Burp!

Wandered into a cheap little Korean eatery near my university this arvo.
This was my lunch.

Ordered a Korean teishoku (set meal)
Kimchi and tofu goodness, along with nori, bean sprouts etc etc. 
I love food.

You may say that I'm a dreamer...

I shouldn't sleep-in so much.

This morning I dreamt that it was the 11th of November.
And I was overjoyed beyond belief.

I had figured out that the date was 11.11.11
(yes, I am very easily amused in my dreams too)

Then I woke up.

And it was the 14th of May.

And we're still in the year 2010.

just a tad bit disappointing.

(I also dreamt that I was back in Fiji for a week for some freelance work and that my parents had moved to Pacific Harbour. go figure.)

Gah!

Need to do an internship in the summer
Wrote my third email of enquiry this week.
Read it over.
Re-phrased some ambiguous bits.
Read it over again.
No typos.
Smile. this looks good!
Re-read one last time.
Press send
Smile

/facepalm (irl)

SHYTE!!!!

Before signing off, email read 'My resume is attached for your reference'

I...forgot to attach the resume. >_<

Don't you just love it when that happens.

Kodomo no hi

My arms are growing heavier and my fingers are slowing down as I type this. I dread the climb up the ladder to the loft but look forward to the crawl onto my futon.

Spent an entire arvo playing Twister, hide&seek, tag and hula hoops (in that order, with random water-pistol matches thrown in).

The rest of the crew consisted of two 4yr olds and one 7yr old. (with two other 1.5yr olds sprawling around the place to keep things interesting.)

Happy Children's Day, indeed.

Also, jun-ken-po solves everything. and is fair.
I wish grown-ups used it more often.

Background:
-spent the day in a seaside town called Zushi, 1.5hr train ride out of Tokyo.

-Was visiting one of my (many) adopted Japanese family's here. They have 3 kids and there were two more visiting from next door.

-Today is Children's Day in Japan.

-Jun-ken-po is (123) sapui is rock/paper/scissors.
It's like a religion amongst kids here and understandably so. Always amazed at how not a squeak is heard after the winner is declared, not even by the most devilish ones in the group. fair is fair is fair.

-Also, sometimes I understand kids so much more than adults, although there is a fine line between similar wavelengths and similar Japanese language ability lengths. :P

one two three...saZzzzzzzz

Crawl right back under your rock please.

So had become a bit of a homebody recently, not that there's (too much) wrong with it :P The cold weather coupled with a touch (more like big dent) of brokedness and a long list of downloaded 'must-sees' make home so much better an option.

But its Golden Week now and Spring is finally here, the sun is shining, and the allowance is in!

The last two days has mainly been made up of me and my trusty bicycle cruising the neighbourhood. To the point that I now have blisters on the palms of my hands >_< That's what happens when you stay indoors too long. To further break the hermit trend, a few days earlier I joined a friend for some drinks in Shinjuku (15minutes bike ride from my place!)

Several drinks and hours later we walked down to probably the only everyone-can-hear-you-try-to-sing karaoke bar in town (the rest are private rooms that you hire for only the people you're with, karaoke is serious business in this country)

Random Japanese Guy in the bar: Where are you from?
Me: Fiji
Guy: Fiji?
Me: hai, minami taiheiyou (yes, south pacific)
Guy: eh, Feeejeee? (stretching name to Mars and back)
Guy (After giving it some thought): kuni da?

(which translated means...is it a country?) >_<

Some people wear the 'geographically challenged' badge like a medal.

you see why I prefer spending time at home.

claim your birthright...

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