~About me~

Hello~

I'm Rina, some people might now me as Shizuka as well.
I was born and raised in Germany, studied in the Netherlands and soon I'll be living in Japan for one year!

Just let me tell you one thing right away:
All entries are just based on my personal experiences. I'm not Google or Wikipedia (and even those can't give you 100% guarantee that their results are true).
I'm totally open to hear your experiences and thoughts on anything I publish here!  : )


☆  Languages I speak include: German, English, Dutch and (until now only a little bit of) Japanese.

★Since the early 2000s I am listening to Visual Kei (although I might not like that anymore) and I still love that kind of music!
My favourite bands include: Dir en Grey, Kaya, Versailles, D, Jupiter, Plastic Tree, SID, D'espairs Ray, Chemical Pictures and Mix Speaker's Inc. .... oh and I like Koda Kuma haha.
Pretty mixed up huh?

☆The things I loved to do in Japan were: Walking around, going to concerts, Karaoke, Gaming Center, Shopping and of course meeting lots of friends!

★Since mid 2011 I'm a strict vegetarian. I don't know how that happened but I never was a big fan of meat and as a child I always felt sorry for the animals on my plate.
I'm still not vegan, but constantly cutting out on animal products : )
However, I know that Japanese people tend to define Vegetarian as.. "No meat chunks in the food", but don't care about Gelatine or anything that once lived in the ocean.
Therefore I mentally prepared myself on having food topped with Bonito or soupstock with chickenbrooth already.



☆ If you have any questions about me, feel free to ask, but don't always expect an answer! ☆