On Vacation - To the Land of the Rising Sun May 27
While hearing about my vacation plans is probably not the most exciting thing, my blogging will be affected; therefore, this can be considered as a somewhat official notice of that. For the first time ever, I’ll be going overseas and on a real vacation (i.e. paid vacation days). Evidently, this will also be my first time in Japan, but I’ll be there for a month, staying at an apartment I rented in Ikebukuro, so hopefully that’ll be enough time for the Japanese lifestyle to soak in. I’ll have Internet access at the apartment, but I’ll only have my relatively old and underpowered 10.6″ Fujitsu ultra-portable notebook along with me. While this little thing has served me well in university, blogging will be somewhat difficult due to its inability to playback HD videos smoothly (…in addition to the time commitment of course). Regardless, I don’t want to put all seven shows I’m covering on a complete hiatus, as the backlog when I return would be somewhat daunting.
My tentative plan right now is to continue covering the shows that I currently am, but in a fairly trimmed down manner. These “lite” posts will probably be restricted to screenshots and impressions alone, so my apologies to those of you who come here for the summaries. (Writing detailed summaries is always the most time-consuming task for me.) At the very least, I want to have a “placeholder entry” with just screenshots for completeness sake (indicating that I have watched the episode), which would also allow for any discussion amongst you, the readers. The regularity that my posts appear will probably be affected as well, given how I’ll be on Tokyo time and out and about most of the time. Again, this is merely a tentative plan, but I’ll try to adhere to it the best I can.
I’m leaving in the middle of next week, but some of my posts this week may also be affected while I prepare for my trip. As mentioned above, I won’t be back until a month later (~July 6th), but hopefully by then, I’ll have some interesting stories that I can use for Random Musings.
Note: This will affect (Sun) Wagaya no Oinari-sama., Nabari no Ou, Special A, (Thurs) Allison & Lillia, kurenai, To LOVE-Ru, and (Sat) Kanokon, but Omni’s coverage will continue as normal.
Tidbit: The image above is taken from the official site of the Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) movie, which premieres on June 28th in Japan. Seeing as how I recently finished the drama and thoroughly enjoyed it, I just might check it out while I’m there. I was asked, “Do you really want to be in a theater surrounded by bunch of screaming Japanese fan girls?”, but the person quickly added, “Oh wait, that might not be such a bad thing.” I’ll let you guess who said that. =)
baaah at 5:10 pm on May 27th, 2008
Have fun on the trip Omni. Be sure to have fun and update us on some of the cool things you’re doing over there :).
Oh, and first post!
Delicatewings at 5:23 pm on May 27th, 2008
Hope you have lots of fun.
Enjoy.
Half Japanese at 5:27 pm on May 27th, 2008
Urgh, you should have posted and asked for some advice about where to go and/or stay in Japan. If you intend to spend an entire month in Tokyo then you won’t be experiencing Japan. You’ll be experiencing a big city where the people just happen to speak Japanese. Ikebukuro especially is a pretty bad place for Japanese “culture”, since it’s mostly full of gaijin. On the plus side it’s relatively close to Yokohama, and Nikko is easily accessible from Tokyo. I’d seriously think about planning some short trips away, because Tokyo WILL get boring, very quickly, unless of course all you want to do is hang around Akihabara and Harajuku all the time. Then you really really aren’t experiencing the Japanese lifestyle.
Gill at 5:29 pm on May 27th, 2008
See you Omni.
Japan at 5:32 pm on May 27th, 2008
Uh, I think it’s Divine who’s going to Japan, not Omni.
The-Ghost at 5:33 pm on May 27th, 2008
LOL its Devine going on (paid) Vacation , not Omni guys/gals.
BTW Devine have a good trip
Mentar at 5:35 pm on May 27th, 2008
Have fun, Divine
Sadmask at 5:38 pm on May 27th, 2008
Good luck, Divine.
divine at 5:41 pm on May 27th, 2008
@Half Japanese:
True enough, but I wanted to stay around the Tokyo area and have a place to go “home” to. I didn’t want to backpack through Japan since it would’ve felt more like a sightseeing tour than a vacation (i.e. no time to just relax in one place). I also have a friend coming along, so we plan to take short trips here and there. For example, we might stop by Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, etc.
Kaito at 5:43 pm on May 27th, 2008
I love how you guys assumed it was Omni taking a vacation, lol. (Though I’d assume he probably wants one)
Have a good one Divine!
divine at 5:48 pm on May 27th, 2008
Thanks everyone. =)
@Kaito:
I don’t think a lot of readers are even aware that I exist. T_T While it’s pretty easy to overlook the “BY DIVINE” in the posts, I’m a bit surprised that some people find my writing so similar to his.
Hmm, maybe I’ve been “Omni-ized” or my writing sort of lives up to the standards he set…?
pach at 5:49 pm on May 27th, 2008
I hope you have fun there!!
Nette at 5:56 pm on May 27th, 2008
oh my goodness, u lucky dawg!! well, u’re definitely gonna have a blast!! :3.
w00t for hana yori dango live-action MOVIE!!
Caitlin at 6:03 pm on May 27th, 2008
Paid vacation to Japan? Awesome! I hope you have fun. ^_^
viddy at 6:17 pm on May 27th, 2008
Wow. Coincidence there! I’ll be going to Japan at the start of June. And staying til start of July! .. Also, I’ll be living in Ikebukuro. Pretty much the same as you :3
I hope you’ll have a good visit to Japan. I’ve been to Japan before, and i’m pretty much dying to go back. Half Japanese up here has a valid point, get to see some other places than Tokyo! Kyoto, Osaka and Nara are good alternatives. Also try to see some small-small places! Have a blast \o/
Lithium17 at 6:28 pm on May 27th, 2008
No worries….. enjoy your holiday.
I had a great time while I was living/working there.
Great food, great clubbing, great tech, great sex(mostly).
Hope your experience is a memorable one.
Cheers and have a safe trip!
P.S… I dunno how old/slow your notebook is, but you could try a Xfce based Linux distribution (Xubuntu)and install MPlayer on it.
Lithium17 at 6:30 pm on May 27th, 2008
Oh….and I knew of your existence since Kurenai. Who’s Omni??…..heh!
Melchior at 6:53 pm on May 27th, 2008
Enjoy the trip Divine!
Shannon at 7:41 pm on May 27th, 2008
Oh, yes! The 28th is the opening for the HYD-F! But I’m not in Japan during that time. I’m there before that. Gosh.
Enjoy the trip! XD
Swiftyfire at 8:02 pm on May 27th, 2008
Man you are lucky to get a (paid) vacation. Anyways have a nice trip.