Fight with English girls

I join the gym. At gyms in England, girls wear cute bikinis. I bought a pair of nice ones.
If I wear the boring one, English people might misunderstand Japanese girls to be boring girls. So I had to wear fine one.

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What I miss about Japan except the whole family and friends things
Japanese bath or hot springs

(Japanese people share big baths with many people with being naked like taking a bas or train. Of course, people are segregated by their sex!!)

Japanese traditional sweet and tea set

(this sweet is so perishable and last only one day after it is made. Therefore it is so hard to get it in London.)

Japanese really nice rice wine.

( If it is nice quality, it is like water and I can drink much but it does not cause hang over. Amazing isn’t it?! Especially the small cup for this wine is really cute. I never fined this nice cup in London.)

Japanese food
(Oyakodon, Yakiniku, Oden, Nikujyaga, Miso-soup etc )




My favourites in England
Parks
(They are so beautiful!!)

Kissing custom
(I might not be able to stop this after I go back to Japan because I start to love this custom. I could be a pervert if I do not stop it.)

Suffolk English family

Conversation custom
(English people talk much. I LOVE that. Here even if I talk as much as I want, I can be a quiet person. It is funny. )

A Christmas parcel

I have got a Christmas parcel from me today. It might sound weird. Yes, it is!
It was a parcel I sent to my best friend’s family at the last Christmas. The parcel was completely devastated and crushed.
I wrapped it in a beautiful Christmas paper but it was rapped in a horrible way.
I did not hear from her about the gift but I though the parcel was received.

It is really nice tealeaf which smells so beautiful.
Can you imagine how much it made me disappointed?

French Girl

I sometimes go to the other kitchen to eat meal with my classmate friends and I meet some French Girls.
They are always on the diet. (I do not think they need to be on the diet.)
They eat white rice with chopped tomato with a bit salt today.
I think French girls are so creative in their cooking. One French girl taught me how to pronounce “croissant”. The sound is so great and I had goose bumps. It sounds much more than just bread.
I did not know that French language is so beautiful.

Today, I ate some meat dish in front of them and feel guilty and I could not finish the dish because I might stimulate French girls’ desire for meat.

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What I want to do before back to Japan
I make the list! It is too many but I will try to do them.


Finish the master course. It is the biggest and heviest!


Learn the chess game.


Ballroom dance


Riding the horse


Attend the English wedding party.


Enjoy the beautiful parks as much as possible


Watch the musicals (at the moment, I have not seen at all.)


Watch the ballet (at the moment, I have not seen at all.)


Travel to Holand, Province, Italy, Europe countries etc.

attending baby rice shawer party.

Learn basic French (I found out it sound so beautiful.I can have goos bamps to hear that.)

My drinking friend

These days I got some new drinking friends.
One of them is a Japanese girl who is working for a Japanese bank in London. She is living just fifteen minutes from my place.
This weekend I ate dinner with her at the Italian restaurant on the Themes near her house.
Sound romantic isn’t it?!
I telephone her often when I need some advices or other things because she finished my University last year and know many things.
She looks really cute but what she is saying is more boyish and cool. Although she is just who she is and there might not a gap, I like the gap between her appearance and her content!
If she was a boy, I might be fallen in love with her because she is so funny and cool.
For example, about her job, she said she can not resist doing her best end enjoying on her job. I guess she is so busy everyday and still new there and sometime things might be hard and frustrating but she is enjoying!
So attractive person, isn’t she!
I think if I was in Tokyo, I would not able to see a person like her.
Because of being in London, I am able to see not only the non-Japanese people but also attractive Japanese.

My Friends birthday

I went to the centre of London to attend my friend birthday.
She is my close Japanese friend, who travelled to Tunisia together. We ate Chinese dishes with other friends who I do not see often.
They are mainly Chinese.
I am not so close to them like my birthday friend is but still I was happy to see them.
I really enjoy the dinner and conversation with them so much that I forgot I had to leave SOHO before eleven to take the last train to my town.
I stayed in café in SOHO with my birthday friend until morning.
At the café, my birthday friend was talked to some man who was a bit rude. We are friendly Japanese and can be happy to be talked as long as a person is not rude and harmful.
When I am with her, I come across this problem sometimes. She attract not only nice men but also a rude men. I really think she should attract only nice men.
To make the rude man away, she pretended crying from being scared and I pretended being angry. Actually, she was not good at acting and the man looked her suspiciously and asked me if she was really crying or not. To hear his doubt comments, she could not help laughing.

Japanese restaurant

I have got a part time job at a Japanese restaurant in my town four hours a week as a waitress. I think it is a nice job because I can eat Japanese dinner once a week after the work! I do not come across many good Japanese restaurants in London but I think this restaurant is nice.
My flat mate introduced me to that shop.
It is a bit strange that I am the only Japanese there including managers and other chefs.
Other people are Chinese and Korean who look Japanese but they are not. I think Japanese might be rare people more than I thought.
The shop has a conveyor and food is going around automatically.
In London, the Japanese restaurants with conveyors are expensive. To tell the truth, in Japan, it is the one of the cheapest restaurants.
Originally using the conveyors is cost cutting not the amusement things.

I love being there because it is so interesting and funny.
Not only funny it improves my English in a real way.
One group of customer was there in front of the table with finished dishes and I did not know if they are the customer who finished those dishes or they just came through and want to sit there. I could not come up with a good English phrase.
I just hesitated thinking what I should say and customers asked me if I was drunk.
Of course, I am not.
Now I needed to explain I was not drunk and why I was hesitating.

About my study

I have quite a hard time in studying. I am confused a lot.
After class, everyday, I can be disappointed because I do not do well or I do not understand well.
I am used to with Japanese education system but not with English one.
I did take make filling in style examinations instead of writing essays in my life.
For the filling in style examination, everything is decided such as what are supposed to be remembered and what are not.
What I needed was “Just do it”.
So studying in UK is really challenging for me.
English is also a quite big disadvantage. I do not understand clearly many times.
Sometimes even if I understand in the literal way, I do not understand what is really meant to be because of the lack of the knowledge of the English system.
In this way, I am in the disarray.

But these days I start to enjoy my studying eventually.
I found what I can be interested in my course more and enjoying. I like mathematical things in decision making things on business. I feel quite happy reading books related to it.
I think I can enjoy the rest of my studying here well in spite of many disadvantages!!

The feeling of lonely

Among my friends in Japan I am famous for getting the feeling lonely easily. Before I came to London, some of my friends worried that I might have a difficulty to dealing with that feeling in London. Yes I have!
When I have that feeling, I get angry with the whole world without reason and I can bite anything. (You should not come to close to me, because you could be bit.)
But it is not so terrible than I expected. I is OK.
Sometimes I could not find a person who can be my company here like I was in Japan but I can see how much my friends care about me through the e-mail and letters from them more than I was in Japan. And I develop the strategies for dealing with it. Now I manage to deal with it in a good way. Maybe I develop myself !!
When I feel the feeling of being lonely and miss my close friends in Japan, I read some newspaper such as “Financial time” and “the guardians”.
I do not know the reason but it makes me comfortable. I can forget myself and think about the English pensions or French youth employment problem.
Cooking with favourite music is also helpful. I can be so happy with it.

Today what I learnt

“Staggered”
ex. She staggered at lunch.
“cleavage”
The place between two breasts.
“Bug”
to annoy or worry someone.
EX.He's been bugging me all morning. You bug me!

“Bulky”
too big and taking up too much space
ex.bulky equipment
“Nip”
a little pinch
“Hem”
the turn up

Mr.D’s clock shop

When I visited in Suffolk I visited Mr.D’s clock shop. Mr.D is my English families close friend.
In this shop, all clocks are supposed to be more than one hundred years old and there are many clocks. Some are more that three hundred years old. The presences of them make the air of the shop fascinating. Maybe I might not be able to express what I felt there but I think old clocks are so nice like delicious coffee.
Old clocks with good looking have something related with delicious coffee?
Maybe both of them make people so contented that people can be quiet with that satisfaction, I guess.
The picture show his workshop which is in the back of his shop. I love the places where something are being made such as kitchends and workshops. I could feel somethig special in those places. Again I am not articulate, I am afraid.

Japanes boys

There is a controversial question if Japanese boys are bad or not. Sadly they do not have good reputations. This topic is sometimes discussed among my Japanese girl friends and other people.
Although they might not be good at dealing with girls because Japanese are not so socialized compared to other Europe nations, I respect Japanese men deeply and strongly.
Japanese boys are the people who made the developed Japan. This achievement is a kind of legend in the world as you know. I could not help having strong respect and affection to Japanese men in that sense even if they do not have gentle gestures like other nations’ men have. I think they are dependable.

Tenpura

The last week, I made “Tenpura” which is Japanese flied vegetable to my Indian flatmates.
They sometimes give me their dishes so this time I made for them.
I think “Tenpura” is one of the most Japanese delicate artistic dishes because of its taste and looks.
It is flied but it should be completely light taste.
Actually I could not find proper ingredients in the supermarket near my place and try to make with the ingredients what I can have.
I think I am developing gradually.
Next time I will try more developing way!

Surprise!!!!!!!!

I am not the person who was given the surprise, but I am the person who made the surprise.
My English father in Suffolk had his birthday. I was not expected to go to Suffolk because London is a bit far and I am supposed to do course work.
The day before his birthday I talked with Mrs.W (his wife) on phone and she said that they are going to have lunch party for his birthday.
These days, Mrs.W had to have many secrets because she planed surprised things for his birthday and she said that having secrets from her dearest husband was so stressful.

After I talked with Mrs.W, I decided to go Suffolk.
I did not tell anyone even Mrs.W, because she said that having secrets is stressful and I did not want make her add secret one more although I should have talked about this at least to Mrs.W because she might need some adjustment for extra visitor.
I think it is funny.

I went to Suffolk without telling anyone and knocked their door.
Actually, I did not sleep to do course work whole night therefore I was drunk seriously for just a cup of wine which my English father gave me soon after my arrival. I slept on the sofa for some hours and came back home in London.
I was not a smart visitor, I am afraid.
I think it is not funny. It makes me feel bad so I will try to forget about it.

I just want to express that they are my special. I have some good friends in my life but I do no have many friends like them who talk to me like they do.
I am supposed to be in Japan next year so I do not really have the next time for everything so I am trying to do every thing I want to.

My French friend

I have got a French friend. I think it is cool!
If I tell you how I got to know him, you might say I am so stupid and silly girl.
One day we met online and talked. Usually I do not keep the person I met online and sometimes add their name to my rejected list immediately because I am not comfortable with it.
However I was quite comfortable with chatting with him.
I could just feel he is nice and he can be my good friend without any care.
I am quite sure you would say I am so silly. I can make you more surprised. Moreover I met him already!
We had lunch together.
He was gentle man as he said before online and I expected.
He said that he is not on sale. He might have a girl friend in his coutnry or he might be a gay or something.
I do not know. He never asked me whether I am on sale or not. Maybe he is not interested in that point and just think I am on sale without reason.
He is nice so I just want to be his good friend.
Maybe I can introduce him to you someday.

Pub

When one of my friends asked me if I go to pubs often or not, I found one fact that I do not go. The last time I went to there was before Christmas and long time ago. It is strange because I like to go pubs and I am from Japan which has strong drinking culture. At least I am supposed to be there once a month.
Why I do not go? Well…..?
I have some friends around me but most of them do not drink because of their religion and just being modest or something. Even if I want to, I could not find a person who can be my company!
I do not even have friends who can go to pubs with me! It is such a socking fact
That I can cry. I complained about this to my Indian friend who is living just next door to me. She said she can be my company but she can not drink and will be maybe just watching my drinking. She is sweet but this answer did not really make me happy. I could not take her because she does not want to go. Who can do that?!
Sometimes I do not drunken people who believe they are allowed to do anything when they are drunk like my grandfather who loved women and drinking so much in his life but still I like drinking culture.
I managed to find friends who can be my company this week. I have to say I still do not have enough friends to live here and because of this problem sometimes things can be hard for me. I can miss my friends in Japan more than I should.

Google

I need to find some article and did Google and search on the library Catalogue and the Athen more than 7 hours today but still I could not find even one. I am going to hate Google …..
I just need to find the analysis of the art industry especially about the painting.
If you know the article or the way to find them, please let me know.

Salsa

I take salsa lesson every Friday at my Uni just for one hour and I found out it is so interesting because I can see what kinds of person the boys are if I dance with them. Not only me but also many girls say that so I think it can be true. For example, some boy lead a girl in a bossy way and some boy lead a girl in the gentle way. I do not say neither the bossy way is not good nor gentle way is good. I love both of them because it is just what they are.
What I like most in the world is seeing the things which show the way people are. Even if the ways are so different from me and I could not take them, I could love the ways they are. That was why I chose the architecture course as my Bachelor in Japan although I did not choose to work in the field for some reasons. So my favourite was not only doing my works but also seeing my friends’ works and the way they are.

A Pervert and something like a ghost

Being a girl is sometime hard work in London. Because of this extra work, girls should have a tax reduction, I think. Today I have two scary things.
Firstly, some guy talked to me in the town. Usually I could be happy to be talked to but this time I was not.
I felt something strange and just changed the direction I was walking. But he walked after me so I walked in the shop. When I saw the outside through the window, he was waiting outside and it made me really scared. People should not do that.
( To my lovely male friends!
Please do not be perverts when you get old even if you get bold and fat and nobody fancy you. I really trust all of you. I also do my best to be a nice mature woman.)
Evening just before getting dark I just walked outside near my living place, I found something which did not look like human, something black and big like a ghost moving. It was so scary and I stopped my breadth and almost faint.
Guess what!

Kissing custom

In Japan, we do not have the kissing custom. It is still a confusing thing to me.
One day, one of my friends said that close friends kiss on their lips sometimes and I did once and I found out it was not true after that. It was such a shocking event that I could not talk with him for two weeks because of anger. But I would like to do the kissing custom if it is the custom in UK and I like it so I am doing the cheek kissing as much as I can even to the professors and try to get used to it.
Today, one of my professors said to me that in the Uni, students are not supposed to do that to the professors. I think he should have said more early. Already, I did that to many professors. I have a mind to enjoy mistakes and I can just laugh about them but I can not take many mistakes.
Maybe I should do the kissing custom only in the Suffolk. Sometimes my little English brother kisses me on my lips and I am proud of it because it means he really likes me. Love is the thing people can be most proud of, isn’t it?!