Friday 28 February 2014

Spring is here!


18 February 2014
Masked!
Hello! As the title writes, Spring is officially here!

Weather is still unstable at the moment but the pollens are definitely in the air flying around and I am all geared up with mask just in case I ever need them!

Also, the sun doesn't set at 4pm anymore! Daylight has extended slightly~
I am also very happy about the slightly warmer weather for these few days! Unfortunately, the weather is going to fluctuating for a bit until it stabilizes to the normal spring weather.

I can't believe I am halfway through my first semester in college. Well, actually I can because mid-terms are already over. Now everyone is going on with trying to decide on which modules to take for the next semester! I've pretty much decided on them. I do hope I can get the modules I want on registration day. Without those modules, I really do not know what else I want to take. I am really picky and I simply cannot study something I have absolutely no interest in! I've tired it before and it is not really pleasant at all. In fact, it totally sucked. But well, once is always an experience!

Today, I met up with my friends from my language school. I was a sudden invitation to have dinner together. It was a gathering dinner because most of them are going back to their country for a short holiday before coming back to start college. I am so happy for them! :)

We had pretty decent steamboat but I think it was a little pricey though. I could pay 1000yen lesser to have the same stuff. But well, it is not everyday we have a gathering to have dinner together so I guess it is worth it. It is not that bad to splurge once in a while, right?

I have been trying to control my diet recently because I get really tempted to eat during the breaks in between classes. I guess eating was one the ways whereby I can procrastinate on doing my work! But hey, today I did finish re-writing an essay to hand in tomorrow!

I'm trying to improve on my writing by myself. The only thing I am really disliking is that I think my progress is really slow sometimes. I wish I can improve faster! I know it's not good to always make haste but if I can adapt fast and improve fast, that is good! Right?

It is late so I think I will head to bed now. I get really tired recently really easily. Age is catching up to me. I need some immortality potion right about now. lol.

xoxo,
Chisaki.

Friday 21 February 2014

Beady Eyed Snoopy.



Hello. I drew this big beady eye version of snoopy during design club yesterday.  I have totally forgotten that his eyes is just a thin line instead of a round beady one. It was also the first time I ever used Adobe Illustrator so this was quite a work of art for me; Especially for me since I can't draw even if my life depended on it!

Yesterday, I wrote that I will not skip school today but I ended up skipping one class. I am not exactly guilty about it since I did come to school to attend the rest of the class that I had today. I was really tired so I decided to sleep in and skip the first class of the day. I really wonder why I was so tired even though I slept earlier yesterday. I don't remember doing much yesterday either.

I received my midterm grades. My overall GPA was alright but I could have and should have gotten more. The previous ignorant me would think that this is a good grade and just think of maintaining the grades I have. The current me, wants more than what I have. Honestly, it is the first time I ever felt like this! Like I actually wanted something more in my studies. I can do improve my grades before the end of the semester. I know I can. I just need to tackle the weaker parts and balance out the lower points.

Hurray for extra credit assignments! There wasn't such a thing in my previous schools, ever.

Sorry for always writing about school. This is the first time I am ever really serious about my studies. I should have gone overseas for my studies sooner if I only knew this was the outcome.

It's never too late to start.

Good Night.

Love,
Chisaki





Thursday 20 February 2014

Midterms Over!

18th February 2014
In my winter Pajamas.

Hello. I am finally done with my midterms!! Hurray!

Speaking of midterms, I think I wrote a pretty good introduction for my expository writing midterm exam. It's not extremely good but I think it was the best as compared to all the ones that I use to write for my essays. A struck of inspiration after my classmate told me to "come over to the dark side~" lol. I'm not sure how much I would actually score for my writing class but I'm hoping for the best!

I got my first midterm grade and it was not that bad. But I honestly wished I worked harder so I can get a better grade. I have been slacking off a little too much. Well, time to pick up the pace with my school work!

I guess I can write more negative things easily than trying to write things that are positive. Unless, they really did happen but I can't recollect anything positive most of the time. Something that is too optimistic seems to be more like an expectation instead of reality. I can't say I have seen the whole world yet to say much but I do know tiny bit and pieces of everything here and there.

Recently, I have been craving for noodles for food. So, I had kimchi udon yesterday with one of my school seniors. It is good to have friends living on the same train line though. It is nice chat on the way home once in a while. I am not always a loner even though I sometimes really prefer to be alone for the whole day.

19th February 2014
Dinner with Friend.

Recently, the weather gets really cold. Is this a sign that Spring is coming really soon? Well, actually even if there is no signs, looking at the dates,  it will be Spring in about a month's time. I am excited for Spring because I do not want to always wear a coat when I am out. I'm done with winter so bring on spring! lol.

Somehow, I'm having the huge urge to skip school tomorrow! But I know if I were to start skipping, it will become a habit. So.. I am not going to take up the chance. I want to go out and play! This weekend should be quite an interesting one. I'm meeting up with my best friend on Sunday for a movie day out!

I'm really tired and I have no idea what I want to write anymore. This is not writer's block anymore. This is more of tiredness. I shall finish up my proposal ASAP and head to bed! Sleeping early and waking up early for tomorrow. Thank goodness for class starting at 11am instead of 9am! lol.


Love,
Chisaki.

Sunday 16 February 2014

A dream I had when I was napping.

10 February 2014
Hello. Why am I writing at this time again? Well, that can only mean a few things; either I just woke up from a nap, I decided to be a vampire/an owl and not sleep or that I am bored. Actually, I am bored and I also did woke up from a nap. I also took an after nap shower and I feel really awesome right now!! I usually feel extra icky after a nap, even though it is winter now and there is no way I would sweat when I am sleeping.

Talking about naps, I just had a really strange dream earlier on. It was not even based off from any show that I just watched. Mind you, before I took a nap, I was watching Kuroko No Basuke anime and that dream had nothing to do with basketball matches!

It was some RPG like, but everything got weird from the middle til the end. I'll give you a few hints before I go into detail. (If I could even do up a good story explanation. It has been ages since I did that and I used to be pretty good at it.)

Grasshopper, Books, Train Station and adventure? lol.

It didn't start off like any fantasy or RPG story, or at least this is how much I remember. I'll try my best to do an interesting/exaggerated one so it will be worth reading even for a minute. Mind you, there is no ending because I woke up all of a sudden. Oh well, dreams...

Anyways...



My friends and I were on a mission, an adventure to find something really important. Honestly, I didn't know what I was up to but all I know is we had to travel quite a bit. It was not totally medieval time, it was a mix of a bit medieval and future, which I suppose made everything weird.

We needed to take this train at this station but because of the snow, trains were unable to move. But there was a special emergency transport which I suppose was only for us since the train station was pretty torned down with snow covering almost everything. To my surprise and perhaps a little bit of disgust, it was a huge grasshopper. It was our transport. It not only walks and travels fast on snow, it can fly too. But it wasn't totally an insect but more of a robot made to look like a real grasshopper because we can ride in it and not on it.

The body opened up and the seats inside looked like those similar to an airplane or a shinkansen. It was really comfortable looking. The ride was similar to a train ride so it was pleasant. Not to mention we could fly so it made everything extra cool.

When we reached our destination, getting off was not the same as boarding. We had to get out by an unusual way, laid out. I literally mean the grasshopper robot had to lay eggs and us inside the eggs to get out. There was no station and we were in the air so I suppose that was our parachute at that time. There was no time to waste and we had no choice so we all agreed despite imagining how disgusting it would be.

 We all got ready at our seats and there was a huge vacuum which started sucking us at the other end; the butt of the robot/grasshopper. I closed my eyes prepared myself, the wind was also very strong so I could not open my eyes either.

The next moment when I opened my eyes, I thought everything was not as bad as I thought it would be. I did not realise my surroundings until I started to stretch  because it felt like I slept for quite a long while. (mind you, I was dreaming so I am in fact, sleeping. lol)

I looked around; everything around me was blurry white. That was when I realised, I am in fact in an egg! Whatever the driver said wasn't a lie. I started panicking because I was not told how to get out! I started punching around and poking with my hands hoping it would break the membrane. It took me quite awhile but somehow I managed to tear open one side and the water/goo surrounding me spilled out. It felt disgusting yet at the same time, refreshing.

When I climbed out of the soft shelled egg membrane layer, I found my friends also struggling to climb out. All of us are drenched in the goo like thing. I am still not sure what it was but it felt almost like as if it was those alcohol rubs which doctors use before an injection. We all dried up pretty fast and it didn't feel disgusting at all. In fact, we had nice skin, nice hair, even better than before.

We landed at this foresty island which was below our ride earlier on. I suppose it really was our parachute just that it didn't feel like a parachute. It felt more like we were put into a deep slumber.

The next moment which I recall was that I was at this library trying to find an important book. We were searching around quite frantically for that book.

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That was when I suddenly woke up!  I'm not even sure if I ever found that book. lol

It has been a long while since I had weird dreams like this. I haven't been having dreams for a quite awhile and I am really sad about it. Dreams were my source of creativity; or at least, I think it is.

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Gyoza Monday

10 February 2014

I slept in today because it was a public holiday. I'm not sure why but I get really tired easily these few days. I can't wait to get back into bed the moment I wake up. But in order to keep me awake, I would try to eat so I can have the energy to stay awake. But apparently, it kinda backfired and I gained some weight. I would really want to start back my dieting again so I can start feeling confident about myself.

Yesterday, I went back to my language school to collect my JLPT N2 results. Guess what? I passed! My results wasn't that good but nonetheless I passed! I just missed out a few points to get full marks for my listening. I know all along what I needed to improve on my results though. But well, I am really thankful that my listening saved my butt! I won't be able to pass without my high score on my listening!

Really thankful I got so many "likes" on my facebook when I posted on my status about me passing. Lol. I gotta show that I've accomplished something after coming to Japan. I'm not going to waste my time being here like as if I'm on a holiday. I'm on a mission actually. Ever since I planned this years ago. Though, the direction of my mission has changed quite a bit. Mostly not planned but decided as the circumstances change.

Anyways, I went out for lunch with my ex-classmates for a little while. I am very happy that most of them got into a university! Though that guy was being a total asshole again after receiving the results. I'm not sure if it's really just tsun or just his egoistic pride. Blah. Whatever.

After lunch, me and my best friend went off for a little shopping and walking around Harajuku and Shibuya. Mainly is to accompany me to go shopping though. I need her to go shopping with me or I'll end up again more black clothes.

Before we actually went to walk around Harajuku, we stopped by Meiji Jingu to do a little praying. Our love life for the most parts. I don't deny I want a boyfriend now but I'm not desperate for it. I'm just going to leave it to fate for the most parts. I also prayed for good results and motivation for school and studies. After all, my main purpose to come to college is to get smarter, learn some things and hopefully find another stepping stone to let me continue my big adventure called "life".

I ended up hanging around H&M and Forever21. I didn't get anything from H&M (as usual. lol.) but I got a few pieces from Forever21. I haven't been shopping for the past few months so I was feeling really guilty about it. I needed my retail therapy. I also went to Missha to get my snail cream moisturizer because my previous one is running out.

After walking around Harajuku, we walked to Shibuya because we wanted to take a stroll since we hardly get to walk around anymore because of our busy schedules.  We hardly even meet up as well!

We dropped by her working place to have some really yummy gyoza. Not to mention the prices there are really cheap! The other small appetizers are really delicious as well! Who doesn't like cheap and yummy food? Well, I definitely do! (^^)

After having some really yummy dinner, we went to walk around Shibuya because I was searching for new shoes. I got this really nice booties and I'm in love with it. It's high time I upgrade my clothes to something more mature-ish because I need to dress my age. Let's not rush this wardrobe makeover process alright? haha.

We also stopped by Big Camera to get some appliances. I bought a hand vacuum because it is good for lazy people like myself. I also got this coat fur removing appliance thingy for my coat because I can't do a good job removing the excess fur stuff from my coat. I was busy "shaving" my coat last night. It's so much fun! Sorry, I can't help myself from finding cheap trills from such things. A kid at heart. lol.

I hopped on to bed after washing up a little and slept in the whole night. I'm not sure if there was an earthquake last night or was it me dreaming about it. I sleep like a dead log recently, I doubt I'll even know if I were to die in my sleep. lol.

I shall... try to find something productive to do today.  Actually, I have to do some school work! School starts again tomorrow and I have some essays not done yet! I shall get going with my assignments.

Love,
Chisaki.

Saturday 8 February 2014

It's snowing again!

Hello.

It's snowing in Tokyo today!!


I open my window once every few times over the past hours to look at the beautiful snow falling from the sky. The happiness feel me everytime I look at the snow falling and seeing how my surroundings get covered in snow. What a beautiful scenery. I really love winter because of that. But I really can't deny how treacherous snow can be when it becomes a blizzard. I honestly don't know how heavy it is going to become but it will be a memorable experience for me no doubt.

6th February 2014
Not happy about the winter chill

Due to the snow, another class I'm taking on Saturday has been cancelled. To be honest, I'm actually quite relieved because I have not finish my assignments. I was really tired last night so I still didn't finish my assignments like how I planned. According to the news, the snow is going to get heavier in a few hours.

Yesterday, I met up with my friend who is in Tokyo for abit. It was really nice to see my friends back at home after so long. I think it has been at least a year since I met her. We went shopping for a bit before we parted ways.

I got myself a new converse shoes. The thing about converse shoes is that nothing goes wrong with them. I realise I haven't had any converse shoes for about a year. What have I been wearing for the past one year? I love converse shoes. But I think I went ahead on preparing for summer a bit too early. It is still winter now. Next season isn't even summer; it is going to be spring.

Speaking about spring, when spring comes, it will mark my first anniversary living overseas as well as  first anniversary in Tokyo, Japan! It is indeed an achievement for me. Neither my sister nor my brother has done it so being the youngest in the family, does make me feel proud about myself. Afterall, I did decide this path myself even though in the beginning my mother thought I was crazy to want to do that. Even now, I do think that I must have been crazy to have decided to move away from home. But I don't regret it. I learnt a lot and I want to continue learning.

I think I will hide in my futon for abit now. My futon is calling me.

Ciaos.
Chisaki.

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Snowing on the 4th of February

Snowing!!
4th February 2014 
Hello.

It's snowing today! I was in school practically the whole day. I did give myself an excuse to head out to the convenient store to get something so I'll actually get to walk on a snowing street. It's a totally different feeling to be looking at it through the window. Either way, I just love snow the way it is. Something really magical about them.

I actually overslept a little and was late for class. Thankfully, there was a train accident so I actually got an excuse. Nonetheless, I hope I won't be late for future classes. I don't want this to become a habit again.

I have public speaking class tomorrow. I still have to think of a speech topic proposal which is due tomorrow. Speech presentation is next week. I always think to myself, "Why do we have to hand in our proposal so quickly?" I want to do something in regards to music industry and stuff. But I'm not sure if I'm up to it because I think there are still things I do not know well about. I need to learn more. Will someone please teach me?! D;



Recently, I'm quite fascinated with this game called "Pocketz" on my iphone. It reminds me of PIGG on ameba. It's in japanese so if you don't know japanese, playing Pocketz would be like another version of it. It is also portable so it makes everything more convenient even for playing. I really wonder why people even invent stuff like this. Do they even know it is bad for health and social in the long term? Oh wait, businessmen just thinks about money and profit, don't they? 

Valentine's day is coming. If anyone is wondering if I have any plans? Well, no I don't and usually don't. I found something on tumblr when I was scrolling through last night that made me burst into laughter for at least half a minute.

"Any plans on Valentine's Day?"

I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise, pretending I don't exist.

It is extra funny for me because I remember this scene so well and it is totally relatable to the question. It fits perfectly. This will never get old. lol. One of the reasons why I love tumblr, everything is relatable! lol.

And... yes. I think this is what I'll do on Valentine's Day. Oh wait, it's a Friday so there will be school. I guess that wouldn't happen then.


Cheers.
Chisaki.