Haven't updated in while, but that's because there hasn't been anything worthy to update about until now. ( More under the cut )

This past week was nothing exciting. Went to class and all that jazz ( Read more... )

Well it's finally December! I only have 1 and a half months left! I'm soo happy about that, but I will miss everyone here ( Read more... )

So today was Thanksgiving, or what would be Thanksgiving in Japan. Tamara and I really wanted to have a Thanksgiving dinner because it's so awesome and it would be a shame to not have it. So we decided to make Thanksgiving ourselves and invite the other people in the dorm to join us ( Read more... )

My last full day in Hong Kong. We decided to just wake up naturally. I woke up around 10am. After we got ready, we took the train to Tsim Sha Tsui where we took the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong Island. When were in Central, we had Subway for lunch (hehe...) and then we walked to the Zoological and Botanical Gardens. In the zoo ( Read more... )

So the night before, someone knocked on my door and told me that I had to change rooms in the morning. I was a. trying to understand him with his Indian accent and b. trying to go to bed so I didn't remember to ask why I had to, but whatever. So I woke up early and went to the reception desk, and he told me leave my key and just leave my stuff in ( Read more... )

I woke up early to take the train to meet Sarah at her school. Unfortunately I forgot to fix my clock on my ipod, so I ended up being there an hour early >_<. I didn't realize it until I got to the station where I was meeting Sarah. Unable to contact Sarah in anyway, I ended up just listening to my ipod for an hour....Eventually Sarah got there at ( Read more... )

My flight to Hong Kong was at 4:20pm, but with travel on trains and whatnot, I left my dorm around 12:40pm. I chose to take the train to Ueno and then take the Skyliner to the airport. It's more expensive, but since it's quicker and on an exact schedule, it lessened my anxiety so I chose that. I flew on Cathay Pacific airlines. It was really nice. ( Read more... )

This week was not that exciting. I'm trying to conserve my money for Hong Kong and so I can eat lol. So my free time have been mainly watching movies and taking walks ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a formal culture day (as opposed to the ones we have in the dorm). We all met at Mejiro and went to the Mejiro Japanese Garden. Which was beautiful. It was like being in Kyoto again lol. We went inside the building which was Japanese style of course. The whole staff greated us. The day was planned with: kimono trying on, tea ( Read more... )