tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39358737291471142642024-03-13T00:38:10.173+01:00[Not So] Big In JapanAmanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-78473442802233032532016-04-26T03:45:00.000+02:002016-04-26T03:45:49.984+02:00NagoyaWoahh!! I can't believe it's been such a long time since I last updated this blog. I guess there hasn't been much of a motivation to keep this blog going. But maybe I'll try to get back to it soon.<br />
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On Saturday me and Ryo went to Nagoya to watch the baseball game between Yakult (Tokyo) and Dragons (Nagoya). It was the first time for me seeing a baseball game IRL, and it was surprisingly enjoyable.<br />
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We arrived in Nagoya in the morning, so we decided to have breakfast at our favourite cafe for "ogura toast" (toast with red bean paste, and butter). The toast at the cafe that we like contains black sesame seeds as well, which makes it even yummier than normal ogura toast.<br />
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After having breakfast we went to the cinemas to watch Spotlight. It wasn't our first choice, but as we were late we went with Spotlight. It was definitely an interesting movie. Based on a true story. After the movies we went to watch the game. As we were too tired and hungry we decided to leave 30 minutes earlier.<br />
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For dinner we had chicken wings (famous in Nagoya. I recommend it strongly. Superyummy!!). I was going to take more pictures, but forgot about it. Before going to the hotel we bought some more chicken to go, and munched on it later in the hotel in Mie prefecture (will make another post about our small trip to there later).<br />
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Just a few days before I received my new coat from the Japanese brand called Delyle Noir. It's absolutely gorgeous. </div>
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-45726900968048890072014-11-20T01:07:00.000+01:002014-11-20T01:08:17.116+01:00Beauty Recommendation: My Beauty Diary Black Pearl Mask <div>
<b>I'm seriously loving this mask</b>. It's one of the best I've tried so far. </div>
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My Beauty Diary has got a couple of different masks, depending on what result you're after.</div>
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I finally decided to try the Black Pearl one which is whitening and nourishing. </div>
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It's great! I kinda gives a nice glow to you're skin. </div>
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But also I feel like it clears up your skin as well. </div>
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I warmly recommend this if you're looking for a good (if not great) face mask :) </div>
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-62729220013473873612014-09-17T04:53:00.001+02:002014-09-17T04:54:45.178+02:00Japanese Beauty Magazine: Maquia<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>There are so many different kinds of magazines in Japan. I believe there's something to satisfy everyone's need, or taste. Which is great. <div><br></div><div>My latest magazine purchase is the september issue of the beauty magazine Maquila. It contains everything from tutorials, latest make up trends, latest products, recipes, and so on. At a cost of 650¥ you'll get over 300 pages to read, or look at. Pretty generous in my opinion. </div><div><br></div><div>The September issue came with kind of straps that you use to stretch/work out with. And also with instructions on how to perform these exercises. </div><div><br></div><div>But that's not all. If you fill out a survey that comes with the issue, you have a chance of winning a foundation + foundation brush from the brand bare minerals. Or you could chose another foundation from the book-in-book you receive with the September issue. 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It's been a while, right!? Quite frankly, I haven't felt like posting anything here.. at all. But recently I've been thinking a lot about taking up blogging again. Or at least whenever I feel like.<br />
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So.. it's been almost 3 months since I moved to Japan. It's been going quite well so far. Although it's been a huge adjustment of my life.<br />
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At some periods it has made me feel really stressed. Moving abroad is scary. It's not that I'm not enjoying life in Japan. More like stepping out of my comfort zone. I guess this is pretty normal for people who move abroad.<br />
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I don't really have any safety net here. No friends. No family. No income. All I actually have is my husband. I feel greatly supported by him. And he always tries to understand how I feel (sometimes it's rather easy for him to understand, since he was an exchange student in Sweden for a year.) But from time, to time, I guess he has a harder time to understand what I'm going through.<br />
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Anyways, most of the time I enjoy living here. Everything is so different. Kind of exciting. Shizuoka isn't bad at all. It's so calm here. I like calm. Although I do think that Tokyo is a fantastic city. But it is way too lively, way too stressful. So for me, visiting Tokyo every now and then is totally fine. It does get a tad bit boring here from time to time. But that's alright :)<br />
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Hope all of you've had a wonderful summer.<br />
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<i>Hey!!<br /><br />How are you doing? </i><br /><br /><b>Recently, I've been busy as usual. And when I'm not busy, I'm not doing anything special.</b> So therefor, I find it a bit hard to post anything here. I've only got boring things to say anyway. Lol.<br /><br /><u>I'll try to review/recommend products a bit more often. So please wait a bit :) Have a lot of products in home anyway. </u><br /><b>My sweetie submitted the COE a couple of days ago. So now we're just waiting for it to be processed. </b>After that I can finally apply for the visa. Apparently there weren't a lot of people at the immigration office. Luckily. Which should mean that the COE won't take long time to process. Hopefully it will be done before the high season of applying for visa here in Sweden. I think it starts from mid/end of june, or july. Which often results in visa process taking longer time.</div>
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<b>Anyway, we are hoping for me to move to Japan, in the end of june. I'd love to see some friends before that. </b>But right now, I don't have any money at all. Ughh.. Which results in me not having a life. Haha. It's sad but true. Train tickets cost much. And of course meeting friends also means spending money. Money that I do not posses. Boo..</div>
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<i>Birthday coming up on 22nd. Turning 22. Funny. </i><br />I was planning to throw some kind of farewell/birthday party. But cancelled it. The reason is simply because I don't have money. But also because I don't want to take care of everyone else, or not being able to relax at my own birthday party.<br /><br /><b>Usually, I'll try my best to make an effort for other ppls birthdays'</b>. Buy/make birthday gifts, cakes, cards. But most of the time I won't get anything back. Have to make the cake myself, or get no cake. Get no gifts, or even a simple card. So I give up. Why bother?<br /></div>
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<i>Well.. I do feel like I'm getting older. Don't know if it is a good, or bad thing. But as they say, you get wiser as you age :) I hope so. </i></div>
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-12185130623810871032014-04-25T22:08:00.000+02:002014-04-25T22:08:24.374+02:00Dislikes in Japan: Being Ignored<b>So just some day before I decided to start a new category here on my blog called "Dislikes in Japan"</b>. I think that there are plenty of bloggers out there who bring up all those positive things about Japan. But for me.. I want to cover it all. Not just the fun part. But also the reality. The reality of a foreigner, spending time in Japan.<br />
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<u>So this is my first post about dislikes in Japan.</u> And I'd like to bring up the frustration of being ignored (simply because you are a foreigner). I know that this is something that not all foreigners experience. So if you are a foreigner in Japan, who can't agree with me at all. I do get that.<br />
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<b>Anyway. Something that has been bugging me for quite some time is how ignorant japanese people can be</b>. A lot of the time when me, and honey have been visiting for example shops. And the salesperson start a conversation with "us", they won't even look at me. Seriously, not even glance. Ok. I do get it. I'm a foreigner. <u>But the salesperson doesn't really know whether I'm fully capable of understanding what he or she is saying</u>. Well, the truth is that I don't understand. Or well, sometime I can understand most parts of a sentence.<u> And sometime I wouldn't understand a bit of what a person just have said. But should that really matter?</u><br />
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<b>I find it really discriminating, and if not, even racist to be ignored like this.</b> I am a human. Just like you. And I DO exist (I'd like to tell them). Would looking at me, if so even for a second, be that harmful for you? We foreigners aren't some kind of deadly disease.<br />
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Not only does it happen in shops. It happens in restaurants as well. The waiter/waitress will just automatically assume that I'm some kind of stupid foreigner. And yet again.. I'm being ignored. It doesn't happen all of the time. Of course. But I'd say that it's happening way too often.<br />
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<b>I've never seen this kind of behaviour here in Sweden to any non-swedish-looking person. </b>And hopefully I'll never have to see it. Maybe it sounds silly to some of you, to care about something like this. But when it happens, over, and over again, it ain't too fun. And it kinda makes you feel useless. Or at least that those kinda people think that you are useless. Hm..<br />
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<br /><i>Well, I've got to say that it's quite interesting to see, and experience things from a different point of view. To be a foreigner in Japan, has made me EVEN more sympathetic about how foreigners in Sweden feels. And I can now understand some of their frustration. Even though we might have different problems to deal with. Being a foreigner is hard. Fun, and interesting. But hard. </i><br />
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All of the good things outweighs the bad points of Japan luckily. At least for now. lol.<br />
Have you ever experienced anything like this in Japan!? Guess it isn't too uncommon. Especially if you're going/hanging out with someone japanese.<br />
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-22545835480655896142014-04-23T16:35:00.000+02:002014-04-23T16:35:51.290+02:00My Favourite Mascara ♡<i>Hejsan!</i><br />
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<b>Today I thought I'd share with you, my absolute favourite mascara.</b> I've been staying true to this mascara for many, many years. Although I really love beauty products. Which also means love to try different kinds of products. I've been sticking to this mascara throughout the years. Fiberwig from Dejavu is truly a great mascara. And I really do want to recommend it to you guys. If you can get your hands on this mascara. You should try it out.<br /><br /><b>Now, I haven't purchased Fiberwig here in Sweden for some years. </b>But I do <u>remember </u>it being a lot more expensive here, than in Japan. I'm talking like 100SEK more. However, if I wouldn't have any other choice. I'd purchase it here in Sweden. Even though I'd have to pay that 100SEK extra.<br />
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<b>What is so great about this mascara?</b><br />
Well.. I LOVE it because it doesn't smudge. And you can really build up your lashes with it (as if you'd be wearing falsies). Since it contains fibers. It is super easy to wash off. All it requires is some warm water. And then, you just "pull" it off your lashes. I guess you could say that the mascara encapsulates the lashes. Even if you cry, or go for a swim, while wearing Fiberwig. It will stay right on. Just perfect. I feel like I never have to worry about my mascara coming off with Fiberwig. And I don't need any improvement throughout the day.<br />
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<i>I think that my husbands old labmate is working at Dejavu as a researcher or something like that. If I remember correctly. So if I'm lucky, maybe we could get even more discount. Which is super nice ^^</i><br />
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<b>This recent year, I've actually switched to using brown coloured mascara.</b> Since It looks more natural. I kinda like to wear a more natural look. So it suits me better. And I think that girls with blue eyes suit way much better in brown mascara. It really enhances <i>blue eyes. </i><br />
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<i>Xoxo Amanda</i><br />
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-83611237077014980352014-04-22T16:37:00.000+02:002014-04-22T16:37:10.957+02:00Giraffage 08.04.14<b>About two weeks ago, I went to see Giraffage. </b>One of my favourite producers. Brought some of my sweet friends along. And had a great time! Giraffage was sooo dope. Will definitely see him again sometime in the future. I know I look like a total wreck in these pictures. But who cares? I think it's more important to have fun, than to "look good". And so sorry for the low quality in these photos. <i>Hope they'll do anyway ^^</i><br />
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-78181095584821827642014-04-22T16:07:00.000+02:002014-04-22T16:07:22.352+02:00Spring TimeHey guys!<br />
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After a veeeery long absence I'm back! Am absolutely sorry about it. First of all, my mac charger broke. And because of that, I couldn't do my studies. Which have left me with tons of things to do (as if I didn't have enough already). And since I've had tons of things to do.. I forgot to submit my application in time for new courses (a day too late), Which means I won't have any school during june, july. Makes me really bummed out. I was kinda counting on the money. Feeling pretty unlucky at the moment. Except from that, I have decided that it's enough with the bad luck. From now only good luck please.<br />
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How have you been!? And what have you guys been up to? I hope that you've all have been able to enjoy the lovely spring weather. Here in Sweden (Stockholm), it has been really warm these days. So I've been sitting outside for hours every day. Soaking in the sun. Not too bad :)<br />
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Baby have still not submitted the COE papers. But will do it on 30th april. So I still don't know when I'll be able to move to Japan. But I'm guessing in august latest. Hopefully. I feel really frustrated without him. Kind of taking it's toll on me. I guess on him as well. But honestly, I do find it very enjoyable to spend time here in Sweden. While Japan may be a very beautiful and fascinating country. Sweden is still a lot more cozy, and relaxing. Sometime I thought about how messy Japan can be. With all its' buildings, poorly planned layout, and sometime even unstructured nature. If you've been to Japan, maybe you somehow can relate to what I mean.<br /><br />I don't really have any interesting pictures to show you. But I'll upload a couple of pictures from these recent days.<br />
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-10297397572043907152014-03-30T14:44:00.001+02:002014-03-30T14:44:16.319+02:00Right Now<b><u>LOVE</u></b> this song so much! The more you play it,<i> the better it gets!
</i><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3b59L64dRo8" width="853"></iframe>Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-50811010827515558162014-03-29T22:22:00.002+01:002014-03-29T22:26:03.046+01:00NIVEA Delicious Drop Strawberry Chocolate Flavor<b>So, I was in need of a new lip balm and decided to try out Nivea's strawberry and chocolate scented one.</b> I don't know if it's available in any other country. But I purchased mine in Japan.<br />
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<b>With this lip balm</b><b>,a little goes a long way! </b>Seriously it is so smooth, and creamy. And I got surprised the first time I applied it onto my lips,<u> since you clearly don't need to apply much at all.</u><br />
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<b>Well, more or less, it smells like chocolate and strawberries</b>. I just wish it would have a bit more obvious scent. It also contains SPF (quite low though.. but enough for lips). It's pretty long lasting which is a big + . Even after it has faded from your lips, your lips will still feel moisturised.<br />
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<i>Overall I like this product. I only feel a bit disappointed by the fact that the scent isn't too obvious. But that's fine. I'd still recommend it since it's a quite good product.</i><br />
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-88134834051118156882014-03-29T18:40:00.000+01:002014-03-29T18:40:11.581+01:00I'm BackSorry for the low updates.<br />
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<b>Before I left Japan I was so stressed out. </b>Why? Well.. a lot of school work that needed to be done, packing to go back to Sweden (had no clue what to bring back), but also needed to pack my stuff that was gonna be moved to the apartment. Now I feel like a rock has fallen off my chest. Pheww. I've filled out most of the visa application (a bit early.. but I like to do stuff like this so that there won't be any last minute stress). And I also went to register our marriage here in Sweden. I guess it will take a bit longer time, since they need to translate the paper from japanese to swedish.<br />
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<i>- I thought that we'd get a marriage certificate from Sweden as well. But I was wrong. Since we already got it from the japanese government. -</i><br /><br /><b>Honey will start fixing the COE ("certificate of eligibility"), which more or less, is the hard part of applying for a visa (at least when it comes to spousal visa).</b> For example you have to tell story, dates, places. But also attach a couple of photos where you clearly can see that the two actually are a couple. But that's just some of it. COE is so much more than that. After submitting the COE, all you can do is wait. Time and patience will now be your best friend (COE takes about 1-3 months to be processed). After receiving the COE, the applicant of visa needs to obtain it from their spouse. Send it in together with a filled out visa application form, passport, photo etc to the Embassy of Japan (unless you're already in Japan). And again, wait some time. Either, you will be accepted, or not. But hopefully will be. Then the fun part comes. Purchasing the flight ticket. And off you go to Japan. <i>And hopefully there won't be any problems at the immigration bureau. </i><br />
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<i>I just hope I have filled out the visa correctly. But while I was talking to the Embassy of Japan it seemed like they are not TOO specific about things. As long as the stuff you write down is accurate.</i><br /><br /><u>Really want to go home now. </u>I often catch myself thinking 'what on earth am I doing here?', I should be with my husband. I mean, we've only been married for like two weeks. I miss eating dinner with him. I love having lunch, dinner, together with bby. Don't know why. But for me sharing a good meal together is gold worth. He's my favourite diningpartner person. Lol.<br /><br /><b>With my mother though... Nooo.. just no!</b> It's not because I don't enjoy her company. It's because I am WAY TOO sensitive when it comes to noises. I seriously can not stand people who can't eat without making noise. It doesn't matter if it is loud, or not. Makes my blood boil. I've even told her to eat quietly. But she thinks she's already eating quietly. Uhh no you don't :(<br /><br />A few years ago I found out that I suffer with tinnitus. But the doctor also told me that my ears probably are quite sensitive. Which make it hard for me to stand some noise. Well.. the noises that I've got problems with, is the noises related to eating.<br /><br />If you haven't been to Japan, you might get a shock when entering a ramen shop. Everyone slurps their noodles. Everyone. Here in Sweden it's called bad manners. There, in Japan it's called "showing appreciation to the chef, and cool down the hot noodles". Bbys mum even slurps her salad. Oh god.. If you are sensitive to different eating noises, but really wanna go to Japan, I suggest you to get used to those kind of noises now already.<br />
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<b>Anyway... I'm still happy to spend some time with my mother.</b> I often feel guilty about leaving her all alone. I know that my mother will feel, or already feels very lonely. And to be honest, we don't have a great relationship. Because of many reasons it is hard for me to build up a good relationship again. I will always love her. But things in the past are hard to forget. And it might seem crazy. But we have the best relationship, when it's on a distance. <i>For some relationships, distance is key.</i><br /><br />Lol I'm so sorry for making a kind of useless post. Anyway, now you know I'm alive. And I haven't forgotten about the blog. I'll try to post a bunch of pictures later as well.<br /><br />I hope that you are all enjoying the weekend to the fullest.<br />Xo Amanda ^^<br />
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<b>I'm so sorry for the low update these days. Actually I was feeling really down for a couple of days. </b>Mainly because my sweetheart is so busy. And always away. Which means we don't have much time to spend together. So I was feeling really lonely, and sad. I think every foreigner in Japan, who lives here, or stays here for longer times, will feel very lonely, and isolated every now and then. It's hard to explain... But it's a part of being a foreigner here. </div>
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<b>Yesterday, we went to Odaiba. </b><u>Spring has arrived</u>. And we could enjoy the lovely weather luckily. We went to a planetarium at a science museum over there as well. I wasn't feeling well, exhausted, just really needed a nap or something. But since honey had paid the ticket for the planetarium I thought that I would not fall asleep.. And force myself to pay attention. But guess what!? Instead HE fell asleep. Haha, caught him with his mouth open. Too cute. After Odaiba we stopped by a nearby station to look at the Ghibli clock. I'm quite tired today as well. So I'll write less, and upload a bunch of pics instead.<br />
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<b>But before I'm done with this post, I would like to mention that as from yesterday, me and sweetie became </b><i><u>husband and wife.</u></i> I still can't believe it. But I am so happy to be able to spend my entire life together with my other half. There's so much happiness. Maybe I'll write more about it another day.<br />
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<u>I hope that you're all feeling well. And have had a good week so far.</u> <i>Lots of love <3</i></div>
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-13969249152393319392014-03-04T07:43:00.001+01:002014-03-04T08:32:21.038+01:00Semlor 04.03.14<u>Happy Shrove Tuesday - Glad Fettisdag.</u><br />
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<b>Since you can only find the traditional semla at IKEA, or at a Swedish restaurant here in Japan, I decided to make homemade ones instead.</b> I'm pretty pleased with the result. They taste delicious. I'm just a bit disappointed that the cream makes the buns look less pretty. Japanese cream is so strange.. I whipped, and whipped, and the cream became very firm/formable. But a very short while after I put it on the buns, it started to sag. Stupid cream. I'm not too familiar with Japanese baking products yet. It is so different, compared to Swedish ones. At first I thought of making the buns shiny. But I decided to go for the traditional look. <i>Kind of rustic.</i><br />
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<b>I was gonna surprise honey with the semlor yesterday</b>. But of course his mum sent him a mail saying I had bake it. Nothing can be kept a secret. Should have seen it coming. Of course it made me a bit disappointed since I looked forward to surprising him.<br />
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<u>Nevertheless</u> it was very delicious :)<br />
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<b>Today in Japan, it is "Hinamatsuri" as some of you might know</b>. Hinamatsuri (doll festival/girl's festival) is always celebrated on 3rd of March. Families with daughters will during this day, pray for them to have a happy and successful life. It is also tradition to display dolls, together with peach blossoms in the homes here, during Hinamatsuri. Eating chirashi sushi is another tradition of Hinamatsuri (if you haven't tried it, you should, I really love it. Absolutely delicious). And I read somewhere that you also drink sweet sake today. But I don't know about that.<br />
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<b>Honey's mum also gave me some Hinamatsuri origami that her colleague had made.</b> Her colleague told her to give it to me. Very nice thought. I've always liked origami. And a couple of years ago I spent a lot of my time folding origami. Have you ever tried it out? There's a lot of guides online where you can learn to fold different kinds of origami.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't they adorable!? Really cute. Origami always fascinates me a lot.</td></tr>
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<b>What else!?</b><i> Hmm... </i>well.. yesterday, me and honey met up with one of his friends. We went to a local tempura restaurant to eat. It was delicious. And I could enjoy having lunch together with his friend. All of us ordered the same. A set menu for 2000¥ each.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't have any good pictures of yesterday's lunch. But here's some of the food that were included in the set menu.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the restaurant yesterday. To be honest I've felt uncomfortable with the thought of uploading pictures of me,<br />
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-89807968712350528012014-02-26T06:38:00.000+01:002014-02-28T14:36:05.606+01:0026.02.14<div>
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<i>I'm fine. But have been feeling a bit exhausting since there was a lot of things to do this weekend. And didn't get a lot of sleep. But I could enjoy anyway.</i><br />
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<b>Me and honey went to an indian restaurant in Kichijouji.</b> We ate tandoori chicken, prawn masala, garlic nan, and potato nan. It was super delicious! Especially the garlic nan. I think that the restaurants name is "Sital" (?) if I remember correctly. Anyway, I recommend you to go there if you're in Tokyo/Kichijouji. We also walked around for some while in Kichijouji, and even had lunch outside on a park bench. It was really cozy. After the dinner, and before we went home, we had warm sweet potato bubble tea from a small moomin stand that you can find in Kichijouji as well. It was so tasty. If you like pumpkin latte, I'm sure you'll love this sweet potato bubble tea also.</div>
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<b>Sunday, as you know, we went to look at some apartments again. </b>And the good news is, that we've found ourselves an apartment. Yaay. A 3LDK, 60 square meter, including a tatami room, two balconies. pretty fresh, and plenty of storage. Not too bad. I'm sure we'll make a good home there. Can't wait. Since we finished looking at apartments earlier than expected, we had plenty of time left that day. So we went to the sea for some while. It was nice. Unfortunately, even though last sunday was Mt Fuji's day, we weren't able to see Mt. Fuji. But we will have a lot of chances to see it in the future. So no worries.<br />
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<b>We were gonna go to Disney Sea this monday. </b><u>But finally, we were too tired from lack of sleep.</u> So we just took it easy, and went to the next station to look at curtains and so on.<br />
So instead, we went to Disney Sea yesterday. It was a lot of fun. We didn't ride too many attractions. But both me and sweetie were totally fine with it. We could enjoy just walking around, eating some tasty things, and just hang out together. I think Disney Sea is a lot more mature than Disney Land. And also a bit cosier. And the shows at Disney Sea it waaaay better than the parades at Disney Land. But I still like both places though. We didn't take a lot of pictures. But at least enough. <i>I actually thought it would be more convenient to film a bit, and also more time saving. So I think that's why we didn't take too many pics at there. </i></div>
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<b><b>Saturday: </b>Go to Kichijoji and meet up with honey to eat lunch then walk around in the neighbourhood, and then have dinner. After that pick up rental car. Kichijoji is a quite cozy, and interesting neighbourhood with a lot of cafes and restaurants. Big + for that.</b></div>
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<b>Sunday:</b> Go and look at some other apartments. Hopefully we'll find one this time. <i>Please let us find one this time. </i>If not, I give up, kinda, sorta.. Blaah. Or at least I'll stop care and say yes to anything haha. I hope we'll get a good view of Mt. Fuji this time. It's so, so beautiful!</div>
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<b>Monday: </b>Disney Sea! Yaay (^o^) Really look forward to it. Last winter we went to Disneyland. <i>loved it. </i>Disney Sea, I heard, is more mature, and perhaps more popular for couples!?</div>
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<b>I've been feeling like I'm catching a cold these recent days</b>. It is just too freaking cold in this apartment. Central heating does <u>NOT</u> exist in Japan. And the ceiling here just sucks. Kotatsu is almost always occupied, and the oil heater sucks anyway.<i> Blah blah</i>.. should stop complain. Just started to feel even worse today. So I do feel a bit irritated. Have stuff to do you know. No time for a heavy cold. Seriously I'll stop complaining now.</div>
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<b>Today I found this cute </b><u>Rilakkuma </u><u><b>latte</b></u><b> while I was out</b>. Bought it because it was just simply too cute. I was surprised that it didn't taste bad at all. Usually I don't like these kind of coffees. They are always too sweet. I like strong, unsweetened coffee normally.</div>
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-85879971455615480762014-02-20T09:30:00.000+01:002014-02-20T09:30:19.559+01:00Häagen Dazs 20.02.14<i>So in Japan, recently Häagen Dazs released two new, seasonal flavours for their "30th anniversary".</i><br />
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<b>One I am a fan of myself</b>.. the other one!? <u>Not so much</u>. The flavours are:<i> sakura</i> (cherry blossom), and <i>rose</i>. Can you guess which one that I do not find desirable? The rose flavoured one of course. Although I have not tried it out myself, I am also just as sure that I will not. I think that rose is something you either love, or hate. As much as I love the flower itself.. I absolutely do not like rose fragrances, flavours.. or anything similar to that. <i>Blehhh.</i><br />
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<b>Sakura, anyhow, I really like. It reminds me of bubblegum taste</b>. When I've eaten, or been drinking something with sakura flavour, I immediately become reminded of my childhood. Every now and then, my mother would buy me this pink, soft bubblegum in a tube, that I always loved to chew. With a taste <u>so sweet.</u><br />
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<b>But I won't lie</b>. Sakura is a<u> complicated</u> flavour. You can easily go wrong with it. For example, I've eaten sakura softcream, that wasn't a big hit. Häagen Dazs sakura ice cream is however awesome, . Starbucks Sakura Latte isn't that good either. Way too milky. It takes a pro to master the flavour of sakura.<br />
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<b><u>Anyhoo, back to the topic</u></b>, me and sweetie bought both sakura and rose. His sister wanted to try out both flavours. So I've taken a couple of pictures of both the ice creams.<br /><br /><b>If you're in Japan, take this opportunity to buy any of these ice creams, while they're still available.</b> I recommend sakura one. If you're a fan of cherry blossoms, you'll be a fan of this ice cream too. The price is around 180¥ if I remember correctly :)<br /><br /><i>Which one of these would you like to try out!?</i><br />
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Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-44112127915729839292014-02-15T06:13:00.000+01:002014-02-15T06:13:02.393+01:00Alla Hjärtans Dag- Happy Valentine's Day - Glad Alla Hjärtans Dag - <i>Afterwards </i><br />
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<b><u>Did you have a good day yesterday!? </u></b><br />I know a lot of people feel pressure during Valentine's day. I try not to. But sometimes it's hard.<br />Actually, I've never really celebrated Valentine's day to be honest. Well.. two Valentine's ago, I made a special "cake" for Ryo. And this year I made him some chocolate. And I also made kinda home made wrapping to go with it. But we didn't celebrate Valentine's even a tiny bit. As usual.<br /><br /><b>In Japan, during Valentine's day, the girls here make chocolate for the guys.</b> Not just the guys that they love. But it can also be for colleagues, school friends, and so on.<br />There are two different types of chocolate that you can give to the guys. One is for the person that you more or less love <i>"honmei choco"</i>. And the other one is just generally for everyone that you usually meet every day <i>"giri choco"</i>. But the girls can also exchange choco with their other female friends <i>"tomo choco</i><br />
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<br /><b>A month later,</b> during <u>"White day"</u>, the guys will return the favour by giving the girls a gift back.<br />
I find it a little bit odd. Why wait a month later to return the gift!? Ahh.. Japan is Japan. That's why.<br />
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How are you!? Yesterday I went to Kawagoe together with Ryo, and his mother. It was quite nice to hang out with them. But Kawagoe was, to be honest, a bit disappointing. From pictures, and internet it seemed much more interesting than it really was. For those of you who don't know, <a href="http://www.koedo.or.jp/foreign/english/" target="_blank">Kawagoe</a> is locally known as "Little Edo". If you don't know Edo, it is the former name of Tokyo <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo" target="_blank">->Edo<-</a><br /><br />
We basically just walked around in Kawagoe for about 4 hours. Ate some "Takoyaki sandwich", and grilled dango. Yummy!! We (and by we, I mean Ryo's mum lol) also bought some dorayaki and baumkuhen that we took with us to home. We ate the sakura flavoured dorayaki yesterday. And both the sweet potato baumkuchen, and the vanilla baumkuchen. The sakura dorayaki was so, so delicious. And in the middle it had some mochi as well. My favourite baumkuchen was the sweet potato baumkuchen. I really love sweet potato.<br />
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As a matter of fact, Kawagoe is a sweet potato city. So you will be able to find all kinds of sweet potato snacks, and food there. I'd highly recommend anyone who loves sweet potato to go there. And in Kawagoe, they also have a "candy street". Although I am a sweets lover, I didn't buy any candy, or snacks there.<br /><br />Well, I don't have anything else to tell really. I'm soon gonna clean up a bit here. And then purchase the rest that's missing for the valentines chocolate that I'm gonna make for Ryo.<br /><br />Maybe I'll update again later. Feel free to leave a comment or so.<br />Xoxo Amanda<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcSxuhEZVHea2DGKHSvhl0x6fYv0B_Je8gphbAXsK8nzKfHdE-wAOZ22EXekzkeDs8CJh9vosZe8WKOGIQXJkqHLCn4z4vQjJH4_z59vtkvJv26C_6Xbhqmi6QSfNmKH7bmCb_6yfswE4/s1600/RIMG0313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcSxuhEZVHea2DGKHSvhl0x6fYv0B_Je8gphbAXsK8nzKfHdE-wAOZ22EXekzkeDs8CJh9vosZe8WKOGIQXJkqHLCn4z4vQjJH4_z59vtkvJv26C_6Xbhqmi6QSfNmKH7bmCb_6yfswE4/s1600/RIMG0313.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a><br />
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<b>Moving abroad. Moving to another country</b>, for a longer time of period, definitely needs <u>A LOT</u> of mental preparation. I am not moving to be an exchange student, or student of a japanese school (at least not for some 1,5-2 years). So I will not be experiencing the studentlife of Japan, as all of my friends who've moved here is doing. That's a huge difference, in my opinion. </div>
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<b>Because I'm not moving here as a student,</b> I've been reading a couple of blogs etc, of women who've moved here, as wives of japanese men. Not in particular housewives. Either they are housewives or workers. Whatever the case might be, I thought it's a good insight of how life in Japan <b><u>ACTUALLY</u></b> is for foreigners. </div>
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<i style="font-style: italic;">Some of you might wonder</i><i>, why would I not be reading </i><u style="font-style: italic;">foreign men blogs!? </u>Well, let's just put it this way... because this is, believe it or not, the truth. It is absolutely harder for foreign women in Japan, than it is for men. Not just for foreigners. But for women overall. <b>I have learned</b>, through reading these different bloggers daily lives. That moving here, will be, in so many ways, a downgrade for me. It will be like taking a time machine, 50 years back. </div>
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<b>The information that I've received through researching on how life here can be, has in many ways made me absolutely frustrated.</b> Some of the info I've stumbled upon, has simply made me upset, angry, sad. All of the discrimination. How can it still exist in the year of 2014!? Perhaps it is the Swede in me.. but for crying out loud... Where's the equality!?!? In Sweden, women (and some men) are fighting for even better equality. Even though we definitely are ahead of many other countries, we're still not satisfied. But that's just humans' nature. But here, I am shocked that the japanese women settles with their situation. I don't see any women fighting for better equality and so on. </div>
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<b>Tv is way <u>too sexual,</u></b> not just Tv, everywhere. In Japan, it is definitely not hard to find/see sexual discrimination, even though you're not looking for it. But still, the women <u><b>don't </b>bat an eyelid.</u> Please don't get me wrong, but are the women too lazy to care!? Too weak to stand up for themselves!? What's the deal? I'm just curious. The salary that women get is way lower than what the men receives. Even though they perform the same job. Women can only loan half of what the men can, when they're taking a bank loan. Unless they've worked for a very, very long time.. then they might get lucky. And also, as a woman, you might get a loan, based on your <b><u>husbands</u></b> (!!!!) salary. So basically, it's not hard to get a loan due to criminal records, low credit, etc. It's hard because you're a <u>woman.</u> These are just a few examples why I feel upset with the society of Japan. Why won't the women try to make a change!? </div>
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<b>Now you might understand what I mean about taking a time machine 50 years back in time. </b>Perhaps the west was like this around the 60's? I can't really tell since I wasn't even born. But I can imagine it easily anyway. And also, hierarchy in all it's glory.. but I still think it is way too excessive. Sure it is much needed when it comes to work, schools, and similar places. But in private, is it really that needed!? Of course we should respect the elders, or well, all the people around us actually. But HOW ON EARTH can another human being be more worth than another?!? No, just simply no! Since my childhood I've always believed in that every human is equally worth. But according to the japanese way, if you're higher up than another person in the hierarchy tree (or what you now should call it?), you deserve your life more than who is below of you. That... is.. just.. not.. acceptable for me. No.</div>
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For example my boyfriend's mother sometimes perform the whole hierarchy thing "on us".<i> >>I'm not trying to badmouth her, since I absolutely love her. I'm just sharing some experience<<</i> I find it a bit silly, and so does my boyfriend. But also, it is important to remember that she is older than us, and of course during the time she was raised, it was absolutely different. My boyfriend has got a much more open mind than most people in Japan do. And therefor he also do not have much of a sympathy for hierarchy. But we still do respect his mother, and follow the rules of hierarchy. In her home, we follow her, and her rules. That's just natural.<br />
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<b>Yeah, there are a lot of cultural differences to struggle with.</b> But I think I'm coping with it pretty well, and adjusting myself very much. Knowing at least two different cultures is healthy for us humans. I think it can help us grow as people. We receive a greater view on life, and can become even stronger as individuals. It might seem as I'm only complaining. But even though these are (remember, in my opinion), bad points of Japan, I'm still absolutely fascinated by these things. And overall I LOVE Japan!! </div>
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Now, there are also some things that the people in Japan do not have to experience (I'm talking about the japanese citizens ATM). This is a matter of foreigners who marry, and or, have children with their japanese partner, and live in Japan.</div>
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First of all, for example when two people marries in Japan, they will be registered into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koseki" target="_blank">"Koseki"</a>. But if one of the person is a foreigner, the may only be noted in the koseki. The koseki is only for japanese citizens. The only way to actually be registered in the koseki, as a foreigner, is to either get a japanese citizenship, or to get adopted by your spouses parents. In some ways, this is like not being recognised as a family member. Just a tiny bit of discrimination or what!? Well.. to be honest it's not a major concern for me. But I know it is for some people (quite many actually) . I already know where I have my boyfriends family. They are very welcoming, and accepting. And I feel like my family has grown. So I'm definitely satisfied. Even after we would get married, I couldn't care less.</div>
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<b>Then we have this thing that is <u>absolutely stupid</u></b>. Seriously sucks. And this is where I am very much concerned indeed. Alright so let's say that a foreigner marries a japanese. They live in japan, and finally decides to have a child together. Well guess what!? The foreigner will NOT be recognised as the mother/father of the child here in Japan. If your spouse would die, while you're having children together. You will not be the head of the household. Regardless the age of your child/ren, the oldest child will be the head of the household. Wow, really? </div>
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<i>I would say that this is</i><u><i> </i>especially a discrimination</u><i> towards the foreign women</i>. Not being recognised as the 'real' mother, after giving birth, to your own, biological child, is right through discriminating. Of course it is discriminating for the foreign men as well to not be recognised as a family member. But I could only imagine in the future, if me and honey would have children. And the government, school, anything, here, would claim that I am not the real mother of my own child/ren would make me absolutely.. furious!? Maybe. But on the other hand, as a blogger wrote. It might also mean extra money every month. Since the japanese citizen will be recognised as a single parent, a check should arrive each month. Well..<i> thank you~ </i><br />
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<b>There are a lot more matters that I could mention</b>. But I'm deciding <i>not to.</i> This post is already long enough. Anyway, I am really glad that I've started to look up information on how it actually is to live in Japan as a foreigner who isn't here for a/some years of study only. But for who is actually living here more permanent. I know that for some, or many people, this would absolutely scare them off to move here more permanently. But I've already made the decision to move here. I've never been a quitter, and never will be. Instead, I'll always try hard to make the best of the situation. And together with my sweetheart, I know that whatever obstacles I/we might have in front of us.. we'll overcome them. Sometimes he worried so much about whether I'll be fine or not here in Japan. I guess his family also have had the same concerns. It's a huge step. But I am a very strong girl. Life is sometimes about taking the risks. I know our life together will be great in the end. I'm not gonna leave any regrets in my life. And neither should you.</div>
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<br />Amanda http://www.blogger.com/profile/01232703457460853795noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935873729147114264.post-47156860758566952892014-02-04T07:30:00.002+01:002014-02-04T07:30:55.919+01:00Cold Day<b>Hejsan! </b><br />
<b>Today the weather here in Saitama is not so fine. </b>From the warm, spring weather yesterday, to raw, wet, cold weather today. Although, it did not stop me from taking a power walk earlier today. I went up at 6am since I was already awake and couldn't fall back to sleep. It was nice to spend some time together with my honey before he left for school. Around 8 I finally went out to get some fresh air. Met a really cute dog while being outside. Aww. Do want!<br />
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<i>I don't really have anything special,</i> <i>or interesting to write about right now</i>. But still I felt like write a post. Lol!<br />Today I ate <u>potato & leek soup, and a crisp bread with beetroot salad</u>, for lunch. This soup was perfect to become a bit warmer in this cold weather. Brrr.<br />
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<b>Hey guys! It's been too long since I last updated my blog</b>. But I have decided that it's just about time that I start writing here again. And more actively than before :) I've been in <u>Japan</u> for over a month. And enjoying it quite a lot. Although it sometimes get a bit too lonely.. I'm still fine.</div>
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<b>I've been feeling like my Japanese got much worse than I'd expected</b>. And for some time it made me quite sad.. and I felt tired of even trying. But finally I decided to not be sad about the situation. And just work harder to get where I want to be. I think that everyone feels a bit insecure and so on, after a long time of not using a language they still do not completely master.</div>
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<b>Today it was 18+ Celsius where I "live"</b>. So I went out for a walk by myself to enjoy the lovely weather. However the air pollution level ruined the experience a bit. Sometimes here, it feels like even though you're spending time outdoors. You're not actually getting any fresh air. That's one of the things I always miss about Sweden. The air is always so refreshing. Oh well, every country has got their own different good and bad points ^^ </div>
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<i>Since I haven't updated my blog in a very long time,</i> I haven't (of course) mentioned the fact that I'll be moving to Japan for an indefinite period of time. I am looking forward to it much to be honest. It also means that I only have about 2-3 months left to live in Sweden. Time will fly (hopefully).</div>
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<b>Me and my sweetheart are currently looking for an apartment as well. </b>At the moment we've got 3 different candidates. But we won't decide any specific apartment until the end of this month. Especially since we will live in the same apartment for quite some years (I'm talking around 5 years), it's very important that we make the correct choice.</div>
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<i>I feel like I'm very spoiled when it comes to apartments. </i>Or well, I guess that all Swedes are quite spoiled when it comes to apartments. In my opinion we've got some pretty high living standards back in my home country. But I still love the charm of Japanese apartments. The problem is more or less that they might not be as fresh as the swedish ones. And also that the rooms in an apartment are quite tiny. And I also feel that japanese people don't think through the layout before they build them. Thanks to that it can be quite hard to furniture the rooms the way you'd preferably want to. However, I have noticed that they've given the whole "south facing" thing a lot of thought.. since all of the apartments we've been looking at (online and irl) are south facing. </div>
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<b>Finally, </b>I'll just write quickly about yesterday. Me and baby went to the Andy Warhol exhibition. I could enjoy it pretty much. The only downside was that I got too tired at the end, to enjoy the exhibition fully. Walking through the exhibition took around 2-3 hours. I think it's quite easy to imagine that the blood sugar level got really low at the end haha. We also went to another, free photo exhibition in midtown yesterday. It was nice as well.</div>
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I also snapped two different photos of the Tokyo Tower yesterday. I've never managed to get any good photos of it before actually. But these will do... I guess :) </div>
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