Intro

I'm a 22 year old student in the UK studying BA(Hons) Japanese and TESOL.

This year will be my 3rd year and I will be spending it in a Japanese university in the Saitama prefecture called Daitou Bunka Daigaku.

I will be departing the UK on the 6th September 2009 and I will arrive in Japan on the 7th September 2009.

If anyone has been before and could recommend some good places to visit, that would be fabulous!

I hope you will join me on my journey to The Land of the Rising Sun.
There will be many photos in the gallery - a link is provided on the right.


Yuuzuki <3

Saturday 23 January 2010

Yu-Gi-Oh 3D

I went to see the Yu-Gi-Oh 3D movie in the Warner Brothers Michel cinema today.
I was surprised that this cinema was cheaper than the one I usually go to and it's pretty impressive looking too!

When I bought my ticket they gave me a card - Sin Red Eyes Black Dragon.
I'm not sure if everyone got the same card or if they had the other Sin Dragons as well.

I haven't collected Japanese version Yu-Gi-Oh cards before, just the English versions. Maybe I should go to the card shops in Akiba and compile one!(There was a word there but I've been in Japan for so long I think I'm forgetting how to speak English - now that I have a Japanese card it gives me more....something...to build a Japanese deck XD)

It makes me wish I had my decks....they're all in the UK still.

The movie was awesome!!! It was pretty short though, only 64 minutes according to the cinema guide.
I think Judai has done something with his hair, it's more sticky uppy at the back than I remember from the dubs.
It was totally nostalgic seeing the Pharaoh playing his old faves and Pegasus appeared (although he didn't have much screentime XD).

In the movie the antagonist "Paradox" uses "Sin cards", he messes around with time causing the time paradox that allows the 3 Yu-Gi-Oh stories to meld.

Pharaoh, Jaden/Judai and Yusei team up and fight him 3 on 1 to try and prevent Paradox's evil plans.
I won't tell you about the duel and ending...you'll have to watch it!!!
Although, a move in the duel reminded me of my own duel style and made me laugh my ass off XD

I'm quite old school when it comes to Yu-Gi-oh. All of my cards are from the Yugi season. So I'm not sure if any Sin cards have been released yet.
I wasn't really completely captured by Yu-Gi-Oh GX, but I'm gonna give it another chance to impress me.
This time I'll see if I can find the Japanese versions - I think there are more episodes than what has been dubbed so far.

But even though I've seen a lot of good movies lately - this was best!

Thursday 21 January 2010

Spring Break Is Here!

I'm done for this semester! Now I'm on holiday until April!
I haven't really made any specific plans yet.
Although I do plan to go and see the Yu-Gi-Oh 3D movie that's going to be in the cinema this Saturday!
http://www.yugioh10th.com/

I think I'm going to visit some shrines and get some good blog photos!
I'm going to try and spend as little money as possible, but still have some good experiences.

Of course I still have my teaching job.
I only have 1 student so far, so I'll only be teaching once a week.
I'm teaching a trial lesson with a new student on Friday.
So I might have 2 permenant students by the end of this week ^__^
I think my 3rd student has decided not to sign up to the conversation school.
At least I haven't heard back from him after his trial lesson last Saturday.

Thursday 7 January 2010

Comiket Update, Damn Cold and New Doll Clothes

Yuk! As I type this I'm full of cold (I refuse to say flu) >_<
Sneezing is no longer a safe action XD

I bought some all purpose cold medicine this afternoon called "Shin Ruru A".
I had some after dinner...it seems to be VERY slowly kicking in.
I would love some real Western cold medicine (elephant tranquilizer) right now XD

I knew all of those beautiful Japanese handkerchiefs I bought would come in handy for something other than drying my hands in improperly equipped Japanese public facilities one of these day!!!

My doll photos seem to suck lately. I think when the weather gets nicer, I'll get a doll carrier so I can take Ryoma out to find some good photo spots!

I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest of my dolls when I return to the UK.
I think I mentioned before that I commissioned a DOA member to do some Yukata for me.
She's finished making them now...they were $5 each and THEY ARE SO FABULOUS <3
Blue with lilac for Yuki and black with red for Yue



Comiket was pretty good! I got some nice pieces including Hetalia, Hayate no Gotoku, Toradora, Prince of Tennis, Gintama and some originals that I've never heard of (but I liked the artwork). It was so crowded, but it was just bareable!
Seriously, I've seen my fill of anime boobs in that exhibition centre to last me a lifetime XD

It was so freezing ass cold at first! I left Saitama at 5:30am, so that I could queue up before the opening time. It took quite some time to get there, I arrived at Tokyo Big Sight at 8am.
By 10am, the sun was shining bright and warm! You wouldn't have believed it was December 31st!!!

I finished all of my reports last week. I posted them up on Lang-8 (I LOVE this website) for grammar corrections, because my Japanese is not yet perfect!
Even if it is understandable, it doesn't mean it's grammatically correct! XD

I have to revise for the German test, revise for the kanji test, memorise my British superstitions (written in Japanese) essay and try to revise for another essay (which we weren't even given a clue as to what the topic will be).
BUT after the exams are over I'll be on holiday until April yay!!!

I really thought I had more to update....but I don't remember right now, oops XD