So, it's been a while... yeah, so sorry about that. April turned into a freakin' busy month! (_´Д｀_)~~ Anyway! So, classes started and on the first weekend after that we went to a shrine I can't remember the name of at all now (oh dear), and then we went flower viewing! It was such a cold, cold, cooooooooold day, but hanging out with everyone was awesome♥

The next day we went to Inuyama Castle as there was a sakura matsuri or something festival-like happening there anyway. There was soooooo much food♥ I am so in love with Japanese food... I've got no idea what I'm going to do when I get back to my small hometown in Aus... cry, probably lol. 

For lunch we stopped and had udon before continuing to Inuyama castle, where if you wanted to get in and look around there was a huge line with an hour wait. Jayne and I didn't bother with it and wandered around the grounds and the nearby shrines/temples and souvenir shops instead. 

We left a bit earlier than the others, but it was still a great day☆

The next important thing in April was, of course, the freaking Alice Nine concert, hell yes.

It was at Bottomline in Imaike, and though the venue was tiny they still got a hell of a lot of people in there. Jayne and I were stuck at the back, but I still managed to get an awesome view and ohmygod it was amazing. Sooo I was basically in love the entire time, haha. Seeing them people size instead of monitor size, oh my! The concert itself was so good though and so much fun☆ I just wish I'd gotten better tickets xD

I did manage to buy a lot of merch though, yay!

That Saturday, Jayne, Katsu, and I wandered around the shopping mall in Ozone for a while, before going to Nagoya Castle (my third time). It was nice seeing it again, especially in Spring as I went there in Winter last time. They had some performances going on too, it was great. Afterwards we went to Ossu and wandered around there for a while before splitting up and going home.

That same week I also booked my flight home from Japan. 。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡ I don't wanna go back to Australia at all! Whenever I think about it I just wanna hide~~ I leave 1st August. Nuuuuuuu!

On Friday, I went with Yumi to go buy some JLPT study books (I should do some more stuff from those actually), after getting lost the first hour or so we managed to find our way to a good bookstore and managed to get some books. We also came across a cute pancake place (and some other shops)!

( Aaaaand some more )

The next week I went to an EARNIE FROGs live with Ahi, Jayne, and Kyla. It was fun, I hadn't been to a live in a while and even though I didn't want to go originally I had a good time♥ 

The next day I met Chieko and we hung out at the house for a while. I got her to play L4D2 and introduced her to a few shows and things. It was great~~ next time we have to invite Yui and go do karaoke or something (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)ワクワク

The last night... something I'd been dreading happened.

( Ignore my face xD )

Jayne successfully made me go clubbing. Okay, it was surprisingly fun, but I'd spent like the entire week leading up to it freaking the fuck out because I am not good with these things! So, anyway, around six-ish I headed over to Jayne's for pre-drinks, though it was only the two of us at that point, and (I don't drink much at all, but I'll drink whatever's given to me sooo) I ended up drinking two and a half drinks in less than half an hour. Oh dear. We met Yuika and Kin at 7 and caught the train (and subway) to Yamacho? Shit, I can't remember xD;; 

We waited around for everyone else to arrive and then made our way to the club, which had barely anyone in it. Man that calmed me down a whole heap cause all I could think of was when I went with Gin and everyone and it was fucking packed D: Anyway, it was like 8:50 or 9 or something and no one was dancing or anything so whatever, we all wander out onto the dance floor and dance (I can't dance). It was fun~~ I'm really, really surprised at how fun it was.

We danced, drank, and hung around until a bit past 11 cause we wanted to catch the last train back... and damn my feet were killing me by the end of it xD I should not have worn my heeled boots, but I never wear them so I figured they needed to be worn. Anyway, I ended up buying slippers at 7-11 and wearing those on the walk home instead lol It was such a good night though, even if I was a bit hungover this morning and it hurts to walk and going downstairs is hell because stairs and sore legs and feet and ugh. 

Tomorrow Jayne and I are meeting up with Katsu and going I have no idea where because none of us have plans. I might suggest the cute pancake place~~ I hope I can remember where it is D:

So! I went to Tokyo Disney on the 27th and 28th of March! (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*) So exciting! It was so much fun and I took so many photos and didn't ride as many rides as I should have, but I ate a lot of food and many different flavours of popcorn and everything was amazing!

We had a couple of tickets to choose from for our own, though we only had two Minnies, that turtle....? from Finding Nemo, and Bambi! I called dibs on Bambi, obviously >.>;; The lines were so huge, we just had to choose the time with all the school graduation trips, didn't we? XD;; 

( Tokyo Disneyland )

( Disney Sea )

So it's been a while xD;; Since I last updated I spent three days in Hiroshima with Kyla (who was originally going to go with Kurumi who got sick, so I got Kurumi's ticket). We caught the night bus from Sakae and arrived in Hiroshima ridiculously early D: (Well, about twenty-something minutes before I took that photo anyway). So we waited around for the station to open so we could dump our stuff in coin lockers before walking towards the Peace Museum (or where we were hoping it was on the map).

It felt like midday by the time we got to the Dome/Museum/Park, but it was really only like seven something... exhaustion abound, yay. -.- Did manage to take a lot of photos though.


This was actually my second time visiting Hiroshima Peace Park/etc, and it still hits me hard. I did get to wander around the park this time more, but I think that just made it worse. ( ；∀；)

After we'd sat in the cafe nearby for a while we decided to walk back and hunt down our hotel. We found it around 3-ish, checked in, and slept until 6. After that we went and ate ramen and then went back to the hotel.

Next day, we decided to go to Miyajima... (it was my second time there too xD) it was Sunday and really crowded... but I got some good photos on the boat anyway xD


Once we arrived, we filled out a survey and got some free stuff and then got to explore the island. I actually hadn't remembered that I'd been there before until I saw the stalls/shops and the deer xD;; They were so cute♥


We wandered around and explored the places we were allowed to go, and also got to have some fresh momiji manjyuu☆ Anywho, random photos for a while xD


We did a hell of a lot of walking, and it was freezing, but around three or four-ish the tide had been low enough that we could walk out to the torii in the water (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)


Afterwards we went back to Hiroshima and went out for okonomiyaki. The store owner guy was really nice and he told us he'd spent some time in Aus (and actually knew that the capital was Canberra rather than Sydney). It was an awesome night on top of an awesome day really.


Our last day was Hiroshima Castle as well as meeting up with Sam. Okay, so the castle itself was pretty similar to every other castle I've seen here so far, but meh. It was awesome seeing Sam again! After Hiroshima Castle, we went for purikura and then lunch which was okonomiyaki again. Yum♥ Karaoke came next, and then Kyla and I went back to the station while Sam headed back to her uni. Kyla and I bought our souvenirs for people, and then caught the shinkansen back to Nagoya. 

Unfortunately we had to walk back from Jinryo with our luggage, but we managed it xD;;

While we'd been gone our new RA arrived, she's nice... she's been to Australia four times xD And then a couple of days later Yumi, from Korea, arrived. She's nice too☆ 

On Friday, I went into Sakae to meet Bethany who I'd been talking to on tumblr as we were both going to the same Alice Nine concert. It was awesome meeting her, cause other than Yuki who I've converted I know no Alice Nine fans here yet D: We wandered around for a while and Bethany tried the sakura cappuccino while I tried the cake, and then we both tried honey tea/coffee. Honey~~~   It was great, and I really need to see when we can meet again cause I really need to get out of the house more lol

Not long until Tokyo Disney, and then a little longer until the Alice Nine concert. I can't wait! (＊≧▽≦）ｂｂ めっさ楽しみやん！！ Well, my mouse is bitching about battery power so I'm gonna go change mouses and then play some L4D2 now that I've got it working again.

（*￣▽￣）ノ~~マタネー♪

This week, Kyla, Daniel, Devon, and I had volunteered to help out at the tea house as there was some Science conference happening and there would be some visitors to Chubu including some foreign visitors... so they had something on at the tea house too. We were meant to be translating and telling people the correct way to eat the sweets/drink their tea/etc. 

Monday wasn't so bad... it was raining so not many people came. Tuesday, however, was a lot more hectic... both Kyla and Devon were sick so it was just Daniel and I (and Daniel pretty much had me explain most things to people). Unfortunately, I'm still not so good with talking to people in any language so I kind of stumbled through my explanations a lot and yeah. The tea lady also expected us to translate so much stuff (T△T)↓ She'd talk for like five minutes and then turn to us and expect us to translate everything she just said about tea ceremony and tradition and history. Thankfully we remembered enough of what she said most times to get by... but ugh I can't concentrate well when I'm nervous! ヽ(;´Д｀)ノ

That night I went out with Kyla (who felt better after resting) to a live at SiX-DOG. We were going to see LYNX again, and it was a free live again yay! So we got in, and after a while saw LYNX. We ended up at the front with two other girls who were also LYNX fans... there was a lot of leaning back away from the stage as Okapi kept leaning forward and jumping onto things and leaning over. ( ´艸｀)

We hung around until the end where the last band mentioned an after-party. I kind of... I don't know what happened. Kyla always goes to the after-parties and I didn't want to make her leave with me, but I didn't want to go back by myself either... and I did kind of want to stay for the after-party, but I was feeling kind of overwhelmed too somehow. It was weird... it felt kind of like the time I went clubbing with Lauren in first year (mistake!)... and ugh, feelings... feelings all over the place. Kyla got asked if we were staying for the after-party and she said it was up to me... I kinda floundered a bit more. Kanie was all 'oh, she's that shy' cause Gin had told him I was really shy at some point... and then he continues that I don't need to be shy and that we were already friends and it's like damn it Kanie... I'm trying not to burst into tears here because all you guys are awesome and I feel bad cause I feel like I'm making things awkward/weird/etc... and I feel bad cause I wanna leave, but I also wanna stay and ahh! DECISIONS!

So, after I'd calmed down a bit, we decided to stay for kanpai and then hang around for a little bit longer. After kanpai, Kyla and Miyano were chatting and I was kind of sitting there awkwardly (kind of regret that but considering how I was feeling earlier I thought it kind of better not to talk much for a bit anyway), and Miyano was helping Kyla sound more like a Japanese person than a foreigner with pronunciation and stuff. I was unhelpful and just kept laughing at her. Afterwards a couple of girls started talking to us, they were really nice and had ridiculously cute iPhone cases... I was so jealous and I really, really, really need to hunt myself down a cute case before I go back to Aus.

Oh! I forgot to mention earlier, but I'd also bought Crunchies with me to the live (cause I'd forgotten to give two to Daniel earlier yesterday) and pretty much all of them were handed out... and people liked them, oh my! They were handed out to LYNX members (first Kanie and Shingo, then Okapi, and I didn't spot Miyano until he'd taken a bite from Okapi's xDDD), and then to a member of Aireal Tram (who I haven't listened to yet) that's also friends with Kyla, and then to some girls that Kyla kind of knew. There's one left and I have to force myself not to eat it because it's actually for Yuki who organised all our Tokyo Disney stuff. Ahhh, I wanna eat it so bad though.

Anyway, Okapi got back from wherever he disappeared to as we were leaving. He was kind of surprised Kyla was leaving so early xD;; My bad, but oh well... I managed to joke around a bit with Okapi and try to stop being so quiet and I kind of managed it a little so I was happy. We made our way back to the house easily enough, though it had started to rain a little by the time we got back. It was a good night though, but I think with the whole day being how it was (there was also a couple of assholes at the tea house that day, and I'd been forced out of my quiet little comfort zone a lot) I probably wouldn't have been able to last the entire after-party. Well, I might have, but since it's over now I'll never know xD Ah well, I'll try next time. 頑張りま〜す！

Today's helping out at the tea house wasn't so bad as Kyla had come again today too, but today not many customers came either... so that made it easier. 

Oh yeah, forgot... yesterday morning we got kicked out of the house around 10 because they wanted to wax the floors... so with nothing to do Kyla and I went to the next station to explore. There was pretty much nothing there, but we did find a hairdressers (and the people were way nice and let us get haircuts without appointments). I finally have a fringe again! I didn't explain what I wanted really well, but I'm very happy I've at least gotten rid of the split ends and things my hair had lol 

Time to sleep! [寝室]*・ω・)ノ" おやすみぃ♪ 

So last week I decided that I'd start trying to go places by myself to work on getting over the weird anxiety I get at the idea of being alone anywhere... even in Australia there were times when I couldn't even stand being alone in my own house. Anyway, I decided I'd try going to a nearby okonomiyaki place to have lunch one day.

I put it off, and continued putting it off... I had food in my fridge/I was saving money/I was going to go out with people later anyway... aaaaaaaaand finally today I mustered the effort. That first step was ridiculously hard! And I kept wanting to just go back to my room and curl up in my chair and play L4D... thankfully I didn't, and I calmed down some until a ute playing some announcement drove past and I started getting a bad feeling again. Buuuut I managed to make it to the store and have lunch, yay!

The way back I freaked out though, not so much that I had to call Kyla (who said she didn't mind if I called her if I freaked), but I rushed the way back which I regret so much. It was such a nice day, and I didn't even try to calm myself down until I was back at the uni gate closest to my old dorm.

It's not really a long walk to the okonomiyaki place, seriously it's really not... but (this is kind of a little silly, maybe, since it's not that far) I'm kind of proud of myself for actually going out and wandering a little bit (even if it was close and it wasn't really wandering as I had a destination) cause I didn't freak as much as I thought I would, I didn't cry, I wasn't shaking by the time I got there, and I didn't give up and just not go. 

So yeah, not a very interesting post... but that's what I did today (other than play Left 4 Dead 2 some more).

Speaking of L4D2, I was expert-ing my way through Dead Centre and FREAKING KYLA SNEAKS UP BEHIND ME AND WATCHES OVER MY SHOULDER AND I SAW HER AND I SCREAMED! ... She's managed something that my dad has yet to accomplish. Damn XDDDD I'd already died like 7 times in Hard Rain on expert today, so when she arrived during Dead Centre I was completely in the game. Gyah, I had not been expecting her at all lol

≡ヾ(*′▽`*)ﾉ ｵﾋｻｧ♪

Starting from Valentine's Day! Oh my! I didn't give anyone anything because I'm boring, buuut I did go out with Kyla, Matt, Koo, and Miwa to Kanayama to go to Yamachan for dinner and then to see Okapi from LYNX do a street performance outside Kanayama Station. This was my first time meeting Okapi, and he's pretty damn awesome. He's really good, and really friendly☆ 

(And LJ isn't letting me comment on anyone's entries tonight, wtf LJ, wtf? It keeps saying 'bad input', am I writing things wrong or something?)

Anywho, last night I decided I'd go to a live with Kyla since I was bored and it was free. So we left at two so I could get some money out at the ATM and we could grab food on the way. We arrived at the live at around four, and got to watch a couple of bands perform before Kyla's friend's band. I spent most of the time of the first band performance kind of perving on the bassist (who ended up playing the piano in the last song of their set)... is it weird of me to say I really, really like his wrists? XD;; Haha, anyway... there were far too many pretty people at the live lol

After the live we hung around and chatted with Nacchan for a while, I'd never met her before last night but she was really nice, I like her♥ 


We managed to get back to Kasugai around eight forty, but we missed the last bus back to uni as we had to buy dinner at the conbini. Oops. Ah well, the walk back was nice... cold, but nice. I'm glad I went to the live, it was fun☆


Now for today, nothing much interesting happened at all. Kyla caught a cold from last night, and I had to go out and get food for the weekend... so I, along with Koo, Devon, and Matt, went to Valor. I never know what actually suits peoples' tastes when I have to do shopping for them. It's always 'Oh god, what if they hate it and I get it wrong and they'll never ask me to do anything for them ever again?!'... and then I nearly forgot Kyla's sushi that she wanted as I reached the checkout. So much food... though, more of it was mine, but still... xD;;

Afterwards, Devon and I went to Docomo to see if they had prepaid phones, but apparently it's only Softbank, so he and Koo went to Softbank while Matt and I went back to uni so I could put my groceries away. I gave Kyla her groceries and her money (which she told me to pay myself back with whatever I spent, but I didn't bother because taking money from friends (even if it's for something like this) is kinda weird to me...) back, and then sat on my butt for the rest of the day ( ´艸｀)

Well, I did find a Harry Potter RP site, I'm not sure if I'm fond of it or not though... there's so many sisters/daughters of canon characters characters that it's kind of... why would you do this?! Every RP reply is one-sentence in length and grammar is usually ignored... I don't know why I joined and started posting stuff, but I dunno... it might be fun? The people are nice at least, but damn those one sentence only replies make me sad. '--- nodded.' The end. How am I supposed to reply to that? Dx Leading conversations time... yay.

Anyway, I at least made a yummy dinner for once! Shocking since every time I've tried to cook here so far has been a disaster, I was beginning to think I left all my cooking skills back in Australia (then again, they weren't much in Australia either).

Since it's been quite a while since I last updated I'll catch up! (Sorry in advance for the snow pictures that I'm going to spam you with later!)

The twenty-fourth of January marked the beginnings of end of semester exams. Joy. We had three days straight of exams and then a break due to University Entrance Exams (we weren't allowed on campus for most of the times as we could accidentally interrupt the exams), part way through the break, however, I had to go take an exam from my home university (as I didn't take it back in November due to class conflicts). Damn tests are everywhere! But it wasn't a bad trip to Chikusa really, I liked my lunch♥ The exam went how I expected it to go... I'd forgotten bits and pieces and the composition choices we were given at the end were pretty annoying (Laughter culture in Australia, food culture in Australia, social problems in Australia, and one more that I've forgotten). 

Wednesday night, it started snowing! ＼（　●　⌒　∇　⌒　●　）／ I've mentioned it before, I think, but snow is really amazing to me. I've only seen it once in Australia so seeing it here in Japan has been awesome. I spent so long just looking at it fall... and then we all decided to go to Valor, Hard Off, and Tsutaya so we could go out in it (though only Kyla and I were really excited to be out in the snow).


Anyway, Koo and I went to Valor where I bought stuff for cups of tea (I was running out of sugar and milk and I couldn't be having that! Thankfully I have quite a large supply of tea so I didn't need to worry about that part of it~~), and then we went to Hard Off where Kyla was debating between an electronic dictionary or an iPod touch. She's settled on the dictionary and maybe a different iPod now as she's planning on getting an iPhone when she goes back to Australia. After that was Tsutaya where I got the next volume of Are You Alice?.

On the way back we stopped by the campus library and there was cardboard box sledding, and making of a snow(wo)man!


This morning I woke up (at four, then five, then six, and then slept until a quarter to eight) and it was snowing! Yay! I rushed to get ready for class as they'd started up again today, and then went out into the snow once more♥ 


Today was the first exam in another set of exams, today's was speaking and I pretty much winged it the entire time as I had no idea where my notes were to study for it (I need to clean my room OTL). Afterwards, Gin, Kyla, and I hung around and chatted with some friends before coming back to college. Gin and Kyla are going to a live tonight (which they've already left for), but since I'm not really good with lives (I blame my getting constant headaches all the time back in 2009-2010) I'm staying in tonight... but I am thinking of going to explore around Gifu Castle this weekend with Kyla if she still wants to go☆ Hopefully that'll be fun! (I just need to get some money out... I'm kinda broke lol)