I haven't written in a while..
Some updates>
The school festival during 30th of October to 2 November was pretty fun. The whole campus was filled with food stands where various clubs and circles such as volleyball circle etc sold food. We just walked around and ate and watched dance shows and stuff. I met one of Alex's volleyball members, Ryotaro. I have been having lunch and talking to him a lot recently, he has even been to the Seminar House where I made an approach at making kimchi nabe! He liked it so apparently i did a good job ^^
The presentation on Sweden went very well. We taught the audience about the gingerbread wish and talked about Midsummer, Christmas and Easter.
The Halloween went pretty good as well. However, the amount of guests that were supposed to be there, were not, which was kind of irritating since that made me only being able to invite Takami!
I helped clean up and decorate and made David and Jonas' makeup. David was a mimer, and Jonas was the Joker. They looked great !!
We had a beer pong tournament, where me and Aika where in the same team, Aika was blue and dressed in black, literally blue !! Her face and hands were painted in blue. I was a pumpkin ;) We lost the match despite Aika's four in a row score !
Team Jonas and David were up in the final against team Eddie and Joe. Team E,J ended up winning !
After the party people headed out, I actually stayed and fixed my resume which I sended to a couple of embassys.
I got a B+ on the Video reaction paper and a C on the manga exam !!
I went to Tokyo on the 6-9th of November !! On the evening of the 6th, I headed for Osaka to meet up with ASUMI !!! Long time no see, not since June 2007 actually ! We had dinner at a yakitori place and talked. She helped me buy a bus ticket for Tokyo; night bus which had extra comfortably seats with blankets that left at midnight and arrived early next morning at Tokyo station. It cost me about 7000 yen, so a lot cheaper than taking the Shinkansen train !
I arrived early morning on Friday in Tokyo, where I had breakfast and waited for Yuki to come meet me. He finally came at 10.30 and we headed for Akihabara, which is a famous anime district where they have girls in maid dresses serving manga nerds tea and biscuits. I bought a I love Akiba shirt and 2 mini Sasuke and Naruto figures for my keitai !! Yatta, and yes I am a nerd I KNOW ;) It was Yuki's first time to be there so he was quite impressed by it all. We played an arcade game where I beat his ass mohaha. But i bought him a Dragon Ball figure to cheer him up ;)
After Akihabara we headed for Ueno which has a national museum. The musem had many buildings so we chose 2 of them, one contained arts and crafts from all of Asia, including rugs and pots from IRAN !! Poor Yuki had a cold so by the end of the day his eyes were red and he was loosing his voice. I really appreciated that he took me around though, ありがとう！！
Headed to meet up with Haruka, Maya and Masashi for izakaya. We had a lot of fun and Haruka and Masashi were surprised over how good our Japanese had become. I stayed at Haruka's place where her overly protective dog Betty wanted to attack me every 20 minutes, but it was ok lol. Haruka's cute sister and cool brother said shyly hello to me everyday. And her mom cooked me some tasty food, so I felt really rewarded !
Saturday me and Haruka headed for Harajuku for some shopping and continued on to Shibuya !
Harajuku had some sick shopping and there was a massive line for the newly opened H&M ! I bought some cheap boots, pumps, dresses etc. Unfortunately I couldnt't spot anyone dressed as a anime character, unfortunately,.....
Shibuya square with the infamous 109 building was insane !! I have never seen so many people cross a crossroad at the same time ! The 109 building clerks were insane, so much makeup and extravagant hairdos ! I bought a really cute coat here, the buttons are heartshaped, this really brought out the girl in me ;)
Sunday, first we headed for Asakusa shrine, where we viewed a market and an ancient shrine where we did some praying ! By this time it was getting really cold, and I started to feel a bit weird. After Azakusa, it was time for rich business district Ginza !! We visited the Swarowski crystal store and saw the Salvatore Ferragamo and other stores. Ginza's main street was so clean
By the afternoon when we met up with Junya for lunch, I realized I was having a fever !!
I don't know how I finished the Vietnamese lunch but after that, we had to cancel the trip to Tokyo tower and the Lockup restaurant, where customers are chained to their tables like a prison. Instead we went to a mangakissa, aka manga cafe where I could sleep and Haruka read manga. I took the night bus back to Osaka and arrived at Hirakata at about 8.30.
But, Tokyo was amazing, despite the crowd, I could easily live there !!
I decided not to go to Korea this upcoming weekend, Im going to save the money and see what happens next semester. Im concerned about my internship spot, I really hope I get one !
Monday we had a meeting about the alcohol policy project and it seemed like some people were bothered by the beer pong games and the loud hip hop music. Oh well, you can't please all can you. Most of us felt that Mark Tracy should have informed us about how he wanted the drinking to be conducted, but he felt that it would have affected the result of the project. Guinea pig I tell you .
It's gotten way colder. The wind is chillier here, feels like ice to your face, thank god for my coat !
I thought I had lost my room key so after stressing around campus looking for it, I finally found it !! Yokatta..
I don't know why, but sometimes if you are given something and then it's taken from you, and you really appreciated it, you end up chasing after it, not wanting to let other things have a chance in your life. And I do believe that there is a difference in how girls and guys look upon affection. But I only have 1 month left here, so I have to enjoy and make the best of it, and I am <3
Big Bang released their new Korean album, and I listen it to pieces. And I have grown a big affection for G Dragon, even though Eddie mocks his name lol.
Here is a pic of him, in his glory ;) JYA !!
