Cherry Blossom Adventures

Shokai suru means introduce yourself! So here I am, most people that would usually read this blog are regular readers and therefore know a fair bit about me because I write random stuff about my self all the time….

But a little introduction for those joining from the Ultimate Blog Party which is hosted at 5 minutes for mum! Firstly welcome to my blog…I am recently 23, recently engaged and I live in Tokyo with my fiancee Shumpei and we are moving to Australia mid year for one year before we come back to live here in this urban jungle! I am originally from Brisbane Australia and all the background info about me can be found on my about page and if you are into random facts then check out my post with 100 things about me or write meme into my search box and I am sure you will be overwhelmed with more info about me than you ever wanted to know!

I have no kids but am a preschool teacher here (I seem to be surrounded by mummies at this blog party! Or should I say mommies as I realize a lot of you are American)

I like to take photos which you can see here and I like to write a lot (as you can see from my blog!). I also love books, cherry blossoms (hence the blog name) and food….plus I dabble in a bit of knitting sometimes!

I love a good party, and you would usually see me bringing wine and cheese or mini pizzas!!! So pull up a chair and have a look around…..or better yet dance around, I have just put on an album by `The Fray`!

Oh and if you are into cocktails, here is my favourite. I don`t think it is an original recipe but a bartender in Thailand taught me how to make it!

You need a blender, white rum, dark rum, cointreau, pineapple juice and some grenadine (Orange curacao also adds a nice flavour!)! Mix it all together, and wah lah, you have a beautiful fresh tasting cocktail….Yummy!  Do be careful though, they may taste like juice but they are super strong!

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At home sick with a cold, so thought, why not, I should join in on the 2008 Ultimate Blog Party just in time for International Women`s Day!

Have no idea what I will do for the week of the party, but will have to get my thinking cap on because the party has already started….I suppose I am fashionably late! Look at for my next post which will be an introduction to me and my blog!

Anyone else want to join in? It is not too late!!!! Head over to Five Minutes for Mum for details! Am off to blog hop and think about my next post!!!

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I am off work today because I have a killer cold….headaches, sore throat, cough, slight temperature and swollen glands! It sucks to be sick, but i write enough about been sick so instead I want to post some photos I took this week! One of my weekly resolutions this week was to take at least one decent photo everyday and while the week is not over yet thought I`d post some of my favs from the week….Can`t say I lived up to `decent` photo everyday but I think there a few ok ones!

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In an effort to improve on my writing I have decided to sign up for Encyclopedia of me which started over at Bella Dia (and which I found out about by reading Laura`s blog here...)

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I is for Internet and Blogging…

How could I not include the Internet and blogging in the encyclopedia of me? I don`t remember the first time I used the Internet…It was probably in last year of primary school or first year of high school…..In the days when I still used ICQ and chatted in chat rooms…We had a computer in our house from the time I was about 9 but even that I am not so sure of. I think most bloggers feel a similar way, but I could not live without the Internet, at least I do not think I could. No email, no facebook, no blogs, no wikipedia, no knitting tutorials, no google, no forums…I just couldn`t imagine it.

I started blogging almost two years ago now…. after I moved back to Tokyo. It was after reading an article that a friend had written (for a publication and company I used to work for) on women bloggers in Japan. I checked out the links she had provided (Suzy, who wrote the article keeps a blog here) and from there I was hooked. I started my own blog soon after! I couldn`t imagine not blogging now, I am not sure if I will continue with it forever but for now I really do love it! I think there was about five or six links to blogs in Japan in that article and I still read all of them, to this day!!!

I have met so many wonderful people through blogging and made many great friends. I think anyone that has stuck with blogging will agree that it is just such a wonderful experience and such a great thing to be apart of….It has become part of me, which is why I have included it in this A-Z Encyclopedia of me….

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Photos from today- Hinamatsuri or Dolls Festival, March 3rd.

Hinamatsuri, also known as Doll Festival or Girls Day, is celebrated on the third day of the third month every year. People with daughters often display elaborately designed dolls on red, stair like furniture and depending on where in Japan you are from then the way in which the dolls are displayed is different! I ate Hinamatsuri cake at my private students house today after the lesson! And was given doll rice crackers! Cute huh?

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