So finally I found some time and theres another pic-spam post about my trip to Japan ;p
( dreams do come true :) )

As promised exciting part two of my trip, which means m&g and concert in Berlin.( Am I happy? )

I came back. Slept for two days and I'm ready to talk about it.
( Dir en grey in Poland )
Berlin will follow shortly.

Ok, so in few minutes I'm leaving for the airport (I decided to sleep there XD).
Schedule:
24th - Warsaw welcome soon and diru and so many people I really want to see. And HUG!!!! And lots of delicious food. Everyone says that its gonna rain. I hope not >.>
25th - I'm going to Berlin by train, m&g, concert, sleep.
26th - flying back to London and straight to work XD after that big SLEEP (before my exam).

I probably won't have any internet connection, but expect big post about this trip on Sunday ;p

This baby is mine since yesterday and we gonna have fun together :)

Time for another day :)
( just be warned that its VERY image heavy ;p )
Next will be Kyoto, the most beautiful place on earth *^ ^*

( rainy day in Osaka )
( Dir en grey in Namba Hatch )




btw I'm quite ill again, symptoms are so close to the flu that I even went to get checked XD
But its 'just' some shitty virus and I need to stay home till Friday. So my days are passing lovely with me laying in bed and enjoying it all >.>'
(at least walls seem to stay still, first day it was very random XD)

( let me continue my story :) )

btw tomorrow I'm actually seeing Girugamesh... somehow I don't feel excited at all O.o

12th of April, Sunday

Big day for Jarek - his first Ayu concert. But there was lots of streess, we had to wait for special delivery in the morning for our tickets. I don't know why when Lisa sent them first time they came back to her O.o
So we skipped Shinjuku which was planned for Sunday morning (will do it probably on 23rd or 24th) and started with Harajuku (at about noon).
The famous bridge which supposed to be meet up place for cosplayers and VK people is NO more. There were two (german?) european Gothic Lolitas and Japanese people were taking pictures with them XD and one little group, but I saw more and better dressed people on concerts in Europe.
Fortunatelly that wasn't the main reason of going there. In Yoyogi koen one can find Meiji Jingu. Shrine is dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shouken and was build in 1920. Place is huge and its very popular for traditional weddings. And we had luck to see some wedding processions :) Astonishing.
Because shrine is located inside the park its very peacefull, its very contrasting with Harajuku area and I can understand why Japanese goverment wanted to change the look of that bridge.

At 2pm we went to Saitama, concert was supposed to start at 4pm (doors open at 3). We bought merch (offisha-ru guzzu) and went to our queue. It was nice to have sit tickets, no one was in hurry, no one was rushing, as your place was waiting for you. We got sits at D2 block on the arena (not on upper surrounding sits). Waiting in the queue we talk to one guy who was curious about us (nonJaapanese) liking Ayu.
Our sits weren't that close, but still view was nice :) She started with Rule, dancers were amazing. Big concerts like Ayus are totally different than those I'm usually going to. Theres lot of things going on, dancers, lighting. And you need to clap your hands or wave lightstick/lightfan. She got some stories going on for every coulple songs (on screens and what actually was happening on the stage). My favorite one was about Ayu being futuristic General, her girls being soldiers and guys as prisoners (movie). Ayu liked Shuuya (one with white/black hair) so she wanteed to give him some water, but he refused it and let other guys out of the cell. They tried to run away, but (now on the stage) girls went on the hunt and got them. But for little more Ayu and Shuuya were strugling with their feelings.
Things like that don't look so good on dvd, because you can't see both 'channels' (movie screens and stage). There also was very beautiful jazz dance of two lovers who were torn apart.
From the songs I know she also played Audience. Green, Evolution (yey!), Energize and Sparcle. After a break for encore Ayu, Shu-chan and Jin did MC :)
Ayu and all dancers were changing outfits a lot. Themes were: pvc/rule style, cheerleaders/yakyuu team, wedding dress (for love story), general/army style, electro style (shiny sequins etc) with silver, and t-shirt with jeans for encore.
So I definaely classify first Ayu gig as nice one *^ ^*
( you can see it as well :) )

We came back to the hostel and went to sleep straight away as next day early in the morning we were going to Osaka. And I was suppose to see Dir en grey in Japan for first time.

Finally I finished note of the... first day XD

( this is long and VERY image heavy. You have been warned. )

I can't believe how much is going on this year! It seems it will be best one in my life XD

Theres so many shows lined up for me:
2009/05/16 Girugamesh O2 Academy Islington London, UK
2009/06/24 Dir en grey Progresja Warszawa, Poland
2009/07/18 D'espairsRay Garage, London
2009/07/22 D'espairsRay Ucho Gdynia, Poland
2009/10/06 Miyavi O2 Academy London, UK

And I just found out that on 29th June Regina Spektor is playing in London!!!! I'm SOOOOOOO happy! I actually found out by catching her name in some spam mail from Livenation XD
And there is also It Came form Japan coming back! (17th May in London, The Fly)

Sorry its so random and shapeless post, but I'm so EXCITED! *^ ^*

(btw I'm working on Japan-realted posts, they will come, don't worry ;p)

setlist:

01 Vinushka
02 red soil
03 Gaika

04 stuckman
05 Deeer Vileness
06 Dokoku no sarinu
07 Ryojoku no ame
*voice delay*
08 toguro
09 Glass skin *!*
10 ware yami tote
*voice delay*
11 bugaboo
12 reiketsu nariseba
13 Lie buried with a vengeance
14 Agitated Screams of Maggots
15 Dozing Green
*voice delay*

encore
e1 Obscure
e2 hydra 666
e3 Fatal Believer
e4 Rasetsu koku
e5 Clever Sleazoid
( about the show )

I finally got reply from SOAS Japanese department!
For all my choices I got conditional offer, which mean I need to re-do my IELTs test, as I'm missing 0.5 in ONE sub score >.<'
(deadline for that is 31st August)

But overall its great news :D

But now I just don't get one thing - so all my reviews and preparations for interview were not so neccesary? Because my conditional offers are only about English certificate O.o
Well, at least I feel I refreshed my knowledge xD

Also I've been today at SOAS open days and it was really nice, all my questions were answered.
And I feel even more that it will be great to study there :D

The thing that was bothering me the most was year abroad in Japan/Korea. They provide me place in uni and can organize cheap place to stay, but I need to pay for that. But I was told Student Houses cost about 5-15 thousand yen a month, so its not so bad (actually its so cheap that its hard to imagine? O.o)
Also 10 best students can apply for scholarship (thats beautiful dream ne?).

Now I need to check what do I do now XD
I know from 5 choices I need to make one my first choice and one my second choice, and decline the rest.
I just have no idea how I do that XD
And also if I got min 7 in all sub scores in IELTS exam does it mean I'm in?

There's lot of thing going on for me at the moment.

1)school.
I'm still waiting for decision of Japanese department, so no news about progress in this field unfortunately. But tomorrow I'm going to SOAS open days and hopefully I will have oportunity to ask lots of questions :)

2)my leg.
Got X-ray result and there's nothing wrong. Point is that it still hurts and really starts to affect my daily life ;_; I'm going to physio nest week, to see if that helps. Today my GP ask me like milions questions trying to figure out why, I would really like to visit House XD

3)Japan.
clock it ticking and I'm getting excited :D
Theres not much left to do, just wait and pack. Today Im going to buy yen (and wooooooooo! for exchnage rate ;p)

Only shame is that MAXIMUM THE HORMONE got such a strange policy on tickets that I wont be able to see them... and to think I gave up one diru show for them, I wanna cry ;_;
Well, we will definately find something to do for one evening in Nagoya XD

4)tours in Europe
Heh, we're all waiting... Fortunately I think there are small chances of MUCC coming in June for oneman tour as they got tour in Japan starting in May till mid June :)
So now, diru please don't destroy me by coming too early XD

My 20th diru show supposed to be unforgetable.

As some of you know already that London show was cancelled due to power cut in the area.
At least I was only freezing off my butt for 3 hours, then waiting inside for 2,5 hours in the pushy crowd XD
Well. I will remeber it for sure XD

Lots of fans were crying when we got thrown outside. If someone came from another part of Europe just to see them, no wonder they were upset. Everyone was sad.
I'm still not sure if I can count it as my 20th or not xD
damm it will spoil my counts forever now > <'

But after about an hour some people were still waiting, diru (ha normal 80% of diru) came out to do little meet&greet :)
They were signing and you could talk to them a little (before other fans pushed you away XD) and they even allowed photos! Yay :D
It wasn't so good as having actual concert but definately made our mood better then :)

So we parted in better mood. I hope everyone understand that it wasn't any of bands fault that thing hasn't happen. Big hug for two guys from MSI (regardless what I was thinking about them before XD) - they still sang one song for their fans, it was really fun acoustic version :)
I still hope diru will come back soon (even if I see them in April).

But for whole day I didn't see Kyo-san at all and it made me really sad :(

(I bet he didn't even leave the bus > <')

And now I should go to work, but none of comunication is working, even buses O.o
I just hope it will get better for my tomorrows flight ;_;

Kyo finally had his box :D
( Cardiff story )
later this week sightseeing and Oxford

( under the cut )
Cardiff story and my sightseeying story will follow later this week > <'
Tomorrow I'm going to Oxford. I got pain in every possible muscle and sore throat and bad cold.
But I don't regret anything. It was amazing so far :)

I'm back, I'm in pain, I'm so happy *_*

Will write something later today, I need to go to work, what seems quite difficult task XD

I should be sleeping now, but still so many things to do. Finally I'm starting to realise that I'm actually going somewhere in seven hours XD
I'm getting excited, even if my cold is really bad and it will be worser by those few days > <'
I cannot find my hipster bag and its draving me crazy XO

Ok, now need to go and have a shower and go to sleep.

I will be back Sunday night.

Diru, I miss you :D