24th April.

Dear Friend ,

Hey there. Good morning. I just got a sudden urge to write. But I'm not sure what I'll be writing though. I'll just let my thoughts bring me through. This can probably get really random in between.

Yesterday, I manage to survive a long day out. I woke up earlier and left my house earlier for school because I had a mini interview with my form teacher regarding which university I'm interested in and getting to know a bit more about me and my progress in class. I kinda like this kind of close relationship with the teachers. I'm really glad I got a really friendly and funny form teacher as well. I look forward to her class every time!

Talking about university, the thought about the money will also come in. I don't want to bother myself with that for now because all I want is to pass the entrance exams and my other proficiency tests. For the first time in my life I really want to achieve something in my academics. Usually I'm aiming for a pass. Failing a test or an exam didn't matter to me before either because all I wanted was to get a pass and graduate from school safely. But I'm glad I still manage to graduate from all my schools I attended safely without having to stay back for another year to retake it.

Anyways, after school I went to have dinner with my classmate, Emily. She's one of my good friends from school besides my neighbor. I'm actually enjoying my stay in the school dormitory. Haha. Feels like I'm studying in a boarding school. Oh, this would mean I manage to fulfill one of my childhood dream of studying in a boarding school. Though it's not 100% the same, we're still under the supervision of the school somehow. We're having a check on our rooms to make sure it's clean in the next few days. Though it's going to be a little troublesome but it's good. It reminds me to clean up my room oh so very often. It's good discipline!

Time for me to rejoice! I'm finally opening my bank account here with the help of the school. Honestly, I can't wait. Without having to worry how my cash in my wallet. But of course with the bank, I have to be worried about how I spend as well. According to my records on my spending for the first month trying to settle down, I've spent quite a bit. I don't dare to add up the full and final amount though. haha.

Anyways, I have 2 tests I have to study for before leaving for school. Gotta make sure I pass my retest as well. I didn't exactly fail, but more like we have to get 70% or it's not counted as pass. I got exactly 50% out of the total though. hahaha. :X

Before I go, I'll end off with a photo of the place I'm staying at. This is the view I get to see when I go to my balcony at night to do my laundry. Pretty amazing sight if you ask me.

Streets at night

Have a great day ahead.

Love,
Chisaki


PS: 25❤Z

Yummilicious Tempura Don.

Dear  _______ ,

Hello. Getting through a day at school is getting harder and harder. I always look forward to the end of class so I can go home and prepare my dinner and do my other housework. I'm not saying I enjoy doing all the house work but seeing them left there and not done. It's kind of irritating. 

For some strange reason, I'm really tired now. Tired to the point I'm having bad headaches. I don't intend to fall sick though. I suppose I just need to sleep earlier. I always wake up really early and sleep at around midnight. Not a good example to follow.

Today, I managed to settle another craving of mine. I finally have my tempura don!

Tempura Don (天丼)

Look how beautiful it is. It's definitely one of the must eat when you're in Japan on holiday at besides all the usual ramen or sushi.

I didn't have it alone though. I had it with my classmates. This time, not only just with 1 other, but 3 other as well. That makes a total of 5 people in total. We chat a little bit. I got to know them a little more. I'm really liking my classmates a lot!

Tomorrow is going to be a long day for me. I hope i can hold out though. I have to be in school much earlier and leave school much later. I'm not exactly looking forward to it though. This weekend is going to be a busy one for myself as well.

Sorry I haven't been tweeting much as well. Just so many things to do, so little time!
I'll update again when I have the time. :)


xoxo,
Chisaki

New friendships + recent updates

Hello.

Coping well with the life here so far. Trying to manage time for studies because having to do all the housework just eats up all the time to study! I went to the bookstore with my classmate, Emily after class and bought some books for my studies for my university exams and language exams. Thankfully the course I want to enter has easier maths as compared to the others. I think I can do this if I study hard. lol. Nothing wrong to give it a try right? :)

Anyways, moving on with my previous post... The following day, on the 10th of April was the first day of school and also Danny Choo's culture japan dinner meetup. It's my first time joining instead of the one serving like the previous session in AKB48 cafe sg. lol.

I asked Wayne along since he was free. It was pretty cool because I met really cool people! I met this guy name Joe, he pretty much has a lot of information on the maid cafes in Japan. I learned quite abit about the different maid cafes in Japan. Really eye opening!!

When the dinner ended, we got to know this few other students from indonesia who's studying in Japan as well. The gathering was pretty international, kind of different from what I expected. lol. But yes, I had fun meeting new people!! Great way to end off the first day of school!

Fried Rice

The food is really awesome too. Chinese cuisine! I love fried rice! At least that can hold down my cravings for abit.. haha. All the food there was really yummy!!

★☆★☆★☆★☆

There is school the next day and I have kanji test as well. I had to wake up early in the morning and study for it. lol. But well, it didn't turn out that bad so I'm happy. I can absorb more and faster in the morning anyways.

I went out with my classmate, Emily, to Harajuku after class. I also brought her to the Johnnys' Entertainment official shop so she can get her Sexy Zone photos. lol.

Before leaving the place we took purikras. I've finally got a taste on how the new purikura machines's photoshop skills. Not only you can enlarge your eyes, but also make your face smaller! It also allows brightening of the photo, making your skin really smooth, changing of hair color and changing your eye color by putting contact lenses!

Emily and Me

Two pictures from the few we've taken. I'm usually not photogenic, but this purikura machine really made both of us look really good! haha. I mean, my eyes aren't that big at all. No wonder all the girls in Japan like to take purikura!

Going to Harajuku or Shibuya is always more fun when you have accompany. I mean, I like personal time alot, but I don't mind company as well. Emily helped me in quite a bit of things in school. She is a really sweet girl!! :)

★☆★☆★☆★☆

Oh yes, can you believe it? I'm actually using all 3 languages while I'm here studying. English as usual, and japanese in class and nromal life. I'm also using Mandarin now to talk with my classmates. Well, there is a mix of Japanese and Mandarin though. I believe my Chinese will get better slowly. Not really expecting on the Chinese part but it's a good thing though. So I can really be fluent in Chinese like how I'm suppose to be. I'm suppose to be fluent in both English and Chinese. I want to learn more languages in the future man!! haha.

I went grocery shopping today after school. I finally bought milk and cereal. I guess I can't help but crave for all this slightly more westernized sort of diet. I mean, I like Japanese food and all, but I really love pasta and western food as well. Eating cereal in the morning will also reduce the time to prepare food so I can spend more time studying! I can't wait to wake up tomorrow morning to have my cereal! haha.


I'm motivated to sleep now. Good bye! :)


xoxo,
Chisaki

Outings with friends~

Hello. :)

Finally it's the weekend! This week felt pretty long. It's because school started for me on the Wednesday!

It has been test and more test so it's pretty stressful for me. Usually I don't study for test or anything but because I'm aiming for the school scholarship thingy. It's suppose to help me to get into a university easier or something because I was a good student in my current school. First time I'm aiming for something in my studies. Usually all I do is pray that I will pass and move on to the next grade because I don't study at all.

Oh yes! I've finally got my internet back as well! Whoopie! :)

So, I'll write about what happen a few days back..

On the 8th of April, there was orientation at school. So basically they would tell us the school rules and some other random whatsnot that the school will help us with. But I've got almost everything done except for opening a bank account though. I'm still thinking whether to change my current japanese phone plan to an iphone plan because, that would be easier for everything right? Ah... but then again, I'm already holding onto an iphone so it practically makes no sense to get another one. All I ever use is the wifi/internet anyways. I still gotta think through it first though. This is so troublesome. lol.

I went out with my neighbor living next door in the school dormitory. I know quite a few of my friends have been asking me about the school dormitory. I'm not sure about other schools, but in my school, this so called "dormitory" is kinda like my own apartment just that if anything happens the school will be taking care of it and basically the people staying in this small building are all the school students; and it's also an all girls' dormitory so there is no ikemen next door where all the love story happens in those shoujo manga. (sad face)

Most of the time it's all me myself and the room. It's pretty cozy to be honest. Also because I chose to stay alone, I have two beds but i picked the one on top. It's like a double-decker bed.  Finally I have a chance to sleep on the top! I've always wanted to try that! haha. I'll show you guys after I tidy it up some other time. haha.

Back to topic, I went out with my neighbor to go out exploring the neighborhood. We went to the nearby park and baseball courts and stuff. I even found swings! Since swings are practically extincted back in my home country, I had to play on the swings to re-live my childhood a little. Also, because the weather was so good that day!

When we're walking around the park, I saw this really pretty flower! I just had to take a photo of it! This is what spring is all about!! haha.

Their parks are really big and it's a really nice place to chill as well. I took quite a bit of photos, but most of the photos didn't even turn out good or passable. haha. But the photo of the pink flower is indeed taken by my iphone4S camera. Pretty sharp huh? That is one of the best shots. haha.

☆★☆★☆★

The next day which is the 9th, I was free and not feeling the mood to do anything, Crudely speaking, I felt like shit. *lol*

I sent a message to my dear friend Wayne, who was in Tokyo for a short holiday. We met up and was basically following his schedule. Firstly, we went to Asakusa to get our fortunes and of course the famous melon pan! I love the melon pan there. If you're lucky, you manage to get those hot from the oven, it's going to taste even better!!

Then, we headed to Ginza since it was nearby. It was also the first time I went to Ginza. Like what I was told by quite a few people, Ginza is a place with shops that sells branded goods. Lol. That's basically the reason why I never stepped foot into Ginza for all my previous trips. I have no reason to be there. He went there to find souvenirs to buy back home. We did found one place that sells this really delicious custard bread thingy. It was really delicious!!

 Then we went over to Tokyo station because he wanted to find something and he keeps bugging me about the Rilakuma shop. I ended up buying a new coin purse that also a card holder. It's the cute little duck that is always with the Rilakuma. It reminds me of Piyoko so I got it.

Then we headed off to Shibuya because he wanted to have dinner at this place that sells really yummy ramen. That ramen shop is pretty popular too. Previously, quite alot of artists went there and they signed on a board. The shop use to be filled with a board that has the artist's signature. I wonder what happen to them.. lol. But the ramen is really yummy as well. They put tons of cabbages in there as well. Not the usual ramen you see in other shops. It's really worth the money as well!!

Both of us ordered the char siew ramen. There is tons of char siew on it, we can't exactly finish everything. You can't even see the noodles! Look! lol.

Look at the amount of Char Siew on the bowl!

Just looking at it makes me hungry. I want char siew right now!! lol.

After dinner, we went to Tower Records Cafe located at the 2nd floor of the Tower Records building in Shibuya. I think that's one of my favorite places to just chill as of yet. We stayed til pretty late, around.. 11pm. First time in Shibuya at such a late timing! I don't think I'll ever have that kind of chance again. It was fun while it lasted. haha. We talked so many random stuff, even about games. Gosh, I'm missing my friends as I'm typing them. I mean, nothing beats your friends back in your home country even if I do make new ones here.

Wayne & Me at the Ramen Shop in Shibuya!

I guess I'll stop here for now. I'll write the next one on some other days. I'm going to go prepare dinner now. Feeling hungry!!


xoxo,
Chisaki

Everything miniature

Hey guys, I'll moved into my school's dormitory! It's pretty cozy and it's much bigger than the previous hotel room I stayed in for the first week. I'll show you guys the rest of my apartment after I got it set up nicely. So.. I'll just show you guys the entrance of my house.

Entrance to my apartment

I honestly still cannot believe I'm staying in a Japanese apartment like those you see in animes and Japanese dramas. So when I got into the house, the house has nothing except for the very basic things like fridge, bed, TV, kitchen and bathroom. The futon set that the school provided is really really comfortable! Every time I snuggle myself in my bed, I would fall asleep straight away.

I had to go shop for home appliances and such since I have nothing. Thank goodness for 105yen shops. They have almost everything though. I bought most of my stuff over at the 105yen shop and some groceries from the nearby supermarket. I'm not living at the main yamanote line anymore, I'm like staying 3 stops away from it, somewhere along the tokyo subway. It's nice to live away from the city area and somewhere more town-ish? Where everything is simpler. haha.

Yesterday I met up with Joy, one of my friends who came to Japan for holiday. We met up at Akihabara because she was shopping over there. We had lunch at this curry shop nearby the station. She seems to know Akihabara so well despite her first trip to Japan. Haha. For the first time, I went to Animate. I was totally hanging out at Amnesia section oogling at Shin. Haha. I went to the anime convention last week with Sir and gang. There they totally unlocked my otaku mode for awhile. I saw the Gachapon for amnesia and went to try my luck with it. First try I got Ukyo, I wasn't happy with it because I wanted Shin so I tried it again and got Shin! Oh how happy I was!! lol. It comes with a voice as well. I love Shin's voice so much~ haha. *otaku mode* :3

After which we went to this huge building that sells almost all the electronics you can find!! I bought my rice cooker and my electric water boiler. I think it's really cute to buy small appliances that is meant for 1 person's use! Everything is so small as compared to the usual ones that you have at home.

Mini rice cooker and mini water boiler

This is currently how my rice cooker and electric water boiler looks like. Really small and they are on the floor because there is no place to put them in the kitchen and there is limited plugs in the apartment. But it will do. :)

A big thanks to Joy for accompanying me to get my stuff. It's really glad to see her again! To be real honest, being alone has it's good parts but also it's bad parts. You get really lonely and sometimes when you want to find someone to lean on, you can't. You only have yourself.

But I'm really thankful that my friends are skyping with me. I skype everyday. lol. Skype and whatsapp has officially became my best friend. My only way of communication now. I just got a new portable wifi and a new japanese cellphone. The japanese cellphone is really just for calling and the wifi is for my current iphone that I am holding onto.


Will update again soon.

xoxo,
Chisaki

Good food goes well with good music!

wink wink!

Hey guys. Good Morning! I'm wide awake now because I took 5hours of nap in the afternoon while skyping with Mr Z. I always fall asleep in the middle of skyping. haha. It's a very bad habit though.....

Anyways, today I'll be moving from my hotel over to my dormitory. I'm not looking forward to fighting with the crowd in the train! I'll continue where I left off from the previous update.

I meeting up with Shizuka and Sir Jim at Roppongi Hills. The day where both Shizuka and I wore spring coordinates! I'm wearing the one in the OOTD #8 post. I'm really starting to love spring a lot more!!

It's the first time I'm going to Roppongi so I'm pretty excited. We're all pretty hungry because we didn't have any breakfast. We're checking out the restaurants around and ended up going for this Korean cuisine restaurant.

Pork sundubu

Though this is a Korean cuisine restaurant, it's still has pretty Japanese taste to it. But no doubt it's really delicious!! Yummy! :P

Then we went to walk around in Roppongi Hills after our brunch. The place is pretty big and we have no idea where to explore exactly. Somehow, we stumbled upon this temporary Doraemon Cafe to promote it's upcoming movie!! The food looks cute but it's really delicious as well.

Dorami Coasters

This is one of the stuff that we ordered. There are a quite a few other decorations of the anime characters . Got got dorami's decoration of our hot chocolate. How cute is that? That's not the usual milk foam on top, it's actually cream!

The weather was pretty good that day. It wasn't too cold, it wasn't too warm either. Spring is good.. with the sakura on full bloom as well! Never expected to ever see sakura in this lifetime because I usually don't like to go to Japan during spring because everyone wants to go as well. The "peak" period for going overseas to Japan to see the sakuras. I haven't officially go for any "hanami"（花見） yet. I'm hoping to go this week since I have all the time to myself to do almost everything. haha.

When I got through the customs at the airport, I forgot to apply for my work permit for students so I had to drop by Haneda Airport the next day since I'll be free in the day. Didn't think I had to be back at the airport so quickly. I also got lost finding my way around terminals. In fact, I dropped off at the wrong terminal so I had to take a free shuttle bus from the domestic terminals over to the international one. It's my first time taking a bus in Japan.

After getting my permit, I went to laze around at the departure areas. The observatory place is open! Basically the place where you can see the plane landing, which I think is really an awesome to just chill and kill time.

In the evening, I met up with Sir Jim and Saya at Roppongi to attend this club house event featuring ZEDD. He is so cool! It's my first time going to a club house instead of a live house. The whole place is surrounded by LED lights. The whole experience is just so amazing!

Club house event 

Everyone is really there to enjoy music.  Totally enjoyed myself! Thanks Jim for inviting me to it! He's a really young and talented man. So young and is already a producer and a DJ... (T^T)

Ended the night with Gyoza at a shop nearby with Saya and Robin. It's so good to see Saya again! Pretty as always~ hehe. It's nice meeting Robin as well, funny guy. haha. Gyoza was really awesome too! nomnomnom.

I'd better get ready to leave my hotel. Gotta check out at 11am in an hour's time! Update again. Byebye.


PS: I just changed my banner. How does it look? :) How does "The Girl In The Red Beanie" sounds? haha.


xoxo,
Chisaki