1) every boy plucks / shaves his eyebrows and all girls draw on their eyebrows or tattoo it
2) the back and legs of the train seats are heated starting autumn
3) japanese ppl sit in the cinemas until the end of the credits. NOONE stands up
4) i love warm toilet seats, its actually SO good on a cold day. HAHAHAH.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
complaints&co.
will complain on every electronic source to vent my bitterness (i'm even drinking black coffee as we speak)
firstly, host mum decided to vacuum at 2am in the morning.
i guess thats not such a problem since i was tired and i suppose i can sleep thru the noise.
secondly, no milk this morning so here i am in my miserable state, clutching a long black.
(SPEAKING OF LONG BLACK:
IN JAPAN, (and america apparently) they dont have classifications of flat white, short and long black and their cappucino is only one shot of espresso with 2/3 cup of foam. why wud u order foam?
like HUH?!!!!!)
thirdly, she put out chocolate spread from TWO months ago that i clearly didn't touch because i didn't like it ( i even bought my own peanut butter to show i didn't like it ) for me to eat for breakfast.
fourthly, i have yet again 2 onigiris for lunch. literally tasteless riceballs. and i may 320 000 jpy for homestay.
just to complain some extra and suit the theme of my blog post, a stinky dog is sittig next to me as i eat breakfast and type this.
.....
...
ok, done complaining. but yesterday was really awesome. I went with my speaking partner Nao, her friend Tomoka and my 2 norweigan friends Miina and Wictoria to Sweets Paradise in Shinsaibashi! There were some lovely pastas and curries, plus a MYRIAD of sweets. to be honest, i dont like the desserts at buffets. its like.. really flavourless.. just sweet. HAHAH
SO i dont think i'll be interested in going to buffet again after twice at ninja sweets and once at swipara.
we then went to uniqlo and of course purikura.
i'm going to tennoji todaY!! gotta leave in an hour : )
firstly, host mum decided to vacuum at 2am in the morning.
i guess thats not such a problem since i was tired and i suppose i can sleep thru the noise.
secondly, no milk this morning so here i am in my miserable state, clutching a long black.
(SPEAKING OF LONG BLACK:
IN JAPAN, (and america apparently) they dont have classifications of flat white, short and long black and their cappucino is only one shot of espresso with 2/3 cup of foam. why wud u order foam?
like HUH?!!!!!)
thirdly, she put out chocolate spread from TWO months ago that i clearly didn't touch because i didn't like it ( i even bought my own peanut butter to show i didn't like it ) for me to eat for breakfast.
fourthly, i have yet again 2 onigiris for lunch. literally tasteless riceballs. and i may 320 000 jpy for homestay.
just to complain some extra and suit the theme of my blog post, a stinky dog is sittig next to me as i eat breakfast and type this.
.....
...
ok, done complaining. but yesterday was really awesome. I went with my speaking partner Nao, her friend Tomoka and my 2 norweigan friends Miina and Wictoria to Sweets Paradise in Shinsaibashi! There were some lovely pastas and curries, plus a MYRIAD of sweets. to be honest, i dont like the desserts at buffets. its like.. really flavourless.. just sweet. HAHAH
SO i dont think i'll be interested in going to buffet again after twice at ninja sweets and once at swipara.
we then went to uniqlo and of course purikura.
i'm going to tennoji todaY!! gotta leave in an hour : )
Thursday, November 18, 2010
update!
wow i haven't blogged in forever.
quick recap because i'm lazy
8th : went to get my re-entry permit at cosmo square which is 1 1/2 hours away near osaka bay. there are absolutely no people and is the most dead places i've seen in japan. (beautiful nevertheless).
9th: went out with rohan and david to tenmabashi for a drink... the station has a beautiful waterview yet there are hardly any outdoor dining areas. rohan and i were contemplating its wastefulness. in sydney, ther'd definitely be a riverside grill , bar, restaurant etcetc. but its very nice !
11th: i had my speaking japanese lesson test which went quite well;; but as per usual, my grammar is terrible.
12th: went to Neyagawa 6th junior high school to "speak english " with the kids there. basically, i just played with the girls. because the boys were too shy to speak to me. one tried, and when i said "sorry?" he turned bright red and hid behind his friend.
13th: i went to work.. teaching ENGLISH conversation. which is uch harder than i expected because dont teach them proper english;; u teach them NATURAL english. so i dont know is i dunno. its totally hard for me because im a speech and drama teacher back home so i dunno is UNACCEPTABLE!
lool
14th: had an awesome time at church learning about supernatural occurences and spirits and then chilled, then ate dinner with everyone. SAMGYEOPSEOL for the first time in 3 months is epic. but oh the regret afterwards. u feel like there is solidified fat in ur tumtum
18th: did another lesson test for reading writing japanese. it wasn't so bad but for 3 questions i had 50/50 chance of getting it right and i got all 3 wrong. rotten luck haaha.
i bought some autumn japanese sweets to comfort myself on theway home today...
got work at bit later.. my first shift!
weekend coming soon!!!! i'm exxxxsmitted!!
quick recap because i'm lazy
8th : went to get my re-entry permit at cosmo square which is 1 1/2 hours away near osaka bay. there are absolutely no people and is the most dead places i've seen in japan. (beautiful nevertheless).
9th: went out with rohan and david to tenmabashi for a drink... the station has a beautiful waterview yet there are hardly any outdoor dining areas. rohan and i were contemplating its wastefulness. in sydney, ther'd definitely be a riverside grill , bar, restaurant etcetc. but its very nice !
11th: i had my speaking japanese lesson test which went quite well;; but as per usual, my grammar is terrible.
12th: went to Neyagawa 6th junior high school to "speak english " with the kids there. basically, i just played with the girls. because the boys were too shy to speak to me. one tried, and when i said "sorry?" he turned bright red and hid behind his friend.
13th: i went to work.. teaching ENGLISH conversation. which is uch harder than i expected because dont teach them proper english;; u teach them NATURAL english. so i dont know is i dunno. its totally hard for me because im a speech and drama teacher back home so i dunno is UNACCEPTABLE!
lool
14th: had an awesome time at church learning about supernatural occurences and spirits and then chilled, then ate dinner with everyone. SAMGYEOPSEOL for the first time in 3 months is epic. but oh the regret afterwards. u feel like there is solidified fat in ur tumtum
18th: did another lesson test for reading writing japanese. it wasn't so bad but for 3 questions i had 50/50 chance of getting it right and i got all 3 wrong. rotten luck haaha.
i bought some autumn japanese sweets to comfort myself on theway home today...
got work at bit later.. my first shift!
weekend coming soon!!!! i'm exxxxsmitted!!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
when things are not in your own hands..
all there is left to do is do ur best and let God handle the rest : )
the whole of last week, I've been attempting (for the millionth time) to take things into my own hands and handle life and organise winter break and worrying unecessarily about unconfirmed details, or worrying that the price will go up if I dont book early. but yet again, God reminded me that I should just trust him in all aspects of my life;; if i've done all i could , then that is fine . Its also really good to catch up with those back in sydney who continue to talk to me and see how i am doing and encourage me in many things;; thank u bonnie , caleb and nathaniel and all those who have been praying for me. i need ur constant encouragement and its always so lovely to share my struggles here : )
So yesterday, i handed all my worries to God and today has been amazing. He's sorted every worry I had;; since I have to organise everyday's accomodation after dec 25th 2010 till feb 7 2011, i do have to get planning early..more over its peakseason. Yet, all my tickets, accomodation and connections from one leg of the journey to another has fit 2gether perfectly. (NOW I KNOW WHY PPL USE TRAVEL AGENCIES).
Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version)
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
TOO TRUE. need to keep that in mind because i DO WORRY for what i will eat, drink and wher i will sleep.. like life's basic needs LOL... this one year exchange does have some life skills elements involved.. T_T I'M DOING MY BEST !! i will go thru each day joyfully
the whole of last week, I've been attempting (for the millionth time) to take things into my own hands and handle life and organise winter break and worrying unecessarily about unconfirmed details, or worrying that the price will go up if I dont book early. but yet again, God reminded me that I should just trust him in all aspects of my life;; if i've done all i could , then that is fine . Its also really good to catch up with those back in sydney who continue to talk to me and see how i am doing and encourage me in many things;; thank u bonnie , caleb and nathaniel and all those who have been praying for me. i need ur constant encouragement and its always so lovely to share my struggles here : )
So yesterday, i handed all my worries to God and today has been amazing. He's sorted every worry I had;; since I have to organise everyday's accomodation after dec 25th 2010 till feb 7 2011, i do have to get planning early..more over its peakseason. Yet, all my tickets, accomodation and connections from one leg of the journey to another has fit 2gether perfectly. (NOW I KNOW WHY PPL USE TRAVEL AGENCIES).
Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version)
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
TOO TRUE. need to keep that in mind because i DO WORRY for what i will eat, drink and wher i will sleep.. like life's basic needs LOL... this one year exchange does have some life skills elements involved.. T_T I'M DOING MY BEST !! i will go thru each day joyfully
Friday, November 5, 2010
KG Sai day 2
today was AWESOME ~!
The day started off well because i met shane at the station at gotenyama so i didn't have to do that crappy walk all alone in the morning with my ipod. when we got there, the lounge was closed so we chilled outside in the sunshine : ) it was hilarious because when we took off our jackets, it turned out we were both wearing tartan shirts over a tshirt inside and shane said to one of our friends "its like we completely planned this, and walked to school like this". the funny thing was that we DID walk to school 2gether lool.
after a relatively successful kanji test, i went to see the dance club (ZERO) perform. It cost me 300 yen but it was the best 300 yen i had spent at the festival because the performances were amazing! they had so many people yet they were synced VERY VERY WELL. however, my camera wasn't so good for fotos / videos in the dark.. i will try to upload a few that were visible..
after that here is the list of food i ate during festival
yakiudon
yakisoba
hot cakes
mustard and tomato sauce on a sausage
tempura vanilla icecream
hahaha .. in need of restraint much?
after that we spent most of our time watching rock bands and they were REALLY GOOD wit their electric guitars, drums and SOME vocals. the reason i say some was because some were literally screaming into the mic and sounded completely tone deaf >< it was however very enjoyable because the club ppl lined the ENTIRE classroom with black plastic so it gave it the feel of a concert.
i must mention at this point that the costumes for both dance and rock band performances were REALLY amazing and specially effective for the stage.
after all this amazing festival shimozzle, i went to mika's house along with my lil japanese crew to have a TAKO PA (short for TAKOYAKI PARTY) and again we enjoyd yuki's cooking so very very much! we added a variety of things to the batter, from kimchi to cheese to tenkasu.
mika's house is very clean and pretty, and she's got a warm rug !! makes me miss my hot floor back at home;; but overall today has been a GREAT day. : )
have to wake up at 7:30 on saturday morning so i better get crackin and go to sleep !!
The day started off well because i met shane at the station at gotenyama so i didn't have to do that crappy walk all alone in the morning with my ipod. when we got there, the lounge was closed so we chilled outside in the sunshine : ) it was hilarious because when we took off our jackets, it turned out we were both wearing tartan shirts over a tshirt inside and shane said to one of our friends "its like we completely planned this, and walked to school like this". the funny thing was that we DID walk to school 2gether lool.
after a relatively successful kanji test, i went to see the dance club (ZERO) perform. It cost me 300 yen but it was the best 300 yen i had spent at the festival because the performances were amazing! they had so many people yet they were synced VERY VERY WELL. however, my camera wasn't so good for fotos / videos in the dark.. i will try to upload a few that were visible..
after that here is the list of food i ate during festival
yakiudon
yakisoba
hot cakes
mustard and tomato sauce on a sausage
tempura vanilla icecream
hahaha .. in need of restraint much?
after that we spent most of our time watching rock bands and they were REALLY GOOD wit their electric guitars, drums and SOME vocals. the reason i say some was because some were literally screaming into the mic and sounded completely tone deaf >< it was however very enjoyable because the club ppl lined the ENTIRE classroom with black plastic so it gave it the feel of a concert.
i must mention at this point that the costumes for both dance and rock band performances were REALLY amazing and specially effective for the stage.
after all this amazing festival shimozzle, i went to mika's house along with my lil japanese crew to have a TAKO PA (short for TAKOYAKI PARTY) and again we enjoyd yuki's cooking so very very much! we added a variety of things to the batter, from kimchi to cheese to tenkasu.
mika's house is very clean and pretty, and she's got a warm rug !! makes me miss my hot floor back at home;; but overall today has been a GREAT day. : )
have to wake up at 7:30 on saturday morning so i better get crackin and go to sleep !!
a test amidst the festivities
well today was my last exam which i expected to be easy but instead did so absolutely crappily in because i didn't know small details about when each leader was executed. during 19th century and during ww2 is like way too close for me to differentiate. = (
admittedly, i wasn't really studying ON THE DAY for the test so i thought the whole studying before the last minute was a good thing. obviously not. i am going to revert back to panicked last minutes running on adrenaline and doing the exam. HMPH. my short term memory appears to serve me much better.
NOW. onto brighter happenings..such as the GAIDAI SAI (Kansai gaidai festival ) !! there was plenty of food from yakisoba, yakiudon, TEMPURA ICECREAM (in caramel choco and strawberry flavours) tori nabe and a myriad of other yummy japanese food at cheap prices ranging from 100 to 250 yen.
the highlight of the festival was the cheerleading squad consisting of all girls. they singlehandedly manage to get a girl standing on their shoulders without struggling ridiculously and did all sorts of mid air flips and twists . it was absolutely amazing for a squad with 0 guys.
later of course, being the stupid gaijins we are, orhan decided that andrew should stand on his shoulders so with the help of like 7 ppl, we got him up there, and took a foto alongside the cheerleaders (foto to be uploaded soon !!! )
(tb continued)
admittedly, i wasn't really studying ON THE DAY for the test so i thought the whole studying before the last minute was a good thing. obviously not. i am going to revert back to panicked last minutes running on adrenaline and doing the exam. HMPH. my short term memory appears to serve me much better.
NOW. onto brighter happenings..such as the GAIDAI SAI (Kansai gaidai festival ) !! there was plenty of food from yakisoba, yakiudon, TEMPURA ICECREAM (in caramel choco and strawberry flavours) tori nabe and a myriad of other yummy japanese food at cheap prices ranging from 100 to 250 yen.
the highlight of the festival was the cheerleading squad consisting of all girls. they singlehandedly manage to get a girl standing on their shoulders without struggling ridiculously and did all sorts of mid air flips and twists . it was absolutely amazing for a squad with 0 guys.
later of course, being the stupid gaijins we are, orhan decided that andrew should stand on his shoulders so with the help of like 7 ppl, we got him up there, and took a foto alongside the cheerleaders (foto to be uploaded soon !!! )
(tb continued)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
studying for last midsem
i have the whole house to myself on this lovely public holiday to study so i'm rather happy.
i love to have alone time esp after periods of mobbing around in massive gaijin groups. HAHAHA ; not that i dont love that either..
its sunny and nice and there's fresh air pouring in;; + i'm somewhat interested in what i'm reading too !
i guess the day at starbucks studying was quite good because i realised this course is actually rather interesting !
Yesterday, i went to Watami Izakaya at Korien with my friends from seminar house 2 and of course my trusty australian rohan and dave : ) it was good fun but the drinks were on the pricey side.. 523yen! (about 7 dollars?)
I think I have like obsessive compulsive money spending disorder...where i just have to spend money whenever the opportunity arises. walking into a konbini and not buying anything makes me uneasy. LOOL.
to end the night, i was delighted by Rohan's omiyage from australia..: ARNOTTS MINT SLICE. OmG yum, i will eat them well! THANK YOU ROHAN-SAN !!
okay! now to enjoy this chillaxed day at home ... i see an instant okonomiyaki for lunch and 2 rice balls with some tsukemono .
i hope my host family next semester will be just as lovely if not better.
there are 2 reasons i would like to move out
1) the dog's hair gets ALL OVER MY CLOTHES. he's a big golden retriever too..and they dont really clean it properly so i get allergic reactions (not massive ones..just itchy and red eyes)
2) its always good to get to know a new area, try new foods, and i guess i can go thru the excitment and anticipation of new ppl all over again ? hahaa~
its definitely not because i dont like my host family... i really want a host sister though..! but come what may, wherever God puts me I will go.
Can't wait to make holiday plans after this midsems.. OH EXCITEMENT!
i love to have alone time esp after periods of mobbing around in massive gaijin groups. HAHAHA ; not that i dont love that either..
its sunny and nice and there's fresh air pouring in;; + i'm somewhat interested in what i'm reading too !
i guess the day at starbucks studying was quite good because i realised this course is actually rather interesting !
Yesterday, i went to Watami Izakaya at Korien with my friends from seminar house 2 and of course my trusty australian rohan and dave : ) it was good fun but the drinks were on the pricey side.. 523yen! (about 7 dollars?)
I think I have like obsessive compulsive money spending disorder...where i just have to spend money whenever the opportunity arises. walking into a konbini and not buying anything makes me uneasy. LOOL.
to end the night, i was delighted by Rohan's omiyage from australia..: ARNOTTS MINT SLICE. OmG yum, i will eat them well! THANK YOU ROHAN-SAN !!
okay! now to enjoy this chillaxed day at home ... i see an instant okonomiyaki for lunch and 2 rice balls with some tsukemono .
i hope my host family next semester will be just as lovely if not better.
there are 2 reasons i would like to move out
1) the dog's hair gets ALL OVER MY CLOTHES. he's a big golden retriever too..and they dont really clean it properly so i get allergic reactions (not massive ones..just itchy and red eyes)
2) its always good to get to know a new area, try new foods, and i guess i can go thru the excitment and anticipation of new ppl all over again ? hahaa~
its definitely not because i dont like my host family... i really want a host sister though..! but come what may, wherever God puts me I will go.
Can't wait to make holiday plans after this midsems.. OH EXCITEMENT!
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