Hi
there.. probably no one missed me on here, but I still feel i have
some sort of obligation to post sth?! I am not really motivated to
write a lot though... this post will feature random photos and recent
stories but not necessarily in an chronological order.
I've
worked a lot, but I also found time to meet friends and do some
shopping.
For
example my good friend Sara stopped by in Kansai for a quick visit.
She came from Tokyo to Osaka by bus because she had some meetings
related to her internship in the area. I invited her to stay over at
my place. Unfortunately, I had to work that day and we couldn’t meet
until 11pm ! We walked through the night, bought random stuff
(food/drinks) at several conbinis and just talked, talked, talked...
in the morning we had some Vollkornbrot and cheese and it almost
tasted/felt german ^^
She
had to leave around noon. It was way too short, but really great to
see her.
Some
days ago I also finally met up with Lisa. Actually Lisa, Sara and me
studied together in Düsseldorf and hang out a lot/became really good
friends. It's refreshing to meet them here and be able to talk about
my feelings, opinions, experiences in a very honest way and to be
understood. I mean to be understood the way only another European or
German person will understand.
Lisa
and me decided to meet up in Nishinomiya because it's more or less in
the middle between Osaka and Kobe. It was a rainy day so we skipped
on the idea of walking to some park or beach area and paid a visit to
Nishinomiya Gardens, which is nicely designed mall and quite big,
considering Nishinomiya is not such a big city.
I
finally received my first money from my jobs. One of my chefs
(buchou) told me, it wasn’t possible to hand over my salary in
cash. (That’s why I had to go to Umeda in order to open another
bank account...see former blog entry). However on pay-day I checked
my bank account 3 times ! Nothing... I started to worry. I also asked
my co-workers, if they received their salaries that day. They did. I
was almost about to go to someone from the HR department, when I got
called and was handed over a brown envelop. It was my salary in cash.
I was really happy but then again..why was I told I couldn’t get it
in cash? Let's see how it will go this month.
At
the end of May I had the chance to take part in a survey job in
Osaka. It only took about one and an half hour and they pay was very
well. This little job was a great excuse for me to do some shopping
in Osaka. I really recommend Honmachi and Semba. Bought 3 new summer
shirts/blouses, each for about 1000 Yen. I also got new platform
sandals in Kobe for 1500Yen.
some
days ago at work a guest in the restaurant got extremely mad at me.
He took some tray he found and wanted to use it for taking food from
the buffet. However we do not offer trays at out buffet. Guests are
expected to use dishes and take only one or two plates at a time. If
you want to eat more, then you can take a new plate and go as often
to the buffet as you want ! There's no restriction/limitation of how
much you can eat/take.. but we don’t offer trays.
Anyway
this guest took some tray (which is originally used to transport
glasses, coffee, cups, etc and part of the equipment, not for the
guests). I told him something like „ I am sorry, but you cannot use
this, please use the plates only“ and he EXPLODED. He got mad and
requested that people in charge come there etc. Well other
Hotel/restaurant staff came and tried to calm him down. He shouted
for about half an hour..... Apparently he was drunk.
I
don’t think I am at fault for what happened.. but I was still
pretty nervous to go to work after the incident... :/ (in the end
everything turned out ok though)
raaandom:
25th may i met up with Yukiko-san for chatting/coffee... this time it was my turn to look for some place to go and again I researched some nice spot on tabelog.. I had a tasty strawberry iced milk drink at Zoe.
Yukiko did what many japanese people do and used her days off during golden week for a short trip ! She went to korea and didn't fail to bring me some omiyage (souvenirs/ obligation gifts):
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| face sheet masks, lip balm and some korean candy |
I also got a bit into using face sheet masks lately and was really grateful to receive these. I also sometimes buy them myself:
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| orange blush from Daiso |
I badly wanted to try out orange colored blush! But before spending too much on something that doesn't match me, I've choosen the 105yen version.. I think it does match me, but at work I rather stick to my usual blush color. I use the highlighter a lot though and think about buying some better-quality highlighter. Any recommendations?
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| matcha (?) flavored pastry filled with anko/mochi cream, was sooo yummy!! |
Been to this cafe/restaurant, which is located on/in the kokusai hall in sannomiya... pretty awesome to enjoy ur time on the roof of a big building surrounded by an artificial garden ^^:
Few days ago I met up with Naoko-san and had the urge to talk with her over some drinks after work... nothing's better than an izakaya for such an occasion.! And it wouldn't be me, if I wasnt thinking of a low-budget option: http://www.torikizoku.co.jp/
i really recommend Torikizoku, if you want to keep ur expenses to a minimum.. Everything is priced at 280 yen (294 with taxes), which makes it easy to calculate... especially if you split the bill etc.
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| chinese chicken noodle soup I had there |
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