My front and back yards have an assortment of trees and wild plants popping out of the ground. Nobody really takes care of them and they don’t bother growing much fruits either.
But some fruits grew and I’, lucky enough to get photos of them. The mangoes that are as big as my palm
New travel plans people! I borrowed a guide book that recommends taking the ferry as transportation.
That way, I can save on the expensive bullet train and also a night’s accommodation. My plan now is to go from Fukuoka to Beppu (hot spring town) during the day, and take the night ferry to Osaka. And perhaps, I can even ride the ferry to Hokkaido for lavenders!One of my dream bubble has burst. I dream of walking to school with the wind in my hair, smelling the ocean air and not sweating at all.
The dream has come crashing down when I found out from Google Earth that I will be staying very far from Kyushu University during my home stay. And that’s six weeks of squeezing in the train and running to school breathless and sweaty. It will take 30 minutes from home stay to school.
I admit that I’m superstitious. I’m the kind who wears read to important exams, who eats (in this order) a hotdog and two eggs on exam days (so I can get 100), who plans the week according to the horoscope, and who does online tarot readings (because physical reading is such a hassle).
And I was very delighted to find that Taurus should go on an overseas trip, according to the year 2008 horoscope of a magazine. Yipee!
I tried out Ubuntu 6.01 during February while I was home for the Chinese New Year holidays. It was exciting seeing a brand new desktop but I couldn’t access my other MS folders so it was useless. Plus, I had to catch a plane an hour later. So it didn’t really worked out.
When I was going to get a new laptop, I had considered getting a Dell with Ubuntu. Apart from satisfying the inner show off in me, I wouldn’t have to use Vista (which was having a bad reputation). But, in the end, the local Dell didn’t carry Ubuntu laptops so I got a cheap Acer during the computer fair. I wanted to get a decided to give Ubuntu another try when I came back in May. I burned the latest version of it and the CDs didn’t work. It turned out to be my fault as I didn’t burn it in the right format. I’ve been using Ubuntu for about a month and a half. I like it a lot more than Windows because my downloads are a lot faster with Ubuntu and bugs and virus won’t infect my system. Come to think of it, the only reason I want to use Ubuntu is because there’ll be very little virus if I download using bittorent. Ha ha. Perhaps, in the end, it’s actually I’ll miss my bt downloads
I will be going to Fukuoka and the people there use the Hakata dialect.
I want to learn Hakata-ben. Imagine how funny it will be when I use it elsewhere in Japan. It’s like when I was in China on student exchange and a girl there spoke English with (what I think is) a Texan accent. It was amazing, hearing a Chinese girl speak like a cowboy. How’dy! The Hakata-ben was featured in CHANGE as whatshisname (played by Kimura) was from Fukuoka. But it was illogical that he spoke standard Japanese when his mom speaks in Hakata-ben with him. The script writers should have bothered to change his lines. The other time I’ve heard Hakata-ben was in a movie. The mom talked a lot in Hakata-ben while her daughter replied in mmm… Very good lines, script writer, or were you on strike too?I will be leaving for Japan on the 28th of June. My plane will arrive in Fukuoka at 8:40pm. That’s not related to my topic though!
My current eye candy Ikuta Toma will be starring in a drama called Maou. So exciting! The title is even related to this blog’s antagonist – Daimaou. And! Toma is from Hokkaido, the land of lavender fields in summer. Sounds like fate telling me to watch the drama. (My imagination is too much, I admit.) The show starts in July. But it’s on Friday at 10pm. No way will any sane host family allow their (whatever I’m supposed to be called) hog the TV at 10pm. And it’s so stupid to download it when I can see it on TV. *sob* will I get to watch it only when I’m back in Singapore? Is Daimaou working his curse on me again?! —PSI’ve borrowed new books from the library and it featured lavender fields in Furano, Hokkaido. My dream is to roll in a field of lavender, but mom says people will think I’m insane.
Should I visit Hokkaido? It’s so high up north. Even the Shinkansen takes 7 hours from Tokyo. And from Fukuoka to Tokyo, it’s a 5-hour ride. I don’t mind sitting till my butt is flat , because!!!! I’m so youthful! Still, Youthful needs to consder her budget. Does she want a nice detailed visit of Kyoto or a rushed roll in the lavender fields. Youthful hopes everyone will be watching the Olympics, and not travel, even though it’s the summer vacation. She will keepall her fingers crossed. —I went to my trusted hairdresser today. I say “trusted” because he’s honest about how unruly my hair is and he tells me stuff like, “If I cut it any short, it’ll puff up when it’s dry. Your hair’s really dry.” Er… thanks man.
I told him to thin my hair and I wanted bangs. Bangs because I look like a something from a Japanese horror movie with my bangs long. After he cut my hair, I realise that I look like Chibi Maruko-chan with long hair. Faint, but it’s better if I pin my hair up.
The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. Queen of Wands, when reversed:
The dark essence of fire behaving as water, such as steam: The natural
embodiment of passion and sensuality, who will do anything to the be
the center of attention. A seducer who calculatingly dons the guise of
what others desire. A cocky and domineering person, who pushes anyone
or anything aside to get what she wants. One who is vengeful and quick
to take offense without good cause. May indicate infidelity and
contempt for a relationship.
YQtravelling 