My Hokkaido trip was really fun, concert was great, food was awesome, people were SUPER cool, and weather was cold.

( Hello 剣淵町! )



ARASHI! ARASHI! For DREAM

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I will edit the post when I have more things to add.

I can't feel my toes
It's so cold I want to cry

Yesterday we had a day off (holiday yay!), I wanted to attend the Pokemon Center event in Tokyo, but figured that I should probably go buy some winter outfits and shoes.
The clothes I brought from home aren't warm enough..

So...I went shopping


2 boots, 2 turtlenecks, 1 fleece sweater, 1 long sleeve button down, 1 down jacket, 2 pants, 1 jeans, 1 boyfriend cardigan sweater, earmuffs, gloves and hair gel.

Total was about $250

I hope I will be ok with these for the next couple months... 

Last week I visited the hot spring (温泉) in my town, it was amazing
I felt so relaxed, stress-free and warm.

There was no one!
(well, yah maybe 4 or 5 old ladies)
But when I went in, the bath was empty.

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So before the onsen, I went to the Mikazuki mura (三日月村)
which was right next to it.
I’ve been wanting to visit this place for a while now.
It’s a ‘theme park’ that recreates the rural community and city streets of the late Edo Period.


( I want ninjas to come out… )

青山にMonkey Majikのライブを観てきました。

すごく楽しかった〜♪

Thanks Lindsay for coming with me, another fun weekend in Tokyo!

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Its been raining all day, ughh >_<
Here I am sitting in my kotatsu...so warm I don't want to move...

Here is a tour of my apartment
yes...took me nearly 3 months, but at least its clean...for now.




( Welcome to my crib  )

On the side note...
Attempt on getting tickets for YamaPi Solo con failed...
but looks like I will be going to Monkey Majik charity live this weekend (?)
omg Monkey Majik

Also...I need to go visit the Lock Heart Castle...
because of "0号室の客"!
Oh-chan!!

今日の写真はドイツ&シンガポールからのポストカード

I joined postcrossing for a few months now, and been receiving tons of postcards from all around the world.
Personally I really like this project, because its always a surprise, haha.
On top of that, one of my hobby is to collect postcards, so its a good trade XD


あっ! もひとつ

大野智さん、今日はあなたのジャニーズ事務所入所日ですね！！
(1994年10月16日)

今日で1５回目 おめでとう 

こんにちは、仕事中のチ－ちゃんです。
先週二年生たちが東京校外学習に行きました

そして
特別なお土産for me☆



すこく嬉しかったよ(^O^)

二年生最高♪

あ〜〜〜〜〜〜！！
　

気持ちぃの〜〜〜(^O^)

I rode my bike to Smark today ♪

On the way back, I stopped by school and watched the girl softball game.

We won~~!

On Saturday (10/3) I went to Na ちゃん’s restaurant to have lunch, Naちゃん is a very sweet and nice あねさん, she is one of the locals I met during my first week here.
She introduced me Mrs.Akimoto, the piano teacher, (she had studied abroad so her English is very good), 3 of us chatted for the rest of the afternoon before Mrs.Akimoto begins her class that evening.
That night Na ちゃん took me to a small Jazz concert in the city hall, along with her best friend Saちゃん and Lisa. It was my first time listening Jazz live, and I enjoyed it very much <3

By the way the drummer was really cute <3 <3

After the Jazz concert was over, we were invited to Mrs.Akimoto’s house to have late night tea party. She made so many sweets and drinks for us, it was awesome.
( ’70th ~74th Day  )

Sports Day was ... pretty bad
Well, to me it was, I am sure everyone else had a good time (except for the losing teams)

Long story short, I was not genki the whole day, I think it has to do with the weather...
and I felt tired.

You know the feeling when you are not in the mood to do anything, everything seems shitty?
Well that was me today

I did walk around and cheer for the students.
however...girls were too loud screaming, and boys...I just don't understand them.

The highlight of the day for me:

Each club was doing the running course, and they were dressed up as their usual club activity wear...which I thought was kind of funny.





Is that a tatami? haha yes it is.
oh Judo boys, I love them so much.

I am back~
Silver week was loads of fun, we didn't get to see Osaka that much, we mainly did beach, camping, Ise Shrine and food.





( Saturday 9/19 )
( Sunday 9/20 )
( Monday 9/21 )
( Tuesday 9/22 )
ughh I missed the Arashi TV show tapings entry period >_<
just found out about that now....

oh well, I don't think I can ask for those day off anyway v_v;;

Okay so I was a little bored…
pinkdog gave me an apron, and it was plain
So I figured…Why not put Arashi on it?

The 10th anniversary logo is pretty cute, so I spent couple minutes to cut it out.


( A Fake Arashi Goods )

For silver week I am going on a road trip with John and Ken.
WE ARE GOING TO OSAKA~! (and Mie, Wakayama)

Finally, I have GOLD in my hands!
and the special Oh-ho figure!!

So I went to Tokyo on Sunday (13th), picked up the game from Pokemon Center, shopped & played the game for an hour at the store. Met up with kimi_no_tsuki at Harajuku, bought some photos from johnnys shop

Had All-You-Can-Eat Pizza with random guys, went to Volks and Soom store in Harajuku, walked around in Omotesando, then went to the ebisu garden place (hana dan!)




( Domyoji~ where are you!? )

Today was the English Speech Contest~
We met at the District office around 1:30pm, there were about 24 students from different schools within the city.



students from my school, they worked so hard and I am so proud of them!

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Yay Pokemon Fan Club Card GET!

So the schools have started!
I had the first class with 5th and 6th graders. They were So Cute.
I was also featured on school's blog :D
(Awesome~~~~!)

Junior high school was pretty fun as well, but I have not met my 3rd graders, they were getting ready for their school trip, ughh I want to go too >_<

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My 24th Birthday week in Japan was definitely the most memorable days so far.

Where to start? XD
Friday (21st) after work, me, Talyor, Annie and the others had dinner at the Brazilian restaurant in Ota.
Next day I went to Tokyo with Lindsay, spent our weekend in the city:

( Cute, cool and big! )

Monday the 24th was a busy day. I had a ALT seminar at 3pm, and later that night I have to cover Andrew's English class. All worked out well, I think.

Wednesday the 26th (woo my birthday), there was another seminar we had to attend.
Taylor made me a birthday card:


After lunch I returned to the elementary school, saw the message from Meghan, saying I HAVE the ticket to see Arashi on the 30th!
I am going to see Arashi!!!

I was extremely excited about it! Praying does work!! XD
(I was about to buy a $500 ticket from ticket.co.jp if I don't hear from her)

Rest of the day went nice, I talked to family on Skype, they sang happy birthday to me XD
went out and had dinner with Taylor and Lindsay:



Thursday afternoon we picked up our foreigner card at the city hall, but I really need to start making an uchiwa for Sunday's concert.
So I rode my bicycle to Joyful Honda, since that is the only craft store around the area.
took me 30 minutes just to get there, my legs were sore



( Take me away, Arashi! )

Thank you aishitsuzukeru for the great birthday present!


and Thank you kimi_no_tsuki for everything!!

There is a totoro at my elementary school!!

Sunday (the 16th) was cleaning day, I did laundry and went grocery shopping.
In afternoon I made some pancakes!

It was a relaxing day


Monday the 17th we went to the Ota English camp, which held in my town every year.


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Super BIG thank you to aishitsuzukeru and agtoro for inviting me to the concert.
My FIRST concert in Japan! Woo!!!
And aishitsuzukeru`s friend Chikako, has the most awesome car <3 <3
4 of us drove up to Sendai on Friday morning, traffic was light, so we arrived right on time :D





( ﾃｺﾞﾏｽ Here we come!! )

Today (8/21) is the day that I should be getting internet at home.
If that fails, I will kill somebody.