Today I was busy actively relaxing. Since I had no homework to do whatsoever and the weatehr was sunny and warm, I decided to visit the Castle District
in Buda.
Ah, it was so pleasant, dispite all the tourists buzzing around!
I haven't been to the Castle since Tadanori, my penpal, was here in September. (By the way, he's coming again this year, and he also plans to visit Vienna this time.)
I took some lovely photos with my cell phone - I could've charged the batteries for my camera but I'm actually really satisfied with how the pictures turned out. Since I'm only allowed to upload one I will give a link to the panorama images I took.
Here's the Fishermen's Bastion for your enjoyment:
That's the statue of St. Stephen, Hungary's first king in the middle, on horseback.
Disregard those ugly box-things on the left, the Matthias church is being renovated.
From what I saw it's going pretty good. The church is going to be so pretty (*⌒∇⌒*)
With the walls all cleaned, the statues all golden once again,
and of course with the new Zsolnay mayolika tiles.
From the left side: Margaret Island with Margaret Bridge, the House of Parliament (opposite side of the Danube), Greashem Palace (behind the bridge), Chain Bridge with the Basilika in the background.
It's already Saturday evening (10:50 pm) here. I'm tired and my back feels really weird. The muscles after all the dancing yesterday night at the JRock party; NIPPON SHOXX #13. (^ε^)♪
Here's what happened since Wednesday:
Thursday: I finished correcting the papers and dropped them off at school. I went shopping and then I went to get Risa at the station. We went home and talked and talked and talked...oh boy - she managed to keep me away from the internet, which is good, since when I'm online I usually find something that destroys the mood.
However cautious we were this happened once again - damn you LiveJournal for that - and we both got pretty depressed early on Friday. But despite all that we managed to get to the party and had a great time.
I'm waiting for the pictures, it's always good to look through them carefully. I hope someone recorded how I went wild for Dir en grey's Rasetsukoku. Oh my god, that was craaaaaaazy. ( ´艸｀) I was dancing alone on stage like a maniac and the crowd was cheering me on. And I enjoyed it! Perhaps I should do this more often? Next party is on March 20 or around that.
The only thing that makes me sad is that Risa won't be able to come. Next time I'm going to see her is the second weekend of May, at the local SakuraCon. Such a long time!!!! たいへんだね
So, that's basically why I've been away in the past few days. I'm back now though.
Oh! I almost forgot! *stupid me* I received the official notification that I have passed the JLPT 2008 4級 with 75% After merely 10 months of learning Japanese I think this really is something, don't you agree?
As you know, yesterday evening me and my rent met up with our old friends and highschool classmates. The 4 of us had an eat-out in the local McDonald's (you wouldn't have guessed that, right? ) and after that sat in to the ice cream parlor in the mall. We must have been annoying since the waiter made it quite obvious that we should leave. But we stayed until the mall was closing down. I missed those two, honestly. Such a nice evening it was indeed!よかった
Today I had to get up again at 6 to be in class by 8. However, the class wasn't held fully because the teacher realized we were much too tired to do anything. 詰まらない
But I figured I like psychology. The class again was interesting. After that I came home and started correting the papers I picked up yesterday. 神様! Some of them are really-really dull, makes me want to cry (ﾉДT)
But best part of the day: Risa texted me that she won't have classes Friday so she could come earlier for the party. And then it turns out that her classes for tomorrow were also cancelled so she's coming tomorrow afternoon!
I'm sorry I couldn't update yesterday, like I originally wanted because there was maintenance and by the time it was finished I had to go to bed. Remember, it's 7 hours earlier (sometimes into yesterday) here.
Anyway, I came with a picture I took at school, from a window in the attic (yes, there are classrooms up there):
As you can see it's still snowing ヾ(｡｀Д´｡)ﾉ It's been like this Sunday, Monday, and today still. I'm fed up with it
春はどこ...? 春は夢だった
Anyway...today I only had one class in the afternoon so I could sleep in a little (o^-')b I went to pick up the papers that I need to correct by Monday and I met with a friend of mine. I helped her get around since she's blind and she left her white walking stick-thing at home. I hope she'll get well soon! She had an operation and she might have cancer. （/TДT)/ But she seems OK, I hope she keeps up the fight against the illness! 頑張って
I have to hop off now however. My high school classmates called before I left and me and my rent (also a high school friend) are going for a meet-up in a short while.
