Kids in Japan have school lunch in their classrooms. They go down to the kitchen, pick up the food and then take it back to the classroom to distribute it. While having lunch in the classroom is kind of weird in itself, the thing that really impresses me is that all the kids have to wear little lunch uniforms! Usually, they are white, with a white hat and a white facemask! (sometimes they get to wear colourful aprons, but mostly, they look like little chefs!)
The first time I saw the kids in their little chef outfits I nearly died, they were so cute!
To be continued...
5.31.2009
New (and old) photos!
The pub pics are from back in Tokyo, I love the size difference beween the Norwegian guy and my "roommate" at the hostel hehehe...The other picture is of my roommate and the French guy!
Wasabi beer at the wasabi farm! It was good, too!!!! Slightly green though hehehe...
Hanami party!
5.16.2009
Eurovision preparations!
So, I am in a little booth in the Inet cafe again, this time I have paid for 3 hours so that I can watch the 2 semifinals before watching the final tomorrow! I am really, really, really going to try to not read the newspaper before watching the final! Since I often even read the end of a book before finishing it it is going to be difficult not to check who won first...
So, which country do you think/want to win? I so far have absolutely no favourites, have only seen 6 songs so far...
I really didnt like the Swedish song at first, but it has grown on me, and now I kinda like it...I read that all the Scandinavian countries are in the final, how awesome is that? =) Go Scandinavia! ;)
So, which country do you think/want to win? I so far have absolutely no favourites, have only seen 6 songs so far...
I really didnt like the Swedish song at first, but it has grown on me, and now I kinda like it...I read that all the Scandinavian countries are in the final, how awesome is that? =) Go Scandinavia! ;)
5.07.2009
quickie
Sorry for not updating for so long, I just dont get around to checking my email that often. =(
Hopefully Ill get my visa soon, and then I can get my registration card, and then after that I can get internet at home...phew! It will take a while yet =(
Not much going on though, anyway. I have all these things that I have noticed that are really weird to me here in Japan, every day there is something...But I will tell you all about it when I have time =)
Am studying kanji like crazy right now, and reading Japanese in general. I got a full set of the manga Hunter x Hunter from one of the teachers at one of my schools, and since Ive read it in English before it doesnt matter if I dont understand most of the stuff I read hehehe, I still understand whats happening =)
Any news from Norway/Sweden?
Big hugs!
Hopefully Ill get my visa soon, and then I can get my registration card, and then after that I can get internet at home...phew! It will take a while yet =(
Not much going on though, anyway. I have all these things that I have noticed that are really weird to me here in Japan, every day there is something...But I will tell you all about it when I have time =)
Am studying kanji like crazy right now, and reading Japanese in general. I got a full set of the manga Hunter x Hunter from one of the teachers at one of my schools, and since Ive read it in English before it doesnt matter if I dont understand most of the stuff I read hehehe, I still understand whats happening =)
Any news from Norway/Sweden?
Big hugs!
4.19.2009
Quick update!
As Im busy busy busy these days, I havent really been able to get to the inet cafe lately.
Lots of things have been going on, mostly work stuff, but Ive had time to do quite a bit of socializing as well.
2 Karaoke parties (I cant sing, but I do it anyway, and damn its fun!), 1 more Hanami party, one staff party and some hangover breakfasts with a big ALT gang =) (Assistant language teachers).
The job is awesome, Im having heaps of fun every day in school. Im working at 3 different schools, and they are all pretty close to where I live. I can ride my bike to one of them, but have to drive to the other 2, so I now have a car! A little Subaru Pleo (silver), and hopefully next winter Pleo and I will have lots of fun going to the ski slopes ;)
I dont think I will be checking my email for a while again, but you can email my mobile phn if you want. It has a weird random adress, but it works. =)
tea43f4c72367@softbank.ne.jp
Any more news from home?
Take care!
Lots of things have been going on, mostly work stuff, but Ive had time to do quite a bit of socializing as well.
2 Karaoke parties (I cant sing, but I do it anyway, and damn its fun!), 1 more Hanami party, one staff party and some hangover breakfasts with a big ALT gang =) (Assistant language teachers).
The job is awesome, Im having heaps of fun every day in school. Im working at 3 different schools, and they are all pretty close to where I live. I can ride my bike to one of them, but have to drive to the other 2, so I now have a car! A little Subaru Pleo (silver), and hopefully next winter Pleo and I will have lots of fun going to the ski slopes ;)
I dont think I will be checking my email for a while again, but you can email my mobile phn if you want. It has a weird random adress, but it works. =)
tea43f4c72367@softbank.ne.jp
Any more news from home?
Take care!
4.01.2009
In Chino
So, I havent written anything lately, due to the fact that I have now moved and no longer have inet access. Am in an inet cafe at the moment, catching up on things!
Spent Saturday in Yoyogi park having an early hanami party, and the park was soooooo crowded! It was really nice though, met a lot of people and drank a lot of beer =) I was hanging out with the Norwegian guy and his friend, and later that night we went to Roppongi as one of his friends had a birthday party. Also randomly met this German guy in the park who ended up partying with us. Apparently he and the Norwegian guy had gone to uni together in the US but they didnt know eachother. Small world, huh?
I moved to Chino on Sunday, but still my apartment is totally empty...One of the girls in the office (a really nice Aussie girl named Taya) said she might know where to get a coffee table. A low one, so no chairs necessary =) Should be kinda cool, since the apartment is like I mentioned before in Japanese style =)
There are 3 elementary school english teachers in this town, me and 2 American guys. One of them, Connor, lives in the same house as I so at least I have somebody I know nearby! And he has a car, so I dont have to feel too isolated hehe...Hopefully I can get my car as soon as possible!
Please, leave me some comments with what is going on in Norway and Sweden, I wanna know!
Spent Saturday in Yoyogi park having an early hanami party, and the park was soooooo crowded! It was really nice though, met a lot of people and drank a lot of beer =) I was hanging out with the Norwegian guy and his friend, and later that night we went to Roppongi as one of his friends had a birthday party. Also randomly met this German guy in the park who ended up partying with us. Apparently he and the Norwegian guy had gone to uni together in the US but they didnt know eachother. Small world, huh?
I moved to Chino on Sunday, but still my apartment is totally empty...One of the girls in the office (a really nice Aussie girl named Taya) said she might know where to get a coffee table. A low one, so no chairs necessary =) Should be kinda cool, since the apartment is like I mentioned before in Japanese style =)
There are 3 elementary school english teachers in this town, me and 2 American guys. One of them, Connor, lives in the same house as I so at least I have somebody I know nearby! And he has a car, so I dont have to feel too isolated hehe...Hopefully I can get my car as soon as possible!
Please, leave me some comments with what is going on in Norway and Sweden, I wanna know!
3.27.2009
Happy Erika
I got a job!
Went to 2 interviews, one on Wednesday and one yesterday, and got offered both positions. I could pick! So next week I'm moving to Chino in Nagano prefecture to work as an ALT (assistant language teacher).
Have already seen the apartment I get to live in for an extremely cheap rent, and it's quite nice, not too new but not too old, and in a Japanese kind of style with tatami-floors and built in closets. Will post pics =)
I'll also have to buy a car, very exciting! It will be my first car ever, I'm a bit excited =) I'll be living in an area with ski slopes nearby, so next winter I'll be able to chuck my board in my car and go snowboarding! Nice, huh? =)
And I'll have 2 rooms, so if anybody wants to visit, you'll get your own room =)
Went to 2 interviews, one on Wednesday and one yesterday, and got offered both positions. I could pick! So next week I'm moving to Chino in Nagano prefecture to work as an ALT (assistant language teacher).
Have already seen the apartment I get to live in for an extremely cheap rent, and it's quite nice, not too new but not too old, and in a Japanese kind of style with tatami-floors and built in closets. Will post pics =)
I'll also have to buy a car, very exciting! It will be my first car ever, I'm a bit excited =) I'll be living in an area with ski slopes nearby, so next winter I'll be able to chuck my board in my car and go snowboarding! Nice, huh? =)
And I'll have 2 rooms, so if anybody wants to visit, you'll get your own room =)
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