I know this should probably be a post about the Lantern Festival...
I dunno I guess sometimes I just want to write about what I am feeling instead. Tonight there were supposedly a meteor shower.
It was strange... I went to get my laundry and a girl was there watching the sky. After I gathered my clothes I sat down.
The air was cold... it's starting to cool down now since it is fall. To be honest it has been a while since I sat on the roof, not since they barbed wired it. And I haven't just sat there and looked at the stars either.
I really forgot how stars look. How they glitter and shimmer. I guess it is kinda strange. Just how like nice it is to sit down and look. It made me happy.
Strangly enough an Owl City song grew stuck in my head. When I looked it up it was Meteor Shower. I actually did see one...
Before I came to Japan I saw one... I heralded it as a good Omen. Maybe this one is the same.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Sick and Current Thoughts of Life and Such (LONG POST)
So I looked it up, chances are unless I really pack it in I will not be able to do all 3 of my final trips.
I decided I wanted to go to the major places I have missed. I will not go to Okinawa, or Hokkaido. Hiroshima is probably the more complex one, in November it will cost over 140 dollars one way in order to make it there in a timely manner (Aka at 8pm or so on Friday) then to make it back in a timely manner.
I would love to go to Hikone, that is a day trip I can do that easily which makes my life easier. That town is the last town I need to visit to see the last of the 4 national treasure castles of Japan. Inuyama (Near to Nagoya), Himeji (Visited 2 times), Matsumoto (visited two times), and Hikone. I might revisit Inuyama since that day my camera wouldn't work so I was unable to get pictures. It is not that far from Nagoya making it a simple trip.
And Nara which would be a full weekend trip letting me go to Kyoto as well. I need to talk more with Leah about that.
I would love to have hiked Nakasendo again but that will probably perhaps be during my next adventure here. Home is nearing and I will probably not have a chance like this again... it makes me sad... I really wish I could stay here longer and have more adventures.
I also have decided to preserve some of my weekends for friends and for Kimiyo. That way we can still all hang out so things like cooking parties going to the ninja village with Airi.
Agh... I don't want this to end. At least this weekend will be chill. Saturday I am going costume shopping for the School Festival, most cosplays cost over 100 dollars... ouch. I just can't afford that so many other good ways to use money!
Sunday is Leah's Birthday Party, and Friday is a long Karaoke event that I probably won't stay until 7am for haha.
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Right now I am sick with a cold which is strange cause I was sick with a stomach bug before the school trip to Nagano. I have many pictures I need to share with you as well as many adventures. Right now I am just torn. While I want to leave Japan, see my friends and family again, I don't want this adventure to end. I feel as if there is still so much for me to do. Still so much for me to explore and enjoy. However I think it is just a beginning.
I've made a couple decisions, some of the things I have yet to decide but I have been offered a place at my friend's Aya's apartment provided I pay rent, or I could stay at the Apartment my parents told me about. It is really all up in the air right now. I could stay in a dorm again but that is somewhat miserable after this. I would love to live in Charlotte after this. I need to focus on getting that job or if I should go to Grad school. If I do I think I want to concentrate in more language development courses and perhaps either politics or business. I want to keep taking the JLPT exams until I get a N1 certification. Right now Kanji is where I fall flat and I will be sure to pick myself up for it.
I want to study and take the State exam that would allow me to enter into embassy work. Just to see if it is a chance I want to take. I will probably have to take it more than once. Overall I am not expecting on finding work directly after graduation but at least an internship and a parttime job would make me happy enough.
I have a job in Greensboro to return to, probably should look up the Academic Calender for UNCC and see how much I can work and tell Steve about it see if I can get on the schedule. Overall I am excited. I've even been offered the chance to return to Sweden come summer.
Coming to Japan has made me realize so much about myself and about life. I want to travel, I want to see the world and I want to learn more and dedicate myself more to the Japanese language. Before I came here I was afraid of not being able to understand and learn the language. That when I returned I would have learned nothing.
That is not so. I feel as if I have unlocked Japanese further. I can understand things I could not understand before. My speaking and listening have improved further my Vocabulary expanded. Many people have commented on my advancement and I can feel it as well. I can feel that difference.
I have learned more about cooking, I have new dishes up my sleeve and new ingredients and foods I love. (Hello Sashimi!!) I want to continue to cook in my spare time. Sad thing is I won't have access to great fresh Seafood like I do here. I want to continue to try more seafood and more foods in general.
Traveling. In Japan I traveled to so many cities, yes some of my weekends were me in my room. Chilling, and watching things but others was filled with adventure. It makes me wonder about America. Why don't I travel there? Yes it is my home but what about weekend trips to some place or day trips to another? I have decided now I want to go to - The Mountains, a Pick Your Own Farm, A Festival or two if I can find any (Oh hey look http://www.sherpaguides.com/north_carolina/mountains/appendixes/special_events.html) , Ocean, Gemstone mining, and other places. Just in North Carolina there are many places I could visit and see. Also I should be there right as Summer hits.
I know I should work hard to earn the money to support this. But I am 22 almost 23. Eventually I will get older and while that is not a bad thing admit it I could do well learning the things I learn here and now as I am young.
I will probably make a similar post later on my last couple days here. For now I won't dwell on Dwindling time but make the most of it by having more adventures!
By the way I love this song it completely sounds like I feel. The Chorus means-
I decided I wanted to go to the major places I have missed. I will not go to Okinawa, or Hokkaido. Hiroshima is probably the more complex one, in November it will cost over 140 dollars one way in order to make it there in a timely manner (Aka at 8pm or so on Friday) then to make it back in a timely manner.
I would love to go to Hikone, that is a day trip I can do that easily which makes my life easier. That town is the last town I need to visit to see the last of the 4 national treasure castles of Japan. Inuyama (Near to Nagoya), Himeji (Visited 2 times), Matsumoto (visited two times), and Hikone. I might revisit Inuyama since that day my camera wouldn't work so I was unable to get pictures. It is not that far from Nagoya making it a simple trip.
And Nara which would be a full weekend trip letting me go to Kyoto as well. I need to talk more with Leah about that.
I would love to have hiked Nakasendo again but that will probably perhaps be during my next adventure here. Home is nearing and I will probably not have a chance like this again... it makes me sad... I really wish I could stay here longer and have more adventures.
I also have decided to preserve some of my weekends for friends and for Kimiyo. That way we can still all hang out so things like cooking parties going to the ninja village with Airi.
Agh... I don't want this to end. At least this weekend will be chill. Saturday I am going costume shopping for the School Festival, most cosplays cost over 100 dollars... ouch. I just can't afford that so many other good ways to use money!
Sunday is Leah's Birthday Party, and Friday is a long Karaoke event that I probably won't stay until 7am for haha.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Right now I am sick with a cold which is strange cause I was sick with a stomach bug before the school trip to Nagano. I have many pictures I need to share with you as well as many adventures. Right now I am just torn. While I want to leave Japan, see my friends and family again, I don't want this adventure to end. I feel as if there is still so much for me to do. Still so much for me to explore and enjoy. However I think it is just a beginning.
I've made a couple decisions, some of the things I have yet to decide but I have been offered a place at my friend's Aya's apartment provided I pay rent, or I could stay at the Apartment my parents told me about. It is really all up in the air right now. I could stay in a dorm again but that is somewhat miserable after this. I would love to live in Charlotte after this. I need to focus on getting that job or if I should go to Grad school. If I do I think I want to concentrate in more language development courses and perhaps either politics or business. I want to keep taking the JLPT exams until I get a N1 certification. Right now Kanji is where I fall flat and I will be sure to pick myself up for it.
I want to study and take the State exam that would allow me to enter into embassy work. Just to see if it is a chance I want to take. I will probably have to take it more than once. Overall I am not expecting on finding work directly after graduation but at least an internship and a parttime job would make me happy enough.
I have a job in Greensboro to return to, probably should look up the Academic Calender for UNCC and see how much I can work and tell Steve about it see if I can get on the schedule. Overall I am excited. I've even been offered the chance to return to Sweden come summer.
Coming to Japan has made me realize so much about myself and about life. I want to travel, I want to see the world and I want to learn more and dedicate myself more to the Japanese language. Before I came here I was afraid of not being able to understand and learn the language. That when I returned I would have learned nothing.
That is not so. I feel as if I have unlocked Japanese further. I can understand things I could not understand before. My speaking and listening have improved further my Vocabulary expanded. Many people have commented on my advancement and I can feel it as well. I can feel that difference.
I have learned more about cooking, I have new dishes up my sleeve and new ingredients and foods I love. (Hello Sashimi!!) I want to continue to cook in my spare time. Sad thing is I won't have access to great fresh Seafood like I do here. I want to continue to try more seafood and more foods in general.
Traveling. In Japan I traveled to so many cities, yes some of my weekends were me in my room. Chilling, and watching things but others was filled with adventure. It makes me wonder about America. Why don't I travel there? Yes it is my home but what about weekend trips to some place or day trips to another? I have decided now I want to go to - The Mountains, a Pick Your Own Farm, A Festival or two if I can find any (Oh hey look http://www.sherpaguides.com/north_carolina/mountains/appendixes/special_events.html) , Ocean, Gemstone mining, and other places. Just in North Carolina there are many places I could visit and see. Also I should be there right as Summer hits.
I know I should work hard to earn the money to support this. But I am 22 almost 23. Eventually I will get older and while that is not a bad thing admit it I could do well learning the things I learn here and now as I am young.
I will probably make a similar post later on my last couple days here. For now I won't dwell on Dwindling time but make the most of it by having more adventures!
Life is an Adventure!
Even if there is no map, let's search for the treasures.
Believe in the compass of your heart.
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