I know I posted not too long ago about our second Japan trip, but we just came back (a few days ago) from our third Japan trip! 3 weeks was too long; we were feeling pretty drained, despite there still being new things to explore -- they weren't that different. Our meals started drifting to grocery store bentos and convenience store drinks haha. They're good though! It's just, when you travel, you should be trying the cultural cuisine at restaurants or something, right? Around the last week, I was ready to go home and indulge in my comfy space.

Am I "finally done" with Japan though? I would say I'm down to go again, of course, but not so soon after. I still have places I want to go, things I want to do there. I think it's good to travel elsewhere, but I'm getting that fear of the unknown again--which I initially had for Japan but now it's just the norm. Maybe if I prepped myself more for a different country. I did quite a lot of prep prior to going to Japan, and I also had all this knowledge (assumptions?) about Japan too.

I remember having Japan-withdrawals after the first trip, but I think, knowing that I will probably visit Japan again, I'm not as sad haha.

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(enjoying these emoji borders 🤭)

Anywho, it's the end of the 2024! The festivities are here~

Yesterday, we celebrated Christmas early with Robin's siblings, and we exchanged Christmas gifts. Proud because this year, we actually put some effort into gifts haha. It was also Ivan's graduation, so we had sushi for lunch. After gift exchange we had Jollibee for a light dinner. Today we are also busy with celebration for Misha's marriage (they had the ceremony in Oct of this year, I think. Oh how time flew).

Next week, we'll have lunch/dinner on Christmas at my family's place. And I'll be meeting up with Mina, Jessica, and Stephanie before that, on Monday. Whee~

Eh. I don't wanna talk about the current situation with job-hunting and whatnot.

I know I posted not too long ago about our second Japan trip, but we just came back (a few days ago) from our third Japan trip! 3 weeks was too long; we were feeling pretty drained, despite there still being new things to explore -- they weren't that different. Our meals started drifting to grocery store bentos and convenience store drinks haha. They're good though! It's just, when you travel, you should be trying the cultural cuisine at restaurants or something, right? Around the last week, I was ready to go home and indulge in my comfy space.

Am I "finally done" with Japan though? I would say I'm down to go again, of course, but not so soon after. I still have places I want to go, things I want to do there. I think it's good to travel elsewhere, but I'm getting that fear of the unknown again--which I initially had for Japan but now it's just the norm. Maybe if I prepped myself more for a different country. I did quite a lot of prep prior to going to Japan, and I also had all this knowledge (assumptions?) about Japan too.

I remember having Japan-withdrawals after the first trip, but I think, knowing that I will probably visit Japan again, I'm not as sad haha.

✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦

(enjoying these emoji borders 🤭)

Anywho, it's the end of the 2024! The festivities are here~

Yesterday, we celebrated Christmas early with Robin's siblings, and we exchanged Christmas gifts. Proud because this year, we actually put some effort into gifts haha. It was also Ivan's graduation, so we had sushi for lunch. After gift exchange we had Jollibee for a light dinner. Today we are also busy with celebration for Misha's marriage (they had the ceremony in Oct of this year, I think. Oh how time flew).

Next week, we'll have lunch/dinner on Christmas at my family's place. And I'll be meeting up with Mina, Jessica, and Stephanie before that, on Monday. Whee~

Eh. I don't wanna talk about the current situation with job-hunting and whatnot.