Today it's one of those days that exist only in Japan and nowhere else in the world. As everyone must know, Japanese celebrate Valentine's day in their own way. Girls or women are supposed to give chocolates to boys or men. There are many "types" of chocolates you can give but mostly 3: Honmei choco, giri choco and tomo choco (which is the one girls give to their female friends instead and comes from the word tomodachi 友達 and chocolate)
A month later, men usually reciprocate and give women a little something for what they call White day. It doesn't have to be chocolate, some other sweets work as well. This year I didn't give any chocolates to anyone so no sweets for me on White day.
I've been thinking about opening an etsy shop to sell some stuff from Japan for deco and also maybe making uchiwas for concerts in Japan. I'll think about it.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Moving!
In less than a month my friend and I are finally moving to a new bigger apartment. Super excited about it because we've been living in a 1 room apartment for a while now and we will be moving to a 3 room apartment which is a great improvement.
Yesterday we went to measure the rooms and there's so much to buy but I have no money so I'll have to learn to live a simple life until I get more jobs and I can pay for stuff. For now we're planning on buying a sofa and as soon as we're moved we're starting to look for "sayonara sales". There's a cool place for "leaving Japan" sales in kansai called Kansai flea market. For those who don't know what a "sayonara sale" is, it's basically people selling (or even giving for free) their stuff before leaving Japan for good for whatever the reason. That's great for when you're moving here with a budget and you have your own apartment. The kanto area has a great selection in Craigslist actually but there's not so much for Kansai.
That webste also has some nice job offers in the Kansai area which is good for me. I've been replying to some adds but being Spanish is making it really difficult. I wish they would just give me the chance of an interview. My English might not be 100% perfect and I might not be the best teacher either but I taught kids English for 8 months in Tokyo and it wasn't that bad.
頑張ります！
Yesterday we went to measure the rooms and there's so much to buy but I have no money so I'll have to learn to live a simple life until I get more jobs and I can pay for stuff. For now we're planning on buying a sofa and as soon as we're moved we're starting to look for "sayonara sales". There's a cool place for "leaving Japan" sales in kansai called Kansai flea market. For those who don't know what a "sayonara sale" is, it's basically people selling (or even giving for free) their stuff before leaving Japan for good for whatever the reason. That's great for when you're moving here with a budget and you have your own apartment. The kanto area has a great selection in Craigslist actually but there's not so much for Kansai.
That webste also has some nice job offers in the Kansai area which is good for me. I've been replying to some adds but being Spanish is making it really difficult. I wish they would just give me the chance of an interview. My English might not be 100% perfect and I might not be the best teacher either but I taught kids English for 8 months in Tokyo and it wasn't that bad.
頑張ります！
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