nostalgic

It has been a long time since I have been able to sleep till anytime I feel like, wake up and do whatever I want. Today is such a day. I was supposed to go out but changed my mind. Instead, I stayed at home and listen to Chinese pop songs and study Japanese. Listening to the songs that used to be popular few years ago, bring back thoughts of what I was doing during that time. I remember my university days where I will study in the weekdays, watch tv at night and go out with Lucian and Louanne in the weekends to do groceries or just to relax. Felt like I really came a long way and 4 years pass by so fast.

another week passed

This week is the same as other weeks before with few happenings. On friday, I went with my company to an embedded systems exhibition in Yokohama. It's a pretty nice place with many interesting building designs and the Yokohama landmark tower is there also. At the exhibition, just paticipated in a survey and got myself a thermal cup. Well, I take it that I used my travelling money to buy the cup. On Saturday which is yesterday, I had a gathering/drinking/eating party with people from my company. The gathering this time beats the one before as I could understand more of what other people are talking about and I have more new friends around. Also, we get to meet trainees from few semesters before us and they are working in other companies now. Their faces surfaced on the company website and this is like the first time I actually met them face to face. Quite an interesting experience. After drinking alot and eating alot, today was spend at home trying to clear the stomachache which I had from since I woke up till now. I am also trying to warm myself up in this cold weather and trying to attain better scores in a game i'm playing. Tomorrow is another day of work, I'm just glad that wednesday is a holiday which makes the week shorter.

Sorry guys for not updating my blog for a long time. I have been very busy trying to catch up with my projects and whatever free time I have left is spent on animation, japanese drama and studying Japanese. I did not step out of the house during weekends as well except for grocery trips. I had the sudden urge to start to cook Japanese dishes. I started with miso soup and some tsukemono( which wasn't good) and will be trying to cook nikujaga tomorrow. I am also making plans to go back to Singapore during the winter. Will post it in the blog when I'm confirmed with my plans.

back to normal..not really

ブログ始まる時から、英語と日本語と中国語のバー ジョン書けば良かったと思ったんだけど、時間がないし、自信も持 てないから、全然してない。日本語の勉強 が始まるばかりから、間違い所がいっぱいから、誰にも笑わせたくない。でも、最近突然気が付いた、間違い事は勉強中絶対出会った事だ。そして、間違いない なら、新しい事は学ばれない。だから、自分で決める事は今から日本語でブログを書く事だ。今まで私にとって、日本語はそんな本気に勉強しではない。興味だ けだ。これは日本語上手になるの第一歩だ。誰がブログを見たら、間違う所を直してくれない？

まじめ事以外、僕の生活は少し慣れた。友達会 うのが少なくなったんだけど、研修の仕事が増えてるから、そんなに暇ではない。いま一番気になるのはお金だ。 もっとセーブしなきゃいかない。そして、バイトも探してる。今もう晩いから、そろそろ寝る。今度は色んな面白い事を教えてあげるよ。また来てください！

How to say, after James left for Osaka, I am back to my normal life here in Tokyo. Everday going to work and coming back home to learn Japanese, ocassionally hang out with friends. With the start of the new phase of training, the hours that I have to go to work also changed. Instead of mornings for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I get mornings for Tuesdays and Thursdays which means I get more days of not having to wake up in the early mornings. Also, this phase of training that I choose is at a different environment, about 5 mins walk from the previous location. Also, one of my closer friends which I go to work with everyday is in a different program from me. Therefore, it feels to me like I have been to a totally new place. Lecture is in Japanese, friends around are all Japanese( or have Japanese blood in them) and I don't get to speak English much at all during work. I guess the environment is good if you are learning the language but it is also pretty stressing. Things are going okay now but there is still alot to come. Wish me luck. During the past days, I have been with James to many places including Odaiba, Asakusa(again) and Disneyland(again). Many stories to tell even if I went to some of the places more than once.