BACKIE~!

*breaths in*

ほっかいどからかえりました！！

:D Just got back yesterday evening, after one whole day of travelling on the plane. x_x damn tiring.

Spent seven days in various states of Hokkaido, with six nights in hotels and ryokans that has onsen (though I never went to the onsen in the end :/).

Hokkaido is pretty much like the 'kampong' of Japan, quoting from the guide, Elizabeth-san~ :) It has lesser cities/buildings like Tokyo or Osaka, and has more sceneries and mountains instead. According to Elizabeth, people in Hokkaido are more friendly than those in the big cities~ and from what I experience, the older generations are the friendly ones~ :D

This whole week pushed my japanese to the limits....x_x As Changmin from DBSK once said in a Japanese variety show: これはわたしの日本語の限界だ。
I'm reduced to using really simple sentences...and use gestures and body languages to express what I can't with my super limited vocab...^^; 大変です。But it was good experience~ :D Some of the japanese (the older ones actually) were a little surprised that I can speak japanese as well...^^;; ほんとにはずかしいでした！

I watched alot of japanese tv as well~ free tv has around...six to seven channels, and you get all sorts of things...though it depends on the time as well~ Morning tv ranges from news to places and food introductions and so on~ Not sure about afternoon tv, cause I'm usually out somewhere...evening features news, in which almost a person was reported dead everyday. =_= And after news you'll get either jdorama or variety shows or documentaries or reality shows. That also depends on the channels you are watching~

Anyway, I love japanese variety tv!! <3!! It's so interesting, even though I can only figure out part of what they are saying...they got ALL SORTS OF VARIETY SHOW. Like, ALL SORTS. There's this one which talks about laws...in which the guests are shown a particular scenerio, and they have to guess whether the law allows it or not or something...and they gain points based on how many they answer correctly~

There's another one that's like...team vs team, and each team will sit in a circle with a touch pad screen in front of them, and they have to answer textbook/dictionary questions...damn tough, but if you are japanese, it's really educational~ They have around five sections...and each sections has around ten questions with increasing difficulty(one for each person). For some of the sections, players can answer as many times they like, for others they have to get everything correct at first try, or the team fails that section...interesting, isn't it? :D

Then there's this thing called 'Sasuke Challenge', which is like some kind of obstacle course that's really tough and you have guys coming to challenge it...it has two rounds, though most people fail the first round...x_x it's really tough.

One show I really like was this hide-and-seek show...first section features families inviting the hosts of the programme to come to their house for the game...the familes will then hide themselves in their own house, putting obstacles and traps in the house as well, and the hosts have to find them within the time limit, else the family will get the money~ I cracked up at a part where one of the hosts was so damn frustrated that he yelled 'KUSOJIJI!' XDDD

Second part of the show features celebrities, with one group as the finding team, and the other as the hiding team. The hiding team are told to hide in a school in whatever ways they can as well as put traps and obstacles, and each of them are given 100 000 yen in which they can keep if they remained uncaught till the end. The finding team are then given around 2 hours to find all 10 people. In the end, out of the 10 people, only one managed to remain uncaught~ *__* Though all their hiding places were super.

Then I watched the last episode of HANAKIMI LIVE ON TV on tuesday night, 9pm~ 8D I was like 'OMG THIS IS HQ!!' XDD~ But there's ALOT of commercials....x_x so it was quite agonising. >_> The next night, while I was packing my luggage, Bleach came up...........^^;; And I watched it too, all the while complaining about the dropping standard of the anime...that eps features Orihime saying goodbye to Ichigo, who was in a coma after his intensive training, I think...and Orihime was really sad cause no one can see her...:( Still, the quality of it is BETTER than Reborn, which has too much stills. -.-

Hokkaido has alot of HELLO KITTY stuff as well....O[]O I was so utterly tempted to buy them, but I need to reserve my money...soooo, I only bought a few hello kitty stuff...:( Hokkaido has foxes and bears as its trademark as well, thus there's ALOT of foxes plushies and cute stuff. <33333 TOTEMO KAWAII DESU! >___>!!!

Then there's MARIMO~ 8D Marimo is a type of algae that's shaped in a ball, and it grows around 1-5 mm per year, I think...it's only available in Hokkaido (if I'm not wrong), and it's one of Hokkaido's trademarks as well~ :D Seeing marimo wasn't part of the trip though, and the guide didn't say anything about it...but I read about it in Junjyou Romantica~ XDD So I bought some marimo stuff as well~ :D

Basically, it was a relaxed trip, without much rushing around...and the scenery was really nice, especially on the mountains. The weather was cooling too (thought it nearly went as cold as Sydney's winter), and I SAW PACIFIC OCEAN! 8D It really look like 'World's End'~ XD

Anyway, I'll get the photos loaded ASAP and do a more detailed post~ ;D Please look forward to it~! 8D

Stuff again

Leaving for Hokkaido on Friday morning, and I haven't pack my luggage yet. XD;; Just washed some clothes I wanna bring over today...annnnd, I might start packing tomorrow or something.

._. I don't really know where in Hokkaido I'm gonna visit though...my dad told me that we'll be changing hotels everyday...sooo...XD;; I do hope that we get to stay in a ryokan during one of the days though~ :)

Wendy jie jie(she's my nanny's daughter)is also going to Japan on the 22nd with two other relatives (her younger sis and ming shi, who is the younger sis's daughter. Actually, I call ming shi's mum 'xiao xiao jie jie' ....XD;;). They are going there for free and easy though, so they had been planning since april...:D She said that if all goes well, she might plan another one at the beginning of next year and me and neesan can go along~ XD!

I still remember how I had planned a free and easy trip to Japan last year...only to be rejected by my parents. :/ They wanted us to go with a tour group cause it's safer...but it also meant that we won't get to buy doujins or anime/manga goods too! >__>

I kinda have in mind what I wanna get in Hokkaido...only if I can get them, that is. XD;; Can only hope now~ D;

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.__. I slept at 6am this morning, even though I laid on the bed at 3am. *headdesk* Suffered a short bout of insomania for some reason...I think it's the Oreo Mocha Frappe I had in the afternoon yesterday........*mutters* probably had around 4 hours of sleep today since I woke at 10am to print the photos for mengshan's bday gift...

A little sleepy now...

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Now I'm damn scared that I cannot finish the CO website. X___X;; Only started a little bit......>___> Can only hope to kick myself into action when I get back from Hokkaido.

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Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the 911 attacks...Discovery channel and NGC had been showing documentaries of 911...and 'The Flight that Fought Back' touched me the most...

May those who lost their lives in the war against terrorism rest in peace.

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Birthday

*looks at clock* Okay, it's about an hour and a half past my birthday now~ Turned 19 yesterday, and had a small celebration with weilin~ :D Thanks, Lady boss~! ^__^

To be honest, that's the first proper celebration I had in years on the actual day of my birthdate. Mainly because my birthday usually falls on the weekdays...^^;; in the past, when I was younger, I would celebrate with my family. We'll go out and eat, buy a cake and cut it at home and such, then take photos. Years later, both sisters have jobs that ended quite late at night, which leads to the slow death of this tradition.

It's abit sad, really.

I think that's probably why birthdays are starting to lose their meanings to me. What makes a day special? It's special when people makes it different from the rest of the days. Birthdays used to be special to me as, well, people celebrated my birth into this world. But without this tradition, wouldn't it make this day just like any other ordinary day?

If I'm an optimistic person, I would say 'then everyday is my birthday'. LOL~

To weilin: I'm very touched and happy with the effort you made for me today. But I guess the reason why I wasn't very shocked or surprised might be due to the fact that I didn't felt like it was my birthday...though for that one moment, when the cake was infront of me, it seemed surreal to me that I'm turning one year older...

Thank you for accompanying me today.

なんか存在内の感じがいる...一寸悲しく寂しい...

Fanart!

@____@ Finally finish this! Been working on this for the past week.....XD;; After I finished some people's presents, I've been working on this......x_x managed to push myself to finish it today.

NOW I CAN CONCENTRATE ON MY PROJECT! >__>

NDS lite ga hoshii T^T

Bday's coming soon, and I'm psycho-ing ppl to put in some money for me so that I can buy a NDS lite! Not that I'm expecting them to pay all lar...=_= I'm going to pay at least 100 bucks, but if people put in some money, I don't have to pay the entire $300+ bucks of it.

Reason why I wanna get a NDS lite:

I'm playing Taiko no Tatsujin on my big sis's DS now...she has her own account and I have my own one...but what's annoying is that she comes home damn late at night, and I can only play it at like 1am in the frigging morning, in which my mind isn't in the perfect condition, which leads to 'No Full Combo~!'

There are other games I wanna play as well: Subarashiki kono Sekai, Picross, Ouendan 1 and 2, Rhythem Tengoku.

That's about the games so far I'm really interested in...might check out the Reborn one as well...

@__@ NDS lite ga hoshiiiiiiiiiiii

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