tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79892887491351819142024-03-04T22:23:19.107-08:00リンゴピョン ☆Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-10308054464668429062012-11-01T22:36:00.001-07:002012-11-01T22:48:31.798-07:00what happened?!<p>aww another month just passed by ! I actually did tons of nice stuff… but I wont be able to recap everything..so here’s a turbo summarized version:</p> <p>my friend Nicole from Germany visited me in Kobe and we did TONS OF SIGHTSEEING, SHOPPING ETC.</p> <p>We walked through Kobe City, passed by some sightseeing spots (Kobe Port Tower, Ikuta Jinja, etc), Rokko-san & Maya-san (mountains, Nunobiki (waterfall), great night view from Rokko-san,… went out drinking.</p> <p>We also went to Osaka for (Window)shopping and sightseeing: Osakajo (Castle), Instant Ramen Museum,…</p> <p>We spent a day in Nara (temples, deer,..) and we made a trip to Tokyo.</p> <p>I had 4 days (3nights) in Tokyo but I think I did more and saw more than some people do in two weeks :P. We’ve been to: Ueno (Park, Ameyoko), Nihonbashi (our Hotel was located there), Ryogoku (Edo-Museum!! It was really good and BIG. Expect to spend half a day there !), Harajuku (shopping of course), Shinjuku (izakaya, kabukichou walk at night ), Shibuya (Salt & Tobacco Museum :D), Nippori (Textile Town, you can buy fabrics there and some cheap clothing), Akihabara (just a few minutes in Yodobashi Camera), Shin-Okubo (korea-town, where I bought makkoli-handcream and face sheet masks :), Odaiba ( shopping, Daikanransha Ferris <em>wheel</em>), Roppongi ( roppongi hills: meeting a friend and having cocktails in a fancy place), …….</p> <p>The bus rides were tiring, yes… BUT not as bad as I had previously thought. Seats were totally ok! On the way to Tokyo I got those pink, huge, relax-seats on a willer express bus.. for 6300yen! That’s a good deal because you often have to pay 7000-8000 or more for these seats. Returning back to Kobe, I booked a MK bus for the two of us (6000Yen). Their seats were of course not as luxurious as the relax seats in the willer express bus, but still more spacious than other seat-types! I know because from Kobe to Osaka Willer Express used one of the low-fare-busses to shuttle us to Osaka. In Osaka people got into the bus, they actually booked. The low-fare-shuttle bus was not comfortable and I was more than glad that I spent some extra 1500yen or so to get better seats. My advice for night busses is: book as early as you can (you will get better rates) and try not to choose the cheapest busses/lowest seating category … be stingy, but not TOO stingy :)</p> <p> </p> <p>Returning from Tokyo, we showered and got ready again for a little trip to Suma Beach and then another shopping spree at Marinpia Outlet Center in Tarumi.</p> <p>All in all I didn't buy too much within these two weeks: one pair of shoes, jeans shorts (but with a wide-cut, very girlish), two tops (one from forever 21, my first f21 purchase ever.. because we don't have it in Kansai) and some cheap jewelry (paris kids)</p> <p>i could write much more about so many things.. but I guess I just make a point here and add some photos:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Fm63daDgmZA/UJNacD_sEQI/AAAAAAAAAg0/vZ0TVSpJ9UM/s1600-h/CAI_0718%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="CAI_0718" border="0" alt="CAI_0718" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X9q5ORIF1EA/UJNadB_ZEnI/AAAAAAAAAg4/HFmLMhwbj28/CAI_0718_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" height="484"></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ybVX56aiyIU/UJNaeA91ddI/AAAAAAAAAhA/edDI-9cIfsM/s1600-h/CAI_0661%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; 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I went to work and tried to save up money. Not very successful though ! Several pairs of shoes broke, so I had to rebuy shoes, including my waitressing shoes. Also did I sign up (and paid) for JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) Level N2.</p> <p>I didnt buy much fancy stuff lately.. but tried out this snail hair treatment : <a title="http://item.rakuten.co.jp/benkyo/4526371015161/" href="http://item.rakuten.co.jp/benkyo/4526371015161/">http://item.rakuten.co.jp/benkyo/4526371015161/</a></p> <p>Yes, one trend here in the cosmetic world is SNAIL slime: The treatment is non-silicone und smells alright (vanilla-musk). </p> <p>The reason I tried to save up is: My friend Nicole from Germany arrived here yesterday evening! I took of most days of her two-weeks stay and we will be doing lots of sightseeing including a trip to Tokyo!</p> <p>I booked Willer-Express for my ride to Tokyo. Nicole will leave two/three days earlier than me by shinkansen. On the way back to Kansai we will use a MK over-night bus (booked over rakuten travel). </p> <p> </p> <p>Today Nicole and me will explore Kobe, get her Shinkansen ticket and hopefully plan out the next days. We will probably head to Osaka two or three days in a row. Are there any MUST-SEE/MUST-DO events going on RIGHT NOW? </p> Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-27547484115969683702012-08-31T20:53:00.001-07:002012-08-31T21:10:56.999-07:00wow..do I become more loyal to this blog now?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my last entry was written and posted with WINDOWS LIVE WRITER. I feel it’s more convenient than using blogger.com’s interface… however I haven’t really discovered the whole software, yet.. I am sure there’s quite some stuff left to figure out/ learn..<br />
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anyway, I want to update more often and rather write several shorter entries instead of posting every three weeks a huge one. Those long entries take up way too much time and I find myself procrastinating them.<br />
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On the 28th August I only had to work about 5 hours at IKEA, so I met up a new friend (AKI-CHAN ) afterwards and we did some (window)shopping and had ice cream at Cafe & Kitchen Rabbits:<br />
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I had Vanilla Ice Cream with Kuro-Goma-Sauce (black sesame sauce).<br />
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Actually I was in desperate search of a birthday present for my boyfriend! I always end up buying things that I like, but he doesn't. That’s why I wanted to buy a voucher/gift certificate from a soccer-equipment store. But when I asked the sales assistants if I could buy a voucher, I got weird faces and was told to go to Daimaru. Daimaru is just a normal/expensive department store… and I think the one in Kobe doesn't even have sports-wear. WTF was that? I felt really offended by this stupid suggestion. I don't go into a soccer-store for no reason.. Obviously I wanted SOCCER RELATED SHIT ! not a department store voucher!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
After asking around in some other stores, I gave up on the voucher idea. Apparently the concept of giving vouchers as a present is not common in Japan. For some inspiration what to give to my boyfriend, me and Aki-chan browsed several men’s fashion floors in different shopping malls. Pretty quickly my mind was set on purchasing a “WAIST BAG”. Actually the type that is not worn around your waist, but on your back. I’ve seen many pretty & fashionable versions but most were way too expensive.<br />
Only two days later, when looking for one on my own (I am a more relaxed shopper when I am on my own.. ), I finally found the “right” bag. If it was for me, I would have bought a leather one.. slightly nerdish looking… but I tried to forget about WHAT I LIKE and focused on my boyfriend’s style/wardrobe.. I got a sporty version from Dickies.<br />
So yesterday (31st August) I first headed to work (IKEA) and then hurried back home. Dai and me got on our bicycles and rode to a small korean restaurant in the neighborhood :<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dish of the birthday boy. the meat was really yummy</td></tr>
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Our dishes were good and cheap. The only disappointment was, that we didn't get as many banchan as we are used to (those small side-dishes).<br />
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And a quick update on my dr. ci labo trial set (posted about here: <a href="http://ringo-pyon.blogspot.jp/2012/08/dr-ci-labo-trial-set.html" title="http://ringo-pyon.blogspot.jp/2012/08/dr-ci-labo-trial-set.html">http://ringo-pyon.blogspot.jp/2012/08/dr-ci-labo-trial-set.html</a> )<br />
I’ve used the Aqua Collagen Gel twice so far and I have to say…it feels good ! I apply it before I go to bed… Aqua Collagen Gel (enrich lift series) has no mattifying qualities.. so it’s safer to use at night. I have combination skin and the next morning my skin looks fine! not more or less greasy than usual but more refreshed !! I do not like it’s strong chemical scent though. I will definitely use up the sample (10g), but I think it’s too expensive for me to purchase a full sized jar.Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-46440558970013667392012-08-30T07:00:00.001-07:002012-08-30T07:08:17.505-07:00dr. ci labo trial setThanks to an blog entry over at “Of Toys and Tokyo” i signed up at dr. ci labo’s website and received a free trial set : <a href="http://alittledabintomakeup.blogspot.jp/2012/08/drcilabo-gold-lift-set.html" title="http://alittledabintomakeup.blogspot.jp/2012/08/drcilabo-gold-lift-set.html">http://alittledabintomakeup.blogspot.jp/2012/08/drcilabo-gold-lift-set.html</a><br />
She also reviewed some other <br />
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trial sets and in general her blog contains many informative make up- reviews (especially japanese products such as eye shadows and sunscreens etc. )<br />
Today I received my set: a golden pouch, a sample of aqua collagen gel and bb perfect cream (both “enrich lift”)<br />
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I haven't tried the samples yet… it might not be matching my skin.. but some (more) collagen won’t hurt :D <br />
In case you’re living in Japan or the USA, you can sign up for your own set here:<br />
日本<br />
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USA:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Been
to Hiroshima for a weekend trip with my boyfriend.[10.08. -12.08.2012] In fact our little
trip started already Thursday evening after work. We headed to
Takasago, where Dai's parents live, by train. When I first arrived
in Japan I lived there for a few weeks and it feels a bit like „home“
to me. But since we've moved to Kobe I didn’t have a chance to go
back and visit Dai's parents. Dai often goes to Takasago at the
weekend, but my work schedule has always made it impossible to join. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
slept there and got up very early on the next day (me at 5:30a.m.).
We borrowed the car from Dai's mother. They have two cars, but we
needed Okaa-san's car because hers is connected to ETC (electronic
toll collection). In Japan you pay tolls for using
motorways/autobahn. You pay the money cash at the gates or if you're
electronic connected, it will be billed later. Apparently if you're
connected, you get discounted rates... but it still costs about
7000-8000yen to go to Hiroshima (round-trip).. I think these
toll-fees are ridiculous. In addition to parking fees and gas, going
by car costs almost as much as going by express-bus/night-bus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
were scared to get into traffic jams, that’s why we left early.
However the roads were empty and we arrived much earlier than
expected. Before we wanted to enter Hiroshima City, Dai wanted to pay
a visit to his friend Sogabe-san. Luckily, he was OK to meet up
earlier. We arrived around 10:30 at his place and chatted for a
while. Then he suggested to go to Okonomi-mura. It's a
famous/touristy place for eating Okonomiyaki. The whole building is
dedicated to Okonomiyaki, lining one food stall after another:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomi-mura">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomi-mura</a></span></div>
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no big surprise .. we had Okonomiyaki for lunch. Traditional
ingredients plus squid and shrimps. I deleted the soba from mine
though. I don’t hate soba, but I am generally not a big fan of
noodles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
that Sogabe-san said goodbye and went to meet his kids/family. He is
actually living and working in Düsseldorf, but his family stays in
Japan. So Dai and him talked about good old times in Düsseldorf or
the latest news from there. Düsseldorf has a big and strong japanese
community. Dai used to live there for 7 years. I think he misses
Düsseldorf/Germany a little bit, too. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway,
after regaining some energy, Dai and me were ready for some
sight-seeing. I researched several art museums and chose the cheapest
and most convenient one. The Prefectural Art Museum Hiroshima was
„cheap“ (600 Yen for a combined ticket to the permanent
exhibition and entrance to shukkeien) and connected to the Shukkeien
garden, which I wanted to see anyway. Furthermore, it is quite close to
Hiroshima castle. Unfortunately, the museum was super disappointing.
The regular exhibition consisted only of a handful of paintings (two
rooms and maybe 20 paintings, some sculptures)! There were other
exhibitions going on, but you had to pay extra.</span></div>
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the Shukkeien garden was nice enough to make up for the disappointment and we spent quite some time
there. For example the first thing we spotted, was a couple taking
their wedding pictures (in traditional costumes). I didn’t
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could buy fish feed for the Koi. There was one really really huge
one. The pics I got of it don’t do any justice.. it was HUGE. I'd
say about a meter in length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Feeding
the kois and little turtles was fun. At one point about 30-40 kois
crowded at one spot to get a bite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
leftovers/skin of a cicada. Seriously those insects are noisy as
hell. Their „singing“ makes me always wake up waaay too early :(</span></div>
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that we walked to Hiroshima Castle. Most tourist attractions are
concentrated in or around the city center of Hiroshima and therefore
within walking distance. At least if you're not some lazy bump.
Personally, I don't mind walking 30-40 minutes to get somewhere and I
do not have any problems to walk up to 7-9 hours a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Entrance
to the Castle grounds is free and I think there's also quite some
stuff to explore ( like a shrine, etc), but we didn’t bother much
and headed straight to the main tower:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
paid the admission fee of 350 yen (which is cheap ) and after the
huge art museum disappointment I didn’t expect much... BUT it was
a really enjoyable museum! Lots of information, lots of english and
many many exhibits !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Also
including some fun stuff for kids... or kids like me. You can try on old
robes and warrior helmets, etc. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When
we were done with the castle, it was time to check in at the hotel.
We walked back and checked in, parked the car in a seperately operated parking
building and crashed in the hotel room (and got food from a cheap supermarkt. It was pretty much like a GYOUMU-SUPER except it had a different name: Promart <a href="http://www.act-cs.co.jp/work/gss/promart.htm">http://www.act-cs.co.jp/work/gss/promart.htm</a>l just in case u're a cheapo like me and need your DISCOUNT SUPERMARKET no matter where you are :) . </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We've
spend the two nights at Active Hotel Hiroshima. Which is a very
reasonable priced Business Hotel. There were probably more tourists
and families than salarymen though. The rooms are small, but you do
not need any space, if you stay only a few days and do sightseeing or
are on a business trip, right?! If you stayed two weeks, it might be
too small.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">What
I like about these business hotels are the services they provide...
fresh towels and toothbrush-sets everyday, room cleaning, free
soap/conditioner/etc., some bathing/beauty products, TV, hair dryer,
etc. Our Hotel also had a free coffee machine on each floor! And an
AWESOME breakfast buffet for free. I hear you already say: All Hotels provide
such services...! Yeah, but not for such little money. We paid 3500
Yen per person per night. That's not much more, what you would pay at
some hostels in japan and at most of these hostels you have to pay
for everything extra (and of course no free breakfast)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
breakfast buffet was so good... I stuffed myself. There was bread, rice, soups, different salads
(western/ japanese), pickled stuff, sausages, eggs/omelet,
yoghurt/fruits, cereals, coffee, juice, tea,..........</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had much more of the pumpkin salad after finishing this. I think it was pumpkin with cream cheese or something..</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday
was dedicated to the Memorial Peace Park and the Museum. The entrance
fee to the Museum was only 50 Yen!! Well I guess such a museum is
well subsidized by government and private sponsors. It took us two
hours to get through it. First because it was crowded and second
because it was big. I think almost everything was translated to
english and there were many details and descriptions provided to the
exhibits. You should not miss this museum if you visit Hiroshima. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html">http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It's
of course a little bit sad and depressing, especially all the parts
about the victims. For example burned/shredded school uniforms worn
by kids during the bomb attack and descriptions how parents could
only identify their kids through the clothes or personal belongings. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
the long museum visit, we wandered through the Memorial Peace Park
and up to the Genbaku-dome (Atomic Bomb Dome), the most famous of all the memorial
monuments there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> cafe: <a href="http://www.chatnoir-jp.com/veloce/index.html">http://www.chatnoir-jp.com/veloce/index.html</a> </span></div>
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afternoon of Saturday was left free for coffee & shopping :) Dai bought some
orange-rubber (?) shoes from Adidas and I got two new dresses and
rebought some make up... The evening was spent at the Hotel room. I
watched Charlie and the chocolate factory on TV (you can switch to
English audio or subtitles,if it's provided by the TV programme...
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Sunday morning we got up early again, because we head to check out by
10a.m. ( I need time to get ready :D and I took quite my time at the
breakfastt buffet) But we would have left early anyway, because we
wanted to drive to Miyajimaguchi and from there take the ferry to
Miyajima. It's a lovely, very small, touristy island. It's famous for
it's Itsukushima-Shrine/Otorii Gate (World Heritage Site), maple
trees, maple-shaped sweets (momiji-manju) and oyster:</span></div>
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we had a 3-4 hour ride back home, we couldn’t stay too long but we
successfully did or saw most of the main things. I also went to some
„folk museum“ on my own, because Dai didn’t want to waste
money. And he was right... it was very tiny and not that interesting.
One part was dedicated to some current Taiga-Drama (historical
TV-drama). Apparently the drama involves some historic events that
took place on Miyajima, but I haven't watched it nor am I interested
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and arrived at our flat around 8pm. The whole trip was kind of
exhausting but in a GOOD WAY. Next day : WORK. Seems like except for
this little escape, I have NO days off in August. That’s also the
reason why I procrastinated this entry more than one week.</span></div>
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so lacking behind with blogging ?! I've done a few things/trips in
July but haven’t found any time to blog because ...yes....you
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
one random day in the first half of July I went to explore my
neighboring district called Shin-Nagata. Shin-Nagata is not really
nice, but they have some random huge anime figure-monument called
tetsujin <span lang="de-DE"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsujin_28-go">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsujin_28-go</a>
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are also some historic museums but I didn’t bother too look them up
(access, fees, etc.). Originally I went to <span lang="de-DE">S</span>hin-Nagata
because I wanted to check out their Shoes-Plaza. Yes, a mall
dedicated to shoes only. There was some special outlet sale going on
at that time. Unfortunately, when I arrived at this mall, I found
myself in front of CLOSED DOORS. It was closed on a normal Wednesday.
Well as far as I could see some of the shoes inside, it was mainly
sports/outdoor shoes, comfort shoes and shoes for older generations.
But I still wanna check it out one day. </span>
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also went to Kyoto with Lisa. I've met up with her in Osaka and then
we rode the JR to Kyoto together. Once there, we purchased the
Day-Ticket for the City Bus and went to Gion and other places
including the famous Kinkakuji. There, I bought my very first mobile
phone strap! Unbelievable, right? Somehow, I never bought one. </span>
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also found some great place for dinner, a small shop specialized in
Uni/Ika/sashimi – don ( (rice and different sorts of raw fish, sea
urchin, etc as a topping). My bowl of „Sakaidon“ was so damn
good. I kept repeating how tasty it was !! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
July (on the 27<sup>th</sup>) I participated in another survey! This
time it took place in Kobe and took only 5 minutes! The pay was good
and the only condition were to be a foreign/european woman and have
hair in your natural color. I also told Lisa about it and she got her
appointment on the 26<sup>th</sup>. So Lisa visited Kobe her first
time that day and we met up after she completed the survey. I had to
work that day (of course!), therefore our time was very limited. We
met up at about 14:40 in Sannomiya and I brought Naoko with me. We
walked through Sannomiya/Motomachi/Nankinmachi (China Town) as fast
as we could to Meriken-Area, where we headed to the Maritime Museum !
We got the combined ticket for the Museum and Kobe Port Tower (=800
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Museum was nice and fun. Lisa and me got quite excited about the
possibility to get on some real Kawasaki Machines :D The Museum is
kind of dominated by the „Kawasaki (Good Time) World“ exhibition,
which resembles more a promotion fair than a museum.</span></div>
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the museum we hurried over to the Port Tower and went up. The tower
doesn’t offer anything special, but it was still nice to see Kobe
from the top. I also got another mobile phone strap there :D A red
leather band with „Nostalgia of Kobe“ written on it.</span></div>
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tower might be nice for dating though: on one level of the tower you
can sit on sofas to enjoy the view. Most of these sofas were occupied
by couples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
the 30<sup>th</sup> July I got a random day off from work. I was
supposed to work, but someone at work returned from his break (he
took off some weeks for training and a big boxing – match) and now
we're not that short on staff anymore. Maybe I have more days off in
August?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway,
gladly Alyse from <a href="http://welovekansai.blogspot.jp/">http://welovekansai.blogspot.jp/</a>
had some time too and we met up at HEP Five. We did window-shopping,
purikura and sat down in HEP Five's „and be“ (
<a href="http://tabelog.com/osaka/A2701/A270101/27019024/">http://tabelog.com/osaka/A2701/A270101/27019024/</a>
)! A cafe specialized in Yoghurt/Ice desserts. I had some blueberry
sherbet /ice cream thingy. It was delicious but too small. </span></div>
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on her boyfriend joined us and we walked around some more in
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Before
I met up with Alyse I walked around in Semba/Honmachi and tried to
find some cheap summer clothing... but for some reason I wasn’t
happy with what I saw and I only bought two ethnic/boho-looking
maxi-skirts. I actually need some simple shirts to combine them with!
So I haven't worn them yet, coz they don’t match my current
clothes. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Man
I could write five times more than this but I am running out of time
again.. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">other
than that.... it's hot in japan and my boyfriend is really really
being a pussy about it. Our air-con is now running non-stop.
Personally, I would prefer to keep it off for most of the time but
when I turn it off Daijiro starts whining. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
also had mold on my tatami ! GASP! I used the vacuum cleaner to get
rid of it and then rubbed with some alcohol-hygiene-sheets over it.
So far it hasn’t returned. At least not on the surface :D I don't
dare to look underneath the tatami :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">At
the hotel restaurant we introduced a nomihoudai (all you can drink –
beer/longdrinks/wine) option..... which results in getting more
reservations especially for bigger groups. I feel like working in an
Izakaya now... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">ok see you guys! Next time I'll update will probably be after my trip to Hiroshima ! On the 10th-11th-12th I'll be on a short weekendtrip with Daijiro in Hiroshima. Feel free to leave me some recommendations what to do/see/eat there (except for the obvious/obligatory A-Bomb Dome, okonomiyaki, etc) !!</span>
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Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-4917053161970109472012-07-06T21:25:00.000-07:002012-08-22T18:08:37.208-07:00gosh, already july?!<br />
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is flying by and I spend most of it with working and sleeping. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Btw
I've never talked about it here, but apart from my two part time
jobs, I also sometimes teach German / do doitsu-kaiwa
(german-conversation) privately. But it's a very irregular source of
income (like once a week or so). However doing this, already proved
me right: I am not made for a teaching position. I am not very
patient and I hate to repeat myself all the time. Teaching once a
week is already annoying me, doing this every day several hours –
no way! No, thank you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">No
big issues or changes at work lately. Except that the Hotel
Restaurant is still short on staff and I probably won't have many
days off again this month. And because there's no one around, I am
often alone or with a fellow part-timer in the restaurant. Means
„more responsibility“ and not being ordered around so much. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">End
of June I met up with Naoko in Sannomiya after working at IKEA. We
originally planned to go to some spanish bar, but the one we picked
was full. So we wandered around and spotted other spanish bars or
bars offering tapas, but none looked interesting enough. We ended up
in HUB an british pub chain. As I thought, it was filled with
foreigners. Food was quite expensive, so we ordered only some cheese
plate and sweets. I had normal beer and mango beer. The mango beer
was really nice. Naoko paid for me as a belated birthday gift. I
returned the favor by paying our cake-sets at Doutor, where we headed
after HUB. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Thursday (5<sup>th</sup> July) I went to Osaka to help out at a
indian cooking event of Lisa's boss. She works for him at a language
school as a german teacher, but he also organizes monthly lunch and
dinner events, cooking indian and german dishes. I helped at the
indian curry lunch til about 5 and then Lisa came in and started her
shift, waitressing at the german dinner event. But I was glad I did
the indian lunch, because the food was really delicious. Could have
been hotter though! It was too mild for my taste. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
also got to wear an indian long blouse, which actually felt really
comfortable to wear. Now I want to buy some indian inspired summer
clothing. The fabrics are so lightweight and perfect for japans
humid&hot summer weather.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seafood curry, curry with chicken and banana, crunchy chicken, aubergine stew, potato dish...but the best were some deep fried tapioka "chips"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">LA
Colors 5 Color Metallic Eyeshadow Palette <br />Price $3.00<br />Fiesta </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><i style="color: #0b5394;">only
swatched on my arm. Those shadows are not very pigmented. All are
shiny/have shimmer. Considering the price, they are probably OK.
</i><br /><br />MILANI Minerals Blush with Brush <br />Price $5.75<br />Luminous</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It's
a nice color. Not very pigmented either. But that might be a good
thing too.. you can hardly put on „too much“ of this and it's
good to create a natural / healthy look. A real PRO-aspect of this
blush is the packaging. There's a mirror AND a brush attached to it! however it's still lightweight, so this is practical to carry
around!!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><br />LA
Girl Luxury Creme Lip Color<br />Price $2.50<br />Forbidden Love</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">color
is nice, BUT IT SMELLS unpleasant. And it doesn’t feel good on my
lips either. I am probably not going to use this. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><br />NYX The
Runway Collection 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette <br />Price
$8.50<br />Champagne & Caviar</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">not
tested yet! Colors look great but some of them look very alike.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><br />LA
Girl Pro Concealer<br />Price $2.50<br />Creamy Beige</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">not
tested</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><br />Jordana
Best Lash Volumizing Mascara<br />Price $2.99<br />Black</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><i style="color: #0b5394;">not
tested</i><br /><br />LA Colors Baked Eyeshadow<br />Price $3.50<br />Stellar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><i style="color: #0b5394;">not
tested</i><br /><br />NYX Round Lipstick <br />Price $2.99<br />Tea Rose </span></div>
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will probably use this a lot! It's a cute color, looking quite
natural on me (i can only wear natural looking make up because of my
jobs). It doesn’t smell and feels good. Probably not long-lasting.
Considering the price it's doing its job though!</span></i></div>
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Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-45320097095438650822012-06-28T09:09:00.003-07:002012-08-22T18:09:35.473-07:0024. another birthday has passed<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Hey
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">a
week has passed since my birthday (turned 24), but didn’t find any time to
update... I had off on my birthday, but all in all I will work 28
days out of June’s 30 days. You can guess how much I am looking
forward to the end of this month ! I have no idea what July will be
like... The hotel restaurant I work for is short on staff. Yesterday
I was basically doing everything ALONE. Luckily, it was pretty empty
and most of the time no customers at all. Of course I know most
things by now, it's not like I can't be alone... but if a customer
has a special request or a difficult question, I usually don't know
how to answer. Also, I don't know how to handle the cashier and
honestly speaking, I don’t want to know! I really don’t want to
take any responsibility about money/financial matters. At least not
how things are at the moment, considering I do not have any sort of
employment contract with them and my salary is paid cash. In case
anything goes wrong, I am probably fucked. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
on my birthday, I got up late and then went to Osaka in order to meet
Lisa. It was a rainy day, so we decided to stay in some large
underground mall in Honmachi and also went for coffee in Doutor. We had
some confusion about where to meet up and ended up meeting quite
late. Lisa, sorry! Time passed by quickly and soon it
was time to rush to Nippombashi, where we would meet up with my
boyfriend.</span></div>
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went to an Izakaya. But not quite an ordinary one... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">http://www.zauo.com/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">At Zauo you can
rent a fishing rod, bait and then start fishing. Right away from your
seat (at least in our case). It's not really a big deal to catch a
fish, since there are plenty of fish in a small pool, but it's still
fun. Once you caught one, you have to decide how the fish will be
prepared and then it will be served to you. Of course you have to pay
for the fish (price varies from the kind of fish you catch). I caught
a Tai (sea bream) and of course requested it as sashimi (raw)! BTW
whenever a customer catches a fish, the staff will ask for your name
and start shouting your name, some paroles and beat the drums.
Basically „celebrate“ that you got a fish. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We
also ordered some other food. I ate an mentaiko dish... I think it
was my first time eating mentaiko and also my first time to have
Ochazuke (you have to pour lots of dashi broth over your rice).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Except
for going out on Sunday with my co-workers from IKEA I haven't done
anything special. I am busy enough with my working schedules....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
on Sunday we went to an Yakitoriya, an Izakaya specialized in serving
chicken dishes. Naturally we had mostly chicken dishes, including
chicken hearts (I love chicken hearts). The most special dish was
probably the raw horse meat (it was at least the most expensive one). At such outings it is common to split the bill even. Everyone ended up paying 3500 Yen (35euro), which was considered "cheap" by the others. I thought it was a lot and basically my limit. But yeah it is cheap by japanese standards and Izakaya nights usually end up with huge bills. Unfortunately I didn’t take many photos that evening :(</span></div>
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Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-37406816676265150502012-06-17T21:23:00.000-07:002012-08-22T18:11:04.679-07:00too lazy to blog..<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I've
worked a lot, but I also found time to meet friends and do some
shopping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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 ^^</span></div>
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had to leave around noon. It was way too short, but really great to
see her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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. </span></div>
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<a href="http://nishinomiya-gardens.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">http://nishinomiya-gardens.com/ </span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">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 ^^:</span></div>
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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: <a href="http://www.torikizoku.co.jp/">http://www.torikizoku.co.jp/</a><br />
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Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-85741525176030701712012-05-23T23:17:00.001-07:002012-08-22T18:12:18.429-07:00irregular update<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I've
worked a lot and also met friends for chatting /coffee, went drinking
with co-workers again and finally set up an bank account at sumitomo.
The hotel restaurant company requires all employees to set up an
account at sumitomo. But not just ANY sumitomo store would do, no..
It had to be the main branch store in Umeda. It is very common to get
a specific bank account for companies in japan, but usually any store
of a certain bank will do. I never heard it had to be a very specific
city store before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
can go to Umeda straight from my train station. You can probably do
some good shopping in Umeda too, but I rather wanted to go to Namba
or Shinsaibashi instead. I walked and walked and walked... luckily I
crossed some shopping streets in Senba (?), where lots of
cheap/non-brand stuff was being sold. I got two new tops (one for 500
and one for 1000 Yen) and they don't look cheap at all. Actually all
the things had original price tags with really high prices !
Obviously someone got his /her hands on things from a chinese factory
before they'd go to normal brandstores, where the same stuff would be
displayed with ridiculous prices. </span>
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eventually arrived somewhere in Namba but I realized I had to walk
all the way back again and therefore decided against walking any
further. Got another Ice cream (frozen yoghurt) and headed back to
Umeda. I also checked out H&M but couldn't find any underwear.
Does H&M Japan not carry underwear??? Damn. I was so looking
forward to buy one of their comfy T-shirt bras :(</span></div>
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at work are getting a bit rough lately. I am not on good terms with
one guy and I start to worry about how things will develop from now
on. It is pretty stressful to work with him. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Monday
I didnt do anything at all except washing (3 machines!), lazing
around and eating (mostly dais food, sorry babe). Tuesday I went to
Akashi to meet Naoko-san. She took a day off at work today because
she felt like (?) and also because I am hardly free on weekends. We
walked around in Akashi koen (park) <a href="http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/english/spot/68_akashicastle.html" target="_blank">http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/english/spot/68_akashicastle.html </a> and a bit within the city. Then
we bought random pastries from dans marché
<a href="http://www.dansmarche.co.jp/">http://www.dansmarche.co.jp/</a>
, sat down next to a river and ate. Bought some more sweets and rode
the bus to </span><span lang="ja-JP">伊川谷 </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Ikawadani,
where she lives. At her place we chatted over coffee and played with
her two dogs and cat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Oh
and I got a new hobby (not that I really asked for it): killing
cockroaches. I killed two and Dai told me he also killed some.. I am
not super scared about insects or something but this isn’t really
funny either :( I am pretty sure though, that they get in from the
outside and aren’t living/breeding in our flat! We always leave the
bathroom window open and I daily air my room, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today,
Thursday i am off again. I prefer to stay home today again, because the
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two weeks ago I went to some lovely cafe with Naoko-san. It was my turn
to pick some place to go to, so I spend hours and hours on tabelog
and eventually decided on this one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">kissaten
kissako</span></div>
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can have tea and coffee and sweets. The tea is surely of great
quality but the main point of this cafe is the interior and the
exquisite selection of sweets. You are seated on sofas. Ok I know
this isn’t something too special in Europe.. but in Japan it is
fairly rare to have sofas or I am just going to the wrong places.
After you sit down, you will be brought over all sweets that are
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">And one last random photo I took at work. Suddenly I was asked to leave my usual work place and go to the restaurant on the highest floor. I was left there alone and instructed to do nothing and in case a customer comes to call my chef. So I had some time to enjoy the breath-taking scenery: </span></div>
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Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-85114160439981702982012-05-11T03:18:00.001-07:002012-08-22T18:14:11.839-07:00finally some time off<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">W</span>ow,
golden week was hell and <span lang="de-DE">I</span> am glad <span lang="de-DE">I</span>
am through this. I enjoyed yesterday and today without any work. I
used my time to do groceries by bike and go on a short date with my
boyfriend. I forced him to go with me to harborland again. <span lang="de-DE">W</span>e
did a bit of window shopping and then sat down at nana's green tea.
<span lang="de-DE">I</span>t's a bit pricey, but worth it. they have
such great matcha and azuki beverages to choose from *heaven* </span>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_967165419">Check their menu out :</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nanaha.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nanaha.com/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">view from the outside...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> u can sit next to the artificial canal of the canal garden shopping complex</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
our way back we also stopped by a kohnan store </span><span lang="ja-JP">コーナン</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">.
Another „home center“ store. Actually we live next to one, but
different chain. Kohnan is really big and quite cheap and is worth to
check out for their sales and special bargains. They also had
pets&animals and made me fell in love with super purrty american
short hair cat. Forgot to take its photo though. They also had really
cute rabbits, huuuuge cockroaches/insects and snakes. The thing that
most surprised me was, that they offered owls. In Germany it's
forbidden to keep them as pets:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">By
the way, my boyfriend has/had fishies :D He started with two and then
bought another one, but the biggest, the red one died quite quickly.
And last time I checked the mini aquarium, I could only spot one
fish. Another one had died. My bf never says anything to me about
them :D What is he doing with them or better asked what is he not
doing? Omg, I keep thinking about the cute cat from the home-center
store :/ But I strongly believe it is no good to keep cats in home
all day and night. I feel it is a much more natural way to keep cats,
when you have the option to leave them out. With our apartment that’s
downright impossible, we live at a huge, busy main road and there's
no green spot around. I checked out the snakes too, but they are
damn expensive and I don't feel like <span lang="de-DE"> keeping</span>
cockroaches... so no pet for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today
(Friday), I met up with Laura-san. Laura-san is an Italian woman (or
Japanese /<span lang="de-DE">It</span>alien mixed), has a six month
old babyboy and is married to a Japanese. She lives a bit more on the
country side of Kobe I think, but still very close by. We met at
Minatogawakoen Station. I actually mixed sth up and first waited for
her at the Minatogawa-Shrine, until I realized that it was NOT the
right station :D So I walked and walked..and eventually found her.
<span lang="de-DE">Through my mistake </span>I was able to see my
first traditional Japanese wedding ceremony <span lang="de-DE">though</span>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
felt creepy taking pics, so I couldn’t take any closer shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Tomorrow
I meet up with Naoko for coffee and then head to work. Sunday &
Monday will be filled up by working at IKEA and Tuesday another shift
at the Hotel Restaurant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">At
the Hotel-restaurant started another chinese guy and new Nepali. The
crew gets more and more international. At IKEA is also a nepali
woman. I didn’t know before, that there were so many people from
Nepal in Japan.. or is it only Kobe? </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">And
I officially signed some six months contract with IKEA as a
part-timer. First official contract for me (apart from the mobile
phone one :D). The hotel-restaurant did not provide me with any
papers so far. I actually asked them for something that
proves/confirms my employment with them, but haven't received
anything so far.</span></div>
Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-25788970412941278862012-04-30T06:08:00.001-07:002012-08-22T18:15:29.590-07:00golden week (not mine though)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It's
golden week in japan, but not for me! I work/ed on all days of Golden
Week except today (30<sup>th</sup> April).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
started working part-time at IKEA Kobe. It's interesting to have an
insight in their work culture etc. After my group interview for IKEA
some weeks ago, I received an offer to work only during Golden Week.
However, on the training day, I received a six month part-time
contract. What a change of events!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The
next surprise, unfortunately a bad one, came a few hours later at
work (hotel). The girl in charge of the shift-scheduling and my direct boss
quits after golden week. Actually she quits by today, but they have
no one to replace her yet and Golden Week will be quite busy. I
almost cried. I admire her because she treats me and everyone else
with the right mix of respect and authority. Even though she is very
young, she's able and doing a great job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Yesterday
I worked at IKEA only for a few hours, but it was so exhausting I was
wet of sweat :D. I showered and changed clothes etc. within 10
minutes and rushed to my next work.... There was a flea market at
IKEA but I couldn’t even spare 5 minutes for it :( What a
pity..from passing by, I could spot some cute looking things. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today
Dai and me went to Kobe Harborland, where the OKTOBERFEST takes
place. Yes right, you can enjoy the custom of a Oktoberfest in April
/ May. Everything’s possible in Japan ;) </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It
was super tiny and everything was expensive. I bought a Bretzel for
200 Yen (about 2 Euro) which was micro-sized and did not have salt
and tasted kinda bland. 2 minutes later I found out, there also was
a normal sized, salted Bretzel available... However double the price.
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Dai
had no school, but work and therefore he did not drink beer. He
wanted to, but stayed strong. My poor boy :/</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me being pissed off about the size of my "bretzel", Dai longing for good german beer and the Oktoberfest in April. The ferris wheel in the background is not part of the event, it's always there.</td></tr>
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took purikura at Mosaic (shopping mall)...</span></div>
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... <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">and shopped a bit at Seria
(another 100Yen chain store).</span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
got a hairband for showering/bathing :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">and
those pretty chopsticks:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> You always end up buying random unnecessary things at 100yen shops....argh ^^.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
also browsed a few shops at Kosokukobe Station and bought this on
sale for 1095 Yen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We
went home, did some shopping, ate seven eleven o-bentos and watched
GANTZ – Perfect Answer (Part 2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1SpcpqprA&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1SpcpqprA&feature=related</a>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Gosh,
I love GANTZ movies. The fighting scenes are extremely well
coordinated and the whole atmosphere is so exciting. I love those
bodycon suits too :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Oh
and I want to share this cake with you :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Went
to Doutor with Sunao-chan on Thursday (got to know her through ikea)
and had a azuki-matcha cake. I love anko/azuki beans and I love
matcha flavored stuff. This was the perfect mix for me and I wasn't
disappointed:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Doutor
starts to grow on me. I think they are reasonable priced/sized
(cheaper than starbucks) and have tasty stuff!
<a href="http://www.doutor.co.jp/">http://www.doutor.co.jp</a> </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">basically
I didn’t do much past days except working. Even though I only work
5,5 hours and about 4 days a week, it's still pretty much occupying
me. I guess it is because the work schedule itself sucks. Working
from 5pm to 22.30 or almost 23.00 makes me going to bed laaaate. When
I come home, I cannot sleep immediately and usually stay up some
hours. The next day I wake up early because my boyfriend makes noises
at 5:30am or the sun is shining too brightly. I don’t get up and
try to sleep in again, but usually I end up being quite tired during
day time. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Before
I started working at the Hotel-restaurant, I said I wanted to work 2
or 3 days a week. First they scheduled my shifts that way, but then I
was asked to come in for additional shifts... It's not like I don’t
wanna work and be lazy. I just don’t want to work THERE so much. I
rather want more free days in order to find another part time job. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
am supposed to work one week for IKEA Kobe during Golden Week. I have
no clue how many days and hours Ikea wants me to work. Most likely I
will receive this information tomorrow! However my regular part-time
job wants to know TODAY when I can work and when not. I have no clue
what to answer them today. I guess I have to beg, to get one more day
to think about my schedule... or say I cannot work at all during
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">G</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">olden
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">W</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">eek.
Either way sucks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[Whats
Golden Week? : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_%28Japan%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_%28Japan%29</a>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Except
working; I met another woman </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">called</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">
Yukiko-san, who once spend a year doing </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">W</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">orking
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">H</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">oliday
in Canada, where she met german people. So she was interested to meet
me for language/cultural exchange. She is really nice and showed me a
lovely Cafe in Kobe (Sannomiya) and we talked about general stuff and
girly things. We already figured out some stuff we would like to do
together like shopping and going to a spa or onsen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I choose a classic ice coffee, but the way it was arranged and served was very nice!! The syrup was really nice, maybe it was honey...not sure Oo; </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">At
my workplace we chat quite casually during work and it's funny, but
unfortunately everyone is always tired and worn out after work.
Therefore I only once went out for drinking so far. With the manager
of the second restaurant and my boss. My „boss“ is a 22years old
girl, one of the rare </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><i>shain
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employee, most staff are part-timers like me)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">and entered
directly after graduation last year into the company. Typical for the
japanese hiring system she has to work unhuman hours. I seriously admire her for keeping this up.
(She spends 10-12 hours a day in the hotel, 6 days a week).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
we went to some </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><i>izakaya</i></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">
at Motomachi train station, that was supposed to resemble a german
bar or something. They offered dishes like „Eisbein“ and german
beer. But in the end nothing was really very german... I accidentally
deleted the photo of their „Eisbein“, that’s all I can share of
the outing:</span></span></div>
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my bosses left, I walked to my station...a little bit TOO SLOWLY and
missed the last train. Of course I could have taken a taxi, but I was
being stingy me and decided to go for a looong walk. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Well
it took about 45 minutes to walk home and I arrived a bit past 1 am
at my place. Luckily the way back home is routed on big main streets,
so it is quite safe. Every 50 meters or so there’s a shop like a
conbini with lights on and normal people in there. The only downside
of this were muscle pains the next day :D </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Yesterday
was one of the rare days where neither me nor my bf had to work in
the late afternoon/ evening. After my bf came back from school, we
rode by bike to the DOCOMO Shop. I had to cancel some options of my
cell phone plan. In order to get my phone for „free“, I had to
sign up for a package of random options services I never use or need
and could cancel them after one month. So we went there in order to
do so. Then we were told, I had to sign up for some insurance if I
cancel these options... what? You always end up paying more than you
expect I suppose. It's not much though. It's ok, but yeah... japanese
cell phone plans in general suck big ass IMO.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">My
cell phone plan is paying 1200yen (about 10 euro) monthly for the
contract, phone and sending emails (to japanese cellphones and to
normal e-mail addresses). Everything else costs fees, therefore I try
not to call anyone and only use my phone for mails. I also locked
options on my phone that connect to the internet, so that I don’t
accidentally connect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
was looking forward to spend some free time with my boyfriend, but
while we were waiting at docomo he got a call from the conbini he
works for. He was asked to help out immediately.. So after finishing
business at docomo he left for work again. :/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today
a package by my lovely grandparents arrived ! Awww Im a happy girl
now.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">(DANKE
OMA UND OPA :*)</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">
It's not like japanese products are bad, but I'd say that japanese
and german drugstore products have about the same quality. However
german products are about HALF THE PRICE. And there is some stuff you
don’t find in japan, and of course the other way around things you
wont find in Germany.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Japanese
do not use as much day-creams/facial creams as Europeans. Asian woman
stick to lotions and toners that are liquid/watery. I just don’t
know how to use them or which would be fitting to my skin...so I
rather stick to mattifying day creams etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Also
there are hardly any affordable body lotions. The type of body
lotions that I want cost at least 900yen or more, while I get the
equivalent in bigger size in Germany for 250 yen. I could imagine
it's because japanese woman may invest more money into bathing
products and face care, so there is no big demand for body
lotions/milks etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">There
are also products in Japan that are „better“, for example I find
make up remove sheets and washing foams/gels to be better. Probably
mascara is better too. I cant really tell, since my lashes are
naturally long and I have no need for super high-quality mascara. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
far I haven’t had many opportunities to wear much make up, my work
requires me </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">to
</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">look „natural“
(so I only use make up/foundation, blush and mascara) and </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span lang="de-DE">can't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">
wear any accessories.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
I have to get ready for work....</span></span></div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-29312833999922616612012-04-14T06:46:00.004-07:002012-04-14T06:54:37.119-07:00Mentally arrived in japan<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Tomorrow will be my fourth shift at the dinner buffet within this week. The original work schedule
said only three shifts, but the girl supervising the restaurant asked
me to come in for another shift. Happily I agreed! I constantly
worry, that I don't do things well or quick enough. I am really slow
with most of the tasks... I hope I become better at everything soon.
The job starts to grow on me. Everyone (waiters, cooks, kitchen
staff, etc) is friendly. The atmosphere among the staff is very
casual and co-operative. However everyone is very professional/reliable
in his/her designated work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So
yesterday (Friday) I was asked to come in spontaneously because a
group of 60 chinese hotel guests reserved Hall B of the restaurant. I
was totally scared of the number of people... in the end in turned
out alright, it was just a lot of cleaning left to do afterwards ^^''
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The
chinese group stormed in MASSES the tiny buffet and were rude to each
other and did some stuff with the food/buffet, that I regard as
disgusting. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">But
I have to say SOMETIMES this also applies to some japanese guests as
well. It is indeed quite interesting to see how people
behave with food. Or what their manners are like and how they react to us, the service staff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Most
customers are very forgiving to me. Ignoring my bad japanese or me
being slow with picking up their used dishes. At least one time per
evening I am asked where I am from and what I am doing in Japan.
Usually this is followed by an encouraging „<i>Ganbattekudasai</i>!“
(means something between „hang in there“ and „Do your best!“)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">A
downside of my work is that, when I come home from work at around 11pm
my boyfriend is already asleep! Our schedules are totally different
now and we hardly have time to do something nice together. He works
from 6am to 9am and then goes to school til afternoon. However things
will settle soon and I will probably usually only get two or three shifts
a week anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today
(Saturday) I met up with Naoko-san again. I also met one of her
„students“ she teaches japanese to as a volunteer. She introduced
an indonesian girl to me (muslim), while talking I realized, she was a
„woman“. Married and already has a two years old kid. She wasn’t
the age she looked liked. Unfortunately she had to leave very soon
again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Naoko-san
and me stuck to our original plan and went for a walk to the
Ikutagawa (</span><span lang="ja-JP">生田川</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">).
We walked a while along the river until we found a really nice spot
to sit down. We talked and talked and watched the sakura trees. When
some wind came up, the petals were beautifully blowing in the wind.
It was my first official hanami in Japan. I enjoyed a can of CALPIS SOUR I had picked up at Lawson before. Calpis with a little shot of vodka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">OMG
calpis sour is so TASTY. This might turn into my favorite alcoholic
beverage in Japan :D </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">(calpis
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the same time there was some traditional procession going on.
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Oh
btw if you're a poor bimbo like me but don’t want to feel like
this, go to Daimaru's food floor (basement). Naoko-san and me went
only for a few minutes but were able to try out various things. You
can have a taste of great food for free that way ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><a href="http://www.daimaru.co.jp/kobe/">http://www.daimaru.co.jp/kobe/</a>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
finally bought make up. I ended up with KATE'S Mineral Cover BB Gel
Cream in the lightest shade:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><a href="http://nomorerules.net/all_products/face.html">http://nomorerules.net/all_products/face.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It
feels good on the skin and it is mattifying. The coverage is very
little though. For me that’s no matter of concern. If I want to
cover up spots, I use an additional concealer. Highly covering
products are usually heavy and greasy, so I rather use a light make
up. So far it seems like a good match for my
combination skin.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-32978410516998120752012-04-08T19:56:00.002-07:002012-04-08T19:56:29.907-07:00one week summary<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">ok...
uhm where to start? Don't know how to summarize the last week
properly, but I give my best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Sunday (1<sup>st</sup> April) I had a job interview at another hotel
in Kobe. Once I arrived and entered the lobby, I was shocked to see
what a big and quite fancy hotel it was. My self-confidence vanished.
Already before the actual interview started, I was kinda „tested“.
I was supposed to write some stuff in Japanese on an application
form. It was clearly a test, all the things asked on the sheet where
things usually asked within the interview or that can be found on
your CV. So when the actual interview started I was told right away
to study more Japanese and that my Japanese is not sufficient for the
position. It would be necessary to be able to write Japanese by hand
not only on the computer. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
got her point and I agree with her, but then again I wonder why I was
invited. I was sad to have wasted time and money on this, but I kept
smiling. The woman in charge continued to talk to me for about half
an hour and tried to encourage me. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Anyway,
another lesson learned.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">when u ride the JR Port Liner from Sannomiya to Port Island, you get a very nice view</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Monday I had a meeting back at the Hotel I was interviewed by two
weeks ago! After two weeks they decided to contact me and re-invite
me. Actually I didn't want to work there, because the hourly pay is
little and I <span lang="de-DE">won't</span> be able to work many
hours a week. <span lang="de-DE">However,</span> I have no right to
be picky. I said yes to everything and was scheduled to work my first
shift the next day (Tuesday).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
actually worked three times at the Hotel Restaurant that week.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Each evening got busier and more
exhausting, but then again my co-workers are really nice. My shift
starts at 5pm and so far always ended around 10:30pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It's
a buffet and I do not have to take orders. My tasks are to prepare
the buffet, make sure things look nice etc., refill food, pick up
used dishware, clean tables and so on. I also cleaned the toilets -_-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We
can also take a break and eat from the buffet. When taking down the
buffet and cleaning there's also always a chance to eat some
leftovers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Thursday I had another Interview at a big company, but also only for
a part-time / temporary position. It was a group interview. I sat at
a table with 9 other people, everyone Japanese and <span lang="de-DE">we
</span>were asked questions by the Interviewers. Luckily, it wasn't a
competitive group interview, but aimed to provide a friendly, open
and casual atmosphere. Half of the people were dressed in suits and
the other half wore very casual outfits. The company is not Japanese
and this was also conveyed during the interview. It felt rather
„european“ except, that everyone besides me was Japanese. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
got through the whole thing somehow and I was always able to say at
least „something“ to the questions, but of course I couldn’t
provide interesting answers and stories as the japanese candidates.
It was alright though. After the Interview one girl approached me and
asked me to be friends with her. I thought it was really cute of her
and we spend some time together talking and took purikura. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Saturday I met Naoko-san. I posted on some message board, that I was
looking for japanese language exchange partners and got a nice reply
from her. She teaches Japanese at KICC as a volunteer and therefore
we met up at the KICC (at KICC foreigners living in Kobe can receive
consultation, help, free lessons etc.). We left there immediately and
headed for a lovely cafe called Nishimura:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><a href="http://www.kobe-nishimura.jp/">http://www.kobe-nishimura.jp</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It
was a little on the expensive side, but you can sit there for hours
without being bothered to order more and more. My tiny nuts-coffee
was 650Yen (about 6 Euro) and extremely tasty. After about two hours
in the Cafe, we went out for a little window shopping and all in all
we met <span lang="de-DE">for </span>about 4 hours. It was really
nice to meet her and talk so much in japanese (also some german and
english).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On
Sunday I didn’t do much and used the day to relax. I also got
randomly an offer for an internship. Before I came to japan I applied
to various companies and only got rejections back. One of them
contacted me now again and offered a telephone interview for an
internship in Tokyo starting from July for 12 months. The position is
a dream, but now that I am renting an apartment and got used to the
life here, I can't and don’t want to leave so early again. I tried
my best to write a diplomatic reply and asked if it's possible to
start later or to do a short-term internship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It's
really sad: I don't <span lang="de-DE">get to do</span> any girly
shopping ! All I bought so far, was stuff for interviews/work: black
pants, blazer, blouses, black shoes and a black hand bag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">At
the Hotel Restaurant, I have to wear my own black pants and black
shoes. <span lang="de-DE">Additionally, </span>I got a white shirt,
an apron and a neck ribbon from the hotel. <span lang="de-DE">: )</span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
actually went to a number of malls and places, but only for window
shopping (or buying the formal stuff I mentioned). Also I am still
struggling to find <span lang="de-DE">matching</span> make up and
skin care products.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
bought another washing foam by „naive“. It's actually a cheap
sub-brand by Kanebo:
<a href="http://www.sasa.com/SasaWeb/eng/product/viewProductDetail.jspa?itemno=105180608009">http://www.sasa.com/SasaWeb/eng/product/viewProductDetail.jspa?itemno=105180608009</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">and
I like it so far. It's nothing special, but considering the price
it's a good solution. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I
will do the laundry now and go to Chuo-ku by bike later on. I wanna
check out the kobe-donki hote store and maybe finally buy new make up
today...</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">random illumination of the canal garden building in harbour island</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">http://www.canalgarden.co.jp/</td></tr>
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</div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-73331115926819227902012-03-31T00:35:00.000-07:002012-03-31T00:35:30.295-07:00short update<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I use my bike to explore Hyogo-ku and neighboring city districts. I can even easily reach motomachi by bike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Other than that Dai and me spent most of our time and money into completing our new home. We now finally have everything we need for daily life. We bought IH cooking plate, microwave, etc. A big relief was, that Dai's parents paid our air-con, which was installed on Monday (japanese flats/houses usually do not have a heating installation. Temperature whether hot or cold is regulated by air-cons).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We also got some stuff FOR FREE from Dai's friend. His friend gave up his flat and moved in with his girlfriend. In exchange for helping him with packing and moving, Dai got: a refrigerator, washing machine, a lamp, storage boxes and some other random small stuff. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The last thing missing is internet access. This will be hopefully solved on Tuesday, when a person from j-com will come to our apartment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I have a number of meetings scheduled this week for jobs! I hope by the end of the week I will have one or two jobs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Here are a few impressions of our apartment now...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dai's fishies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kitchen table , sink in front of the bathroom, the air-con, my room....</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHggRoEWyEokR1_uXFkT08kJmDJGtvW2tZ6s1Qmq0aETpdcM8BG9Lo9RRkD5rd6vGOQC3llt2NYF8LS7k12i-na4FU39c0lnKW0nPuNQPJeB5nkhSn7OMBTqrAZrEYApcIgEkrXhIfmoU/s1600/collag+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHggRoEWyEokR1_uXFkT08kJmDJGtvW2tZ6s1Qmq0aETpdcM8BG9Lo9RRkD5rd6vGOQC3llt2NYF8LS7k12i-na4FU39c0lnKW0nPuNQPJeB5nkhSn7OMBTqrAZrEYApcIgEkrXhIfmoU/s320/collag+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kitchen... and yes laundry :D</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Dai's parents invited us to have dinner at a yakiniku restaurant. Yummy yummy. We had horumon (I still don’t really know what it is... it might be some part of the stomach?!), tongue, ro-su (short-loin meat), cow stomach, sausages, salads, kimchi, veggies and so on. It was super tasty and I'm happy I did not have to pay for it :D (yakiniku is usually kinda expensive)'</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Since Thursday I am in my new place with Dai and it will need a few more days or weeks until I get fully accustomed to this flat. Everything is just old and halfheartedly fixed. Basically, you can hear everything that’s going on outside and within the building. Paperthin walls. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We have no air-con yet. I am not able to heat my room until Monday, which sucks since our rooms are quite chilly and windy.</span> But yeah on Monday the air-con will be installed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">After arriving in Hyogo-ku on Thursday, we dropped our bags and stuff at our new place and left for the Kuyakusho (town /city hall) in order to change the address on my alien registration card. We had to wait a bit but the process itself was surprisingly easy! They didn’t even ask for any proof of my new residency... I could have registered the address of a trash can!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On the way back, we spontaneously got into some DOCOMO shop and I somehow ended up with a phone and contract.......... I wonder if it was the right decision, but now it's too late to have any regrets. You can hardly get a phone / number without contracts. The only prepaid service is offered by Softbank and I do not find the offered mobile devices nor the call rates too appealing. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">With my current plan I can mail to japanese mobiles and to computer emails for free. But I am not sure whether I can attach photos to these mails for free too.</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">In case someone is familiar with docomos plans and products, feel free to enlighten me!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">BTW I got the Exilim CA-01C in pink:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> <a href="http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/prime/ca01c" target="_blank">http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/product/foma/prime/ca01c </a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Well the camera of this phone is pretty fancy : 16.3mega pixel and able to produce 3D pictures (they suck but at least it's a funny gimmick)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">unfortunately no cable was provided. I have to purchase this separately...probably do so next month.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Thursday evening I finally met up with Maria, a girl from my former university. She spend a year in Kobe as an exchange student. It's pretty sad, I was only able to meet her once a few days before she will leave Japan :( We went to some ticket-restaurant and got soba/udon and she was also so nice to sell me her bicycle! I am mobile now :D </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Friday, we walked to Yamada Denki(electronic shop) and Nitori (something like Ikea). Dai kinda underestimated the distance and we walked quite a while through the cold rain -.-</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We bought some heavy stuff and were too tired to walk the whole distance again and the rain didn’t help either. We paid for a taxi ride….. -_- Once home we bought stuff and had late lunch. We immediately tried out our new IH cooking plate, just bought before at Yamada Denki. Worked well! </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Today (Saturday) I left with my bike to explore the area and found the gyoumu su-pa- I googled before. It's supermarket chain, thats slightly cheaper than others but they're not that well stocked or sell articles in bulk packs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I also got access to Yahoo BB Mobile points now (those W-Lan points can be found at mac donalds, some cafes and stations). You can buy validation codes for this at family mart. 1 day = 500 yen, 2 weeks = 1000yen and 3 months = 4000 yen. I went for the middle option because Dai received another phone call from JCOM. They might be able to progress soon and install internet here.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On Friday I didn't do much. Around 15.30 I decided to withdraw money from my JP Bank account. The thing is, I did not apply for a cash card yet. I was told to wait until I move to Hyogo-ku, since the address changing would be additional paperwork or something alike. So last time I wanted to withdraw money, I learned that I am only able to get money until 4p.m. (service time) and that I need my gaikokujin card and also my hanko (name stamp). It was 3:50 p.m. And of course I did not bring my hanko with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">The highways were jammed and it took us more than one hour for approximately 38 km. Finally we stood in our new apartment and measured important spots. The apartment itself, was still A MESS. I wonder if they will be finished with renovating until Wednesday. We are supposed to get the keys by then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I don't have any picture of the result yet. I got my hair cut by Dais father who is a barber (sanpatsu)... So I was a little worried, since he is not experienced in cutting long woman’s hair, but luckily it turned out alright.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On Thursday I've been to Hello Work in Kobe and despite we went there during the English-service time, no one spoke English with me. I already read before, that this seems to be the normal case and that's why I followed the advice to bring a Japanese person with me. They explained, they want the whole process to be held in japanese language because it's also an exercise for me. Of course they have a point, I should get used to go through such things in japanese... As a result of this visit, I got one job-interview scheduled for tomorrow. It will be in Kobe at a Hotel... I am nervous and I do not expect much out of it, except to gain some experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Other than that I am on the verge to give up on my university assignments... I've wasted three weeks on one report already and due to that I wasn’t able to do much here in Japan and could't concentrate on my life here... I wonder if it's worth it to waste another few weeks on these papers... I am not motivated at all to do them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">This Sunday we will go and see our new apartment and it will be almost done with renovation and next week we will be able to move in. Apparently, it may take SOME WEEKS to get internet there. I guess I should do a detailed research on internet-cafes in the neighborhood..... :/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Few days ago I've sent a short message, that I'd be interested to take part in an TV show that involved foreigners to learn something about Japanese culture... I got called back immediately... and then the next day one more call. But unfortunately, we had a little misunderstanding about the concept of that TV show. I won't appear on TV any time soon... :D</span><br />
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</div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-7247447032585051932012-03-10T03:28:00.001-08:002012-03-10T04:55:40.322-08:00update<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Ok, on Wednesday I finally received my alien registration card. That’s the document foreigners here basically NEED FOR EVERYTHING. Actually, most of the information on this little card are provided already with my visa and on my address confirmation paper from the town office... but Japanese sales people etc. are instructed to ask for this card and usually nothing else is accepted. When I tried to make an bank account without it, I was rejected two times. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Now I have an Japan Post Bank account... Maybe I try to get an account at a different bank soon. I think JPB has quite high transaction fees or is it the same with any other bank?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">However, some banks will still reject you... sometimes they say they cannot give an account to foreigners who haven’t lived in the country for at least 6 months. This seems to be an excuse, since it sometimes applies and sometimes doesn’t. Basically, it seems like, whether you get an account or not depends also on the mood of your person in charge :)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Next we went to a Softbank-Shop and looked and their prepaid-mobiles...as expected those models aren’t exactly fancy and of course no smartphones. But what bothered me more, where those ridiculous rates for calling etc. No way. I seriously consider getting a two years-contract and just suck it up to pay cancellation fees after one year (I've heard these fees usually run about 10 000 Yen ~95 Euro). Any recommendations here? Whats the cheapest plan right now?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">But I'll wait with purchasing a phone until we move, because I don’t want to have the paper work of changing my address on thousands of contracts...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Will we move? According to the guy, who showed us the apartment, it is „80 percent“ sure. But since some days we haven’t heard anything new from him... >_> I am getting impatient !</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On Thursday we to Himeji by car in order to meet our friends Kei-san and Mamiko-san. They also brought their three years old son Jin-kun. We went to a japanese-style dining place, where you enjoy your meal in separated rooms/booths. The place was called <i>Usagi</i> (engl. Rabbit), funnily enough about 10 restaurants are called like this in Himeji... but it was this one:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I also forced my boyfriend to stop at an slightly bigger shopping mall in Kakogawa. I grew tired of the old, run-down „Sunmall“ in Takasago. And as I expected that one offered a far better selection of stuff... </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I even spotted a HUGE deo for 298 yen (3euro), thats by far the cheapest I've seen so far. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-18755445148022218272012-03-06T19:11:00.001-08:002012-03-06T19:12:56.794-08:00No news at all<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">we still don’t know for sure, if we are going to move to hyogo ku or not, but it seems most likely for now.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I will get my alien registration card (id card for foreigners) tomorrow. With this I could already step in to hello work and give more fuel to my job search... but since my boyfriend always makes plans without asking me about my schedule, i cannot do so tomorrow. We will meet Kei-san and Mamiko-san in Himeji tomorrow. I hope I can taste himeji-oden ! (the special twist about himeji-oden is the addition of soy sauce and ginger.) </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">anyway, that means I cannot go to hello work before next week Wednesday / Thursday. English-service is only provided on Wednesday and Thursday in the Kobe-branch. This makes me feel very uneasy. I do not want to wait another week. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Another things that bugs me, is the TOEIC. I wanted to take it, but missed a the application deadline for the upcoming one in march. The next one I can take is in May ! And the results will be out in June or so! That’s so far ahead, I wonder if it's worth it... Well I guess I do it... I still have some weeks left for application...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Once we moved to Hyogo-ku, I will probably sign up with Kumon too. It seems like the most affordable and schedule-friendly option for me to repeat and study Japanese. I already heard it's mostly studying with worksheets... but that’s exactly what I need, lots of repetition ! </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">It retails at 545 Yen and the refill pack is only 399 Yen. That’s way beneath the average price for foundations. I'd say the average is between 700 – 1200 Yen. Since I use make up daily, I have to stick to affordable brands.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">(PS: the lovely mouse-pad is from DAISO, 105 Yen)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Oh and my order of „Out“ by Natsuo Kirino finally arrived. I've read „I'm sorry, mama“ (german title: Teufelskind) by her and was really drawn to her way of seeing and describing things. I think she has a great understanding of the Japanese society !</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx8lYg1UOgfhDMaAb6T0Eqt-EE1ElWyJIGm81oyBTUt45eTXBXIv-1JI4pEHKHWJNVpo44AP2QQ_jZs65oaUxTSJOh0LXXfXbuAoGci0Z9C2drFn1iSKazSKQQ8zLtKJ8ob-vP2GwWMI/s1600/IMAG090777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx8lYg1UOgfhDMaAb6T0Eqt-EE1ElWyJIGm81oyBTUt45eTXBXIv-1JI4pEHKHWJNVpo44AP2QQ_jZs65oaUxTSJOh0LXXfXbuAoGci0Z9C2drFn1iSKazSKQQ8zLtKJ8ob-vP2GwWMI/s1600/IMAG090777.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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PS: Dai called the town office and my card is ready ! we're getting it now....</div>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-30539427024155026122012-03-04T18:35:00.001-08:002012-03-04T18:39:11.769-08:00hina matsuriDone nothing these past days. (some work on my translation assignment and sending applications...)<br />
So for now I only share some pictures of Kyua's <i>hina-ningyo</i> stage (ningyo = doll).<br />
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<i>hina matsuri</i> is the "girls day" of Japan and celebrated by putting up a stage with pretty little dolls representing emperor and empress and other figures of the heian period. <br />
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For more infos read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri<br />
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Kyua is the three years old daughter of my boyfriends brother. Kyua has a little brother called Kirato. Both are often here during weekends, playing with Dai and their grand-parents.<br />
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Btw... these are currently my most favorite bonbons :D green tea and green milk tea flavor <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">But you can find cheap things in Japan... yesterday I checked out G.U </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">it's a cheaper sister brand of the omni-present UNIQLO . And it is indeed even cheaper... Jeans for 990 Yen (depending on the exchange rate it equals 9-10 euro)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">i am considering to get one of their skirts.. but I almost NEVER wear skirts.. and keep wondering if it fits me. http://store.uniqlo.com/jp/store/gu/women-gu/L3-gu/Wskirt-gu/ </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I liked some of their knit wear but everything I checked was mainly "acrylic". I usually want my knit wear/tops to be at least 50 percent cotton!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I tried to work a bit on my assignment, but never really concentrated... instead I filled in an <i>rirekisho</i> template on my computer. <i>rirekisho</i> is the japanese resumee / curriculum vitae. You are supposed to submit your rirekisho HANDWRITTEN. So I began to fill out one and failed. I really need <span lang="de-DE">some </span>practice on that.............</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">luckily you can get the sheets at daiso (100yen shop= 1 euro shops in Germany) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">other than that, i start to worry about my cosmetics and skin care supply. I thought, <span lang="de-DE">I'd</span> just get new stuff here, once my stuff from Germany is used up. <span lang="de-DE">N</span>ow I find myself troubling to find matching <span lang="de-DE">products</span>. I usually get what the products is used for etc. but I fail to understand what kind of skin type it is supposed to be used for ! I'd say I have an combination skin, which means in Japanese </span>混合肌 <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">(<span lang="de-DE"><i>kongou</i></span><i> hada</i>), but i never see this term on any products... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I actually had a terrible skin break out after arriving here. maybe it's due to change of water or permanent use of the air con (they function as heater in winter/ cooler in summer)... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">So i desperately looked out for some peeling or wash-lotion and after a lot <span lang="de-DE">uncertainness and confusion</span>, I finally grabbed s<span lang="de-DE">omething,</span> which had "<i>nikibi</i>" in friendly katakana written on <span lang="de-DE">(</span><span lang="de-DE"><i>nikibi</i></span><span lang="de-DE"> means pimple) </span>. I ended up with a cow-brand skin life product :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I cannot fully recommend this. It works, but the effect is not that exciting. Furthermore, it is drying out your skin massively. I had some peeling of skin afterwards... Nonetheless, I keep using it for now.</span>Ringo-pyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898388050616237529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989288749135181914.post-88871980268685117352012-03-01T02:48:00.000-08:002012-03-01T02:48:36.142-08:00it's already march<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Fishing was not as exciting as I hoped for :D We (Dai, his father and me) went to the open sea and it was quite windy. Therefore all of us were almost frozen to death after about one hour. And none of us caught a fish. My bait got stolen two times, obviously fish are smarter than me :(. Afterwards we went to some conbini and all of us choose some hot soup-based food (ramen, udon, harusame cup noodles).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I really start to value conbinis, definitely not for the food or drinks choice, but for all the other services it provides. You can draw cash, pay your amazon orders and probably other shops, buy tickets (concerts,etc.), print stuff / photos and so on. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">On Tuesday we were scheduled to meet the guy again for looking at an apartment. Basically it's exactly the same one we looked at before, but different apartment number in the same building. This one was occupied until shortly before, and it is now in a run-down state. Anyway, the guy eventually cancelled on us, after we tried to contact him several times the days before. He excused himself by saying he was sick. Great reason... ! (I mean, sending a short notice couldn’t have hurt, right?)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Anyway, he then vaguely proposed to meet on Wednesday...Wednesday he didn’t contact us back again... I got fed up, and forced Dai to go to Kobe with me, without knowing if we meet him or not. In case he would not come to meet us, I wanted us to try other real estate agencies. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">We got out at the Station where the apartment is, we were supposed to see. And we were lucky! Worker were in the flat and leaving the door open. Dai also asked them and we got permission to see it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">OMG ! I swear, there lived an hikikomori before. It was disgusting. But it was relieving to see, the renovating and cleaning was already in process ! </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I also bought some Roggenbrot (rye bread) in an import food store (kobe grocers) .On the train ride back, I decided to get off at Tarumi-Station. I browsed the nearby outlet town, but left without buying anything. When I came home, Dai told me he already signed some kind of paper, confirming our interest in the flat. (We can still back out from that!)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">I am not thrilled about the apartment... it is alright. It is not completely overpriced, considering the area and the fact that there's a subway station in front of the door (walking distance = 0 minutes).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">BUT I am more than sure, we could have a place double the size for that money/ or something on the same level but cheaper, if my lovely boyfriend knew what the word „compromise“ means.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">By the way, after we finally knew the date on tuesday got cancelled. I begged Dai to bring me to Kobe to his mothers workplace.. She works (not in education though) at the kobe gakuin daigaku. She somehow talked me through the reception staff of the library and could start to work on some assignments. I really cannot concentrate at home, because someone is always there (usually Dai) and keeps distracting me. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Today (tuesday) i got up early (6a.m.) to join Dais mother to her drive to University. And now I am sitting again all day in the library. My concentration was already down to zero, so I decided to write on this entry. For a short lunch break I had a pretty massive dorayaki (doesn’t look like, but the azuki filling was MUCH). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aQ0T1NuisG40tvRVMmgpIJD6Qa_l_qXnIg7VR5wXSUwf7KIWcbuskvEYa5U35AEv738bz7v7SPccGfu7Xqf2MTiq7PCd_5LyYGJwhNbvNxTgcc_aYVzJMhsGflFhpEne6ojyfqWEU_M/s1600/IMAG0877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aQ0T1NuisG40tvRVMmgpIJD6Qa_l_qXnIg7VR5wXSUwf7KIWcbuskvEYa5U35AEv738bz7v7SPccGfu7Xqf2MTiq7PCd_5LyYGJwhNbvNxTgcc_aYVzJMhsGflFhpEne6ojyfqWEU_M/s200/IMAG0877.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu9fQs_yqAFNG18BIKIebHsKsqPyWZvEOr0XpJOeBMcGO4PK37P8Kow6mivzNHIRst4d7MhOJVnKc2UzJ-jRFoztLHUO-Ki03CbFo6C5iLhk8nLgM6VIq3kT6NnRKPcs-zSJ3Net_quk/s1600/IMAG0873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu9fQs_yqAFNG18BIKIebHsKsqPyWZvEOr0XpJOeBMcGO4PK37P8Kow6mivzNHIRst4d7MhOJVnKc2UzJ-jRFoztLHUO-Ki03CbFo6C5iLhk8nLgM6VIq3kT6NnRKPcs-zSJ3Net_quk/s200/IMAG0873.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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