Nara and Kyoto

[afuna_archive]

At a temple in Nara. The expressions and details on the bronze demons guarding the gate are absolutely amazing.

Mmm, temple springs. Cold and sweet.

Hm. Stayed in deer park a while (though I can't quite call it deer park in my mind. Already means something else)
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There is too much time while sitting on a bus to think.

Ahahaha I just bought the slamdunk boxset. I actually just meant to buy a couple of the volumes at the end to fill out my deluxe version collection, but then I unwittingly stumbled upon the boxset corner, saw a plastic-wrapped collection of all 31 regular volumes, and my control deserted me. SD is my One True Manga. There has never been one like that for me before, and there may never yet again, but see that is perfectly all right.

THE BOXSET REACHES MY KNEE.

Need to convert money the next time we have the chance, though, and need to stop buying things for myself.

I honestly had no intention to buy any manga before we left the Philippines. And now I have, ummm, 37 (i was filling out holes in my eyeshield collection as well; I think that I have conpleted that up to the latest, unless 28 is not the latest tankoubon).

Hm. Gold-plated temples are not my thing, but the garden is really pretty.

There are many places where you can make wishes. I am not entirely certain what I want to wish for.

Wow, the bullet train is pretty amazing. We were still walking down the length of the train when it started moving, and it was smooth. Not one jostle or bump; did not feel myself lose balance at all. It's like a roomier, slightly noisier, version of an airplane. It is going to take us less than half the time to from kyoto to nagoya than it would have taken us if we'd gone on the luggage-laden bus.

The problem with 100 yen is that it is a coin, so it does not seem worth much. Even 500 yen feels disposable, and it really is not ahaha.

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[iruka11.livejournal.com]

The problem with 100 yen is that it is a coin, so it does not seem worth much. Even 500 yen feels disposable, and it really is not ahaha.

yeah... mga 30+Php din yang 100 yen... O_o well isipin mo na lang kung pounds yang coins mo... ung isang coin usually mga 70+Php x_x

[afuna]

42 actually, I think. I mostly use 0.4 as a multiplier, to make it easier.

[iruka11.livejournal.com]

tumaas na? :( oh well... mahal pa rin naman sa japan either way... hahaha XD

[afuna]

Oh yes, definitely. Especially yung pagkain, kahit na super sarap. hahhaa.

[iruka11.livejournal.com]

no wonder people in japan are slim... mahal pagkain tapos daming lakad...

[afuna]

Hahhaha. Sa bagay. But I think they all use, like, trains or something. Or bikes. I just realized ,there isn't that much traffic. Or maybe I slept through it or we don't go out during rushhour?

[habeo.livejournal.com]

Is it true that the common perception of 100 yen is the same way we view 1 PhP here in the Phillipines? The tens and ones being relative "centavos" of the Yen currency?

[afuna]

Hmm. No, not 1 peso. It's closer to one dollar? I mean I think of it as lik... 50 pesos. The value, for the most part, is about the same.

[habeo.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, of course we'd treat it significantly more, but since you say they treat it like they would 1 dollar, i.e. What Americans think of $1.00 is what the Japanese think of 100 Yen (as opposed to Americans thinking of $100 when the Japanese think of 100 Yen comparison), I think I got my answer. :P

I asked my parents before - how can the Japanese economy be so high when our lowly Philippine Peso is worth more than one Japanese Yen? If they think of 1 Yen as we think of 0.01 PhP, then yes, the Japanese economy is indeed high. XD

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

lol
it's surreal how I'm reading about your entries while I'm wandering around Japan (at least Tokyo) as well. :P

[afuna]

Hahaha. OMG, I am IN JAPAN.

And you are too, hahahah :-D

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

lol
おめでとう！ :D
I guess you're the de facto translator for your bunch?
my parents think of me as their tour guide/translator/GPS/waitress thing. :/

[afuna]

Hahha, oh dear, yes. My Japanese succcccks D:

I let myself get out of practice, and now I'm paying the price.

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

lol, the secret is to talk really really fast and mumble all your vocabulary without any coherent grammar.
Also, remind those japanese that your nihongo sucks less than their english. :P
we should meet up when you go to the tokyo area-ish. :D
I think we'll be staying in the same hotel in narita.
izakaya gooo XD

[afuna]

Hhahaha. Awesome, I should try that. Mostly, right now what I do is talk softly and somewhat slowly, so of course they start paying even more attention.

And yes you should :DD

Also, sometimes it feels the other way around, but then mostly have been talking to customer service people in touristy spots so I guess that they're used to some english.

I won't be staying in narita the last night though D: meeting a friend! Then riding the express :DD

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

うわぁぁぁ damn you afternoon flight people! :(
I wanted to go clubbing but there was no way I'd make it to the airport that way :'(

[afuna]

Awww :( Sayang. Maybe you could stay out all night, and then...ay wait. No transpo siguro kahit di ka matulog no?

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

yeah. :(
I've been trying to figure out the logistics, pero malabo talaga :'(

[afuna]

Aw *hugs*

(Next time! Babalik ka pa naman diba? :D)

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

haha I dunno. My dad was kind of hinting that he wants to come back and visit.
The other day he was all, it's been 4 years since I've been to Tokyo! (such a creature of habit.)

[afuna]

HAHAHHA.
Wait, if he's been to Tokyo before, why did he need you to act as a tour guide?

[chocobojules.livejournal.com]

because he'd been here on tour for the last couple of times. Plus, I know the backwater all-you-can-eat buffets in the area. :D

[raphaelcentauri.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee, same thing happened to me when scaryjeff and a couple of our mates went over; I became the translator by default and the whole time I felt like I was straining my ears.

I mean, seriously. Many conversations were spent with me asking questions and then squinting (as if this will improve my language comprehension) while my victim gave their response. I'd then thank them and turn to my friends afterwards and say "I heard "esukareta" and "ue"! She said go up! I think!"

It's so very, very tiring; but at least it *really* helps your language improve. :)

[afuna]

My reading has vastly improved. My speaking... not so much *G*

Also, ahhaha. Sounds like my conversations! (Except mostly my mind tunes in to the endings of the words/sentences. So I have no idea what tha verb just was, but I do know that it was polite!)

[hanase.livejournal.com]

But did u end up buying the few end volumes of the Deluxe version too? 0.0

[afuna]

No! Not enough money, too many books already D:

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

SD is my One True Manga.

::huge grin::

In my case, substitute Shadow Skill for Slam Dunk! BUT! I could never, ever desert my dear and much-loved Kogure-kun, so SD ties with Shadow Skill. I still cherish the fantasy of doing an AU of the SD boys in samurai-era Japan...Fujima-kun would do wonderfully as a young daimyo. Or something.

OK, I stop babbling now. You have BOXSET, and I have ENVY. Also, much delight at your find. Save money for excess baggage charges, unless you EMS it home!

:)

[afuna]

It is not quite boxset, so much as it is a SET OF 31 books OMG.

And yeah. Ahhaha. I don't actually dare buy anything now >_<;; Except maybe tiny things as pasalubong.

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

SD Boxed set. O_O

[afuna]

:DD

Maybe I misstated ;_; There is no box. Just a big long stack of manga.

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's irrelevant! 31 volumes O_O