Hamburg after three years

Dear girls,

it has been such a while since I went to Hamburg.
More than three years!!

And the day didn't start too well...

I missed the train, the train at Hauptbahnhof was on delay for 20 minutes... holymoly.
I was happy that I could finally arrive at Hamburg Altona at 11 AM.

There I met Nadine's mum. I was so happy to see her again!
She looked so beautiful! <3

We went to a nearby café, drank a Latte Macchiatto / green tea with orange & caramell syrup (I love syrup!! <3 I absolutely recommend you this mixture!) and had a little talk.
I only got time until 12.30 PM because I had a date then.

But... the biggest surprise was... a former colleague of Nadine's mother we met there... she looked like an older version of RAN-PYON! <3

I was so in love with her hair!!! <3

I wanted to take a photo of her but I didn't haha... Still, I never forget that impression!

WOW!

Well and then... 12.30 PM I met up with... well yeah.

Because we were hungry, we first went to this very cool Japanese restaurant Matsumi.

It was great to talk and order everything in Japanese then but I noticed once more that I really suck in speaking. I envy him. ;__;

We had a great meal, talked about a lot of things and then went to... Mundsburg,

having a slight stop in a shop, there I got THIS

and continued to go to Wandsbeck because of taking some purikura.

It was a new machine with a lot of new backgrounds and stamps... I really enjoyed this one!

And it was possible to get two photos on your mobile phone as it is in Japan!

That was pretty cool! <3

Moreover we were able to get some 2nd hand manga in Japanese... I couldn't resist to buy those two...

some nostalgic feeling and "scary lessons" is just great! <3

We had a short break at Hafencity and Speicherstadt and then just really stopped at Landungsbrücken. Unfortunately it was too late to have a harbour tour but nonetheless having ice-cream is also great! <3

What is your favourite kind of ice-cream?
I really love stracciatella!

Well around 7 PM I had to get back to Berlin.

My father was so kind to pick me up at the Hauptbahnhof. <3

And he bought me a magazine...

I started Yoga a year ago and always skipped excercises...but I want to do it

properly again since it's good for your health!

 

Starting again really felt good. <3

 

 

 

And of course... here are some photos <3

 

 

 

 

Colonaden - I didn't know this part of Hamburg before although
it's right next to Gänsemarkt, where the Sanrio shop is located.

 

 

 

Getting to Hafencity and Speicherstadt

 

 

I love this automobile!
I also want to drive around in one when I'll get married.

... IF I ever get married. Haha.

 

 

There was this really cool Mexican Navy ship

which will sail off a few days from now.

It was exciting to get on bord.

(I still love Navigation and everything else which is located with that <3)

 

 

 

<3 ~ It was such a wonderful day ~ <3

 

 

 

 

I feel a little bit loveydovey right now.

Haha....

 

Hazukashii yo~ <3

 

 

 

Every girl needs NANA ... or what I need

Hello Gals,

it's been so long!

I passed the practical exam a few days ago, so there's only the oral exam left in two weeks.
I'm feeling that much better now since the last weeks were hell to me.

Because I had some resolutions - here is the "TBC" from January:

♪ I gained 2kg and I'm happy about it even though it was of course having an all flat belly (haha).

But I'm feeling better.

♪ I was preparing a lot of stuff for the portfolio which I wanted to present Tokyopop but there is still too much to do. I can't make it to the bookfair in a week and so I will pass. But just to let some time go by and work even harder. I'm satisfied with the things I can draw right now, nevertheless. :)

♪ No real travel plans yet but still want to go to London or Amsterdam.

♪ I haven't practised Japanese ONCE this year (lol).

♪ Trying being nicer took effort. But I really try. Situations relaxed at home a lot since January.

♪ I already look for an own flat with a friend. :)

Things will work out fine.

I'm finally almost free to do what I like and I LOVE IT. <3
I feel like having a life again, haha.



So... life.... what is my plan?


Well let's talk about some PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE things.

Recently, I started to read NANA by Yazawa Ai again and also watched the anime and the movie.
Do you know this great series?

It's about two girls' life: Osaki Nana and Komatsu Nana.
They are so different and still they become friends and each others support.
Their lives and their friendship consist of ups and downs and in the end...

Well, we don't know.
Yazawa-san hasn't drawn anything since leaving hospital a few years ago, except some illustrations and the corner part.

I really love this story of Nana and Hachi.
I love how Yazawa-san put all the chaotic feelings of being a twen into the story and how this does work.
I love how a lot of situations of the manga touches me.

A few years ago I also had sympathy for NANA but right now it seems I really understand things better.


Then there's also another one by Ashihara Hinako: Sunadokei.
It's series with 10 volumes and was published by Planet Shojo here in Germany years ago.

Telling Ann's story the whole thing is about growing up, overcome obstacles in life, being in love for the first time... the whole stuff.

So what's so special, except the artist's style I really love?

I read the story around 2006/2007.
It was the first real slice-of-life I ever read without being focused on serious issues (Confidential Confessions) but about life itself.

Right now, rereading it, a lot of things cleared up.
Things, I couldn't felt back when because I haven't experiemced them.
Now I have and I also have to say that Ashihara did very well in showing all the confusing things you will may have to endure in order to grow.

Of course there are many romantic, shojo-like, scenes - because it IS shojo, but nevertheless it's far more realistic than I have ever imagined.
Haha.

It's very easy to be trapped and stuck in the past because we meet a lot of people and we will lose a lot of people. It's easy because we can't know it all.

Reading these two series makes me in some places very nostalgic but also energetic because I finally seem to get a little bit closer to myself again.


So at the moment things are like this:

I have a job offer and will sign the contract soon, so I will start my new work in Mid April.
I'm looking forward to it even though I'd love it to have a little bit more freetime, but that's life, haha.

I'm looking for a shared flat with a friend and we may have already found something pretty, pretty nice. I hope that's possible. <3

I'm working on tidying up my stuff.
Recently I sold a lot to Ebay and I will look for more things, too.
Almost everyday there is something I will throw away or give away and that feels good.
Today were a lot of old clothes.
So right now I'm doing all the organizing stuff but it's fun.
Really.

Relax and take my time.
That's so much better.

I don't care for big conventions at all.
Next would have been bookfair in Leipzig but I'm glad I can't go.

I also don't feel the need of doing too much cosplay.
There are still two projects I want to finish and that's it maybe for real.

I'm looking forward to the next months of this year.

<3

And right now I will do my nails... and relax even more.

Have all a great Sunday and a nice start next week!

EVANGELION nailart

*~*~ Hey Gals! ~*~*

Recently I'm really into "Neon Genesis Evangelion" again.

I'm looking forward to next year - 2015. ♥

My favourite character has always been and will always be Asuka.

(But after years I also really startes to like Misato!)

Hey, it's really cool to rewatch the series and finally be able to read some

of the written kanji on the black screens - especially in the last two episodes! ♥

And because I want a new nail art I looked for some Evangelion relavant stuff...

I'm happy to find an Asuka modified look on a nice website and tried it out just some time ago. ♥

It's still hard to draw and write with the left hand...

But still the "anta baka!?" is definitely readable. x3

Since there wasn't the thumb shown in the art example I chose to polish them red and black.

I splitted kanji of the name "soryu" on the left hand on the black fields and just did a "02" on the right thumb.

♥

So to finish this entry a song I love because it's for Evangelion AND it's by Hikki ♥

Thank God it's... SALE!

Hey Gals!

It's already been two weeks of the new year. ^^
So, did you keep your new year's resolutions so far?
In my case, I really try to. ^^

I've been studying since Monday and make slowly progress.
There are only three weeks left until oral midterm exam but I will keep doing my best!
I've been enjoying life since the first week much more than the last three months of 2013.
I finally can take part in my cute dancegroup again! 
I really missed the girls!!

On Sunday there will be my second training and we will continue working on mblaq's "Y".
I even had the motivation to learn another very cute song?
Please look up "Shy Boy" by Secret. ♥

Afterwards I will say Goodbye to a good friend who will move with her husband and child to a far way city.
That's a bit sad but I'm happy that I can see her once more before moving! :)

So finally the part what the headline is talking about:

Today I met Yosi after work - we haven't seen each other for a long time, now!
We met up at Neo Tokyo because we wanted to look for new manga / magazines.
I'm still waiting for the February Popteen issue...
The January one was fine, too, but it's somehow weird to buy a "Christmas mag" after Christmas...?

In the end I finally couldn't resist buying "Earl & Fairy".

I'm not really into fantasy mix genres but I just love the style of the mangaka and I just love the Victorian Britain! ♥
It was a hard battle, resisting for almost half a year but now I really had no chance but buying it!

Then we left for heading to Zoologischer Garten.
I needed some loose longsleeve shirt for dancing.

My feeling told me that I should go to Forever 21 - and gotcha!!
I didn't only find a nice shirt but a cool pullover for 8€ in sale in first place and some cute & shiny eyelashes.

The dancing shirt was pure luck - the only one left was on one of the mannequins.
Happy! ♥

Finished short shopping we went to Ishin Tey - I just love the cuisine there.

The prices are moderate and so we had a very chilly time there!
We both eat yakitori cey-ro and had yummy gencha!

I was very happy talking with her about a lot of things and we had a great time! ♥

☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*

Oh... and I finally made it - I plugged in all my earrings... haha... what a mess!

But it's nice to have them all in one place and somehow there's a pattern in it.
During work I just wear simple ones. ^^;

I'm back! / Convention time MMC Berlin

Hey gals! ♥

It really has been a while, eh?

Well... after a week of resting I was able to work again and what happened?

Night shift happened!

All in a sudden although I said in first place that it would be nice to exclude the nights.
(We only can do a certain number of nights until graduation, so we have to keep an eye on this)

Moreover I had some photoediting and message replying tasks, too, since the week end was a little success.

So, what's up?

The weekend before I went to the Mega Manga Convention, here in Berlin.

Actually I wouldn't have done so, if I hadn't participate as one of the comic artists.

So most of the time I was sitting at a desk, drawing my life out of my hands and chatting with my very cute neighbours. ♥

Love you gals!

We had pretty much fun the three days and I was surprised of the fact that people actually like my work! ♥

Really - I don't think I'm bad at drawing but there are always so many other good comic artists...
so I was very happy!

I also had some luck with shopping.

Everything was about Pokemon.
LUCKY!

First I got this super cute Plinfa/Pochama and then...
on Sunday I bought three Pokemon anime comics.

Because they are second-hand I only had to pay 15€ instead of the regular German import price of ~80€! ♥

Everyone around me was talking about cosplay and somehow I wanted to wear a costume, too, like I always do, going to a convention.

On Thursday I even decided to participate in the single cosplay competition and within 2 hours I created a whole script and mp3-file.

I'm crazy, I admit it! xD

So what did I wear?

My dear Soryu Asuka Langley from Evangelion!! ♥

I was so happy to wear her again and it was fun! ♥

But since it was very cold, sitting next to the windows (and we had to leave them open the whole time), I changed into something warmer. (T_T)

I want to do a photoshooting, soon!
Lau, don't you have time for taking some pictures?!
Haha... |D

Maybe I should try to get a group together for the LBM next year?


The cosplay competition was okay.

At least for me who was very spontaneous. xD

No technical problems.
Everything went well, I just had one little blooper.

Of course I didn't win but it's fun for me, performing on stage. ♥

☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*

A short break for me

Hey gals! (＝⌒▽⌒＝)

Today I had my first of two days off (before the 7-day-working week will start and also the midterm exam... I'm scared to death!!)

So I just went out to get new magazines and a little present for my penpal Ayaka who sent me a o-bon letter today.

I wish we had such festivals in Germany, too!

I really miss such flair here! (T_T)

Recently I'm not in my best state, so I chose a simple outfit for today.

But I was happy to take my little WEGO bag with me.

☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*

Usually I would buy the new JELLY issue but I had to say that I don't like the August issue very much, so I bought  the Popteen and CUTiE mag (this month's present: a Rilakkuma soft case ♥).

So, as soon as I've got time I will show some scans again. ^^

But I really look forward to the September issue of Popteen since there seems to be a special about Ayu?

Unbelievable - she's been already 15 years on stage!! ♥

source of this picture

☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*

And because I already finished reading vol.4 of Stardust Wink I needed to get supplies. ♥

I really love that manga although I wasn't fully convinced by the first two volumes.

But the story definitely gets better and in my opinion the style feels also more complete.

☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*☆*ﾟ ゜ﾟ*

Good Night! ♥