Archive of my posts from my time in Japan
This year, I didn’t do much for Golden Week. I had a friend come over, but other than that, I stayed at home and did baito (part time work). When my friend did come though, we went to the owl cafe! I really love that cafe, the owls are so adorable. The owl and I The owls… Read More Golden Week 2014 #1: Owl Cafe and Nokonoshima
Woah, I am getting way behind on my Golden Week post. But, due to health reasons, I had to go back to Singapore over the weekend. Now MEXT scholars (and other people living/considering living in Japan), I’m not saying that the Japanese healthcare system sucks. Far from it. It works well about 90% of the… Read More Sleep and Singapore
How’s everyone (in Japan’s) Golden Week going? I’ve actually finished all the things that I plan to blog about, but due to the backlog of posts, I’m only at the Tosu Premium Outlet post. So what is Tosu premium outlet? Well, it’s just like its name says. The only thing is that there are way… Read More Tosu Premium Outlets
I was actually about to blog about Tosu Premium Outlets today, but then this happened. When I say this I mean to say that I had to get a new bankbook. This makes it my fourth bank book, and I’m only entering my third year here. Now, these bank books are insanely useful. I didn’t… Read More Do My Bank Books Hate Me?
Note: For those of you who are here because of my previous blog post A Sister’s Reaction to My Brother’s Bullying Case and you’re looking for an update, well, I am working on one. But since the post turned out to have a bigger impact that anyone expected, my parents are asking me to hold off… Read More My New Bicycle
On Sunday, my class had a welcome party for the new students. At the same time, I was eating Dutch food from a Michelin star restaurant (my first time!). I didn’t know that it would clash when I signed up, so please don’t think I was intentionally running away (although I am not fond of… Read More EUIJ – Kyushu: A Taste of Europe
Here’s my last sakura post for this year! And just in time for the new school year too! My last spot would be Muromi, aka, the place where I stay. I decided to walk around my neighbourhood one day, and I was really surprised to see how many sakura trees there were. Look, you can… Read More Sakura 2014: Muromi
You know, I just realised that I’ll be in Singapore for the entire sakura season next year. Oh well, labeling the post with the year makes things easier for me. So after I made one trip to Fukuoka Castle to see the sakura, I decided that I should make a second trip to see the… Read More Sakura 2014: Fukuoka Castle (Night)
Fukuoka Castle is so pretty that I need to break it up into two posts: daytime and nighttime. On Sunday, Yuka and I went to Fukuoka castle (a first for the both of us) to take Sakura photos. It’s a really pretty place. The castle is basically a ruin, but there are still walls and… Read More Sakura 2014: Fukuoka Castle (Daytime)
It’s Sakura season! My favourite time of the year: the temperature is good and Japan turns into a magical land of flowering trees. Yesterday, Yuka and I went Sakura viewing, and one of the places we went to was the Hakozaki Campus. Yup, we went to school on a Saturday. To take photos of flowers.… Read More Sakura 2014: Hakozaki Campus