This actually was not posed...which makes my friends so amazing
Bringing in the New Year (according to Australia's time)
Playing with fireworks
Hanabi! (Fireworks!)
I heart Japanese nail art!
For the New Year, there is no other way to celebrate so well as a trip to the circus
Do you see those zip lines going across? Now, picture me hanging from and gliding down them...
My co-workers gave me flowers...
...they were so beautiful...
...and a great way to celebrate my birthday :)
I got another haircut :)I'm hoping that all of this will make up for my lack of keeping up to date in my blogging. Basically, it's been a busy holiday season. I worked on Christmas (I don't recommend this, it's just wrong really) but I finally had a break for New Years so I went for a visit to Okinawa. I got to stay with my Aunt Annie and Uncle Tom and my cousins, Jack and Michaela for over a week. We had a great time and did a lot of different things. Some of the activities included: going shopping, playing with fireworks, getting pedicures, going to the circus, and going to a high-adventure park. It was really so much fun, and I am so thankful that I was given the opportunity to do all of this (My family is amazing). My birthday (January 18th) was spent in Tokyo (Shibuya to be specific), where I pretty much did a lot of shopping with my friend, Ai. My ipod recently died (literally earlier last week), so my big purchase was a new one (it's so cool!). I also got a hat, some CDs, a blouse and some earmuffs...it's pretty cold and windy here. Anyway, I had a great time and for dinner, we had nabe (Japanese hotpot). It was a nice birthday (I even got a haircut earlier in the day, which was also nice). Please enjoy these pictures and videos (my parents gave me a cool flip video camera for Christmas so I could do this). I hope all of your holidays were just as wonderful! Take care!
