Preparations v2

Hi guys! Hope you had a great New Year, I sure did ^w^ I spent the evening with two friends who live in the same town as I do, and together we baked cupcakes, watched Bunraku (which was an interesting movie) and played Tekken on the PS2. And of course we watched the fireworks (and while doing so nearly got hit by a piece of firework that some idiots didn't secure enough -_-).

After New Year life pretty much continued as usual, I went to school, made some exams (and passed them) and right now I'm sitting at home doing pretty much nothing XD School ended 2 weeks ago and now I'm counting down to the 28th of March, the day I'm leaving for Japan. Today I had to hand in 3 more forms, one for an insurance for injuries and stuff while in Japan, one about my travel plan and one for the housing plan. I'm guessing that as soon as these forms have been received by Shinshuu University that I'll get the application form for my visa. According to my teacher we are already allowed into Japan by the Japanese Immigration Office, but I still need proof of that for the Japanese Embassy where I'll be applying for the visa.

On Tuesday I also booked a hostel where me and a classmate that is also going will be staying until we can move into our apartment. After a bit of searching we decided to stay at the Asakusa Smile hostel. It's easy to get to from Narita airport (where we'll land) and there are quite a few interesting cultural sights close by. On the site you can also find a video showing how to walk from Honjo Azumabashi Station to the hostel XD Today I found out that another classmate is also staying at the exact same hostel, and the last classmate who is going is staying at a host family in Tokyo :D So beware everyone in Tokyo, from March 29 'til April 1 four crazy Dutch girls will be on the loose :P

Until next post, またね！

~Marlies / マーリス

100 Followers Nail Polish Giveaway

I'm entering another nail polish giveaway ^^ unfortunately I didn't win the last one that I entered, but I'm going to keep trying my luck.

This time I'm entering Both Hands Polished's 100 follower giveaway. First of all gratz to Both Hands Polished for getting 100 followers :D She is giving away 1 bottle of Essie's Shine Of The Times, 1 bottle of Glitter Gal's 3D Holographic Black Sparkle & 1 crystal nail file!

If you want to enter as well, click on her blog on the left side of this entry or follow the link: http://bothhandspolished.blogspot.com/2012/02/both-hands-polished-100-follower.html

To everyone who has entered so far; good luck ^^