Golden Week Digest

Hot spring at Hakone

I went on a short trip to Hakone with my best friend, Crystal, who as in town for a short get away. We wanted to get away from the bustling city for some nature and hot spring; somewhere with a slower pace of life. In our Japanese inn, Kisenzo, breakfast and dinner was provided in our Japanese inn which was perfect. I haven't had such a scrumptious Japanese styled meal in a while so it was just an amazing experience. The hot spring bath was also really helpful with relaxing my body after months of toiling under the stressful reality.  

We met up on the final night before her flight the next day for some A5 grade wagyu beef. It was always the final nights where the catching up session gets really sentimental. It was really difficult to say goodbye but I know we'll meet again really soon. I'm really happy and thankful she made this trip down despite her crazy schedule for work. Kudos to her for planning this trip to Hakone while during my busiest period! <3 p="">

Super Comic City 26

I helped out at my friend's @saaiiro doujin booth at the Super Comic City 26 event earlier this month. I'm not a fan of either of the anime but it was definitely an experience for me. My friend's artwork was amazing and I'm really happy that some of her work sold really well! :)
I got a chance to catch up with her after 2 years too, which was great. I hope she had a wonderful time during the rest of her trip in Japan.


Gudetama Cafe

「いいね！」がほしだけでしょ？
You just wanted a 'like' right?

I visited the Gudetama collaboration Cafe at Yokohama during this time with my lovely friend Sandy. I had been a while since we met up so I really looked forward to this outing. The menu was really cute, and this was one of the items we ordered from the menu.  We were allowed to order one drink and a main dish, alongside with an all you can eat buffet, which usually were a selection of desserts, pasta, salad and soft drinks for about ¥2000 yen each person. For the amount of food we had, the price was definitely worth the trip down from Tokyo.

After the trip to the cafe, we spent some time hanging around Yokohama and doing a little window shopping around the malls. I had a great time hanging out with Sandy and catching up with her. I won't be seeing her for a the whole summer because she took the summer semester off from uni. I'll definitely miss her and I look forward to her return. Let's hang out again!!


Hitachinaka Seaside Park

I went on a trip with B back to his hometown in ibaraki prefecture and visited the famous Hitachinaka Seaside Park which was famous for the nemophila flowers during spring. I had a great time there viewing the beautiful flowers and having some food from the pop-up stalls there. It was a rather warm day so we decided to have some shaved ice to cool our body temperature under the heat. These custard bears tasted amazing! It was so much better than the shaved ice, in my opinion! lol.

After having a quick meal, went deeper into the park where most of the rides were for the bike rental service. Since I still can't ride a bike, we sat on the double seater bikes and off we went on our bike ride date. It totally feels like some high school style date! I feel young again doing all these simple stuff. the best part is since we're adults, the worry about not having enough cash is off the list of our worries! This was definitely one of the best dates I had in a while. :)


New Music

Harry Styles just released his new album not too long ago and I must say, I am in love. I'm not a One Direction fan but Harry was definitely one of my favourite members. I'm saying this as a person who listens to them casually and as someone who stumble on celebrity gossips once in a while.

His songs just screams David Bowie and old British music. I'm not an expert on British music but my impression of British music is something like this (pardon my ignorance). Whatever it is, I just love his new album. Speaking as someone who isn't a 1D fan, I'm glad Harry went solo and released his own music. I am definitely a Harry Styles fan right now. Please keep making good music like this and I'll love you and your music forever.

I've compiled my favourites from his album into this playlist. I love his whole album but these 5 songs would be the ones that I'd loop it over and over again for the whole week or even months. I can finally bring my earphones out and listen to some music during my travels again. It has been so long since I've did that but yes, I would love to listen to these songs over and over again for the whole day.

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That sums up my short but fulfilling golden week holiday straight after finals. This has been me for the past weeks. Take care.

Daughter - How

Colourful world

仮谷せいら - Colourful World

今はこの曲をすごく浜っています。

是非聞いてください！

I'm in love with this song!

Please listen to it! :)

Cool Kids by Echosmith

He sees them talking with a big smile, but they haven't got a clue

Yeah, they're living the good life, can't see what he is going through

They're driving fast cars, but they don't know where they're going

In the fast lane, living life without knowing

And he says

I wish that I could be like the cool kids cuz all the cool kids, they seem to fit in

I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids

I wish that I could be like the cool kids cuz all the cool kids, they seem to get it

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

We Are Young by Fun

Another song that isn't very new but I really like it. I would like to believe that I'm still young. School's a bitch.

Love,
C

Youth by Daughter

This song isn't very new but it definitely has gotten into my "favourite" list. This song doesn't have the happiest lyrics and for some odd reason, I love songs like this. I find that songs sang by japanese idol groups that have lyrics that are too positive are too unrealistic. They are good with lifting mood but I get bored of them really fast.

I'm currently trying to make a collection of songs similar to this so I can play them the whole day like as if it was my theme song in a drama when it's my scene. haha.

Summer is officially here. Summer semester is ending soon. Summer holidays is nearing! :)

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

Plenty

Hello!

Today marks the official day of school for me excluding orientation! I only have 1 module today so I'm free for the rest of the afternoon since my class is in the morning. To be honest, I feel really weird to be back in a class taught totally in English but I'm not hating it! haha. :)

Packing my bag, preparing new notebooks and folders, all sorted into the respective modules so when class starts, I know where to keep my stuff. Tomorrow is going to be a pretty long day for me but I'm excited! All my feels equates to something like this.... (see gif) But I think not that over exaggerated. Perhaps only during graduation or something.

My focus in this gif is only on Patrick though. He is such a cutie. haha!

I'm happy to be having textbooks again. I'm happy to be in college and finally get to study almost everything I ever wanted. I'm happy to be overseas. I'm actually genuinely happy about my life right now.



Let me introduce to you a new band I recently found. It's probably not to everyone's taste because it's not really those really mainstream sounding sort of band but currently I'm more into such genres of music instead of those mainstream idol-ish jpop songs.






It's one of the songs in this amazing tumblr's playlist, which I stumbled upon recently. I even went all out to the TSUTAYA to rent the albums out because it's cheaper instead of buying them. I also don't have space in my apartment to keep them even if I do buy them.

They have been on loop these few days. Even when I go to school and back home! So soothing to my ears. They let me concentrate on what I'm doing. lol.

I shall go and finish my homework so I don't have to rush tomorrow after school.

I'll write again soon.

Love,
Chisaki

Good food goes well with good music!

wink wink!

Hey guys. Good Morning! I'm wide awake now because I took 5hours of nap in the afternoon while skyping with Mr Z. I always fall asleep in the middle of skyping. haha. It's a very bad habit though.....

Anyways, today I'll be moving from my hotel over to my dormitory. I'm not looking forward to fighting with the crowd in the train! I'll continue where I left off from the previous update.

I meeting up with Shizuka and Sir Jim at Roppongi Hills. The day where both Shizuka and I wore spring coordinates! I'm wearing the one in the OOTD #8 post. I'm really starting to love spring a lot more!!

It's the first time I'm going to Roppongi so I'm pretty excited. We're all pretty hungry because we didn't have any breakfast. We're checking out the restaurants around and ended up going for this Korean cuisine restaurant.

Pork sundubu

Though this is a Korean cuisine restaurant, it's still has pretty Japanese taste to it. But no doubt it's really delicious!! Yummy! :P

Then we went to walk around in Roppongi Hills after our brunch. The place is pretty big and we have no idea where to explore exactly. Somehow, we stumbled upon this temporary Doraemon Cafe to promote it's upcoming movie!! The food looks cute but it's really delicious as well.

Dorami Coasters

This is one of the stuff that we ordered. There are a quite a few other decorations of the anime characters . Got got dorami's decoration of our hot chocolate. How cute is that? That's not the usual milk foam on top, it's actually cream!

The weather was pretty good that day. It wasn't too cold, it wasn't too warm either. Spring is good.. with the sakura on full bloom as well! Never expected to ever see sakura in this lifetime because I usually don't like to go to Japan during spring because everyone wants to go as well. The "peak" period for going overseas to Japan to see the sakuras. I haven't officially go for any "hanami"（花見） yet. I'm hoping to go this week since I have all the time to myself to do almost everything. haha.

When I got through the customs at the airport, I forgot to apply for my work permit for students so I had to drop by Haneda Airport the next day since I'll be free in the day. Didn't think I had to be back at the airport so quickly. I also got lost finding my way around terminals. In fact, I dropped off at the wrong terminal so I had to take a free shuttle bus from the domestic terminals over to the international one. It's my first time taking a bus in Japan.

After getting my permit, I went to laze around at the departure areas. The observatory place is open! Basically the place where you can see the plane landing, which I think is really an awesome to just chill and kill time.

In the evening, I met up with Sir Jim and Saya at Roppongi to attend this club house event featuring ZEDD. He is so cool! It's my first time going to a club house instead of a live house. The whole place is surrounded by LED lights. The whole experience is just so amazing!

Club house event 

Everyone is really there to enjoy music.  Totally enjoyed myself! Thanks Jim for inviting me to it! He's a really young and talented man. So young and is already a producer and a DJ... (T^T)

Ended the night with Gyoza at a shop nearby with Saya and Robin. It's so good to see Saya again! Pretty as always~ hehe. It's nice meeting Robin as well, funny guy. haha. Gyoza was really awesome too! nomnomnom.

I'd better get ready to leave my hotel. Gotta check out at 11am in an hour's time! Update again. Byebye.


PS: I just changed my banner. How does it look? :) How does "The Girl In The Red Beanie" sounds? haha.


xoxo,
Chisaki