new layout, wooo~... i consider this the successor of the layout that i made just before coming to Japan, 私はどこ?!. this layout was completely spontaneous, i thought of it last night laying in my futon and set to work on it when i got up today. >_>; it`s all i`ve done today aside from eating and cooking. *sigh* ...the soup, which i made from scratch ( Read more... )

*sigh* i`ve been so lazy lately and yet kinda busy at the same time, so i`ve been putting off lj... again ( Read more... )

i`ve been really lazy for the last week + and have been putting off writing about this and that, so this entry may or may not get a lil long. ^^;

let`s see... i have 2 more days left at Otsu JHS, wednesday (normal classes w/ 1st & 2nd yrs) and next tuesday (closing ceremony). ( more stuff on Otsu )

recipeless first-time baked spaghetti
大成功！！

:DDDD

( 'recipe' & photos )

yesterday i came across bincho (albacore) tuna steaks at the grocery store and since i have never had tuna any other way but raw or canned, i couldnt pass up an opportunity at cooking some. :x since i`ve never cooked tuna before, i didn`t really know a good way to prepare it. D; so i experimented... and i`m glad to say that it turned out well. ^_^ ( Read more... )

i`ve been busy with Mid-Year Conference (a conference for all JETs in Kochi-ken) the past 3 days and now i`m sad because it`s over because that means i have to start going back to my schools again... gotta start doing English club again on monday, urgghh. the last 3 days, especially yesterday, were enjoyable. even being reminded about Kochi`s ( Read more... )

i finished reading vol. 1 of Vampire Knight...! within 24hrs...! this seemingly unimportant thing is a new record for me that i find rather encouraging, even if i shouldn`t. D; i`m a slow reader even with English because i like to take my time reading things, so naturally when reading Japanese i read many times slower. i`ve never been able to ( Read more... )

random "yay" things as of lately in bullet point form as i dont feel like making a streamlined entry:

• got to make delicious pumpkin soup on friday like i had been hoping to, but even better is that i got to make it with watercircle and she made an awesome meal to go with it. ^_^
  
• instead of going to see the cosmos festival in Otsuki as we had intended to ( Read more... )

recently i bought some shiso chirimen (dried little fishies with green leafy stuff) that i`ve never bought before to try it out and i just decided to try it out tonight. i was halfway through a bowl of rice with shiso chirimen mixed in when i saw this...

[one], [two], [three] photos of something disgusting ( Read more... )

today was an alright day, as i figured it would be. but what made it even better was: a) there is no English club this week because next week is midterms and b) i got free fish today ( Read more... )