Hooray for Stuff!
In honor of Shotie adding me to her friends page (which I've spent the last 2 hours catching up on, much fun :3) I've decided to update my journal as well! *cue the gasps*
Where to begin with all that's happened? Guess I should start from the beginning but I'll try keep things brief because I could literally write for hours and hours about all the stories I have. I will start by introducing the following person:
This is Anne. Anne is intelligent, funny, outgoing, beautiful and lots, lots more. The best part is I get to call her mine :D She is without a doubt the best thing that's happened to me in the past months. I love her to bits. Only problem is she has since moved back France (where she's from). It's hard work keeping a long distance relationship going but we're doing it and if all goes well, in February she will be living in Australia with me and doing an International Masters of Business (or something lol) at my university. Kur = happy happy man :D
And just for good measure, here's 2 recent photos of me; 1 in a random street and another in the shopping place opposite the Tokyo Game Show (Yes, I was there har har!)
Hmm what else to add. Oh yeah, I climbed Mount Fuji during the summer holidays. 10 fucking hours of hell. There's a saying here in Japan that a wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it a second time. Whoever said that was the smartest person alive cos I'll be fucked if I ever try that again. We reached the top at about 2am and had to endure 0 degree temperatures for about 3 hours until sunrise. Thank whatever God you believe in for the light we could see at the top actually turned out to be the light of vending machines with hot drinks lol! I bought 2 warm lemon drinks and shoved them in my pockets and held on for dear life. It was a beautiful sunrise though. Also while climbing during the night, a town nearby was having a fireworks display which was eerily beautiful to watch and yet scary that were were looking DOWN on fireworks and not the usual lookup till you get a sore neck.
This is what Fuji-san looks like during the day:
What happened on the way down from Fuji is a long arduous tale I will not go into here, but if you wish me to tell you about it just ask and I shall. 2 days after Fuji-san we went to the Suntory whisky factory and scored some free booze which was great. Found a beautiful Noh (traditional Japanese theatre) stage at a famous shrine we stopped at. We didn't know until we got there but there was a big performance planned for that night and all the bigwigs from Tokyo were coming. Would've been so beautiful to see, even though Noh is incredibly long and boring lol.
Saw this river while we were driving by and decided to stop and look. Japan really is a beautiful place in parts.
Next day I went on this crazy fucking thing:
It's called Fujiyama and it used to be the world's largest drop for a rollercoaster until Americans had to build a bigger one. 72 m decent is fucking scary and I don't want to do it again. The red one in the next picture is called Eejanaika and it holds claim to the most number of inside out turns for a rollercoaster. To make it even worse, the first drop yeah go over, you go backwards.
That's about it for RL stuffs, at the moment I'm studying a lot to pass level 2 of the Japanese Proficiency Exam which is pretty fucking insane seeing how I've not even done 2 years of study yet. Living in Tokyo is a blast and I really recommend everyone to come visit this place at least once in their life. All you can drink for $15 is a price you can't beat too!
Now on to games and stuff!
Notable things:
1) I bought a DS Lite. It rocks. I bought FFIII remake and the new Pokemon game (Diamond version). Both really fun games. Wireless chat on DS is funny too.
2) Some great PS2 games but the one that stands out it God Hand. Never before has a game made me rofl with racial slurs and stereotypes and derogatory jokes. I highly recommend picking up a copy if you can get it.
3) I play WoW again. Moonrunner of course, level 50 Human Warrior by the name of Kurii. Been a lot of fun playing with Warrior, I think I've finally found the right class for me. A bit sad that the old Pussiecat Pirates guild isn't around anymore but oh well, shit happens. Me and Shinryukens have been guildless the whole time now which is great fun. Crazy bastard outleveled the hell out of me and currently sitting on Lieutenant Commander of the PvP ranks. He's gonna pwn by the time BC comes out. Can't wait to catch up and go have some fun with him. I think when we are both 60 we will travel to Horde lands and try to kill Shotie or Ping or something. Watch your backs! >:D Unfortunatley not many screenshots worth showing but I will try take some more now and post them here. I went on a PvP spree with my epic Fiery War Axe that I picked up for a bargain. This was one highlight of a WSG where I went a bit rampant:
Poor laptop really hates WoW though and PvP is real difficult to do with it. Anyhow, at least I can level nicely and should hit 60 by the time Burning Crusade arrives. Going to build a better computer when I move back home next year so I can do more stuff like raiding.
4) I quit FFXI again lol. This time for good I think. Combination of things led to it, a) really busy IRL so can't really devote myself to guild stuff b) time that I could spend in the game did not equal rewards to me. Might sound a bit selfish but hey, ultimately we are playing for ourselves and there is no denying that. The second I logged on to FFXI and wondered wtf I was doing wasting my time in there was the moment I decided to quit. Got one more POL message to send off before I click on the uninstall button and free up some more harddrive space for porn stuff. I loved ToB though and wish them all the very best.
5) Bought a 60gb Creative Zen Vision: M video/mp3 player/radio thingy that is zomgwtf beautiful but I haven't been able to turn on yet cos I'm waiting for the protective shield to arrive so I don't ruin the screen the instant I remove it from packaging. It's so purrdy though sitting in it's box. AND YAY I FINALLY GET TO UNINSTALL ITUNES GODDAMN SHITASSFUCK PROGRAM HATE HATE HATE.
That's all from me. Hope you enjoyed. I'm not gonna promise to update more often cos we know that prolly won't happen :D
Where to begin with all that's happened? Guess I should start from the beginning but I'll try keep things brief because I could literally write for hours and hours about all the stories I have. I will start by introducing the following person:
This is Anne. Anne is intelligent, funny, outgoing, beautiful and lots, lots more. The best part is I get to call her mine :D She is without a doubt the best thing that's happened to me in the past months. I love her to bits. Only problem is she has since moved back France (where she's from). It's hard work keeping a long distance relationship going but we're doing it and if all goes well, in February she will be living in Australia with me and doing an International Masters of Business (or something lol) at my university. Kur = happy happy man :D
And just for good measure, here's 2 recent photos of me; 1 in a random street and another in the shopping place opposite the Tokyo Game Show (Yes, I was there har har!)
Hmm what else to add. Oh yeah, I climbed Mount Fuji during the summer holidays. 10 fucking hours of hell. There's a saying here in Japan that a wise man climbs Fuji-san once, a fool climbs it a second time. Whoever said that was the smartest person alive cos I'll be fucked if I ever try that again. We reached the top at about 2am and had to endure 0 degree temperatures for about 3 hours until sunrise. Thank whatever God you believe in for the light we could see at the top actually turned out to be the light of vending machines with hot drinks lol! I bought 2 warm lemon drinks and shoved them in my pockets and held on for dear life. It was a beautiful sunrise though. Also while climbing during the night, a town nearby was having a fireworks display which was eerily beautiful to watch and yet scary that were were looking DOWN on fireworks and not the usual lookup till you get a sore neck.
This is what Fuji-san looks like during the day:
What happened on the way down from Fuji is a long arduous tale I will not go into here, but if you wish me to tell you about it just ask and I shall. 2 days after Fuji-san we went to the Suntory whisky factory and scored some free booze which was great. Found a beautiful Noh (traditional Japanese theatre) stage at a famous shrine we stopped at. We didn't know until we got there but there was a big performance planned for that night and all the bigwigs from Tokyo were coming. Would've been so beautiful to see, even though Noh is incredibly long and boring lol.
Saw this river while we were driving by and decided to stop and look. Japan really is a beautiful place in parts.
Next day I went on this crazy fucking thing:
It's called Fujiyama and it used to be the world's largest drop for a rollercoaster until Americans had to build a bigger one. 72 m decent is fucking scary and I don't want to do it again. The red one in the next picture is called Eejanaika and it holds claim to the most number of inside out turns for a rollercoaster. To make it even worse, the first drop yeah go over, you go backwards.
That's about it for RL stuffs, at the moment I'm studying a lot to pass level 2 of the Japanese Proficiency Exam which is pretty fucking insane seeing how I've not even done 2 years of study yet. Living in Tokyo is a blast and I really recommend everyone to come visit this place at least once in their life. All you can drink for $15 is a price you can't beat too!
Now on to games and stuff!
Notable things:
1) I bought a DS Lite. It rocks. I bought FFIII remake and the new Pokemon game (Diamond version). Both really fun games. Wireless chat on DS is funny too.
2) Some great PS2 games but the one that stands out it God Hand. Never before has a game made me rofl with racial slurs and stereotypes and derogatory jokes. I highly recommend picking up a copy if you can get it.
3) I play WoW again. Moonrunner of course, level 50 Human Warrior by the name of Kurii. Been a lot of fun playing with Warrior, I think I've finally found the right class for me. A bit sad that the old Pussiecat Pirates guild isn't around anymore but oh well, shit happens. Me and Shinryukens have been guildless the whole time now which is great fun. Crazy bastard outleveled the hell out of me and currently sitting on Lieutenant Commander of the PvP ranks. He's gonna pwn by the time BC comes out. Can't wait to catch up and go have some fun with him. I think when we are both 60 we will travel to Horde lands and try to kill Shotie or Ping or something. Watch your backs! >:D Unfortunatley not many screenshots worth showing but I will try take some more now and post them here. I went on a PvP spree with my epic Fiery War Axe that I picked up for a bargain. This was one highlight of a WSG where I went a bit rampant:
Poor laptop really hates WoW though and PvP is real difficult to do with it. Anyhow, at least I can level nicely and should hit 60 by the time Burning Crusade arrives. Going to build a better computer when I move back home next year so I can do more stuff like raiding.
4) I quit FFXI again lol. This time for good I think. Combination of things led to it, a) really busy IRL so can't really devote myself to guild stuff b) time that I could spend in the game did not equal rewards to me. Might sound a bit selfish but hey, ultimately we are playing for ourselves and there is no denying that. The second I logged on to FFXI and wondered wtf I was doing wasting my time in there was the moment I decided to quit. Got one more POL message to send off before I click on the uninstall button and free up some more harddrive space for porn stuff. I loved ToB though and wish them all the very best.
5) Bought a 60gb Creative Zen Vision: M video/mp3 player/radio thingy that is zomgwtf beautiful but I haven't been able to turn on yet cos I'm waiting for the protective shield to arrive so I don't ruin the screen the instant I remove it from packaging. It's so purrdy though sitting in it's box. AND YAY I FINALLY GET TO UNINSTALL ITUNES GODDAMN SHITASSFUCK PROGRAM HATE HATE HATE.
That's all from me. Hope you enjoyed. I'm not gonna promise to update more often cos we know that prolly won't happen :D