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. ^_^
2005-04-27
Lalala~
Tuesday 26/04/05
Today was so funny! LoL What happened was that I went off down to Maruyasu, Sampya and Kusuri to shop a little with Stani, my Bulgarian sempai (she's so cool XD) and we biked down. Stani has a bike you see and we decided to have me sit at the back on the way down - it was her first time taking a passenger - and we made it on the third try! Hahahaha
It was like... 4.30 or so and she finished pumping the tires of her bicycle... The bike was still moving the first time we tried - I just tried to quickly sit on the back, and we nearly fell to the side! HAHAHAH I imagine it would have looked so silly to any on-looker hahahah. We made it the third time - I got on when the bike wasn't yet moving and we tried to get some form of balance together hahahha - we were moving pretty well downhill HAHAHA. It was SO MUCH FUN - thank you Stani for such an eventful afternoon!!
Besides that - there's just something I want to comment about the weather today. I know maybe some of you might have heard me say this over and over again but HoNeStLY! The weather is SO FUNNY XD LoL. This morning it was so cold! Then as it moved to the afternoon it got warmer and warmer and then all of a sudden it was raining! And there was some thunder and lightning too! It didn't last long - well... I'm not sure, 'cos the next time I checked that afternoon - it was suddenly sunny outside again! HAHAHAH Then it went back to getting colder towards the evening. Today's weather was SO HILARIOUS! HAHAHAHHAHA I don't think I'll be able to understand the weather any time soon hahahah
On the other hand... I really am getting used to the routine here. Stani-sempai was a little shocked when I told her this, haha- mainly because most people think that there really isn't a 'routine' here in Japan. Most just take things as they come. Some things just come by unpredictably haha. Well, to me, that is the routine. The routine is unpredictably and that unpredictability is the routine. LoL. Am I confusing you yet? Well, anyway- here are some of the pictures I took when I went to the Osaka Castle.
I'm thinking that for Golden Week (there's a long stretch of holidays- From this Friday to Sunday next week and I only have to go to CJL on Monday and Friday to study next week XD)
I don't know what I'll be doing on Friday or Saturday this week- but I'm going back to Carrefour on Sunday. I'm toying with the idea of buying a rice cooker, hair dryer and a bicycle. Then I'll probably go to Tokyo with Aurelie and maybe Hee Jeung sometime next week. ^_^ Oh! And by the way, I've finally decided- I'm going to go for Kyudo. -I saw some of the club members this afternoon doing it and it was SO COOL!! Uwaaaah *cries* I waaaant... yaritai.... T_T
When I arrived behind the taiikukan (gymnasium) there were four people there playing and I got to watch the three of them shoot some while one of them- a sempai who'd just graduated from the club explained some bits to me. Ureshii... It all looked so elegant.... T_T I waaaaant. On Thursday I'll go and register. I sooo want it. Maybe I'll take pictures of the site next time. It looked like something out of a Robin Hood movie- only the person shooting arrows had a longer bow... and the way they prepared to shoot was so... cool *starry eyes* I want I want I want.
Oh... and there were these three things I've just remembered which Tanaka-sensei, the Dorm Supervisor said that we should keep in mind in order to have a successful stay at the Gaidai.
1/ Yaritai - I want
2/ Dekiru - I can
3/ Yaritokiru - I will
LoL. Shouting them out loud is SO much fun XD
Much Luv -- *hugs*
--Today 27/94/05
My first politics class was today... I think I nearly fell asleep... Uwaaah -_-; LoL
Today was so funny! LoL What happened was that I went off down to Maruyasu, Sampya and Kusuri to shop a little with Stani, my Bulgarian sempai (she's so cool XD) and we biked down. Stani has a bike you see and we decided to have me sit at the back on the way down - it was her first time taking a passenger - and we made it on the third try! Hahahaha
It was like... 4.30 or so and she finished pumping the tires of her bicycle... The bike was still moving the first time we tried - I just tried to quickly sit on the back, and we nearly fell to the side! HAHAHAH I imagine it would have looked so silly to any on-looker hahahah. We made it the third time - I got on when the bike wasn't yet moving and we tried to get some form of balance together hahahha - we were moving pretty well downhill HAHAHA. It was SO MUCH FUN - thank you Stani for such an eventful afternoon!!
Besides that - there's just something I want to comment about the weather today. I know maybe some of you might have heard me say this over and over again but HoNeStLY! The weather is SO FUNNY XD LoL. This morning it was so cold! Then as it moved to the afternoon it got warmer and warmer and then all of a sudden it was raining! And there was some thunder and lightning too! It didn't last long - well... I'm not sure, 'cos the next time I checked that afternoon - it was suddenly sunny outside again! HAHAHAH Then it went back to getting colder towards the evening. Today's weather was SO HILARIOUS! HAHAHAHHAHA I don't think I'll be able to understand the weather any time soon hahahah
On the other hand... I really am getting used to the routine here. Stani-sempai was a little shocked when I told her this, haha- mainly because most people think that there really isn't a 'routine' here in Japan. Most just take things as they come. Some things just come by unpredictably haha. Well, to me, that is the routine. The routine is unpredictably and that unpredictability is the routine. LoL. Am I confusing you yet? Well, anyway- here are some of the pictures I took when I went to the Osaka Castle.
I'm thinking that for Golden Week (there's a long stretch of holidays- From this Friday to Sunday next week and I only have to go to CJL on Monday and Friday to study next week XD)
I don't know what I'll be doing on Friday or Saturday this week- but I'm going back to Carrefour on Sunday. I'm toying with the idea of buying a rice cooker, hair dryer and a bicycle. Then I'll probably go to Tokyo with Aurelie and maybe Hee Jeung sometime next week. ^_^ Oh! And by the way, I've finally decided- I'm going to go for Kyudo. -I saw some of the club members this afternoon doing it and it was SO COOL!! Uwaaaah *cries* I waaaant... yaritai.... T_T
When I arrived behind the taiikukan (gymnasium) there were four people there playing and I got to watch the three of them shoot some while one of them- a sempai who'd just graduated from the club explained some bits to me. Ureshii... It all looked so elegant.... T_T I waaaaant. On Thursday I'll go and register. I sooo want it. Maybe I'll take pictures of the site next time. It looked like something out of a Robin Hood movie- only the person shooting arrows had a longer bow... and the way they prepared to shoot was so... cool *starry eyes* I want I want I want.
Oh... and there were these three things I've just remembered which Tanaka-sensei, the Dorm Supervisor said that we should keep in mind in order to have a successful stay at the Gaidai.
1/ Yaritai - I want
2/ Dekiru - I can
3/ Yaritokiru - I will
LoL. Shouting them out loud is SO much fun XD
Much Luv -- *hugs*
--Today 27/94/05
My first politics class was today... I think I nearly fell asleep... Uwaaah -_-; LoL
2005-04-25
Uwaah!
Was it Thursday when I last posted on this blog? Nyah haha~ I'm so blurr right now- the week has sped by so fast and I'm now in my 2nd week in Japan! Woot! Everything has been uphill (literally) so far and it's pretty much been fun fun fun XD
Hum... well, 21st was Aira's (my sister's) birthday... unluckily it was on the fullest day of my week. I had SP lessons as per usual in the morning and then at 1.10 I had to go meet my Japanese student-tutor - they provide one per each person except for those in the Advanced class and the ones in the upper Elementary classes can choose to or not to have it ^_^ My tutor is Asada Youko - I think I heard from snippets of her conversation with my class advisor - Yamakawa-sensei, that it might be her first time tutoring... but it's cool! She's nice. Japanese people are very nice LoL. She'll be tutoring me once a week for 2 hours each session. I believe this is good conversation and listening practise for me XD
Anyway, after that was another MATH TEST! Uwaaaah! It's my last test though, so it was all okay *hee* LoL. I think I called home after that... yeah, I think I did. After I made my dinner ^_^
Friday I had my first every history lesson in 4 years! Can you believe it- I did not even once think of sleeping! LoL hahah~ Amazing for me really, 'cos I think I'm always sleepy in classes, and it used to be especially in History classes.... I got Shimamoto-sensei, and he is actually pretty cool. Japanese teachers are all so cool. Or maybe I just think that I got the coolest teachers around *hee* Well... they really are cool.
After classes I went shopping with Hee Jeong, Lyda and Elien. XD I guess grocery-shopping is actually pretty fun ^_^; ... but carrying all the things back up to the Dorm is killing me! But I suppose I am sort of getting used to all the slopes. Actually I'm thinking of getting a bike, but I'll let that thought simmer a little while longer before I actually decide.
On Saturday I went to the Osaka Castle! And it was SO pretty! Pretty pretty pretty XD XD XD Though... there were some things that I thought were pretty quirky about it all~ for one, the Castle has an elevator... They say that it's a relatively new castle and it burnt down recently... because of a malfunction with the elevators. Hmm... Well, anyway, there were 8 floors (7 flrs for Brunei) and my friends (Anni, Aurelie, Lyda, Elien & 2 of Lyda's friends from Cambodia) and I had to climb all the way up to the 8th floor by the stairs. Very tiring... but the view was fantastic!
Well... Sunday I went to Carrefour with Anni and Aurelie. LoL I guess it seems I'm hanging out so much with these guys... but I think that it's pretty cool ^_^ We are, after all going to be each other's companions for a whole year. I feel grateful that I have such friendly dorm mates. Very grateful ^_^ --Carrefour is French by the way - Aurelie was so happy to be shopping there *hee* It seems that a lot of the items available (in the supermarket section, I think) were items she was familiar with when she was in France.
We didn't do so much grocery shopping - we mainly went there for electronics - Aurelie wanted a rice cooker (which she'll probably get next week), we all wanted hair dryers (only Anni found one that she liked) and irons LoL - I found the steam iron that I'd been looking for for so long- the one that doesn't need a board for it to iron with. Cool cool cool ^_^ I think either Anni or Aurelie pointed out this one cool fact about living 'by ourselves' in Japan - there exists a lot of items that's good for just one person. I mean, I found this teeny cooler/warmer. Really teeny y'know! I s'pose fit for just 4 small coke bottles. Cute... practical for a single person and I don't think it cost so much either. But I'm not going to jump into getting all those things. If I do I have to think about how much I'm going to have to move to the next University next year.
Nyah... I'm exhausted. I got a couple more things to do today... I really need to do today.... Cheers everyone! Next time I'll try to write more on 'Japan' instead of just how 'I' am doing... (LoL 'cos if I keep on doing that, I won't have anything to talk about by the end of the week *hee*)
*MwaH* Laterz~
PS. I haven't had the time yet to resize the pictures I took of the castle - so I'll try to remember to do that in the next post.
Hi Az!! XD ReyBunny- I think I've pretty much seen all of them haha... those trees are everywhere... all shapes and sizes... amazing really *hee* Haz- LoL ShamNe.O- HIIII~ yes, downtown is pretty warm... nice weather down there really, but I'm up on the slope of the mountain so the University is still pretty cold. It's getting much much warmer though... Probably if it doesn't rain tomorrow I won't have to wear so many layers of clothes ^_^ *hee* Fae- No changing shoes! LoL I like mine thanks *mwahaha* you'll have your turn soon enough XD MKS- it's alright Zan LoL I didn't expect you to read it anyway hahah
Hum... well, 21st was Aira's (my sister's) birthday... unluckily it was on the fullest day of my week. I had SP lessons as per usual in the morning and then at 1.10 I had to go meet my Japanese student-tutor - they provide one per each person except for those in the Advanced class and the ones in the upper Elementary classes can choose to or not to have it ^_^ My tutor is Asada Youko - I think I heard from snippets of her conversation with my class advisor - Yamakawa-sensei, that it might be her first time tutoring... but it's cool! She's nice. Japanese people are very nice LoL. She'll be tutoring me once a week for 2 hours each session. I believe this is good conversation and listening practise for me XD
Anyway, after that was another MATH TEST! Uwaaaah! It's my last test though, so it was all okay *hee* LoL. I think I called home after that... yeah, I think I did. After I made my dinner ^_^
Friday I had my first every history lesson in 4 years! Can you believe it- I did not even once think of sleeping! LoL hahah~ Amazing for me really, 'cos I think I'm always sleepy in classes, and it used to be especially in History classes.... I got Shimamoto-sensei, and he is actually pretty cool. Japanese teachers are all so cool. Or maybe I just think that I got the coolest teachers around *hee* Well... they really are cool.
After classes I went shopping with Hee Jeong, Lyda and Elien. XD I guess grocery-shopping is actually pretty fun ^_^; ... but carrying all the things back up to the Dorm is killing me! But I suppose I am sort of getting used to all the slopes. Actually I'm thinking of getting a bike, but I'll let that thought simmer a little while longer before I actually decide.
On Saturday I went to the Osaka Castle! And it was SO pretty! Pretty pretty pretty XD XD XD Though... there were some things that I thought were pretty quirky about it all~ for one, the Castle has an elevator... They say that it's a relatively new castle and it burnt down recently... because of a malfunction with the elevators. Hmm... Well, anyway, there were 8 floors (7 flrs for Brunei) and my friends (Anni, Aurelie, Lyda, Elien & 2 of Lyda's friends from Cambodia) and I had to climb all the way up to the 8th floor by the stairs. Very tiring... but the view was fantastic!
Well... Sunday I went to Carrefour with Anni and Aurelie. LoL I guess it seems I'm hanging out so much with these guys... but I think that it's pretty cool ^_^ We are, after all going to be each other's companions for a whole year. I feel grateful that I have such friendly dorm mates. Very grateful ^_^ --Carrefour is French by the way - Aurelie was so happy to be shopping there *hee* It seems that a lot of the items available (in the supermarket section, I think) were items she was familiar with when she was in France.
We didn't do so much grocery shopping - we mainly went there for electronics - Aurelie wanted a rice cooker (which she'll probably get next week), we all wanted hair dryers (only Anni found one that she liked) and irons LoL - I found the steam iron that I'd been looking for for so long- the one that doesn't need a board for it to iron with. Cool cool cool ^_^ I think either Anni or Aurelie pointed out this one cool fact about living 'by ourselves' in Japan - there exists a lot of items that's good for just one person. I mean, I found this teeny cooler/warmer. Really teeny y'know! I s'pose fit for just 4 small coke bottles. Cute... practical for a single person and I don't think it cost so much either. But I'm not going to jump into getting all those things. If I do I have to think about how much I'm going to have to move to the next University next year.
Nyah... I'm exhausted. I got a couple more things to do today... I really need to do today.... Cheers everyone! Next time I'll try to write more on 'Japan' instead of just how 'I' am doing... (LoL 'cos if I keep on doing that, I won't have anything to talk about by the end of the week *hee*)
*MwaH* Laterz~
PS. I haven't had the time yet to resize the pictures I took of the castle - so I'll try to remember to do that in the next post.
Hi Az!! XD ReyBunny- I think I've pretty much seen all of them haha... those trees are everywhere... all shapes and sizes... amazing really *hee* Haz- LoL ShamNe.O- HIIII~ yes, downtown is pretty warm... nice weather down there really, but I'm up on the slope of the mountain so the University is still pretty cold. It's getting much much warmer though... Probably if it doesn't rain tomorrow I won't have to wear so many layers of clothes ^_^ *hee* Fae- No changing shoes! LoL I like mine thanks *mwahaha* you'll have your turn soon enough XD MKS- it's alright Zan LoL I didn't expect you to read it anyway hahah
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