Region restriction

In the book club meeting, one of us mentioned one American soup opera called LOST and it is a story who are lost in
some island and they have book club there.
One of us asked the member who mentioned this where they get books.
Interesting question!
I want to watch this soup opera!
I visited the offical web site of this web-site. There the full length of streams are give , apparantely.
When I click to watch full length stream, I've got a messange that this full length strams are only for people who are in
America.
How come!
The internet is the things which we can get the information regardless where we are as far as we get the access to the internet, isn't it?!

BBC as well. We can not get some pages if we are not in UK.
If I have time, I would like to write a report about internet region restriciton.
Nice topic isn't it?!

Book club

Book club
I attended the book club yesterday.
We are around fifteen women and one guy. Most of us are married western woman.I guess many of them came to Tokyo with thier hasband who is transferred to Tokyo. Some are in the different case, I assume.

I think I am the only Japanese woman there.
In that sense, I am a minority as the one guy there.
This time the book is a novel called "the book thief". It is a story about a girl who live in the Nazi circumstance in German.

The characters in this novel are quite lovable.
I enjoyed the question at the book club: who is your favorite character in this novel?
Mine is Rudy, who is had lemon color hair and the best friend of the book thief.
The atmosphere is quite nice in this book club .It remind me my high school days since I attended girl high school.
The difference is at that time of my old school days we are more spoiled girls and here we are more adult and mature
and have ability to consider other people.
However I can feel more relaxing and gentile atmosphere which I can not find at male society.
The next novel is -.
To be honest, I prefer novel, especially emotional one.
this book is rather technical book and might not be my preference.
To have chances to read books I do not fancy is also a great point of attending book club.
So I start to read this one.

Smart girl

He said that I am too smart to be happy. He is who.
I think I will introduce him soon later, my new friend.
I do not agree with it.
Firstly I am not that smart. In my daily life, I have many mistakes and I always wish to be smarter.
My making mistakes are to the extent to be called creative. Nobody can not be that ways.
I am quite sure if I write what kind of mistakes I am making everyday, I can write a book.
Actually it might not be a bad idea.
Secondly I do not really agree that smart people can not be happy.
If we are dull, we can take the current situation without doubt or complain and be happy?
Old day, we were in the situation where we can not change the situation much and we needed to take things
as it is. Now we have more choice in our life and therefore we need to take responsibility for our happiness.
The reason I am not happy sometimes is that I am not brave enough to face the reality and deal with it.
I like drink just to escape what I have to face sometimes. I want to have some time which allows me free from my reality and pain. In that way, people can not be happy.

starving

I think I am starving.
Seriouly.
I lived with my family and my mother is good at cooking so I can not eat something not tasty.
Now I need to feed me by myself.
I do not like eat out.
I do not find it really tasy.
the only way I can eat is cooking by myself which is tasty.
To cook something tasy require quite much work. I can not do that everyday.
So I lost quite much wait and I remember my mother said I looked miserable in loosing weight.

when I met her last weekend.
I think I need to buy refregirator so that I can keep my cooked dish.
At the moment, I do not have referegirator.

I feel so tired and even if I take much sleep I can not recover. I think I do not have enough nutrition and
this is the cause for it.

Lncnch Friend

I am trying to have lunch friends weekday.
At lunch time, I am so lonly and I think it is really nice if I have nice lucn friends, who
is not realated at my work at all and have small nice conversation.
So I put the advertisement at the metoloplitan-magazine.

Lunch friend
Are you British female?
I am looking for British Female to have lunch together on weekday near the Tokyo station.
I was in London for two years and have good English.

So every day when I came back home I expect some e-mail however I have got any so far.
Actually she is not really need to be British and even female just I thought I can have something
more common and safe situation.
How I can change the advertisement to make it attractive?
Do you think?

My first guest to my apartment

I've got guests to my apartment for dinner. They are an couple.
They are my first guest beside my parents. I thought my place is too small to have guest however I find not so bad.
I really enjoy cook and talk with them. I would love to do that more !

Father's day

The last Sunday was the father's day in Japan.
Is it international holiday? I am not sure about it. Anyway, I think I need to do something for my father.
My father is not lucky person concerning family especially in his childhood so I think it is my responsibility to make sure
that he does not feel lonely or sad.
So I decided to invite my parents to my apartment and cook for them. They actually changed the plan saying they find my place is
too small and can not stay more than one hour and prefer to go somewhere together and eat something nice.
I agreed with them.

British pub

I went to British pub with my friends. We are four girls together.
We had live band there. I do not really know what songs they are playing. All the songs are not familiar with me at all. Never mind.
That made me really excited. It is really British pub and I remember many good time I had in London.
So at the counter, I even try to order Pimz even if I can guess it might be hard to find it here.
I could not get it.
I ordered Calua-milk.

American guy talked to me. He said he is an English teacher in Japan and stayed here for ten years.
I did not like him from the beginning. It is not his fault nor mine. It is just like that .
He said I should sit on his lap.
Can you believe that?
Why do I need to sit on his lap? How dare he say that?
This is the way we Japanese girls are treated by some discreet western.
(Sorry I know some are not like that and I have great western friends here and in London.)
If I am in London, I would say no to him clearly. Here in Japan it is hard to say no.
So I try to be far away from him pretending just dancing and unintentionally being far away.
I did that successfully.

Socialization

socialization is always important topic.
Especially when you move to a new place or your change your life style from a student to a worker.
All people need good friend and socialized in a good way.
I do remember my mother also have difficulty in socialization after she moved from the southern part of Japan to Tokyo away from her all relatives and old friends. Since in Tokyo people are not so open minded. Japan is a small country however we still have much difference in areas.
I was brought up in Tokyo and work so thing have some knowledge to be socialised.
However still I need to make my way to be socialized and it is not that easy since here in Tokyo we do not have useful culture such as partying or talking to people casually.
Here I would like to describe a bit how I am doing for this.

Firstly I attend Church often. I make some close Japanese female friends. Going Church is important for me. I can feel calm and contend if I attend. Sometimes I do not attend for while and feel anxious. I can listen the preach as well as live music which is quite hard to find in Japan.
I remember we can find many live music in UK. It is not like that here.
Secondly I am attending TLUG. It is a technical meeting for Linux users. I really want to have good command of technical things. I am struggling and can not see the direction. Important thing is that I am really enjoying although I am lost often in the technical meeting. I made nice geek friend there.
I only attend technical meeting which is only once every two month.
Thirdly I started to attend book club. I find the meeting quite cosy and love it. Most of us are western woman (which I am not ) and some are not. I find something warm atmosphere here.
Maybe these three are the things I consider my constant activities.

I do not think my way is the typical Japanese socialised way. I do not even have an idea how standard Japanese are socialized. Maybe tomorrow I will ask my colleagues. I am quite sure they are well socialized.

I tried may other things and found those are not for me.
For example I attended wine tasting event. It was not bad but I do not think I will attend again.
Since I have chances to drink on business so I thought it is nice if I have basic knowledge in Wine. Drinking is important culture in Japan like it is in UK. I guess it might be slightly different way though. I did not enjoyed this meeting however I have some information about restaurants which have nice wine at the reasonable price from other attendance. I will try them out.
(Naritaya:http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/rstdtl/13017356/ )
(Ganbarujyo:http://r.gnavi.co.jp/p829000/)
I also attend something called “laugher Yoga”. I do not think I will attend again.
I do not remember much things there.
What else did I do? I do not remember....

At the moment, I would like to add activities which is more outdoor or sports. I am attending company tennis club. We only have the meeting once a month and it is midnight.

Here I would like to put some links which you might find useful. If you have good information, please share with me.
http://metropolis.co.jp/default.asp
http://www.tokyogaijins.com/index.html
http://www.meetup.com/

PC users group

Since my friend said that he will make a presentation in this meeting, I decided to attend.
First I met him at the book club and he was wearing Ubuntu-t-shirt and I find out he is a nerd.
I planed to attend the meeting with my other nerd friend.
Unfortunately, I was late for the meeting since I could not finish my work and missed his presentation.
However it was not bad nit, is' it?!
I met my nerd friends and had Pizza dinner.
Do you think it is nice if I wear Ubuntu-t-shirt sometimes?
http://www.tokyopc.org/

Business training

For two days I was attending at business training. I applied and my companied give me this training. I think my company really treat me well since I know that this training cost them much.
I thanks for this.
There we were to learn some logical thinking and practice in implementing the methods which we have learnt in some business cases, of course, from Harvard business school.
All people use materials from Harvard business school all over the world.
I have this kind of classes while I was in London.
I find this kind of class really exciting because give us the feeling of sport and we can even try in real.
I forget this feeling for long and this class reminded me of that.

What I want now

Lunch friend.
Byecle

I think I can bye byecle in the end however lunch friends, I can not buy at the shops.
My company we only eat out together at lunch. Since we work together and we have too much complicated things, people want to be free from difficult things at least lunch time.

I want to have lunch friend who I do not need to show my respect each time and just have casul comfortable conversation.

Each lunch time, I feel isolated and I sometimes feel I do not want to eat.
I know I need.
If you work near Tokyo station, could you be my lunch friend? or if you have nice idea how I can get some, share that ideas with me, please

I lost my mobile phone

I have lost my mobile phone for three weeks now. When I find it lost, I stop my mobile phone temporarily.
Now I gave up finding it.
It is extraordinary pain. If I gave up my phone number, it is easy however if I try to keep my numbers, I have to pay £100 to sort out many issues.
Fortunately, my friend gave me a phone and if I make that phone activate on my contract, what I need to pay is just around £10. Since I have a bit hectic life now, I still leave it as it is.

The little schemer

The little schemer
The front cover is quite cute.
This book is recommended by one of my nerd friend when I said to him I would like to learn more computer things. Although I am terrible at computer I love it.
This book seems really nice. On the amazon website, it has high rating from readers.
Not all books has 5 star rating.


I was really looking forward to receive this book from Amazon.
In my living place there is a some system called received box. It is kind of safely box fixed at the entrance. Delivery people left it in safety box and set the pass word each time. They left the message note with the password and put it on our each mail box.
I found a note in my mail box and was to open the safety box.
When I was just try to open the safety box, old lady from the landlord family passed by and she tried to be kind to me and helped me. According to her, after we slide the note, the note should be popped out and the box will be open automatically . I have received some delivery however I did not that function. And she took the note from me and slide it some safety box. It has gone.
I really understand her kindness and appreciate and happy with her. So it is all right.
I need ask help my landlord , I mean her son.
However I have to leave home early morning and come back late everyday. I can not knock the door of my landlord early morning or late night.
So my book is still in the safety box for three days now...

The book club/THE BOOK THIEF

I am attending a book club. For the next meeting, I am reading THE BOOK THIEF.
I think this book is quite elaborate. For example they use the old type of typing on chapter title and the page numbers so that we can feel some old time.
The book content itself I think I am quite interested in.
The story teller is an death angle. His way of talking is quite cool.
He find a girl called Liesel when he took her brother. We can see how Liesel lives thorough this story teller. His way of talking give us some cynical felling and distance however still I find some warmness from his talking. Liesel lives in the under Nazis circumstances.
Obviously she is not in the happy situation. Her parents were taken away and she is with her foster parents and they are not rich. However she is not completely unhappy. She have people who care about her in her life. I really thanks for God this even if it is the thing in the book.

I think I am so lucky.
My English is not really good however I can have enough ability to read books and that give me huge enjoyment.

'The Jane Austen Book Club'

is the story of six women in a book club finding their lives and romances reflected in the six novels of English author Jane Austen. The film has been received fairly well through it's release and looks to be a fun afternoon out :)
I watched this move.
I think I should not be rude however I would like to be honest here.
In Tokyo there are many foreigners
I even said that they are so popular among us.
One thing we are not happy with them is that some of them really stink.
We Japanese can not even accept nice perfume.
So even good looking guy , if he stink, we can not be with.
I understand this is physical things and really not good to mention.
However at the same time, I think, someone should tell the truth.
At the theatre, I find a foreign guy who really stink and many people are suffered.
I could not tell him however I am sure if I am his friend, I would tell him and help him in the best way that does not hurt him.
I think I also should be really careful. My mother sometimes has bad mouth smell because of weak stomach. I am supposed to have similar body to her.

Concerning the move itself, I love this.
I have never read Jane Austin. According to a woman from Australia, in the English speaking area, mothers handed Jane Austin books to their daughters and all of them are supposed to know her books. I have never read and would like to read some.
In the move, all people are eventually happy in their own style all the marriage are preserved in a modest way. So it might not be such a dramatical ending but give us warm feeling like a cup of tea.

'The Jane Austen Book Club'

is the story of six women in a book club finding their lives and romances reflected in the six novels of English author Jane Austen. The film has been received fairly well through it's release and looks to be a fun afternoon out :)
I watched this movie.
I think I should not be rude howeve I would like to be honest here.
In Tokyo there are many forginers.
I even said that they are so popular among us.
One thing we are not happy with them is that some of them really stink.
We Japanese can not even accept nice pefume.
So even good looking guy , if he stink, we can not be with.
I understnad this is physical things and really not good to mention.
However at the same time, I think, someone should tell the truth.
At the theature, I find a forgine guy who really stink and many people are suffered.
I could not tell him however I am sure if I am his firend, I would tell him and help him in the best way that does not hurt him.

Tennis

I played tennis with my company people.
We played tennis from 10pm to 12pm. I think it is crazy.
I finish work 7 pm and after that I went to school from 7pm to 9:30 pm and joined the tennis.
This night my plane was so tight like proper career woman. When I was at the lecture, I felt tired and wanted to cancel the tennis.
I can not cancel at the last minute since it is so bad manner.
I wondered since I am a girl people might allow me that last minute cancel if I say something I have a headache so on. And I also think if I behave like that I can never be a people career woman.
This way, normally I think too much.
Some people believe I do not think at all and live in an innocent world.
I joined tennis.
I planed to go back home on the last train however I joined them drinking until 2 am.
I speak with people who I hardly speak at the office. We work on the project and if we are in the different service life, we do not have chance to communicate. Maybe we can see at the drinking machine. Since most of us are Japanese male and I can not recognize them well if I have never talked with them.
When we drink and talk, I find something.
Firstly, that people are rich except me.
What they are talking is on the quite different level from me.
Secondly it is nice to know people in the different service line. Things are so different and something I believe fixed are not really fixed thing and I can see more choice.