Golden Week

Before heading to Australia, Japan had one of the longest holidays in the calender year - Golden Week. Its actually a series of national holidays joined into 4 consecutive days, but nicer companies usually shut their doors for the week. Lucky for everyone else shops trade as usual!
Maya and I hit Tokyo again for some more shopping, fun and catching up with family and friends.

That was the week we discovered my sunburn and the best way to tone it down, trying to catch the last trains home, coin lockers at the train station, super long fake eyelashes that scares Koh and the increasing temperature.






Also delved into the Japanese craze of purikura (sticker photos). We spotted a girl taking one on her own and felt sorry for her!

Tadaima~

Returned to Japan safely! I had heaps of fun in Australia but was left exhausted after trying to squeeze too much in my 10 days...
The wedding was magical and the weather was cooler than expected.
I am grateful for the time there and realised how much I loved everyone back home. I felt sad to not be able to meet up with everyone but it gives me more the reason to visit again. Miss everyone heaps and hopefully see everyone again soon!

Will post more on my trip later!

Just a note - I managed to get my steak in on the first night back! WIN!

Going Home!!!

Quick post! I'm heading back home for my friends wedding and is super excited to be able to catch up with everyone!!!
Missing everyone heaps but I know I will miss Maya in Japan as I'm so use to mailing and calling her all the time!

Just a sneak peak at my gifts!


Just to say buying a basket full of junks does generate tons of weird looks from other shoppers!

Hope to see everyone soon! Now I'm just worried about the weight of my suitcase!

XOXOX

My New Camera!

After my camera died on my last month, I purchased my new camera *drum roll*

My new Olympus e-pl1s~


I got the red color and so far Im loving it!
Its bulkier than my old Canon IXY but the photo quality is way better!
Time to get my skills up~

It's Study Time

Maya and I decided to seat the JLPT exam!!!!
頑張ってね〜　(go go go)

I'm going to aim for either the level 5 or 4 exam while of course Maya will aim for the 3 or 2! I'm freaking out about the long vocabulary list!!!!
The exam will take place on July 3rd with applications due on the 28th! The application itself was waaayy to complex - hope it's not a reflection of the exam itself.

Just in case - level 5 is the lowest of the levels hahaha

More info on the exams here.

Wwwweeeeeeeee~

花見 (Flower Viewing)

Spring has truly bloomed in Japan! Famous for its cherry blossoms, I was so excited and was definitely not disappointed. It felt like a magic wonderland and when the wind blew, petals will just float in the wind. Only lasting around 2 weeks, Maya and I made the most of our bikes and peddled our little hearts out around my city!






We then hit Gifu for a simple picnic - we had a good laugh since we had a tiny little mat and sitting next to us was a giant family feast!

Strawberries, cheese and crackers, cans of chu-hi, definitely a fun night!

Unfortunately my camera died on me - time for a new camera!

Chin Chin Festival - Warning my offend some!

After hearing about this festival back in Australia - I made it a commitment to go! Its a fertility festival but its famous for worshiping a giant phallic. I refused to pray (just in case) but just had fun and enjoying the scenery!






The event itself was quite small and only stayed around 2 hours there. It was reduced down i size due to the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan.