This time in exactly one week, I'm going to be packing, packing, packing!!!!
YAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
I seriously cannot wait to get back into the sun and chill out. The magnitude of my trip has suddenly hit me as I've realised how mad I am to try and navigate the whole country by bus.
Madness, but it's totally exciting!!!
A spot of sightseeing, a spot of hiking, a spot of jetboating, a spot of shopping, a spot of hobbit chasing, crap loads of eating, gallons of wine, as much sun as my skin can take, maybe a skydive and now I'm considering treating myself to a helicopter ride to get over and see the areas that I don't have time to bus to.
Why the hell not, eh?
If ever there was a country seriously worthy of splashing out for an aerial view of, it's New Zealand. And since I don't have time to go to the glaciers, at least if I do this, then I'll get to see them. I checked online and then price is only a bit more than what I'm spending at my most expensive hotel for one night.
If I do that, though, the skydive is definitely out. There's no way I can do both...well, actually I could, but I just feel that that's obnoxiously splashing out. Especially when I consider how much I've already spent on hotels. Got stung again today when one of the hostels I'd booked at called to tell me that the website had made a mistake and one night I was due to stay there is actually fully booked.
DOH!!
I've managed to find another hostel but since it's only available on that one night, right before NYE, the prices have skyrocketed and it's a complete rip off for a hostel. But nothing I can do now since there isn't anything else under a 5* hotel available for that day. And I'm already staying in that 5* place the following night!!!
It was funny because I was telling someone at work today about my hiking plans. Is it so strange for me to be hiking?!?!?!?! Admittedly I will be doing it with a full face of make up but still! LOL!!!
Super pumped. It's going to be EPIC.
xoxo
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
It's Back!!!!
やった！
My voice is kind of back!!!
Still a bit husky but it's there!! At least I can vaguely communicate again!!
That was so weird!!! It's not the first time I've lost my voice but normally when it happens is because I have a cold or laryngitis or something. This time, I was feeling perfectly fine, it's really bizarre.
Anyway who cares!
Sorry folks - my reign of silence is over!!!!
(^0^)
My voice is kind of back!!!
Still a bit husky but it's there!! At least I can vaguely communicate again!!
That was so weird!!! It's not the first time I've lost my voice but normally when it happens is because I have a cold or laryngitis or something. This time, I was feeling perfectly fine, it's really bizarre.
Anyway who cares!
Sorry folks - my reign of silence is over!!!!
(^0^)
Monday, 10 December 2012
Where Did It Go?!
I told you that after my night out on Saturday, I woke up to find that I had lost my voice.
Well, when I woke up this morning, I was pretty disturbed when I realised that it still hadn't come back!!!!!
I cancelled my Japanese class and spent all morning keeping schtum and knocking back spoonfuls of honey. It was getting closer and closer to my shift at work and I emailed in to shift things about to try and teach as little as possible.
Why one of my managers called me after I told him I'd lost my voice, I'll never know. I didn't pick up and mailed him instead, only to find out that he was refusing to help with a tiny favour I had asked him.
Oooooohhhhh...wrong day to piss me off mate.
I'll remember that next time I'm asked a favour.
Trust.
Anyway I struggled through 3 lessons. I could see the strain in my client's face as they struggled to understand this tiny croak that was coming outta my mouth. I don't have a cold, it's not even painful....it's just not there!
Excellent news for many, I'm sure!!!!!
Hope it comes back tomorrow! I feel like a ******!!!!!!!!
=(
xoxo
Well, when I woke up this morning, I was pretty disturbed when I realised that it still hadn't come back!!!!!
I cancelled my Japanese class and spent all morning keeping schtum and knocking back spoonfuls of honey. It was getting closer and closer to my shift at work and I emailed in to shift things about to try and teach as little as possible.
Why one of my managers called me after I told him I'd lost my voice, I'll never know. I didn't pick up and mailed him instead, only to find out that he was refusing to help with a tiny favour I had asked him.
Oooooohhhhh...wrong day to piss me off mate.
I'll remember that next time I'm asked a favour.
Trust.
Anyway I struggled through 3 lessons. I could see the strain in my client's face as they struggled to understand this tiny croak that was coming outta my mouth. I don't have a cold, it's not even painful....it's just not there!
Excellent news for many, I'm sure!!!!!
Hope it comes back tomorrow! I feel like a ******!!!!!!!!
=(
xoxo
JAMES ARTHUR
I'm sure it wasn't surprising to hear that James Arthur is the winner of the X Factor 2012.
I would have been just as happy if Jahmene had one - they both are so effing talented, amazing and deserve it.
I've loved Jahmene since his first audition but I only really got James from about week 3 and even from then, I haven't loved every performance. Saying that though, over the last 3-4 weeks, he has KILLED everything that he has done. And his performance of Feeling Good on Saturday was the best performance of his yet.....MARGINALLY better than his rendition of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. And you KNOW how much I loved that one!!!
So happy for him. Although in a way, it's the runners up who always seem to do better. There's no doubt that he's going to be a global phenomenon, but it may have been better for him to have come second and get more of a freer reign for him to do things the way he wants to. Jahmene seems like he'd be much easier to mould.
Anyway, it's all good and fabulous. I've thoroughly enjoyed the season this year. With a couple of exceptions, it has certainly been the most talented year ever.
And now you can breathe a sigh of relief - you have a year without any X Factor updates from me! HAHAHAHA!
xoxo
I would have been just as happy if Jahmene had one - they both are so effing talented, amazing and deserve it.
I've loved Jahmene since his first audition but I only really got James from about week 3 and even from then, I haven't loved every performance. Saying that though, over the last 3-4 weeks, he has KILLED everything that he has done. And his performance of Feeling Good on Saturday was the best performance of his yet.....MARGINALLY better than his rendition of Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. And you KNOW how much I loved that one!!!
So happy for him. Although in a way, it's the runners up who always seem to do better. There's no doubt that he's going to be a global phenomenon, but it may have been better for him to have come second and get more of a freer reign for him to do things the way he wants to. Jahmene seems like he'd be much easier to mould.
Anyway, it's all good and fabulous. I've thoroughly enjoyed the season this year. With a couple of exceptions, it has certainly been the most talented year ever.
And now you can breathe a sigh of relief - you have a year without any X Factor updates from me! HAHAHAHA!
xoxo
Sunday, 9 December 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Well, that wasn't the night that I was expecting to have!
I was out last night to celebrate my dear friend's birthday. A few days ago, I decided to cancel my Sunday shift at work - it wasn't anything to do with the party - I just thought it would be nice to chill out and rest and finally get onto to working out all this stuff for NZ. More than anything, I just wanted to have a mammoth lie in!!
So I told my friend (and myself) that I would go to the party and then catch the last train home.
Yeahhhhhhh.......didn't quite work out like that.
I came stumbling through the door at 6am. With a considerably lighter wallet. >_<
DOH!!
The hangover isn't too bad, but I've been struck down by acute laziness, so there goes my super productive day! Oh and I've somehow managed to lose my voice - how the hell did that happen?!
Blinding night though - I love nothing more than watching my friend get down on the dancefloor!! It was great to see him having such a good time!!
And now it's time for The X-Factor final!
=)
xoxo
I was out last night to celebrate my dear friend's birthday. A few days ago, I decided to cancel my Sunday shift at work - it wasn't anything to do with the party - I just thought it would be nice to chill out and rest and finally get onto to working out all this stuff for NZ. More than anything, I just wanted to have a mammoth lie in!!
So I told my friend (and myself) that I would go to the party and then catch the last train home.
Yeahhhhhhh.......didn't quite work out like that.
I came stumbling through the door at 6am. With a considerably lighter wallet. >_<
DOH!!
The hangover isn't too bad, but I've been struck down by acute laziness, so there goes my super productive day! Oh and I've somehow managed to lose my voice - how the hell did that happen?!
Blinding night though - I love nothing more than watching my friend get down on the dancefloor!! It was great to see him having such a good time!!
And now it's time for The X-Factor final!
=)
xoxo
Friday, 7 December 2012
An Emotional Evening
And to think that my day started off so well.....
Over the last few weeks, I've felt more earthquakes than I have in a long time. Most of them have been almpost unnoticeable, but then there was a large one in Chiba on the Thanksgiving weekend. That jolt shocked me and my ladies as we were preparing dinner and I wondered if it was a sign of things to come.
Then late this afternoon while I was teaching, a 7.3 quake hit the Tohoku region again, shaking Tokyo pretty violently. It wasn't the strength of the quake which sent alarm bells ringing in my head. It was the duration. When a quake doesn't stop after like 10 seconds, I start to get REALLY nervous and as it got stronger me and client stating packing up our stuff and reaching for our coats in case we needed to evacuate.
As the shaking continued, my heart leapt into my throat and I got sudden flashbacks, one after the other, of the devastating pictures of the destruction of the March 11 quake. All I could think was that this couldn't be happening again. The next thought was at least I was in Shinjuku and closer to my home than last time!
As the shaking subsided, there were sighs of relief all around my the office and my client removed her nails from my arm. LOL! Even if the lesson hadn't of been nearly over, neither of us were in the right mindframe to continue. I was able to put those feelings aside for the remainder of my shift, but on my journey home, I was plagued by the awful memories of last year and I had to bite my lip as I thought about my dear friends who were swept away by the March 11 tsunami and all the panic and uncertainty and aftershocks that followed that horrible day - the scariest of my life.
Everyone was saying that another big earthquake was going to hit - I'm just hoping it was that one. I have a friend in Aomori who I haven't managed to contact yet, but the news has said there hasn't been any major damage or reported fatalities so I have to trust that he is OK. I'm not sure I'd be able to go through all of that drama again.
So if THAT wasn't bad enough, I called home to tell my mum that I was safe and to get an update on my grandad. I don't wanna go into details but it's not good news and I'm embarrassed to say that I am related to some of the greediest, devious, heartless ******* in the world and what they are doing is shameful, disrespectful and just selfish. My heart goes out to my grandad, but even more to my parents who are breaking their backs to do everything that they can to take care of him. My uncle, my cousins - they don't give a **** and then they think they can just take, take, take. It's so sad to see my family get torn apart because all these damn people care about is money and all my parents are trying to do is make sure that my Grandad is well looked after. It's being taken to court. It's disgusting.
I feel guilty about taking a trip to NZ, but my mum has assured me that it's OK and there's nothing I can do. I'm sending letters and photos and getting updates every week which my parents tell me are cheering him up. I'm so mad at my uncle that I'm not sure if I'd be able to control my temper even if I was there. He's NOTHING like my dad, it's unbelievable.
Horrible, horrible man.
Emotions running high this even - memories and worry.
Ufffff.
xoxo
Over the last few weeks, I've felt more earthquakes than I have in a long time. Most of them have been almpost unnoticeable, but then there was a large one in Chiba on the Thanksgiving weekend. That jolt shocked me and my ladies as we were preparing dinner and I wondered if it was a sign of things to come.
Then late this afternoon while I was teaching, a 7.3 quake hit the Tohoku region again, shaking Tokyo pretty violently. It wasn't the strength of the quake which sent alarm bells ringing in my head. It was the duration. When a quake doesn't stop after like 10 seconds, I start to get REALLY nervous and as it got stronger me and client stating packing up our stuff and reaching for our coats in case we needed to evacuate.
As the shaking continued, my heart leapt into my throat and I got sudden flashbacks, one after the other, of the devastating pictures of the destruction of the March 11 quake. All I could think was that this couldn't be happening again. The next thought was at least I was in Shinjuku and closer to my home than last time!
As the shaking subsided, there were sighs of relief all around my the office and my client removed her nails from my arm. LOL! Even if the lesson hadn't of been nearly over, neither of us were in the right mindframe to continue. I was able to put those feelings aside for the remainder of my shift, but on my journey home, I was plagued by the awful memories of last year and I had to bite my lip as I thought about my dear friends who were swept away by the March 11 tsunami and all the panic and uncertainty and aftershocks that followed that horrible day - the scariest of my life.
Everyone was saying that another big earthquake was going to hit - I'm just hoping it was that one. I have a friend in Aomori who I haven't managed to contact yet, but the news has said there hasn't been any major damage or reported fatalities so I have to trust that he is OK. I'm not sure I'd be able to go through all of that drama again.
So if THAT wasn't bad enough, I called home to tell my mum that I was safe and to get an update on my grandad. I don't wanna go into details but it's not good news and I'm embarrassed to say that I am related to some of the greediest, devious, heartless ******* in the world and what they are doing is shameful, disrespectful and just selfish. My heart goes out to my grandad, but even more to my parents who are breaking their backs to do everything that they can to take care of him. My uncle, my cousins - they don't give a **** and then they think they can just take, take, take. It's so sad to see my family get torn apart because all these damn people care about is money and all my parents are trying to do is make sure that my Grandad is well looked after. It's being taken to court. It's disgusting.
I feel guilty about taking a trip to NZ, but my mum has assured me that it's OK and there's nothing I can do. I'm sending letters and photos and getting updates every week which my parents tell me are cheering him up. I'm so mad at my uncle that I'm not sure if I'd be able to control my temper even if I was there. He's NOTHING like my dad, it's unbelievable.
Horrible, horrible man.
Emotions running high this even - memories and worry.
Ufffff.
xoxo
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
STARVING!!!!
Normally on a Wednesday morning I go to the gym.
But when my alarm went off this morning, I just couldn't get up. And since I'm working 7 days a week until I go on holiday, I just simply rolled over and went back to sleep.
I woke up at 11.30!!!!!
Guess that goes to show I made the right call there!!!
Today was another one of those days where I've spent like an hour making lunch. It's still not eready yet and I'm absolutely starving! On the menu today is pumpkin soup and then a stuffed chicken breast. I wanted to make a potato fondant, but then I realised that I don't have any potatoes!
DOH!
Looks like it's just gonna be served with a side of spinach instead!!!
Excited - the smells filling my kitchen are amazing!!
xoxo
But when my alarm went off this morning, I just couldn't get up. And since I'm working 7 days a week until I go on holiday, I just simply rolled over and went back to sleep.
I woke up at 11.30!!!!!
Guess that goes to show I made the right call there!!!
Today was another one of those days where I've spent like an hour making lunch. It's still not eready yet and I'm absolutely starving! On the menu today is pumpkin soup and then a stuffed chicken breast. I wanted to make a potato fondant, but then I realised that I don't have any potatoes!
DOH!
Looks like it's just gonna be served with a side of spinach instead!!!
Excited - the smells filling my kitchen are amazing!!
xoxo
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Unapologetic
I am seriously all over Rihanna's new album.
It's funny because I have loved every single one of her albums. Of course, I like some more than others but I've liked all of them. That's rare - when an artist has been around as long as she has, normally I would have lost interest but I'm loving her more than ever.
Sexy.
LOVE it.
It's been a pretty chilled out weekend. I went out last night for a gorgeous French dinner. My friend spoiled me rotten with champagne and she picked up the huge bill at the end of the night.
ごちそうさまでした！
And as usual I went to work today and rushed back for my weekly X-Factor fix.
I won't talk too much about it - you all know that I'm rooting for James Arthur to win. And to be honest, looking at the acts left, it should be a walk in the park for him.
COME ON JAMES!!!
I'm still trying to decide what to do about that guy I went on a date with a couple of days ago. He mails me way more than I ever reply and to be honest, he's crossing the line with the direction of his conversation....having said that, I bet if I thought he was smoking hot, then I wouldn't mind! Double standards, I know, but whatever.
We all have them.
Unapologetic.
If you didn't know, that's the name of the new album (and my mood right now). Check it out when you have time, ne.
xoxo
It's funny because I have loved every single one of her albums. Of course, I like some more than others but I've liked all of them. That's rare - when an artist has been around as long as she has, normally I would have lost interest but I'm loving her more than ever.
Sexy.
LOVE it.
It's been a pretty chilled out weekend. I went out last night for a gorgeous French dinner. My friend spoiled me rotten with champagne and she picked up the huge bill at the end of the night.
ごちそうさまでした！
And as usual I went to work today and rushed back for my weekly X-Factor fix.
I won't talk too much about it - you all know that I'm rooting for James Arthur to win. And to be honest, looking at the acts left, it should be a walk in the park for him.
COME ON JAMES!!!
I'm still trying to decide what to do about that guy I went on a date with a couple of days ago. He mails me way more than I ever reply and to be honest, he's crossing the line with the direction of his conversation....having said that, I bet if I thought he was smoking hot, then I wouldn't mind! Double standards, I know, but whatever.
We all have them.
Unapologetic.
If you didn't know, that's the name of the new album (and my mood right now). Check it out when you have time, ne.
xoxo
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