10th Aug 2006 Kathryn was supposed to meet me at 830am at my house to accompany me to work coz today is my first official day of work. But she was late. Thank God somehow we managed to reach office at abt 910am so it’s ok!
In the afternoon, Mr Murakami drove both Russell & me to
Went to Lapia to do more grocery shopping and I couldn’t resist checking out the 100yen shop. Oh it’s Daiso! How familiar! Bought some stuff for the house. Used a KDDI calling card that I bought at Family Mart to call home… What a rip-off, for 1000yen I only get about like 9mins or so… Never gonna buy it again!
11th Aug 2006
I felt better today. Not so depressed like the first day. Came prepared with some books that we got from the Tokyo Orientation today so that I’ll have things to do.. A radio station Be Fm, came to interview us as we are the new foreigners in
Some lady is gonna treat us to dinner tonight so yippe…no need to worry abt dinner! Met at Universe’s main entrance at 630pm. Q, Veronica & I shared to buy a few slices of cake as a gift. Then we met Mr Takahashi, Mrs Takahashi Kaoru & Mrs Ito Yumiko outside Universe. Took Q’s car to Mrs Takashi’s house. She was a really hospitable lady… Kept serving us food non-stop… She's also very chatty & humourous Oh, Mrs Ito is even funnier… She really likes to crack jokes and at the age of nearly forty, she even likes heavy metal music!
Promised to bring Russell to Lapia so I met Ricky, Joel, Veronica & him outside Universe. Then we went shopping in Lapia. Went to the Daiso again. Somehow there always something to buy there… We left Lapia with many bags… Saw a pair of seemingly comfy & nice-looking shoes for 1900yen. Hmm the price is considered reasonable … But I'll see how first…I think I better not anyhow spend money…
Reached Downtown & met up with a whole lot of others fr various towns/cities in
13th Aug 2006
Finally decided to leave Daiso, then we went into Home Center Sunday to see what’s inside. There’s an iron selling for 2980yen odd.. Hmm, looks pretty cheap compared to the rest… Well better go Yamada Denki to compare prices. Well true enough, Yamada is much cheaper! A decent iron is selling for 1280yen! Wow, that’s cheap! I bought an ironing board as well… In total I paid 2060yen! Great buy! Russel bought the iron as well. Rice-cookers are expensive though but Russell said he can sell me his rice cooker coz he doesn’t want it.
Managed to meet my neighbour finally. She doesn’t seem very friendly though… The first time I rang the bell, she didn’t come to the door so I left the present (with a hand-wriiten note) at her door. Some time later I opened my door to check if the present is still there. Ah it’s gone means she took it! But she didn’t come & say thanks or “Hello”.. Strange… If she took the present, shouldn’t she come over to check on me? Plus all while I was in the kitchen preparing my dinner. I’m sure she can deduce that I’m at home coz of my lights & noises… Well anyway, I went over, rang the doorbell again & she finally opened the door. I introduced myself & she appeared civil…Nothing much to say though so we ended the conversation. Well I‘ve done my part.. Hope she’ll open up to me… It’ll be good to make friends with neighbours...
After that I watched one of the videos Dahlia left me. “Bend it like Beckham”. It’s a funny show. I ironed my clothes while watching it. Reminded me so much abt Dear since this movie is abt soccer..
14th Aug 2006
Rode my bike to work today.. managed to reach safe & sound… 
Decided to study Japanese in the office… In the afternoon, I just grabbed a bento fr Family Mart and a small tiramisu and wandered around near the BOE, looking for a place to sit down & eat. Couldn’t find anywhere so I stood by the roadside, borrowing some shade fr a house & gobbled down my tiramisu. But as I walked further, I was pleasantly surprised to find a small park near the office so I had the rest of my lunch there. Thank you God! Wow, You really provide!
Rode my bike home, or rather pushed my bike home, coz I found it harder to ride in the afternoon. There are more cars on the road now.. I get more nervous… and somehow I cannot control the steering as well as I did in the morning…Plus I had the hanger thing (that Russell gave me since he wanted to get rid of it) strapped behind my seat. He also brought the rice cooker to office but I decided to bring it home tomorrow instead.
Her house is considered huge compared to the average size of Japanese homes… Had a good dinner at her place.. She was such a hospitable host! She plays really awesome jazz music too! It was a CD by "Eldissa". Must find this CD one day!
Heard fr Q that my neighbour is not v friendly. She refused to open the door when Dahlia tried to present her with a gift. Just peeped through the door hole & backed away. Hmmm, I should be thankful that she actually opened the door for me & spoke a few words.
15th Aug 2006Walked to office today coz I will need to bring the rice-cooker home … Don't wanna risk smashing it if I crash my bike….Spent my day studying Japanese.. Needed to occupy myself so that I would not fall asleep… Researched on churches in
Carried my rice-cooker home… and packed my bags for the next 3 days…Boy it’s really hot today, even in the evening! Met Russell at 515pm at the 'spicy' post office (Kosei san calls everything spicy!) then we walked downtown to meet our Big sister, Yumiko. Checked out 2 Mini-stops & 1 Circle K that I saw along the way to Downtown but none of them sell the supposedly cheap international calling card, called "brastel". Oh too bad then... We went to an okonomiyaki family restaurant right outside downtown. The food was great and the price was very reasonable. Had a great dinner!
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