Aaaand life is back to its regularly scheduled crazyness again. At least this time it's tons of translating and less presenations (though there was one of those on Saturday). But I had a good time in Tokyo yesterday, visiting friends and enjoying some absolutely amazing fresh herbal tea. Also, new ikea pillow = less neck pain. Yes, I am focussing ( Read more... )

So...lazy...have to get my butt in gear again. I have to work the next 3 weekends, which is an excuse I used to full advantage to veg out this weekend. Oh well, we all have those days (or weeks...) where there's just zero motivation to even get out of bed. Hoping for an up-cycle next ( Read more... )

It's nice to have a quiet week once in a while. Catch up on reading the online paper, zoning out in meetings, and tomorrow I get to try my hand at silk-weaving^^ More on that will come later;)
So, I finally had time to think through the idea that had been dancing around in my head since last week, and have a new post to share=) Oh, and the one ( Read more... )

Can't believe it's almost Halloween...the passage of time has been so warped for me lately I have a hard time keeping track. The days and nights seem so long and quiet, they almost blend in together. Then I look up and realize the seasons are turning around me at a breakneck pace, and I feel so unprepared. Coming to understand that I have to let go ( Read more... )

Happy Autumn^^ It's gotten so chilly here that I have to sleep with thick fuzzy socks onO_o So quickly too...guess I was used to the warmer weather in Tokyo, Ibaraki seems to be noticeably colder. Now that I'm beginning my third month here I feel much more at home. Though I will probably always be stared at by someone for being white, right now, ( Read more... )

the other day a local woman was telling us about the seasons, how on the first day of fall it's like a light switch - bam! autumn. And she was rightXD it went from 30+ every day last week to 20 degrees. At night it's very cool (I was so cold I couldn't sleep one nightO_O), and I have to start choosing my clothes better...;P but at least I can get ( Read more... )

Hi all! Thanks for your support, as always I am forever grateful:) Recently I've been trying to find things to do at work (because they have nothing for me to do...) so I have been contacting people looking for writers. Apparently I'm still eligible to write for my university newspaper (I did all last year, before I graduated), so they requested ( Read more... )

Hi everyone, how was your summer? I spent a whirlwind month getting ready for Japan, then moving here and starting my new job, and spending the weekends with someone special. Now that summer is over and that person has to go back to a different country things are kind of lonely and quiet, and it doesn't help that there's a typhoon outside. In an ( Read more... )

Hello all, how is your summer coming ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments on my last post:) Despite getting very sick during the last week (probably due to stress...) I am still very happy^^ And, I was inspired to write something new, so if you'd like to see it please visit me at my blog:) Hope you had a wonderful weekend!