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THE WEEK IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER!!!!!!!!!
*dead*
This week has felt like three weeks rolled into one, so am I ever glad it's over! I'm not sure whether my sore throat is Kimberly's fault (she's been coughing for a week) or the karaoke's fault, but either way, I don't have to talk tomorrow, so who cares?
Eda and I had planned to meet up tonight. I wavered between wanting to go get quickly drunk on half-price happy hour drinks, or singing, but singing won out. I sang in Mandarin, she sang in Korean, and then we repaired to Coco's for food. Our original plan of getting dessert was postponed because we weren't hungry anymore, so we'll have to go out to a dessert porn place soon to get our fix. Mmm, delicious desserts...
Here are the daily memes. Incredibly, the month is almost over! How did that happen?!
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Trains have always been a subject of wonder for me, and the train network in the Kanto area is so intricate and vast that I bought a map of it and hung it up on my wall. Each time I get to go on a new line, I get a little thrill, and think that maybe I should start a list of all the lines I've been on.
For the first year and a half I lived in Tokyo, the Ginza line was the line I lived and worked nearest, and I still affectionately think of it as "my" subway line. Since I moved out west, I'm closest to the Inokashira line, which I also like. It's not very long, and it seems friendly and unpretentious, and the express gets you very quickly from Kichijouji to Shibuya. I can also consider myself a Chuo/Sobu girl, but that line is so busy and impersonal that while I don't have anything against it, it doesn't truly feel like it's mine.
As for my least favourite line, that's easy: the Hibiya line. I used to have a tutoring gig in Hiroo, so had to take the Hibiya line every week, and I soon came to the conclusion that it's the most inconvenient line ever. It goes nowhere interesting except for Ginza and Ueno, and those are the only places where it connects to other lines worth taking. Even so, at Ueno, it doesn't even directly intersect with the Ginza line (though both are Tokyo Metro lines!), and you have to go out the ticket gates and walk about 150m to get to it.
Day 01 - A picture of you "in Japan". (doing or wearing something "Japanese")
Day 02 - Describe your neighbourhood in Japan.
Day 03 - Most interesting person you've met.
Day 04 - What's your favourite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
Day 05 - Which, if any, Japanese mannerisms or expressions have you adopted?
Day 06 - Food that you swore you would never eat but now love (or tolerate).
Day 07 - Which Japanese words do you use in English? (hanami, shinkansen, etc.)
Day 08 - What thing(s) or product(s) from your home country do you refuse to do without in Japan?
Day 09 - Favourite stores/shopping centers.
Day 10 - Something about Japan that sets it apart from anywhere else.
Day 11 - What did you find most overrated and underrated about Japan?
Day 12 - Describe a fail!gaijin moment. (Where you did something wrong or completely misunderstood because you couldn't ~read the air~ or just plain had no idea what you were supposed to do because you weren't born and raised here) Describe a gaijin!smash moment (Where your foreignness was to your benefit)
Day 13 - How is daily life in Japan different from how it was back in your home country?
Day 14 - What is the hardest thing about living in Japan versus your home country?
Day 15 - Weirdest food item you've seen, and weirdest food item you've actually eaten.
Day 16 - How you realised you'd acclimated to Japan. (if you have)
Day 17 - Your karaoke top 5, your sushi top 5, your conbini top 5.
Day 18 - Post some amusing/cute/faily purikura.
Day 19 - Your favourite Japanese character(s) and Gachapon/UFO Catcher toys
Day 20 - Favourite Japanese festival or folklore.
Day 21 - Favourite and least favourite Japanese fashion trends.
Day 22 - Your favourite Japanese saying or kotowaza (proverb).
Day 23 - What is something you have/do in Japan that you wish you had/could do in your home country?
Day 24 - Your favourite Japanese slang or borrow-word (外来語), e.g. セフレ "sex friend"
Day 25 - Most interesting vending machine find.
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Day 27 - Place you avoid going to if at all possible.
Day 28 - A picture of you looking like a weaboo/A picture of you trying to blend in and failing.
Day 29 - What's the thing you [will] miss the most about Japan when you leave (either on vacation, or move away)?
Day 30 - Did Japan meet your expectations, both good and bad? What has been the most surprising thing about Japan for you, or the thing you least expected?
Day 26 - Your fears
My fears are mostly emotional: losing loved ones, being betrayed by those I trust, losing the trust of someone I care about. They're not things that [usually] keep me up at night, but sometimes, when I feel the world is a dark and lonely place, they make me want to cry.
I don't fear things such as insects or certain animals. Cockroaches and earwigs disgust me, sure, but they don't scare me. When I was little, I was afraid of dogs, but that was mostly because where I lived, dogs tended to be large, and there were many who had wolf blood in them -- definitely not fluffy little lap dogs. I'm not afraid of heights, either, or of water (though I'm not a very good swimmer at all), nor am I afraid of flying, though I don't particularly enjoy being in an airplane.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 - Your parents
Day 04 - What you ate today
Day 05 - Your definition of love
Day 06 - Your day
Day 07 - Your best friend
Day 08 - A moment
Day 09 - Your beliefs
Day 10 - What you wore today
Day 11 - Your siblings
Day 12 - What's in your bag
Day 13 - This week
Day 14 - What you wore today
Day 15 - Your dreams
Day 16 - Your first kiss
Day 17 - Your favourite memory
Day 18 - Your favourite birthday
Day 19 - Something you regret
Day 20 - This month
Day 21 - Another moment
Day 22 - Something that upsets you
Day 23 - Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 - Something that makes you cry
Day 25 - A first
Day 26 - Your fears
Day 27 - Your favourite place
Day 28 - Something that you miss
Day 29 - Your aspirations
Day 30 - One last moment
*dead*
This week has felt like three weeks rolled into one, so am I ever glad it's over! I'm not sure whether my sore throat is Kimberly's fault (she's been coughing for a week) or the karaoke's fault, but either way, I don't have to talk tomorrow, so who cares?
Eda and I had planned to meet up tonight. I wavered between wanting to go get quickly drunk on half-price happy hour drinks, or singing, but singing won out. I sang in Mandarin, she sang in Korean, and then we repaired to Coco's for food. Our original plan of getting dessert was postponed because we weren't hungry anymore, so we'll have to go out to a dessert porn place soon to get our fix. Mmm, delicious desserts...
Here are the daily memes. Incredibly, the month is almost over! How did that happen?!
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Trains have always been a subject of wonder for me, and the train network in the Kanto area is so intricate and vast that I bought a map of it and hung it up on my wall. Each time I get to go on a new line, I get a little thrill, and think that maybe I should start a list of all the lines I've been on.
For the first year and a half I lived in Tokyo, the Ginza line was the line I lived and worked nearest, and I still affectionately think of it as "my" subway line. Since I moved out west, I'm closest to the Inokashira line, which I also like. It's not very long, and it seems friendly and unpretentious, and the express gets you very quickly from Kichijouji to Shibuya. I can also consider myself a Chuo/Sobu girl, but that line is so busy and impersonal that while I don't have anything against it, it doesn't truly feel like it's mine.
As for my least favourite line, that's easy: the Hibiya line. I used to have a tutoring gig in Hiroo, so had to take the Hibiya line every week, and I soon came to the conclusion that it's the most inconvenient line ever. It goes nowhere interesting except for Ginza and Ueno, and those are the only places where it connects to other lines worth taking. Even so, at Ueno, it doesn't even directly intersect with the Ginza line (though both are Tokyo Metro lines!), and you have to go out the ticket gates and walk about 150m to get to it.
Day 01 - A picture of you "in Japan". (doing or wearing something "Japanese")
Day 02 - Describe your neighbourhood in Japan.
Day 03 - Most interesting person you've met.
Day 04 - What's your favourite place that's not in any of the guidebooks/lists of places to visit?
Day 05 - Which, if any, Japanese mannerisms or expressions have you adopted?
Day 06 - Food that you swore you would never eat but now love (or tolerate).
Day 07 - Which Japanese words do you use in English? (hanami, shinkansen, etc.)
Day 08 - What thing(s) or product(s) from your home country do you refuse to do without in Japan?
Day 09 - Favourite stores/shopping centers.
Day 10 - Something about Japan that sets it apart from anywhere else.
Day 11 - What did you find most overrated and underrated about Japan?
Day 12 - Describe a fail!gaijin moment. (Where you did something wrong or completely misunderstood because you couldn't ~read the air~ or just plain had no idea what you were supposed to do because you weren't born and raised here) Describe a gaijin!smash moment (Where your foreignness was to your benefit)
Day 13 - How is daily life in Japan different from how it was back in your home country?
Day 14 - What is the hardest thing about living in Japan versus your home country?
Day 15 - Weirdest food item you've seen, and weirdest food item you've actually eaten.
Day 16 - How you realised you'd acclimated to Japan. (if you have)
Day 17 - Your karaoke top 5, your sushi top 5, your conbini top 5.
Day 18 - Post some amusing/cute/faily purikura.
Day 19 - Your favourite Japanese character(s) and Gachapon/UFO Catcher toys
Day 20 - Favourite Japanese festival or folklore.
Day 21 - Favourite and least favourite Japanese fashion trends.
Day 22 - Your favourite Japanese saying or kotowaza (proverb).
Day 23 - What is something you have/do in Japan that you wish you had/could do in your home country?
Day 24 - Your favourite Japanese slang or borrow-word (外来語), e.g. セフレ "sex friend"
Day 25 - Most interesting vending machine find.
Day 26 - What's your favourite/least favourite train line?
Day 27 - Place you avoid going to if at all possible.
Day 28 - A picture of you looking like a weaboo/A picture of you trying to blend in and failing.
Day 29 - What's the thing you [will] miss the most about Japan when you leave (either on vacation, or move away)?
Day 30 - Did Japan meet your expectations, both good and bad? What has been the most surprising thing about Japan for you, or the thing you least expected?
Day 26 - Your fears
My fears are mostly emotional: losing loved ones, being betrayed by those I trust, losing the trust of someone I care about. They're not things that [usually] keep me up at night, but sometimes, when I feel the world is a dark and lonely place, they make me want to cry.
I don't fear things such as insects or certain animals. Cockroaches and earwigs disgust me, sure, but they don't scare me. When I was little, I was afraid of dogs, but that was mostly because where I lived, dogs tended to be large, and there were many who had wolf blood in them -- definitely not fluffy little lap dogs. I'm not afraid of heights, either, or of water (though I'm not a very good swimmer at all), nor am I afraid of flying, though I don't particularly enjoy being in an airplane.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 - Your first love
Day 03 - Your parents
Day 04 - What you ate today
Day 05 - Your definition of love
Day 06 - Your day
Day 07 - Your best friend
Day 08 - A moment
Day 09 - Your beliefs
Day 10 - What you wore today
Day 11 - Your siblings
Day 12 - What's in your bag
Day 13 - This week
Day 14 - What you wore today
Day 15 - Your dreams
Day 16 - Your first kiss
Day 17 - Your favourite memory
Day 18 - Your favourite birthday
Day 19 - Something you regret
Day 20 - This month
Day 21 - Another moment
Day 22 - Something that upsets you
Day 23 - Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 - Something that makes you cry
Day 25 - A first
Day 26 - Your fears
Day 27 - Your favourite place
Day 28 - Something that you miss
Day 29 - Your aspirations
Day 30 - One last moment