my 6-day long summer holiday

ahh~~~

feel lighter now. but dont expect to be able to relax too long.

i ve settle down in tokyo.

now officially a citizen of the tokyo metropolitan area. that being said, where i live now is just 10mins away fr disneyland... pretty much @ the outskirt of the tokyo city border.

my room is as usual, small, or teenyweeny, XXS sized, a rabbit cage, pigeon hole, anyway u get the picture. but life here isnt that bad, i get 2 meals everyday except on sundays & holidays courtesy of the obasans here. not exactly the best food in the world but at least i dont have to worry bout wuts cheap today in the market, or where's the best place to shop for grocery.

just had me orientation on the 21st sep 2005. already lots to be done, as i was told. my supervisor wants to start our seminar early, so 26th would b the 1st day of skool for me... a week earlier than the Waseda calendar. oh well... at least i dont hav to rot in my Kancil of a room.

the month of september has been a very very busy but fruitful month.

first, i moved to tokyo 1st. that means no more waiting for weeks for ordered study materials to arrive, public transport after 8pm (including Sundays+holidays, hahaha hooray!!), better prospect of finding a good job, & above all a big change fr the last 4 yrs.

b4 i could settle down, i was at kyoto university 3rd~7th, attending a seminar on overseas chinese & made the biggest fool out of myself. it was quite the scene... sitting there not fully prepared, not to mention being so nervous i couldnt focus properly when commenting on the lectures. hence more comments were thrown at me & i was there helpless being cut alive.note to myself: improve japanese & english proficiency. be well prepared & try not to chat too much with the leng lui associate professor sitting next to me the day b4. additional comment: i must agree wif DA-- jap women speaking kyoto accent are the sexiest being on earth.

the day i got back fr kyoto was lulu's Bday 8th. due to insufficient fund, we spent the day at home, simple meal, a small bouquet of roses, & more lament on being 2#yrs old.

coming back fr kyoto, all dishearted & worth less than cow dung, Aunty & lulu dragged me to the Aichi Expo at Nagoya 12th. there i was able to regain bits of my old self... i was able to roam around the hood wif a partial VIP pass (Aunty's friend's husband's subordinate...aka Connection within) and free to snap about wif my trusty canon. visited the mitsubishi pavilion (skipped the 4hr queue :p), both japanese pavilions, the China pavilion, all with personal guide & the accompaniment of their Directors. it really feels great to b a VIP... think i could like it :] then there was the Malaysia pavilion, African pavilions, Spain & France, a few other asian pavilions as well. all in all, it was a fun day and refreshing one too. a BIG BIG thank you to Aunty :]

right after Nagoya, there was our graduation ceremony 15~16th. we went back a day earlier to get all the paperwork done, made sure we could get our certs rite after the long & crowded event & off we went to Yufuin a famous hotspring town rite next to our humble Beppu. the graduation ceremony was a blurrrrr. one moment we were collecting our gowns, taking photos, next thing i know square hats were thrown & some stuck on the ceiling happens every time haha. minutes after the ceremony, we rushed to airport & by dinner, we were back at lulu's in tokyo. talk about a tight schedule.

although summer holiday started months ago, i felt like it started the moment i was handed my cert of graduation by ol'man Fellizar. *finally it feels like holiday* i remember telling this to Aunty later.

so here it is, a summary of the last moments of my summer holiday. next up, life in Waseda...

cheers,