basking in the sun

I just came in from my balcony where I've been sitting for about an hour reading a book and blowing soap bubbles. I wish to remind you that this is the 7/11 a time where in Sweden it might be snowing but the frost has most certainly arrived. In Japan on the other hand I could just now a few minutes ago sit in shorts and without a shirt. I got a tan. A TAN! IN NOVEMBER! Bliss for Japan!


Mraow!
M

getting the hang of it

This week has been full of studying, studying and some other stuff that needed to be done. Now Friday is here and I'm freakishly tired. It's all good though as Ayu would have said. I am finally after all this time getting the hang of living on my own and studying at the same time. Which means I'm just a tad bit late but better late than never, ey?!
It's an incredible feeling to be able to be proud of yourself and what you achive. Not something that I've been used to be able to do for a long period of time. So I'll just have to continue wont I?

Me n Ayu just made an early night of Friday to go home to watch a movie and sleep in tomorrow, get some sleep back and be fresh and ready for more studys and our friend Harrys birthday party! With that I'm off to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".


Catch you later!
M

pride

This last sunday I was mighty proud of myself. I managed to do A LOT. A lot I tell you. I even did all my economy stuff on time (I have, for the first time, found a way of keeping track of my economy in a way that I could handle for a longer period than a month, YAY ME! I'm doing fucking good I tell you guys!). I fixed doors, made the Loveshack more efficient. I did some homework. I made food (enough to bring for lunch for me and Ayu for the next day to!). And so on and so on. Do you think I slept well?

Yesterday me and Ayu started talking about our future plans in a more serious way. We realised that there is only 4 months left of our studies at KICL and after that we need to have a job. I NEED a job in a more accute way than Ayu since she has a Japanese passport so she can stay here for as long as she wishes without trouble. I on the other hand need the work to be able to get a working visa and stay here at all without beeing kicked out of the country. So we started looking for work yesterday and we'll see what it gives!


Whish me luck e'ryone!
M

bliss

I'm very happy right now. Veeery happy. We now have internet in our apartment! After a month and a couple of days of daily trips to Hiros place for a couple of hours. (Also after a 50 minutes long phoneconversation between Ayu, my roommate, and our internet people, thank you Ayuu!) It feels soo good to be sitting in your own bed writing in your blog. Everybody, never underestemate the power of internet!
Now I'm going to my friend Meka's live at Urban Guild here in Kyoto so I'll catch you laters everyone!


Bliss blissyblissbliss!
M

once more around the wheel

Today I thought I was supossed to start an extra class, so was not the case. I instead enbarked on a little adventure. I took the Eizan railway (very small train that goes to the outskirts of northern Kyoto on rail). I've been living next to it and going by it by bike basically every morning for quite some time now (i.e. since I came to Japan) but never actually gone anywhere with it. I decided to go to a place called Ninose by a choise that was sprung completely from the heart. All the stations before that made me wonder if maybe the Eizan railway was nothing for me. But just between the station before Ninose began a forest and it was magical. Eizan is not for me, Ninose is. It was the most sereene beauty I've seen so far in Japan. It was small but oh so lush. A river ran through it all and there was mountains on both sides. Every where there was greenery. And bamboo my great love, and waterfalls, oh waterfalls! I walked along the road leading to the next station and looking more like a forigener than I have in quite some while. I think they all knew eachothers names and I did not fit in at all with my sunglasses, stockings and two big bags. It was a very obvious break in the beauty between the different stations, neither of them could be measured with Ninose.
<3


Catch you on the flipside
M

newbie

This weekend I'm going to my first Jap music festival and it feels like I've never been to a festival in my entire life. I have no clue how much of my Swedish festival experience I can actually use. I know that I won't be able to schmack up a tent and crawl into conveniently placed on a camp close to the stage. Is there gonna be mud? Will I be able to se a single artist without queing for decent spots for ages? Will I faint when I see Saosin? Feels so weird not to be on top of things especially since I'm going alone the first two days. ADVENTURE TIME! I'm psyked as usuall. Haha.


Gogo ME!
M

cockroach

So I've had my first cockroach in my house. I am not surprised cuz it's really just disgusting there nowadays when I go back. So far I've been back three nights the last three weeks and had to spend most of the time cleaning up the place. Yeah, Hiro's place is like heaven comparing to my appartment. Basically no chance of getting roaches here oh no siree. Looking forward to when I move together with mah mate Ayu next month! It'll be heaps of fun I'm sure!


Roach on everybody!
M