I've just received information on my host family... Haha... they sound like a nice bunch ^_^ Their family name is Chimori and they live, like, 3 houses down from the side gate of this University... maybe 7 minutes down from my dormitory. Very very close... hahha
The parents are both doctors around Mum's age and they have 3 children... 5 year old twin girls and a 2 year old boy. Oh dear... I'm going to have to start learning how to babysit -_-; I'm really awkward around kids... *sighs* hahha... oh well. Anyway... They should be nice. This is going to be so fun XD
Oh, and I don't think I've posted this up before but my contact information is:
(+81) 080-5357-2405 [mobile phone]
(+81) 072-749-2924-2201 [room phone]
kiiroyuri@ezweb.ne.jp [mobile phone - text only please]
kiiroyuri@yahoo.com
Room 2201
Dormitory for Foreign Students Building 2
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
8-1-1 Aomatani-Higashi, Mino-shi,
Osaka 562-8558 Japan.
I'm busy quite a lot of the time and if even someone calls on my mobile phone... apparently you can leave a message if I don't pick up. So please do... call me... write me... please? Hahhaha
Anyway, my schedule is like... (I start from 9.10 each day)
Monday- I'm free all afternoon, from lunch time, but I have tuition starting 6.15pm
Tuesday- classes until 4.20pm
Wednesday- classes until 4.20pm
Thursday- classes until 6.00pm
Friday- classes until 4.20pm
Saturday- Kyudo from 9.45 to 4pm (although it can end at 1 or 2pm)
Very packed schedule isn't it? -_-; Oh well... what to do. This is it for the rest of the term I guess. But sometimes it's kind of fun to always have something to do each day. Else I'd probably end up going downtown wandering around or what not.
Oh yeah... the weather is getting warmer and I'm starting to appreciate the cold winds more and more heehee ^_^ I just learnt that- was is June or July? Well, anyway, there's one entire 'season' when it'd just rain and rain and rain everyday... hahah, we'll see. I wonder how it'd be like since I'm on a mountain. Mountain... *sighs* Thinking that I'm living on a mountain right now feels really funny really. Haha.
I'm going to watch Kingdom of Heaven tomorrow night... heeeee
That means I have to go now and start finishing my Thursday homework... oh and I have another test tomorrow... and yeah since my class finished another chapter today I'll probably have another test on Friday... Saturday I have to meet my host family, Sunday there's some Kyudo activity...
Good thing I went for groceries much earlier on already. It's getting to be an extremely packed week... hahha. Oh well.
2005-05-17
2005-05-13
First complete week of class
I haven't much time right now but I just wanted to write something y'know. I luv everyone for having taken time to comment. LUV U ALL ^_^ Azi- the people on my floor are only from Cambodia, Finland, France, Indonesia, Iran, Korea and Bulgaria. Billy... give me until next year to find that guy hahah- because for now it's all international students that I'm studying with, once I move to the next University it'd be a Japanese majority... heehee XD BangPing good luck for exams!! ShamNe.O I'm going to link you- that alright? XD How's UK doing? FAE nanti klo inda busy I want to taaaalk k? XD Anyway--- hearts to everyone XD
Anyway, it's the first actual week when classes have been held in full... I think (you know, without public holidays and such to break up the week) and I feel that it's actually quite hectic and I don't really have that much free time at all... so we'll see how this works out as time goes along.
Yesterday I had my second math class and it was... unspeakable. Instruction was completely in Japanese... well maybe not completely... there was some "Are you ok?"s and "Do you all understand?"s in between the instructions... but honestly... it was... unspeakable. LoL But then towards the second half of the instruction I actually finally could start recognising some of the kanji and the terms he was using and connect it with the numbers, letters and mathematical symbols the teachers were writing on the board. I guess if I just push on a little more I can understand more... Slowly... slowly.... I guess it's just like climbing up the slopes to the University. At first it was so hard, and now... well I really don't feel the slopes much anymore. I still do get tired, but less. Hahaha-- anyway, time's up... more later on... by my phone... hahhahaha I love my phone.
Anyway, it's the first actual week when classes have been held in full... I think (you know, without public holidays and such to break up the week) and I feel that it's actually quite hectic and I don't really have that much free time at all... so we'll see how this works out as time goes along.
Yesterday I had my second math class and it was... unspeakable. Instruction was completely in Japanese... well maybe not completely... there was some "Are you ok?"s and "Do you all understand?"s in between the instructions... but honestly... it was... unspeakable. LoL But then towards the second half of the instruction I actually finally could start recognising some of the kanji and the terms he was using and connect it with the numbers, letters and mathematical symbols the teachers were writing on the board. I guess if I just push on a little more I can understand more... Slowly... slowly.... I guess it's just like climbing up the slopes to the University. At first it was so hard, and now... well I really don't feel the slopes much anymore. I still do get tired, but less. Hahaha-- anyway, time's up... more later on... by my phone... hahhahaha I love my phone.
2005-05-11
Pictures!! Lalala~
LoL finally I get to post up some more pictures~~ I'll start with my visit to Kyoto:
Well, the story of that day is that... I went with Aurelie and we both wanted to go see some of the old temples and towers and such but then the problem was- she had a book of all the nice places to visit but we didn't have a proper map to get to that place!! Hahah~ so what we did for most of the day was look for the tourist board which was about a 45 minute walk away from downtown- where we arrived, that was in Kawaramachi-eki, and we went to two tourist offices and got these really good maps...
But then anyways, we only got to see one temple... can you see it in this picture? ^_^
Pretty pretty temple... hahahah
This is the view from the Rajomon-somethingsomething LoL I forgot the rest of the name- it was some sort of huge temple-park next to the Toji-tera. Toji-tera is in the background.
Cute cat... it was sleeping, but then just when I took it's picture, it woke up... ^_^;
This particular picture I like very much hahahha XD
That's all from Kyoto-- LoL to be honest, most of the temples are starting to all look the same to me by now hahahha~ silly really, but they're all rather pretty all the same.
Next are pictures from Nara~~ XD
Many many deer at that place~
There are deer in this picture... How many can you count? ^_^
This is Toudaiji-tera, the temple that houses the largest image of Buddha in the world.
The picture is pretty dark because of the lighting... The lighting was... basically there was no lighting haha~ Only the light from the big doors
This is the group I went with - two of my dorm mates which I'm sure if you've been keeping track of me you'd be very well aware of... hahah Anni and Aurelie. Then there's Eric from Canada who's wearing red, Radu, the guy next to him is from Romania, Diana from Bulgaria and the last guy on the right is Yoshiro- good friend and basically he was acting as our tour guide that day. Hee~~ The one behind the camera is Lili from Bulgaria- I didn't manage to get a picture of her -_-; oh well...
Well... until next time... ^_^ ja ne~~
Well, the story of that day is that... I went with Aurelie and we both wanted to go see some of the old temples and towers and such but then the problem was- she had a book of all the nice places to visit but we didn't have a proper map to get to that place!! Hahah~ so what we did for most of the day was look for the tourist board which was about a 45 minute walk away from downtown- where we arrived, that was in Kawaramachi-eki, and we went to two tourist offices and got these really good maps...
But then anyways, we only got to see one temple... can you see it in this picture? ^_^
Pretty pretty temple... hahahah
This is the view from the Rajomon-somethingsomething LoL I forgot the rest of the name- it was some sort of huge temple-park next to the Toji-tera. Toji-tera is in the background.
Cute cat... it was sleeping, but then just when I took it's picture, it woke up... ^_^;
This particular picture I like very much hahahha XD
That's all from Kyoto-- LoL to be honest, most of the temples are starting to all look the same to me by now hahahha~ silly really, but they're all rather pretty all the same.
Next are pictures from Nara~~ XD
Many many deer at that place~
There are deer in this picture... How many can you count? ^_^
This is Toudaiji-tera, the temple that houses the largest image of Buddha in the world.
The picture is pretty dark because of the lighting... The lighting was... basically there was no lighting haha~ Only the light from the big doors
This is the group I went with - two of my dorm mates which I'm sure if you've been keeping track of me you'd be very well aware of... hahah Anni and Aurelie. Then there's Eric from Canada who's wearing red, Radu, the guy next to him is from Romania, Diana from Bulgaria and the last guy on the right is Yoshiro- good friend and basically he was acting as our tour guide that day. Hee~~ The one behind the camera is Lili from Bulgaria- I didn't manage to get a picture of her -_-; oh well...
Well... until next time... ^_^ ja ne~~
2005-05-10
Sometimes I just can't keep my eyes open
Golden Week is finally over- it was this long stretch of holidays and I got to go out quite a bit.
It started on Friday the week before last until the previous Sunday (except Monday and Friday)- but I don't remember much of what I did but I do remember going out to Kyoto last Tuesday and then to Nara on Wednesday.
Kyoto was a bustling city- more crowds that even Umeda- and I thought that that was a lot of people already haha- anyway I was with Aurelie only that day. We basically knew what places we wanted to see but we didn't know how to get there LoL so we spent most of the day looking for the tourist offices getting maps- of course we got to see at least one temple but it was about 45 mins by foot away from Kawaramachi- the station we arrived from. We walked a LOT that day....
The temple that we got to see- Toji-tera was really old- there were these beautiful markings on the walls. I couldn't take pictures of them of course but when I next can, I'll post them online.
The next day we went to Nara with Yoshiro- a good friend who was badically acting as out guide- 'our' being me, Anni, Aurelie, Radu from Romania, Diana and Lili from Bulgaria and Eric from Canada. We were quite a crowd haha- but it was fun.
The place we went to in Nara was so beautiful- so many greens and guess what- deer haha. Many many deer LoL They were everywhere.... Again- pictures will just have to weait till next time.
Besides athat deer-place, we went to Toudaiji-otera which was sheltering the largest image of Buddha in the world- if I heard right- a very popular tourist spot. And it was huge... We walked so much that day too... come to think of it... my life's just about become this huge battle of uphill and downhill walking hahaha... until the last Saturday. I wonder if you can guess why....
Well I finally got a bike!! Hahah-- I'm so happy~~ I tried in on Monday afternoon and I went down to Maruyasu and back up in record time!! I'm falling in love with the bike now....
Oh, but I still love Kyudo best hahaha... It still has got to be one of the most awesome sports ever!! I went to Juso last Sunday with some Kyudo sempais and David (another ryuugakusei from Indonesia- same course (undergraduate)) And we went to Juso- which is the stop just before Umeda and went to purchase some of our equipment from the Kyudo shop. So now I have the costume and glove and obi and armor. Pricy pricy pricy... everything was quite pricy LoL. If I still end up loving Kyudo by the time I have to move on to the next university then I'll definitely save up to buy the bow, arrows, slippers etc etc. But for now... I'm just happy that they were able to lend me the arrows etc.
I love Kyudo. ^_^
It started on Friday the week before last until the previous Sunday (except Monday and Friday)- but I don't remember much of what I did but I do remember going out to Kyoto last Tuesday and then to Nara on Wednesday.
Kyoto was a bustling city- more crowds that even Umeda- and I thought that that was a lot of people already haha- anyway I was with Aurelie only that day. We basically knew what places we wanted to see but we didn't know how to get there LoL so we spent most of the day looking for the tourist offices getting maps- of course we got to see at least one temple but it was about 45 mins by foot away from Kawaramachi- the station we arrived from. We walked a LOT that day....
The temple that we got to see- Toji-tera was really old- there were these beautiful markings on the walls. I couldn't take pictures of them of course but when I next can, I'll post them online.
The next day we went to Nara with Yoshiro- a good friend who was badically acting as out guide- 'our' being me, Anni, Aurelie, Radu from Romania, Diana and Lili from Bulgaria and Eric from Canada. We were quite a crowd haha- but it was fun.
The place we went to in Nara was so beautiful- so many greens and guess what- deer haha. Many many deer LoL They were everywhere.... Again- pictures will just have to weait till next time.
Besides athat deer-place, we went to Toudaiji-otera which was sheltering the largest image of Buddha in the world- if I heard right- a very popular tourist spot. And it was huge... We walked so much that day too... come to think of it... my life's just about become this huge battle of uphill and downhill walking hahaha... until the last Saturday. I wonder if you can guess why....
Well I finally got a bike!! Hahah-- I'm so happy~~ I tried in on Monday afternoon and I went down to Maruyasu and back up in record time!! I'm falling in love with the bike now....
Oh, but I still love Kyudo best hahaha... It still has got to be one of the most awesome sports ever!! I went to Juso last Sunday with some Kyudo sempais and David (another ryuugakusei from Indonesia- same course (undergraduate)) And we went to Juso- which is the stop just before Umeda and went to purchase some of our equipment from the Kyudo shop. So now I have the costume and glove and obi and armor. Pricy pricy pricy... everything was quite pricy LoL. If I still end up loving Kyudo by the time I have to move on to the next university then I'll definitely save up to buy the bow, arrows, slippers etc etc. But for now... I'm just happy that they were able to lend me the arrows etc.
I love Kyudo. ^_^
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