winter blues

Just a quick post before I head off to the airport. Had to test out the camera and so here's semi-miserable view from my window. Its been raining all week and its hell cold outside, but it actually looks more decent than when its just cold and dry.

Luckily there are some evergreen trees that haven't shed all their leaves. There is hope yet!

The average maximum temp forecast for Tokyo today is 11 degrees Celsius. In Bangkok, the MINIMUM is 26....

Bring on the sunshine!!!

I'm off

No, not in the 'kuku' sense, but in the 'I'm off to Thailand' sense.

Luckily I was kept busy running last minute errands today but now that I am back in my room packing (supposedly), a slight feeling nervousness is taking over. Max once said that that's a good thing, nervous=cautious. So yeah, here I go.

Snagged myself an only slightly outdated Lonely Planet on Thailand at the Blue Parrot (quaint little used English books store near uni) for cheap.

The gift voucher from the internet providers got in just in time to pay for more than half of a new camera. I love freebies! Couldn't get what I went looking for but in retrospect this seems better, unfortunately the cheaper version with a viewfinder was only available in Japanese (story of my life :P) but this one had a good discount attached to it, so don't even mind the silver look anymore. Sony cybershot DSC-H3. I can get snapping now. Sweet, I am ready for this new adventure!

Also, got a package from home...FMF Breakfast crackers, can this day get any better. I am not as materialistic as I sound...no,really.

Said adieu to ronnabelle. Wished Jolie good luck with her endeavours and also got a long email from a long lost friend who is now on the path of re-self discovery. sigh..and so continues the circle of life.

I guess being away from family and friends has taught me to appreciate people more, relishing the good moments and learning from the bad ones. Getting a tad bit emo innit? hehe, but just in case I get lost in the wild, or decide to take up Buddhism and go seeking nirvana somewhere in Asia..I say it here, thank you all for everything. I may get excited by silly things like Jason Mraz concerts and go all materialistic over laptops, but its my friends and family and the moments that we have shared and the many more that are to come that make life worth living and oh so sweet!

ok enuf.

My life is complete!!

Just got back from watching Jason Mraz perform live in Shibuya here in Tokyo...I am still in awe, that man is a brilliant performer, I believed it and now I have seen it!

We weren't allowed to take pics but I managed to get a short vid with my phone which doesnt have a very good zoom...but that don't matter, its all here in my head!!!

Also, someone behind me decided to use their flash while i was recording a snippet of what Kaos terms my 'anthem'(I'm Your's) and the security guy decided to stroll by and thought it was me so there is a 'sumimasen' (excuse me!) at the end before i snapped the phone shut!

argh! I am still buzzing with excitement!!!

I love the way Mraz comes up with tunes on the spot, and he had the audience... foreigners AND Japanese alike...on their feet singing, clapping and high fiving along!

sigh! my life is complete!!

The only thing that's left now is to find out where he is spending the night so i can get some...ahem....pics. -_-

oh yeah, and Jason is the one in the white sweater and blue jeans...in the middle bobbing his head...and...minor details BUT...we were wearing the same outfit minus the hat on my part!! silly...i know, but let me be!

What a beautiful mess, this is!!!

Finally went and got tickets to watch Jason Mraz...Ears is tagging along even though she's not a huge fan, I think she's just bored or perhaps curious to see what all the excitement on my part is for.

Had to pause a moment and analyse my budget before getting the ticket coz realised I was running low on the monies from having paid for the ticket to Thailand (!!!) and THEN for a re-entry permit for Japan AND a visa to Thailand...sigh!

but decided, wtheck...!!! I am going to watch Jason Mraz live! Now I have $20 a day to survive on till end of Feb...which isn't much in Tokyo but figured I can hibernate in my room and watch movies so its not that much of a biggie.

Also,...WOOOHOOO!!! I am on a two month holidayyyyyy!!!!

Getting the tickets was an adventure too, had to go and get a receipt out of a 'Loppy' which is an ATM like machine at Lawsons (convenience store) then pay for it at the counter...and yes, everything was in Japanese so Max came to the rescue, once again!

so yeah, tis official!!! I am going to watch Jason Mraz live on the 23rd of this month!!!

I had always wanted to see a famous band i liked, live...I didn't think the opportunity would come so soon...and that too, to watch Jason Mraz live!!! wooohooooo!!!!

eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! Can't wait!!!!!

And for Mraz noobs, the title is from a fave song of his...Beautiful Mess

random quote i like

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction.
- William Osler