Archive for June, 2006

They call me Princess…

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Six months? Six months have flown by??

This brings me to my next question…

What the hell have i been doing for the past 6 months?

Its disturbing how time flies, i only have about 6 weeks  left in Japan and then i go back to the real world. Noooooo~!!! I dont want to grow up! I want to stay in Hello Kitty Land forever!!! Yeah, i think in some ways Japan is a little like Never Never Land. Its a world unto itself, fascinating and at the same time… frustrating. Its a love-hate relationship.

Its strangely quiet now. I had Michelle and Sylvia visit me for about 2 weeks. They stayed with me and my host family and now that they’ve gone back to the real world, the house is strangely… silent.

Oh the mayhem and the chaos hehehe. Twas fun though. The 2 weeks they were here, it was like a Cake tour of Japan/ Food fest. I don’t think I’ve ever had so much cake in such a short period of time.P1030289

(From Left) Chocolate Mousse Cake, Green Tea Mousse Cake, Tea Mousse Cake. One of the best cake shops in Japan. "Harbs" Umeda-Osaka.

Yes, back to blogging… and for some odd reason. They (Michelle and Sylvia) call me [Hime]= Princess… hehehe. (^-^)

And they call themselves my Ninjas. Michelle = Ninja 1. Sylvia = Ninja 2.

Img_0322 Me (Hime) with Ninja 1 (Michelle)

P1030321 Me (Hime) with Ninja 2 (Sylvia)

Here we are at Arima Hot Springs, Ryusenkaku Ryokan.

To be really random… I love Japanese Hot Springs. I also really love Ryokans (traditional Japanese Inns). Want God treatment? I recommend Ryokans… smaller, less commercial ones. The bigger ones are like hotels, not quite as welcoming as the smaller ones.

A totally relaxing experience but i wouldn’t recommend staying at the hotsprings for more than 2 days because there are only 2 things to do. 1) Bathe in the hotsprings multiple times… as many times as possible. 2) eat and keep eating. Other than that, there isn’t much to do and you would probably go crazy if you had to do that for more than 2 days.

Ahhh, i miss my Ninjas~!