Snowing 雪が降ってきた Yuki ga Futtekita

I'm still facing the internet connection problem in my room.. - - So, I will call the ISP again as soon as I can. Before this, I thought there was something wrong with my laptop but there's nothing wrong with it because now I'm using it in the Main Library in Ikebukuro and it works fine with the library's LAN..

Back to the main topic, I saw the weather forecast yesterday that there will be scattered flurries today but didn't have high expectation.. Well, just glad it snow again but I don't really like the cold.. Hehe..

Woke up early to go to Sunshine City with a friend to find a gift for my sensei.. Took us 2 hours to decide on what we want to buy and went to a convenience store and bought a bowl of instant soba (with tempura) for lunch,

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Then, went to the Main Library, maybe I will stay here until closing time, still need some time to finish reading National Geographic.. ^^

Here is some pics around Rikkyo's main building and the dining hall,

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Lately, the temperature difference is kind of too much for me because yesterday was not that cold (around 16'C during the day) but today, temperature suddenly drop to around 4'C.. Hmm.. I hope I will not be sick.. :)

Snowman 雪だるま Yuki Daruma

Sorry for the late update.. Got caught up with something last week.. Was so busy and tired after I went for 3 job interviews.. Hu.. What a tough week.. Well, this entry is about the day after the heavy snow on Monday i.e. Tuesday 15th February..

Woke up early that day to play with snow.. At first, planned to go to Marui City near Shiki station but end up playing right at the back of the dorm..

Made a snowman and snow woman.. haha! and had snow fight with my friend.. And again, I just want to clarify that I'm sucked at aiming.. ^^

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Such a short entry, not in the mood to update my blog actually.. Hope you enjoyed the pics :D

Heavy Snow 大雪 Ooyuki

One of the happiest day in my life!!! Snow fell unexpectedly tonight.. and a heavy one too! I was in the dining room, watching drama.. Then, around 7pm, I saw snow falling outside.. I was like, "Really?" Quickly grabbed my camera and took this pic from dorm's entrance,

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And street was covered with snow, even my Japanese friend said it was kind of rare for snow to accumulate on streets,

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Took this one at a small park near Shiki station,

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And this one, near Shiki's Marui City,

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Here's the best part.. Playing with snow!!! Hehe..

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

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The street in front of my dorm,

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And here's a pic from my balcony (as of 10:01pm),

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Had a super great day! ^^

Snowflake スノーフレーク

Snow is still falling (as of 6:50pm).. :)

It started to fall heavily at around 2:30pm,

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What made me excited is snowflakes! Before this, I didn't know that we can see those flakes with our naked eyes.. When I went for a walk, those flakes fell on my gloves and I was like, wow!

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

Can't stand the cold in my room, so, now I'm in the dining room.. It's warm here.. Hehe..

Snow (at last) やった、雪だ！ Yatto, Yukida!

Good morning.. Woke up early this morning (around 7:40am) just to see if there's snow falling and yes, there is.. After waiting for quite a time, finally I can see snow falling for the first time in my life.. ^^ Born in a tropical country with lowest temperature (in my hometown) is around 23℃, snowing is of course, impossible.. Even though snow in Tokyo and the nearby prefecture didn't accumulate (it tends to melt when reaching the ground), I'm still fine with it.. Hehe.. *In a thankful mode..

Pic from dorm's entrance,

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Wet street,

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As of now (10:19am), snow is still falling and expected to last until late afternoon.. :)

Holiday~ 休み～ Yasumi~

Okay, in this entry, I just would like to share about how holiday system works here in Rikkyo.. Well, since I'm from a tropical country, there's no specific season that we, Malaysian, can refer to when determining our university or school holiday.. For example, for university in Malaysia, it's holiday is somewhere around November until late December and after the second semester, it will be from end of April to end of July..

In Rikkyo university, for now, I've enjoyed 2 holidays and about to enjoy one more long holiday (I'm still shocked though.. just found out a few weeks before).. As from September, there was Fall holiday (秋休み-aki yasumi), started from 28th October to 4th November, quite a short holiday for me.. Then comes Winter holiday (冬休み-fuyu yasumi), started from 22nd December until 10th January.. It was a very enjoyable holiday for me because I went for a tour with my Malaysian friend around Tokyo.. We bought JR ticket that can be used for the whole day.. So, we used Yamanote Line.. From Ikebukuro to Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tokyo Tower, Akihabara and then back to Ikebukuro~ 楽しかった！

After winter holiday, it was time to sit for exams, pass written report and do presentation. I did Japanese grammar and writing composition exams then went for an interview with my sensei. Then, comes the presentation for a seminar class. I presented about Kanji. My last exam will be on 26th January, then the Spring holiday (holiday again??) will start until April.. Huhu..

At first, I didn't realise the holiday system worked that way but when my Japanese friend confirmed it, it was quite hard to accept at first... Well, it's a holiday! I should enjoy it! Hehe.. but the negative side for me is I don't have any plans yet for the long holiday - -"

Baito! :D

But one thing for sure, I'm pretty certain now, I can 'survive' the winter because it's holiday! haha! Winter is not fun for me.. Looking forward to it at first because I never experienced it but later, I just wish I'm back in Malaysia.. Winter in Tokyo is very dry, so, had to apply lotion and lip balm constantly.. And you can imagine how difficult it is to wake up in the morning.. Just wish I can continue my sleep inside my warm fleece blanket.. Hehe..

That's about it for this time, oh, I almost forgot, would like say thank you for two of my blog readers, Farez Syinon and Halissa Hilmy for contacting me through e-mail.. Just feel free to ask me anything ya guys! ^^V

Mount Fuji 富士山 Fuji san

At last! I managed to snap the pics of Mount Fuji from the 6th floor of Rikkyo University Building No.14 yesterday (10th December).. I saw it 2 times before from the same place but I didn't have my camera at that time..

The weather is getting colder by the day.. Hu.. Since I came from tropical weather country, temperature below 10'C is already too cold for me.. Wonder what will happen to me when winter comes.. Temperature will definitely be around 0'C, more or less.. Luckily I live in the Kantou region.. It's not that cold here compared with the northern region of Tohoku and Hokkaido (of course.. Hehe..)

Well, that's about it in this post.. Enjoy the pics I took of Mount Fuji.. ^^

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From Ryugaku 留学 - Jepun

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Weird weather.. 変な天気 Hen Na Tenki..

Wow.. Yesterday's (3rd December) weather was the weirdest one I've experienced.. It started with a heavy rain early in the morning.. I went out of my dorm around 7.50am to catch the 8.02am Commuter Express 通勤急行 (Tsuukin Kyuukou) train.. It was drizzling during my walk to the station.. I didn't even need my umbrella at that time..

Later in the afternoon, I went to Shinjuku with my friend to meet our Sensei there. We noticed that it was getting warmer in the afternoon.. If I'm not mistaken, the temperature was around 23'C to 25'C..

At 3pm, I went to the Japanese Culture class and my sensei said the temperature will drop significantly after this.. After class, wind started to blow strongly..

As of now (12.34am, local time), the temperature hovers around 13'C..

In my opinion, the combination of rain, warm weather, strong wind and coldness is a weird one.. Hehe.. Oyasumi..

Sunday morning.. 日曜日の朝..

Its Sunday again.. I can say that this week's Sunday is not quite the usual Sunday because I forgot that today is cleaning my room day but it will be ok since my autumn break is until Thursday.. I will clean my room tomorrow.. Hehe.. Oh, and I went to IVY Festa in Rikkyo's Niiza campus.. It was a nice experience going to a Japanese festival.. The food looked (since I can't eat it) great and it is truly an ideal carnival with lots of people, activities and foods.. :)

I start my day with an early morning shopping to buy eggs (the supermarket near my dorm, Daiei sell 10 eggs for 98yen (u.p 198yen)) and bananas.. I'm not a cheapskate kind of person but I did what I have to do, i.e. try to minimise my spending as much as I could.. I don't mind waking up early.. Really.. Here's what I bought:

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After that, I did the usual thing I do in the morning.. Checked my e-mails, Facebook, Twitter, my favourite blogs and the weather..

Since I arrived in Japan, it has become a habit for me to check weather forecast or 天気予報(tenki yohou) before going out. Today, I fully trusted the forecast and I didn't bring along my umbrella even though it looked like it was going to rain. Well, it did rain but only for 10-15 minutes.. I was glad I made the right choice. The other method to determine if I should bring my umbrella or not is by watching people who passed by my dorm, I watch them from my balcony and if many of them have umbrella with them, I will bring mine before going out.. This kind of method seldom fails.. Haha..

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After breakfast, I went out and my destination: Rikkyo's Niiza campus.. For the IVY Festa.. ^^