Irasshaimaseeeee

Couple of the bosses keep telling me to make my voice louder. Well, I was shy! I’m new and I’m still trying to figure out how to do stuff. My greatest handicap would have to be the fact that I can’t speak Japanese well. I can barely understand people. Rawr. Now this might motivate me to study more! Yay! 

Worked from 4-9pm today. And then after, the boss gave us all take home sushi which we ate in the employees’ lounge area near the sushi place. 

So yeah — that’s what the picture meant. That:

1. I got a job at a sushi place and so I had to dye my hair black again and remove my earrings before work.

2. I bought two Japanese books — a Japanese version of The Alchemist, and this one book titled The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. I don’t know when I’ll be able to read it though! :s

3. My room’s a mess and I can’t sleep before 3am. Ugh. 

Recent update: Pictionary

Sleeeeeeep, I want you

I can’t sleep again. The only night that I don’t want to sleep until 5 in the morning and I can’t! Darn. Anyway, I got the glass from the glassblowing exp the other day. 

Lookie how pretty.

I think my favorite color’s starting to change. 

Purple, wanna be my new favorite color?

And Eyobe’s back from Canada too! I went to welcome him home and give him back his keys. You know what that means right? I got my peanut butter!!!! (And maple syrup.) I asked him to help me buy maple syrup so I can give Kenji some. Thanks Eyobe. 

Maple candy is weird. Kinda like sugar. Liquified sugar that you hardened. But in a weird way. It’s not really unpleasant — it’s just weird. 

Which reminds me, I need to hit a bookstore some time before Sunday. I’m going to be teaching this guy business English twice a week. I wonder how that’ll go. 

Like water

So I had dinner with the other exchange students at the lounge. Lin cooked and everything. I’m not exactly sure what the stuff are called but then right before eating, I nagged Lin about cooking faster. Well, not so much as being able to eat at once but more the fact that I wanted to use what little Japanese I know. Guess I better trying to be cute.

The food was okay. I ate ketchup rice and everything. I even bought people ice candy bars and orange juice. Btw, did you know that a prawn — a piece of prawn — costs ¥98? Ouch. 

Lesson learned: don’t hang out with people you don’t really want to hang out with. But that’s gonna be weird cause lately — I don’t want to hang out with anyone. Everything just annoys me silly. And as much as I shouldn’t mind, I just can’t will the bitter taste in my mouth away. 

Bring you back

So I’ve only read around 20 odd books when I was aiming for 50! And more than half of the year has passed. I’m currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird right now. I’m just so glad that I finally started appreciating how much time I have in my hands. I’ve nearly rewatched all the Gilmore Girls episode. 

P.S. At least one part of my room looks decent. 

Boom boom pow

Normally, the fireworks look like this:

But sometimes, they let boom something like this:

Awesome, ain’t it?

I forgot to bring my N82 to take pictures. 

So you guys will have to make do with my Samsung 2.0MP phone :c

Happy Birthday, Dustin!

Nobody but you

Let’s see. Watched City of God, read a bit of manga — Shinobi Life, Maid sama, and then read some friends’ blogs.

I’m just glad that I get to waste a couple of days sometimes. Tomorrow, I start being serious again :]

Hey friends, I miss you. Maybe I’m feeling differently than before because I’m not around them. You know what I mean? 

Lays

We had an earthquake here at around 5 in the morning. Magnitude was 4, I heard. It was 6.6 in Shizuoka. Anyway, I was supposed to meet with Arvi and Jeremy at 8:30 at Kanayama Station cause he’s going back to Canada. I got there at 8:20 and they got to the station at 9:20. Pfft. So I left Kanayama Station at around 9:21 to meet with Kenji at around 9:30. I got there at around 9:40. (The Japanese are particular about their time, trust me.)

I got to try out glass blowing. I tried it out with Kenji and his family (except Reiko and Yuuka — Yuuka got scared). Making a cup costs ¥3,200. Nyaa. And then we had lunch at the Sakae TV Tower. A ¥3,000 lunch set. Nyaaaa. I feel so indebted to them. Although I did tell him that I would show them around if they ever come to the Philippines. 

And then I went to my interview. This interview was so much better than yesterday’s. I was 30 min early for this interview and the guy who interviewed me was the same age as I. And he was perpetually smiling. I liked the interview. He seemed really nice! Although he told me that I have to wait until Sunday to find out if I’m going to get hired.

Gotta get get

I was 1-2 minutes late for my interview this morning. Which was really disappointing cause I planned it all out. Nagoya Station is just too far from Hirabari Station :c I miscalculated the time. Oh well. 

The lady sounded as if she’s done one too many interviews. Which basically sucks. Plus, I was sweating so bad cause I ran all the way from the station.

Anyway, to make myself feel better (because I really felt bad), I bought a necklace, a pair of high-heeled boots, and a couple of shirts. So all in all I spent around ¥3500 today. The pair of boots cost me ¥1990 — that’s pretty cheap. And the shirts were on an 80% discount. It was their summer sale! Yay. 

And because I spent so much, I didn’t go to yakiniku — that would cost me ¥2800. 

Oh! And I donated blood for the fifth time (first time here in Japan). And let me tell you — their blood donation centers are WAY COOL. You can drink and eat as much as you want. Hee. Plus, they have books and a television in their lounge. 

I got a card too! And it tells me when I can donate next. And then a point card.