I just thought to take out some time out for myself and start thinking about things. You know, stuff like:
1. I am not Najee. It's Naj. To the non-Japanese speaking world? It's Naj!! Let's start all a-fresh again.
Hi. My name is Naj. I'd been Naj for 17 years, and I don't want that to stop. I'm 20 years old now, and I'd like to be Naj. Nice to meet you! (^_^)
2. I don't hate pink anymore. (Well, I don't like it either, I'm just neutral) In fact, right now, I'm wearing a pink t-shirt. In fact, I think it's the first time in my life - wearing a pink t-shirt. I mean, this pink is not even pastel-pink or baby pink. There would be no other word for the colour of my t-shirt that pink. Think, Staedler-colour-pencils-pink.
3. I am too comfortable with myself to care about what other people think of me at times.
4. I am not so comfortable with myself to not care about what other people react to me at times.
5. I procrastinate.
That's only a slice of the things I'd been thinking about myself lately. Others include stuff like.... Why did I cut my own hair???? Yes, I cut my own hair. I only wanted my front hair shorter again and couldn't be bothered to go to the salon to get that cut. So I cut my front hair. Plus I layered my back hair. I have to say I think I have a result closer to what I imagined and better than what my usual salon could give me. Then again I cut one part to short and it's kinda noticable so I have to part my hair differently to hide it. Which is not so bad... but Why did I cut my own hair in the first place??? I'm going to the salon next time to get a proper cut.
Maybe not for a while. I've been trying to grow my hair again. I want it longer than it's ever been before. Without it looking too weird.
Which kinda reminds me of another thing I thought about yesterday:
6. I had the best purikura sessions yesterday with Anni and Joie!!! The machines in Saty, KitaSenri were awesome. There were bars in one of them where you could hang, if you wanted, like a monkey hahahahahaha...... We had a blast.
2007-09-26
2007-09-21
Autumn Equinox
I'm at school again. No, it's still holidays, I'm just here to check out my results from last semester. I think I've been doing pretty good. I'm already at the half-way mark to getting all my credits! Actually I'm already exactly halfway at my 3rd semester so I suppose that means 3 more semesters, which is till the end of 3rd year and then I'll be home free for 4th year!
I've been sitting in a whirlwind of to-do since I came back from Fukui. Aurelie came back with her sister from London. I've been going in and out and around inside the house trying to get my things in order so they have more room at the apartment. I hadn't exactly been the tidiest person when she was away. Life was on the carpet for me. With no one to mind my business, it was TV, anime, knitting and reading at any time any which way I wanted. There were piles of books and papers and loose pieces of yarn all about up until the night before Aurelie came back. Anni will be coming next week. Apparently Joie will also be around in Osaka sometime early next week too! This is going to be fun!
Autumn Equinox will be on the 23rd this month. Just 2 days from now, it will be Autumn. My Favorite Season!! There'll be tangerines and persimmons and nice juicy tasty fruits all season! The night comes earlier. Dawn arrives later. The amount of daylight we get shortens. We can wear darker coloured clothes! (You could be amazed how Japanese are so fashion-conscious and ALWAYS dress according to season!)
I remember when I was wearing all-black during Spring last year, this friend of mine told me that that just wasn't usually done. And that wearing jeans in Summer was weird. And that long white skirts in Autumn/Winter was odd. I mean, come on! After looking at how they dress here, I'd thought that they didn't really care much about what people wear, considering how uniquely they dress sometimes. Then came this year and I suppose I can say, I get their fashion sense now. It's weird and troublesome but if that's how they're trying to make the shoe fit.
I like Autumn. (^_^) It's what comes before winter. You know what happens in winter? Besides the cold (which I don't particularly like). It's the late mornings. The early evenings. The hot chocolate. The hot baths which feel oh-so much better than in either Spring or Summer. It's how dark and bleary most days are which means I can sleep easier. I can sleep mooooore.
Best of all? I love it when the day is not so bright when I wake up. It puts me right in the mood to take everything easy. Heeeee
In any case I can't stay any longer so... au revoir! A la semaine prochaine!
(I hope I spelt that right. But for the sake of clarification. See ya next week!)
I've been sitting in a whirlwind of to-do since I came back from Fukui. Aurelie came back with her sister from London. I've been going in and out and around inside the house trying to get my things in order so they have more room at the apartment. I hadn't exactly been the tidiest person when she was away. Life was on the carpet for me. With no one to mind my business, it was TV, anime, knitting and reading at any time any which way I wanted. There were piles of books and papers and loose pieces of yarn all about up until the night before Aurelie came back. Anni will be coming next week. Apparently Joie will also be around in Osaka sometime early next week too! This is going to be fun!
Autumn Equinox will be on the 23rd this month. Just 2 days from now, it will be Autumn. My Favorite Season!! There'll be tangerines and persimmons and nice juicy tasty fruits all season! The night comes earlier. Dawn arrives later. The amount of daylight we get shortens. We can wear darker coloured clothes! (You could be amazed how Japanese are so fashion-conscious and ALWAYS dress according to season!)
I remember when I was wearing all-black during Spring last year, this friend of mine told me that that just wasn't usually done. And that wearing jeans in Summer was weird. And that long white skirts in Autumn/Winter was odd. I mean, come on! After looking at how they dress here, I'd thought that they didn't really care much about what people wear, considering how uniquely they dress sometimes. Then came this year and I suppose I can say, I get their fashion sense now. It's weird and troublesome but if that's how they're trying to make the shoe fit.
I like Autumn. (^_^) It's what comes before winter. You know what happens in winter? Besides the cold (which I don't particularly like). It's the late mornings. The early evenings. The hot chocolate. The hot baths which feel oh-so much better than in either Spring or Summer. It's how dark and bleary most days are which means I can sleep easier. I can sleep mooooore.
Best of all? I love it when the day is not so bright when I wake up. It puts me right in the mood to take everything easy. Heeeee
In any case I can't stay any longer so... au revoir! A la semaine prochaine!
(I hope I spelt that right. But for the sake of clarification. See ya next week!)
2007-09-10
At a friend's house
I haven't been sleeping well lately. I can't sleep till it hits 2am and I constantly wake up at 6am. Now, to compensate (and probably worsen) this state of sleeplessness, I've been sleeping in the afternoon too. Which is just... well. Let's just say I stopped my napping habits when I moved to Japan so this past week has been a little strange. And I've been having these constant nosebleeds too. I'm probably going to go check in at a clinic and a pharmacy soon to fix my nose and get sleeping pills. I wonder if it's the holidays that's making all this trouble.
I made plans to stay at Nazuna's house in Fukui-ken for a few days and that's where I am now. I arrived here yesterday at noon after a 2 and a half hour train trip. This place is faaaaaaar from Kobe. But I love her house! It's a lodge. Or at least, I think it's like a lodge. There's trees all around us. She has a creek! The entire feeling is rustic and so to me, it's like a holiday retreat. But this is where she lives! It's amazing and so beautiful! I totally love her house!
They have a terrace with a place to eat outside and that's where we had our lunch. It was incredibly rustic-like (without the barbecue stand hahaha). We went around to look at the port that's so well-known around here. And we had tea out with her mother. This mother-daughter pair are amazing! They are so close, it's like they're joined at the hip!
Dinner that night was amazing too. We had dinner at her house with her parents and her elder brother and I swear it lasted at the very least 3 hours because we were continuously talking. Mostly it was about stuff going on around the university but we had a really nice discussion-session going on.
I slept at 1am last night, which is much better than the past week. I woke up nearly falling out of the bed at 9.30am today because of Adeline's sudden email (LoL). That's not the funny thing though - I'm surprised that the shock I got this morning from almost falling didn't wake me up. Rather I feel even more dull and out of it. I'd just finished a lengthy breakfast when we decided we'd go to watch Kimura Takuya's new movie, Hero, this afternoon. I hope I'll be able to understand the movie.
Well that's about it for today. Later then!
I made plans to stay at Nazuna's house in Fukui-ken for a few days and that's where I am now. I arrived here yesterday at noon after a 2 and a half hour train trip. This place is faaaaaaar from Kobe. But I love her house! It's a lodge. Or at least, I think it's like a lodge. There's trees all around us. She has a creek! The entire feeling is rustic and so to me, it's like a holiday retreat. But this is where she lives! It's amazing and so beautiful! I totally love her house!
They have a terrace with a place to eat outside and that's where we had our lunch. It was incredibly rustic-like (without the barbecue stand hahaha). We went around to look at the port that's so well-known around here. And we had tea out with her mother. This mother-daughter pair are amazing! They are so close, it's like they're joined at the hip!
Dinner that night was amazing too. We had dinner at her house with her parents and her elder brother and I swear it lasted at the very least 3 hours because we were continuously talking. Mostly it was about stuff going on around the university but we had a really nice discussion-session going on.
I slept at 1am last night, which is much better than the past week. I woke up nearly falling out of the bed at 9.30am today because of Adeline's sudden email (LoL). That's not the funny thing though - I'm surprised that the shock I got this morning from almost falling didn't wake me up. Rather I feel even more dull and out of it. I'd just finished a lengthy breakfast when we decided we'd go to watch Kimura Takuya's new movie, Hero, this afternoon. I hope I'll be able to understand the movie.
Well that's about it for today. Later then!
2007-09-03
It's starting to feel like Autumn
I'm having my Summer Hols now.
I officially do not have any posts for August. I really don't know what happened. One minute I'm right in the middle of exams, and the next minute I'm rolling around on the floor of my living room trying to find something to do other than watching tv and knitting! Of course I don't mind knitting so much but if there was only something else to do...
Anyway, I will find something. I've got to try at least or else I'm going to go out of my mind and there's still 27 days worth of holiday left! Which is like... 4 weeks or so... which is actually not that long, now that I think about it.
I officially do not have any posts for August. I really don't know what happened. One minute I'm right in the middle of exams, and the next minute I'm rolling around on the floor of my living room trying to find something to do other than watching tv and knitting! Of course I don't mind knitting so much but if there was only something else to do...
Anyway, I will find something. I've got to try at least or else I'm going to go out of my mind and there's still 27 days worth of holiday left! Which is like... 4 weeks or so... which is actually not that long, now that I think about it.
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