Me in a KIMONO

Hello people! I haven't blogged in a while. Hope allll is good!

Today (Jan 15th) I took pictures of me in a Kimono. - It is something that Japanese people do when they turn 20 (during seijin shiki) to kind of commemorate becoming an adult. Strange cause Ive been 20 for 8 months already! haha. But in any case, I went along with the plan because I doubt that I will have the opportunity to wear a kimono again. Also, it was my mum's very beautiful, and very original dark blue based kimono which I absolutely fell in love with when I saw it at my grandma's house. SO I decided to go ahead and take some photos. The photos that were done professionally, I should be getting back in about 2 weeks, and those I will share with my closest peeps! hehe. But here are some that we took with the digital camera!

Happy New Year!

To all my Lovelies of Dance Arts!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! I hope that you have a beautiful beautiful year! I have no idea when I will be able to see you guys again, but I hope that it will be one day soon! I miss you like mad. Thanks for being the greatest friends that one could ask for, and for sticking with through thick and thin for so many years!

To all my Darlings in England! (esp. John, Chris, Kai, James, Susan, Ayako)

I hope that I will get to see you soon in February! HAPPPPPPY NEW YEAR! And hope this year is a better year than the last!

To Yuka, Aya, and Christina!

今年もよろしくね！Thanks for everything! Going through so much with me! Uni will almost be over, but I am so glad we are making the most of what's left and celebrating so much together and getting closer!!! Love you All.

To everyone and anyone that happens to read this blog
Happy New Year. May 2006 be a better year across the globe.

Tagged: Nicc, this is for YOU!

Hola Everyone... Sorry I haven't been blogging lately, but have been super busy! With the end of school, applying to Unis (sorta), writing cards, hanging with dear friends!, work work! But now, I should be doing school work, but decided to answer to Nicc's Tagggg instead. Didn't know what it meant to be tagged, but seems like I have got to tell u a few weird/random things about meself? I am not sure if all the random things about myself have to be weird.... but I will try to think of something creative to say.... actually, i probably wont come up with much, cause as i type this, i can't think of a single thing! This is stressful Nicc. I wanted to de-stress. haha.

1. i wont copy 'japanese fashion' (e.g. dress over jeans) but i will if anyone other than japanese people are also doing it. - that makes me sound like i am a horrible anti-japanese person, but i'm not. i like being japanese and am proud of it!

2. i could eat hainanese chicken rice everyday for the rest of my life - i dunno if that's weird! i could eat it everyday, every meal... as long as it's the steamed one (not roasted), and it's from lucky plaza or far east

wait, how many things am i supposed to come up with?

3. i can cry watching Lost.

4. i dun really like make up... and i think on average (without shows) i will wear it only 10 days in one year.

5. it has taken me like 20 mins to come up with 5 random things about myself. that's weird.

Only One by Marc Harshman. Illustrated by Barbara Garrison

So I began teaching English to children about a month ago, early November... And I am really enjoying it actually. It is draining at times, especially having to tackle uni at the same time, but I am loving it! Anyway, I thought I would share with you, my favourite children's book at this moment! I think it is super deep deep. It is called Only One by Marc Harshman. Unfortunately, I can't show you the illustration by Barbara Garrison but they are great (and they make the stories less sad!)

There may be a million stars,
but there is only one sky.

There may be 50,000 bees,
but there is only one hive.

There may be 500 seeds,
but there is only one pumpkin.

There may be 100 patches,
but there is only one quilt.

There may be 12 eggs,
but there is only one dozen.

There may be 11 cows,
but there is only one herd.

There may be 10 cents,
but there is only one dime.

There may be 9 players,
but there is only one team.

There may be 8 horses,
but there is only one merry-go-round.

There may be 7 peas,
but there is only one pod.

There may be 6 jewels,
but there is only one necklace.

There may be 5 babies,
but there is only one nest.

There may be 4 wheels,
but there is only one wagon.

There may be 3 musicians,
but there is only one trio.

There may be 2 ropes,
but there is only one swing.

But the best thing of all,
is that there is only one me
and there is only one you!

More Pictures from our night out with Chris!!!

Christina's Birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!) at the Peppermint Cafe

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINA!

We had a FANTASTIC dinner at Peppermint Cafe in Kichi. THAI FOOD which was SUPER delicious! We had a great time taking photos after that as well, didn't we? hahaha. The two photos on the top were taken after dinner! with me holding a cam TRYING to get us all in! In the first one, u can JUST see Birthday Girl's EYE! Sorry Chris! hehe.
Anyway, sorry these photos were late in appearing on my blog, but the last week has been work and work and school and school. Aiya! I can't wait till these mid terms are over so we can all get together properly again! Where should we go to next?
LOVE YOU ALL!

In Another Life

Everywhere you go, is everywhere I've been
You finish all my sentences before they begin
And I know if I look in your eyes
It's like I've seen you before about a million times
In another life, in another life, maybe
In another life,
You must've been mine.

Wherever you go
You're always here