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[17 Nov 2005|07:35am] |
So my vacation plans went a little awry, but now it seems that I'll finally be able to visit Vestine.
Who wants to offer me a bed to stay in?
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| achtung |
[23 Oct 2005|04:22pm] |
I miss the old days.
So I'm going to Ireland for a visit.
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| because I got tagged |
[05 Oct 2005|11:33pm] |
1) Bold what is true about you.
2) Italicize what you wish was true about you.
3) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list.
4) Tag five LJ friends.
( meme )
Ah Akaya, I hope you got the package in the mail?
Happy Birthday, Keigo. Hope you had a good one.
Oktoberfest this year was fun but I considerably drank less, mainly because the food was so good.
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| oh fuck |
[29 Aug 2005|12:47am] |
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( Private )
Takahisa, please pick up your phone. Please.
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| loss of memory |
[27 Aug 2005|11:59pm] |
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Ugh. I have a hangover right now. Am in Amsterdam, got in and went partying every night. Last night was another bar run but I don't remember much. My memory ends at when hot guy #3 (Christiaan?) was giving me shots of vodka. Then I woke up next to dead drunk guys in the upstairs apartment of the tavern which looks like a party had ran through it, which I'm sure we were doing.
Well you only live once and it's Amsterdam, come on. Got to party like them, of course. Though I wish I knew what exactly I did.
Oh yeah I had an extended stay in France just because.
My lower back is sore. I wonder if it's from sitting on the train for so long.
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| on the road |
[14 Jun 2005|01:54pm] |
I'm now in Venice, Italy. I left Munich and took Eurail east through Salzburg and Linz and stopped for awhile in Vienna. I've visted that place quite a few times with parents but it's very different to go by myself. The Habsburgs Imperial Palace is gorgeous as ever. Youth hostels are great things too.
Venice is as beautiful (and smelly) as they say. But I can't wait until I get to Florence. The birthplace of such great works of art like David, Botticelli's angels, and The Divine Comedy.
I'll decide where I want to go next, after Florence. I just know that I want to get up to Amsterdam and then down to the Czech Republic.
( pictures: Vienna )
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| Adieu |
[16 May 2005|11:40am] |
The graduation ceremony was very nice and proper, if not a bit long. Well that's that.
Since PA is a very multinational school, many 3rd years are returning back to their countries for university like me. I hope my German isn't too rusty.
Apparently, we're allowed to keep the journals so I might update over the summer and in university. Keep in touch. :)
Hm, I'm thinking that I may go backpacking in Europe.
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| Done |
[13 May 2005|04:48pm] |
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Matthew Good Band - Strange Days |
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Exams are done and over with.
I know I will be missing friends and people I have grown to like. It's really over, but also the beginning of something new.
Graduation will be interesting if not emotional.
( Private )
( Hiroshi, Masaharu, Jackal )
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| VE Day |
[08 May 2005|02:21pm] |
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. I've been watching the commemoration services on BBC and I know Belfast is having a commemoration, too. I remember one VE Day or "Democracy Day" where the whole family traveled up to Berlin to watch the commemoration ceremonies at Brandenburg Gate. I don't think I'll ever forget the sights and the emotions of that day. There were definitely mixed emotions because of what May 8th means to the German people. Liberation? Defeat? End of fascism or the guilt of the German people? It's those conflicted emotions and views that produce a day where people celebrate the end of Germany's bondage to Nazism and yet march for the "end to the cult of guilt".
Anyway, I called home because it's also Mother's Day and told my mother that I love her. They're watching the celebrations on TV too and Karin was telling me about Festival of Democracy and the NDP's march...
I am German. I celebrate the liberation not the defeat, the end of fascism, not the war guilt. Today is a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died for their countries. Today marks the birth of a Germany.
I don't know. I feel strange because I'm linked to both perpetrators of WWII. VE Day may mark the end of the war in Europe, but the war in Asia still raged on.
Further reading:
Germans conflicted about VE Day
Marking VE Day
Europe honors war dead on VE Day
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| Almost |
[06 May 2005|05:28pm] |
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Vanessa Mae - Clear like Ice |
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Next week is exams. I've been studying and finishing assignments so I haven't been updating because blogging about studying doesn't sound appealing. Graduation is also a hop, skip, jump away. The 16th. 10 days. It's a bit unsettling but I'll get over the jitters. Once this school year ends, the 3rd years will be moving out. I'll be going home to Munich and maybe I'll travel again this summer. I wonder where everyone's going...
Dinner with Keigo is tonight. I'm looking forward to it. I haven't been able to just talk with him since...yeah. I didn't realize how much I missed our old conversations until recently.
Oh, and I made a new icon. ^_^
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| because I'm a sucker for these things |
[08 Apr 2005|11:32pm] |
1. Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. When and how did we meet?
4. Do you have a crush on me?
5. Would you kiss me?
6. Describe me in one word.
7. What was your first impression?
8. Do you still think that way about me now?
9. What reminds you of me?
10. If you could give me anything what would it be?
11. How well do you know me?
12. When's the last time you saw me?
13. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
14. Are you going to put this on your journal and see what I say about you?
Ryou, thanks for the lovely night. <3 Where did you learn that? I felt so great afterwards. ^_^
( Private )
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| more meme |
[05 Apr 2005|01:55am] |
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Ask me 3 questions. Any three, no matter how personal, private or random, I
have to answer them honestly. Then in turn, you have to post this message in
your own journal.
It was just April Fool's. :) I'm very alive and kicking, of course. I suppose I should learn to restrain my mischief sometimes.
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[21 Mar 2005|10:00am] |
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Fiona Apple - Oh Well |
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Congratulations, Kajimoto, Saeki and everyone else from Team Metro. Thank you to everyone who participated. :) It was a great festival.
( Keigo )
I am also very exhausted. But it was fun so it was so worth it.
( Private )
I received the acceptance letter from Munich. It was earlier than expected, but I suppose they decided to give early notices. Got a lofty scholarship, too. If I remember correctly, the buildings are gorgeous and the facilities are superb. I get to save some money by living at home too.
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| Spring Fest preparations |
[16 Mar 2005|01:19pm] |
We've been working hard so far on our secret booth. >D Hopefully, it'll be popular with the visitors. The dresses are ready too. Thanks for the hard work guys. ^_^ They're gorgeous.
( Ryou )
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| dancing meme |
[12 Mar 2005|06:34pm] |
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Franz Ferdinand - Michael |
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I resent this.
I may be gay but my dancing isn't gay like that. >\ The other ones were "wtf". I'll have to disprove this meme sometime. >:(
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| package from home |
[08 Mar 2005|11:49pm] |
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Franz Ferdinand - Michael |
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I recieved my birthday package from family. Mum and Dad sent me some birthday money, a small bottle of home-made plum wine1, and their best wishes. My sister... yeah. Trust her to always send me the most interesting things. Apparently, she was perusing the local japanese mart for hot boys on magazines2 when she happened upon one with a spread of...well, me. I never knew that the modeling agency3 ended up using pictures from that photoshoot after all. Huh. I wonder if I can go back to Japan and work there part time again. That place made good money. I was looking through that magazine... they had some nice layouts and hot boys.
Sis also sent me some new music, which she always does. Vestine is poor in the availability of a wide range of music and it's hard for me to go to Dublin so this is appreciated. This time, she sent me this Brit band called Franz Ferdinand. Heh. I know there's also a francophone band called Manos Negra4. Haha. I'm amused. I adore "Michael" and "Matinee". "Auf Asche" is another nice one.
( two paintings for personal archive purposes )
I get my university decisions next month. First choice is of course Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. I thought about studying abroad for four more years but decided against it, especially since I've been out of the country for almost 4 years now. I might go abroad for junior or senior year. We'll see. It's interesting how Prince Academy is such a diverse school made up of people from different countries who come here to study. It's a varied demographic but that loses the atmosphere of staying together for university. Unlike people from schools of the same area, PA students will go on to post-secondary education in their own countries or even study abroad elsewhere. It lacks that long term bond that arises from schools where the people you know are the same people you knew from middle school and even elementary. Though, it's more interesting this way I think. Broadens your perspective of the world a bit.
Another thing I've been thinking about lately is what I'm going to do in my life. Previously, tennis was the dominant factor... now I'm not so sure. I still have art and history, I suppose.
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1: We grow a plum tree in our little backyard in Munich whose fruit we use every year to make plum wine like the japanese ones that you can buy from import wine stores. It's really delicious.
2: This is true of my sister and her friends. Though I know guys do that with girls too...or boys.
3: It's amazing how persistent talent recruiters are. I had this one agent tailing me during my entire vacation until I relented and agreed to a photoshoot. Though it was fun. The boys there were so hot.
4: So a thought: if Manos Negra were pitted against Franz Ferdinand in a fight, who would win?
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| It's good to be back. |
[05 Mar 2005|12:48pm] |
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Vanessa Mae - Contradanza |
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Sigh it's so good to actually sleep in a real bed. I felt so energised and calm after waking up in my new room. I had to do some emergency decorations last night so it's not as bare as the hospital room. I still have to move some more things from my old room that the custodians missed like those things under the bed. I felt so content waking up that it didn't click until later that I'm one year older. Whoo for being legal. >) Mum and dad called to give a birthday greeting, too. ^_^
Whoever left the beautiful bouquet of flowers outside of my door, thank you. ^_^ Though I wonder...
Rikkai:
Do you want to hang out? :)
And ah yes. It's good to have music again.
( Private )
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| feeling better |
[02 Mar 2005|07:28pm] |
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I'm in the recovering stage right now. I'd rather not go into detail about the surgery... it wasn't very pleasant, though I was unconscious. Still, the scar on the side of my neck isn't a very pleasant sight.
Good news! Doctors say I can go back to school and recouperate there in time for my birthday. ^_^ I'm actually very relieved and happy about this. I really didn't want to spend my 18th birthday at a hospital... though I can't party too hard due to my health :(
Headmaster Sakaki has contacted me about new room arrangements to accomodate my return and physical therapy. It's a good thing Dr. Hanamura is trained for this so I can recover at school.
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