4th week

It has been 4 weeks. I honestly do not know if i really improved. It seems that i have not learned much. hope can see more results in a month's time. It is a fun class i must say, i enjoy the lessons, must i need more discipline to do my self studies. same problem with me lol.

past week was eventful. Went for yodogawa high school band concert, it was fantastic and all the audiences enjoyed themselves very much. Its not just a plain concert, it was interactive. Conductor talked to the audiences, introduce some members of the band, crack jokes; the atmosphere was great. good learning point here i think. Sharing the joy of music making.

before the concert, i had some time to kill, so i went to the Shitennoji Temple(四天王寺). Its one of the oldest, and famous temple. The calming effect this temple gave was amazing. Im not a fan of temples, but i do like visiting the buddhist temples, see how is it like and compare to the ones in SG. I also enjoyed the calmness, and one can certainly leave the temple feeling more refreshed.

sometimes I wonder why are they so polite, in their services, and do they take it for granted.but i think it definitely is a nice country to live in, money aside. Oh, Osaka hardly snows, but one night its snowed heavily here, not in the city though. Interesting, but global warming problem caused this to happen haha.

now here are the pictures:











Yodogawa concert, The Symphony Hall.




Turkish coffee and guest







SNOW!

lost track of time

3rd week here.. been busy with class, and some other stuffs, but basically nothing interesting really happen. everyday routine. 615 wake up, 7 leave house, 8.35 reach school, lesson 935 to 1435, self study till 1700, reach house at 1830, dinner at 1900+++, free time from 2100, sleep at 2300++

well.. i do find it interesting that i saw some people that resembles alot to people i know. so i kind of believe that someone that looks exactly like u, exist in some other parts in the world.

i stopped listening to music for a week. yesterday i took out my earphones again and listened. I realised music is part of my life. it felt very good to listen to your favourite songs again.

oh we have a speech to do, and come end feb, to give the speech to 3 classes. BUT with no notes, supposed to memorise all! wth. 800 words. my class is upper intermediate, they learnt alot of things already. i feel quite lagged behind, hmm... test is coming somemore.

anyway i think that, actually Japan is a place one an easily get used to. probably same asian roots, with some small difference in culture, but hey, we still have rice as main source of food. I kind of gotten used to living here. I like it that people just squeeze into the train, pushing himself in, yet, people around wont give that 'why you like that' face, as its normal to them.

oh and something interesting happened this morning haha, a good morning indeed lol

day 8 and 9

nothing much about day 8, spent the whole day in the room, revising, watching drama and stuffs. got abit bored but, must set in the study mode. How nice if i have 3 months of tour haha. well dinner was okonomiyaki, i had 3, plus a bowl of rice plus miso soup. not that i wanted to eat so much but.. jinhai and justin should know why haha.\





Day 9 aka today
Start of school! came early so went to the Mac for a cup of coffee. The Mac here has cubicles, for individuals to do their work/stuffs, powerpoint attached. Well if SG has this, 24 hrs sure full to max, our students are too much, me included haha. so i kind of found a place i can chill at, BUT no free wifi. haha nevermind then. connectivity not really needed at this point in time/ time of the day. I probably will stay in sch till 5 to study everyday. (there is a classroom for ppl to self study opened till 5) thereafter i will head back for dinner with homestay family.

class was quite tough. their level quite high. class is made up of chinese, taiwanese, korean, vietnameses, thai.

Mochi day

Interesting day today. Its mochi making day!
Friends were invited to join, and this also became an international exchange, as students from the CENTRE(the one i went to 1 yr plus back), were also invited. People from korea, china, indonesia, thailand, QATAR were also here. 3 japanese girls came haha.

11 plus to 3 plus were mochi making/eating, Katana tryout session.
The bowl im holding, is this miso soup, with pork or chicken, and in that they add mochi in too. Its very special and tasty!

Day what?

today slept till 10 am, quite nice to sleep in. HF going out in the late morning, so i suggested i go out at that time too, at least a ride to the station. actually i want to stay back, to read abit or watch some drama. going out means spending, and today i spent quite a bit haha. being adventurous, i went to somewhere quite far away, to donki hote mega store. WOW, they sell almost everything, and at a better reasonable price. I think i will be getting a pair of shoes there? bought inner wear from there though, i think i need more given that its going to get colder.

first went to this nice cozy cafe for brunch.






of course end it off with a cup of hot tea.



now some photos from the megastore haha
I want to buy the bag, but haha nvm la luxury good.




oh i bought a day pass at 600 yen, so i explored further, trying to maximise its use haha, went to the port city.





The mansion looked very nice and classy... want to live there hahaha

as usual i went to the standing noodle bar for dinner, budget coz spent alot of money. oh i cut my hair too! haha and u know what, i couldnt say properly what kind of hairstyle, just one line one line. and he got it. the best part is in SG, no matter how i describe, they couldnt get me the hairstyle i wanted LOL.

here is my added collection of books. bought at Book Off, 105 yen each, good buy haha


Densha Otoko original version haha.

and the concert DVD that i wanted to get from online, very ex for 1st hand, but 2nd hand its more affordable! this one i must buy haha, i like all the enka songs.