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. 

Open Campus

We had our open campus today at Nagoya Gakuin University. Since Shibata先生 asked me to make a poster for UP, I stole some photos from Joseph and haphazardly made this. Whoops? Anyway, we got a free shirt, lunch, and a drink. Today’s a good day.

Sunrise

So I was supposed to meet with Mitch, my sister’s close friend, at Nihon Fukushi University. And I didn’t know that they had another campus FAR AWAY. Rawr. It cost me ¥950 to go there. And then another ¥950 on the way back. But it was so much fun. Well, fun hanging out with Mitch and making a new friend. I wish I can participate in a homestay :c 

I got peanut butter from mother dearest. Homemade too! Her patient made it. Yay.

That, and several other things. Like earrings! I miss my earrings. Hee. 

World Cosplay Summit

I didn’t really stay long but I wanted to share the pictures! 

I can’t decide which ones are my favorite.
I remember telling my Japanese friend that there aren’t as many cosplayers as I thought there would be.
He told me that it’s a Japanese stereotype.
Lol.

Check out my pictures.

Nagoya Congress Center Internship: Shirotori Garden

For my internship today, we went to Shirotori Garden. We were told to wear long sleeves and bring insect repellent. But since I don’t really have any long-sleeved shirt, I didn’t wear any. I didn’t really want to wear a jacket just so I’m in long sleeves. 

Boy was I lucky they lent me a long-sleeved shirt. Too many mosquitoes! And thanks to Lisa, I was protected by the insect repellent. I forgot to spray my feet though — got half a dozen bites there cause I was wearing my sandals.

So the guy toured us around Shirotori Garden. And I wasn’t really listening. I couldn’t understand anything and he spoke so fast so I just stared out in space. I think he noticed. Oops.

And then this very very energetic girl came and told us the stuff we’re supposed to do. Like sweep under the roofs to remove the cobwebs. After which we picked up trash around the garden. I picked up a torn pair of pants (they were heavy cause they were wet with rain water), a bunch of cans, cigarette boxes, pet bottles, and a whole lot of trash. 

We were tired after so the girl let us rest. And every time she let us rest, I’d take a nap. 

I dunno why but I feel so drained and stressed and tired. It’s actually starting to get me depressed. I think it’s because we change job discription so often that it’s just really stressing. Or that we don’t really know beforehand what we’re supposed to do.

I loved feeding the carps though. It follows you around and scrambles to get the food. It swims one on top of the other! And they’re so big! A cup of fish food costs ¥50. So Lisa put in ¥100 in the box thing and made me get a cup. When one of the maintenance guys saw us feeding the carps, he motioned for me to go to him (I thought he was teling me to throw my cup in the bucket he’s holding). Apparently, he has this bucket with a lot of fish pellets in it. YAAAAAAAAAAAY. It was fun.

*I did the internship as an exchange student under the JASSO Scholarship at Nagoya Gakuin University.