Oh dear beana. I thought last time was bad but this time I've actually allowed a whole month to go by without updating. I promise to stand still while you throw rocks at me...

... or not...

Damn. Japanese is HARD. I mean, I knew it would be. I told myself it wasn't going to be a picnic before I even got here but somehow actually being here and ( Read more... )

I know this update has been a long time coming but I'm afraid you'll be disappointed if you're expecting anything indepth or insightful. I've just finished studying, it's past my bedtime, I'm wearing black, yaddayaddayadda.

Golden Week has been and gone since the last time I posted and it was fantastic. On the first Golden Sunday I went to Gamagori ( Read more... )

Jesus! Where did this week go? It feels like I only updated yesterday!

Today marks the start of Golden Week so I've been blessed with a 3-day weekend to be followed by a 4-day weekend. Sadly on Monday I have a big(?) test so I'll be studying most of this weekend, except for a trip to Gamagori to a random beach festival on Sunday. I'll be going with ( Read more... )

It's getting harder and harder to update regularly but I thought I'd make an effort at long last. As of Wednesday this week the real Japanese language study has kicked in and it's a battle to stay afloat. I think it's the numbers that are causing me the most grief but I can already see the improvement so I shan't despair.

Today I went with a bunch ( Read more... )

Yamapi's new dorama starts tonight! Consequently he's been all over the TV today talking about it with his co-star who is, to follow the Japanese trend, waaaaaaay less pretty than he is. I also saw an advert for Hey!Hey!Hey! with Tackey and Tsubasa as the guests so I'm frantically trying and failing to find out when that's going to be on and on ( Read more... )

Wicked! I experienced my first earthquake on my birthday. It happened about 7 minutes ago. I heard two bangs and then the building shook. At first I thought it was the wind - thus proving I am a natural blond. Then I thought 'Oh, I'm in Japan. It's probably an earthquake.' The building was really swaying for a minute there, and my glass of water ( Read more... )

A windy day has followed a windy night and I'm determined to hole myself up indoors and do some work. Last night I was a good girl and turned down an evening's entertainment with Karina-chan, Anna-chan, and Simon-kun. I then proceeded to dither like nobody's business.

After getting that email from the literary agent I have to admit I've been looking ( Read more... )

So I'm sure I've mentioned once or a thousand times that I'm having trouble finishing my novel, Dare Dante. Well now there's even more reason to get my ass in gear because a literary agent has requested for me to send it to her after reading my crap entry in the MA anthology. I discovered the email at 7am this morning and literally had to hold back ( Read more... )

First off I draw your attention to the defamation of my character as cited here on BlogJapan. I met John (the libelous author) today at Okazaki city hall where we went in a group to apply for our Alien Registration Cards. On my way home - innocently and angelically minding my own business - I encountered him again when he fell off his bike ( Read more... )

Today was a really good day. It started when I arrived at Yamasa and found Mia-chan waiting for me with her favourite High and Mighty Color album which I was allowed to borrow. I found out she's only staying in Japan for another 3 months which is sad :o( But we found even more Japanese interests we shared which was happy :o) (Sorry. For some reason ( Read more... )