End of 1st semester

Yum yum. Having a lovely white chocolate snow ball in our union coffee shop :) Today's speaking exam went really well I think. Me and some friends practiced soo much last night, we even ended up singing it in different styles. Anime theme tune, Disney etc My friend Laura has such a sexy bishonen voice lol. Got to go home and pack in a bit, leaving for London at 1:30pm tomorrow. Going to china town and Japan centre with my brother, it's gonna be awesome :D! Xx

OMG guys~

I found out where i'm going for my year abroad today. and BOOYAH, going to Kyoto.
I'm sooo happy right now it's unbelievable ^o^
I have my Contemporary texts assignment to finish, and some Kanji to do, but once that's done I'll sort out my year abroad blog xD

love you guys xxx

Haul 5th [Part 1] & Japan 2012

Just ordered a bunch of stuff from H&M as i've finally managed to save some money for myself this month. Unfortunately the delivery dates are different for a few of the items. But that means more parcels in the post ^^ which is always nice. I'll show you the items when i get them :)

Been busy with Uni a lot lately. (as you can see by my lack of posting in the past few months) I find out which Japanese university i'm going to in a few weeks.... can't wait ^^ When that comes round, i'll be setting myself up a travel blog for when i'm out there~ I'll still try and post gyaru and cute things on here, but i'd recommend you follow that one once it's up and going :D ahhhhh it's sooo exciting.

私の一年生の生活

この大学の一年に、私の色々な人々に会いました。いい人と悪い人に会いました。いい友達をたくさん作りました。でも、時々友だちにお酒をたくさん飲まさせられました。お酒をたくさん飲むと、失礼になりますから、私は二週間前からお酒を飲まないことにしています。私は友達と色々なシェフィールドの所に行きました。楽しかったです。

大学を始める前に、ロンドンで私は私のコースメイトと会いに行きました。大学に行ったら、私達は話すのをやめてしまいました。

大学に行く前に、私は「古老だけ仮眠をする」と思いました。でも、私は間違っていました。いつも眠いですから、仮眠はいいと思います。

私は日本語を勉強することが好きです。でも、一度か二度、私は授業に行きませんでした。これは悪いです。来年、私はもっといい学生になるつもりです。

私は一年生の生活は面白くて、楽しかったと思います。今、私は日本語の二年生になりたいです。

(This is the form we have to write in. If i could be bothered, i'd switch it to plain form... but alas I have a Japanese Literature essay to write.)

Last Day 最後の日

今日は一年生の年間の最後の日よ。ちょっと悲しいね～。「はず」と「うちに」と「間」を勉強した。

(I'd fine tune and write loads, but can't be bothered xD)

So anyways, it was the last day of being a first year student. I still have exams left though. 2 Japanese, 1 Economy. Probably another Economy too (Chinese Economy [a retake])

I'm going to miss my class from this year. We're all like a little family haha a lot has happened this year. (I'll post my Japanese essay about my first year. It'll be in Japanese though, so sorry to those who can't read it.) I can remember my first class~ ahh memories ^^

xx

Rice Cooker's are amazing.

My mum bought me a Rice Cooker for Easter and I haven't stopped using it since it was delivered.

Because I don't like using the kitchen in my student flat, i've been cooking everything in it. Experimenting as much as possible.

For example, at the moment i'm cooking this vegetable soup in it:

So far, I've cooked bacon, mini beef burgers, spaghetti bolognese, soup, mac cheese, rice. etc in it. It's a really cheap way to make food, and on the plus side, saves washing up. I've seen a few blogs around that have recipes and reviews on meals made in a rice cooker, and they've been very helpful. But i usually can't afford much meat, so i have to find alternatives to the recipes. (plus i'm not a big fan of fish.)

yum yum xx

Guess who's back?

Hey guys, I know it's been a really long time, but i've been busy with Uni work.

Japanese is sooo much harder than I thought it was.

Anyways, I'm going to try and update atleast TWICE a week now.

Maybe more, cause it's easter.

xx

Home and new hair

Hey guys, long time no speak :)

I'm at home now, so i have more time to experiment with my gyaru style~

I've decided to give my hair a makeover over this Xmas. I'm going BLONDE,

yes... BLONDE. *(i soo totally typed blind then :O whoops)*

Photos shall be up when i've had it done. I'm going to wait until after Xmas, so then i'll have money and I can buy new clothes too.

Thanks to University i've lost weight, plus my hair is really long :D

xx

The Joys of Being A University Student :)

So the accomodation isn't very nice, there are parties all the time, even through the night. The course is hard, you've got no money. Being a student is fun, only thing that could make it better is more money lol.

My mum sent me a package last week, and i loved it. It's really cold up north so my mum gave me these:

Hot Chocolate sachets ^o^ YAY!! my mum is awesome lol

xx

What I've been up to lately..

Hey everyone, I sincerely apologise for the lack of updates over the past couple months.

I'm now at University, I thought I'd have enough time to blog once a day or something, but my course is EXTREMELY intense. x_x

Japanese Studies lol That's my main degree, but this semester I'm doing modules in Japanese Politics and Chinese Economic Development.

Mid Terms are next week, so i'm studying like crazy hehe Hopefully in the future, like next semester or in 2nd year i'll do a few blogs now and again in Japanese. For the practice and something different now and again haha.

Here are some pics from Halloween:

Vampire for the JSOC party :)

Zombie for ScaryTarts

Circle lenses certainly come in handy for Halloween :)

xx

Losing Weight yay!

I've dropped a dress size already since i've started University.

Fresher's week had a big impact on this, not sleeping, not eating, hungover most of the time lol. Also where my Uni is, there are a lot and i mean A LOT of steep hills. The union and my classes are like almost 2 miles from my accomodation. This is good, cause I'm like guaranteed to walk at least 4 miles a day.

Back at home everything was flat and I had a car, so I was lazier than I am at the moment. I need to get the whole healthy eating thing perfected then I'm sorted. I need to eat more fruit and veg lol. I've got like 1 apple left, so i should really buy some more tomorrow when I go past Eurospar ^o^

Lu x

Course and Freshers

hey everyove.

Freshers week is almost over and I must say so far i love University.
The freedom is amazing, can do what I want, wear what I want etc Everyones really nice too. As you may know I'm doing Japanese Studies, a very intense and difficult course, however from what I've heard about it, it's made to be fun and an enjoyable course. The 2nd and 4th years (3rd year is spent in Japan) have been increadibly helpful. They've been giving out loads of advice, their old textbooks, study tips and even showing us places within Sheffield. There is a huge Chinese market about a 45minute walk away, it's got pretty much everything. I bought some gyoza skins, so i'm going to have to make some of those when I get a chance~

My accomodation is pretty cool too~ My flatmates are lovely, and my room is pretty big. I've decorated it already with photos and study material haha. If anyone wants to send me stuff to put on my walls please contact me via formspring or facebook (links on the side) lol

I've got Freshers Mania tonight. Huge show. We have Fragma, Aggros Santos and more playing. We were meant to have Mr Hudson, but he had to cancel. Chicane are playing instead! xD yay. <3 my SU lol

Lu x

Finally fully packed! Short Hiatus

こんばんは皆さん～

So, tomorrow I leave for University. It's quite sad really, I gave in all my uniform and my discount card in at work, plus my room looks soo empty now everythings packed up. First time it's been this tidy lol

I'm going to miss home a lot, I know I am :/ But there's nothing I can do about it. I'll be up north far away from here. And OMG the travelling is expensive!! Unless I get a bus of course. But who wants to sit on a bus for 6 hours.... nope. didn't think so lol meh, i'll be home for Christmas.

Tomorrow we're setting off at 10am and I probably wont have internet set up until Sunday. Or Monday at the latest. For one post i have lined up i need to use the video program on my mac, and thats packed up. So once that's sorted you'll have a nice new post to read / watch.

Staying in a Travelodge tomorrow night, then moving in on Saturday morning. Party Saturday night after unpacking and having food etc then SLEEP. I'm going from a double bed to a single -___- thats going to take some time to get used to. Hope I dont roll out of bed in my sleep lol.

Here's me signing out for now. I'll still be checking my formspring.me so don't forget to leave me a message there, or any questions. [I have internet access on my mobile so i can get it and Facebook :P ]

Talk to you soon and Good night ^o^
またね！おやすみなさい！

Lu xxx

Not long now...

I've only got about 4 weeks left at work, and 5 weeks left at home before I move away for University. I'm really excited, but also sad about leaving soo many people behind. I've made good friends on my gap year, loads that'll be at my University. I'll miss my family and the people I work with the most. I've made good friends at work having been there for almost 3 years now, all my overtime meant I saw most people there every day I was in.

Almost got everything sorted. All I need now is the little things, eg Pots and Pans. I have my flat, my move in date and time... makes it all seem soo real all of a sudden. I'm looking forward to the freedom, especially getting more into Gal style. I can weat what I want and do make up in the way I want to without having people judge or ask me why. Plus I'll have more time to learn, and to do my hair etc lol

I want to decorate my room with some Gyaru-ish things. I might have to go to China Town before I leave on Sept 17th. My gloomy bear broke, so I need to get a new one hehe

Anyways, here's a recent picture of me in one of my favourite dresses.


Lu x