❤63❤ My new Travel Blog

Hello everyone!

I just created a new blog especially for my year in Japan!
I plan to keep it a bit more neutral and informative than my personal blog here : )

You can find it here:

http://rinas-wonderland.blogspot.de/


My first posts there contain a bit more details about my preparations and information about the procedure of getting a working holiday visa as well as information on how to find accomodations in Tokyo : )


Once I'm in Japan I plan on sharing my tips on cool places to go and for the Vegetarians amongst you I also want to introduce dishes and possibilities to survive without fish and meat in Japan!

❤62❤ Preparations for Japan

Hello~

A few days ago I finally booked my flight to Japan!

It'll be on October 1st!

Insurance and all other documents for application for my Work & Holiday Visum are also prepared!

Tomorrow I'll go to the embassy in Düsseldorf and hand everything in.

I hope everything will be okay!

I'm already exited and hope that it won't be too hard to find a nice place to stay. All the agencies I want to stay with do only reserve a room for 2-3 weeks after the last tendant left the room. 

Most of the people cancel their contract only on short notice, 

so I still have to wait.

If anything works as planned I'll also visit some friends at Bonn tomorrow!

They will leave to Japan at the end of August already!

Maybe we are going to eat something together? 

Or have some tea~? 

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow!

Finally getting a chance on leaving this small and boring village~!

Thanks for reading and Bai Bai~

❤61❤ An old flame never dies

Some of you might know that I moved back to my parents for the next about 3 months : )

As I moved back into my teenager-flat I noticed that my shelfs are full of stuff I haven't touched for years!
I already threw so much away over the last two weeks and still it seems as if my rooms are full of ..stuff.. 



I also decided on selling almost all of my manga.
Manga and Anime were of course the first thing that made me come in touch with Japanese culture at the first place, but my interest both decreased over time.
The only anime I watch nowadays are Ghibli movies if they show them in TV.

Same with Manga.. The last time I bought one was more than 5 years ago.
I had some complete series and there are basically only 2 which I won't sell!
One is called "FAKE". I don't remember story anymore, but I remember loving it so much! 






I guess I'll read it again over the next weeks, just for nostalgic reasons 




And the other one.. well it was the first Manga I read completly.
It's a mix of Hetero and Shounen-Ai and I couldn't resist but reading it again...
It's called Seimaden and is drawn by You Higuri.
She was my favourite Mangaka and I also have a couple of other Manga by her..
However, Seimaden is the one that touched me the most.
I love each and every character <3







It's a story about Demons, Humans, Love and Hate mixed with some Drama and Battles.
What more could you wish for?

My favourite character back then and now is still Teteiyusu!

His appereance is the one of an angel, but in fact he's a demon.
I think I fell in love with him, but.. well.. 
I wouldn't stand a chance against his love for Laures, king of the demons haha

Although he always says it's just deep devotion and not "this" kind of love, every girl reading the manga just thought "Yeah..sure.."
















And here we have Zadei, another strong demon that once lost against Laures, the current king of the demons. Laures locked him up in a kind of jail, but someone set him free again.
He's pretty... emotional. Mostly the bad side of emotional.
Still I loved him from the beginning. 

Then there are Laures and his beloved Hilda. Aren't his ears funny?  I remember that it took me a while until I could take him serious... but his long, straight black hair made up for his ears. xD

Hilda is a human girl that lost her memory. Rumor has it that she's Laures' girl, but then Rod appears and claims her as his girlfriend - uh oh~









The last main character is Rod. He is the son of a tribe called the "Azeel". They fought against the demons and.. well lost. He is one of the last survivors and his destiny is.... surprise, surprise... to take revenge, kill Laures and save the humans! : D

Oh and.. well he's in love with Hilda - as is Laures.

Can you smell the drama already~? 

Not only do I love the way she draws, but also the story and the characters.
When I think about the story it seems so much longer than just the 10 volumes!


There isn't any anime about that Manga and while I would love to see that story animated, I would also be afraid of it.
It's like with a really good book. You would love to see a movie of it.. but well..  movies are always worse than the original book, aren't they? (´ A`;


By the way~
Although this Manga is kind of Shounen-Ai, there are no explicit Yaoi-scenes in it, which I give another thumbs up for! (same for the hetero-pairings) 






So far from me and my nostalgic flashback!

Thanks for reading~

❤57❤ Matcha Latte (vegan!)

Hello~  

A few days ago friends came to Düsseldorf and we met for lunch : )

Afterwards we went to an Asian Supermarket and beside one liter of Kikkoman Soysauce for just 5€ I also bought this:

 Instant Matcha Latte !!

 It was about 5€ for 20 little satches that look like this:

It's more than easy to prepare!

Just put the pulver into a mug and pour hot water over it : )

Sadly it's only a really small portion! Pulver + 100ml hot water...

I'm also not really fond of the taste when following only the description on the package...

However~

I love Matcha Coffee Latte and since I have a Senseo machine it's even faster to prepare!

Just put the pulver into your mug, coffee on top, milk of your choice - Enjoy!!

 I only use soymilk which gives a really smooth taste!  

  

IT'S VEGAN !! 

(* A*

I just checked back the ingredients

 and it says it's fake-milk powder made from vegetable fat! : )

Unfortunatley, although using soymilk, 

there's already milkpowder in the product itself, so it won't be vegan. 

I bought it here at
KIMS ASIA : )

It's really close to the main station in Düsseldorf!
(Just a 5 minutes walk)

btw.. someone knows how improving the quality of the pictures using the mobile app of blogger? ><

❤56❤ Visitors from Düsseldorf & Frankfurt

Hello~

Yesterday my new lashes arrived : )

They were only about 2,50€ each on ebay from a shop located in Germany!

Before I searched in various shops but somehow there aren't any pretty lashes available in Germany, especially if you're used to lashes with a clear band.

I find them so much more comfortable, since 'normal' lashes always feel to stiff.

These are really nice!

I wore them the whole day and especially the ones on the left are so perfect for daily usage!

It took about 5 days until they arrived and they came with two coupons for online shopping sites.

Then I met with Emily who recently moved to Düsseldorf and we went to Café TenTen to have some Matcha-Latte 

We talked about this and that and I showed her one of the Japanese Bakeries here!

When we wanted to leave it was suddenly raining VERY hard!                  

Luckily her boyfriend was close by and picked us up with an umbrella 

Today Kathrin and Laura came to visit me in Düsseldorf!! 

First we went to "My Noodlehouse" and ate Ramen.

They just returned from their Holiday in Japan so they had a lot stories to tell!!

Then we went to Relax and had Cream Soda!

The scoops of ice were bigger as usual haha.

When it got a bit colder and mmore windy outside we went inside and took the seats directly on the window.

Tora-chan was so cute looking outside almost all the time and people stopped by just to look at him!

He's so cute!!

After a while we ordered fries and shared them!

They were pretty much soaked in oil.. but.. it was still kind of okay 

My second beverage was White Choclate Mocca!

Doesn't it look pretty? 

We talked pretty long but because of all the food we got also a bit tired haha.

At about half past 8 they drove back home and I hope they'll arrive safely!

I always enjoy the time with them : )

Maybe we go to Karaoke next time?

They also gave me some presents from Japan! 

Flyers, a bag from Kaya, some plush toy from an ufo-catcher and a Kaya-cheki!!

And they bought the Versailles DVD for me which came with a poster!

He looks so strange xDD

So cute!

p.s. Sorry for the bad quality. I uploaded them via the blogger app and somehow they seem to loose a lot of quality ><

❤51❤ Step One: New Documents

As some of you might now, I plan to start my Work and Holiday in Japan this autumn/winter.

Currently I'm still super busy with preparations for my thesis (and my tutor is freaking me out), but there are things I don't want to procrastinate for too long!

One of those things are my documents.

Although my ID and travel papers are still valid, they'd expire during my stay in Japan.
Therefore I need both to be renewed.

That also means that I need new pictures for my passports (' A'

Therefore I'm going to have them taken today! : )

Further I hope that I'll receive my money already today so I can go to the city hall and order my new passport!

I knew that they aren't for free, but.. when I read -how- expensive an ID card and especially a passport is I was kinda shocked!

An ID card will cost you around 30€ which is kind of what I expected, but the passport comes at 60€!

So both documents will cost me around 90€ already!

Let's hope that at least the pictures won't look too silly! ; )

❤50❤ L'arc~en~Ciel - Vote them to your country!

!! Click here to vote !!

Just click the link and fill out the form!

You can choose your country and city

and you have to vote for your favorite song!

Then simply click on submit : )

Btw.

This is the song I chose:

♥ Ibara no Namida ♥

It was one of the first Japanese songs I heard and fell in love with!

This song just went right to my heart 

♥

♥048♥ Düsseldorf~

~Hello~

Oh and Happy New Year!!


Recently I moved to a new flat!
Finally away from my old room mate.
(My friends already know what major trouble I had with her)


My room now is small, 
BUT
I have my own kitchen
and my own bathrom


Furthermore this way I can already get used to
the space I'll probably have 
in Japan from autumn now.


Work is okay as well!
I have nice colleguages and
was responsible for a charity project
we run on eBay!

Until today we already collected about 2000€
And we are awaiting a bit more from the auctions
running out today on ebay!!


However...
I felt really strange this week.
Grumpy Cat mode or something like that haha

I always try to not show it but..
This week it couldn't be helped I guess.

On Friday I tried a new way to do my nails.
I saw it in the App Girl's Pic from Ameba and the turoial really worked!



Yesterday I met with Elena and Lucy

We went to eat Ramen, took Purikura and went to Karaoke!

It was their first time there, and I hope they had fun!
Although I only met them for the 2nd time I really enjoyed meeting them!



Real Vegetarian Ramen at My Noodlehouse !


Maccha Coffee Latte at Relax!

Oh and next month I'll probably get my studyfinancing!
I'm waiting for my money since 7 month then!
I wonder how they think students are able to survive..

I mean..
They are going to pay all the money I should have gotten from September on
at once, which will at least save my trip to Japan in autumn..,
but I'd have preferred getting my money monthly
to... pay my rent, food, insurance, etc.
(^   ^);

Well~
At least I don't have to wait that long anymore!!


Next month it's also
Maifo's concert!
Already looking forward to it, although I don't really like
Ricky's voice.
I just hope he'll convince me at that live

Here is one of the Purikuras we took!