Shhh...

I didn't start out to make this blog a secret. It's just that I never told my parents (and others) about it, and then I started writing cathartic things about them here, and so now if I were to tell them, it would be very awkward.

That, combined with the fact that I like the idea of a travel diary, has led me to create a seperate blog for my travels in Japan. You should have already gotten an email about it -- if you haven't, it's because a) I don't know your email, b) I don't know you, or c) I forgot you and I'm a bad, bad person. Since I'll mostly be posting on that blog for the next year (with the exception of things I don't want my parents to read), do send me an email/write me a comment if you want to get the address. I'd put it up on the blog, but the secretive part of me prefers to keep the two blogs seperate, for some strange reason. Perhaps I enjoy compartmentalization, or perhaps I'm just neurotic.

Mum's back home from her travels now, and for some reason I'm less annoyed at her for gushing about going to San Francisco than I was about her going to Italy. I guess I'm just getting used to her and Dad going places without me. Now, can they get used to me going places without them? Mum's starting to talk about visiting me in Japan, mostly because she doesn't want to not see me for a year. It's a loooong plane ride though, so we'll see what happens.

Biku's still not doing very well, but I'm sending her all my magical wish power (since I don't seem to need it -- see my Japan blog) so that she can go have an adventure with a happy ending a la "French Kiss" (the movie with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline, not the tongue wrestling move). We'll see what happens.