its funny, i knew the time would come when i was back in australia thinking about my experience in japan, but while in japan i half expected it to never end ( Read more... )

its that stage where im trying to process my thoughts and emotions about going home, leaving this experience at an abrupt end and being thrown back into the life that had been my entirety until this year. part of me is yearning for the beach, family and friends, a comfort zone etc... and the other part is so sad that all the opportunities i have ( Read more... )

First time to Yokohama, 3rd largest city in Japan. Went with Mica and his exchange student friends from Sweden and Norway which was nice :) Didnt go to China town unfortunately, but I hear its not much to miss? China town in Japan seemed a bit silly to me anyway haha. But there was a nice port and things there, and afterwards we went to Ikea (no ( Read more... )

How '10 months' turned into 3 and a half weeks i have no idea. As my old mate Mitchell Jeffrey put it, 'pre-emptive nostalgia' is what I am sort of processing now... missing things that arent gone yet. The seasons seemed to have hesitated; a few weeks ago I thought Id said goodbye to warm days and clear skies, but they seem to have come back for a ( Read more... )

Ok, so whether or not have gone too far, so be it - i find this Beatle scene in Roppongi fascinatingly fun. Did the Cavern Club in September, so the other night it was off to Abbey Road... haha. Accompanied by Mica, took a table at another beautifully memoribilia-decked out room and listened to the Japanese band of impersonators. Theres the cringe ( Read more... )

I realise its been over a month since I last did an entry, which i seriously cant believe. Time is going sooo fast. except it slows down during school days, mysteriously. But with only about 8 weeks left, Im trying to jam pack my weekends full of things to do ( Read more... )

not sure how many people get both the Beatle puns there :P but yesterday was such an awesomingly fulfilling adventure. I winged the whole day, just jumped on a train and went to Kashiwa, Harajuku and lastly, but certainly not least, Roppongi ( Read more... )

around the time of summer holidays, i had some sort of mental block where i pretty much stopped writing anything, in diaries/journals or the computer... im not sure why, but i think it may have had something to do with me processing this experience in my own way. but im back in the loop and ready to completely enjoy the next 3months or so before ( Read more... )

i remember listening to my host mum, in the coolish spring, talk about summer. 'we will pick the beans from the garden, they make a great snack to drink with beer, have bbqs outside...go to my 'host uncles' house to watch fireworks...etc' sounded fun. and now its here :) and gone. so i have photos ( Read more... )

Summer Holidays bring lots of spare time so going to Tokyo for the day is heaps of fun ( Read more... )