Hello my friends!!! I know, I know, long time no see indeed!!! I'm extremely sorry for having been dead till now! But the reason I haven't written much is that in the place where I lived in Venice there is STILL no internet connection! They had promised us we would have it by November, but in the end it became July and still no trace of it... All the students are so angry at the office!! Because we have to use internet for everything regarding our university... if we want to register for an exam or whatever, the only way we can do it is using internet... and so we had to go continuously to the university library or to internet points and so on.... that was so stressful!! The moments I was at home I had always too many things to do and I seriously thought I couldn't make it anymore with such a tight schedule...

 

But I managed somehow ^___^

My first year at university was, overall, satisfying and successful! Most of all I managed to live up to my parents' expectations (that were pretty high!!!) and I'm very happy about that! Of course I don't do it just for my parents, it's first of all for my own good too!!!

Talking about this, I had more than once the chance to talk with my house-mates and they seem to not understand the way my parents raised me (and are still raising me, we can say!).

My parents told me at the beginning of the year, that if the highest mark is 30, I should work hard in order to achieve at least 28. If the mark I get is lower, it would be better to retake the exam. Many students don't study in order to get top marks, they are content with 18, that is the minimum mark to pass the exam. Others aspire to better grades but there are few students aiming at the maximum. So my house-mates insisted that my parents are super-strict, but I think my parents said that to me because they want me to be successful, right? The better I am, the more likely it will be that I'll be chosen when looking for a job. Besides, I don't think my parents would really make me retake an exam if I got 27... the meaning of their message was that I should always do the best that I can, and it's a really good meaning! ^____^ So I'm really thankful to them for always supporting me and reminding me that I can do better and better! If they sets very high goals, it's because they believe in me ♥

So, how has everybody been doing?? Please, let me know about your news. And please let me shower you with kisses once again!

Lately I've been using this icon ALOT!! XD

... I know that it's a bit late for this kind of post but here in Italy it's still 04/09, h: 23:03, so I'm in time!!
All day long my internet connection hasn't been working, and I was afraid I couldn't make my own B'day post for Yucchi! Nana Komatsu would surely say that "The Demon Lord" didn't want me to make one!!

I couldn't celebrate as well as I wanted to, I've just eaten a big double chocolate ice-cream! (I wanted at least to cook something on my own, I had also decided what: coconut cookies to eat with chocolate mousse!)
But today was a mess for me, so the only thing I can say to make up for it is that I've definitely thought ALOT about Yucchi today!

The reason why today was a mess, is that early this morning I've received the news that I've been selected for that study tour abroad. And because of this, I had to fill in tons of forms and hand in the documents to various offices!!  So yes, soon I will go on hiatus in order to get better at english!! :D But my hiatus will last 5 weeks, not 6 months!! XD I will be sent in York, England. It will be cooold in comparison with Italy!! >___<
But of course I'm super-happy!! :D So, in conclusion, I had 2 reasons to celebrate today!!

( I wonder how York is... )
PS: I will update tomorrow with something for Yucchi because I really wanna do something more "material" than thinking about him XD I care!!

... that in italian simply means "I'm back!!!" (said by a female, because said by a male would be "Sono tornato!!!")


Anyway, Hello my dear friends!!!!!! chuuuuu <3

To say the truth I returned some days ago, but the 3 following days I was busy with exams (again!!) and I was so tired that I kept on postponing this post XD
I had exams again because my prefecture is organizing some FREE trips to various countries in order to improve young people's skills in foreign languages... And I would have been a complete idiot if I hadn't given it a try!!
Since I'm not so rich... :P

Let's hope for the best! They select people according to their wealth (because if you're a millionaire you can pay your own studies abroad XD), to their level of the language and to various other skills (in the test there were also some logic quizzes, I kinda enjoyed them in fact!!).

The only bad thing about this experience, is that the course will be from 14 sep to 19 oct and this means, I will miss the first 3 weeks of university!! I'm not obliged to attend to classes, but everyone's telling me that the first weeks are the most important, especially if I'm a "newbie" at college! So I'm a bit worried. I even thought a lot about renouncing to the trip, even if I really hoped I would be able to go, but then I said "No way!!!". I decided that I will improve my english skills abroad if they give me this great opportunity, and then if it's necessary I will work thrice as harder than my colleagues at university to make up for it!!

By the way, my university is in Venice. Right now I'm searching for somewhere to live that won't possibly suck away all my parents' money :(
Oh, I am so stressed!! ç___ç

So, I've been tagged by dear jia_kimi and here I am!!

THE RULES:
-Pick your birth month
-Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you
-Bold the five-ten that best apply to you
-Copy to your own journal, with all twelve months under a lj-cut


MARCH
Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves travelling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

I've struck very few things, does this mean that I'm very typical for my month?? XD Some notes:
Attractive personality: rather, I have many nuances in my character, partly hidden because of my secretiveness XD
Sexy: normally I'm not but if I really like a guy who is around me I enter in "slightly sexy mode" apparently. Or they told me so XD
Affectionate: really, I get affectionate to everything: people, animals and things!! XD
Loves to serve others: one of the most important traits of my character I think
Loves attention: not from many people, but from the people I love or admire
Hasty decisions in choosing partners: I feel that if I'm not attracted almost immediately by the aura they emit (it's not just the look, it's the way they move or talk or behave) I could never fall in love with them completely

Now I'm tagging visualprincess, masuda_takahits , shindii_ruiizu  and sere_chan

( The other months )

( Pic of the day + little update )

Hey!!!! Yesterday I had my final exam for the graduation and now I'm enjoying fully my first free day!!!
I love freedom!! XD In the last days of my desperate and insane studying I felt like "If I turn another page of this ******* book, I will throw up for sure!"
Plus, today my mum has cooked my favourite pasta:


So today I'm super-happy!!! ^__^

By the way, yesterday part of my oral exam was a speech about a topic of my own choice and I picked mafia. 
I also brought a small pamphlet with a few documents which were found in the house of a boss (they were about his own values and moral and about the organization of the mafia-family).
I needed a gangster-looking guy as a part of my cover and guess who I chose?? XD
Oh, well, a picture was exactly what I was looking for!!


So I ended up inserting Koki in my graduation thesis! XD Well, as I said, isn't that pic just perfect?

Anyway, since today I'm in the mood for posting pics...
Today, to celebrate the ending of my high-school life, I've collected the things I won't need anymore and I've found also these:


And at last, the most kawaii thing on this world (plus the panorama I can see from the balcony of my room)



Finally I'm over!! XD I don't feel like hunting for grammatical mistakes and mis-spells, sorry! XD

I've just had my FCE oral exam (for english certification, let's hope I did well, I don't even remember what I said at the moment!) and since I don't wanna study for my GRADUATION exams (even if I'm in extreme need!) I feel like writing something here instead...

FIRST, another poem (sorry for those who don't like poems) I came across recently:

In order to understand the value of a year
ask a student who has lost a scholastic year
In order to understand the value of a month
ask a mother who delivered her baby too early 
In order to understand the value of a week
ask the publisher of a weekly magazine
In order to understand the value of an hour
ask two lovers waiting for a date
In order to understand the value of a minute
ask someone who has just missed their train
In order to understand the value of a second
ask someone who has just avoided a car crash
In order to understand the value of a millisecond
ask an athlete who didn't win the golden medal at the Olympic Games
Value every moment you live...

Do you like it? I hope you do!

Then, yesterday I went shopping, and I also bought a new bathing suit. Wanna see it??


I've been influenced too much!! XD
No, to say the truth I've always liked pirates!! ^__^

Hey!! It's been a long time since the last time I posted something! (Not that I've ever been constant when it comes to update my journal anyway XD)

This time I would like to begin with a sentence I've heard recently (I sooo like it!) Here's my rough translation:
"It's not that we don't dare because it's difficult, it's difficult because we don't dare"
Isn't it beautiful?? <333

Next topic: Yesterday I had to deliver a speech in german in my class about something. (It's an exam: the teacher said to us, students, that we were supposed to make an essay about a topic of our choice and then report it to him and the classmates.) I chose the japanese tea ceremony and it was really appreciated! ^__^ I'm happy because I put a lot of work and passion into it and seeing that people are interested... is really gratifying!! :D
I also showed the "audience" a video I had found on youtube about tea ceremony (if you wanna watch it, here you are!) and learnt the kanji 和, 敬, 清, 寂 (harmony, respect, purity and silence, the four main values in the tea ceremony according to what I found) and wrote them on the blackboard! It was fun!! ^__^
And the icing on the cake is that my german teacher gave me top marks: 10/10!! I wanted to get a high score but I was hoping/shooting for a 9/10 so I was so surprised!! For once in my life I'm really proud of myself!! XD (Rarely teachers are willing to give 10, because it means that you couldn't do better than this!)

But the other interesting thing of this experience is that, since I had brought with me a book that showed the tools used in the tea ceremony, I had the chance to talk with various people about SUSHI!! (XD The book is actually about sushi and sashimi but it contains a bit of information about japanese tea too).
And so I found out that sushi is really loved by a wide range of people here in Italy and that the most popular toppings are tuna and salmon (they are also my favourite)!! (A little note: where I live there's just traditional sushi, not crazy experiments like the mango sushi Yucchi talked about so many times! Or at least, I've never seen something like that..)
That book is full of wonderful pics, I can't flip through it too much because otherwise I get super-hungry!! 

The last pic is a glimpse of  my bedroom: I have this huge fabric-wallposter of a native american because I love their culture and conception of life! <33 (And as you can see I'm a really tidy person XD)
Wow, it turned out a really long post! Sorry!! >__<"

In today's entry I wanna present you my favourite poem.
It's by Pablo Neruda and it became my ideal way of life!! I just try to follow those "instructions" in my everyday routine! Reading it will be a big help to get to know me better!!
And I also think that my dream boy will be someone passionate who will like this poem! ^__^