Soo I'm moving to Sapporo late October.
How apartments work in Japan, if you are not Japanese....its quite shitty... from word of mouth of my company, friends, other ALTS,
and reasearch, Japanese landlords do not want to rent to forigners.
So I'm going with the appartments my company have setup for me which is at the famous Leopalace appartments.
The suck part is you have to pay them upfront KEY MONEY.
Key money is money they make you pay as a gift for being allowed to live on the property. Pretty shit right??
You give them about 400-500$ and they dont give it back to you.
Fuckers...anyway After paying Key Money, Cleaning Deposit, and 3 months rent your golden.
One day I will actually have money, One day I will actually have money One fiiine day..I will actually have money X___X

Mmmm 711 is having an onigiri sale...ahhh damn temptation.

I keep getting called Onee Chan.., maybe its the buisness suits???


Ohhh yeah  more great news!!
TYPHOONS a stormin through Tokyoo tomorrow! 
How exiciting!! I'm bottleing water, making rice and veggies in
advance incase electricity goes out XD 

oooh saw the cutest gal today!!
she was dressed all in pink, hot pink medium height heels, pokadot short shorts pink dots,
a soft pink jsg cat hoodie and a pink huge bag.


i also saw these maybe highschool gals double riding a bike home
it was soo cute, they had a lil radio in the front basket, the one riding in the back was holding the umbrella for them
im surprsied they get away with that makeup in school!!\\\

just documenting things i wanna rememberrr ;)
 
boredom haha btw there are some cute members of EXILE GENERATION
the typhhon outside sounds reallly soothing  in a way:)
reminds me of growing up in PANAMA

I like this show!!
I may not have completly understdood what it was about but it was good :)
That guy there on the bottom left, he must be gajin!! He looks like this
dude who used to post pics at Ricoche! XD

There were two tv shows that came on before this one that I liked too I hope I can figure what they are!
Its nice to stay home and just save money watch tv, Japanese tv is always intresting becasue even the commercials
are entertaining X3

One of my fav commercials lol Japanese Mr T


this one just stays in my head!!! original ~> http://lotte-fits.jp/cm1.html
 

Friday morning around 830am we disembarked  Kashiwa 2 get our paperwork and then we headed an hour to the office in Tokyo to open Postal Office Bank Accounts... Its easier for the company to come to the Post Office to do our deposits and there is a Post Office everywhere soo...easy peacy for everyone I guess.
After doing that we talked to Giorgio about how to get loans to cover us until we get our first paycheck on Halloween.. Which will be about a week and a half of earnings plus transportation...yikes.. please let that be magically enough money for me to not have to be borring and sit at home anymore....After that we walked around Iidabashi got some 99Y sushi then headed onto the train...I sat in front of these two really tan
boys who were staring at me a bit more than usual and one of em took a picture of me when he thought I wasnt looking on his
phone..anyway after being on this bus for about a million hours we got to Funabashi where we exchanged and headed to Kashiwa.
The boys headed off somewhere leaving me behind..so I went to visit the 2 alt girls at thier leopalace appartment about a 5 min
walk away from my appartment. We chatted a bit about this and that...eventually I passed out on Kerian's floor and stayed the night there.
When we woke up we decided we'd go into the closest city Kashiwa to visit the City Hall to see what they have to offer!
It was nice! We went to a shrine where I tried to explain what little I know about Japansee temples..I should have just kept my mouth
shut...but after hearing Kerian complain about me not planning our whole day out before we left we headed to the Library to figure out how we might walk to Fuse Benton another shrine in the next city up. While at the library we found out that the walk was too far so we explored the City Hall were we found out there were Yoga lessons, Tai Chi and Japanese lessons available during the week free of charge!!
Yeyyy~~ After we left city hall we met up with Stacey and went to the awesome shoestore in the archway shopping area :D
 



So many cute gyaru and gyaru0h around here soo young and cute in thier .lil uniforms!! After the shoe store we went to Donkey Hoe-thaii i think its called its awesomely cheap store!! I bought some Shin Noodles, the only spicey food I've been able to find in japan XD


Naptic Extensions Shop

After that we went into I0I0 I think its called really good prices except the hair extensions human hair for 200 dollahs a track..hell nooo! But there were really cute bags for cheap!!
Outside the entrance I spotted these adorable young gyaru0h haha so I decided if they were still chillen when we walked out I'd ask for a picture, they spoke a bit of english and gladly excepted!! Haha one of them kept going woow big boobies to mee and making the motion of rouding out in front of his chest.. XD



When we started to walk away to take a group picture they called us back saying pleassse take a pic-chaa please take a pichaa they were spiking this guys hair up high and cracking up about it lol they were soo adorable!!



Then I spooted an extension store that had really cute styliests we played the we both dont spek eacohothers language game. It was 315Y per BRAID!! Thats bout 4$ a braid!! GOD DAMN!! The hair itself in the package was abour 30$!! 3000Yen!! Shit they were surprised when we told them that we could buy one hair package in US for 3$ 1$ at the cheapest haha it was fun they we went toooo SOGO



expensive store...then we went home watched an old movie bout 15 year olds having sex...it was strange....anyway passed out came home and my hot water is still not working...hasnt been working since Tuesday...so we called the interac emergency number and talked to the vice president...and its 7pm and still no repair man...man....do i really have to take another cold shower before work this morning...gah....I hope he wasnt to upsent that we called him like 5 times in a half hour...Rahell really wanted to head back to her appartment for some reason and we didnt understand the holdup since when Kerian had her hot water stop someone came immediently in the middle of the night...hmm...hopefully everything works out ok...I might have to go downstairs to ask my co worker Matt if I can shower in his appartment..which will be really awkward.....ohh the adventures of Japan.....

Japan Update

I luckly got a TB test appointment for tomorrow :D
What are the odds...shes like oh we are all booked...umm you dont have a primary care doc
turns out i did have a primary care doctor..i just kept pushing and asking questions.
Awesomeness everything is falling into place!!
I'm soo ..in awe with everything.
Kinda scared of whats to come but a bit ready for the world.
Taking big steps you've never taken before really forces something into you...
AHHHHH!!!!

I'm about done reading A Catcher in the Rye.
STRANGE book I say, but glad I read it.
I'm devouring books, I have a new found hobby.
I want to read a shit ton of classics and get into some intellectual stuff.
It feels like the start of a fire inside..like a forest fire spreading
and spreading and i need more fire...more fucking books gah!

Next up is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

Any reccomendations a my next book anyone?
I'm willing to dive into anything right now!

JAPAN UPDATE:

My Certificate of Elgibility (lets the consolate know I have a job in Japan, creates my visa)
 should arrive fedEX at 1030am!! I'm going straight to the Japan Consolate in Seattle!! ASAP!! 

I just got an email from Interac the company I'm working for in Japan!
They are sending me  over in September as alternate!!
So...that should be interesting....

Oh god I'm going to be patient with this.
Hera help me!!

CRUMB!!

 

My newest addiction!!
Oh my god I love Starbuck and
I'm crazy about Dr.Gaius!
 
I also love William Adama and Anastasia Dualla!
I'm currently making my way through season 2 about halfway through.
I cant stand the frakkin cylon chick though god!

What was really awesome though was when I went to
an after party for the Hip Hop Congress last weekend
one of the MCs made a shout out to a performer
sayin he was "takin it back to the motherland...back to caprica"
I was rollin!! Haha--haaa !! XD 

Anyway I moved to Tacoma so that I dont have to pay
rent in Seattle. Graduation gift from family.
I'm staying with fam until I ship out
to Japan at the end of the month.
I still dont have a departure date yet
this company is getting shadier by the minuet....
Very angry when I think about it....

To add to the situation...still broke as all HELL
and trying hard to get a budget under control.
That is also very depressing...
as shallow as it may sound, I hate when I cant afford to keep
up the standard I know I can of my appearence.

Most importanly, at a stressful time like this,
I'm happy to have my friends and family closer to me.
I have amazing friends and amazing loving family.
At the drop of a dime they are there for me when I need them.
I was even able to move from city to city because of these wonderful people.
I am so lucky and I thank them every chance I get.
As much as I love Seattle, Lakewood feels like home to me.
Its strange feeling like I'm saying goodbye to living in Seattle.
The city has nurtured and grew me into who I am today from these
past four challenging years. 
I'm happy here, in Tacoma, I dont mind the commute to work.
After four years of neglecting my family and close old friends
I'm back where I belong for the time being and it feels great. :)

 
BTW=I saw this movie today with Danny! It was soo goood!
I'm an Adam Sandler fan!! Yes oh yes. Seth Rogen = cutie pie!

If your reading this and your in Lakewood/ Tac town--- Hollah!!

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Hello All!!

For anyone living/lived in Japan please help meee...

Can I bring my American rice cooker to japan??
I mean are the electrical outlets the same??

If you could name three things you must have from
america to bring with you what would it be??
Lots of underwear?? Lots of...macaronii...???

whats some good cheap food i can live on for a couple weeks???
ive been told miso soup is cheap and good??? suggestions?

please let me know if you have any other helpful tips..
I mean i was there for two weeks last time
..but i dont remember much




awesome website i found while reasearching:
http://grace.hyperdia.com/cgi-english/hyperWeb.cgi

tells you train times etc

My friend Beatrice and I hung out last night!
This girl is awesome, we had our oreintation together back in March
and we both got promoted to being waitresses at Gameworks :3
We have become friends along the way and I am pretty happy about it!
Shes cool, laidback, funny and nice.








Super dark photos because there is noo lights in my room!
Also, tomorrow I am going to wild waves again with derrick and Rey Chan!!
Hurray, we are gonna have a sleep over and go early to get there before the line! lol
We are such kids omg umm you can also see Erica my room mate in the Background
of the photos!! Yey!!

Umm also I have a thing for Russian boys at the moment geeez~
Its the accents I guess

ALSO hey SEATTLE FOLK!!



Do you love japanese culture????~~!

COME TO THE AKIMATSURI
SEPTEMBER 6 & 7 at BCC
10am - 7pm

Its an awesome school festival!
Yup just like in the anime kids,
in each lil classroom there will be things going on hosted
by the japanese students at the school!!
OMG WOW so you should come!

there will also be para provided by derrick
and i!! u want to para too!

RTB GAL CIRCLE attends also!!

more info
http://enma.org/2008/overview.htm

theres gonna be awesome Japanese things going on!
Even para para by derrick and I!! Its really fun
and you get to learn alot about Japanese culture!!

I got hierd at Koji on the spot!
Koji Osaka is a Japanese resturant~
Its pretty popular in Seattle because
it is actually owned by a Japanese chef
(which i guess is pretty uncommon here downtown??)
I will be working as a waitress!
I have never been a waitress before so
this should be interesting ^_^
I hope I can score on free food! haha :P
I start saturday morning! I'm so anxious!

So as most of you can tell i didnt get turned into sushi in Japan (haha )
and everything worked out way better than I could have ever imagined~
We stayed at my roommate's parent's house in a country part of osaka
for about a week. 3 of us went to tokyo for new years weekend
while ayumi stayed with her family.
When we got back we stayed at Ayumi's grandparents.
Her family is so fun the classic Japanese family!
i loved getting drunk with them haha~ good memories!


SATO FAMILY AND GRANDPARENTS :3
i love love love these people!!! i really doo!

 As mentioned before, I travled with my three friends from school :)
Ayumi ( my room mate, ) is Osaka native so we got around great.
Jeff, Rhodora ( my two other friends i traveld with)
 and I speak bits and pecks of japanese so we got around fine when seperated.

I was kinda down because I only got to meet up with 3/5 friends in Japan
but none the less the trip was kicccck fuckin ass awesome~~ :3
I went to Osaka, Harajuku, SHIBUYA, Shinjuku, Nara, Chikatesu-Narimasu,...uhh Roppongi,
and a bunch of other places im sure I forgot...I went clubbing, ate alot, shopping,
feed deer, ate some more and of  course kareoke :)


(left to right: ayumi, jeff, in the back is me and rhodora)
on our way to NARA!! to see shuiikaaa~

I also have to mention that the subways in japan are incredibly easy to get around.
Everything is written in english under the japanese, the assistants at the gates speak
english too!

JAPAN WAS AWESOME!
but what else could it have been hm?
あけまつり　おめでと　ごじます！！！
akematsuri omedeto gozimasu! i think.... >_<
happy new year :)

i took lots of pictures
i think i will upload them to myspace ...
to my manba lovers after much searching:



found these beauty queens in an extension salon in osaka :P
i found therm on my last day! lucky find.