Let me re-introduce myself it been soo long - Hajimemashite Kane desu....
I apologise for my inability to update this more regularily - but I must admit I suffer from a terrible disease that has rendered me incapable over the last month from attending to this blog like I should be - its called lazyness.
This time i begin by asking myself - Over the last month what has inspired me so much that i feel the need to write about this time? Oh damn it, I've drawn a blank......... again! Hmmmm if I just start typing things should happen.
Well to pick up from where i left you last i know some of you are wondering how things are going with the new female friend..... sadly it has all come to an end - short lived but enjoyable, she really was a lovely girl. I think the inability to convey simple ideas to one another may have worked against us a little - but in another life when we are both born again as praying mantis I'm sure we will understand one another much more effectively! I must say, her confusion with the word home and homo did make me laugh - you can imagine the side ways l
ooks when the night draws to an end and she announces to you that its time to leave? - "Lets go homo!"
Now shopping here - it never ceases to amaze me! I went down the other day to buy washing powder and normally i think most people who don't know what they are buying here kinda find an item that they know works and stick with it..... but when your item to buy is out of stock your world falls apart! You're walking the shop isles like a lost pup unwittingly purchasing floor cleaner to wash your clothes with......... life can only get easier if you mi
ss the washing machine while pouring it in!
While on the topic of shops and food i have to quickly mention marketing here - I'm not really even a fan of chocolate (where is this going you might ask?) but i found myself buying a
block of it just the other day based on its marketing - how can you walk past something and not become curious when its name is "LOOK"?
Ok enough about the food aye? So I gave the Karaoke buzz another go - i thought when in "Rome do as the Romans do" - nup...... its just not on. I gave it a solid effort while i was there (obviously few beers under the influence) but......... an awesome sound system pushed into a room just big enough for a dining table while blaring out the sound of your own voice screaming a god awful rendition of some queen song you barely know doesn't tickle my fancy that much - i must admit watching the other characters i was with bang out their songs while screaming almost inaudible conversations to one another was pretty fun though..... however, a converted Karaoke fan i don't think your going to see happen with this kiwi!
Now I had a TV delivered from a very generous mate in Tokyo (cheers Russ bro!) - but I'm buggered if i have used it much...... i don't know why i thought at least one channel was going to be English spoken???? I think it was at this point it dawned on me that life is well and truly immersed in Japanese right now! The guy who dropped it off was called Jew ichi - this is eleven in English..... I found this kind of amusing - what were his parents thinking? Maybe he has 10 brothers or sisters i thought and his parents became sick of coming up with new names by the time he arrived? This was just a little moment i had that i thought i would share with you as i didn't think it was appropriate to bring up with him. !
Oh and a shout out to the work security - I have Internet at home now so no more late nights at work for me, having to deal with you calling up and wanting me to answer half a dozen questions in Japanese while my brother listens to, and laughs at me, on skype, at my most awesome Japanese skills. A little achievement im happy to have sorted out now only 6 months into my stay!
You maybe reading this in the morning but its night for me so Oyasumi!
