Hello again, and it's been a while since I last wrote. Last time, I was still in U.S. and now I'm in Japan. Officially working in Sakahogi, Gifu Japan. Although I like in Minokamo (this is another city; about 20 minutes away). It's a fairly rural area so you have to drive everywhere. Luckily there are certain essential stores that are very close, for example the drug store (a.k.a. pharmacy), McDonalds (apparently it's very common here for people to go study at a fast food place or cafe, so you see a lot of students or working people sitting around studying or on their notebooks, etc.), Apita (this is a mall although I'm starting to realize that there are some things that I need to buy that just aren't available here), 100yen shops, Uniqlo (clothing store; very important for fashionable working clothes that you can also use outside of work if you want), and your supermarkets and some restaurants.
For the moment, I just wanted to write to make sure I'm still alive. There are TONS of things I need to say that I feel is hard to find online most of the time if you are interested in Japan.
For example, no one ever tells you that humidity is high here during the summer so all your papers are even more likely to get bent and not so easy to write on. And no matter how many times I use my little towelette to take of the sweat from my forehead, new sweat magically appears somehow. And the mosquitoes here are some furious combat trained mosquitoes that will bite you ANYWHERE!!!!
I got bitten in the inside of my hand now TWICE.
But before I jump into all the randomness, I want to rewind a little bit and explain the whole "what happened after the TEFL course" part and how I got to where I am now (of course not on my own; that would be impossible). So let's get to it. *^^*
< < < Presents > > >
Yea. What was that whole present thing anyway right?
Basically my BF had started smoking again, and I wanted to make clear that I don't like it. So if he didn't smoke for x amount of time, I would give him a present.
Actually to this day I keep worrying cuz I'm not really sure if that was just a moment thing or if he's still smoking, so I keep asking him. It's something that I feel both of us don't wanna talk about but I don't want to keep on worrying about something and not knowing about it.
So, ok. What happened other than that?
I packed my 2 suitcases (and I still had things that I had to leave behind simply because of lack of space left in my suitcases), bought some last minute things and headed for the airport when the day came. It was quite interesting because I was excited to finally to a one-way trip again but at the same time I was going to miss my mom a lot. And of course my close friends.
< < < Flight and After > > >
On my flight I learned that I could have more liquids if I ordered either a water bottle or beer or wine. So I ended up drinking one can of beer and two bottles of red wine. I had water too so I don't ruin my liver.
I had talked briefly with this one woman from Malaysia who had her cat with her suitcases and had studied something Education as her PhD in the US (in Michigan). Who the hell goes to Michigan anyways? There's nothing there. Literally!
Anyways, then I watched just 3 movies (Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America 2, and another superhero movie that I can't remember at the moment). Most of the time I was pretty bored and I did take some naps at the beginning of the flight so by hour 10 I was already in my "let's get there already" mode.
Once I came here I spent 5 days in Saitama with my boyfriend and his family/friends, and for some reason the whole smoking thing came up again when I was talking to one of his close friends. At that point I just didn't wanna talk about it because I was getting really upset. Plus we were in an Izakaya where people smoke inside (yes. In Japan it's still like the 1930's of US where people smoke inside and don't really have the concept that even though there are parts that are non-smoking, all that smoke from the smoking section will still travel to the non-smoking sections).
In other words, even though there is this issue, I really enjoyed my 5 days and was sad that it ended so quickly. I was surprised that he didn't cry or try to hug me once I was on the line for the shinkansen.
I have written enough for now. Let's continue later with this part because there is still so much to say.
In other words, even though there is this issue, I really enjoyed my 5 days and was sad that it ended so quickly. I was surprised that he didn't cry or try to hug me once I was on the line for the shinkansen.
I have written enough for now. Let's continue later with this part because there is still so much to say.
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