For any of you who might have stumbled upon this blog after searching for information about Waseda and/or the SILS programme, I'll be updating this blog with my adventures in Japan :) I'm from Singapore and will be taking part in the one year exchange that Waseda has, from September 2009 - August 2010.

However, this blog is still rather personal so most of my posts will go onto my weblog In Your Basment.

(guh-no-la ee-yay)

". . . as I have said often enough, I write for myself in multiplicate,
a not unfamiliar phenomenon on the horizon of shimmering deserts."
- Vladimir Nabokov

Um, this journal is semi friends-only, because my journal entries are very boring. ):

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15:21 Finished first two lives of the day #

16:38 Finished with Lunkhead, Prof Moriarty and flight egg! #

16:49 Polypropylene is starting!! #sru2 #

17:34 Encore Hours up soon!! Then I'm leaving Mona Records to head back to Garage. #

19:22 RT @QUIP_magazine: 終演後、遅くまで本部は開いていませんのでお早めに用事すませてくださいね。 #sru2
f.hatena.ne.jp/twitter2/20091114201542 #

20:56 shimokita round up 2 終わった最高だよ #

21:50 うわ、ちょう楽しかったよ。shimokita round up 2 のみんなさん、おつかれさま！！ #sru2 #

23:05 Oh man, Justin (from Ugly Betty) is awesome. I love all these flamboyant men! #

00:04 Muse: Stand or Sit (though I'll probably be standing up in my seat anyway!) #

00:08 Video: (via ) Perpie! Favourite song from my childhood tumblr.com/x4w413rch #

00:13 @Lowrence_1 RADWIMPSは最高！ #

01:24 #muse @ Budokan: standing in the arena or seats?! I am short :( #

01:54 @xiomara_entropy Noted!! :D I really shouldn't be losing sleep over something like this ORZ #

02:00 LUNKHEAD→Prof.Moriaty&Smiley-Todd→BAND A→flight egg→ポリプロリン→encore hours→e-sound garden→thlumesでした！参加された皆さんお疲れさま!! #sru2 #

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11:49 おっはよ〜 #

12:08 Photo: Crocheted Blue Wool Neckwarmer by bosphorus on Etsy tumblr.com/x4w406x2s #

16:47 15 more minutes!! #

17:45 Finally bought Murakami's 1Q84. Which I will have to try and read in Japanese. #

17:55 @dorlin Nope! Will be back only in August! #

19:55 明日のshimokita round up 楽しみにしています！ #sru2 #

19:57 Man, Cow Books has Karena Lam's handmade books (limited to 200 copies, 8400yen) and I just sent an e-mail to reserve it. #

20:33 RT @gakuranman @tomoakiyama Famous J-horror storyteller @Junji_Inagawa will start tweeting horror stories next week (Japanese only). #

20:50 Hurrah! Accepted to attend Global Entrepreneurship Week in Tokyo :) #gewjapan #

20:59 I hope my inks come before Friday! #

21:09 RT @dannychoo: RT @jeansnow RT @iA: Explaining the W in the Google Wave logo: i.imgur.com/zVn91.jpg #

21:12 I'm not really sure which cards I should use for #gewjapan ! My NUS ones, the CREATIVE ones or my new camera ones... #

21:33 Photo: Testing out Google Chrome for Mac tumblr.com/x4w40eoko #

22:29 I feel a lot for Aiba's character, Masamune, in My Girl. #

23:42 RT @tokyotopia: Visit Monkey Island close to Tokyo for a completely different experience! bit.ly/2Mreb9 #lp #japantravel #

23:50 Video: (via ) tumblr.com/x4w40grni #

00:12 Photo: via Sarah’s Loft tumblr.com/x4w40h3od #

00:13 I still don't know whether to go for Lunkhead or D.W. Nicols for the Shimokita round up first set ... #sru2 #

02:05 @doublex2 Nope, didn't get tickets for that!! #

02:06 Lol no, I just manage my money and spend within my means. Also, I just document my buys more than normal people. #

02:10 @PerpieWerpie <3 zomg #

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08:36 In kanji class now. Um, will probably go back and have a nap from 1245-2:30 and head back for keigo and environment. #

09:11 Though its a Happy Twisted Pocky Day here!! RT @tofugu: ||||| ||||| ||| = Happy Pocky Day! (11-11) #

09:15 Ordered stamp inks. They're called "tsuchineko" ツチネコ, in Japanese. Anyone knows why they're called that?? #

12:08 RT @tokyotimes: New post: Abandoned mining houses #2: Ramshackleness and rooms bit.ly/14qUZy #

18:12 I was only supposed to have a nap for half an hour, and ended sleeping the afternoon away. :\ #

19:45 (Glee's) Kevin McHale is hot, in a strange way. #

19:49 @teah It just passed me by a minute ago and I think I made a noise in my throat. Bestest best thing ever <3 #

20:23 bit.ly/2tLrsy Ever thought learning and reading Katakana was tough? Take a look at Phonetikana! #

20:29 Photo: From Funniest Venn Diagrams. tumblr.com/x4w3zqkpa #

22:09 RT @zqrtsdv: FUCKING AWESOME FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!! bit.ly/2hxmbf #

22:42 @PerpieWerpie So you say! #

00:03 いきなり／董いろの夜の空間で鉛の２匹／の／魚 #

00:37 @dorlin Hahaha yeah, I'm going for their Tokyo concert though! #

01:14 Video: ZOMG. ULTIMATE DESTINY? flings: tumblr.com/x4w3zuv0s #

01:15 why i read monocle - Monocolumn – After the fall: from Russia with indifference [Monocle] tumblr.com/x4w3zuvql #

01:16 Photo: OH NOH! tumblr.com/x4w3zuw7s #

01:17 Photo: I want to be Ronald McDonald. tumblr.com/x4w3zuwr5 #

01:40 GLEE! I am happy at your failure! #

01:40 (Note: That was totally not about the wonderful Glee but rather the feeling of gleeeeeee. Yes, multiple "E"s are a must.) #

01:42 T-t-technically I could get a Leica. :O But no, I shall not spend unnecessarily. #

01:44 "Having lagged behind its Asian neighbours in both marketing and product terms for nearly two decades,..." tumblr.com/x4w3zvbmq #

01:52 @PerpieWerpie I have Rock Band withdrawal. :( #

02:04 @PerpieWerpie Haahah already on it! #

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16:28 @dorlin 3 FEB NEXT YEAR INDOOR STADIUM #

16:29 @PerpieWerpie I got no Hiro to save me??? #

16:30 At Dragonfly Cafe now. I paid the aoyama branch of Cow Books a visit. Killing time before Pecha Kucha #

16:32 今日行く！RT @sdlxtokyo: 11/11（水）Tokyo 2.0 #30 19時〜Web Directions East x Tokyo 2.0 x PechaKucha、23時位〜bar Time（入場無料） #

18:26 At Tokyo 2.0 #t2p0 #

19:47 Pretty interesting first half! #t2p0 #

22:29 Back from Tokyo 2.0! #t2p0 Loved all the speakers @mALarKeY, @codepo8 , @umemac , @mediajunkie, and @johnallsopp Did I miss anyone out? #

01:14 @dorlin hahaha i'd love to but I'm not in SG. #

01:17 Good night Tokyo! #

07:44 Running myself ragged. I really want to sleep in. Feel like skipping keigo later but there's a mini test. #

07:44 RT @Kwech: 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations: digg.com/d314kqG #

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13:28 Have like, half a burger steak left. Ugh. #

15:25 Need to head to a Resona ATM after class. #

18:45 Screwed up my kozyndan order :\ Forgot to add international shipping. ARGH. E-mailed them. #

19:08 I need Red Chucks #

00:33 Beams has the most awesome pair of oxfords but they're also 47,000yen a pair. Ouch. #

00:54 Did a quick browse through thr past two months of Monocle.. Hope to pick up some good reads at Cow Books later. #

00:55 @earthsongs !!! WHO?! #

00:56 So true! RT @happytulle: RT @Bryangohey: RT @IzzyLeSexe: Now everyone has a DSLR. and now everyone thinks they take good photographs #

00:58 @PerpieWerpie need help there, young padawan? #

00:59 DC sleeps alone tonight. #

01:01 @lbgoh Come to Japaaaaaaaan #

01:09 @PerpieWerpie That bad huh!! #

01:10 Muse will be playing in Singapore too!!! #

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17:27 Am I being snide? Yes I am being snide. :) #

20:16 bit.ly/37AiPL norio hanko のはんこ！すごく可愛い！ #

20:16 bit.ly/37AiPL Norio Hanko does hand-carved stamps (hanko) that are a hit with families, for obvious reasons! #

22:15 Trying to navigate the Rakuten Travel website with my pidgin Japanese LOL #

00:20 Booked flight and hotel to Hokkaido! #

01:04 Photo: 15 tips for a daily photo project » Gabrielle Kai Photography – Blog tumblr.com/x4w3xtm1b #

01:22 「日本語が下手ばかりに、良いアルバイトが探せません。」is like, best example sentence now. XD #

01:27 RT @owen_s: all we do is burn hot and cold, bright and bitter--then immolate ourselves and sear the other, due to the change in temperature. #

02:02 @PerpieWerpie It is! But I can't sleep :( #

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10:25 RT 先輩: Today, Mr Wang finds out that different people respond differently to poetry. *clap clap clap* #

18:42 Back from the Nakashima Mika live and the Waseda-Sai closing ceremony! <3 #

22:01 LUNKHEAD or D.W.ニコルズ!? Why are they having the same time slot?! #shimokitaroundup2 #

22:01 Reference links: D.W. Nicols (bit.ly/2u2ANz) and LUNKHEAD (www.myspace.com/lunkheadcom) #

22:02 Also, to all my music luvin' friends, what bands do you think I NEED to check out (I have my own list, wanna compare?) bit.ly/26ByOa #

22:43 お前この歌の存在することすら知りませんでした。なんか偉そうな！ #

01:25 Photo: flings: Very Metal 2008-12-08 tumblr.com/x4w3x6w1d #

01:29 Photo: via 22.media.tumblr.com My heart aches. tumblr.com/x4w3x6y4v #

01:46 So I thought I had applied for the automatic deduction of my NHI? But it turns out I didn't read the instructions carefully enough. #

01:46 I actually needed to get it approved/stamped by the postoffice or bank. Oh well. I'll just manually pay it then. #

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