So, I'm in Japan ( Read more... )

So, one more weekend and I'll be off to Japan ( Read more... )

Okay, so after calming down, thinking it over and talking it over with my parents, I went for TUFS accomodation. It's just too much cheaper and closer to pass up, and I didn't want to be the only TUFS student left at the guesthouse (particularly for the last month when there wouldn't be any ICU students either). However, the money I'll save on rent ( Read more... )

Seriously good news: I've got a JASSO scholarship for my time in Japan! It works out at over £500 a month, which will be so useful given that I'll be in Tokyo as well as private accomodation, and it should give me a bit extra for travelling! I had hoped I had a decent chance, given that my Japanese language module marks weren't brilliant, but still ( Read more... )

My little sister got her GCSE results on Thursday - 3 Cs, 5 Bs and 2 As, so she passed everything! And she got into sixth form and can do the A-levels she wants, so she's pleased. I'm really proud of her :D ( Read more... )

So, this is the entry where I make up for not posting in ages by briefly summing up everything I've been doing for the past month. With photos. And cake. Or photos of cake ( Read more... )

So, since mum traditionally buys me and Izzy a new book before a holiday (something I've been grateful for in the past when I couldn't afford new reading material and the library was CRAP), I was looking on Amazon yesterday. Recently I've had this idea that I might try and collect all of Diana Wynne Jones' books. She's one of my favourite fantasy ( Read more... )

Why are half the things I watch turning into complete crap? First Torchwood had the most crappy, unsatisfying ending possible, so I decided to download the latest episode of Haruhi and even THAT was rubbish! I mean seriously, they're extending this plot arc for another episode next week? Really ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have a small problem. My mum got me to write down the lyrics for "If You're Happy and You Know It" in Japanese a while back, so she could let her Year One class have a go at it. (My mum is a teaching assistant in a primary school, but she's qualified as a teacher so she ends up doing a lot of cover). Apparently they sang the song and ( Read more... )

RIP Michael Jackson ( Read more... )