2019年４月28日 : Actual Birthday! A lot of things happened during this special day, and I am happy that I was able to enjoy it, despite being sad that I am away from home, but, I completely forgot about how sad I was and I really had fun! First things first, here's the link to my blog post about my Pre-birthday Celebration 2019 lol (so many celebrations lol) : Pre Birthday Celebration 2019

Now let's move on to the actual party! We had a Japanese style Barbecue party!



The meat is lined up so neatly! We went to the house of one of our Japanese colleagues and we celebrated there! They prepared the meat and other food for us!



Once the grill was ready... the first thing they grilled was... STEAK!
(いきなりステキ！？　(笑)）


Look at that mouthwatering beauty! They added the butter before it was done cooking completely! It was soft AF!






We had soooo many meat, we had veggies, and they even prepared Yakisoba! I was sooo full but it was so good! It was my first time doing a Japanese styled Barbecue party, and it made me realize that they do things differently, and Dyan and Marianne and I were comparing how it would be done in the Philippines, and it just made us laugh lol

The last thing they grilled was....



Another steak! I think they said this was a 800 g steak.. is that the right measurement to use? lol all I know is, this is, HUGE.



I was already too full to eat and finish it, but they were asking, can we still eat dessert? and I was like... THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR DESSERT. and another unexpected thing happened...



They surprised me again with another Strawberry shortcake!! I was soooo surprised and didnt really expect anything, but I was sooo happy! and this cake is just toooo adorable!


Look at that beauty! It's just amazing, and it was really good! It didn't just look good, it tasted heavenly too!




LOL

After the Barbecue party, we went for Karaoke, then Dyan and Marianne and I went to YouMe Town Mall, and went for Purikura!


I was never the type to like surprises for me, I like them for other people, but I always get emotional and feel like I short circuit when people do nice things for me, but I really enjoyed my 3-day-birthday celebration with these beautiful gals and other workmates who made my day extra special...

It was a fun birthday, and here's hoping for a fun year ahead of me, at least before I go home since I miss my family, boyfriend, and my DOG!

Thank you to everyone who remembered me on my birthday and took the time to greet me in whatever platform it is!

Hope you all have a great day, and Happy Golden Week!

Heisei Era ends in 2 days... lol HELLO REIWA! PLEASE BE KIND!

This is my first time celebrating my birthday away from home, family, boyfriend, friends... and my first time celebrating it in Japan! I'm both happy and sad, but, thanks to the people who made my birthday extra special! It was a weekend celebration starting from 2019年４月26, when the Avengers: Endgame premiered here in Japan, I HAD to watch it on the first day it was released, so Dyan accompanied me to watch it, even though she's not really a fan of the MCU films, I think this is the first MCU film she watched, but she enjoyed every bit of it!




Right after work on the 26th, (we still had work then since it was a Friday, Golden Week officially started on the 27th for us, btw my birthday is on the 28th lol)

I bought the amazing endgame pamphlet that's like a book! It was beautifully made, and we received adorable peanut like standees when we entered the cinema! I got Captain America, Dyan got Iron man! IT WAS A LEGENDARY MOVIE. A MASTERPIECE. I CRIED. THE WHOLE TIME. Because I know it was ending... gosh I still have endgame hangover and post endgame depression... but! I enjoyed it very much!

That was the first part of my celebration, the next day, Dyan and I went on another Movie date and watched KINGDOM, a Japanese movie, it was also a really good movie!






This was part of my pre-birthday celebration, we watched KINGDOM 2019年4月27日 in the afternoon, before dinner!

After the movie, Marianne met up with us, and we had dinner at Pepper Lunch! I was so happy they had Pepper Lunch here! it's one of my favorite places to eat in the Philippines, and weirdly enough, I like the Pepper Lunch in the Philippines better than Japan...

One of the things that made me super happy... they SURPRISED ME WITH A BIRTHDAY CAKE! I really was not expecting anything, but that made me so happy!





It was also one of my favorite cakes ever, Strawberry Shortcake! I loved the cake and it was soooo adorable!

They went to my apartment afterwards, ate the cake, painted our nails, and they waited for 12:00 MN for me! My boyfriend was on the phone waiting for 12:00 with them lol



Even though I am far from home, and I miss my family, I am so happy I got to spend my birthday weekend with these lovely ladies!

But that's not all, actual Birthday Celebration coming up on the next post lol
LINK: Actual Birthday Celebration 2019

Thanks for reading!

I can't believe it's already halfway through April, in less than 10 days, I will be 27... This will be my first year celebrating my birthday without my family, boyfriend, and friends.. I'm not sure if I am looking forward to this year's birthday, but, will make the most out of it! I recently purchased a few items to decorate my room, but will save that for a different post, since I will be moving apartments after Golden week, will just make an updated What's in my Apartment blog post once I am settled in...

What have I been up to these past few days? well for starters, I dyed my hair in a reddish brown color.. it's been a while since I've had something similar to a red colored hair since I always go for the Ash looking tone, but! Pretty happy about the product since it was so nice!


I know they sell Liese products in the Philippines as well, but this packaging (and dye quality) is so much better than than the ones sold back home, this is so aesthetically pleasing! it also made my hair super soft and silky after washing it off so yay for that!




I've also been super addicted to these strawberry sandwiches from Lawson recently! they literally taste like Strawberry Short cake but in sandwich form and they are so good!




During my Karaoke date with Dyan last 4.15.19, we ate at Yamachan right after for dinner, the food was delicious! Especially the Yakisoba! It tastes like Takoyaki, I call it TakoYakisoba! it was sooo good!

Price was it was not that expensive unlike normal Japanese restaurants, they normally cost a lot.


I've been super busy these past few days since there are a lot of changes with work and stuff, but I try to make time for myself, which I think is the best time for me, (pun unintended lol), but I am really excited for Golden which is in a few days and hopefully I get to go somewhere so I have something interesting to share lol

That's it for now haha!

Byebee!

It's the most wonderful time of the year here in Japan, it's Sakura season! The time of the year where the beautiful, pink blossoms bloom all over the country! To be honest, it bloomed a little late here in Izumo City, because it almost always rains here, like 2~3 times a week... this city is pretty cloudy and gloomy, so while the Sakura's were in full bloom in Tokyo, they're not yet fully bloomed here... but the time has come for them to show off their beauty!



It's a dream come true! Finally able to check this off my bucket list! Last 2019年４月5日 we went to Kisuki, which is about almost an hour train ride away from the main city, but again, it was worth it! We went on a Friday morning, so it started off with a few people, when we were about to leave, it was around 1:30 in the afternoon, it was swarming with people, so we were happy we went in the morning, and a friday lol imagine the amount of people on a saturday/sunday?





It was also a really beautiful day for a picnic so we packed lunch! I was happy they prepared Filipino food like Pancit, the famous Chicken Lollipop (remembering kids parties lol), and really nice sandwiches, which is not really filipino but.. you know.. haha!





There were also food stalls there, it felt like a festival, but! they were pretty pricey lol but the Taiyaki was only 120 JPY, and it came in 3 fillings, the usual Azuki filling, Choco, and custard! I got the custard one!




The view was gorgeous! I am just literally spamming you guys with photos... but of course I wont be able to include all the photos in this post, but yeah.. haha!





Besides the Sakura's, they also had a part where there were other flowers as well!



This was giving me the "Violeta" vibes... playing that song in my head right now,... (Wizone's where you at!? lol)

It was a a really tiring, but fun day! I feel so fulfilled because I was finally able to witness the beauty of Sakura's...

(and it's also my birthday month hehe)

But I hope you guys had fun looking through the photos, and my selfies apparently, and will see you guys in my next post!