Big Bang concert anyone ?

6th October

There is a Korean living in my dorm, he is kind of a mystery boy, because he is never around. He pops up occasionally at night. Name: Tae Hoon. He is majoring in Japanese; has studied the language for 7 years which makes him insanely good at it!
I had a conversation with him 2 days ago and when I told him I listen to Korean songs, he took out his Ipod and was very impressed with my knowledge ^^ We had a new song session again yesterday and I could sing along in most songs on my mp3 player which made him puzzled and he promised to teach me Korean. We sat up talking this and that until 6 in the morning and I went to sleep and slept in the next day. I had sushi dinner with Tae Hoon, Chikako and Tae Hoon oppa´s friend Kenji (oppa is Korean for big brother).

4th of October, I went to Kyoto with Tomo kun and Wes. We went to the manga museum and after that we had some lunch at a cool café that had yakiniku and steak. After that we strolled around Kyoto´s Sanjo area and then Wes headed back home to have dinner with his home stay family. There are talks of him moving back to Seminar house 4, because he is bored at times at his home stay in Kyobashi, Osaka.
Anyways, me and Tomo kun were on a mission; getting Tomo kun a makeover. A couple of days ago me and Aika were surprised that Tomo kun never had any cologne before; we had Michele spray some Aqua di Gió on him. The reason for this makeover is that my dear otooto kun (little brother) has found a cutie pie ;) .
So, we headed to find him a cologne, which was easier said than done. We found more girl´s perfume and makeup shops and we almost gave up, when we found a skin care shop that had small samples of their cologne for sale. So we bought one for Tomo kun. After that we headed to Uniqlo for shopping ! Uniqlo has cheap and awesome clothes. Shirts, skirts, black pants, business gear, casual wear etc. I bought a purple dress hoodie, and then I helped Tomo pick out his new style. He choose a bordeaux red parka and I found black pants for him, he choose a pair with pockets on the side and they made him look very tall and slim. And then I ran and got him a grey cardigan which combined with a scarf looked very chic ! The guys in the other dressing rooms where looking at me with amazement while I ran back and forth between racks and the dressing room.
So after content shopping we found a restaurant and had a set dinner of ramen, fried rice, gyoza and then we headed back home, exhausted. We went to Starbucks for some coffee, I had matcha frappucino, and the cute barista was working again, the one who might have a girlfriend who is Madoka´s friend. He ran out of cream so while he excused himself with a cute smile, I was all "Oh no problem whatsoever, please take your time!" :) Tomo kun just laughed at me and went "baka" (idiot). He gave me extra amount of cream and then we headed home.

I was supposed to go to a flea market yesterday, but it was cancelled due to rain so me and Chikako headed back to bed, since it was 9 in the morning. We heard that a couple of people had fallen of their bikes which they have been riding drunk of course. They were taken to the hospital for treatment. Everyone had gone the park; a park which apparentely is very beautiful and a perfect spot for drinking. We even have a Facebook group for it.

These past days have been sunny and warm but now it´s back to rain, but it´s still warm, 25-26 degrees and rain this week. Lars is coming from Sweden so it´s gonna be nice seeing him.

30th of September I had dinner with Jonas and Miki and Miki´s friend in Osaka, we went to karaoke in Namba and to a izakaya after that. I had a stressful moment when I arrived there, because I ran out of battery on my keitai (cellphone). Yup I finally bought one, about 700 SEK for a prepaid one, with a 3 month card and free emailing for 70 SEK per month. I have already sent about 100 emails since I got it. In Japan one sends emails instead of sms, so you can contact someone from your computer if you want to.
My keitai is black, from Softbank and I have decorated it with rhine stones, AIDA of course and lots of purikura stickers.
Anyways, there I was in Namba station with no clue of where Miki could be, so I ran to a phone booth to call her, but I couldn´t get a tone, so I turned and looked around and there she stood with Jonas. Thank God !
The karaoke place was brought to us by a bouncer who took us there. It looked like something from the future with floors similar to ones in a shower with white tiles and the rooms where red and grey; with red furniture. The bathroom was even cooler, the sink was a see through one !

Anyways the izakaya was cool as well, we took off our shoes and sat down in a sunken down booth on the floor. The food was good as usual, but Jonas made the mistake of ordering a Bloody Mary and the taste of tomato was too weird for him to finish it.
I met Jonas on the 26th alongside Team Kansai Gaidai; Azusa, Sachiko, Miki, Yuko, Saori and Tomomi, we had fika and it was very fun. Jonas had been surfing and stuff for 2 weeks in Kyoto and alongside the coast. He loved Japan of course !
After the fika I met up with my speaking partner, Takami to have dinner, I made yakitori and rice and miso soup for her, she liked it ^^.

I have been to yakiniku as well, it is actually a Korean dish. It´s meat barbecued on the table and eaten with rice, very good ! I had it with Koshin and Madoka. We had an all-you-can-eat meal and left the place very contented.

Yesterday when I woke up, I biked with Jonas, Mischa and Luke (US one) to Royal Host, a diner opposite KFC to have lunch. We had a set lunch which was bruschetta or soup, a sallad, and pizza or spaghetti and dessert of choice included, about 120 SEK ! When me and Jonas told the others that it would probably cost twice as much in Sweden, their jaws where wide open.
After lunch, the guys bought some KFC to go and we headed back in immense rain! I hate rain !!
I got cleaned up and took the bus to go meet Tomo kun and Takumi down in Hirakata shi to find new shoes for them. We didn´t manage to find anything nice; they wanted pointy boots and we only found dark sneakers and business shoes. There are about 10 girls´ shoe shops but it´s a bit harder on the guy department. I managed to find a 1200 yen dress at second hand so it wasn´t a total waste of time anyways ;) .
Tomo kun joked about us going to Starbucks and me being all shy and dumb to Takumi so Takumi had us go there again. But cutie boy wasn´t working unfortunately hehe.

Tomo kun wanted to find a way to talk to his favorite girl, so I offered to help; as in having him email her about me wanting to have Japanese friends so why don´t we have lunch together. It took him about 15 minutes to write it but it turned out good, she is up for it !

I bought a set of Shiseido skincare products by the way. Shiseido is the world´s oldest skincare brand and it´s Japanese. The lady who helped us gave each of us a foundation gift and a mascara gift as thanks for my generous shopping. There was even a lottery; in which I got 2 free scarfs :)

I have been feeling lately that Im back in highschool. Because I have classes everyday and lunch in the cafeteria. After lunch, time is spent browsing people from the staircase between McDonalds and the cafeteria (If I didn´t mention this, we have a Mc on campus, you pick out your burgers yourself and pay by the counter).
One day when Mischa and I were browsing the campus, 2 girls came up to him to take pictures with him and after that another pair of random girls started talking to him while we sat on the stairs. I am not that fortunate on the guy department; Japanese guys just stare! And sometimes you can be as lucky as to have a group of guys staring at you together.
Whoever said Japanese people are shy should reconsider the word shy. They can be found staring at you so much that you put your head down almost in shame. Usually someone who stares at you turns away their head when caught staring but not Japanese people :).

This week I have an exam on Thursday and the weekend probably includes IKEA with Takami, Chikako and others, Kyoto second hand exploration with Takkun, maybe Osaka with Tomo kun and Takumi and maybe some other sight seeings. We have Monday off again; this time it´s Health and Sports Day.
I might meet Lars and the others for izakaya or something. They are gonna go out for dinner tomorrow at a nabe restaurant. Nabe is a hotpot dish which I adore but I can´t because of the exam.
I am planning a trip to Tokyo soon, probably around the 7-9 of November, and Korea around the 20-24th of November. Im gonna stay at Haruka´s place and meet Masashi, Yuki, Nozomi, Eiko and Daiki.
Halloween is coming up as well, so there is a planning of a party at SH4. Me and Bill had this idea of having Tomo kun be Michael Jackson since he can do the moonwalk, and then we are gonna practice the Thriller. Ii desu ne?

Im gonna meet Miki and Yusuke for dinner soon as well, maybe even Kento.
I haven´t meet Asumi or Ayane or Mio yet. Neither have I been able to meet Keiko and Yu. And I have promised Masako to go to Fukouka. Lots to do. Im also busy this week with my applications for my upcoming internship, Ganbaru yo !

I haven´t been homesick yet, however a couple of days ago I was really craving Swedish candy, especially licorice and that made me really homesick. But I really find Japan interesting and hope to stay here more. Or anywhere in Asia in spring.

DBSK have released a new album, with head song Mirotic spinning in my head. And Big Bang have a new English album for release in Japan on the 22nd and a upcoming concert in Osaka on the 28th. If I get tickets I will drag Tae Hoon with me, he likes Big Bang but dislikes DBSK (even though he admitted some songs to be good). Im hoping to go to Home Made Kazoku´s concert on 19 December in Osaka with Eddie, if we get tickets that is.

OYASUMI !