who am I, where did I come from

I'm now going to do something not very Japanese nor Swedish;
I am going to drink Earl Grey and watch a British movie cuz I realized when I watched Poirot earlier today and they were driving through the British countryside that I also miss Britain and my friends and family there.


So, so long yet again fair maids and jolly fellows!
M

Sweden day and a awesome weekend!

During last week I realised that it would be the Swedish national day last Saturday. So being the true patriot I am (nah, mostly because I'm me :D), I decided to make it in to a party.
Fortunately for me I had received all the necessary equipment from the awesome couple Ante n Johanna (Bror n Kägis!) for a Christmas present so I was already set. So when I woke up Saturday slightly tired from the "pre-party" at my place Friday all I had to do was to put on my Swedish football shirt and hang a variety of blue and yellow ribbons round my neck, send out the invites, serpentine and flags at hand and head out.
Me, Robert and Rasmus went to Michie's school festival and ended up in a road trip in a car with Sou and some of his friends.

We had crepes and purikura (<3 purikura), some of us had raw egg, and heaps of fun in the kids corner. It felt like back in the day when me and my friends just drifted around and did whatever we felt like doing without a care in the world. <3
Of course we ended up at Kamogawa, it was after all Saturday and we had a big day to celebrate. We drew Swedish flags on a wide variety of people, renamed some of them with Swedish names and I handed out my flags and taught people to use a serpentine.
We got to watch some students from Kyoto University's Temple Visiting Club (haha) being drunk in the river. I have noticed that this seems to be very common and not at all that bad here in Kyoto. The Japs don't have the same sense of shame when they are drunk. When drunk do the most embarrassing thing and it's all good. They are awesome!

Also honored my new country a little bit by seeing Jap-Uzbekistan at Hub (NIIIPPPPPOOOON NIIIIIPPPOOOON), got in and out of some fights and last but not least ended up at Kanso <3. style="text-align: center;">

And yeah, forgot to tell you guys. I have pierced my tongue. Think I'm falling in love with myself a tad bit after i did it. I look awesome in it! Go go ME!
Had a little bit of a trouble with sounding like a retard for a while but since it's been more than a week now I'm almost back to awesome.

Happy Sweden day a go go!
M

the money, of course, is of no importance but i find your challenge irresistible

Oi gov'naas!
Today I saw my first live water filled rice patch! Yay! It's just outside my front window and kind of amazing. Makes me think of old Japanese movies.

I've also noticed that my English is getting worse. All my languages are mixed up. It's a jungle but it's all good. Japanese is progressing and that's what I'm here for so I'm happy!

I spend waaay to much time down at Sanjo. Or no I don't, for me it's awesome! But I'm almost never home. I love Sanjo. And I love Starbucks and Kamogawa and everything else that is close by! So I almost never use the internet so I have to say I'm sorry for not keeping in touch so much!

Last week we had a few days of because of the swine flu. But it's all bullshit I think cuz almost no one is infected in Kyoto. The biggest school wasn't even closed and that is the biggest risk of spreadding. Haven't heard anything about it for a few days either. For now it has blown over here in Kyoto. Because we had days of last week we have to come to school on Saturdays instead. BLÄ! But at least they are not taking it from our summer vacation so I'm satisfyed anyway.

Two weeks ago I bought a plant and guess what everybody? It's still alive! Yay! I'm quite impressed by myself since I usually kill everything green in my care.

Wells! I'm off to more kanji studys and some Skypeing!


Ya neee!
M

wallah!

Hey everyone!
Now I've been absent from the blog for a while for many reasons, mainly because I'm lazy when it comes to the blog.
I've had a great time since last I saw you. Still loving Kyoto from the bottom of my heart.
It's starting to get really hot now. Not really hot but the moist is coming. Little bit closer every day. It's scary (I think I say this in every blog entry but it has to be said) cus it's only month 5 and number 8 is the hottest. I don't ever wear anything warmer than a "kavaj". And when you're riding your bike home from Sanjo like I did tonight I didn't even have to wear my thin thin parka.

Tonight I met the first person I strongly disliked from the beginning and did not want to talk to. (yeah well exept for that weird guy Rob from last weekend that I just don't like eiter but in a totally different way and almost forgivable seeing that he was shitfaced.) This guy was sober and from the States and was sitting next to me while I was studying at Starbucks just now. He started to talk to me like most gaijin do with each other if they sit close long enough. He commented on me studying kanjis and I it's to complicated and to late to explain why but he instantly made me feel uneasy.
So when Sou (my friend) jumped me from behind and strangled me in a friendly way while I was leaving Starbucks I was almost shitting my pants. Wää! Just feels weird cus most people who I speak to here I instantly like or at least could have a decent conversation with but this guy...


Anyway, おやすみなさい！
M

it's on the tip of my tounge it's on the back of my lounge

It was a long long time ago that I was this happy thanks to one person. And in a not constructed way, just purely and simply happy.
I smile all the time and I can't really stop.
But no more of this right now. We'll have to see what happens.
but GAAAAH!

that's that, I've seen it all.

I've had the single most weird night here in Japan so far.
It started (OK, no it didn't but we'll leave that part out) with me going to meet Serjio after finishing my studies.
While I was waiting for Serjio at Sanjo I started talking to a guy and his friends drops by. Then along comes Serjio. While we are standing there talking to the Japanese three other Japanese walk by and one of them points at me and says; I MEET YOU IN THE FLOGGING MOLLY CONCERT.
I mean just that is weird, that he remembered me and recognized me on the street in the dark in a different city two weeks later. Apparently he was the guy who stage dived just before me at the concert.
BUT this is the weirdest part. He speaks Norwegian.
He is apparently interested in Scandinavian politics (?!) so he studied in Norway for 4 years. So I spoke Swedish with him and he understood. He spoke Norwegian back and I understood. It ended up with us speaking three different languages together and. Yeah. I just couldn't stop laughing. I never thought I would see the day. とってもへん！

And, and, and!!!!!! (I hate using many ! but this requires it). Mr.Hi-I-like-Scandinavian-politics-for-no-apparent-reason and the rest of us went to a bar. After a while we come to the subject music (only a matter of time) and Saosin comes up. So he tells me that they are playing here this summer. HERE, or well, Tokyo or Osaka, but I mean HEEY!!! SAOSIN! And so we speak a little more about that they are coming and he shows me the line-up for the festival. FUCKINGEXTRASUPERAWESOMELYNICE! I mean some of my absolute fucking favorites are coming to the same fucking festival while I'm in Japan and I'm fucking going!
Linkin Park, Matisyahu, Nine Inch Nails, Kasabian, My Chemical Romance, The Specials, Placebo, Keane, Mando Diao, Mew, SAOSIN! Fuck it's gonna be awesome!
It's expensive but belieeeve me, I'm going. As I said to him right after I asked how much it was; It doesn't really matter. Again I couldn't stop smiling. It was physically impossible.

This Japan-trip is getting more and more awesome on the music front. I could tell you more about ME+JAPAN+MUSIC=TRUE. But now I want to study.


I'm awesomely much in it for the lulz.
M

(by the way, I'm sorry for all the swearwords and ! and capital letters but I can't help it, I'm just THAT exited)

うそつき

Ok, so I lied. New info didn't come soon. But now it's time. Sugoi desu ne?
I got my packages from mum so now I rock school every day with new nice outfits. I'm awesome.
And speaking of clothes we did laundry for the first time two days ago. It took some time but when we all put our wise heads together we made it. It only took all the four of us and different skills from all of us. (Me and Karin have a wash machine on the balcony but since I'm environmentally involved I invited Robert and Serjio to share the laundry.) So we made it and I now have clean underwear again.

And I bought my new phone! It's like my old one with a keyboard but smaller and I get all information in Japanese. Guess how that's going?!
To email (yep, the phenomenon with sms is not very big in Japan) my phone you use lillefot.my-chan@softbank.ne.jp
And haha, I got last months bill for my Swedish phone that I've been using here until I got the Japanese one. 1145 Swedish kronor. Luls.

This week we found out the schedule for our tests. So almost ever week we have a "little" kanji-test. That is 48 kanji every week. YAAAAY. not. Then we will have a "big" one wich is 550 kanji. Also YAY. not.
So this weekend I will study some more than I usually do because we also have a test of all the chapters we've had so far in the textbook. I've bought a electronic dictionary wich is totally awesome. Makes it so much easier to study. Anotherthing that's sugoi is that Serjio showed me how to write in kana on my computer. So from here on there might pop up some Japanese words in kana in the blog. Look forward to it guys.

Some people are coming over for a "förfest"/"preparty" at my place in a hour and a half and then we are going to "study" some Japanese pronounciation at the bar. So now. Hardcore studytime.


We're only in it for the lulz.
M