Yep, I actually think spring is here. The day is gorgeous! Weather's great... wind isn't too bad... and the sun.... shining, shining, shining!! I LOVE this time of year. I can't get enough of it! I don't have any pics right now... but I think I will after I go and have a day just enjoying it! :-)
Hope spring's happening where you are too! :-)
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
What constitutes burnout?
I think that I'm seriously close to burnout. Does that sound like I'm being a serious weenie?? I have intense classes this term. Eeek! AND... I've been rushing around trying to apply to Waseda to transfer here. I'm still missing one essential bit of the application, but will turn it in and wait for the last crucial piece of information. AND I have a huge article to finish reading for my IR and Security class... and I've been going to be after midnight and getting up before 7 the last few days. I need sleep and less stress!!
HELP!!!!
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HELP!!!!
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
True life
So, I've decided that soap operas are actually inspired by true life events. Why?? Well, I'm having a mini-soap opera experience. Let's see what you think...
A) I am currently seeing a guy that is really amazing. Nice, good looking, treats me well... and I like him too. Bonus: He asked ME out! (big deal in Japan)
B) A guy I met in December is suddenly single. I liked him when I first met him, but he had a girlfriend at the time. (they were only together 2 months or so) He's great and I always have a good time when I'm with him.
C) The Wild Card. A guy I met over a year ago in Hawaii just admitted that he's liked me since he met me. He's back in Japan for good and regrets not having acted sooner. But has now joined the mix. This is the most unexpected. It hit like a brick wall! :-)
Evidence says real life is as messed up as the soaps! :-)
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A) I am currently seeing a guy that is really amazing. Nice, good looking, treats me well... and I like him too. Bonus: He asked ME out! (big deal in Japan)
B) A guy I met in December is suddenly single. I liked him when I first met him, but he had a girlfriend at the time. (they were only together 2 months or so) He's great and I always have a good time when I'm with him.
C) The Wild Card. A guy I met over a year ago in Hawaii just admitted that he's liked me since he met me. He's back in Japan for good and regrets not having acted sooner. But has now joined the mix. This is the most unexpected. It hit like a brick wall! :-)
Evidence says real life is as messed up as the soaps! :-)
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Sadness
It seems even when bad news is expected, it still catches you off guard.
Someone I knew from home disappeared in November and his body was finally found recently. Being missing that long during the winter meant he probably wasn't still alive. But until you know definitely there's still hope. And now that hope is gone.
My prayers go out to his family and friends right now. It's a tough time in Fairbanks right now.
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Someone I knew from home disappeared in November and his body was finally found recently. Being missing that long during the winter meant he probably wasn't still alive. But until you know definitely there's still hope. And now that hope is gone.
My prayers go out to his family and friends right now. It's a tough time in Fairbanks right now.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Birthday, part 2
Now for the more subdued birthday celebration... Sunday in Japan is Saturday in the United States... which means that I get a SECOND birthday on the 15th in Japan. Heehee...
My Sunday started early with me waking up at 6am, drinking water and taking ibuprofen... and then going back to bed for a bit. I got up around 9ish or so... and got some breakfast together. Shortly afterwards I got to talk to my parents. That was nice because it's been a month since I talked to them. Haven't bothered buying a calling card since I got back from Alaska. :-)
After that I had to get ready because I had a date!! Yep, you heard correctly... I had a date. Now, I've been dating this guy for a little while now and really quite like him. He just started a job on April 1st, so we haven't gotten to spend too much time together recently. Anyway... I had a date.
We met at Shibuya and had some lunch... then we headed out to Yoyogi park, the weather was beautiful so what better way to enjoy an afternoon!? We walked around for awhile, but being a bit tired from the b-day activities the night before we decided having a seat on a bench and people watching would be just the thing... and so we did.
One thing that's really nice about Yuki is just being around him. He's so relaxed and easy to be around... gotta love that... we spent the afternoon wandering around and being in each other's company. Much more subdued than the other celebrations.
I headed home around 6:30ish or so... had homework and other things to do and that concluded my birthday weekend! I loved every minute of it!! :-)
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My Sunday started early with me waking up at 6am, drinking water and taking ibuprofen... and then going back to bed for a bit. I got up around 9ish or so... and got some breakfast together. Shortly afterwards I got to talk to my parents. That was nice because it's been a month since I talked to them. Haven't bothered buying a calling card since I got back from Alaska. :-)
After that I had to get ready because I had a date!! Yep, you heard correctly... I had a date. Now, I've been dating this guy for a little while now and really quite like him. He just started a job on April 1st, so we haven't gotten to spend too much time together recently. Anyway... I had a date.
We met at Shibuya and had some lunch... then we headed out to Yoyogi park, the weather was beautiful so what better way to enjoy an afternoon!? We walked around for awhile, but being a bit tired from the b-day activities the night before we decided having a seat on a bench and people watching would be just the thing... and so we did.
One thing that's really nice about Yuki is just being around him. He's so relaxed and easy to be around... gotta love that... we spent the afternoon wandering around and being in each other's company. Much more subdued than the other celebrations.
I headed home around 6:30ish or so... had homework and other things to do and that concluded my birthday weekend! I loved every minute of it!! :-)
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Birthday, part 1
The odd luxury that one has when living a whole day ahead of the United States is that I have a birthday in Japan... which extends through the entire NEXT day because of the time difference... LOVE IT!!!
So... part 1 of my birthday was really something. Yeah, that's pretty much the best way of saying it. The entire day I pretty much relaxed and saved my energy for the evening. I knew I would need any extra strength that I could muster.
The evening's plans kicked off with kendo. Kendo was a great practice. I got to practice with 5 people (in an hour), then went with my friend Daisuke afterwards to make the grand total 6!! Wahoo!! After kendo was drinking with the kendo kids. Now... birthday drinking is different than normal drinking. And it was even more exciting/entertaining because there were two birthday kids: me and Murai-sempai (he's one of the group leaders, thus sempai).
So, the tradition is... you drink the same number of glasses of beer for the number of years you are turning. In my case, 27. Eeeek! An aside, the glasses are very small and the amount of beer is only a swallow or so. Promptly at 10pm, Murai and I were called up in front of everyone and as the entire group sang Happy Birthday on repeat... Murai and I drank... sad thing is... I was done before Murai, who had fewer glasses to finish... but we ended together with half a bottle (think bottles that are 1.5 litres) of beer in unison. Then came the presentation of the presents... from 1st, 2nd, 3rd years and alumni members. Murai totally got hit hard... he had to drink bloody mary from a bottle, tomato juice, sake, and beer... he did get sick. I only had to drink (on top of what I'd already drank) half a bottle of plum wine. After all that, cakes were brought out. Lovely, really tastey looking cakes. And... we ended up with our faces in the cakes and not getting to eat any of it... :-( SO sad!! (I even got frosting up my nose!!!)
Heehee... But that was enough... both of us were REALLY drunk by the end. So drunk, I nearly forgot a present from my friend Toda at the end of the night.
So... there's part 1... part 2 is more subdued, but nonetheless exciting/good. :-)
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So... part 1 of my birthday was really something. Yeah, that's pretty much the best way of saying it. The entire day I pretty much relaxed and saved my energy for the evening. I knew I would need any extra strength that I could muster.
The evening's plans kicked off with kendo. Kendo was a great practice. I got to practice with 5 people (in an hour), then went with my friend Daisuke afterwards to make the grand total 6!! Wahoo!! After kendo was drinking with the kendo kids. Now... birthday drinking is different than normal drinking. And it was even more exciting/entertaining because there were two birthday kids: me and Murai-sempai (he's one of the group leaders, thus sempai).
So, the tradition is... you drink the same number of glasses of beer for the number of years you are turning. In my case, 27. Eeeek! An aside, the glasses are very small and the amount of beer is only a swallow or so. Promptly at 10pm, Murai and I were called up in front of everyone and as the entire group sang Happy Birthday on repeat... Murai and I drank... sad thing is... I was done before Murai, who had fewer glasses to finish... but we ended together with half a bottle (think bottles that are 1.5 litres) of beer in unison. Then came the presentation of the presents... from 1st, 2nd, 3rd years and alumni members. Murai totally got hit hard... he had to drink bloody mary from a bottle, tomato juice, sake, and beer... he did get sick. I only had to drink (on top of what I'd already drank) half a bottle of plum wine. After all that, cakes were brought out. Lovely, really tastey looking cakes. And... we ended up with our faces in the cakes and not getting to eat any of it... :-( SO sad!! (I even got frosting up my nose!!!)
Heehee... But that was enough... both of us were REALLY drunk by the end. So drunk, I nearly forgot a present from my friend Toda at the end of the night.
So... there's part 1... part 2 is more subdued, but nonetheless exciting/good. :-)
A
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Back to the grind...
So... Monday was the first day of class for the spring term here. If that sounds confusing, the run-down is that Japan's school year runs from April to March with breaks for summer, New Year and Spring. (That's the short version!) Like I was saying, classes start Monday. And it's Wednesday... and I'm TOAST!! Seriously... I am SO tired it's not even funny. I woke up to my alarm this morning and just remember thinking... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I know that's the normal reaction for most people, but generally I'm ok with waking up. This morning is probably a result of kendo last night (intense and wicked!!!) and having just started classes again.
Anyway... I don't have anything else to report other than that. Oh... my birthday is Saturday. I keep being reminded by the kendo girls... what's better is that the tradition is to drink the number of small glasses of beer for every year. So... my birthday twin, Murai, only has to drink 22 glasses... and I get 27. I have a feeling Saturday is going to be interesting. :-O
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Anyway... I don't have anything else to report other than that. Oh... my birthday is Saturday. I keep being reminded by the kendo girls... what's better is that the tradition is to drink the number of small glasses of beer for every year. So... my birthday twin, Murai, only has to drink 22 glasses... and I get 27. I have a feeling Saturday is going to be interesting. :-O
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Here we have some examples of the lovely sakura, cherry blossoms, in Yoyogi Park here in Tokyo. They are really beautiful and everyone seemed to be having a great time. That will happen when you have nature mixed with copious amounts of alcohol. No one can accuse the Japanese of not knowing how to have a good time!! Hope all's well where you are! :-)
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