Archive for the ‘Experiences in Japan’ Category
2008 was not a good year for me and my family. With my father’s death, last year has been filled with grief, emotional and financial struggles. My family is still in deep pain but we want to face the new year full of hope. So, how did I welcome 2009? Yesterday, I tried to do [...]
It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve last posted an entry. I didn’t even post a single Christmas greeting! Anyway, some colleagues and I have been assigned a very difficult home-based project. This new challenge has kept me busy. So how did my Christmas go? Last Christmas eve, I went to mass and had a [...]
I was on my way to the Osaka train station when I passed by the activity hall in a department store. H.I.S., one of the largest travel agencies here in Japan, had some sort of promotions. I really had no idea what it was exactly. But the people on stage caught my attention: At first [...]
One of the parlor games we had at the Christmas party. Check out the Wordless Wednesday HQ
Many things kept me from blogging constantly these days. I do have many drafts but somehow, I just can’t finish writing them. Anyway, it’s almost Christmas and many Filipino friends are going home on Saturday so we had our Christmas party last December 13th. 14 Filipinos and 5 Japanese joined the party so basically it [...]
Why went all the trouble of cleaning? Aside from wanting to do this for a long time, here’s another reason why: Meema came all the way from Tokyo to see Kansai’s autumn scenes. She stayed with me for two days. She’s living in Kanagawa but she’s been to more places here in Kansai than I [...]
According to Wikipedia>, Nabemono (??, ???, nabe cooking pot + mono things, stuff, kinds) or simply called nabe, is a term referring to all varieties of Japanese steamboat dishes, also known as one pot dishes. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia: A Japanese friend invited me and one of her close friends to her place. Too bad [...]
“I prefer winter over summer” or “I’ve had enough of summer“. These are my usual answers when some Japanese acquaintances ask me about winter. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate summer. I just don’t like sweating. But at the peak of winter, I often take back these “anti-summer” words. Literally, winter chills me to [...]
Many friends and acquaintances got and are getting married this year. My roommate is going home to the Philippines this Saturday for her wedding in December. Rose got married on the triple 8 day (August 8, 2008). About half a dozen people I know from highschool and college got married during the first half of [...]
I’ve lived here in Japan for more than 2 years. But, I’m still not that used to sitting cross-legged. I still get leg cramps and I still consider sitting on the floor sometimes uncomfortable. My flatmate and I were very delighted when a friend gave us her Japanese-style sofa. (Thanks again, Rose!) However, we didn’t [...]
One of the things a like (a little) about train rides is I get to observe other people. In some ways, this helps me reflect on my own life. This morning, a very old Japanese couple was on the same train. The old lady sat beside me and her husband sat behind us. I wanted [...]
I’ve just lost a coin inside the train and one of those train moments happened again this morning. Since there’s no tea, coffee or even water dispenser in the new company, I usually bring with me a bottle of tea I’ve prepared at home and a can of coffee. The ones in the vending machine [...]
