TRAVEL TO MALLORCA

Some days ago a friend invited me to spend some days in her city Palma de Mallorca . I didn't traveled to an island of Spain since a long time ago and I felt like going to there.

The worst of this travel was that I had to go by train to Madrid and from there by plane to Mallorca because a fly to there from my city costs more than 1000 euros but from Madrid only 75 euros!!!!!! how can it be????

(I don't understand it. The airport of my city is a shit but the prices are always very expensive to everywhere you travel. That's the reason why I never use it XDD)

The first night there, we made sushi, well my friend did it and I helped her because I hate cooking (we made too much) because we both love japanese food and my friend is always complaining of not having anyone to cook for that kind of food.. But we ate so much sushi that I almost end up hating it XDD

Next day we went sightseeing. We went to downtown, The Cathedral, the promenade..... In the afternoon we went to Hard Rock Cafe

The day after it was a sunny day and we went to the beach. We walked along the seashore, sat on the sand, ate waffle on a snack bar, went shopping.......

We walked a lot and we were tired so we went back home and in the night we cooked pizzas and watched a japanese horror movie (because the favourite actor of my friend appeared in it)

The last day I only had time to go to a shop to buy a typical sweet of the island (spiral shaped pastry called "ensaimada") that my mother asked me to buy. It was funny how we went to the bus stop in a motorcycle carrying a suitcase and the big box of the sweet. There I said goodbye to my friend and took the bus that transported me to the airport.

WEEKEND IN MADRID

Last weekend I went to Madrid to meet my two friends with whom I went to Japan (we are from different cities). Luckily a friend let us her house to stay since she usually doesn't live there

We planned to go to an event about anime, manga, videogames, j-music... called Japan Weekend and touring the city

My friends already were in the house since some days ago but I had to work and I only could spend the weekend and monday there. I arrived on friday afternoon, it's was rainning a lot and the street was covered in ice, I couldn't walk to the house XD

After a long time waiting the thaw, I finally met my friends. We were talking many hours XD

Next day one of my friends and I went to the event, there were many people, most of them were cosplayers. We took a look around and as we still hadn't eaten, we went to a supermarket to buy something. Then returned inside and went directly to the stage because a japanese singer was about to play. His name was HITT ( I never heard about him XD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsvNml85ruA

Some hours later we called a friend of mine and went with him to a japanese restaurant. Later we went to some pubs to drink

About 3 am we went back home but couldn't get in because my other friend was sleeping and didn't hear the bell. It was a cold night and we were frozen outside so we walked around the neighborhood searching some open doorway where spend the night. Almost 6 am we went home again and luckily this time my sleepy friend heard the bell (after going and ringing many times along the night)

At that hour I didn't feel like sleeping so I spend the time with the computer

On sunday we were watching Dir en grey and Buck Tick DVDs and drinking at home and at night we went to another japanese restaurant and then wanted to go to the cinema but it was late and all were closed.

Next day it was our last day so we went to see the city. My friend took us to the most famous places of Madrid

Puerta del Sol

Palacio de Oriente

Cibeles


Palacio de Cristal

Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

Parque del Retiro

Palacio de Congresos

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After eating the typical "bocadillo de calamares" we went to some shops and later went home where we said goodbbye and then I took the train to my city

COME BACK FROM JAPAN

I don't know what to tell about this incredible travel. It was....GREAT!!!!!

I want to go there again. I love Japan

I can't write here about all because it will be very very long haha but I wrote a diary about our adventures in Japan

http://callejeraviajera.blogspot.com/

my friends and I in Nagano

TO JAPAN

Yeah, finally I got to go to Japan with 2 friends

I'll stay there for more than a month. These are the cities we'll go

6 nov - Tokyo

7, 8 nov - Kyoto

9 ,10 nov - Osaka (we'll go to both Lives of Dir en grey)

11, 12 nov - Nagano

12 nov to 11 dec - Tokyo

CATS

Today I went to a cats exposure and contest.

There were many cats but the most of them were sleeping in their cages, so we had to pass in front of them later again to see them awake XD

I took a lot of photos but with the bars and the plastics that covered the cages.....in many photos is impossible distinguish the cats haha, luckily others are visibles

he is sleeping inside the w.c!!! XDD

a cat with a bib, haha

this cat was very big and his weight 7,5 kg!

cats without hair

the cat was big and the cage enormous

cats on the stage waiting for the contest

a judge examining a cat

one of the winner cats

It's curious, when I was a child I didn't like cats. Rather, for me they were boring animals, but since I had a cat some years ago I began to love cats, and since then I always have one, well, now I have 4 cats at home XDD,

In total I have had 7 cats in these years. At first I had only that cat but then we adopted another one but we had to gave him after some time because was very dangerous and agressive against us and the other cat

Years later I brought home another cat from the city where I worked at that time. It was a female cat and you can imagine what happened. My cat who was 14 years old raped the poor cat who was only 7 months!!!! and they had 4 kittens (one of them born died). So we had 5 cats!!! but unluckily one of them fell from the balcony of a 6th floor and died (he was only 3 months)

My first cat died long time ago, and 2 years ago we saw a homeless kitten in the garage and I decided to adopt him haha, but since then this kitten only brought problems at home to the other cats but luckiliy not to my big dog XD

In summary, I have 2 male cats and 2 female cats.

Now I want a dog because the dog I had, died some months ago, and I always had dogs (4 dogs in all my life) and I can't live without a dog (a big dog). But I don't know how my adopted cat will react with a dog. He is a loving cat but agressive with the other cats (specially agresive with the oldest one who now live locked in my room because she is very afraid of that cat and only want to stay in that room) and sometimes with us (yesterday I took him away to protect my other cat from him and then he bit my hand with all his strength and he hurt me. Now my poor hand has 4 holes and some scratches XD). I always have my body full of scratches because of my cats. Sometimes they do it accidentaly, sometimes on purpouse XDD

Anyway, I love my four cats :)

WORLD CUP CHAMPION!!!

(I know I should have written this one week ago, but I was very busy)

Spain is the best

I still can believe that we won. It's awesome, it's a dream XD

I lived all the matches with a lot of passion wearing the red t-shirt and with the spanish flag in my hands

I shouted like a crazy with each goal, I got very nervous in each match, but until the match against Portugal I didn't trust in my team very much, then I realized we could go far. And when we won to Germany then all the spanish supporters were sure that we'd win the world cup (besides the octopus Paul predicted it XDD)

The final was a heart-stopping match, the goal didn't arrive, the dutchs were very violent, the referee a coward, in the last minutes I even couldn't watch it, I was all the time going in and out of the room. The nerves was killing me, and then the extra time, I was despairing, the time went on and the penalties were approaching and I didn't want that! but then finally the wanted goal arrived. I knelt down on the floor in front of the TV shouting very excited. When the match finished, my home was like an insane asylum XD, even my neighbours knocked on our door and all of us hugged and shouted in the hall (surely the other neigbours, the most of them bored old people, thought that we went crazy haha but I don't mind because the whole city went crazy too)

poor Xabi Alonso, what a hard kick!!!

our hero

in the dressing room with the cup and the Spanish Royal Family

I never could imagine that Spain win a World Cup. Already was unbelievable the victory in the Eurocup 2 years ago. But this is.....wow. I have no words to describe what spanish people feel. My whole country went mad with joy when the referee whistled the end of the match. Hundred of thousands of people took the streets to celebrate it in all the cities

my city celebrating the victory under the rain

Next day the national team got home where a big celebration was waiting for them. 1st visiting the Royal Palace, then with the President of the nation, later in a convertible bus on the streets of the capital where more than half a million of persons were welcoming them, and finally on a stage where they were for a while celebrating their victory.

in the Royal Palace with the Kings

the President of Spain with the cup XD

Madrid receiving the champions

the team on the bus

the players on the stage having fun

One week later of that, you still can see on the streets the people wearing the t-shirt of the spanish team, and in the balconies of the houses still wave the flags. Newspapers, radio and tv still talk about that all the time.

This is great, I'm so happy!!!

(sorry but my english is bad and I can't express well all of this)

HAPPY MARCH XD

This March can be resumed in one word: birthdays XD

- 1st: Sadly this birthday couldn't be celebrated because my poor dog died a few days before his 14th anniversary that was that day

- 10th: MY birthday (I won't reveal my age haha)

- 15th: Birthday of my cat Chiki (I have 4 cats, he is the youngest of them)

- 24th: Birthday of one of my fellow workers

- 29th: Birthday of another fellow worker

- 31th: Birthday of Toshiya from Dir en grey (my favourite member of the band) XDD

And these are the gifts I got on my birthday

a new table for the TV of my bedroom

Sims 3

Bass & Drums book

Dir en grey T-shirt

PS: I don't want more birthdays to celebrate!!!!! I'm trying to diet but it's impossible with so many pies

aaaaaahhhh XD

GOODBYE MY FRIEND

This was Yanko. He was a member of my family during 14 years. He died last week.

He felt more or less good but suddenly some days ago he couldn't move, he was in pain, suffering, moaning, shivering. We coudn't help him, he spent some days like that, it was obvious that his end was near.

I had to make a decision, a very hard decision, I didn't want to do it but I had no choice.

I was at work and called a veterinary to go to my house to do it. I didn't want to see my dear dog dying. I called home to tell my mother and brother to be ready for that.

My mother called me to my cellphone many times crying and calling me "killer". I argued with her, I couldn't make her understand that we had to do it, we couldn't let him there suffering.

When I arrived home he already wasn't there. It was hard not seeing him there. I cried a lot and still do it every time I think of him.

I still wait for him to come to the door to greet me every time I arrive home as he always did, but instantly I realize that he isn't here anymore. I still think of buying him food when I'm in the supermarket then I realize that ...

My room is empty without him, he always slept there, I bought him a new mattress some days ago, he only could enjoyed it 2 days. He was always by my side, If I went to the computer room he followed me to there, if I went to the bathroom he came with me XD, if I went to the kitchen or the living room or ... everywhere I went at home he always followed me. He liked to be with me, I was the person he loved the most. Well, every time we were in the park he always disregarded me XDD. He was a bad dog, always fighting with other dogs or running away or barking to the people or....but in spite of that, I loved him a lot.

bye bye my dear Yanko, I miss you, I'll never forget you.

THE THREE MAGIC KINGS

Yesterday, Christmas time finished, because here in Spain it's until 6th January.
That day is when we get Christmas presents, well The Three Magic Kings bring them XD

when I was a child my parents disguised themselves like The Magic Kings to make us believe they were the real Kings that came with our presents XD

The Three Magic Kings: Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar

but this year we were very impatient and couldn't wait until 6th so we gave each other our presents some days before haha

this day is a tradition eating "Roscon" which has a surprise inside (usually a little figure)

these are some of the presents I got:

Playstation 3 Slim 250 gb

With Assassins Creed 2 game (an excellent video game that is making us spend the nights playing until the morning XD

some days after, I bought Devil May Cry 4. It's my favourite video games saga, (I have all the saga!). It was difficult to find it in my city because this game was released last year, but I got it after an exhaustive search in many shops

Band Hero set that includes the video game, drum, guitar and microphone

Nintendo DS

My brother and I bought this for my mother because she wanted it, but we both play with it much time and don't let her play ( such a bad children XD)

The other day I bought her another game, Nintendogs, same as DMC4, was very difficult to find too because is an old game and I only could find it second hand

(it's so cute the puppy, I love this game)

But I still haven't got the most important present, a very expensive laptop (in this case, I'm my own Magic King because it's my present for myself XD). When I have time I'll go to the shop for it

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/es/es/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-4011373-4055258.html

Tomorrow I have to come back to work after 16 days of holidays, it's a pity because I won't be able to play video games the whole nights as I was doing these last days XDD

ARAGON-JAPAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

Yesterday was the 6th anniversary of the *Aragón-Japan Cultural Association here in my city Zaragoza (concretely behind my house XD)

I go to that event every year. The first year, I was member of the Association because I studied japanese there, but there were few students and the Asociation stopped teaching japanese (now they only teach basic level but I already studied that so I couldn't continue studying next level, It's a pity because in this city is impossible learn japanese )

The schedule was:

- Exposition of bonsai and ikebana

- Conference with pictures about "Railway in Japan" (I could see that in the past the trams in Japan were exactly alike the old trams in my city, even the same colors!)

- Exhibition of Kyudo (japanese tradictional archery)

- Conference with pictures about "Saori" (japanese loom)

- Talking about the travel to Japan 2009 (the Association organizes travels to Japan every year, this year they went to Kyoto, Kanazawa, Nagano, Tokyo)

- Conference with pictures about "Tokyo" (the architectonic evolution of the city since Edo era to nowadays)

- Raffle of japanese stuff

- Tasting of sushi and sake

Schedule


Kyudo


Saori

Conference about Tokyo

one of the things of this conference that called my attention was "Hara Museum" (haha, if you know me you'll understand why XDD)

yeah, finally after 6 years I won something in the raffle!

(well, I usually don't wear purse, so....)

it wasn't free like other years, we had to pay to eat this!

* Aragón is the area where my city is (Zaragoza -> Aragón -> Spain)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaragoza

(a little lesson of geography by Natalia XDDDD)