First seen on Sumikai: Since the big earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown catastrophy in March 2011 some time has passed, yet there still is so much confusion and fear about the current condition in Japan. (As I have mentioned before) My husband and I were/are thinking about moving to Japan, Tokyo to be exact, and…
Usually I just take a quick look at the comments that are savely tucked away in my spam folder and then delete the whole bunch. Normally it’s pretty easy to identify a comment as spam, something along the lines: But this time I virtually stumbled and came to a halt with this comment: …what the…
Yesterday morning I got a message from a friend, with whom I had studied japanese at university, informing me of the passing of one of our japanese teachers. I was shocked to say the least, with only 60 years his passing in the last week came as a surprise. The funeral service was held yesterday…
The last weeks have been unusually busy, not only at work and not only because my little sister is getting married next week (preparations, hen night, wedding-eve party, so much to do… so much to celebrate 🙂 ) I spent the last week trying to separate my two blogs from each other and assign my…
Just a fair warning: This post may contain fangirly language 😉 On Sunday morning it was finally time to get ready for the first Kyary Pamyu Pamyu concert in germany (^o^)/ After I received my ticket in January I was so excited to see her in person and was lucky my husband wasn’t home because…
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Although I initially thought that I might have some time in the evening to get around town and maybe even shop a little, this expectation was quickly nipped in the bud by the late night drinking evey evening. So on the third evening alike I found myself hurrying to my room to stow away my…
I am very excited to have the opportunity to go to Osaka for a week as a translator for a German business delegation. Of course I am nervous as well; I want to do everything perfectly, which (considering the time restraint of a non-related full time job regarding preparation time) is difficult and at times…
The last days I have been obsessed with learning japanese. With my trip to Osaka coming up I wanted to brush up my japanese as good as possible with the time restraint of a full-time job. Of course when trying to effectively learn or build up your language skills one first needs to be honest…
Greg Urbano, “hobbyist photographer, persistent blogger and part-time adventurer, living in the “sunshine city” of Saint Petersburg Florida” wrote a post a while ago titled “Where in the world is my Postcard?“. With this post he gave his reades a quite unique chance to interact, by sending out postcards to them, which in turn they…
I lost my heart in Japan 