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chochajin ([personal profile] chochajin) wrote2008-06-29 01:10 pm

[Japan]: Oh, rainy Sundays <3

Good evening (or whatever time it is where you live)!

I just realized that it's already the end of JUNE!! J.U.N.E.!!! I mean .... I just came here, right? No! Already 4 months passed since then and I know I repeat myself by saying that time definitely runs too fast! *sigh*
Rainy season is still at its best here and so it's another rainy Sunday, but that's okay! I enjoy being lazy today, which basically means I use me free time to study as much Japanese as I can and watch a little bit of German stuff as well as Japanese stuff.
Not to mention that I had to clean up my apartment and all, too XDDD That's why rainy days are good :D - from time to time that is!

It's still very strange for me that even though it's raining so much, it's still soooo damn humid! Usually I'm a person who doesn't sweat at all, but the Japanese climate is really something I tell you! At least for me as someone who usually lives in Germany. Our summers and warm days are limited and when it gets too humid, we have a nice, heavy thunder and lightning spectacle with tons of rain and after that, nice FRESH air!!! Not so here in Japan *melts*
I'm not complaining, I'm just telling you that this kind of weather is new to me and I think it's interesting. I might suffer in August, though XD ... I don't want to imagine how it is when it's REALLY hot here ;)

Of course "thanks" to the heat there are tons of mosquitos here and everywhere (T_____T) ...... most of the time I manage to keep them out of my apartment, but as soon as you got somewhere outside, they'll eat you alive (T___T)
Now .... I come from a very rural area of Germany and am .... at least I thought so ... used to various kinds of mosquitos .... but what's going on .... or rather crawling and flying around here is really .... AMAZING!! Just ewww!!!
They do have quite a lot of mosquitos that seem to be dangerous, too! To mention only one: スズメバチ (>____>'') ......

"It can't always rain."


That's true. On my day off which was Friday it wasn't raining, so I took the chance and went shopping. I was looking for more Japanese study material, went to BookOff, was looking for clothes and new pinkys. That's about it :D
I wasn't really successful, but what I found instead were TONS of magazines with Hana Yori Dango - TEH movie related magazines. So I spent about 1 hour, looking through all of them and buying only "the best" ones XDDD
KYAH!~ Next week I'm going to watch the movie! I'm soooooooo~ looking forward to it! I mean I already went to watch Kurosagi as some of you might remember, but it's just not the same. Kurosagi is nice, but Hana Yori Dango was always one of my biggest fandoms, even years before the new jdrama came out (*___________*) .... waah~ I'm so in love and I'm sure the movie will be beyond awesome! ^____^
I just hope that I can understand the basic plot of the movie (^^'') .....



Okay, here are some photos of the stuff I bought. I really need a scanner, I guess. Sorry for the quality! (^-^'')>



Who can resist a cover like that?



Yay, the inside is nice, too *drools* XD



I really wanted to watch that movie :/ .... Oh well, gotta wait till I can download it with subs, I guess (^^') ....
The trailer I saw when I went to watch Kurosagi was really GREAT!!! Although ... Jun with a beard? Hmmmm ....



But what's way more interesting right now is THIS of course!!! (*____*) Haaaah~



F4!!! *spazzes* It's been quite a long time since we saw you guys together like that, huh? WOAH and MatsuJun looks sooooo adorable on that pic, don't you think? ^^



Even more movie moments!!! GAAAH! Me wants to see it right now!!! (*T_T*)






Of course there are other interesting movies, too:





Like Narnia for example. Maybe I'll go and watch this one, too :D



Last Friends is over *le sigh* GAWD how exciting it was, right?
New drama season starts this week and of course I can't wait to watch this:



KYAH!! Toma's new drama!!!!! (*_*)



And Ohno, too!!! :D Haaaa!~





Of course I'm also looking forward to this drama, but not as much as to the Toma one ;P



And there's still Himitsu no Arashi-chan ^-^ Yay! :D



Oh, I bought this novel for young girls at BookOff for almost nothing as you can see :D
It's all with furigana and once I've finished some more of my textbooks due to my schedule, I'm going to read that for a change :D



I have no idea yet if it'll be too easy or too hard for me. We'll see ^^;



last, but not least: Japanese notebooks that you can buy at 100Yen shops are love!!! ^-^



As for TEH loud bitch: Has a long story finally come to an end?
After my last entry my boss once again phoned the apartment management. They just laughed it off, so my boss stayed firm and tried to convince them, that it's not funny anymore.
They finally took action after that. It seems that up until then they didn't even inform her parents!!! So no wonder she didn't react at all! I think it was mainly a communication problem, but I'm not sure.
Anyway the thing is that one of her friends who is always joining her parties lives exactly one floor above, so of course she wouldn't complain about the noise as she herself is part of it! All the more both of them said that they turned down the volume after 12am that night, HAHA! As if!!!
And now the best of all!!!!! They talked to TEH bitch directly, too, and she started to cry and said she was afraid when I was banging against the wall. UHHHM ... yes, ..... of COURSE!! Then why the hell was she never reacting to my banging and why the hell were all of them laughing when they heard me banging against the wall?
I guess she wanted to play the innocent Japanese girl that's dissed by TEH EVIL FOREIGNER that has nothing better to do than banging against her wall in the middle of the night *headshakes* .... HOW BITCHY CAN A BITCH BE???? Seriously, there is something wrong with that girl.
Anyway .... thing is that the apartment next to her (the one on the other side) is empty (so no wonder nobody was complaining!) .... and they asked her to move there! It's only next door, but 1 apartment farther away from me! With 1 more wall and 1 apartment in between us she can't her my banging anymore (*giga-rofl*) and I shouldn't be able to hear her shit anymore.
Now .... ever since then she has been super-quiet and I thought if it's going to be like that, she can stay! It seems she finally got it! ...... but then she moved out and next door this weekend! Of course I'm happy about that, BUT at the same time totally afraid of who will move in next door after her. Of course it won't be right away, but what if it's another university student? This appartment complex seems to be full of university students! What if it's one of her friends? What if that person is even louder than her (if that's even possible ....)?
I think a second time the apartment management won't help me anymore and I'll be the one who has to move out then. *sigh* .... So for the time being the problem is solved, but I live in .... fear of who might move in next (T__________T) ..... maaah, doesn't help if I worry now anyway ...


On a lighter note: In August I finally have 1 week of holidays. I know that I don't have many holidays compared to other English teachers. I know a loooot of other teachers who have the whole August off *sigh*
Anyway .... I'm trying to plan my vacation now. I want to go to Kyushu this time :D ..... Maybe Beppu, Nagasaki, Aso, Kumamoto .... if you have any recs, then please tell me!!! :D
Korea would be near, too, but it's too much trouble with the re-entry permission thingie and all .... plus I'm not interested in Korea anyway and I want to see more of Japan :D .......
Okinawa would be cool, too, but it's still far away AND ... Okinawa in AUGUST?!? Uhm ..... no thanks XD

Last week I went to the local community center. I'm thinking of joining one of the morning courses where I can take part without knowing too much Japanese, so maybe Kidou/Taichi or something like that. I don't have many choices as my schedule doesn't allow me most of the things that would be more interesting for me like jazz dance for example (^^')
We'll see what happens :D

You know they say that Japanese people don't follow only one religion strictly, but if you ask me, that's not true! Their religion is definitely FOOD!!! And they follow that religion very strictly indeed!!! (*___*)
I think I believe now!!! Japanese food is DA LOVE! <3
Therefore as always some food photos:



Very delicious cake I bought 2 days ago. It even has Azuki beans! It was really yummie (*___*)v



And yet another Toppo! I think it will take centuries until I've tried them ALL!!! It's like Pokémon: Gotta catch eat 'em all! XD



I finally found something that can be my cereal bar substitute :D Yum!



I generally love chestnuts, but these were extremely delicious ^-^



Ozack is always love (*___*)



One of our older students (way past 40 XD) gave these soba to all of us! It's been ages that I've last had cold soba!! They were really yummie and luckily I didn't fail making them :D
Cooking time for those kind of noodles is really short ^-^; ....



Lately me loves to cook with eggs :D Here: Rice (made by DA ricecooker), scrambled eggs, spring onions ... I think it tasted a little bit too plain (I still need to buy more spices), so I added natto again XD ..... (not pictured)



Fast food from the supermarket (again with egg *__*) - super yummie! :D (Yes, I'm lazy aaaand me has only one cooking plate D: ..... *searching for excuses*)



Tonight there's actually a German movie on Japanese tv: "Das Experiment" - I've already seen it and generally I'm not a big fan of German movies, BUT~ I'm pretty sure it'll be dubbed in German with Japanese subs, I just HAVE TO SEE THAT!!! (^^'') ....
And I really would love to watch the soccer finale in Europe: Spain vs. Germany - it's even airing here in Japan, but it will be in the middle of the night for me and I need my sleep ;P
May the better team win!
If you're not German / Spanish, then what team are you cheering for right now? Or don't you care at all? XD


Okay, that's it for today! *hugs all*
(Please ignore typos and other mistakes, I'm too lazy to re-read this today XD ...)

Bye-buh!~

[identity profile] mtassarion.livejournal.com 2008-06-29 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Korea would be near, too, but it's too much trouble with the re-entry permission thingie and all .... plus I'm not interested in Korea anyway and I want to see more of Japan :D ......."

you -need- multiple entry, seriously. I'm very sure you already have it anyway. But just to be clear, this isn't so you can go to Korea.. but rather so you can go back home when something really bad or otherwise important happens, without having to go trough the hassle of getting a new visa because you don't have multiple entry.

So if you do have it then there's no worries going to Korea, and if you don't but you're not going to Korea, get it anyway! (very strongly advises).