Kyoto Garden 26/09/09
Today me and Justin took a trip to the Kyoto Garden in Holland Park, London. As if you couldn’t tell from it’s name, it’s a Japanese style garden created by gardeners from Kyoto – where the Japanese style garden is particularly abundant. It features neatly cut grass (which you weren’t allowed to walk on, though a few sunbathers decided not to abide by this rule) and a pathway surrounding a large pond housing various types of koi carp – very magnificent. Read more…
Hot, Hot, Hot! 02/06/09
I just had my last exam this morning. I think I did well overall this semester (expecting A/B grades), apart from the fact that I managed to completely forget to attend an oral presentation and now have to chase my doctor for PMS-related medical notes. According to the exam chair, PMS is a valid mitigating circumstance. Girls, remember that one for when something slips your mind at that time of the month!
I know, I know, I still haven’t written about Japan yet. And I’m not going to this post, either. Instead; I’d like to talk to you for a bit about England and how bloody hot it has been the past few days. It’s absolutely gorgeous! Only a few whispy clouds in the distance and temperatures of up to 27 degrees celsius! I sat out on some grass by the Houses of Parliament after my exam, did the sudoku in the Metro and read some of a new book I started earlier; Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. (I thought it was going to be a little mundane, but it’s actually turned out to be quite the page turner – relatively morbid!)