I've graduated and it's time for the summer holidays!

8th August 2015
Me in my graduation gown!!

Hey. It's August. Let's talk graduation.

I was really nervous about graduation because I didn't have much confident as to whether I could graduate. I was doing pretty badly on one of my most dreaded subjects - Algebra. (Wth! Why is this even a compulsory module to take?!) Everyone was saying I'd graduate, and that I was over-reacting. Well, I can honestly say I'm not because I know how bad I am at this subject. It has been years and leopards just can't change its spots!

Despite having to undergo such emotional turmoil for the whole semester, I'm really glad I was able to join all my friends in the graduation ceremony. I managed to graduate from college with an Associates of the Arts Degree! College wasn't easy but thank goodness I made so many good friends from all around the world and had a wonderful time in college!

I was really looking forward to graduating this time because I know I put in effort and enjoyed all of my classes (Okay, maybe except for one). Looking at the photos from this graduation, it's obvious that I enjoyed myself. I had my wonderful LCJ family graduating with me and wanting to take photos with me. It was the best graduation I had in years!!

I really want to thank all my lovely and passionate professors and school staffs who guided me and pushed me through my journey through college. Also, I want to thank my lovely friends who have made my life in Japan and LCJ so wonderful! For the first time in my life, I've actually enjoyed school.

I'll be transferring and moving on to university soon! I must say, I'm excited for another round of challenge. Let's hope for the best!

I'll be posting photos of my trip around Singapore on the ASEAN Japan Net TV Facebook page! So if you're interested, do check it out! Until then. x

Done with my final semester!

After worrying for the whole semester about whether I could graduate, I guess I did manage to graduate from college! I had to take subjects I'm not very good at, as well as one that I completely suck at - imagine the stress and struggle I had to undergo! Either way, I'm glad that I'm finally done with my final semester.

I'm looking forward to my graduation ceremony. For the first time, I'll be able to receive my AA degree without any sense of disgust. Though, my parents won't get to attend my second graduation, I think they'd be please once I get home this summer.

There are some things I would want to do once I get home:

1. Hang out with my dog, BB.
2. Eat them local delicacies!
3. Play some RPG games on my PSP/PS2
4. Visit some museums and library
5. Cook dinner for my family
6. Hang out with my friends and do a little catch up
7. Settle certain errands and application stuff
8. Take more photos/ make more videos
9. Solo day trips around town
10. To be treated like a princess *grins*

I've listed down ten things. I think that's about enough. I don't want to be over listing things I want to because I tend to get lazy and procrastinate. Though, I think i'll be able to finish at least half of this list! We'll see how it goes after my summer holidays! 

Peace! x

It's all getting real

Ayame Flowers
Itako City, Ibaraki Prefecture

I just got done with mid-terms and I screwed it up pretty badly. I didn't really study for it and I'm paying the price for it. Well, I guess I caught the 'it's-the-final-semester-that's-why-i-don't-give-a-shit-anymore' symptom. It wasn't expecting that to happen but I guess I got tired after working hard for all four semesters. Either way, it's a good wake up call for me to boost up my grades.

With mid-terms done, it's the finals next. I've already started packing and I'm preparing to send some stuff back home. I've also bought my flight ticket home. It's all getting real.

Side note; I've picked up my camera again after a month and a half. I guess I needed the break. I've been doing matting with my prints. It's going to go up and be on display. I'm excited. I love my college, it makes me feel like anything is possible. x

Spring break = Hanami

Hanami - 花見
4th April 2015

Hey there! It is currently spring in Tokyo, Japan. I've completed my finals and it's the start of the spring breaks! (hooray!) Since my first year in Japan, I had never went to a hanami or visited the parks to look at cherry blossom trees. Even after I entered college, I didn't have to chance to do hanami with my friends either because I have finals during the time sakuras are in full bloom. I couldn't understand the hype about Spring. I couldn't understand the beauty of cherry blossoms/Sakura. But, this year was different. I felt the beauty of sakura in Japan and understood the meaning behind Hanami. I think I'll probably never understand the meaning behind hanami and cherry blossoms in Japanese culture if I had not done a research about cherry blossoms for my cultural anthropology class. It's definitely something I'd recommend people to do if they are in Japan during this period.

For the past few days, I've been visiting the park and joined in with the Hanami activities with the locals. The view was magnificent! I love it when the wind blows and the sakura petals starts drifting down to the ground. It's just like the scenes from animes. No, it was better because I was there in person to witness it.

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I've also officially completed my Spring semester for college. I'm now down to my last final semester which begins in May. Congrats to my lovely friends who graduated in this semester! I'll see you guys during the graduation ceremony!

Since I was so busy last semester, I didn't have a chance to write about my trip to a tropical greenhouse with my fellow photography club members. Never fear, I've made a video about it! I'm not in the video because I was busy filming so... Yeah! If you enjoyed it, please give it a thumbs up. :)



Until then,
Good bye.

PS: I'd recommend anyone who's interested about Sakura and its symbolic meaning in Japanese culture to read this book. It was an interesting read.

Spring is here!

14th March 2015

Flowers are starting to bloom everywhere in Tokyo, Japan. Plum blossoms are almost everywhere and sakuras are also slowing starting to bloom as well. Winter felt so long that not seeing colours on the streets seems so normal. I missed spring.

The photo was taken on the 14th of March, which is also known as 'White's Day' in Japan. Besides the whole hype about the men gives chocolate to women. It's exactly like Valentine's Day but the roles are switched. As usual, nothing special happened to me on White's Day.

Instead, I had a meeting with the boss and other reporters of AJNTV. We've planned a lot of interesting things for the rest of the year so that's a little something to look forward to!

Last few weeks, I've also made a quick wrap-up video for my school's International Food Festival! It's an annual event and it's my second time attending it. Good food cooked by my fellow schoolmates. Yummy!

I am down to my last few weeks of school before the semester comes to an end. Time really flies and I have not stopped counting down til the day of my graduation. I'm also looking forward to my Spring holidays which is coming up really soon. I'm glad my holidays aren't clashing with other students attending Japanese universities because I won't have to deal with the crowds in the streets!

Meanwhile, I'm slowly tackling my assignments. I'm tackling the small ones first because the big ones are really difficult and gahh.. the readings are never ending!

C.

146 days.

Step Three: Relax

13th February 2015

When was the last time I had a night full of laughter and drinks with amazing friends? I think it's nice to talk about random things and get to know people's life and past experiences once in awhile. I kept searching for an unknown future that I sometimes forget to chill and enjoy the simplest things I currently have. I worry about my future and about things I'm (probably) missing out. But in actuality, I have everything I need right here with me.

Last night, I hung out with my amazing friends from college. After school, we went to get some drinks and food at Izakaya, went to a British Pub and ended the night with some Sheesha. I haven't had nights like this is a while. We need to hang out more often some day soon. It was extra fun because we're closer in age or older and we don't have to worry about age limit when we're out drinking! They are some crazy bunch of people!! I miss hanging out people who are a few years older than me. We exchange our life experiences without being judged for our past mistakes and we learn from each other.

I'm glad I took a few years off before attending college. Life is so much more fun when I am more accepting about differences and ready for challenges.

I'm fine now. I'm recharged. I had my drinks, sheesha and heart to heart talk. I'm contented. I just need yakiniku and spring to come right now. I'm done with winter. I want to send my coat back to motherland already. I want computer making club to start asap because I want to be a computer geek. I also want dance and photography club to start soon. I want to go on dates with OMD-chan. x

Step Two: Moving Forward

7th February 2015
Tachikawa Showa Memorial Park

Hey guys! I've been wanting to update a little on my progress in acculturating in Japan's working culture.

Recently, I found a new part time job/internship sort as a reporter; introducing Japanese culture to the viewers on youtube. I'm not used to having a camera right up in my face as I talk but I thought being part of this project has its own perks. I think it serves as a good experience in the media industry in Japan from a different perspective. Also, a chance to update my ever-dying resume!

This is the project I am currently a part of:
https://www.facebook.com/asean.japan.nettv

There would more videos about Japanese culture on their youtube channel upcoming up, so do look out for that.

A few days back, I went to Tachikawa Showa Memorial Park. It's winter so everything is pretty bare but I thought it still looks amazing. I love how the trees look during winter! The reason why I even went so far off to the west side of Tokyo was because the Re-Photography club that I'm a part of was trying to re-photograph certain places in the park. I learnt that the park used to be a US military base. How cool is that?! There is so much history on this plot of land. It was a wonderful trip. I'm still pretty amazed at how they were able to visualise how the place looked like before though. The few times I wonder how my professors' brain work.

This week is midterms. I am so not ready for all that stress. 

I am slowly moving forward. I am glad I'm no longer at the starting point. x

180 days.

Step one: Sent

19th January 2015
A little something less selfie-ish

Hello. How has the new year been for everyone?

I am done with my applications to universities and I'm impatiently waiting for a reply. I can't express how glad I am that I've gotten this huge boulder off my shoulders. I've been having horrible anxieties because of university applications. I almost couldn't click the send button because my imagination goes into a downward spiral. I was a lazy-ass student and had awful grades. My applications always get rejected because of that. That is why even now, I didn't have any confidence when it comes to applying to schools. Thankfully, I was able to do it because my awesome friends, family and professors helped me and gave me tons of encouragement.

Even though I still can't accept the fact that grades are more important than passion, I do understand the value of education. Especially, those helps me to understand the worldly affairs and not some stupid math question. Nonetheless, wisdom is power.

PS: The photo above photo of me was taken earlier this week. I must say, I'm liking how my hair looks right now! I'm trying my best to look my age, did I do well on that? 

Melancholy music keeps me sane.

25th December 2014
Group selfie from my trip to Osaka during the winter break

I decided to post up a photo of myself with my awesome friends because I felt that my blog was missing a little personal touch - selfie. I don't take selfies that often anymore. I guess I just couldn't be bothered dressing up to look nice for the camera anymore. I prefer to show my weird side because I think that's who I really am. If I don't feel like having my photos taken, I'll just do a weird expression to hide all the insecurities and laugh it off later.

It's the end of the first week of school and it was alright. I'm happy to be able to see my friends again. I'm happy to be out in about on the streets and mingling with other people. I'm getting slightly annoyed by the current length of my hair and would want to visit the hair salon soon. I'll be working part-time in school this semester. It's not much but at least I get some income.

I guess this is all I really want to write right now. I wrote a bunch of stuff but deleted them. I don't even know why but it happens regularly. I'm getting so stressed right now for a bunch of reasons and I don't really want to talk about it because it's all messed up in my head. I can't even get it sorted out in my brain. But I'll give a little hint on what is causing it - "What do you want to do after you graduate?"  What the bloody fuckery. x

Six hours to my Birthday!

November 2014

This was basically a screenshot of my instagram page, with a little cropping and photoshopping to put the photos in place. This depicts the few interesting things that happened over the month of November. November flew by really fast because there were assignment deadlines and such. Yesterday was officially the last day of school! Next week would be the start of finals week. After that, it would be the winter holidays!

In less than half a day would be my birthday and I'll officially be 23 years old. Last few months was a huge transition for me to actually try to look my age for once. I cut my hair short, grew out my fringe, did a little wardrobe change, and try to indulge in my hobbies. This change was a huge turning point for me. I guess this is why I'm much happier to turn 23 this year. I'm happy with the efforts I'm making to change how I want my life to be. Growing older isn't what anyone would look forward to but I think it's for the best.

Birthday cakes for SaShiMi Toch

I had my early birthday celebration with the other November and December babies done by my favourite people in International Club! It was lovely and I didn't know they were planning all of that. I used to be the few people who helped to plan the surprise for the other members! lol. I like how the names were cut short to fit in the messages, and the awesome sparklers. I'm a sucker for sparklers. The cakes were delicious, and the messages in the bottles were really sweet. I love you guys! I'm so glad to be part of the International Club!

I even got a chance to meet up with Kai and friends. Kai paid for my dinner at Ichiran. It was awesome. The fact that we got to meet up in Japan was awesome. I wanted to spend more time with them if I could but its the exam period so I've decided to not attend any celebrations of sort. Including the few 'Thanksgiving' parties I've been invited to. I'm sorry I'm a party pooper. I'm not a 'partying' sort of person, and my future to transfer to the UK is basically is dependent on my decisions made this year so I want to make the best out of what I have even if sacrifices are needed. I love you guys!

I'm planning loads of fun activities to do for myself this winter holidays. Mostly travelling and documenting my adventures. I hope I'll stick to my plans on documenting them down. Even if I don't write anything, I'm planning to get them in photos (or videos) by printing them and getting them in hard-copies. I know one of it is coming up real soon after I finish editing all the photos; I'm halfway done with them.

I'm also almost done with my final year project for web design class. I'm doing my own website but I don't really have much achievements in my professional life to put on it so I think it's going to look pretty noobie. lol. But what the heck, I'm going to try to make it look as professional as I can. lol.

I'm actually have mixed feelings that the semester is coming to an end. This year is coming to an end! I'm going to be a second year college student next semester! Everything is going by so fast and I simply can't believe it! I'm actually going to miss all the classes I'm having this semester. it was a tough semester but I definitely enjoyed the challenges. I learnt so many things this semester. Everyday is a learning journey! Knowledge is power! I'm so sad I won't be taking any more philosophy modules or COM modules next semester. I'm going to focus on my social sciences instead. The problem of having too many interests in almost everything, except in business and math. lol.


And, happy birthday to Sandy and William. Both on the 28th of November.
And, an early happy birthday to myself for tomorrow will be my birthday.
We're all born on the same year too. What are the odds of that?!


xoxo,
C.

If anyone wants a HD view of those photos, go to my instagram page or my tumblr because I keep most of my photos stored there because there isn't a problem with memory storage!

22 days to go...

instagram @ kisaxdots

I haven't been writing because I've been rushing all my assignments.  A screenshot of my instagram on my iphone with the recent things that I've been doing - Halloween Party, New hairstyle, and a photo of me procrastinating.

I love my new hairstyle now because I think it suits my personality, as compared to my previous hairstyle. In fact, i do cringe a little when I look at my previous photos of myself. I can't believe I managed to have that hairstyle for so long! I'm happy for this change and I'm keeping it. Even Emily agrees that this hairstyle suits my personality. ;P

Arts Day + Halloween event for college is over and done with, I'm pretty much done with club activities. I'm going to concentrate on my research papers, web design projects and finals until the end of the semester. This week was a tough one. This month is going to be a tough one.

Like every other year, I look forward to Christmas. This year, I'm planning on a trip to Osaka this coming Christmas. I'm looking forward to that because it would be my first trip outside of Tokyo with my friends from college!

I've decided. I'm going to invest in a new camera this year. I'll get the new macbook air next year after graduation. :)

I'm sleepy so I'm going to take a nap. x

Boo to exams

18th October 2014
Sneak shot of Shuka doing her response paper

The weather is getting colder and I'm currently a human burrito as I am typing this. It's still manageable if I wore a jacket or something but hiding under my blanket is more comfortable. The woes of staying in a country that has four seasons.

Mid-term examination is just about over. I'm left with my last paper, Web Design, this coming Wednesday. I'm looking forward to get it over and done with because exams are as stressful as they come. Speaking of which, I received my grades for my other modules and I'm not satisfied with some because I know I can do better. But I am very surprised with my grades for Ethics module. I wasn't expecting to get that grade because it's such a difficult class! Interesting, but difficult. At least now I know that my ethics textbook that costs ¥16000 is not an utter waste of money. So expensive. Ouch. I feel that I'll be in debt to my mom for the rest of my life.

I've started drinking green tea frappuccino again. I'm not sure what made me feel like drinking it again. I told myself to stop visiting starbucks or any cafes so that I can save up on my expenses. I guess I really miss spending half a day in cafes doing my own work. Last weekend, I got the chance to hang out at starbucks to leech on their wifi. Free wifi is swell.

Yesterday, I went to Akihabara and spent half a day there was because I had an appointment with my friend who was in town for a day before he leaves for the other parts of Japan. It was a nice catching up session. He even introduced to me some animes to watch. The lists of animes to watch is never ending. lol. He also managed to convince me why Android is a much better phone than iphone. All these while no one was able to tell me why Android is better. The answer I usually got was "Because Iphone sucks?". That is just simple subjectivism. And, I refused to take that as a good argument for your stand because "Boo to you. And Yay to myself".

And, I hope you have a brilliant day. x

Hello October!

29 September 2014
Touka and Kaneke cookies from Tokyo Ghoul cafe event!

I can't believe it's already coming to an end of the 5th week of school. I'm just starting to feel the stress because midterms are coming. Also, I've finally started on my research papers. I'm still stuck with finding a topic for my ethics essay though. I swear, ethics will be the death of me! I enjoy the class, but I'm really bad at it.

Anyways, I felt like writing today because I've already did my readings for tomorrow's ethics class. I'm also in an extremely good mood right now because of the email I just received earlier on. It's no big deal because it's just a regular newsletter from a university. It's the content that made me so happy. At the end of October, there is going to be another university fair and I am extremely excited for it. Also, I am able to recognise more university names than before. The first time I went in Spring, I knew almost none except for Cambridge University and Oxford University. Obviously, I didn't even think of going near those booths.

I can already visualise how it would feel like this time when I go to the university fair. I will confidently walk towards those booths, sit down and ask some legit questions showing that I actually came prepared while showing a little wittiness. Though, I usually end up embarrassing myself. lol. But yes, I am looking forward to it because this might actually be a sign up the al'mighty powers from above.

I'm also planning on a trip to the North West of Tokyo for my own personal trip and for a school project. This week is going to be a little busy because I have so many assignment to finish up and midterms to revise for. But home-girl will get it done because I think I managed to build up a little momentum.

Oh yes, last week, I went to this Tokyo Ghoul event at Patisserie Swallowtail Annex at Shinjuku with Sam. I had so much fun even though it was a short little outing after school. I haven't got a chance to attend such events. Now, I finally did, I love it. The cookie is so cute, I really don't dare to eat it because my heart would just break. (I jest) I've posted some photos on my instagram, check out my instagram if you haven't already!! :)

By the way, is it me or is Persona 3's OST awesome? :)

Picnic at Yoyogi Park

Picnic at Yoyogi Park with some of the International Club members!
From left: Shogo, Marina, Ryuichi, Me and Shane. Thanks Stew, for taking this awesome picture!
24th of August 2014

Since last semester, I'm part of the International Club. The club was busy with it's reforming so no activities were planned. But Shane and I was thinking that we should have a get together during the summer holidays to get to know some of the members better before the upcoming Fall semester. Knowing the members better would make planning activities together in the future easier. As planned, we had a picnic session at Yoyogi Park with some of the members who could attend. I had so much fun and happy that everything went smoothly. This might actually be a really good start for the whole club!

We saw Shane's friend at the park so we hung out with them and played frisbee. Oh boy, it was so fun. It reminded me of the days in secondary school when I last played frisbee. I even got to meet a fellow Singaporean. It's nice to meet people from my homeland. Shogo and Marina brought home-made food. The cookies and churros were really delicious, I couldn't stop eating them! We did a mini fireworks before we left the park. Since we're at the park, the most we could do was sparklers. We could not do rockets or anything. But it was still fun since the people I was hanging out with are cool people! I love sparklers! I would like to play with sparklers with my friends back at home some day. I mean, it's summer all year round so we can do it anytime we want! haha.

I also had the famous Ichiran Tonkotsu Ramen with Shane for dinner. It is the second time I'm having dinner with her! She's such a cool person. She even taught me some Tagalog! I also tried speaking Tagalog with some of her friends from church during the picnic. It's so fun to learn different languages!

This basically sums up the awesome sunday outing with my club members. I'm down to my last week of summer holidays. I can't wait for Autumn!

x

Good news came in the mail!

Awkward smile
31st July 2014

I went out to check the mailbox after I received news that our results from the previous semester was in. Yes, I was really nervous yet excited. The moment I opened the letter and looked at my results, I burst out screaming. I was elated. I couldn't believe that I managed to do so well in all my classes! I'm still smiling to myself silly as I'm typing this down, trying to recall what exactly happened. I didn't even check my GPA until after I calmed down because I really could not believe it. For someone who had continuous bad results since primary school... This is a huge achievement! Also, I managed to make it to the dean's list and increased my GPA from the previous semester. If I manage to keep this up until the application period, attaining my seemingly impossible goal might just be possible. I'm not sure about the details yet but I'm trying to stay positive.

Oh! And a day early 'Happy Birthday' wish to my home country, Singapore!

PS:イギリスの大学の申し込みは複雑すぎて、分かりにくい！誰かー！助けてくれないか・・・？！

Two more weeks to Summer Holidays!

Rockin' the sleeveless black and white stripe dress while embracing my flabby arms.
22th July 2014

So, I don't usually wear sleeveless tops or dresses because I feel insecure about my arms. They are not toned anymore because I have not been exercising or hitting the gym like I should. But I think I totally rocked the sleeveless look (or not). My eyes are a little puffier than they should so I decided to crop half my face away. It's just the side effects of not giving my tiny eyes enough rest.

Well, I think I've unlocked a new achievement. I managed to compete 3 research papers in 3 days. One of them, I've been working hard on it since June so I suppose that doesn't count. I worked really hard on that paper because I'm doing a topic that I'm interested in. I also want to prove to myself that I'm not a bad writer and I haven't lost my touch on writing. I just got to practice a little to get everything back!

My ethnography report for Anthropology was also interesting because I'm doing something more personal. I glad I did that because I learnt more about myself. Though, I must say that wasn't the most professional report because we're not taught exactly how to do a professional one. It's all for experience since it is just an introductory module.

The third report was horrible though. It got rejected once and I had to revise it. To be honest, I didn't think I revised much of it because I still think that it's a horrible term paper report. I'm not much of a history person anyways because I always have the thought that the actual events that happened in history might be different from what was taught. I mean, humans do have selective memory. I'm one good example; I don't remember half of what happen in primary school! So, what makes historians so different? It's not like they had recording devices back then to record everything. It's all just interpretations from what was left over, isn't it? Honestly, I don't know.

Now, I'm down to the final one, my research proposal for Sociology. I also have to tackle finals next week. Actually... Mine starts this Thursday. Boo. Looking on the bright side, I can have a little breather now that I've finished 3/4 of my assignments. I gotta stay positive. *nods nods*

I really cannot wait for summer holidays. I've been seeing more people on the streets wearing yukata. I want to wear a yukata too! I have to buy one! I left mine back in Singapore and I want a new one. Preferably a red coloured yukata because I think I'll look good in red rather than pink. I want to drop the "cute" image and go for something a little more mature. I'm trying my best-est to look and dress my age.

Speaking about dressing, I've been wearing dresses/skirts more often. I actually feel comfortable in dresses and skirts now. I used to be insecure about wearing dresses because I don't want to be "too girly". It's funny because I am a girl/lady so I don't understand why I even felt insecure about wearing them before. Maybe my female hormones are finally doing their job. Ha.

Love,
C

Windows by Lewis Watson

I stumbled on this song when I was surfing the web. Brilliant song. Really relaxing.


Good News: I finally finished a research paper that I've been working on since a month ago.

Bad News: One of my other term paper report was rejected by my professor and now I got to re-do it. Well, on the bright side, at least I got a deadline extension.

Love,
C

Productive Week!!

2th June 2014

Hello. TGIF!!

I haven't been going around taking selfies or any photos in particular so I'm going to use a photo I took earlier this month. This was taken when I went to enjoy a lovely performance by the Tokyo Symphonic Orchestra.  This photo was taken before the performance start because as usual, no photography was allowed. It was really a brilliant performance but sadly, I was a little too tired and I fell asleep during the last 15 minutes of the performance. It was a good powernap. lol.

This week ended pretty well. It was a lot better than I expected. I was bracing myself for the worst but I guess I managed to tide over this week. This past week had been cloudy and drizzling from time to time.

I am finally making some progress on my research papers. I'm planning to finish all of the research proposals and outlines during the weekends so I won't have to worry about them during the weekdays. Deadline is in a month's time and I'm not freaking out yet because I think I'll be able to pull through.

I've been diligently using my handy-dandy notebook and it is really an accomplishment to see it almost used up. Also, about an hour ago, I used up my favourite erasable pen when I was jotting down stuff on my notebook. How disappointed I was!! I had to switch to using a pencil. I don't like using pencil because my handwriting changes depending on what sort of pen/pencil I use. Most of the time, I'd have ugly and messy handwriting but using that pen, I am able to imitate my mom's handwriting. lol. I can't say I hate it because I've always liked my mother's handwriting. It's small, neat and I personally think looks a little like comic sans font. LOL.

The reason as to why I've been loving the weekends because it is the time where I can really laze at home and try to finish my assignments. I don't think I have to try this weekend because I've finally gotten hold of the "working hard" momentum. I guess because I've sort of found a goal and planned out what I am going to be taking for my final 3 semesters in my college. Now with everything laid out in front of me, all I have to do is work hard and tackle all of them! Easier said than done, but it is still better than not having anything planned out in front. It is always good to plan for the future! Be ambitious!

Besides trying to be all "hardworking", I've managed to catch a dothack anime movie earlier in the week. The movie is called, .hack//sekai no mukou e (ドットハック・セカイの向こうへ). I must say this movie was a pretty good one. The animations were done in 3D instead of the usual 2D. I really really want to play this game in real life. I'm not even talking about the PSP or PS2 but the real MMORPG while wearing those glasses and feeling like I'm in "The World". I want to go on an adventure knowing I won't die because I can respawn at the town center or something and fight wild animals!!

This is the trailer and movie poster.

ドットハック・セカイの向こうに
.hack//seikai no mukou ni (Beyond the world)

Maybe I'm being bias about this series but dothack was the first ever anime series about people being trapped in the MMORPG, that I liked. It was wayyyy before SAO or Log Horizon. I'll always be loyal to dothack series! Though, comparing SAO and Log Horizon, I prefer Log Horizon because I think Shiroe is cooler than Kirito. I'm actually choosing Intellect over looks! lol. But hey, Shiroe don't look too bad himself.

Speaking about animes, i'm really sad the few series that I've been following this season has and is coming to an end.

I've watched:

• Kamigami no Asobi (神々の悪戯)
• No Game No Life
• Kin'iro no Corda: Blue Sky (金色のコルダ: BlueSky)

I'm currently watching these few and they are going to be ending soon. I am so so so sad about it. :(

• Mekakucity Actors (メカクシティアクターズ)
• M3: Sono Kuro Hagane (M3〜ソノ黒キ鋼〜)
• Black Bullet
• Sore demo Sekai wa Utsukushii (それでも世界は美しい)

I am in love with the Sore demo sekai wa utsukushii's story!! It's not the typical shoujo manga love story setting so it makes it even better. I'm a sucker for shoujo genre animes. Which goes to show, I am still a young girl at heart! lol. I am still young. Uh huh!!

Anyways, I've also manage to update my itunes just for a little bit. I haven't been going around finding new songs to listen but I am addicted to this song "Chippoke na Ai no Uta" (ちっぽけな愛の歌) by Ohara Sakurako, the new singer/actress who acted in the live-action adaptation movie of the manga, "Kanojo wa uso wo Aishisugiteru". This song was also the OST of the movie. This song always reminds me of the story in the movie and allows me to imagine that this song was produced by Sato Takeru for me. Such touching lyrics. It's all fictional but a fan can dream anytime righttttt?! lol. Also, Sakurako has a nice voice. I can forsee her bright future in the entertainment industry! Looking forward to her future appearances in other films and her future singles/albums.

Alright, I'll stop writing now because  I have a field trip to the Tokyo Metropolitan Archaeology Center field trip tomorrow for my Anthropology class.

Good Night.

xoxo,
C

Piggy Plush

Me with Piggy Plush
17th June 2014

Hello.

It has been an awesome week though I didn't get enough of my weekly dose of sociology class. I manage to catch a huge piggy plush from the arcade UFO catcher section. It's so cute that it was love at first sight. I thought, "I need to have it!!". Off I went to spend an amount trying to catch it. I finally did manage to catch it while being totally convinced I suck at UFO catchers. I was never good at them and I doubt I'll ever be. But i must say, I am good at those smaller UFO catchers. I guess the saying "Trying somebody your own size" isn't just a saying, it really has a true meaning behind it and I am totally convinced!

Another joyful news is that midterm examinations are over! I got back my results and I am pretty satisfied with my it. I hope the least I can do is maintain my grades during the final term examination. I should concentrate on finishing my research papers and proposals because time is running out. I will try not to procrastinate during this weekend. I really want to get started with all of it because it will be a good form of motivation to get it done at least a week before the due date.

I ended my day with a bottle of heineken beer and some bibimbap dinner at Shin-Okubo, korean town in Tokyo, with my mate. It is always so fun to hang out with her! I hardly get to see her in college because our schedules don't allow us to meet at all. Even if we do have classes together, we can't talk because we have to pay attention in class. I can't complain because I have the chance to take the classes that I am interested in. We can't win 'em all.

I think I'll go play some games on my PSP before calling it a night. For some reason, I can't wait to get up tomorrow to have breakfast. I'm always thinking about food. lol.

Love,
C

PS: I did a little twitching with my layout. Thought that this would make the whole blog look cleaner. Also, new updated blog header. One of my "talented" shots of the scenery at DisneySea late last year. What do you think about it? x

Sunset

Sunset @ Futako-Tamagawa station, Tokyo, Japan
10th May 2014

Hello. It is the end of my 3rd week into my summer semester in school. Awesome teachers, awesome classes, awesome friends, what more can I ask for? Not having the most relaxing few weeks but I guess I can manage for now.

Every day it is an increasing amount of reading assignments and response papers to do. I am not exactly complaining but y'know, sometimes you wish homeworks are optional.

I don't have much to write but I just want more luck this coming few weeks because I think I need it. Midterms are coming really soon and I don't think I am ready! :(

#NowPlaying Michael Jackson - Loving You.


xoxo,
Chisaki