Honey bear!!!
Thank you for walking me to the bus stop.

( token of appreciation )

(img courtesy of tenjostyle )

Arashi at Disney Sea ?
WHAT THE HELL ! ! ! !

I am so bitter this didn't happen while I was at Disney Sea last year.
Better yet, I'm bitter this didn't happen while I was in Japan.
Although...if it did I probably still wouldn't have been able to see them any way...T_T
What a shitty bitter sweet feeling...

やっべ！やっべ！やっべ！！

キャア。。。。。！！！！　＞/ / / /＜
About three days ago, my love for Arashi was revived once again....
And even though I used the word 'revived', I don't think my love for them was ever really dead..

Ahh..it's sorta silly but after I returned from Japan, I tried my best to keep in touch with Japanese things for awhile but it became sorta painful to me.
So..although I continued to listen to Arashi's songs, I basically stopped looking at anything Japanese related.
But this all stopped when I accidentally stumbled upon these magnificently made fan-vid:

It almost perfectly reminded me of all the reasons I love Arashi and why they make me smile so much.
From then on, I made a continuing mistake of downloading Himitsu No Arashi-chan.....which, of course, is a guarantee for me to be a lost cause. 

Seriously; whoever came up with the new corners : Mannequin Five and VIP guest room should totally get a promotion.
I have not laughed that much in a whole month as I did when I was watching those episodes.

The dramatically changing of Sho's mannequin-face as the episode goes on, Nino's brattiness when he didn't get chosen, Ohno's predictable fashion sense...would it be pathetic to say that they're the highlights of my day?

To be perfectly honest, even as fickle as I am, I wouldn't be surprise if I never stopped liking them. <3
だから嵐さん変わらないで～

My kerosene heater really scares the fudge out of me.
Every time I turn on for the first time after a day or so, I can smell this strong gas scent, and the machine will start making this rumbling noises as if it is angry.


At least, I'm right beside it, so if it explodes I'll have a very quick death.


I can't wait till I can buy an electric heater. T-T



Also, I want to ship a kotatsu home if I can.
They are the loveliest invention ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I rearranged my furniture.
What that means is I moved my bed and my table.

I figured the new arrangement might be good fung shwi or something.
No, not really..I just did it to get a better access to the heater.
The sticker on the thing says it is attached to the wall so I can't move it.
As much as I like how big my room is, on the downside it means there's more space to clean up and more oil is spent heating the room.

Brr...even now, not soon after I turn off the heater, it's rapidly becoming cold again.
Oh well, at least it's not as bad as before.
I could see my breath in front of me.

Gah~! I wish I came during Spring/Summer semester. 

I'm already very much in love with Hirosaki even when I'm spending it during the least exciting season, imagine how splendid it would be here during Spring and Summer?
Mostly Spring...I'm a bit unsure about those Summer heat but I want to go to the Summer festivals...wear Yukata...

This is also part of my excuse for not updating so much...'cause my hands are freezing most of the time that I keep them under the blanket, which as you can imagine, makes it hard to type.

Like most students here, who are without proper heat, I also return to my apartment very very late so that all I'll do is change and jump into my bed. Although..right now I'm supposed to be working on my project..
I'm just procrastinating...

..at least my fingers are not frozen so I can type...I don't have an excuse for not doing the project..

It's already bad enough doing them, but I have to translate into Japanese too.

Well..not me personally..my Japanese is not that good enough.
But I'm asking my tutor's help to translate it into Japanese.
Then taking survey from 30 Japanese people, then writing the conclusion, then translating that conclusion into Japanese.
The deadline is on Thursday....yup I'm cutting it so close.

On top of which I have to go to Aomori on Wednesday to get my work permit and job interview (after they've confirmed that is...)
And on Tuesday evening I'm supposed to go cook at a friend's host mother's house, because I have been rudely ditching her (unknowingly) for nth times, and I really need to make up for it.

Stressfullllllllllllllllllllll!!!!

Even then, right now, I am incredibly, genuinely happy.

After I got over the shock of being separated from my family and friends, suffering through bouts of homesickness and loneliness, I'm finally beginning to enjoy my life here.
I'm loving it so much so that I'm already listing in my mind the things that I'll miss when I have to return to Calgary.

I want to stay here a little longer.
I want to come back here.

I don't know how it'll work.
But I keep telling myself that I have done it once already, and I can do it again.
Being able to come here is the most amazing experience I've had in my entire life and I want to make the most out of it.