Daily Maimi for 2/7: “My Birthday”
I didn’t feel that a summary of Maimi’s update today on the official ℃-ute blog would do the entry justice, so I opted to do a full translation. I can only hope that my translation captures the strong emotion and gratitude that Maimi tried to convey. Here is Maimi’s update for 2/7, “My Birthday
“:
Good evening
It’s the 19 years-old MaimiI was able to reach this birthday without any problems
20 is right before me
Soon, I’ll be at an age that no one can call me a childAlthough I’ve come this far,
many people have
held my handhave given me love…
have held me up…
It’s obvious, but I haven’t lived this life by myself
Who I am now… it is thanks to each and everyone I have met…
And then, thanks to the support of those I haven’t yet met…
I am extremely happy that I was born as Yajima Maimi
When midnight came, while reading everyone’s comments on the blog and Serend
and the comments from the other members, I felt that way again
I also received a lot of birthday e-mails
Those who celebrated when I was born,
My family and relatives… my family’s friends… I think I could certainly count all of them.
As the 19 birthdays added up
The people I met and those who knew of me gradually increased
Now, I can’t count the number of people
Those who are as happy about my birthday as they are their own, and tell me “congratulations”…
I feel I’m such a lucky person…
Though I receive so many blessings,
I can’t say “Happy birthday
” to each and every person…
So please let me say it here to everyone who has touched my life
It’s thanks to everbody that I am who I am now
Everyone’s feelings have made me who I am.
I’m so happy that I am able to get to know everyone
Everyone everyone, thank you for being born
And, and
to say the least, my familyI really can’t repay my debt to them.
I’ve caused my parents a lot of annoyance, hardships, and worry
and I think my brothers have had to put up with a lot because of me
Despite that, my family has always been my ally no matter what
There are also times when they scolded me,
and when we were younger my brothers and I fought a lot
Even so, I grew up surrounded by love…
is how it seems
From when I was a 0 year-old who knew nothing…
they were always beside me,
they taught me many things
they cheered for methey saved me…
I’ve grown to this point because of them
Though I think I’ll continue to cause them problems,
little by little, little by little
I will work hard so I can repay their favorsI’m glad that I was born to this family…
On my 19th birthday
once again I realized the support of so many peopleEach and every moment of these 19 years is important, all of them, if different even a little bit
I wouldn’t be who I am without them… is how I feel
From here on, I will turn and walk towards 20 years-old so as to not have any regrets during the one 19th year of my life
Everyone, everyone, always always, thank you for bringing me happiness
From here on out, forever, please take care of me
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Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep while reading the comments yesterday
In the morning I was awoken by my mom’s voice
“Mai
Aren’t we going out
she said…
Today we went to the Enoshima shrine
that Nacky had gone to yesterday
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1)
We strolled around the outskirts of the Enoshima shrine
“This is the road we were on during my elementary school field trip~
”
I remembered and it made me excited
I also got to eat seafood
Afterwards we saw a movie
That reminds me, this time last year my mom and I went to Okinawa…
This year was also really fun
Lastly, here are some pictures of my 19 year-old self…
It’s my birthday so I’m not wearing any make-up, and I apologize(
2) Cologne, who turned 5 years-old today
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3) Fruit tart, which I love
It was given to me
Thank you to everyone who read all the way to end of this long entry
And from her updates at Sweet time, in order from oldest to most recent:
Thank you for all the comments everyone(;_;) And my blog, I will update soon but it’s become longer than any before m(__)m
I’m sorry for the wait!! On second thought, I made it a little shorter(^-^; But it’s still long m(__)m Because I will take today’s pictures, it will be a little later m(__)m
Aa~(;_;) 2/7 is almost over…(ToT) The update I just made already has so many comments… I feel like I’m going to cry too… I love you all~!!
Posted on February 7, 2011, in Blog, Translations and tagged Yajima Maimi. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
wow you’re really stepping up these updates! 😀
where do you get the time?! i envy your job ;P
i won’t repeat myself again, but what an insightful mature post by maimi…it just fuels my maimi fandom ^_^
Thanks, this post by Maimi deserved nothing less.