Waiting at the cleaners

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado. Taken by Greg

Suspended

"Worker on a building under repair covered in bamboo scaffolding. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong". Taken by Ross

Seerosen

Water Lilies. Taken in Dresden, Germany by Katrin vom Meer

Haute Couture IV

Like all my other girls, Reimu had a custom set of PJ's made especially for her, too. They arrived while I was away on vacation in Tokyo and were waiting at my school when I got back to work. I got home later that day and was handing her stuff from the package as she waited patiently for me to do so.

She seems quite happy looking at everything.

Here is a very nice card from Anne, the seamstress who made Reimu's PJ's.

And, with a very nice letter, too.

Ta da! Reimu's new PJ's!

After Reimu got changed, it was time for another PJ fashion shoot. Here she is on the catwalk. Isn't she cute!

The new PJ's are just adorable and Reimu looks so cute in them. Awwwwww!

After Reimu's PJ fashion shoot, it was time to get all the girls together in their PJ's and have a proper family portrait done. Here are all my girls in their PJ's.

Miu

Mai

Yoko

Neris

Reimu

Moko

Moko

And finally, the entire family once more.

Note:

This will be my last post with the girls for an indefinite period of time. It has been a crazy week since I got back from vacation as I spent every day packing to go back to Canada. Everything is finally done except for the last two suitcases of my own personal clothes and stuff. I leave a week today after my last week of work.

All my girls are going into storage and will not be coming back out until I find a permanent home. I also need a new job, too. All this will take some time to accomplish. I will miss my girls in the interim. But, it is just too difficult to keep taking them out and to keep packing them up all the time.

As you can no doubt tell from the above, I did not end up getting that job I interviewed for while in Tokyo on vacation. That's just the way the egg rolls!

Namasté

Two nice women in Dulhikel-Nepal. Taken by Dick Verton

Woodland rest

New family in town, met these guys this week a tight knit bunch, Mum daughter and baby brother. Taken in the New Forest, Hampshire, England by romorga.

Fountain

Fountain in Chefchchaouen, Morocco. Taken by Claude Renault.

My Car and I

Isn't she beautiful?? This is my car. MY car!

Omg, its like a dream come true; I have my very own freakin car!

Ever since I was 14, I've always wanted to own a car. To be independent when it comes to transport. No longer will I have the need to disturb my parents by calling them or waking them up to send me to places! This is the life.

If you knew me long enough, you would've known that my dream car is a Mini Cooper S. It still is!

But I've gotta be realistic here. There's no way a student like me could possibly afford such an expensive car and I doubt that my parents are willing to pay such a high price when I only need a mode of transport.

So when I'm out in the working world and become a successful businesswoman or something like that, you can be sure to find me driving that gorgeous car someday...

But in the meantime, my current baby is this second hand Myvi of 4 years. She may not be brand new, but she's great to drive around compared to the AD Resort (which is a manual gear. btw).

This may not be my previous car, but that's exactly what my old car looked like. Although I passed the driving test using a manual car, I'm still pretty lousy at it.



Just as soon as I thought I've finally gotten used to driving a manual gear, the car just DIED when I was turning past the guard house. The road in front was clear, the car waiting at the back of me was clearly annoyed, and the guard was watching me. Oh the pressure!



I started the car again. Not even a second later, it died again! And I'm like, 'OK, I'm really freakin out here!'



So I started the engine once again, and it SHOT across the road, nearly colliding with the car driving in front of me. I quickly swerved to the side, hitting the curb and the other car managed to move away just in time, while honking at me.



That was the scariest moment of my life, I nearly cried...



After telling my dad what happened, he was like, 'That's it. We're getting you an automatic car.'



YES!!!



So the AD Resort was sold away and I gotta admit, I'm kinda sad to see it go because I've known that car all my life. I practically grew up with it! I've slept in it as a baby, I've traveled in it, I nearly caused an accident with it...



We've shared loads of memories together.



But anyway, I guess its about time to let it go. After all, my new baby is a lot easier to drive and I'm a lot more confident in driving to places now. Recently, I even managed to drive all the way to church by myself and there was no accidents, no complications, nothing! It was a completely smooth journey!

Plus, the car is pretty spacious, the seats are comfortable, there's no clutch, no 1st gear, 2nd gear nonsense, just drive, reverse, or park. Its like driving a bumper car!

Oh, and for all my readers' information, I won't be blogging as frequently as I usually do because of the extremely important SPM trials and I need the time to study the crap out of me. I hope you understand and wish me luck!

slow speed now

Denmark. Taken by gynther

GET A JOB

Taken in Glasgow, Scotland, by Mazetta

Tunneled...

"A friend and I were on our last day of a 7 day bike tour across Wisconsin and back, and I snapped this photo at the end of a series of three tunnels on the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Southwest Wisconsin. This tunnel in particular was the longest of the three, spanning almost a mile and emitting cool, humid air 24 hours a day". Taken by Daniel Murphy

S M I L E

"Ituri district". DR Congo. Taken by Christophe Stramba-Badiali

f.lowers

"Fitzgerald's Park, Cork, Ireland". Taken by brendan ó

Dryness

Taken in Sede Nehemya, Hazafon, Israel by farid samara

Camels' Humps

The camel's humps are mountains far away. Taken in Dubai by saharsh

goin' with the flow

Dawson Falls Taranaki/Egmont National Park, New Zealand. Taken by Better Nothing than Almost

Last Day At Asakusa

Main entrance to walkway towards Sensoji Temple.

Branching side-street covered shopping mall.

A side-street off the shopping mall.

Back on the main walkway towards the temple.

Sensoji Temple

My fave ramen noodle soup dish at Chabuton.

Today was my last full day in Tokyo. Tomorrow I fly back to South Korea. Today was also the job interview I mentioned yesterday. Let's just say the interview was pretty intense. All in all, it took about two hours as it also included a short information session by the company. There where almost a dozen people there as well. I'll let you know how that went when I know myself.

Afterwards, I went back to my hotel room, changed, had lunch at the restaurant next door and then headed out to Asakusa. If you will recall from my trip there last year (see here), the main temple was still under renovation and was fully covered. I did not see it then. I did today. The last few photos of that section are of Sensoji Temple, both inside and outside. They did a great job on the renovation as the temple looks gorgeous and so pristine, now.

The walk up to Sensoji Temple was quite interesting as well because there seems to be a new inside-outside shopping mall, a la Nakano Broadway's design, there that I don't recall seeing last year. Most of the stuff there was mostly for tourists as this is the most touristy place I'd seen since I've been here. As you can see from the first few photos, the usual shop lined walkway towards Sensoji Temple branches off to this mall.

Today, as was the case with all the days that I have been here, was hot, hot, hot! The heat and humidity made things very difficult for me to want to do anything outdoors. The dehydration and nausea associated with that was the worst part of the vacation. I can't handle the heat anymore! I think this was also the reason why my guts were not well behaved this week either. Today was another one of those gut wrenching days. At least, it didn't happen during the interview in the morning hours. I think next time I plan a vacation, it'll be for cooler weather months, assuming I have a say in when I can take my vacations. And, I did not have a say as to when in this case.

Anyways, my last stop of the day was back yet again to Chabuton at Yodobashi Camera. It may not look like much in the photos, but this ramen noodle soup is DELICIOUS! It was totally unplanned, but I ended up eating diner there every evening of my trip. Even the nausea did not stop me. Of course, after eating, that nausea went away.

And, so another trip winds down to a close. After I fly back tomorrow, it's back to work again on Friday already. I don't know if I will ever be back here again. And, that's not because I don't want to. I do. It just depends on the job situation. If I cannot find a new job in Asia, I will not be able to afford to come back here for vacations. We'll see what happens.