Posted in Japanses seasons, observations, tagged Rainy season on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The sun is slowly sweeping away and being replaced with grey gloomy clouds. The sun which shone fiercely on mine and Barbara’s faces over a week and a half ago as we glided down the Arrashiyama river in Kyoto on a rickety wooden boat has dissapeared behind clouds which threaten to burst on the people scurrying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Pictures of the adventure that was Taiwan!
Posted in exploring, tagged hiking with handbags, Japanese on a mountain, Taroko gorge on April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So we have everything: Passports, re-entry visa, clothes, trainers, underwear, toiletries, towels, a picnic for the plane and a sense of adventure anything else is superlfuous or can be bought. So we though!
Embarking on our hiking adventures in Taroko Gorge we realised that we had left behind one vital piece of equipment: a back-pack! Great!!!
So, what has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged giappone, la mia decisione, nevica on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
nevica.
sto dentro la scuola guardando fuori dalla finestra.
fa freddo.
pezzi del gelo cadono dal cielo.
fa freddo.
le mie gambe sono congelate e ho le mani ghiacciate.
fa freddo.
ma, mentre guardo la bellezza dell’inverno prendo la mia decisone! RIMANGO!
perche’? perche’ io so che in qualsiasi situazione vedo sempre il lato positivo.
si’ la mia bici e’ rotta e devo caminare a casa. [...]
Posted in observations, tagged immigrants, integration on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s a grey Sunday morning. My leopard print skirt, black leggings and glittery leg warmers are curled up on a chair by my window. Hazily looking at survivors of a drunken 80s fancy dress party I sit here drinking my tea while listening to the BBC world service in my western style appartment. Am I really in Japan?
Recently the [...]
Posted in Me in Japan, Uncategorized, tagged JLPT exams friends on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
We walked into Osaka University campus at 9am and saw crowds of people leaning on the walls, sitting on benches, squating on the floor, crouching on the grass. Some were chilled, some where smoking and some where looking at notes. On a Sunday morning a crowd of foreigners had gathered to take the JLPT (Japanese Language Profeciency Test). It [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A japanes autumn, red on December 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Autumn is fading away and winter is creeping in. The red and orange leaves are falling off the trees and the mikans and kaki (satsumas and sharon fruit) which hang brightly on the trees are slowly being harvest and eaten. At around midnight I popped outside to clear my mind. Carrying plastic bottles and cartoons [...]
Posted in Me in Japan, Uncategorized, tagged Tokyo on November 10, 2007 | No Comments »
Tokyo: raw chicken, Tokyo Tower, shrines, children in Kimonos, Harajuku girls and shopping parade, Roppongi! Thats a lot for a day and a half and one evening. Tokyo was a lot of fun last weekend. I saw my first drunken Japanese fight too. It was quite funny. Standing on the packed train after dinner on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »
I have been keeping busy, exploring, joining clubs and meeting lots of people and making new friends.
October has seen the Vegetarian festival in Kyoto and it also led to me further Northwards to a small town in the hills of Kyoto where men and children carried lighted torches to the nearby shrine. The men were unseemingly fazed by the [...]
