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He got a metabolic syndrome I think.

John Doe

Jenga!

Kana

We like onsens.
We like shaved ice.

We love eating shaved ice after taking a long bath.

And we like talking.

Zoo

I love penguins....even the fake ones.

The parrot was very chatty and talked to me for a good 10 minutes.
All he said was "konnichiwa" and "sayonara", though.I wanted to leave there sooner but the bird only responded to me when I said "konnichiwa" and a couple of random boys kept asking me to talk to the parrot.I always thought that the only animal language I could speak was the cat one, but who knew?

The day I went to the zoo was so freaking hot that some kids took off their clothes and played in the fountain there.It was cute, but I noticed some of their parents looking around suspiciously to guard their kids.
I felt uncomfortable walking past them holding a camera in my hand.
I am pretty sure that some old men with their big cameras who probably came to take photos of the baby polar bear felt the same way.

At the beach

Beach

It was the first time in a while for me to go to a beach.
To be honest, I was looking forward more to taking photos there than to swim in the ocean.
That's why it took me a good 15 minutes to decide which camera/s I should take with me, while other girls would probably take the same amount of time for thinking about which swimsuits to wear.

But I ended up being in the water quite a lot of the time and I enjoyed it very much.

Since I am not a big beach gower I didn't know much about sunscreens and underestimated what they could do.I didn't mind getting tanned a bit so I put my sunscreen on my body randomly, which turned out to be a bad idea.
Now only some areas of my back and neck are red and burnt.
That is not very cool nor sexy.Oh well.

Shirley

I have so many pictures of her smiling, grining or bursting into laughter.
On saturday I caught her sadness in the picture.
I am not sure if I should have.
She is a girl with a smile on her face all the time.

But I think it is okay to let it out sometimes.
Especially when you leave the country where you have lived for 5 years.

I know this is going to sound strange, but I miss the distinct smell of her apartment.
You'd know what I'm talking about if you've been to her place.
Everytime I crashed there after drinking/clubbing I smelt like her place.
And I liked that.
So I miss it.

She got a haircut

Cheki....with expired film

Young at heart

Since I cut my bangs straight I've heard a lot of this from people...."You look much younger now."
It comes from both Japanese people and non-Japanese people.

Recently I was asked by three different guys if I was an university student.
(I know it came out from GUY'S mouth so I shouldn't really buy it, but still.)

To be honest, I don't know how I feel about it.
As a woman, I guess I'd rather want to look like a college girl than to look a 45 years old woman especially when I'm not getting any younger.

But I wanted to look older when I was younger.
I remember I was glad when people said that I looked/seemed more mature than my real age.

All that really matters is the contents, not the containers.

I guess I don't mind looking 10 years older than my age, but if someone has a chat with me for a certain amount of time and the person doesn't think I seem to know/think a lot more than a 20 years old girl I think I will be upset.

Blue

Yuko

The other night

Jasmine

Yuri

An old face

I have a good memory and remember people's faces and names pretty good.
The other night I saw this girl at cafe and instantly recognised her from this bakery shop where she used to work at.I was a regular customer there and we had a small talk everytime I went there.

I told her that I knew her and how we became to know each other.
She said she didn't remember me, which was a bit disappointing.
But when I showed her my forehead parting my bangs in the middle, she was all like "Oh my god!!I know you!!!".

That's how different I look with my bangs now I suppose.

The start ot Summer

Rainy season finally went away.
Now it is time for getting annoyed by cicadas, putting less clothes on, and sweating all over all the time.