| 04:44pm 24/02/2005 | ||||
I still haven't packed yet, so I'll be doing that once I zoom home after this. I didn't eat anything after I woke up around 2-ish, so I think that's first priority at the moment. ^^;; I'm sort of kicking myself for still having left over food in the fridge. I'll need to throw most of it out before I go. T.T Well, I'm off~ Atode ne! |
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| 06:08pm 16/02/2005 | ||||
Afterwards, I rushed back to International House to wait for Li to get there so that I could take her to the salon in Shin Toyohashi. She turned out about half an hour late, not knowing that I made an appointment at this place, but it didn't matter in the end since we got there just in time. En and Eri both came with us, but Li had no idea whatsoever where I was taking her. To see the shock on her face when I ushered her into Spiral was priceless and I know she was nervous, but after two hours of waiting, she looked absolutely fantastic. The employees did an awesome job on her hair and even I was in awe. XD The other thing that was kind of funny was that when we first came into the salon, everyone just STOPPED, staring at us until one of the women managed to hurry over to us and nervously ask how she could help us. ^^;; Even while we were in the salon waiting for Li, En kept telling me that people were staring at us, but I didn't let it bother me. We can't help that we're foreigners, but it's kind of a nice experience to be able to see what Japanese salons are like. I paid for the service, which turned out a lot more than I had expected since I had specifically asked for something else and not a perm, but it didn't matter since it was my gift to her. She was so happy and to see her smile so much, made me feel pleased that she was beginning to accept herself now. I only hope her confidence will continue to build. She and I need to go clothes shopping next. X) Zabu, Nicolas, Jordan, and I had dinner with Li at a place called Kappa Sushi, which has the same revolving table like at Genki Sushi in Hawaii. The food was absolutely delicious and only 100 yen per plate. Jordan had 17 plates piled up at the end, while I had the least with 5. ^^;; I'd love to eat there again with all the variety that they had~ We went to Gusto for dessert, while Jordan had to work for an hour, then went all together to Sega Center to take pricola, those group photo booth pictures, before messing around. It turned out to be a fun night, though I was so tired at the end since Li stayed in my room until a bit past 5:00 in the morning. ^^; We talk too much, really. It was good though and I'm just glad that we gave her the most memorable birthday so far. Tonight is yet another party for one of the Korean girls at International House, who's returning home. I'm really not in the mood to go, but I'd feel bad if I didn't. I'm not close to her, but since this may be the last time I see her, perhaps I should. Nicolas and Zabu are probably going, so it should be alright. |
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| 05:47pm 14/02/2005 | ||||
During the evening of the weekend, I finished the entire series of GTO. God, that has to be one of the greatest anime ever created. XD I wish the ending could've been different, but it definitely had an impact with the way it spoke about the Japanese educaitonal system. I think I'll watch Hikaru no Go, I believe it was, next. ^^ I've been having quite a few restless dreams lately, mainly about working, screaming, and stressing out. I think I was working at a hotel or something in one of them. @.@; It felt really good though when I stood up to the customers, not backing down when they tried to get the place closed down. They must've been from a rival company. ~.~; I think the dreams are coming around due to lack of work among other things. Maybe they'll shift to something more inspiring soon. ^^ I also have been planning for Li's birthday tomorrow. I was so nervous when I went to Shin Toyohashi yesterday, standing outside a salon and not having the nerve to go in to ask a few questions. The first one I went to was recommended by Irina, but when one of the employees came walking by outside, I spoke to her, only to find that the place was closed on Tuesdays. I headed to Spiral next, which was the one I had in mind from the start and thankfully, they had no clients at the time. The employees there were nice to me and I didn't feel as nervous afterwards. I explained that I wanted to bring my friend there tomorrow and that I wanted to have a completely new hair style done for her. I couldn't help but notice that my Japanese has improved with how I can speak at times without thinking much, like how I had to before, and I actually made an appointment on my own~ XD It was great and I was so proud of myself afterwards that I did it alone. I was pretty much in good spirits after that, buying a small gift for Li, which is a hair pin/comb with silvery flowers arranged on the top. I thought it would be proper since she is getting her hair done. ^^ Right now, the only thing left is arranging where all of us are going to eat for dinner tomorrow, so Nicholas has been helping me with that. We're going to talk with our friends at the house tonight to see what we can do and how many will attend. I also want to get one of those small cakes that Li had bought for me, but I'm spending quite a bit on her already, so I'll ask if people can pitch in and buy one before coming to dinner tomorrow night. They're only about 800 yen, so it's not much if a few people pay together. *nods* I'm already excited for tomorrow~ I really hope that Li will be pleased when they finish with her hair. I want her to have the confidence that a woman should have, especially now that she'll be thirty. X) After that, shopping~ I'm almost in an evil mood. *grin* |
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| 12:33pm 05/02/2005 | ||||
Afterwards, she took me to a little restaurant, which beautiful and quaint. I love how Japan makes a lot of their cafes and dining places small and very homely. We spent a few hours there, just talking and having lunch/dinner. We went back to International House afterwards around 6-ish, wrapping up our gifts for Jordan and just watching t.v. until 10:00. They were playing Mask of Zorro this week, which I've missed seeing~ It's been ages and I still like it~ When we finally got out of the house, there were seven of us cramming into Li's tiny car. ^^ I was squished in the back seat with three others, while Nicholas had Zabu in his lap up front. It wasn't the smartest thing, but Denny's wasn't too far by car. I think we scared the waiter and waitress there since they got skitterish when they came to our table. We seem to terrorize people when we come in groups, though it didn't help that the guys were doing their thing again. =.=; We still had a lot of fun and went into Sega Center before it closed. I got a few Vampire Savior figures from those ball machines, hoping to get Morrigan, but instead got Bibi Hood and some other chic. Jordan got the same, though managed to get Felicia. When we were going back to the house, the Korean girls had joined us, so all the chics were riding in the car and the guys walked home. I was sitting in Myo's lap up front and I felt bad for her since she had to take the full brunt of my weight, but she said it was fine. T.T Everyone came to my room once we got home, staying until 4:00 a.m., talking, playing my keyboard, and listening to music. It would've been nice if my birthday could've been the same way, but I'm just glad it turned out good for Jordan. I struggled to get up at 9:00 and waited an hour for Yasuji-san to finally call me and let me know that Hiro was coming at 10:50. =.= I was fairly alive when I was teaching him, though I know I need to make something new for him again. I'll do it tomorrow though since I'm too tired today. I came to school right after and while I was in the little store looking for something to eat on campus, I saw the newest edition of Fool's Mate, one of those JRock magazines. It only took a glance to know I was going to buy it since I saw 'Yoshiki' ad 'Violet UK' on the front cover, not to mention Gackt, but yes, it's about time that Yoshiki appeared again. @.@ Now knowing that he's working on Violet UK is a wonderful thing and I look forward to hearing more of his music. Oh, and Dir en grey's newest album is going to be released on March 9th! XD I'm definitely buying it when I come back to Japan~ My wallet is officially empty after spending the last bit of money I had on the magazine, so I need to stop by an ATM soon. ^^;; I hope Yasuji-san pays me soon. |
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| 01:18pm 04/02/2005 | ||||
I ended up going to bed around 3:00, getting up around 9:30 to get ready to go to the dance school. I ended up practicing pronunciation with my students for the full hour and I think that perhaps if I do some pronunciation and conversation everytime, they'll get better and better. Perhaps that would be the best method for them. Yasuji-san came when the lesson was ending and I went with him back to Pearse to type up what I did for the day. As I was leaving, he was asking me what was the best way to say , 'shiawase ni naritai' in English. I wrote it down for him as 'I want to become happy,' and it made me curious as to why he asked, but I figured that if it was personal, then I shouldn't pry. It was probably for one of his students or something, but it kind of struck me for a moment. I think into things too much. ~.~; I saw this game (Demento) in a magazine and I'm sure it's been advertised a lot in the states already, but I found it somewhat intriguing. I have to admit that the English translation of the story is a bit quirky, but it looks interesting enough. I think I'll give it a rent once it comes out. It's a survival/horror sort of game from Capcom and I'm dying to play DMC3 once it comes out. XD I saw a huge posterboard figure of Dante outside a game store in Shin Toyohashi and of course, made a little scene. >.>; I can't help myself. |
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| 05:28pm 03/02/2005 | ||||
By the time I finally dragged myself out of bed and got ready, Juu knocked on my door, asking if I wanted another part time job. I seriously wasn't in the best of moods and considering that it was my birthday, I tried to cheer up. I told her I already was teaching English and that I really wasn't interested, but at the same time, her boss called her, wanting to speak to me. I took the phone and spoke to her in Japanese for some time, ended up being dragged into taking it without too much of a say and being a pushover. She asked me to prepare a simple resume and wanted me to work from 9-10 that evening. Not thinking much of it, I just said alright. I changed into more professional clothing and ran out the door to hurry to school in order to translate my resume into Japanese. I suddenly realized that I forgot my work permit, so I had to turn around and rush home again. ~.~; Once I walked in the door, I found a package in my inbox with a brief letter attached to it. I took it back upstairs to my room, my mood lightening briefly, knowing that someone had thought of me, only for it to darken in record timing once I read the letter. It basically said, 'Happy birthday! I bought this thinking of you as a friend, but as usual, I was definitely right and you're not a true friend. If you were, you would've called me and Nicholas to your party last night. Are we such disgusting people? I shouldn't have gotten you anything. Don't ever say that word to me again, but anyway, happy birthday and have fun!' I began to feel the burn of tears, but more than anything, I was tired, exhausted from staying up, and growing bloody pissed off at Zabu's attitude. I first called Juu, several times since she didn't answer her phone, cancelling work that evening. I didn't give a damn if her boss got irked, but I couldn't leave like this. I called Zabu next, a dully surprised at how dark I sounded when I bluntly asked her where she was and what time she'd get home. I tried to start talking to her on the phone, but she said she'd like to wait until she was home. I agreed dully and was told that she'd be back in about half an hour. I waited nearly three hours, finally resorting to writing a letter back to her since I was on the verge of snapping, feeling horribly guilty that I didn't bother to call her the night prior. I explained to her that the so-called party was not meant for me, but Irina since she was leaving. I didn't know that they were going to surprise me at midnight, so I didn't have much control over it. Besides, I thought they weren't home since both of their doors were shut and the lights were off. The thing that made me hesitate was that I'd be bothering her after we had that talk some time before and how bloody stupid I felt afterwards. She doesn't realize how sharp her words are and how strong her assumptions can be. Now I was being accused of leaving her out intentionally and that was not the case. Jordan came to my room as I was writing the letter, asking me if I was alright from prior. I already was sick that day, but the emotional impact of Irina leaving and Zabu accusing me of cruel was too much. He spoke with me for some time, telling me that it wasn't my fault and that I shouldn't feel as guilty as I did. I felt a little better, but when 9:00 finally came, Zabu came to my room with a smile. I perhaps should've spoken with her then, but I was so tired and dark, that I just handed her the letter and bluntly told her to read it. She saw Jordan in my room, her smile faltering as I told her I was going out. She took it, leaving, which I briefly felt guilty again, but this time, I wasn't going to let myself be crushed in guilt. I can't always take the full brunt of the blame for everything, especially for something not entirely in my control. True, yes, I could've called her, but I didn't. It turned out that the two of them HAD been home and just decided to listen to all of us leave, I suppose testing us. No one on the first floor knew that they were home, so I don't know how she expected me to be psychic and know as well. God, I had such an awful headache afterwards. I was going out to eat alone, but I ended up confiding in Li, who met me at Sukiya. She came back to International House afterwards and I felt so much happier when she brought me a little cake and a gift to celebrate my birthday. She stayed until 6:00 in the morning, and Juu along with En came to my room as well for awhile, which was nice. When I saw Li off at the entrance, it was snowing outside and I felt better, not letting Zabu's accusations drive fully into me, since I know myself and I would never leave anyone out of things intentionally. I went out with Natsuko yesterday, a girl I had met at the Onken party, and we hung out from 4 until midnight. I helped her a bit with English before she drove me out to a huge temple that has foxes as gods. It was a beautiful place, yet it was freezing out. It got dark fairly quickly, so after wandering around a bit, we left, going to a little store with odds and ends, before settling in a manga cafe. We had dinner and dessert there, reading various manga. I flipped through some of Hunter x Hunter along with Basara, so it was nice. ^^ We went to a Seibunkan afterwards, so that she could rent various music and movies before dropping me off at International House. I want to thank everyone for their heartfelt emails and birthday wishes. You've truly made my day and I feel a lot better now. I love all of you and even though my birthday didn't quite start off right, it is definitely one of the most memorable. Thank you so much again. ^^ |
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| 12:48pm 27/01/2005 | ||||
Yesterday, I had my last final and thank GOD that it's all over now. I can't sleep in until Sunday since I have to go to first period tomorrow along with working Saturday morning, but it's fine. Things have been going well, but as much as I want to be cheerful, I can't help but have a weight over me with the German students leaving. It's going to be different without them here, but it's for the best that they pursue their internships. I'll probably work more after they leave anyway and join a music club next semester, so I'll be busy. I also have to study harder, so I won't have much time to run around, I'm sure. Maybe Li and Masa Aki will go places with me, though I'll have to keep in contact with them. This morning I had an hour class from 11:00-12:00 at a dance school. My students were around 27-ish and I actually had a wonderful time talking with them. Miki and Kazuya are actually professional dancers and participated in dance competitions all over Japan. They're going to London for another one in May, hence why they wish to learn English. For the first time in a long while, I felt like I wasn't being judged and I could speak openly with them, not even feeling nervous. Kazuya is shy, but Miki is more outgoing, so it balances the class nicely since we hardly had any awkward pauses. The only thing was that I used a bit too much Japanese, which Yasuji-san told me after ^^;;, but hey, it's a learning experience. It's so strange how Japanese just comes out almost automatically now, but I need to put a restraint on it since I am teaching them English. I was explaining things to them and ended up continuing in Japanese, but I'll remember that next time. *nods* Yasuji-san told me that I was calm, which was good. ^^ Yokkata yokkata. Miki told me after that I could dance too since I'm tall, but I told her that I'm not skinny enough (I swear, I've gotten fluffy T.T;;) and that I'd probably dance like an elephant. ^^; She is bloody thin. o.o Kazuya is tall and lithe, so they make a wonderful couple as dance partners. I wish I could see them perform~ I think I'll go to Shin Toyohashi for a little bit to get something for Irina. I think everyone is leaving on February 1, so we only have the weekend left. Irina told me to come to Tokyo with them to celebrate my birthday, but I don't think I have the money for that. I have to buy another train ticket to get to Narita Airport later next month too, so it's too much for my budget. We'll see though. ^^ -EDIT- 8:37 p.m. I saw The Black Mages II at Animate today~! I wanted to get it, but I'll have to wait until I get my scholarship money or paycheck in a few days. I also saw a special edition of one of my favorite music magazines with only Dir en grey's The Manipulated Life tour featured within the entire book. XD Tis great tis great~ Life is good again. ^^ I can spoil myself on my birthday. |
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| 12:33pm 25/01/2005 | ||||
I felt bad last night since Irina also got a call from the Royal Paris Hotel, telling her that she got the internship. I was so pissed off from work and obviously couldn't conceal it very well, but we went out with Li to celebrate. The night turned out better once we went out, so it was a good thing. We're planning to go to iD this Saturday with everyone since everyone is pretty much leaving for their interships on my birthday. T.T I definitely wish them the best, though I know things are going to get strange after they leave. I better run since I have one more class to go to, but before I do, I spoke to Yamamoto Sensei after our test and she told me that she's coming to Hawaii~ ^^ She'll be there while I'm going to be home too, so I have her my Japanese teacher's email address along with my phone numbers. I used to be intimidated by her, but now that I actually had a chance to converse with her, I think I'm doing a lot better. ^^ Ja mata. |
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| 01:35pm 21/01/2005 | ||||
I just got a call from Michael, the manager of Pearse International Communication, and he asked if I could work tonight from 7:30-8:30. I know I'm a bit tired, but I just said yes anyway since they're going to pay me 3000 yen. Money is good. X) It's an adult English class and I'm going to stop by around 4:00 this afternoon to go over the lesson plans. I think I should stop by and buy coffee on the way home before seeing him. I guess I'll study kanji until the class then eat out afterwards. Today is rather chilly and I couldn't stop shivering for a good portion of the morning. There's some gusts of wind, so it's even more cold. I really can't wait until I get back to Hawaii at the end of February. @.@; Not much else is happening at the moment, but I'm definitely going to be vegging and partying after next week. X) |
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| 07:01pm 20/12/2004 | ||||
I went home after classes to relax before going to my English teaching job. I was fine, though I knew Hiro started to get restless and I felt bad since I couldn't really prepare anything beforehand instead of doing the same thing we did on Saturday. The manager and director were both there to hear what I was doing and they said I did very well, so I felt better afterwards. I keep thinking that they have a set way of doing things, but I keep expecting to hear more from Michael to get a better feel of what he does. He gives me a lot of advice when I ask him, but I guess he won't say too much otherwise since he doesn't want to offend me or change the way I'm doing things. I'm actually following what he's telling me first so I can have a better feel how to teach, so I was asking him questions after my lesson today. I'm happy though, that they are pleased with me, but I can't help but feel nervous at times. Once I get back to Hawaii, I'm going to bring my work clothes with me. I feel so unprofessional in jeans and I can't help it since my other pants are a bit short. I definitely have to do some major shopping when I get home. Fear me, malls. =.= *perks* Three days more and I'm free~! I can't wait. XD |
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| 12:29pm 18/12/2004 | ||||
I went to Pearse International Communication before 11:00 this morning and spoke with Yasuji-san, the director before meeting my student. He asked if I could teach someone else one on one, and I was more than happy to take the student since I'd like to have more experience in teaching. The money doesn't hurt either. XD He said it was a guy in his early twenties who has his own business and makes trips to California once a year, but his English level is low. He'd like lessons on basic conversation along with learning some slang, so I think I'll have fun with this one too. *snicker* My student today was a young boy named Hiro-o and he was the cutest thing once he began to open up. He's only four, but he lived in South Africa for a year and learned English there, although his mother is afraid that he'll forget since he doesn't have any friends who speak English. He was so shy at first before we began the lesson and didn't want to talk to me, but I tried conversing with him for a little before starting. I think asking him about video games perked him a bit, so I'm glad. ^^ He did very well and he knows quite a bit of grammer words. I was so warmed and happy when he told his mother, 'tanoshikatta!' which means that he enjoyed the lesson. Just knowing that he's looking forward to next week, makes it worth my while. *smiles* Afterwards, I stayed to tlak to Yasuji-san for a bit more as to my schedule next week, before heading out. I ended up going in the same direction as Hiro-o and his mother, so we ended up talking while heading toward the university. I'm glad that I had this chance to talk to her since I want her to feel comfortable that I'll be teaching her son along with where improvements along with what he does well can be known. I know that at first, she was edgy around me since I'm a foreigner, but after talking with her outside of the school, she seemed more comfortable. ^^ I'm grateful that I was able to take up this job and hopefully I can have more fulfilling experiences like this in the future. |
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| 04:18pm 14/12/2004 | ||||
We went to iD on Friday night and I can't say that it was the best night. The music, to put it bluntly, sucked, but I still had a good time despite of that. It felt a little different since En and one of Irina's Bulgarian friends came with us, but I'm glad they still came to hang out. We started to have problems when a group of four Russian men were around. One of them first approached me and asked I was Russian, but I just stared at him like I didn't understand, so he went away. I didn't see this, but the tallest of the men started to come around Amira, touching her face. Of course, that pissed Jordan off since it was obvious that she was trying to get away from him, so we moved to another floor. Later in the evening, the same man came around Jordan and the other girls when En and I were checking out the bottom floor. As I was coming back up, I saw one of the bouncers pulling the man away and Jordan standing, looking seriously pissed as hell. I was worried that a fight had broke out, but the Russian came by to their table and tried to pull off Jordan's hat. Sabrina immediately called the bouncer over before anything started, but even though the bouncer took the man away, we were asked to come down to the entrance. Actually, it was just Jordan and Amira since they were the ones with issues with this guy, but Engin, Sadik, Sabrina, Irina, En, Eva, and I came down with them. It turned out that nearly ALL of the club's bouncers had been called to the entrance where the four Russian guys were being blocked from coming back inside. The head of the bouncers spoke to Jordan and Amira to hear their side of the story before going back outside. It was rather scary then since the Russian guy wanted to pick a fight with Jordan, but we were kept a safe distance away. Irina told me afterwards that they had to call the police to get the men off of their property, so I was almost afraid that they were going to try to find us after the club closed. Thankfully, nothing else happened after that, but our mood was rather solemn afterwards. The girls and I have already decided that we're probably not going back to that club again. We'll try one in Shin Toyohashi sometime and that way, we won't have to be out until 8:00 waiting for the train home. Other than that, things have been fine and I've been keeping up with my studies. I'm going to see Howl's Moving Castle [Howl no Ugoku Shiro] tomorrow evening with a few friends, so I'm happy. XD I'm trying to prepare for going back to Hawaii next week and I'm a tad nervous about having to switch trains and taking a bus to Narita airport. Thankfully, Jordan and I will be together at all times, so we just need to constantly ask the station employees questions. I'm sure that we'll be just fine. ^^ |
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| 02:07pm 10/12/2004 | ||||
I got my plane tickets recently and I'm coming home on the 23rd. Jordan and I are leaving at night here and arriving on the morning of the 23rd in Hawaii. We leave on January 4th, so it's a rather short stay. I'm still happy though. I was surprised that when I was going through Irina's pictures on my laptop, that I started to find the same white spots that would only show up on my photos. It definitely isn't just my camera, but nothing bad has happened, so I'm fine with it. Since this week was Irina and Engin's birthdays, we're going clubbing tonight. We're going to leave early though, so we can use our passes to get in for free. I'm rather tired at the moment, so I think I'll nap a little before we go out. I am definitely wearing jeans this time since it's too bloody cold to wear anything else. ~.~; I think we'll have a lot of fun and we're all in need of a release after this week. ^^; |
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When we went back home, Jordan and Irina were trying to cheer me up, but I couldn't help but mull over it. I kept thinking that maybe the woman had a bad encounter with someone who looked like me or that vain people who know they look good had done some pretty nasty things to her. It just stunned me because if that were the case, I don't put other people below me and I certainly don't think so highly of myself. I almost pity her, but I was still pissed and hurt that she did something like that to me. We went to Cotton Club after that to eat, but my mood had sunk down to a morbid state. I almost turned around to go home when Jordan was talking it out with me, since I didn't want to bring everyone else down with my attitude. He told me that it was the past and nothing could've been done, so I should just let it go, but all I could keep thinking about was why she did it to a complete stranger that didn't even so much as give a fucking glance to her. I was even more irritated when I was on the verge of tears again, literally shoving Jordan away so he wouldn't see, but doing it in a more friendly way as though I was just joking. I knew he saw through it, but he let me have my space, so I was relieved. At that time, I was still shaken up about what happened and I couldn't figure out why my body wouldn't stop trembling. Maybe from the rage, but I had been scared for some reason too. It's just that with all the attention I get here, with people either admiring or envying, it's already a lot, but to think that people will go as far as to assault me is something else. I suddenly remembered that freaky dream I had about that guy with black hair trying to stab me. He didn't turn around to do it until I said something, and to think what would have happened if I yelled out obscenities at the woman makes me a little edgy. I got some seriously bad vibes from her and I think I bit my tongue from saying anything because I had the feeling that she could've been violent if tipped anymore than she already was. I'm just relieved now that I did the right thing in not saying anything and letting her go. Other than that, everything has been going well and I have an interview on Tuesday for working at the English school. I'm eager to start working and I definitely could use the extra income along with the experience, so I'm happy. Ganbarimasu. |
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| 05:16pm 25/11/2004 | ||||
Winter has definitely come and the temperature has dropped to about the 50s. I've sort of gotten used to the change and I remember on the morning of returning home from iD, I could see my breath in the air. Of course, I never see that in Hawaii, so I was squeeing about it and Irina was looking at me like I was nuts. >.> I need to buy more sweaters once I get the money or maybe when I get back to Hawaii. Irina, Jordan, and I have been hanging out in Irina's room for the past week until around 2:00 in the morning. We'd be studying and talking, though Irina has been doing so many things to Jordan while I just 'supervised.' ~.~;; I think it was last week when we painted his nails a bright crimson and he went to school with it on. Then when Irina had her camera, she filmed him stripping down to his undergarments again, which was funny as hell. Last night, she was eyeing his armpits while he was lying on the ground and reading his Japanese grammer book. She grabbed her scissors, pinned his arm down and started trimming away at his hairs. Again, I supervised and recorded it with her camera. >.>; Jordan just let her do it, barely struggling and yelling, "this is so fucked up! I have peach fuzz now!" Yup, we're messed up. I have to get going since Masa Aki-san is supposedly coming over to the International House tonight. I have no idea why, but Jordan informed me, so I should probably be there. |
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| 03:46pm 15/11/2004 | ||||
After our little night out and coming home around midnight, we had to get up early to go on a little trip to see Toyohashi`s recycling/garbage center, the zoo, and go to a tea house for a tea ceremony along with seeing a parade. The garbage center was a tad boring, but it was interesting to see how conservative Japan can be. Unfortunately, we only had about an hour and 15 minutes to eat and look around the zoo, so hopefully we can go back again sometime. There was a little amusement park inside, so Engin, Sadik, Sabrina, Ameria, Irina, and I went on a small roller coaster before eating. Irina and I were clinging on to each other again and freaking out, but it was great. XD We saw monkeys, an elephant, hippos, zebras, kangaroos, various birds, polar bears, and penguins, though I`m sure there were more animals there. The tea ceremony afterwards at another place was fine, although I had to use the tea to swallow the rest of the sweets that they had given us. I liked the chestnut one better that had been served near the city hall. I ended up losing everyone afterwards since we were told to go see the parade of people in traditional Japanese kimonos and hakamas. I wandered down the streets and thankfully, as I turned to go back to search again for friends, Engin and I spotted each other, then soon found Jordan and Nicholas. Jordan kept bugging Engin all day on the bus, calling his name and telling him to take off his shirt after hearing that he had modeled. >.>;;; Of course, Engin kept refusing and telling him to shut up in German, so Jordan told him that for every five seconds that he didn`t do it, he`d remove an article of clothing. He was undaunted and just laughed, so Jordan took off his belt and hat, nearly tugging off his shirt. ~.~;;; It was too funny since Engin was shrinking back in his seat, trying to hide while Jordan started to sing and what not. I really have psychotic friends. ^^;; We eventually got back to school around 4:00 and I didn`t start homework until after 7:00, then Irina came by my room to ask if I wanted to go to Sadik`s place to watch the movie. The speech and kanji quiz went well today, so it didn`t conflict too much other than my lack of sleep. ^^;; I was surprised when it was my turn and everyone started to cheer and whistle. I think Jordan started it since he saw that I was a little nervous, but I was embarrassed, lol. It was nice of them to cheer me up. Tonight, I definitely have a lot of homework to do, so Irina and I are planning to go to the gym maybe around 7:00 with Jordan. Maybe I`ll nap before that, but I definitely need to go since I only worked out once last week. Ganbarimasu. |
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| 03:52pm 13/11/2004 | ||||
After bowling last night, Irina, Nicholas, Jordan, and I went to a 24 hour place called Sukiya to have a very early breakfast. It was pretty bad since they were talking about some raunchy things and a group of Japanese guys were sitting at the tables next to us, probably understanding the main portion of what we were talking about. =.=;; They kept looking at us and we were just laughing our asses off. It was around 2:30 by the time we left and it was freezing outside. The mixture of feeling the warmth then cold made me even sleepier and I realize that I better buy a winter coat soon since the leather one isn`t providing enough warmth. I may get one today if the clothing stores accept my Mastercard from Hawaii. @.@ Blah, not much else happening. All of us have to go on a tour tomorrow to various places like the zoo and what not. I`m rather edgy about the amount of homework we have for next week, so hopefully it doesn`t take up the whole afternoon. I should probably get started on Monday`s load of homework tonight. T.T |
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| 01:40pm 12/11/2004 | ||||
1. I want you. 2. I need you. 3. I love you, too. 4. Can I ask you out? 5. You`re my kinda woman. Irina, Jordan, and I were going over the books the night before and laughing so much. Jordan said that some of the phrases almost sounded like phone sex and, of course, did his little demonstrations. >.>;;*sputters* There were even phrases for intimate moments and the one we can`t get over is, `Take off your shoes, please.` That really gets you into the mood. =.=; After about an hour and a half, we finished. I was a little irked when someone was asking me about the legal system in Hawaii. He wanted to know how it was different from the other states. I asked him in what respect and he expected me to know everything. ~.~X I couldn`t figure out what he wanted to hear, so I told him for more serious crimes that we have less severe punishments and that we also don`t have the death penalty. There`s so many bloody laws about traffic violations and what not, so if he told me what he wanted to hear, I would have explained, but he didn`t and was pretty much in a `whatever` mode. That`s the thing that irks me about teaching older people since I`m a lot younger and some just don`t really give a shit. It wasn`t that bad and one of the women came to me afterwards to ask if I`d teach her more later, so that was nice. We exchanged numbers and she said she`ll call me when she looks at her schedule. The president of this company was also one of my students and he invited Ashiki-san, Oyaizu-san, and me to drink coffee with him afterwards at a small yet fancy shop. I spoke to him for a bit in Japanese and he didn`t really say much to me about how I did, so I asked him if my teaching method had been alright. He said it was fine, so I was happy with that. Ashiki-san told me afterwards that the president thought it would be a good idea to have another lesson sometime, so he said he`ll call me once they make the schedule. XD I`m really happy with that and I`m already thinking ahead as to what I should do. They paid me about $200 in cash afterwards, so I was ecstatic until I saw my cell phone bill. ^^;;; Bye bye money~! I`ll go to Shin Toyohashi to pay it off on Saturday. Tonight we`re planning on going bowling at Sega Center, but maybe I`ll just go to the game center then watch the rest of them bowl. I`m a tad tired right now and in about an hour, I`m tutoring Ju Yong in English again. I stayed up until nearly 2:00 this morning to finish homework since I was talking with Irina and Jordan all night. >.>; On a side note, I finally bought blush since my face is so freakin` pale. I think I look a little more `alive` now. Irina experimented in using pink hues for lipgloss and eye shadow on me, even though I don`t favor the color. Surprisingly enough, that looked pretty good, so she said we`ll go shopping for cosmetics sometime. I have to say that this is the first time I`ve done `girly things` with other friends. ^^; I`ll really need to keep an eye on my account at this rate. |
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