Taking a nap

I was so sleeply.
Theseday, i am a bit busy and need to wake up early.
I have guests so i would like to send them off to the bus tour or
i would like to quee for the ticket for them.
Today, I slept for one hour on the lawn in the publich place.
I did not know that i am not like that.
I feel i changed a lot since I came to London.
Next time i would liket to sleep more nice lawn , such as Regent park.
Regent partk is my favorit park.
i would like to take them to Regent park Tomorrow.

my Englsih

My Englsih is still not good.
Especially, telephone is difficult.
This time, I have guest so I have many chance to cll to thier hotel.
Usually when thye find out my English is harly to be understood, they transfeered my call to other place and i needed to explain from the scratch.
it was so annoying.
There was some complicateded stiation, in that case, it was os difrficult to be understood even in Japanese.
I wanted to develop my Englsih more,..
I just started to catch people's talking.

Guest from Japan

I have some guests from Japan.
I would like to be helpful to them but I do not want to be
too much person as well.
Sometimes, I might be like that because if I have something which I believe nice,
I can recommend it. It could be imposing, isn't it?!
My guest are so polite and sometimes do not tell me what they want.
This situation is my fault.
I did not make enough situation which makes them easy to ask me anything.

I can completely understant that it is difficult to tell what people want.
Therefore,I have to guess what can be nice to them.
As you know, my guessing is not so good.
Japanese culture could be called "guessing culture". I was in that culture, but still
not good at it.

I can think of many possibility because people are so differrent each other even if
people believe they are standerd.
Do you agree?
But regardless this, I enjoy having guests from Japan.
It is so nice.
I just worry that I might not be a good hostess.
Just try to be good as much as I can!

new life

I moved to north london and start to live with my landlady.
Her house is a typical London suburbun house with a long garden.
I am quite happy there.
In her house there are many things which she developed for longtime
to make life comfortable.
"Even seven star Hotels can never beat the house."
I need to try seven star hotel to see it is true or not.
And there are two cats with long hair.
Especially black one, Zizzeway is friendly.
Every morning and night, she comes to my bed.
I had a cat in Japan and she reminds me of my cat.
My cat was white one with long hair therfor she is opposite of mine.

In her garden, there is a strawberry "field".
Almost everyday, she picked out and sometimes we do together.
It becomes the dessert of the dinner.
Sound nice isn't it?!
I am quite happy here.

Idea and Isolation

I was suffered from big isolation.
usually, I only talk with one or two people.Sometimes non.
When I talk with more than six, I feel so nice!!
Six is not much demanding,I think.
So I come up one idea.
I would like to open a shop on the road at the leciser square selling "Origami".
Origami is Japanese paper craft and all Japanese can do this.
When we are children, we this as hobby.
Old time, we are poor and do not have TV game or other toys.
Origami require us just a sheet of paper.
Nowaday, we use not just a sheet of paper but more beautiful one.
This paper craft is a bit impressive.
I will ask maybe 10P-30p for each. Reasonable isn't it?!
If nobody want to buy,I can just make it free.
I can even write the name of my customer's name on it in Japanese or Chinese letters.
I will try and I think I will have much opportunity to talk with people.
I know my idea is not really good.


I am quite sure my parents and friends do not like this idea.

Morover it might be a bit dangerous and I have never tried this in my life.
But I relly want to lear real Englsih and communicate with peopel.
When people have something which they really want, I think , they should give up
something to some extent and get what they really want.
If possible, I would like to have company, maybe I will try some Japanese friend.

Married Friend

I have a Uni Friend in London. He is my only Uni friend in London.
He was trasferred by his company around the same time when I came to london.
Today I got a E-mail from him.
He will have a small party at a pub!
It is nice.
I would like to see his new wife!!
Anyway happy news is nice!
Really Congratulation!!!
I am really happy for him!!!

Underground

Today, I am studying somewhere underground in UCL.
because it is too hot outside.
So call me when you come if you know my mobile phone number.
By the way, I changed my number one month ago.
Yesterday, I found a Chinese girl who is also studying at the bloomsberry cafe.
I think she might not have many friends like me.
She was studying so hard and seemed to concentrate on her studying so I could not talked to her.
Again today, i find her at the bloomsberry cafe.
If i find her tomorrow, I think i will try to talk to her.

I need to work much on my disertation, but I need to be socialized.
However, I would like to apply for the job in a pub.
Do you think I can get the job if I search it in the center of London not in my mountain?

London

London is a special place for not only me but all people in the world, I believe.
Of course, there are many beautiful cities on the world and London is one of them.
I have a Skype-chat friend who is just fifteen years old girl in Hungary.
She said that she want to live in london in the future. She has some dream in lodon. I think it is really nice. Her dream is a big dream but I think if she try she can make it true.
I also wanted to come to Lodnon since I was younger than her.
but it took much time.
i wanted to come ealier. So I would like to give useful information which can help her to make the plan and come to lodon before she gets old. For eample, I introduced one of my ltalian friend who also came to london on her own and started her life here.
I think she might be too young but making plan is not bad. She can start to save money and study English.
some days ago, she talked to me online and said that she talked about london to her mother and she got the admittion to come to London next year.
I will not be here when she comes to lodon.
I am happy for her but bit suprised.
I really hope she will not encounter bad things in london.

Dance party

By the way, i went to the tea dance party at the Royal Opera House.
It was just a two-hour-party.
When I was to buy a ticket at the box office, an American lady talked to me that
she had an extra ticket so she would like to sell it to me.
For some reason, her husband was not there so she did not want to attend, she said.
Sorry for her!
I think this dance party is so nice for an old couple if they can dance.
I got a ticket from her and attended the party.

Well, there, i found many old people there and I felt I am a bit too young to be there but still I enjoyed.
I can not dance and do not know the steps and I did not bring my partner or friends.
but still I enjoyed.
I met two young men there and talked a bit.
One man came because he has some business idea and was there for the research of it. The other man came because he just found free time at the Friday lunch time which he normaly never can not find free. Yes, it was Friday lunch time!
One of them recommended me to go to the "100 club" on the Oxford street. If you are intersted in ballroom dance, why not try?. You can take a lesson there as well.
It is around 10£, I heard. http://www.swingdanceuk.com/places/onehundred.htm
Maybe I will not go, because I feel enough already.
This month, I have guests from Japan who are an old couple from Japan.
The husband, he is my friend. usually, I do not have much friends of that age.
He is my exception. I am looking forward to seeing them.
I would like to take them to the tea dance party if they can dance and like to attend.
I have a list of what I want to do before I leave London.
Attending a ballroom dance pary was one of the things in the list.
Now I ticked it.

Things to do

I would like to improve my English (TOEIC 850!)
I would like to finish my course.
I would like to teach 500 chinese characters to my friend who likes chinese characters.
(Can you study more? But if we set our purpose to high, we can just fail.)
I would like to get some Englsih friends.(Maybe I will get some job at somewhere and I will have English friend.At the moment, i do not have at all in london.)
I would like to suvive.(Too much isolation and too hard.)

noisy place

These days I am studying around and in UCL.
Bloomsberry cafe and so on. Maybe next time I will be in the British library.
In the main building on the grandfloor, there is a nice place to study.
I love the center of London.
For me it is essential to be in the noisy place.
I would rather feel that i have people around me.
since I was a high school student, I have been like that.
I have never studied in my room, and I used to study in the cafe.
But still I am alone , to be honest.
I have to study on my own. Studiying is the thing which should be done on thier own
, I know that.
that is why I do not like that.
I would like to be more socialized.
Oh, I shold not feel the being lonely, because I need to work on my dissertation much and I am not in the good position about that. kind of scarely.
Yes, jsut do it!

my new house

I found a place to live.
Not really in the center.
I am to live with a landlady she is living on her own with two cats.
She is not really young and almost at the same age as my mother but she looks so
young and active.
Her house has the feeling of enjoying the life and being alive.
She has a long small garden and she segregated it into parts and seeds many kind of vegetables and berries.
I like her long garden.
I think i can talk with her at the dinner time and it will keep me up, I hope.
she seems to be busy person because she enjoys her life but still she does not seem to be busier than young londoner.
I will start to live there 24th june but she will travel from 26th june to the end of the month.
She said she is happy to have me becasue she has a person who can feed her cats and water her long garden.
Yes, I can.
Actually, I do not mind doing house work, of course if it is not so much.I would like to be involved in there.
she said that she can talk and teach me English at the dinner time.
Good start, isn't it?!
I am not sure I can be comfortable there but just try!!

Contact lenses

I have bought contact lense because I lost one.
This time i bought a disposal one. I am supposed to buy hard permanent one because
hard permanet one can absorb the oxgen more than any other and my eyes need oxgen.
I am recommenede to wear hard permanent one by my doctor in Japan, but I did not bu
y that this time.
Last year when I bought the one in UK and I had to struggle.
so i prefer to buy the disposal one which supposed to be purchsed easily.
I went to the shop which Ijust find in the center of lodon.
When I went there, I was kind of scared because the bad experience of buying contact lenses in UK.
But it turned out nice. Especially the staff there are so nice and polite.
so now I have contact lenses.

Farewell party

Many of us are leaving the accomodation, so we hold a small farewell party.
Thank you very much.
The time I spent here was , to be honest, a bit hard inspite of the friens I made here. Too quiet!!
I was brougt up in Tokyo, and I am always listing some noise in my life.
The noise is something like food and so essential to me.
I need the noise of people, talking and laughing and telephone ringing and so on.
what i did not like was not only the quiet but also the building.
The building was new and clean but it was like a prison.
At the kitchen, we do not have even the space of dining. Only the minimal function, this building has.
i do not mind much if the buliding is new or not if it is cleaned however
I like the builing which is made for human not the prisoners!
Am I too demanding???

House

I am still looking for a house to live.
The first houes I visited was a old couple in the North london.
After we talked, we reached the mutual agreement that we are not suitable each other.
I prefer a nosy and busy family but they are not like that.
They prefer a guest who stay for only a few week or some days not some months. I am a too big burden to them.
Today I visited a young couple as a candidate place to live.People are nice.
Thier hosue is big and clean. It was really nice to talk with them it was stimulating and made me cheer up so much.
Thier age is close to me and I think it is nice. However,I am afraid they are too busy to be with me. I like to talk with a wife of the house at the kitchen while she cooks and sth like that.
But they are young and many things to do. I completely understand and respect bacause I am also like that when I am in Japan.
so I am afraid that they are not really suitable for me.
And the fee is a bit expensive for me.
I think it is a reasonable price considering thier beautiful house and location but for me it is a
way expensive.
The lady there said that I can negotiate the price and the condition but I am not good at negotiation especially with people who are to live with me. I would rather take the given condition as fixed.
I can keep them as a candidate for a few day so I will think about it.

Manybe I am too demanding. In London, it is almost impossible to find a family
I imagine as living partners.
The day after tomorrow, I will see another house.
One lady called me. She said that she found me on the web and called me.
Actually I do not remember I put mt my personal detail and telephone number.
She said she found me on the web and I am the only person who put the telephone number on the web. She said that it is really nice to put the telephone number on the web.
I did not know that I am so careless and stupid but it is nice to get a candidate people.
Anyway it is nice.
This house has only a lady and she seems to be bright and cheerful retired lady.

dance party

In my life, I have never been at the dance party becasue in Japan we do not have that custom.
This Friday I am to go to the dance party at the opera house so I need to prepare.
The party is only 7 pound.
I think I am so genius to find this event.
I have never been at the party so I do not have much idea.
What kind of wear I shall put? Is it ok even if I do not know the steps?

I called to the Opera house and asked what kind of wear I shall put.
The person at the Opera house said that "Not too formal and not too casual".
Well, it is too difficult.
Actually I have a formal dress in my closet.
I brought it from Japan because I thought I had a chance to wear that kind of dress
but it turned out not. I got this dress at NY at the price of 25 ￡ but it actual price should be 350￡. You can guess how my dress looks like.
Actually I want to wear it but the person on the phone said that"not too formal".
I asked him if I wear a formal dress, it could be a bit too much and wired or not.
He said it depends on the person and the dress.
I completely understand him but ....
So today, I checked the dress in "Monsoon" on my way home.
I could not resist because it is so cute.
I am not supposed to buy the dress because I am a poor student and I have a formal dress.

My friend said that there must me a lots of old people there.
I think it is right.
Never mind!!
Even if my first and last dance perty is the one without young people.
In this way, I try to be positive but
I might not go to the party because I do not have cofidence to be there.
I hope I am brave enough to try.

Suddonly

Suddonly, I start studying.
After I finish exams I did not study and I has been roaming around in London facing with the problem of feeling isolation.
But I start because I have to.
My first step is to obtain a new supervisor.
My current supervisor never gives me feedback. Can you believe?
It hurt me even if I am not a good student.
Actualy, it is reasonable because I do not have content in my dissertaion proposal.
I just tried to say somehing in it but actually I did not.
I admit that I am not good but that is why I need a teacher.

To obtain a new supervisor I have to work hard to show a targetted teacher that I am so enthusiastic.
My target is a teacher who looks like Hurry Potter.
At the moment he does not know that he is targetted by me.
His students are usually more technical students who deal with programming code or something like that.
Unfortunately, I am not like that.

my chatting friend

I have a chatting friend on the skype.
She is just fifteen years old.
I thought we both know our sex and age. We have been chatting friends already for some month.
Yesterday, when we were chatting, it turned out that she thought I am boy and she seemed to be a bit disapponted.
I felt sorry for her althoguh it is not my fault because we has talked much for three month.
So I introduced my classmate which has a nice gentle charactor and good looking.
I do not think he is harmful because he is nice.
I did not ask his permittion.

recognition

I think I am stupid coz sometimes I do not recognize how I feel and think.
That does not mean I do not feel and think.
For example, even if I am hungry, I do not recognize I am hungry and I skip meals.
Even if I am tired I do not recognize until I can not move. Some of my friend say that I shoud say thatI am tired ealier.
To some extent, I think all people are like that.
No??

treating myself

I watched "Phantom pf the Opera" coz it was my birthday and I wanted treat me well.
This is my first musical in London.
Well, it was so great!!!
I want to say "I LOVE LONDON".
In london, I am sufferring from the feeling isolation a bit but there are lots of things to do including writing dissertaion and worrying about the result of the exams.
I would like to share some information.
If you have ever attended those events and had idea about them, let me know.

1.BBC PROM
14th July-9th Sept
We can listen to the workd class concert at the proce of 5 ￡.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/buytickets/season.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/


1.Teadirect Floral Tea Dances
I do not really understand but I guess we can dance in the place of "my fair lady".
Sounds stupid??!! But it cost just 7￡
One of the things what I want to do in London before going back to Japan is "Ballroom dance" . I think it is a kind of Ballroom dance.
I will attend this event and let you know how it is later.
My friend said that there must be lots of old persons....
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/Calendar/Index.cfm?cls=39&cl=6795&cDay=1&cWeek=0&cMonth=5&cYear=2006&atf=n