Hafu boom in Japan

This is the pages from Japanese magazine which is introducing how to have hafu（ハーフ） eyes. Hafu（ハーフ）is what is called in Japan for the Japanese mixed race people. In Japan, Japanese mixed race people is getting really popular. One of the celebrity in Japan, Suzannu, even produced the makeup, like how to get the hafu faces and she produced eye shadow, lip gloss, and blush with the introduction of how to makeup. In Japanese TV, there are many celebrities who are half Japanese and half from different country. For example, Becky(British,Japanese), Wentz Eiji(German-American,Japanese) Kimura Kaela(British,Japanese), Tsuchiya Anna(Russian-American,Japanese), Arashiro Beni(American,Japanese), Takigawa Crystel(Frence,Japanese), Hitoto Yo(Taiwanese, Japanese), Rinka(Canadian,Japanese) and so on and on and on!lol

It is just so popular! and so many magazines are publishing their own tips for the hafu makeups and as me, one of the hafu, I feel it's just crazy!

I mean maybe people can change it with some makeup tips, but I don't think they can have it exactly similar eye shapes or nose or lip shapes as me or those Japanese hafu celebrities. well, I just can't help thinking that this is just one of the businesses. Everything that is popular or famous, I think that is just a new business that every company is tring to do. but anyways, I think it is interesting! lolll

Ideal

Recently, I'm researching about Japan, like how Japanese dipict Gaijin(foreigner or outsider) in mass media or how Japanese is trying to be more pretty(using whitening cream,making eyes bigger, dying one's hair, fake eye-lashes etc).This is actually part of my sociology project that I'm doing for my class.

Well, I found that mixed race people(hafu) is really becoming popular in Japan! One time, Vivi magazine published their new issue with only using hafu models(1st pic). In that cover page, 4 girls are half Americans(3) and Canadian and there are no hafu people with black. I don't know well about Japanese TV recently because I don't watch it that much...but I know that Aoyama Teruma and Jero(quarter) are mixed with blacks. Both of them are famous with their music:)

oh and I don't know why, but these days, Nicole Richie is really popular between Japanese girls. I always see Nicole on several magazine's cover page in convenience store.haha Many young age girls say that they get the fashion idea from Nicole's fashion and many of them say their favorite hollywood celeb is Nicole Richie! I don't know what is happening here...but Nicole Richie is turning to a really good business here!hahaaa

3rd picture is the cover page of "Ageha" magazine. well, as you can see, there are no models with black hair and they are way too far from Japanese looking. They color their hair to blonde or brown and they always introduce makeups which can make one's eyes bigger. They also look really white and there are no models who are single eye lid. I saw most of the magazine's cover, but I really couldn't find any model with single eye lid-everyone has double eye lid. I'm still on my way to research more of this but I have found one Japanese quote that says "Even you have problems in your face, if you are white, that whiteness will cover your problems" (色の白いは七難かくす). I guess there is a norm of white=beautiful in Japan for really looooong time!

I will post in near future if I found anything else that seems interesting;)

TOKYO 2009 ASIAN YOUTH PARA GAMES

Hello, there! Long time no blog posting...haha

So, on September 10th to 13th, there was a Para Games(Asian Youth Para Games) in Tokyo.

My half country, Iraq also came to Tokyo and had a competitions! Team Iraq got many medals! yay!

I'm so proud of those kids who attended this game!

This is the result from this game...:)

1st day Athletics 100m-men>>>

Anawee Ahmed (2nd place) with 14.03

ShotPut-men>>>

Aldawoodi Ali (1st place) with 5m05

ShotPut-women>>>

Almajidi Hanan (2nd place) with 4m93

Alnadawi Reghad (1st place) with 2m57

JavelinThrow-men>>>

Alkhafaji Ali (1st) with 34m47

Saddam Ibrahim (3rd) with 24m69

Tnaiash Garrah (1st) with 22m97

Manthoor Talib (1st) with 20m98

Day2 Athletics 200m-men>>>

Obayes Ali (1st) with 26.56

Al-shibil Hussein (3rd) with 26.34

Anawee Ahmed (1st) with 27.66

Athletics-800m men>>>

Obayes Ali (1st) with 2:17.32

Al-shibil Hussein (2nd) with 2:15.25

Long Jump>>>

Alkhafaji Ali (7th)

DiscusThrow men>>>

Manthoor Talib (1st) with 21m22

Alkhafaji Ali (2nd) with 26m88

Tnaiash Garrah (6th) with 21m03

Saddam Ibrahim (2nd) with 27m40

Day 2: Athletics 400m men>>>

Obayes Ali (1st) with 59.11

Al-shibil Hussein (2nd) with 57.58

Anawee Ahmed (1st) with 1:06.05

Athletics 1500m men>>>

Obayes Ali (3rd) with 5:01.51

Long Jump men>>>

Saddam Ibrahim (3rd)

Anawee Ahmed (2nd) with 4m02+0.7

ShotPut men>>>

Alkhafaji Ali (2nd) with 8m02

Manthoor Talib (5th) with 6m53

Tnaiash Garrah (1st) with 8m51

Saddam Ibrahim (1st) with 8m10

DiscusThrow>>>

Aldawoodi Ali (1st) with 8m74

JavelinThrow women>>>

Almajidi Hanan (1st) with 9m15

From day1to day3 of Boccia, I can't read it because it's not clear but here are the URLs.

1st day)http://www.tokyo2009.jp/ayp/boccia_result_1.pdf

2nd day)http://www.tokyo2009.jp/ayp/boccia_result_2.pdf

3rd day)http://www.tokyo2009.jp/ayp/boccia_result_3.pdf

Goalball>>>

1st day)http://www.tokyo2009.jp/ayp/goalball_result_1.pdf ---Iraq won one game!

2nd day)http://www.tokyo2009.jp/ayp/goalball_result_2.pdf ---Iraq won one or two game!

They didn't appear on 3rd day.

1st day Swimming 200m men>>>

Al-drkuzli Hatem (2nd) with 03:36.22

2nd day men 100m>>>

Rawashdi Ahmed (3rd) with 1:48.53

Al-mashhadani Zain Alabedin (4th) with 01:21.42

Al-drkuzli Hatem (5th) with 1:23.27

Al-zubaide Mustafa (1st) with 1:17.76

Backstroke men>>>

Rawashdi Ahmed (3rd) with 01:48.01

Al-zubaidi Mustafa (1st) with 01:35.98

Al-mashhadani Zain Alabedin (2nd) with 01:36.94

Al-drkuzli Hatem (3rd) with 01:46.52

Day3: 50m men>>>

Rawashdi Ahmed (3rd) with 00:51.12

Al-drkuzli Hatem (4th) with 00:35.10

Al-mashhadani Zain Alabedin (5th) with 00:35.39

Al-zubaidi Mustafa (1st) with 00:34.54

I think nobody from Iraq team went for table tennis and wheelchair tennis games.

Congrats for everyone and congrats for team Iraq:)

I had a chance to meet those sports player on Monday and it was amazing!

Everyone seems like my age and everyone was so nice and active:D

I just couldn't help myself and cried a lot because I was so proud of them and when I thought that there are so many other people who are disabled in Iraq by accident or because of the war, it just made me really sad.

I just thought that I would do anything for those people in Iraq!

So...because I cried so hard, (well, I kinda become depressed sometimes that I miss Egypt and Iraq very very much) so everyone asked my mom why I was crying which was kinda embarrasing.LOL

I'm 19 years old and will be 20 very soon and I still cry for very tiny things.

Everyone came to take picture with me and I was just pleasure!

I would definitely go to Iraq some day and see my relatives and those kids and many other friends!

and...I soooooo can't wait for that day to come!

Happy Ramadan to every Muslim people in the world:)

Forever 21

Hello there!

Long Long LOOOOOONG time since I posted the last one.

I was been busy for my school because I get TONS of homework! anyhow, now is my spring holiday so I'm free from it! ahhhahhaaaa!

So, in Japan, since H&M came to Harajuku, and in other place, (I heard that they are making in Shibuya too) Finally, Forever 21 came! yay!

Compared to H&M and Zara or any other cloth shops, Forever 21 is much cheaper and they have many clothes in different colors! so, I tried to go there and it was sooooo crowded! It was about 7 oclock at night so it was much better than the afternoon time, I could enter the shop like 15 minutes. BUTTTT! here is the problem, I CANNOT SEE THE CLOTH BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE. ahaaahaaahaa! there were so many people that you can't concentrate on shopping but to avoid people! I just bought one cloth, but everyone else were buying TONS of cloth! Moreover, because people bought so many clothes, I had to wait for the cashier about 10-15 minutes!  wtf! haha but anyways, it was nice to see all floors and bought something. I really want to go there again to shop but I think I will wait until the time when Japan going to make another Forever 21 shop because people who come to Harajuku might be decrease! haha but anyways, it was nice!