So life is slowly becoming busier as I'm starting to get hit by presentations, quizzes, and tests. I spend every single night studying for more than an hour (I NEVER did this back in Vancouver...) just to keep up with my classes and prepare readings and stuff for the next. However, I really feel I'm becoming a tiny bit better at Japanese (despite ( Read more... )

A group of us went to Kobe a week or two ago for a small day trip since it was the weekend. The cheapest way (from our dorm) is around 800 yen one way by Randen line and the Hankyu Railroad (JR Railway would cost us more than 1000 yen). It was a pretty long ride, since it took a good 40 minutes by semi-express from Kyoto to Osaka alone (Kobe is a ( Read more... )

So the next burger to come out at the Kinkakuji Mcdonalds is the Cheese Fondue burger. Since I had this obscenely long break between classes, I headed over to Mcdonalds after class for lunch.


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So everyone once in a while, McDonalds Japan comes out with some crazy stuff (testing the waters and all). This time, they've come up with 4 chicken burgers, dubbed the "iCon Chicken"  burgers; there's german sausage, cheese fondue, diavolo, and carbonara.

Fortunately, the McDonalds near my university decided to start releasing burgers ahead of ( Read more... )