Sanno Matsuri

So I'm uploading a whole bunch of photos. You can view them on the side bar... and yes I realize that I will never again wear that outfit. Blah... sometimes not having a full length mirror in the house can have its drawbacks :(

earthquake

Just experienced my first minor earthquake. Bed shook and everything... I know I should have been scared, but it was all rather exciting ^_^

cont.

I found the better song... and I found the artist/ band too ^__^ It's Caravan Palace

Awesome..

Ok so I am in LOVE with this CD and electro swing. It is just so awesome there are no words to describe it. You just have to listen... (The CD contains even better music):

Where exactly am I from?

This may sound emo... so lately I have been wondering about which country I belong to. I know it's a little strange to say, but I honestly feel lost. Here everyone asks 'where are you from?' and I reply the US. When finding out I can speak Russian... they ask again, 'wait... where are you from?' to which I reply Uzbekistan. Despite this, I feel that I am more American since most of my life has been spent in the US.

I like the fact that I was born in Uzbekistan. Growing up I realized that being different is more interesting. It's like I don't know where I am. I'm neither a complete American nor Tatar. Rather than saying what country I'm from, I just want to reply 'does it really matter.' I'm just me :)

So weird... yet totally awesome!

Today I bought something at a store and the guy the cashier walked with my purchase all the way to the escalator before handing it to me. I kind of felt like a princess :P

Other than that.. nothing too interesting happened. After classes I went to eat dinner with a friend at a place that turned out to be a bar. The food we ordered was small, but surprisingly delicious and incredibly flavorful. Gotta love Shinjuku and its many restaurants.

Super short yet delicious

So today's post is going to be, as the title says, super short. Today was my friend Justine's birthday so we went out to celebrate. As a cake we bought this Japanese dessert, which is basically a chunk of bread, with a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream on top. It was delicious! The bread is cut into chunks halfway from the top, and the sides of each chunk are coated with honey butter... oh man... it was good ^__^ I took photos with my phone. Before that we also went to this bar crawl type place in Shinjuku, where there are a whole lot of little bars one after another. We are talking about really little bars... maybe sits about 7 people at most. We went to one that had a Ramones poster on the outside. The bartender had a bleached mohawk, which was awesome, and we also got to choose the songs we wanted to hear.

Today was also the last part of the Japanese midterm. I think I did meh... I didn't really worry about it too much, or stress over it until the last moment. I'm just happy it is over. Now I am exhausted and ready to pass out... but I wanted to share my wonderful dessert tonight.

Update on the simple things.

Today I had the speaking test for Japanese. I sort of freaked a little when I realized I forgot one of the crucial props for our skit (cell phone.) Oh well... everyone laughed, but it's all good. Tomorrow is the Kanji- listening- reading comprehension portion of the midterm. Should be studying right now, but I figure I would share with you a really cool link.

This is for all the people out there who have no clue about the World Cup. I am so excited for this! I'm not sure if Japan is as pumped for this... in which case I sort of wish I was in Europe right now. How sweet would that be??? Oh man...

Anyways here is the link:

http://www.dailycandy.com/all-cities/video/83709/The-World-Cup-in-Two-Minutes?refcd=email:452679:12

On a less worldly scale... my stomach still feels kinda like crap. Went to the supermarket and bought a bunch of veggies to make the world's healthiest sandwich tomorrow ^__^ Trying to use the veggie power to knock this shit out.

OH! I also babysat for the first time today :) The kid was cute. She didn't listen to a word I said, but I did get to teach her how to say 'water' and 'five' WOOO Productive! It didn't really help that she was cranky and just wanted to sleep. Haha I did find it amusing when she fought with her brother on who gets to fold the handkerchief. (They were helping mom out with laundry) Overall I made the equivalent of 25 dollars for one and a half hours. Sweet right?

Anyways... time to study some Kanji!

Weirdest Shit at Harajuku

Came across this random shirt in Harajuku today...

Bad timing :(

Tomorrow I have my oral presentation for Japanese. Thursday is the Kanji and listening portion of the midterm and Friday is the grammar part. It's wouldn't be as bad if I didn't feel like shit. I think I may have some sort of stomach bug that is starting to reject food in general :( Couple of other people I know are getting it too... I wonder what it is..

Haha I think maybe my stomach is home sick? Oh well... at least I have made friends with two Russian girls, and we may make plov on Friday! I can't wait!! Today I also made friends with three new Japanese kids. I helped them with their Russian studying :)

Now I'm going to pass out. Good night ^__^