesting, fun and nice.

Takahashi@Hidayah sensei - so soft and kind

Kamilah sensei - kind but strict a little bit

Hamiru (Hamir) sensei - the funniest sensei

Saido (Said) sensei - his small voice made me laugh :D

Khairil sensei - strict sensei, always watching the students

Safril sensei - looks like a rich person, smart, talkative, always telling his stories

Hidayah sensei & Takahashi sensei

From right : Saido sensei, Safril sensei, Hamir sensei, Khairi sensei

Khairi sensei

Ms. Evelyn, taught English for the 1st batch. She helped me during my registration.

4. Rehearsal for the performance and graduation day

Description : Our class decided to sang "Season in the Sun" by Westlife but we change the lyrics. On our graduation day, we got a certificate each and sang the song above, "Eikou no Kakehashi". I cried while singing this song - such a farewell. I couldn't take much pictures because after the ceremony I quickly packed & went home.