22番♬♫ Late Merry Christmas!

Awww sorry my dears!
Again - I am late!
I was too lazy to get the pictures to my PC and then I just forgot and anyways, I am back!
This time I have lots of pics for you so ~ yes ♥ enjoy!!

So first I came back ♥

Christmas Tree at Aoyama - don't like it too much to be honest

Mimi and I went eating at the place Funi works at! And it was delicious!!! ♥

Later we went to Asakusa as we wanted to see the Sky Tree anyways!

And the illumination was awesome !!! so fell in love!

Of course we had Glühwein as well!

                                   And I went to Izakaya with Jenni!!! It was really nice ♥♥

When Bambi came we went to this suteki coffee shop!!!! And we got cake ♥ It was delicious!

 And look what my sister got me!!!! Spekulatius Creme!! Sooo sweet but sooo tasty as well ♠

 Found this one on my way to Roppongi Hills!!! i liked it a lot to be honest xD thought it was cute!

 We went to Roppongi Hills Christmas Market! There is a german christmas market and I really wanted to go, so I asked my friend hide to come with me ♥ and of course he did ♥

 And the christmas tree was awesome!!! Sooo romantic!!! I fell in love with it instantly ♥

 The other night there was a christmas party from my university and I went there with Jenni! We didn't stay too long though but went to Karaoke afterwards - it was really funny because when we sang Memeshikute in german version my name was displayed on the big screen ha ha ha we couldn't stop laughing!

 Afterwards we went to this fancy little bar and met a friend of hers there - I had met him once before at some event and I was really surprised, when he got me a christmas present!! It is so cute and I am really thankful! Also he was really nice and tried his best to talk to me - which was difficult not only because my japanese still sucks but also because it was rather loud and he has a pretty soft voice so yeah  - but I had lots of fun!

I came back home at about 6 and got some hours of sleep until I got to get up because the post got me my christmas present from my sister! LUCKY!!
I got the coolest presents ever and I love EVERY SINGLE ONE of them!!!! 
Christmas itself was rather .... well, not too much christmas like *laughing* I skyped with my sister and watched some nice christmas movies - not that different from all my other christmases though as my family and I are rather celebrating together anyways - so again it was my sister and me but it was really nice so I think this christmas was a great christmas as well!!

Oh and also I made some decisions regarding myself and my life. There might be some changes from now on as I decided not to hold back too much anymore for other people's sake. I feel that I can't do that anymore and I probably shouldn't as well, so I am kind of stopping that attitude from now on!
Also I want to become healthier and fitter so I will start to go to the Fitness Studio regulary (or at least that is what I am intending to do!!)

And there's much more!
But stay tuned for the next entry!! :3

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!

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?