So today was a very frustrating day. It was only the first period of the day but halfway through the class I started to get really frustrated (how else to describe this swelling of emotion?) so I.. uhh... 'missed out' on my 2nd period class to go take a walk around campus and cool down. Sitting under some trees and enjoying the sunshine, I think I ( Read more... )

Oops, the last time I blogged was April 7th? This must be a joke :x So... it's been a whole month of exciting exciting... saving money (not really). I decorated my phone with rhinestones and plastic deco pieces, but I just want to rip it off and put on a new design that's not so... sparkly HAHA Because the sakura (cherry blossoms) also started ( Read more... )

So, it's been a crazy 2 weeks. I remember very little of it, to be honest (the days just blur in my head, honestly) so basically I would just recommend you read my friend Kevin's blog HAHA here. Kevin is the only UBC student who came this term, and he also happens to be living at I-House I with the rest of us awesome people :) Yay! Very little new ( Read more... )

So due to recent circumstances (i took a peek at my cell phone bill and thanks for the earthquake, it's in the... well, it's quite horrifying), I've increased my efforts to find a proper part-time job in Japan. I do teach English at the moment, but it's definitely not enough to make up for the damage or support my alcoholic tendencies (jokes... but ( Read more... )

So, reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I also wrote a huge post about my experience, but when I clicked post LJ gave me a 404 and I lost all of it... But here I go again :)

So I went to Tokyo on March 9 via night bus. Night bus is a bit of a painful experience where the bus is super cheap, but it's an 8 hour ride jammed in a seat ( ( Read more... )

Every year in Japan, the 2nd monday of January is marked as 成人の日seijin no hi, or Coming of Age day. On this day, Japanese people aged 20 in the past year celebrate turning 20 years old (which is the legal age within Japan). So generally around this time period all over the country, ceremonies (成人式 seijin shiki) are held just for this special age.

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So once again, I am writing another summary post :0 It's been half a year here, but every day has been as fun as the last and I know I'm definitely not ready to leave here anytime soon ): However with 6 months left, I guess I'll have to plan my vacations more carefully (after this Spring Break, I only have 3 days of school off for Golden Week... no ( Read more... )

Soooo it's not actually that I've been too lazy to write entires (a half lie), or that I've been super super busy (not really), I've just been mostly getting things done. Updates (out of chronological order):

- finally got my health insurance refund for my contacts :D japanese health insurance covers 70% of health fees, so you just have to pay 30 ( Read more... )

It's been a while since my last entry, so here's an update:

- Currently on Winter Break holidays, which is from the 27th to the 5th of January. So far I've been a sloth and barely done anything productive (coughcoughfindapart-timejob). Yay!!
- For a couple days in November, I went to Korea (skipped school, whoops) and it was awesome!! Lots of awesome ( Read more... )

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... )