I climbed Mt. Fuji

I climbed Mt. Fuji!!! I am so proud of myself...hahaha. I still can't believe I did it. Such an amazing experience, being up there on the summit surrounded by great friends. I have to boast about my friends, because without them I don't think I could've made it up and down.

First, Briony. She is just an absolute angel. Bri organised this trip from the beginning to the end. Booking flights, buses, hotel accomodations and everything else that's involved. All I had to do was to drive us to the airport. She's such a legend. She was with me the whole way up. My fitness level is crap and there were many times I was ready to throw in the towel and just go back down. But, she was there encouraging me all the way. Even climbing in the dark at 2 am in the morning, she was there behind me holding the torch and shining a path for me to walk along. When we reached our destination, it was quite overwhelming. A sigh of relief and the feeling we've achieved something together. It was fantastic. We shed a tear up there together. Bri will be leaving me in 24 days time, it's quite depressing to know that I won't be seeing her pretty face as readily as I like. But, lucky she's a fellow Aussie, which means I can see her when I go home.

Next, Dave. Hands down to that man. My dear dear Dave, who was my guardian angel on the way down. The road back down was very steep, but he got me through it. As usual, I was laggin behind, being the last person on the way down as well. The road we were walking on was gravel. Dave told me just to lift and slide, and to go with the flow. It was so much easier going down because the sliding just meant I wasn't going to fall flat on my face and tumble down the mountain side. By the end though we were covered with dirt and sand, we looked like we've been travelling in the desert or something. But, great fun. I have Dave to hang out with next year, so yippee to that :)

Alan, what can I say but an absolute ray of sunshine. He was there to help me up the steepest hill to reach the summit, lending me a helping hand (or otherwise I would've tumbeled back down the hill). Then, he offers to carry my backpack whilst his was really heavy as well. (No, I didn't let him carry my backpack, I'm not that bad). But, he did carry my luggage in Tokyo :) He's the nicest person you can ever meet.

After Fuji, Tokyo was a ball!!! Though I was knackered and ready to hit the sack, we had to party it up (even just a little) in Tokyo. So, we met up with Jon and Gavin for some TGA Fridays. Great food, EXCELLENT company...All in all a wonderful and unforgettable weekend.

It's gteting muggier here everyday, and the spiders and bugs are out of control...but I'm loving it more and more. Yeah, summer holidays will be here in 23 days. Beach. BBQ. Fireworks. Maybe a little sizzling summer romance (o^_^o)

How do we determine whether our boyfriend or girlfriend is the "right" person?
Is there a way to determine, or do u "just know"?
If you are already married, how did u know that the time was right and the perosn was right?
I have been thinking about this for a while now...we have boyfriends and girlfriends, when do we know when the time is right to settle down?
For me, it's not in the books right now. That is a chapter that I have not yet had the priviledge to even have a peep at. My love life has seen nothing but black tunnels. I'm waiting for that white light to appear sometime in the future, or at least I hope I will.
My view on being 24, I'm young, full of life, hopes and dreams. And especially being in Japan, there has been so many things that I have experienced that I didn't think it was even possible. Living on my own in a foreign country where I don't speak the language. I guess that's a big achievement.
On Monday when I held my adult conversation class, the topic was on Future Plans, Hopes and Dreams. There were 4 students and I. The average age for that group would be around 50 or so (mum and dad's age).
One of the activity was to interview a partner...the four questions were:
1. What do you wish to achieve this year?
2. What do you want to accomplish next year?
3. Where do you see yourself in the next five years.
4. What are your hopes for the future.
Can you answer those questions?
Being a foreigner and being so young, it was easy for me to at least answer the first two questions. I really can't see myself in the next 5 years. Where will I be? What will I be doing? It's all a great mystery.
Life is a mystery. But, you just have to keep at it everyday and stay positive. I believe everything happens for a reason, and the people we meet affect us, whether in a big way, or a small way.
My friend said I have become more philisophical. Guess that's a complement.

HoT HoT HoT

It's so hot...why is it so hot?
It's not just hot, it's also very humid as well...
I want the beach...to be able to play in the crystal, cold, clear blue ocean...with a cool breeze passing through.
Having a BBQ with friends. And at night, let some fireworks off to top of a fabulous day...
I wanna play!!!

Went to Osaka/Kobe last week. Had a great time, saw lots of people there. It was for a re-contracting conference for second year JETs. There were alot of us, but many of whom I would not ever see again. which is a shame because some of the people I met were really really nice.

Things are going pretty well in Japan. Been hanging out with my Japanese friends alot lately. Keiko, Megumi and I, have formed the three musketeers in our little village ;p Very nice to be accepted as one of them. All I have to do now is to get up to speed with my language skills. Arghh, give me strength (and some brain cells).
It's so funny, we actually went out and bought the same colour polo shirts. Ha. Funny stuff.

Summer is coming, but so is the raining season. It gets really humid and very very hot. I'm already tanned and it's not even summer yet. But, Summer also means the beginning of typhoon weather. There is Typhoon Number 4. looming near the outskirts of Okinawa. Don't think it'll eventuate to anything..but hopefully we won't experience any freaky stormy weathers. OOOOOhhhh, I experienced my first earthquake the other morning. It was around 4:16 and I got woken up by this violent shake, I thought it was in my dreams, but it turned out to be an earthquake. My dream...hehee..I was dreaming of having a dance party on a train (don't ask me why) that's what I associated the shaking movement with.

Going to Fukuoka on Saturday. Don't think I'll be doing any shopping. Need to save money. Going home in the summer holidays. wooohoo..can't wait. Unless something unexpected arises, like a unexpected Summer holiday to Okinawa or somewhere exotic...hahahahaha. Yes, wishful thinking, but a girl can dream ne. o(^_^)o