As I was floating on a swim ring in the river two police men came by and called out to me. No crossing arms, no English, they just smiled and asked me why I did enter the river. And told me to be careful after heavy rain. The end.
The elementary school English teacher called in an advisor teacher to help her manage the classes (she’s just insane, the kids are actually pretty well behaved but behaving worse for her lately because she is mean. And no I’m not just saying this I’ve taught these kids for three years they are way better behaved than they used to be and behave themselves for me lol). This teacher has spent the past year INSISTING the kids write katakana above every single word. I keep telling her the students don’t need it, but she’s SO WORRIED the kids will forget and we won’t be able to stick to whatever schedule she made. It was also just a huge waste of time to make the kids write katakana above every word instead of, ya know, just practicing the English.
THANKFULLY, the advisor teacher told her to cut it out so this week she made an announcement to all the classes telling them to erase their katakana unless they really don’t know the word. Many kids happily erased their katakana (and I am proud of them). Now just have to hope the advisor teacher sees her asking the kids questions about their speeches using way too difficult grammar and speaking way too fast. She may be insane but at least she will listen to the advisor teacher.
ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE!!!!!!!!
Only played 30 minutes before going to work this morning but I already know this going to be another hell of an experience!!!
This week I learned to read and write (yes WRITE!) 10 Hiragana after being here 10 years. I feel encouraged this is a start of something.
At last, I have walls with no holes!
When I pulled down the Portland cement fake-sunakabe walls inside my house over the winter, the underlying tsuchikabe (clay:sand:straw plaster) came with it, leaving the bare lathe behind. I collected the tsuchikabe and put it in a tub outside to rehydrate and ferment–they skipped the fermentation step when they did it the first time, so the straw wasn’t well-integrated.
After five months of waiting and continuous naysaying/tooth-sucking by the neighbors, the recycled tsuchikabe is a perfect consistency and I can finally put it back up. It’s really easy to work with and it’s sturdier than expected when dry. Very happy that upstairs is starting to resemble a human habitation again.
I created a bitching good salad. First, Some chicken breasts sauté (in butter) with garlic and shiitake and small cherry tomatoes (and of course Himalayan pink salt and black pepper). Then you do another sauté with Zukini and eggplant (butter too). In a plate, you lay down your green salad, then you add avocado slices, fried onion crusts (you can buy it), and add some olive oil.
Then, you put the zukini/eggplant sauté on top, then the chicken/garlic/shiitake/tomatoes, and finish it with some balsamic cream vinegar cream and some chips of parmesan cheese (real one, not powder). You can add walnuts (and a boiled egg) if you like it.
My son’s friends came over a few days ago and I answered the door. While I was waiting for my kid to come out from wherever he was, the one who rang the bell said “お父さんかっこいい。強そう。”
Congrats, you’re my favorite neighborhood kid now, come on in and have some protein!
Yesterday, I was the only one to get up from my seat and offered it to an old gentleman, who looked surprised and relieved. He also thanked me profusely again when he got up to get off the train. Proud moment #1.
Later the same day, I saw some jerk’s hookup app profile with the text “苦手：外国の方”, so I decided to call him out on his xenophobia in a very much impolite way. Then I reported him and blocked him. Proud moment #2.
These two are exactly the type of foreigner I strive to be, so I’m very proud I was able to.
terrible weather all week but how I curled my hair + bangs was exceptionally good yesterday. That’s pretty much it. Nothing big but it helps my mood.
Started my ume-whiskey and ume-tequila (instead of umeshu) this week. Last year I found it only needed a month, if that (otherwise the original spirt gets overpowered). So should be ready in time for nice summer drinks. Will probably be trying to make ume-rum too later.
For someone who loves winter and rainy weather like me, today is a perfect Friday.
A line of about 80 elementary school students all said “Good morning” to me one after the other on my way to the cafe. It was adorable.
Saw the stage adaptation of *Spirited Away* last night in Sapporo after trying to get tickets to it since it first premiered 2 years ago. It was so good and so worth the wait :’)
Okinawa is free from the rainy season! The sun! My laundry drying on the balcony! Amazing!
Also my gym very swiftly fixed the mozzie issue (that I complained about last night) and sent me a DM to inform me! Yippie! Cleaned so much today in prep for FFXIV expansion next week. Also cleaned my husbands desk so he could bolt home after lunch to play the new Elden ring dlc in peace.
guy in the next department over convinced me to take a a few of our new hires out for lunch and it was honestly such a good time. post covid our company pretty much entirely stopped with nomikais or kangeikais so i forgot it’s sometimes nice to have a meal and shoot the breeze with your coworkers
I had never tasted fresh soy milk from a tofu shop until today, and it was heavenly.
If you happen to come across a tofu shop, check if they offer homemade soy milk. I tried it at this shop near Kobe Oji Zoo, 100yen/cup (lol): [https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVg32oiLEeNAnDXQ7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVg32oiLEeNAnDXQ7) (The one with sugar was better)
Just saw two bullfrogs wrestling in the waterway out back. I often see cool stuff with my daughter when we do night walks, but this was the coolest.
“There have been only two authentic geniuses in the world,” actress Tallulah Bankhead once said. “Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.”
I was sort of fighting with my boyfriend the whole week over text, but tonight after work I finally just busted down his door, sat him down, and talked it out with him. he sat and listened without objecting, apologized, and let me cry all my angst out.
by the time I left his place, we were back to normal. I know it’s the bare minimum, but having a partner who actually listens and apologizes for what they’ve done is so… nice. I feel so lucky to be dating someone with functioning emotional intelligence.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds… if you happen to be a mosquito
1. Beer-flavored jelly for Father’s Day. 2. Went to see my ENT doc for a cold. She’s awesome, and a pistol. Feel sorry for all the people in Kanto who think all doctors in Japan suck. 2. Now comes the time of year when I appreciate the sound of a waterfall or babbling brook.
My toddler brought some kind of brittle rock with him in his pocket. I did not notice. He took it out in the supermarket and destroyed it in his hands, sand going everywhere. A older lady immediately helped me clean the floor 😭 Thank you!!
Got my ears cleaned out at my local ENT. Good lord, the monolith they pulled out of my right ear. They went in with a fancy camera and I could watch the whole thing. Immediate relief after 3 days of clogged, heavy ears. Only cost me Y1200. Highly recommend it to everyone. Painless and quick.
Sometimes I feel like a loser with multiple health issues and on the verge of a mental breakdown with anxiety but then I remember I went to ER multiple times by myself, had 5 blood tests and 3 IV infusions within this past month, researched and found treatment for my health issues. I’m strong and I am going to survive this. I will spend this Sunday without seeing a single healthcare worker (hopefully) and continue my treatment next week.
I also want to praise doctors and nurses who believe me and take action.
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As I was floating on a swim ring in the river two police men came by and called out to me. No crossing arms, no English, they just smiled and asked me why I did enter the river. And told me to be careful after heavy rain. The end.
The elementary school English teacher called in an advisor teacher to help her manage the classes (she’s just insane, the kids are actually pretty well behaved but behaving worse for her lately because she is mean. And no I’m not just saying this I’ve taught these kids for three years they are way better behaved than they used to be and behave themselves for me lol). This teacher has spent the past year INSISTING the kids write katakana above every single word. I keep telling her the students don’t need it, but she’s SO WORRIED the kids will forget and we won’t be able to stick to whatever schedule she made. It was also just a huge waste of time to make the kids write katakana above every word instead of, ya know, just practicing the English.
THANKFULLY, the advisor teacher told her to cut it out so this week she made an announcement to all the classes telling them to erase their katakana unless they really don’t know the word. Many kids happily erased their katakana (and I am proud of them). Now just have to hope the advisor teacher sees her asking the kids questions about their speeches using way too difficult grammar and speaking way too fast. She may be insane but at least she will listen to the advisor teacher.
ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE!!!!!!!!
Only played 30 minutes before going to work this morning but I already know this going to be another hell of an experience!!!
This week I learned to read and write (yes WRITE!) 10 Hiragana after being here 10 years. I feel encouraged this is a start of something.
At last, I have walls with no holes!
When I pulled down the Portland cement fake-sunakabe walls inside my house over the winter, the underlying tsuchikabe (clay:sand:straw plaster) came with it, leaving the bare lathe behind. I collected the tsuchikabe and put it in a tub outside to rehydrate and ferment–they skipped the fermentation step when they did it the first time, so the straw wasn’t well-integrated.
After five months of waiting and continuous naysaying/tooth-sucking by the neighbors, the recycled tsuchikabe is a perfect consistency and I can finally put it back up. It’s really easy to work with and it’s sturdier than expected when dry. Very happy that upstairs is starting to resemble a human habitation again.
I created a bitching good salad. First, Some chicken breasts sauté (in butter) with garlic and shiitake and small cherry tomatoes (and of course Himalayan pink salt and black pepper). Then you do another sauté with Zukini and eggplant (butter too). In a plate, you lay down your green salad, then you add avocado slices, fried onion crusts (you can buy it), and add some olive oil.
Then, you put the zukini/eggplant sauté on top, then the chicken/garlic/shiitake/tomatoes, and finish it with some balsamic cream vinegar cream and some chips of parmesan cheese (real one, not powder). You can add walnuts (and a boiled egg) if you like it.
You are welcome.
https://preview.redd.it/kso3md5b9u7d1.jpeg?width=1774&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69b570510588c05ffe2197b8539016b6ed564aba
My son’s friends came over a few days ago and I answered the door. While I was waiting for my kid to come out from wherever he was, the one who rang the bell said “お父さんかっこいい。強そう。”
Congrats, you’re my favorite neighborhood kid now, come on in and have some protein!
Yesterday, I was the only one to get up from my seat and offered it to an old gentleman, who looked surprised and relieved. He also thanked me profusely again when he got up to get off the train. Proud moment #1.
Later the same day, I saw some jerk’s hookup app profile with the text “苦手：外国の方”, so I decided to call him out on his xenophobia in a very much impolite way. Then I reported him and blocked him. Proud moment #2.
These two are exactly the type of foreigner I strive to be, so I’m very proud I was able to.
terrible weather all week but how I curled my hair + bangs was exceptionally good yesterday. That’s pretty much it. Nothing big but it helps my mood.
Started my ume-whiskey and ume-tequila (instead of umeshu) this week. Last year I found it only needed a month, if that (otherwise the original spirt gets overpowered). So should be ready in time for nice summer drinks. Will probably be trying to make ume-rum too later.
For someone who loves winter and rainy weather like me, today is a perfect Friday.
A line of about 80 elementary school students all said “Good morning” to me one after the other on my way to the cafe. It was adorable.
Saw the stage adaptation of *Spirited Away* last night in Sapporo after trying to get tickets to it since it first premiered 2 years ago. It was so good and so worth the wait :’)
Okinawa is free from the rainy season! The sun! My laundry drying on the balcony! Amazing!
Also my gym very swiftly fixed the mozzie issue (that I complained about last night) and sent me a DM to inform me! Yippie! Cleaned so much today in prep for FFXIV expansion next week. Also cleaned my husbands desk so he could bolt home after lunch to play the new Elden ring dlc in peace.
guy in the next department over convinced me to take a a few of our new hires out for lunch and it was honestly such a good time. post covid our company pretty much entirely stopped with nomikais or kangeikais so i forgot it’s sometimes nice to have a meal and shoot the breeze with your coworkers
I had never tasted fresh soy milk from a tofu shop until today, and it was heavenly.
If you happen to come across a tofu shop, check if they offer homemade soy milk. I tried it at this shop near Kobe Oji Zoo, 100yen/cup (lol): [https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVg32oiLEeNAnDXQ7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XVg32oiLEeNAnDXQ7)
(The one with sugar was better)
Just saw two bullfrogs wrestling in the waterway out back. I often see cool stuff with my daughter when we do night walks, but this was the coolest.
“There have been only two authentic geniuses in the world,” actress Tallulah Bankhead once said. “Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.”
I was sort of fighting with my boyfriend the whole week over text, but tonight after work I finally just busted down his door, sat him down, and talked it out with him. he sat and listened without objecting, apologized, and let me cry all my angst out.
by the time I left his place, we were back to normal. I know it’s the bare minimum, but having a partner who actually listens and apologizes for what they’ve done is so… nice. I feel so lucky to be dating someone with functioning emotional intelligence.
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds… if you happen to be a mosquito
1. Beer-flavored jelly for Father’s Day. 2. Went to see my ENT doc for a cold. She’s awesome, and a pistol. Feel sorry for all the people in Kanto who think all doctors in Japan suck.
2. Now comes the time of year when I appreciate the sound of a waterfall or babbling brook.
https://preview.redd.it/tx7wrgrcjy7d1.jpeg?width=2143&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f569b06c1f56e065ac519807bce87bb4213d7ff1
My toddler brought some kind of brittle rock with him in his pocket. I did not notice. He took it out in the supermarket and destroyed it in his hands, sand going everywhere. A older lady immediately helped me clean the floor 😭
Thank you!!
Got my ears cleaned out at my local ENT. Good lord, the monolith they pulled out of my right ear. They went in with a fancy camera and I could watch the whole thing. Immediate relief after 3 days of clogged, heavy ears. Only cost me Y1200. Highly recommend it to everyone. Painless and quick.
Sometimes I feel like a loser with multiple health issues and on the verge of a mental breakdown with anxiety but then I remember I went to ER multiple times by myself, had 5 blood tests and 3 IV infusions within this past month, researched and found treatment for my health issues. I’m strong and I am going to survive this. I will spend this Sunday without seeing a single healthcare worker (hopefully) and continue my treatment next week.
I also want to praise doctors and nurses who believe me and take action.