I went to Namba this weekend for some shopping in Namba Parks and to see the movie Oblivion (which just came out here). It was a cloudy day so it was nice and cool out. Instead of taking the crowded main shopping arcade street to the train station on my way back, I slipped down this little side street.


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I went back to The Netherlands last weekend and I didn't even have to travel all the way to Europe. All I had to do was hope on a plane to Nagasaki!


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In my Current English class, we're watching Wreck-it Ralph.  It's currently showing in Japan only in Japanese (at least in my area) and considering my class is current English, I thought it would be a good thing to watch.  The students were crazy excited when I mentioned at the end of a class that we could watch it!


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There's a really cool iPhone app called VINE, or something like that, where you take a series of short video clips of whatever you're doing.  I don't have an iPhone so I can't get the app, so I tried to make my own digital camera version of it.

This video is from a while ago and I finally downloaded Windows Movie Maker so I could make it!  It's 30 ( Read more... )

New pretzels at Auntie Anne's! Again! While I'm sad that the chocolate pretzel sticks are gone, I'm really excited about the new vanilla milk flavor. It's super tasty, but the vanilla powder easily falls off... Oh well. It would've gone SPLENDIDLY with the chocolate ones.


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I had a major shopping spree at the Disney Store the other day and it was COMPLETELY unintentional.  Well... mostly unintentional.  I went there with the intention of looking for new planners since the Disney Store ones are my favorites and my current one goes through April.  I was also secretly hoping that they'd have a special promotion where you ( Read more... )

This past weekend was mostly a good weekend, with the exception of having a bad allergy attack of the sneezes.  I was mostly fine on Saturday morning when I got up early to leave for my new mall exploring, then BAM! After the showing of Monsters Inc. 3D and I felt like someone thwacked me with a sack of pepper.  My nose was tingly, I was tired, ( Read more... )

I would like to take a moment to express my love for Auntie Anne's chocolate pretzel sticks. These need to be available permanently ASAP! And in America!


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My last Setsubun in Japan... I went all out this year, unlike other years when I completely forgot about it. I don't know how when all the stores are Setsubun-ing with their packages of beans everywhere and demons on display.

Here are my Setsbun tools:


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Well I'm here after a long time of no entry because I have something WONDERFUL to post about... SOUP!!! :D

I finally made it to a yummy soup place called Soup Stock Tokyo.  I last went when I was in Yokohama thinking that they were only in the Kanto area, but nope!  They're right here!  In Osaka!  A Facebook post from a friend reminded me.  I love ( Read more... )