Visa, shopping and other things x.x

Yeah, so some days (weeks? :D) ago I got the information that my visa was ready already! It took about three days oo this is preeetty fast!
Well as I was busy I couldn't go get it until Friday afternoon!
The way to Frankfurt is waaaay tooooo long :D But anyways, we just got our Visa and headed back to LU right away as I didn't feel well enough to strive through Frankfurt anymore.. (It was waaay too hot)..

Ok so there were some other things that had to be done - first of all cleaning my flat as I am moving out tomorrow.... and I am glad I do - it's way tooooo hot in here!!!!
Second - shopping. We need some small presents for all kinds of people!
 It's common in japan to bring some small present and as I have been there quite often and know a lot of people I have to bring quite a lot *sigh*

Well this is what Bambi and I bought for our buddys (or someone else - as long as the person is feminin :D)

Present from Käthe Wohlfahrt

 So yeah this is what we got! Isn't it cute?! It's a small bag! Käthe Wohlfahrt is a pretty famous german brand but it mostly sells stuff for christmas - which is pretty nice but it'd be somehow strange to bring christmas stuff as a present in summer, right?
So we decided on this one and I am really glad I bought it (^o^) So cute!
I would like to have it for myself but .... NO! :D

Our Foooood ... .:D

Sooo shopping made us quite hungry and therefore we went to some restaurant in Heidelberg... I wanted to eat salad but as I can't eat it right now I decided on Nachos! Quite delicious!...actually, whenever we go to Heidelberg we stop by at a japanese restaurant... so this is why we decided on choosing something else this times! We did it right :D

 

But I couldn't resist... I really carved for some Matcha Latte for DAYS now! And then there was Starbucks and ... oh well ... :D I had to buy it! I love it! Though the real japanese one is a little bit better, I quite like this as well! And isn't Bambis hand beautiful as always? ;)

So when I went home I really wanted to clean my flat, but it was waaaay to hot so I decided to try to sleep a bit - and I did for about four hours.... which is good because I couldn't sleep at night as there was a party outside! It was pretty hot as well...

Anyways, I started cleaning in the morning and found this one :

When I was supposed to meet these guys, I couldn't because I got lost (haha sounds funnier than it was) and I was really sad that I couldn't meet them in person... Though my boss thought of me when that happened and asked them to sign a poster for me - I am really glad :D And it's not only signs but even my name is written on hit (and the right spelling as well! I am so proud! :D)

Just found it and I really would like to meet this guys again :) Even on stage only ^-^ there concert was pretty nice and I think they rock :D And even though I know waaaay tooooo much about their vocalist, I think that I can still be impressed by him ;)

 Well that's it for today :D It's more than enough anyways, isn't it?
Gotta finish cleaning now, as I am going out tonight :3 Looking forward to that!
Tomorrow I will leave early so yeah ..... :D

Enjoy your sunday!

Some Information provided by the Aoyama Daigaku

Few days - (weeks? :D) ago we got a package provided by the Aoyama Gakuin!
First of all - and most importantly- we got our CoE - Certificate of Eligibility - which we need to apply for our visa! This is why we all have waited for it more or less impatiently :D

Anyways mine arrived pretty early (compared to the students from other universitys) and we also got some other information about Aoyama and life in Japan in general.
I would like to share some with you as I think it is very important to know some things before heading to Japan, right?

So first of all I took some pictures :D 
These are only interesting for the next aoyama-students though ;)

 So this is the Booklet we got! It includes our Schedule for the orientation week and some information about the university itself - for example how to get their by train and - even more important- a plan of all the rooms! It's written in Japanese and Englisch which makes it much easier for me, as I am kinda lazy and hence are not to keen on reading that in Japanese to be honest :D

 So this is the mentioned plan of the rooms!(sorry it's a bit small but can't be helped :P you will get your own when you are accepted at Ao!)
As you might know there are to campuses building the Aoyama Gakuin! One is placed in the middle of Shibuya, the other one is in Sagamihara which is about 1 hour from Shibuya (I think)!

Exchange students from LU will study at the Shibuya Campus though - which is pretty convenient, isn't it?

Ok, so we got another Booklet telling us what to do when we arrive in Japan. 
I think the most important thing is that since some years (it was different when i went to Japan for one year the first time) you don't need to go to the office to get your so called "alien registration card" but you can get it at the airport already!

Pretty convenient! You have to go the office there and get it and that's it! Also if you guys want to work, that's maybe the time to get a permission! You can do it later and go to the city office but I guess the airport is more convenient! If you have that permission you don't need to make any use of it anyway, but you always have the opportunity to earn some extra money - which is in japan pretty much!
With a student visa you may earn something about 1000 euro (or at least I was told so. I am not 100 % sure wether this is true or not, so please check before!)

Also you should make sure wether your university allows working or not - most of them simply don't care as long as it doesn't mean you don't show up at university anymore!
Though check their websites! Some universities are rather strict about rules and such ^^ 
Just to avoide problems find it out :)

Well that's more or less the most important thing right now :)
Also I am going out now for shopping with my cute friend, as we first of all have not too much time anymore and secondly I want to spend some more time with her!

So talk you later!

Frankfurt- Visum and other things

Soooo, yeah ~
today we went to Frankfurt to apply for the visa we need for being allowed to study in Japan!
Actually, I wasn't too sure what to write when I saw that formular the first time - it's pretty difficult if you did never do it before :(

Well anyways, we started early as Bambi and I wanted to go shopping in Frankfurt anyways! (there's Gina Tricot and Primarkt sooooo ~ ;) )
We arrived at around 11.30 and went up to the Office and it took me quite some time to get all problems solved and to finally apply for my visa! :O
They told me it would take about roughly one week to get it done and that I can go get it on July 29th - hopefully it won't take any longer for real :/ Because I am planning on moving out of my flat the same day so it would be pretty convenient as Frankfurt is between the place I am living at right now and my parents place!

Anyways after that we went to Gina Tricot where we thought we'd find at least some cute tops or something like that but sadly we kinda didn't find anything really appealing :( Maybe because a lot of the stuff was designed for autumn already!
We went back to meet a friend later one, which was quite nice ^^
Just strolling around Frankfurt was nice and I enjoyed spending the day with Bambi! 
Though we wanted to meet up with a good friend as well but as my mobile phone somehow didn't want to deliver his message I didn't see he had already arrived until it was way too late.......... *sobs*

Anyways, we left at about half past 4 after we got something to eat!
Bambi got Curry while I tried "Wakame- Glassnoodle-salad"! It was really good, but as I am still a little bit sick I couldn't eat too much of it in the end.
Bad Luck...

Oh well anyways, I will talk about some things my japanese University told me the next time :)
Gotta get some rest now!
 

Step One -

Seems like finally I can get things started - 
ok no actually I could have some time ago and I already did but anyways -
tomorrow is the first "big thing" before going to japan (besides moving out of course....)

I will go to Frankfurt with Bambi to get the Visum-thing done finally and also we are going to stroll around the city for a bit as we actually hadn't too much time for spending "quality time" together the last weeks ;) 

Also I am kinda relieved as I was able to book the flat now my future roommate and I will be living in starting August 23rd!
There were some problems with my bankaccount and the differences between japanese and german transmission system but anyways- it's done and it's great it actually is!

I might talk a bit more about the flat as soon as I get the mail that everything is safe and it's ours!

I just hope that the money arrives (>.<) But well... it should :)


Anyways, I am really looking forward to tomorrow as it kinda feels one step closer to this adventure - and although i am not too sure about what is going to happen this time and what kinds i get to struggle with, I am quite happy, that this time my friends are there with me to share not only great but also hard memories with ♥

Seems like we are finally getting started, huh?