an update

hello.

tis been a long time since i have updated here.

life has been somewhat busy recently.



i am loving osaka.

i cant tell whether its because i have a friend here. or whether the people are nicer.

i have a feeling its a mixture of the two....



it is so hot. like death.

i am working at various places. and meeting various people.



i am cleaning the guest house i am staying at.
that is a few hours everyday.

i am officially an english teacher.
which is a crazy strange thought...

i like the lessons where i dont have to plan.

on thursday, my lessons were both private. and my boss told me they wanted to learn about specific things.
it was so hard to come up with a lesson. especially using all the formal terms etc.
one of the lessons was on tense. so i focused on the past tense.
explaining the difference between past, past progressive, past perfect and past perfect progressive is ridiculous.
to a person who doesnt have the best english.

and answering their questions of 'why??' is so confusing.

because im not a hundred percent of why myself.

today, i had two lessons again. but no requirements.
prior to work starting, i felt really nervous. like i couldnt do it. that i didnt want to do it.
but when i got there it was fine.


i like the lack of planning. and the flexibility.


although, sometimes, i think my life would be easier if there was a curriculum.

but its fine.
i am smiling after todays lesson. so its good.


although, that could be to do with other things......

i am also employed at an eikaiwa. but i dislike it.
alot. there are many reasons.
but i semi feel bad for not telling them i dont want to work there. so i cant.
instead, i ignore their calls.

i am a bad employee. (but only here).


my other job. the funnest job.
is working at a standing bar, in the slums of japan.
its so fun!
the people are friendly, master is so generous, we recently got a kitten

i work 5nights a week, from 6pm till about 2am.
so its like a full time job.

but its good. a good job.
and i am happy.


i have met lovely people. so its good.


all is good.


i am continuing to explore on bicycle. and have adventures in the middle of the night after work. so its good. its happy.

happy happy happy

good good good




i dont want to go home!

a bicycle

i have always been afraid of bicycles.

they go too fast.

and you can get hurt if you fall off.




so i have avoided them. pretty much my whole life.


one time, at a camp, we went riding bikes.
this is the only memory i have of me and bicycles.


i dont like going down hills.
and we were. and i had a panic attack.


since then....
havent been on one



recently, (as stated in one of my earlier posts), i used my friends bike to go to the supermarket.

and i was surprised i could do it!!!!

although, not very well.


since i have come to osaka, i have borrowed peoples bikes. and travelled many places (with rose ofcourse) she is like my tour guide.


riding a bike is soo fun.

but if any form of object comes near me, i lose my balance, and have to start again.


yesterday, we even rode in the rain.


riding a bike, holding an umbrella is quite difficult.
and i must admit. my body is slightly sore.

just legs, arms and bottom though. tehehee.



also, yesterday, i did something magical with my hair. and i feel great.

i am also having lots of response from job applications.




so i am in a great place right now.



happy happy.


much happier than i was in tokyo.




so its good. i think.




bye!!!!

おはよう！！！

i have officially arrived in osaka.



after a long, slightly uncomfortable bus ride.



its very hot.

i am sweaty. and sleepy.



and.
rose is at work.


until 1am!


so no play time today :(

she gave me excellent directions to the guesthouse.


she is magical.


i miss tokyo already. just a bit though.
mainly its people.

the people i knew.


not the ones i didnt...........



hmmm.


yes. well.


for now thats it.

more later perhaps.

hi, shunsuke

is a person i have been listening to recently.

(since last night infact...)



his music is so nice.
and unlike the crap you hear on the radio these days

although, dont get me wrong.


not all of its crap.




it made me remember what i had forgotten,
about supporting people who love music.


and artists who actually want to produce sweet sweet sounds without the need for fame and moneys.



today i saw ken-chan

he is so lovely.


his gf worked with my flatmate in auckland.

and so i met him through her.


when i was for leaving for japan last november,
he left work during the day to come see how i was (packing up my room in my old flat) and to say goodbye.


i was actually so touched.


today i made him lunch.

he is going to skate around tokyo.



i am jealous of his skating ability.
and his japanese speaking ability.
(he is japanese after all...)


he offered to help me out with so many things.
like getting my luggaged organised, and finding a temporary job agency.



today was quite hot. so i went to the convenient store to buy an ice cream.
(although they didnt have the one i wanted....)


but now i want another one.

i totally cant go back there within the same hour....
sigh.


osaka move is coming closer and closer.

excited!!! but nervous!


eeeeep.



hope your well kittens
x