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It's cold and raining. Boo.
I was a little rushed off my feet the last week. Despite coming up with the grand plan to reduce my working week to Tuesday-Friday, I've ended up working 6 days straight, having taken up a short-term contract teaching at Waseda University. It's quite fortuitous that I was offered the job as I had just worked out my predicted paycheck for January/February next year and things were looking a little hairy. I have a month off both of my hourly paid jobs in December/January (no classes scheduled - not my laziness) so I was looking at being down a large amount of cash. If I save the extra cash from this month's six-day a week craziness I should have enough to get by, but I may be on the brown rice and miso soup diet...
Other stuff I've done/am doing:
Hmm. I don't enjoy shopping much - at least, clothes shopping is something I do for purpose only, not for pleasure, and I tend to stick to the European stores - Zara, H&M, Next. I'm a devotee of Lush and The Body Shop, but again both are British in origin. Japanese stores...?? I like Loft for it's singular ability to fuel my stationery addiction. I used to go in there on my breaks in Yokohama and play with the pens. I also found my favourite pen in a 1.6mm nib there. I also like FrancFranc, and I also recently found an amazing peppermint tea called "Sheherazade" in a tea shop called Lupicia. Tower Records in Shibuya is good to visit, though I have to exercise extreme self-control when presented with all the pretty books.
Which reminds me. I am currently fixated upon this hoodie I found on Lululemon, but which they don't have in the colour I want (pink and black) so I'm deliberating about the green one. Sigh.
I was a little rushed off my feet the last week. Despite coming up with the grand plan to reduce my working week to Tuesday-Friday, I've ended up working 6 days straight, having taken up a short-term contract teaching at Waseda University. It's quite fortuitous that I was offered the job as I had just worked out my predicted paycheck for January/February next year and things were looking a little hairy. I have a month off both of my hourly paid jobs in December/January (no classes scheduled - not my laziness) so I was looking at being down a large amount of cash. If I save the extra cash from this month's six-day a week craziness I should have enough to get by, but I may be on the brown rice and miso soup diet...
Other stuff I've done/am doing:
- am currently house-bound for the afternoon as I'm hennaing my hair. As a result, things are looking very clean and tidy.
- I quit the gym on Tuesday after getting pissed off with a rude old lady the previous Friday, and then finding myself on the elliptical trainer wondering what the hell I was doing holding myself captive to the hell that is Japanese TV programming when it was gloriously sunny outside. I quit straight after my work out.
- Then, in order to keep the exercising going, I went for a walk on Thursday morning, got stupidly lost and ended up somewhere along Waseda Dori. It took me 30 minutes to get home, turning an hour-long walk into a 90-minute, 6 kilometre adventure.
- I've also been doing yoga everyday in order to prepare myself for this holiday next month. I'll be doing 3 hours a day for a week, so I need to be getting ready for that, plus doing yoga is the closest thing to peace I get lately.
- I've got my writing itch back after recovering from the mental wasteland caused by the summer. Now, what to do with it...
- November 6th was my 4-year Japanniversary - I spent it in an amazing house in Izu (see picture at the end).
- Had Korean food in "Korea-town" (Okubo) yesterday. Bibimpa is deeelicious.
- I may have become slightly addicted to the first season of "Lost". Help me - there are six seasons!!!
Hmm. I don't enjoy shopping much - at least, clothes shopping is something I do for purpose only, not for pleasure, and I tend to stick to the European stores - Zara, H&M, Next. I'm a devotee of Lush and The Body Shop, but again both are British in origin. Japanese stores...?? I like Loft for it's singular ability to fuel my stationery addiction. I used to go in there on my breaks in Yokohama and play with the pens. I also found my favourite pen in a 1.6mm nib there. I also like FrancFranc, and I also recently found an amazing peppermint tea called "Sheherazade" in a tea shop called Lupicia. Tower Records in Shibuya is good to visit, though I have to exercise extreme self-control when presented with all the pretty books.
Which reminds me. I am currently fixated upon this hoodie I found on Lululemon, but which they don't have in the colour I want (pink and black) so I'm deliberating about the green one. Sigh.
