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

family reunion

So now mum and Max has been here to visit me and gone home. It was awesome and I already miss them. It was really good get to show the family where I live and what I do here in Japan, meet some of my friends and the boyfriend. It is so much easier to show than it is to tell so to speak.
Now we have summer holidays and it's good times. We have gotten quite some homework but it'll be alright.
I have to make quite a lot of decisions in the near future and it's a bit scary but that'll be alright to. I trust myself more now since coming to Japan. And that feels good mates.
My English is getting horrible so I apologize for that in advance and hope to be doing better in the near future.
Wells, now I'm off to a busy day with a lot of things to arrange seeing that boyfriend leaves for London the first of august and we have been the two laziest pricks lately. Off I go!


M

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