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
When I mustered up the courage to hit “Publish” on A Sister’s Reaction to My Brother’s Bullying Case, I didn’t know what to expect. I wrote that piece as a response and awareness post, and apart from posting it to Google+ and Facebook, didn’t do much else. So today, I want to thank everyone who… Read More Follow Up to A Sister’s Reaction to my Brother’s Bullying Case
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
In 2012, I moved to Japan for further studies. At that time, I left behind my family, including my little brother, who was turning 8 at that time. That same year, I received a message from my mother, telling me not to worry, but that the teachers had caught my brother attempting to jump from… Read More A Sister’s Reaction to My Brother’s Bullying Case
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)
