Summer vacation

I had the final class today before an upcoming summer vacation!! but we watched a Russian short movie at a whole classtime wow! I had to remind Russian to travel around Russia........cuz I've heard people don't understand English (maybe at all). Now I'm checking a lot of places in Moscow & St.Peterburg to visit! oh, excited!!
My trip to Eastern Europe will be in September, I'll go to LA in October and might visit Egypt in winter(a friend of mine eagerly asked me to go)lol
need to gain money/////////////

I met a new teacher(老师) at today's Chinese lesson because my regular teacher is now in China for a business trip. We talked a lot in Chinese and I felt I could develop Chinese conversation skills by my continuous 1-year study.
I'll try to know Spanish in this summer! 加油==

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE KING OF POP

I got this yesterday! I haven't started looking at it yet, but I'll bring it with me on Sunday when I take a train.
I love his songs so much & play them every time I do my part-time job at the restaurant (I can freely use a MD player in the kitchen) My favorite is his ultimate album "Invincible" , especially 'Speechless' in it.

I also got a Yoga-related magazine to remind me how to breathe and move my body. I was doing Bikram yoga for a while in Canada, but I haven't done that after coming to Japan.
I actually joined in a yoga class for beginners here but it was not what I want to do. At the studio in Canada where I went to, when the class is over, instructors usually told us to lie on the floor and relax as long as we find it enough. In Japan, however, they told us to go out from the room soon after class, so that I couldn't relax at all. Next time I do yoga I want to do Bikram's again because I feel it familiar to me.
Unfortunately Bikram's studios are located only in Tokyo area. I want to try it if I'll work there from next year.

Dayoff

Я устала...(tired)
I've just finished reviewing my handouts(about Russia's strategic diplomacy with their rich natural resources) for a coming exam in 2 weeks.

I took a day off today and planned to study a lot,
but I couldn't do much coz I finally got an external hard-disk (1 terabyte available!!) and then struggled with data transfer.
I have to learn much more about computer...it's going to be my future job.

I also searched how to get to Nagoya without taking Shinkansen.
and it was possible. It takes about 3 hours and a half by train, so I'll get a few books to read on it from Amazon by then (now my interest goes to Mexico, Spanish studies and Hispanic history) wow--excited!!
I can't wait to see my friends in Nagoya!

Craig David - I'm crazy about him

I love R&B music....especially his, Craig David!! (and-Michael Jackson/the ultimate King of pop)

I love music but I'm not a fanatic that goes to concerts many times or thinks I'm not gonna spend time without it.(laughter)
I listen several genres of music if I like em, but among them I've been a big fan of Michael & Craig since in junior high.

I found great videos that Craig David sings MJ's songs.
so good


You are not alone



Interview on Korean KBS2 (first movie is a part of this)
Craig talks about his image of MJ

A day trip to Yokohama

I went to Yokohama yesterday by an early Shinkansen to see my Korean friend who has been coming to Japan.
On this Monday she suddenly e-mailed me that now she is in Japan to stay with her Japanese bf, and that made me head east from Osaka. That was a great opportunity!
She and I had lived together for a while in Toronto. We got along well even though the time we two spent was really short. I can't believe that we could meet again like this because I was thinking I may visit her in Korea.
We walked around Yokohama Chinatown, had lunch there and visited Minatomirai station & Red Brick Warehouse. In fact my friend taught me how to transfer trains because this was my first visit to Yokohama and also she got to know about the area during her 1-week stay there. and then people curiously stared us, who were speaking in English. I felt that it was kind of an intercultural experience.

Then I found my favorite cafe at Red Brick Warehouse (picture-right). The name is Chano-ma (literally means "a tea-ceremony room" in Japanese) and it's located on the third floor. It has a lot of restaurant&cafe chains in Tokyo and I've visited many of them (every time I go to Tokyo! I just love them!).
Here in Yokohama we took off the shoes and relaxed on cushions. My friend wondered whether this style originate from Japan or India, but she also love the atmostphere, especially the dim light.
→ Chano-ma Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse　(Japanese)
I found Yokohama very tidy and it really looks like Kobe. These two cities have similar flavors. I guess it's mainly because both cities are port towns, exotic and have Chinatowns.

I had to go back to Osaka in the early evening unfortunately, it was a hectic day I wanted to watch brilliant night views near the sea... However, on that day I realized that my friends, whom I haven't seen for a long time, are surely existing somewhere in this world and they respectively spend their own lives. It's natural, but I found it fascinating.
I've planned to go to see many friends of mine again in this summer, but this time the very first one was unexpectedly done. I was also supposed to see one of them today if her condition was good.

So next visit will be coming soon next month!