Day 171 and 172: Yukata Festival, Japanese interview & Farewell Party

Saturday 25th of July
Yay for weekend! Enjoying some delish Norwegian breakfast <3

 I couldn't take all day off because I had 1 hour English tutoring from 12:00-13:00 with a new student. It went very well, and we enjoyed pizza while practicing English conversation.

I was suppossed to practice some Japanese when I got home but ended up using the time to fix my hair for the festival. Not long after Jimmy came over to help me put on my yukata

 I looooove my nails! My nails have been growing so long and strong after eating healthier and exercising ^_^ And the matt pink nailpolish is the BOMB!

My yukata <3

On our way from SeisekiSakuragaoka to Asakusa we met many people on the way. Some went all "fargirl" over me by getting my attention by waving and calling me. It was fun!

But were Jimmy and I prepared for the TONS of people going to Asakusa? NO! Absolutely not...

Soon after arriving a TV-crew asked us some questions and followed us around. They stayed a little too long with us so I had to ask them to stop after like 30 minutes... 

But we ended up on TV so that was pretty cool! :D

Sunday 26th of July
After my 2 hour English tutoring I did some small prep for my exam tomorrow~ Then it was chilling before the farewell party at our Share Place, It was amazing! I'm staying another month, but it was really nice and emotional!

 My lovely gifts! 

Day 142,143 and 144: Another job!? And Party!

Friday 26th of June
Yooo! Getting pretty tired of writing my blog xD It takes such a long time, and doing the blog while on vacation vs daily life is very different! But I'm going to stick with it till I'm done with my exchange program~ 

So today I actually had to skip Social change in Japan-class because I had to go to Shibuya to replace my lost keycard. Shen was soooo kind to follow me all the way and helping me with the Japanese. I don't know how I would survive alone! So many meetings and paperwork-stuff! Blaa! But it went pretty smooth and while I was in Shibuya I thought I would surprise Jimmy by coming over ^_^ I don't have internet on my phone so I just had to hope he was home. Luckly he was (lol, where else would he be!? haha!), and we went out to eat dinner :) I didn't stay over because I work 08:00-15:00 tomorrow, so I had to get back home. 

As you might know, I have my "ordinary" job at the cram school (picture of my "classroom")

but recently I teach English privately (for now, only for onestudent), but I'm actually going to a "trial lesson" at a new school. There I'll teach English to students (if they like me as a teacher there). So my trial lesson is on tuesday 30th of June and I'll teach English to 3 year olds. How cute is that? Awwww <3 And the best part is...The pay is 3000 yen per hour (190 kroner per time). That is 3 times as much as at the cram school I work at now. So I'm really hoping to get many hours at the new place. And of course they pay for transportation (it's 1 hour, 15 min by train). For the trial lesson they'll pay me right away, and if I stay there it's pay the last day of the month every month. So let's hope I'll get a lot of work! :D 

Saturday 27th of June
Wooooork. Today I really didn't bother with Japanese xD I just spoke English. I mean, they're taking an English-test so.. One of my co-workers were so sick, but he still came to work...Poor guy... 
Ramen lunch picture:

But everything went smooth~ But of course they just expected me to work for all the TOEFL-tests, even though I never said anything about that... So annoying... After a long shift I went to Steffi ^_^ Steffi is my friend from my former Share House in Omori. I still remember the code to get in, haha! I was there around 16:00 and later we, together with 4-5 other, were going to go out to drink. But that was not until 21:00, so Steffi and I went singing karaoke for 2,5 hours! So much fun! So then suddenly, EVERYONE ditched the plans to go out. Even the douchbag that made Steffi make a reservation suddenly went "I don't have money, so I'm not going"... Then the other douchbags were like "oh, is it not going to be a big thing, then I'm not going". Such backstabbers, only thinking about themselves. So Steffi and I were all, fuck you all, and went drinking just the two of us! And we had an AWESOME time :D We were at the restaurant for about 3 hours before relaxing at the park nearby. Then we went back to the house and drank some more with some of the others. I think maybe we went to bed around 02:30 or something xD But before that I managed to hurt my arm on the sofa >_< I was kind of picking on one of the guys sleeping at the sofa and he kind of almost kicked me over the sofa and I hurt my arm...YEah...Haha! 

Sunday 28th of June
I work about around 10:00, ate breakfast, drank water and was ready to go. I went to Jimmy's place and bought flowers on the way because I'm a sweet girlfriend xD

After doing some Japanese we went out to eat:

Then we went to Ikebukuro to buy me a data-sim so I can have internet on my phone, and buy a prepaid card for my Japanese phone so I can make phone calls! The we went back, and while Jimmy was Skyping with his dad I fell asleep on the bed xD Then I had to get back home at 20:00 because I need to go to the police to tell them I found my bike. So Kazuki went with me, and once again I had to fill in my adress twice... So much kanji! So much paperwork...WHY!? Why the fuck do I need to fill out shit just to tell them I found my own bike!? Instead of signing with my signature, I used my fingerprint to sign. And my fingerprint went like 6 different places...Wow...But yeah, 30 minutes later, it was done! Then I had to do some random shit at home before I finally can go to bed...

Day 115,116 and 117: Party and work, that's all you need!

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Sunday 31st of May
Today I was invited to a 飲み放題 party (nomihoudai = all-you-can-drink) by my friend Rina that lives in my share place. It was from 17-20 and it was a lot of fun! It cost 3000 yen (180-190 kroner) and was included food. I was the only non-asian, which I thought was a little funny :P Fortunately some of the others could speak very good English! That way I didn't have to only speak Japanese, and my brain could rest a little~

Everyone was chatting, eating and drinking! :)

 This is a picture of the lucky winners of the random lottery. I thought I won because I heard "Vicky", but in reality it was"Ricky". After a little confusing, Ricky was so kind to give the prize to me! It turned out to be a really good moisturizer (I love it!). Thank you!

 Here is a picture of everybody that came to the party! It was awesome!

 On our way home we stopped to buy frozen yoghurt xD Haha! It was very good!

Monday 1st of June

Classes at Uni as usual~ Nothing really interesting happened.. :P It was work today too! I took two pictures of my preperation, because why not~

This is the overview of which student does which level of English, and when they have skype calls. This is then the base for the next picture.

 Here I'm making homework based on what the students do in the classroom. This is just repetition. Usually just vocabulary and simple sentences.

When class start I collect the homework and correct it. Then I help the students during class. After the students go home I write down how far the students got, write a small note about their work, reserve new skype calls and clean the classroom. And then I go home :)

I'm also working 3 days extra during the TOEIC-test that's next weekend and 27th of June. That's from 07:50-15, so I can get many more hours!

After coming home, I did some grocery shopping, cleaned my room, went for a jog, skyped with my mom and took a shower before going to bed. It was very nice to talk to mom and we had a lot of stuff to catch up to <3

Tuesday 2nd of June
Every tuesdays are only 08:50-10:20, so the rest of the day went to practise for the Japanese mid-term exam  that's tomorrow, working out my legs and butt, cleaning my room (AGAIN..I don't know what's happening at this point) and making a healthy obento (lunch) for tomorrow. And that's pretty much it.

Next thursday I'm going to FujiQ themepark with Penny, her boyfriend and some other student from Uni! I'm looking forward to it!

Day 91.92 and 93: Family dinner, Job interview and Party

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Thursday 7th of May
So today I had to do one of the things I hate the most in Japan...Go to the immigration bureau. If you have read my blog before, you know how many hours I have spent waiting at the immigration bureau. And yet again, I had to go there... But the reason I had to go there is positive! I have a job interview at a school in Minami Osawa (where my Uni is) :D The only thing is that the inteview is in Japanese! Heeeeeelp! I'm so nervous, but so happy that I got the chance. According to Theresa, the person in charge; Kaneko Sensei, is very eager to meet me. And she says that it's nothing to be scared of, even though I'm sure I'm going to fuck it up somehow, haha! Something that happens quite often is that japanese people think I'm much better at Japanese than what I actually am. And the reason is my pronounciation is very good, and it gives the impression that I know a lot of Japanese. So when the conversation stops because I don't understand, Japanese people seem very pussled to why I don't understand. which goes back to my "confidence" in pronounciaton. I feel like I'm cheating, by giving the impression I'm good, when I'm not, haha! So when I say I'm not good in Japanese, it seems like I'm just being humble, when in fact, I'm just not good in Japanese! HAHAHA!!
So everyone! Please wish me good luck! Because I really need it :P But back to the main story! If you didn't realise it: the reason I went to the immigration bureau is to apply to have a job. Luckily, I didn't have to go all the way to Shinagawa, I could go to the local one. And as always; Kazuki was so kind to follow me and Manon there. Manon got a job as a waitress, so she was there to get her "stamp" because she already applied. At the bureau we had to wait at least 2 hours... At this point we were so hungry we ate by the station. It was very good! All-you-can-eat bread buffe! How awesome!

Later that day I met up with Jimmy to eat dinner with his dad (Roger) and his wife (Amanda). It's their first day in Japan, and it's Amandas birthday! Jimmy and I bough her a card and traditional Japanese candy. We met at Tokyo station and went to eat at a Spanish bar 

We ate tapas and it was very good! I'm not too fond of seafood, but their mussels and scallops were delish~ It was interesting to see their japanese take on the mexican tapas. I was a little nervous to meet Jimmys family, but I forgot about the nervousness right away. They were so nice to talk to and I had a great time! I think they like me back, hehe. I really hope we can hang out again before, and I think we will. 

Friday 8th of May
Had my two classes as always, before going to Shibuya to party at a night club. At Uni there is a DJ that, tonight, were playing at the club. That was the only reason we knew about it. So I invited my sweet Steffi to join us! The club was awesome; good music and not too many people. We danced and drank, then drank a little too much, haha! Without getting into detail, Penny had to take care of me and help me home (thanx!). Dave joined us too and we discussed taking the train vs a taxi, but it ended up with a taxi. So I got home, and had a good amount of sleep. 

Saturday 9th of May
When I woke up I was feeling pretty good, only had a minor headache! So nice not getting hungover :) So I ate breakfast, took a shower and started studying Japanese. After a while I watched many episodes of Kuroko no basuke season 3. I think I watched at least 6 episodes, hehe. I also got help from my japanese friends to write the "proper" mail to seinsei at the school I'm applying for a job at. Then Jimmy came to visit :D We went to the supermarket to buy ingredients to make taco!!! :D Roger was so kind to bring us taco-spice and tortillas! It was delish~

Day 78,79 and 80: Exercise, cats and party!

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Friday 24th of April

So as usual I had Sustainability Studies at 10:30-12:00 and Social Change in Japan 16:20:17:50. We were lucky enough to finish class around 17:30, sp we could have the weekend a little sooner :) I then took the train to Shinjku to meet with Jimmy ^_^ When we got to his place we saw the Supernatural season 3 final! Jimmy got me a present for our anniversary that was yesterday, even thought I said he didn't have too ^_^ And to my surprise he got me handweights! I really wanted a pair because I'm not a part of a gym here. The best part was that Jimmy actually knew I wanted it without actually saying "I want handweights". Such a good boyfriend that can manage to buy me gifts based on our everyday conversations<3  

Saturday 25th of April

Today I had a lot of energy to I first went for a 30 minut run, before "forcing" Jimmy to do strenght workout with me. I did some tricep workout with the handweights Jimmy gave me yesterday~ But because his room is very small, we went to the nearest park to workout. We did somewhat a whole body workout, and we had a lot of fun. A little weird to work out in a park when there are kids playing nearby and old people just staring xD But I didn't really mind. It was a great! Then later I went to Steffi in Omori to hand out ^_^ We went to "Wan", ate, drank and went home to her place :) The others were having a party at the house, but I went to bed instead xD 

Saturday 26th of April

Jimmy and I had a lot of homework to do so the most of the day went to do that. Sooo boring. But we did go for a walk and took some cool pictures!

My beautiful angel <3

 I'm so tired of the election cars driving around with shouting people . You would think because it's Japan there wouldn't be such disturbances, but there is. And there are many! 

 CATS!

 Let me pet you! *pet,pet*

Fresh baguette, butter and roast beef! Soooo good!!!

Later I went back home because there was a welcome party going on. I though it started at 19, but it looked like people met up way before that to eat and socialize. If I knew I would have come back home sooner~ *cries* But for some reason I have been very tired. So I stayed to chat with the others when the introduction was over, but I was still so tired. Sometimes it's just like that, I guess... 

I tried to skype with my mom, but I she's at the cabin today, so I'll skype with her tomorrow. Haven't heard from her in a while, so it'll be good to talk ^_^