Mei ManuelKonnichassu!
This will be one interesting entry as I will try my best to list down what I did when I was 25. You’ll like this I assure you guys.
When I was 25, I…
- … met the band that got me all tongue tied when I saw them
- … had my first live experience in SM Mall of Asia for ONE OK ROCK Live in Manila
- … got told they cried when they read my blog entries for said live
- … gotten my third print feature in PULP Magazine in March and second online feature
- … found myself in loads of backlog heap before my next live experience
- … had my second live experience in SMX Convention Center for FLOW Live in Manila
- … made Love for 10969 grow as it is and is celebrating an anniversary soon
- … made a lot of penpals because of ONE OK ROCK
- … enjoyed some time with my sister, in-law and niece whom I haven’t seen for 4 years
- … ended up cursing when ONE OK ROCK announced a Japanese live on September
- … applied for my Japanese visa a week before the said live, my first application for years
- … laughed like a maniac and teared when I found out I was indeed going two days after applying
- … done my first solo trip out of the country and its in Japan
- … visited Nagoya Castle and blended like a local
- … experienced my first Japanese live in double dosage
- … found a bigger family in Japan coz of the said live
- … gotten lost in platforms in Japan, though luckily I found myself alternate routes in the process
- … rode my first Shinkansen ride from Nagoya to Toyohashi
- … realized Vans shoes and my feet never go well in long walks
- … travelled a distance from Nagoya to Tokyo via Shinkansen
- … walked in Asakusa to Sumida even though I had low batteries and I had no idea where Sumida is
- … visited and prayed in my first visited Japanese shrine
- … Got my fortune told in an Omikuji
- … asked to take a photograph of a couple who thought I was a local
- … did my first moderated tour around Asakusa through Facebook Video call
- … almost gotten lost looking for Hachiko because of construction obstacles
- … said hello to a Moai in Shibuya
- … experienced my first Japanese McDo
- … had kakigoori even though it was raining in Harajuku
- … found myself lost in a different world when I was in Meiji Shrine
- … got told by a Filipino I wasn’t a foreigner with the way I spoke in Japanese
- … walked around 5 areas in one day
- … stumbled on three shrines which wasn’t really in my list of places to visit
- … had my first experience with Japanese street food… I love that Karaage
- … experienced an odd question when a stall owner in Nakamise asked me if I lived in Japan to which I replied no
- … enjoyed speaking to a Japanese friend whom I met via another friend while in one of Narita’s newest airports
- … found herself knocked out from the 6 day Japan trip the following day
- … feels like she’s being hunted again for a special post due to her 6 day stay in Japan
- … amusingly writing this before a special day
I think I have listed things quite well don’t you think? Today is indeed a special day and for me, I have indeed celebrated it early in Japan, but today is still my day and I wonder what exactly will I be doing next. Any wild guesses and suggestions everyone?
