Somehow, it's July already. Time sure has flown - it really does seem like yesterday when I arrived here in Tokyo, eyes open in wonder at the big city sights and brain in confusion with the millions of things I had to adjust to.
And adjust I have. Tokyo is like a home to me now, and I can honestly say that I'll miss this small, ten-metre-squared room when I head back to Adelaide (what will I do when there's empty space on all sides of my bed?).
I haven't been living a merely adjusted life though - in the meantime, I've been having a lot of fun! Most of that you will have read about in this blog or seen through photos on Facebook already, but I thought it'd be best if I quantify this fun. Put it up to some scrutiny. What better to do this with than my original list of goals I posted almost ten months ago to the day?
Let's see how I stacked up:
- Become ペラペラ in Japanese. (if you don't know what that means, look it up!)
- Well, I may not be fluent, but I can hold a conversation just fine. I understand most of what is said to me too - but when Japanese talk between themselves, I still struggle.
- Attend a Tohoshinki concert, preferably at Tokyo Dome, with Jaejoong Sweat Seats!
- I had a ticket to attend the fan event, but due to certain unfortunate circumstances it was cancelled. This meant that the Tokyo Dome event could not happen either. :(
- HOWEVER I did manage to see a movie of the 2009 Tokyo Dome Concert!
- Visit my friends in Japan, particularly those outside of Tokyo (Yuri in Nagoya and Izumi and Pei in Osaka)
- I ended up in both places over the Spring Break. Saw Yuri in Nagoya and Pei on our ski trip too~
- Visit the super-awesome life-sized Gundam.
- Sadly, I think it was taken down before I got to Tokyo...
- Stumble upon an unassumingly awesome bar behind a non-descript, heavy door.
- Well, I did visit one bar! It was very nice, and I had a drink with a large spherical piece of ice in it.
- Speaking of bars, I intend to visit a particularly nice one to celebrate the end of my trip.
- Attend the Tokyo Game Show.
- Done!
- Attend the Tokyo Motor Show.
- Sadly did not happen due to my feeling unwell. But I got to see a whole lot of interesting historical cars at the Mille Miglia instead!
- Go skiing (perhaps!).
- Yessiree! Here's a photo that I haven't shown you before:
- Have a photo taken with those crazy Harajuku-types.
- Sadly not. But I think two pretty girls in kimono are nice substitutes.
- Stumble upon a street-racing scene or Touge event.
- Does being driven to said event by someone count as 'stumbling upon'?
- Learn to cook and clean for myself.
- I mean, I cooked on average once a week, and cleaned somewhat less, but I wouldn't count that as learning to do either thing. Certainly not enough to do either when I get home. *cough cough*.
- Update this blog once a week (yikes!)
- Sorry about that guys.
- Get some Tohoshinki signatures at a fan-signing event.
- May have been possible if I actually went to said event.
- Somehow appear on Japanese television.
- This one didn't occur, even though there was a chance I could have. Instead, I did something even better, and got immortalised in a magazine!
- Convince someone to let me drive a GT-R (this is definitely in the 'impossible' category!)
- Sadly not. However, my friend had an R33-GTS-T which he drove me around in (and not just normal driving, let me tell you). Said friend has also just sold the car and bought another one with a GTR bodykit and extra power... I wonder if he will let me drive?
I won't bother giving myself a score, actually. A qualitative analysis was more fun. And I qualitatively conclude that I've had an awesome trip so far!
As for those remaining goals, well, I don't think I'll be achieving any more than I have already in the short time that I have left here. That doesn't mean I won't be doing anything interesting though - next week is certainly shaping up to be interesting...
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