hello.

since the last time i wrote.

i have reached the age of 22.
i am no longer 21.

whenever i have a birthday, i can never distinguish between the different ages...

it was weird to not spend the day with my friends. or see my friends.
when i say friends, i mean my auckland friends. my nz friends.
i have friends in j-pan. obviously.
but its not the same.

i spent the hours leading up to my birthday on a date.
i then had lots to drink.
i woke up on my bday, with a headache. and it was so hot, i almost died.

i went to the train station to pick up nanae (who came from tokyo to celebrate my bday with me), and i died.

then i lay around. doing practically nothing. due to the heat.

i talked to liam on skype for a bit. and he made me feel bad.
for recent activities i had partaken in. (which, in my defence, were completely allowable!)

pierre taught me how to make french crepes.

i went to the supermarket.

had a shower. and got ready to start thhe real celebrations.
yay!

firstly i had a vegetarian pot luck dinner at the guesthouse.
lots of people came. i was so happy!!!
rose, nanae, hiromi, katrina, jess, yumi, shota, ayumi, ayaka, yuuki, manami, ena etc

and it was so fun. and delicious.
i recieved lots of cakes.
so, needless to say i was happy.

ryutaro came and brought me a cake, although he couldnt stay, as he had work.
i was shocked. and so happy that he did that for me.

we then headed off to a sweet little bar called chikaichi. where everything is 200yen!!!
a real bargain.
and many more people joined us there.
yoshi, yoko, yuzo, yusuke, sam, tommy etc

which made me more happy.

i also found out that i share the same birthday with this guy who i met when i first arrived in osaka and went to that bar.
he celebrated his bday there too.
we had a photo together.
i like him.
he is quite sarcastic.
its nice.


then, we went out to amemura (アメ村), to a club called lunar.
the music was quite hard core. and rock/punk based. in a not so good way.
but because i had already paid the cover charge, i didnt want to leave.

everyone else did. they went to karaoke.
except my new friend katrina.
(katrina and jess are from canada. and super amazing!! they bought me shots all night, to keep me in good form on my bday).
me and katrina continued to party. we went to the local hangout spot with out convinient store alcohol. then went to this little bar called mojo.
mojo has (had) the most amazing bar tender called cherry boy.
he is no longer there. i found out when i went there, and he wasnt.
booooooo

we went back to the hangout spot, its called triangle park (三角公園) btw, and had some more drinks. we me these guys. they were pretty fun.

katrina and i headed home. we walked past subway, hoping it would be open at 6am.
no such luck.

we get on the subway (haha) to go home, and both of us fall asleep. we miss our stop.
and end up in i have no idea where.
we treck back. and go on a mad hunt for subway. who knew it would be so so so so so hot at 7.30 am.
in the tennoji area, i knew there was a subway store somewhere underground.
the underground area is huge!
after a long struggle. we found it.

and let me tell you,
it was DEFINATELY worth the wait.

we stumble home. and i instantly sleep.

katrina the trooper wakes up a few hours later and heads off for some travel to kobe.
while jess slept.
amazing, is she not?

then on saturday night, yusuke invited me to his for a bbq. i went. because i was happy to have the invite. even though, i knew minimal people. and i am incredibly shy around people i dont know.
sunday, i went to osaka castle with nanae. and i died of heat.
actually.

tuesday, kenji came from tokyo to visit me!!!
he hitch hiked from tokyo to kyoto. i couldnt believe it when he told me.

actually.

he has gone to nz!!!!!!
be friends with him. (on fb is good. he is my friend. search him!)

and show him a good time around nz....
thanks.


on love related issues in my life:

a while ago. i was seeing this guy. it was nice. i was happy. then i wasnt so happy. and things kindof ended.
i started seeing this other guy. on a completely casual basis. it was just twice. to dull the pain.

now.
i have (insert current bf's name here).
he is so nice. and lovely. and cute. and sweet.
its a weird feeling to actually be in a completely official relationship!

and because its so official, i feel myself wanting to do things i would usually not even consider.

big news. in the next few days i am moving in with him!
i am quite nervous. and all that.
it is very soon.
verrrrry very.

i have decided i can no longer live at the guesthouse anymore.

bf's flatmate (-my soon to be flatmate!!!!), is this amazingly hilarious sweedish guy. i can literally spend all day just laughing at him. (with him??)
bf's younger brother is also here. he recently moved to osaka. so is staying here till he gets estsablished.
bf's younger brother's gf is also here.

so in an apartment with two rooms, there are 5people. (well there will be in a few days time......)
teheheee.

but im so excited. as well as a little nervous.

also, my job at the standing bar was a 3min bike ride from my house. now it will be a 30min bike ride.
i must buy a bike. as the bike im using isnt mine

so

i must buy

a new bike.

yep. so, thats lifee.

last night was liams 21st.
im slightly cut i couldnt make it.

(i just fell asleep on the floor for a bit. time to wrap things up i feel. yes.)

i am in the lounge. and bf is sleeping in his room. i can hear him snoring from here.
its going to be a good nextg few months.....


there are probably a million other things i have to say.
but my brain doesnt work.



OH.
bfs younger brother is THEE most AMAZING cook. ever.


EVER.

he makes the most delicious vege meals for me.



ohh, yeah.

today rose and i went to have lunch with guy she met a while ago who is a friend of a friend.
his friend came too.
they drove us to nara (a different city). to this restaurant. which grew its own vegetables.
so. they asumed, it was good for a vegetarian.
not so much.
still japan.
still bits of meat in everything.
but it was delicious.

there was also this drink i had.
i read the first line
and it says green grapes.
dont bother to read the second line, as i love white grape juice.

drink it. and iots disgusting.
actually.


the second line says 'and vinegar'.

like, wtf right.

anyways, these two guys were pretty awesome. and we had a very open conversation. about things that japanese people dont usually talk about.

yes. so. sleep time. yay.

goodnight poppits.

x