in less than 24 hours, my dad and i will be on our way to osaka. yes, i know it has been many weeks, if not months, since i last wrote. of course, i have good reasons. i moved into a new apartment on 1st april (it is not a joke) and, for the first time in 2 years, i got super busy with work. so i am actually in very high spirits now and looking forward to the new challenges of new projects at work and living on my own for the the first time in my life when i return in 8 days.
meantime, i am still busy with unpacking. my living room (which also doubles as my study) is filled with opened boxes. not to mention the unopened boxes in the kitchen. and i haven’t started packing yet for the trip! because of the works and the moving, i also haven’t had time to plan for the trip either. lucky in a way, because i am traveling with my dad, i won’t get into adventurous mode for this trip. so i will be visiting places that i have already visited probably a few times. because my dad won’t have the patience to wait for me to getting around. so today is all about unpacking and packing. hopefully, i find time in between to take a quick look at my photos of my last two trips and organize them into attractions for storing on my iphone. in that case, i can let my dad to choose which places he would like to go visit. i have a hunch i will be updating this blog quite a few times in the next 12 hours or so.
i went to kansai end of april last year and just missed the cherry blossom season at its full blown. i did manage to catch a glimpse of what it is all about when i visited miho museum. i was completely taken away by the beauty of miho’s architecture and the tranquility of its surroundings. i spent at least half an hour to walk the 10-minute walk from the entrance to the museum which was covered with cherry blossoms. miho is definitely on the itinerary this time.
except for miho, i didn’t get to see any cherry blossoms. so i bought a blu-ray on cherry blossoms as consolation when i saw it on display in a shop in kyoto. i have kept the disc playing since early this morning so i can jog down the places worth seeing and match them against the cherry blossoms forecast website. the disc also serves great as background music while i pack.