hot cakes

soon.
we will eat them.


we purchased a hot plate or 'mini grill' as the packet says.
and hot cake mix.
and milk.
and eggs.


and a spatula.




and we shall create.


hiromi and i had a hard day on the slopes. with out boarding renshuu.
i can happily say i did not get stuck under any lifts today. (maybe because i only rode the lift with my board attached half the time....).


although to make up for it, we both had a mad panic attack when we got to dai san lift. its one of the highest. and its very wide. and quite long. and has an amazing view. AMAZING.
it took us a while to get over the fear of it. and while some other people did the slope 4 times, we just sat there....

eventually we grew some balls and did the top third. and went down the side bit to the resturant. and had some lunch.


hiromi went and had a lesson. now she is super good. and i can still only do backwards.
while she was doing this, i rode the chair lift with meg, ando and shuu. they did two runs for my one. and shuu said, rebekah ippon, ore tachi nippon, doushite? nippon-jin dakara.
which pretty much means rebekah did one, we did two, why did we do two? because we're japanese.
nippon, is like a word play. as in, two times, and japanese nationality.
it was pretty funny.
even though he was mocking me.


soon, we shall eat dinner. mmmm. i wonder what it is...
probably some fried something i cant eat, with a side serving of something i cant eat, with a smaller side of something i cant eat, with some rice, and salad(aka, shredded cabbage).


we all bought tickets for kora last night!! they are coming to our local bar!!! wheeeeeee.

an update

Hello, once more from the streets of hakuba.


sanosaka to be more specific.

today I have a holiday. Or a ‘yasumi’ as the Japanese like to call it. I started off boarding, but then decided to skip the rest of the day, as the resort was packed, and I wasn’t in the mood. I also got told by both my room mates to clean our room today, which I was going to do anyways, because I knew it was messy. And now, its beautifully clean. After 1.5hours of great cleaning…..
I also did some laundry, 3 loads, darks, whites and towels/scarfs. What I would really like to know is if we are actually allowed to do our washing during the day here, because the chef/person who looks after/is incharge of this building we live in, came and turned off the dryer. There is no space for me to hang all of it in my room! So, I have taken it out, and I will go put it back in later. Grrr.


I also told hiromi I would go to the convenient store. Which I am still planning to do, maybe.i have to wait for my stockings to dry though…. And also, I want to go to jusco! The supermarket. Because I mainly want to buy fruit. So maybe I wont go….ahh, the decisions.

I also must do some Japanese study. As I feel like im not getting any better. Which is totally lame. Since im HERE. In japan.
Natalie got to japan yesterday. And I just spoke to her on the phone while I was eating lunch from work.

the crush I had once in my previous blog is actually going out with this girl who hiromi works with. Its not like official… but I have come to this conclusion. They are always together. But they don’t talk to each other in the dining room. But it also makes it official that he knows I like him. Which is so totally fine. As im finding someone else. Haha.


my room mate has stopped being a complete and utter bitch… which is amazing. And I cant tell whether its fake. Or whether she is genuinely being nice. But ill take it. Its so nice to not have someone constantly scowling at you. We have decided its because of a boy.
my other room mate, who is like my favourite person here is acting strange. We haven’t spoken in ages, and today she didn’t even smile when I smiled at her, let alone talk to me.

I had a yasumi on Wednesday and I went to hakuba with hiromi. To meet her two friends anna and nidhi. We started out boarding in the morning, which was a complete pathetic attempt, had breakfast at work, which was eggs, salad, coffee and buns. Then we got the 10am shuttle bus to hakuba town. We had a latte at the bamboo café next to hakuba station, where we waited for nidhi and anna. And also took advantage of their free internet use. They make a damn good latte there. And the guy who works there is very friendly.
nidhi came, and then anna came a whee while after that. We then went to the city hall type place, as nidhi had to pick up her gaijin card. We then went to the best place in hakuba called gravity works. Where we shared a bottle of wine and some garlic bread. (btw photos of this amazing day can be found on fb). After that we decided to move on, and make a trip to whats like a massive chemist/convenient store. I don’t quite know how to explain it… where I purchased a 400yen bottle of wine. Which is a close equivalent to $6nz. And took it to mcdonalds. As nidhi wanted the toy in the happy meal. We opened the bottle of wine, and it was surprisingly tastey. Slash, really easy to drink… we then got on the bus to happo. Because we wanted to go to ‘the pub’. We were a bit far away from it, so we decided to pretend we were staying at this hotel right next to the pub, so we could get the free van for its guests. Haha. The pub was closed. As it was only 3ish? We rhen got a cab to echoland. The most ‘happening’ place in hakuba one may say. But the cherry pub was closed. Not till 5 they say. We went to the sounds like café and shared a pizza and some cocktails. Then we headed to the karaoke place, for a whee while. And took some really embarrassing videos, which prove just how intoxicated we were. We also got some more wine from the convenient store. Again, close to 400yen. After we had finished karaoke, we went to cherry pub. And got an insane bottle of wine. 4000yen. That’s like 70$!!!! The most expensive wine ive ever payed for!!!! Haha. Then we called troy at tracks bar to come pick us up and take us to tracks, it was 100yen chuhi night. Cheap drinks etcetcetcetc. And a delicious burrito. Rose joined us. We played a wickedly wicked few games of pool. And then hiromi and I decided to go for a walk. We went to this place called pizzakaya, like izakaya. But pizza. As we always see it. We got a pizza. And it was delicious. We headed back to tracks. I try to buy a drink. And realise ive lost 5000yen. Which is like 85$!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn my drinking. Im pretty sure I left it in the pizzakaya. Gahh. After that I played pool with these Australians who are in hakuba for the season. And I always see at tracks. One of them is extremely goodlooking. So this was a highlight of the day. Haha.
the night wrapped up at about 1am. Good times in hakuba.


soon I shall be back with more tales of fun.

today...

whilst on the walk home from work...



rose and i found the japanese equivalent to $150ish dollars.


i was like, could it be?!

but,
we returned it.

because the guilt would have killed me....

yesterday. i went to matsumoto.
with my room mate yuki.

it was so much fun! we went to karaoke. took purikura. went shopping (vaguely). and various other things. but because its so far away. we could only spend a little bit of time there.








ok. woah. i just found out about the haiti earthquake.

this is INTENSE!
japanese tv has no world coverage!

ahh.

delightful times

hiromi.

and i.
are sitting in her room.

drinking tea. normal tea.
with milk.
but unfortunately not normal milk.

japanese milk.
ick...

I MISS TEA!!!!
we are having tea and muffins.
and its actually heaven.
it makes me miss my usual tea buddies. jessie. hannah. mel. lucy. heidi when shes around. etc etc etc.

this is what my heart longs for.

i just got a ride to the local supermarket with kamiyama (nicknamed checky). today is his bday. he turned 27! i am so so so happy i got to go to the supermarket! i needed shampoo and conditioner. although, not my usual. hopefully it treats my hair well. also gumboots. i got a cool orange pair. wheeeeee. and lots of treats. and thread. and mikan. and etc. i spent over 100 dollars. is this ridiculous? i think YES!

i always binge buy. because i hardly get the chance to go to a shop!

i may or maynot have decided to become a social smoker. maybe.
i am still undecided at this point. have not purchased yet. as the supermarket doesnt sell the one in the pretty packet. only at the convenient store.

i also found out that my 'crush' is not interested in a relationship. or anything.
i plan to change his mind. slowly.
not that i want a relationship. just him.


hiromi has the day off tomorrow. and im well jealous! my days off are scarce. and it makes me sad.

so much has happened. i shall start with the day before new years.
i was not feeling the best. emotionally wise. so i dragged romi out to the local bar. (a kiwi bar!! ish). for foreigners. its called tracks. and we got smashed. it was chu-hi night. wheeeeeee.
because of my emotional state. i had a bit too much to drink. did crazy dancing with my friends from sanosaka. met new people. and threw up on myself. in the bar. infront of everyone. ohh. gosh.
so embarrassed!

the next day at work was seedy seedy. they put me on the fryer. i dont do fryers. let alone fryers drunk/hung.
these two foreigners came into the resturant and i had to help them, because they couldnt read any japanese. and because i wasnt in the fittest of states, i made a fool of myself.
later i realise these are romis friends and that we are going to hang out with them for new years.


we went to a club called ufo. in echoland. after a mission to the trainstop, vodka in hand, in the snow, and having the train not come. trying to find the substitute bus stop. calling a taxi, and waiting for it in the freezing cold. hiromi went to the toilet in the snow. and apparently it was coldcoldcold.
we get to the club. and there isnt many people there. as its quite early.
i need to find a toilet. so does romi. we get to one. and find a heater. strip down, to dry our stuff. especially my shoes. as they were so so wet.
rose walks in on us. half naked. sitting on the toilet floor with our bodys pressed against the heater in any way possible.

the drinking began. romi decides she wants both of the foreigners. but she spends most of her time with simon. i was in a seedy mood. still hung from the night before. and wasnt really in the mood for socialisation. midnight came. and i kissed luke (simons friend) and hiromi kissed simon. she then decideds she wants to kiss luke also. so we swap. i remember the words 'take one for the team' being said. the night ended in an interesting bus ride.

had a breakdown at work, because of everyone babying me. and its only happened recently. now its better though. well, after a cry, most things are.
my boss mitoro gave me a hug, and tried to cheer me up.

boarding. i want to be good!!! but i suck. i did however complete my first run!!!!!!! alot of stopping and starting. and i cant go fowards. just backwards. it was fun.
i also rode the chairlift which you have to have the board attached, ended in me, being stuck under the chair. SO EMBARRASSING!!!! there is more to this story. but im so sleepy i must go to bed. its only 9.30


but i did get in quite late last night. went to tracks again. was pumping.
sleep. sleeeeep/

is it really a new year?

apparently so.




no midnight kiss. (well, no proper midnight kiss).
but definitely a kiss.


a new year.
a new life.




things will change.



happy new years!!!
is wished to all my beauties.



i love you