Found out today that PS has been offered an internship at Hiroshima. It’s a 3 week internship and there’s less than ten vacancies. Before knowing that she’s offered the internship, she said Japanese Studies majors are given priority and it was quite late when she applied.
What a pleasant surprise, even though we’re going at different periods. But it’s great to know that someone else gets to go to Japan too.Category: Countries
Baby crying contest
Interesting festival
Took a break from updating yesterday. It’s my birthday after all
Good series to prepare for Japan
<Eibun Nihon etoki jiten> publisher: Japan Travel Bureau
The series of book above are illustrated books about Japan. There are available in Sabah libraries and I found them in the school library last week.
They are easy to read and the illustrations help with the reading. They are very informative.
If you want to know more about Japan, this series is a good start!
adding to Must Do in Japan:
Visit Shinto shrine
Visit Shinto shrine
Ten Nights of Dreams
Weird coincidences led me to 2006 movie Ten Nights of Dreams
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899224/
Must-dos in JP
Must Do List for future references:
- Watch sumo
- Watch kabuki
- Eat train station bento
- Wear (buy?!) yukata [mem: check out UNIQLO]
- Relax in hot spring
- Ride shinkansen
- Write end-of-summer postcard back
Get back to work!
Update on summer programme
Mom suggested that I join a tour group to Tokyo. Then I join the group for seven days of fun and when they leave for Singapore, I leave for Fukuoka.
It’s a lot cheaper than backpacking in Tokyo if I do this. The plane tix are already exp and the accommodation cost is very high too. Plus, I can go to Disneyland if I join the tour group. Will consider it. I’ve faxed my passport details to Kyushu’s person in charge. Quickly get the visa and everything will be confirmed. Met with U today at D’s. Learned something about the Japanese from her. I will be a brave traveler!Not in room day
Today was a day of break from studies, for official reasons.
Went to SCWO to take photos of the place and bought two non-study-non-travel book.
Then went to Bras Basah to see if they have cheap travel guides. Japan isn’t the most popular destination for these second hand book sellers. I found three and all of them are at least 10 years old. Hmm… And they cost at least S$15. SCWO’s thrift shop has spoiled me, second hand books should cost only $5 max!! and that’s hardcover.You know what I got from Bras Basah in the end? Harry Potter. Ha, the french children’s version. $5.
These are worth the money because you never know when you can find one.
Received email from Kyudai to fax my passport to them. That’s going to cost money. sigh sigh also disappointed that NUS wants to charge me for summer programme module mapping .Shame on you!No module mapping for me
Oi! We need to pay special term school fees for module mapping.
That means an extra S$350. Hmph, I can use that as my travelling fees. Why does NUS want to make money on every single occasion they have? (To pay the librarians to blog?)
So one problem solved!
Must stop compulsive travel site reading
Can’t help but check out travel sites every half hour. Must stop
1st post: why another blog
It’s exams week but I can’t help but create a blog to just blab about my future travel. The username is inspired by Ms Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, only mine doesn’t sound as glam.
Lots of stuff to do before it can become 100% true.
- Apply for visa (complete below before visa possible)
- Get proof of student
- Reserve plane tix
- Photocopy bank pass book
- Get letter of sponsorship – in progress
- Tokyo – I love big cities!
- Kyoto – I love old cities!
- Kobe – I love to eat (beef, in this case)!
- And everywhere between Tokyo and Fukuoka!
It’s not so bad, after listing all the to-dos out
YQtravelling 