Monthly Archives: December 2008
2008 in review…
Saw this on Jen`s blog – My year in review. Please take & do yourself if you wish. Happy New Year to you all. 1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Hula hoop with a … Continue reading
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Over the rainbow…
As 2009 is just around the corner, it also means that our wedding is getting closer and closer. Just over four months now which means we are starting to have to think more and more about the finer details including … Continue reading
Filed under Shumpei, Wedding stuff
Macro Monday 4…
March 23 2008, Imperial Palace gardens in Tokyo, Olympus u830 Taking photos of sakura has got to be one of my favourite things to do with my camera- I will miss it next year in 2009, for the first time … Continue reading
Filed under Macro Monday, Photography, Sakura
888 reading challenge complete…
Near the end of last year I signed up for the 888 challenge- which challenged participants to choose 8 books in 8 categories for 2008. 8 overlaps were allowed meaning a total of at least 56 individual titles needed to … Continue reading
Filed under 101 things in 1001 days, Blogging, Books
Christmas wishes…
To all my dear friends & family (and readers & lurkers) All the best for Christmas and the New Year. I hope that you, and your families, have a very happy and safe Christmas. Love Lulu
Macro Monday 3…
December 13 2008, Melbourne, Olympus u830 I didn`t always like coffee. In fact, I believe I hated it with a passion until I was a student in Japan for the first time (age 19). It wasn`t until we went to … Continue reading
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2 weeks ago…
Almost two weeks ago I saw an old friend. I knew him from when I was a high school student- we caught the same train for years. When I met Jake, my high school boyfriend, it turned out that Jimmy … Continue reading
Nengajyo…
Last year I got all inspired to make nengajyo, or new years postcards and I even bought all the stuff I would need to make them including some extremely cute mouse/rat stamps and stickers since it is quite common to … Continue reading
Melbourne in so-called summer…
Finally getting around to doing the Melbourne catch-up post- listening to Christmas Carols to get myself in the Christmassy mood! Friday afternoon, Shun & I headed out to Brissie airport so that we could get to Melbourne. We left steamy … Continue reading
Macro Monday 2…
April 24 2008, Nakano in Tokyo, Olympus u830 There was a bar I used to frequent when we lived in Nakano as it was on my way home. I would stop in to say hello to the owner, have a … Continue reading
Filed under Japan, Macro Monday, The past
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
