I used to be able to fill up my car with just over 3000yen (15quid).
I filled it up today for nearly 4000 (20 quid).
The price of petrol here has suddenly shot up thanks to all that crap going on in Saudi Arabia. Japan is barely behind the UK now when it comes to petrol prices. When I was back in London at Xmas, petrol had just reached over £1. Having said that, that was 7 months ago, so God knows what it is now! But I was so happy that running a car in Japan was that much cheaper....but not anymore!
Great...just what I need when I have just over a tenner to last me until payday...2 weeks away!!
Guess that's tchau tchau to my social life!!
Monday, 7 July 2008
Dolls
I was told I look like a doll twice yesterday.
I was shopping at the fabulous Tosu Outlets. The sales there was amazing...although lucky for me I had no cash and the ATM had already closed for the day. Unlucky for my man....he had his credit card. Coach and Armani are my weakness there. I always end up buying something from those 2 stores. Although I was really good yesterday and managed to restrain for buying a 200quid pair of STUNNING Armani shoes....they were like 60% off and devilishly high. I have a picture which I'll post when I can be arsed!
Coach's sale on the other had was so good there was no way in hell I could leave empty handed. And I didn't! Muahahahhahahaha!!
Anyway, so while I was browsing in COACH deciding which of the fabulous bags I wanted to buy, one of the sales girls told my man that I looked like a doll. I have no idea why. Then when I was trying on the fabulous shoes in Armani, that sales girl said I looked like Barbie!! I was like wtf?! I asked my man what he thought they meant and even he was stumped. I was wearing a long summery halter neck dress, had wild blonde girls, pink flip flops and was carrying a mammoth pink bag and oversized sun glasses....just like Barbie eh?!
I was shopping at the fabulous Tosu Outlets. The sales there was amazing...although lucky for me I had no cash and the ATM had already closed for the day. Unlucky for my man....he had his credit card. Coach and Armani are my weakness there. I always end up buying something from those 2 stores. Although I was really good yesterday and managed to restrain for buying a 200quid pair of STUNNING Armani shoes....they were like 60% off and devilishly high. I have a picture which I'll post when I can be arsed!
Coach's sale on the other had was so good there was no way in hell I could leave empty handed. And I didn't! Muahahahhahahaha!!
Anyway, so while I was browsing in COACH deciding which of the fabulous bags I wanted to buy, one of the sales girls told my man that I looked like a doll. I have no idea why. Then when I was trying on the fabulous shoes in Armani, that sales girl said I looked like Barbie!! I was like wtf?! I asked my man what he thought they meant and even he was stumped. I was wearing a long summery halter neck dress, had wild blonde girls, pink flip flops and was carrying a mammoth pink bag and oversized sun glasses....just like Barbie eh?!
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Lies, Lies, Lies
I was talking to my friend last night about lies. And trust.
Personally, trust is a very difficult thing for me. I guess I was brought up to always be suspicious of people. If you don't give someone all your trust then it can't hurt as much if you get let down. So no one has ever had 100% of my trust. And probably never will. It's a defense mechanism.
I don't like being lied to. There is a difference between lying and not telling the whole truth. I'm talking about when you ask someone something outright and they LIE to you. It's those kind of lies which I find offensive and feel hurt when someone lies to me. Hurt and sad that that person could not tell me the truth. But that only applies when the lie that that person told actually affects me personally.
Let me be a bit clearer. My friend looked me in the eye and lied about something. To be honest, if I was in that person's situation I would have lied too. But I didn't feel upset that that person couldn't tell me the truth because it doesn't affect me personally. When I asked that person why they felt that they had to lie to me, they did admit that it was because of the circumstance, but then also correctly pointed out that I don't tell that person everything, so why should they tell me everything? A very fair and valid point.
Hmmmm......when you see that someone lies to you, for me they automatically lose their right to your trust. Whether you choose to trust that person is an entirely personal decision.
But my friend and I agreed that there definitely are things that you SHOULD lie about. No one can be (or shouldn't be) honest about EVERYTHING 100% of the time. Sometimes those little white lies can actually prevent a situation from happening or getting worse. For example, we said that in a relationship, you should never reveal the true number of people that you have slept with. That way you can prevent feelings of jealousy, insecurity and all that crap. No matter what that true number is, always say somewhere between 5-10. That's a nice respectable number. No one wants to know how many times their man/girl has been around the block.
So you see, sometimes you have to lie. Sometimes you should lie. But the majority of the time you shouldn't FEEL that you have to lie. Plus lies always come back to bite you in the arse!
You have been warned!
xx
Personally, trust is a very difficult thing for me. I guess I was brought up to always be suspicious of people. If you don't give someone all your trust then it can't hurt as much if you get let down. So no one has ever had 100% of my trust. And probably never will. It's a defense mechanism.
I don't like being lied to. There is a difference between lying and not telling the whole truth. I'm talking about when you ask someone something outright and they LIE to you. It's those kind of lies which I find offensive and feel hurt when someone lies to me. Hurt and sad that that person could not tell me the truth. But that only applies when the lie that that person told actually affects me personally.
Let me be a bit clearer. My friend looked me in the eye and lied about something. To be honest, if I was in that person's situation I would have lied too. But I didn't feel upset that that person couldn't tell me the truth because it doesn't affect me personally. When I asked that person why they felt that they had to lie to me, they did admit that it was because of the circumstance, but then also correctly pointed out that I don't tell that person everything, so why should they tell me everything? A very fair and valid point.
Hmmmm......when you see that someone lies to you, for me they automatically lose their right to your trust. Whether you choose to trust that person is an entirely personal decision.
But my friend and I agreed that there definitely are things that you SHOULD lie about. No one can be (or shouldn't be) honest about EVERYTHING 100% of the time. Sometimes those little white lies can actually prevent a situation from happening or getting worse. For example, we said that in a relationship, you should never reveal the true number of people that you have slept with. That way you can prevent feelings of jealousy, insecurity and all that crap. No matter what that true number is, always say somewhere between 5-10. That's a nice respectable number. No one wants to know how many times their man/girl has been around the block.
So you see, sometimes you have to lie. Sometimes you should lie. But the majority of the time you shouldn't FEEL that you have to lie. Plus lies always come back to bite you in the arse!
You have been warned!
xx
Friday, 4 July 2008
Snotty kids
Funny how you react differently to children...whether they're boys girls, cute, ugly - you get my drift.
I'm so used to being a human climbing frame now. But not for the fat kids.....or the ones that have snot encrusted all over their faces. They come near you and you try so hard to give them the same treatment...then you see the state of their faces, screw your own up and do anything to keep them away from you. Just like when they sit they picking their noses and then try and touch you.
EEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!
But then again last week I did get a shock when the most gorgeous little girl proudly lifted up her arse and let rip....nice.
I'm so used to being a human climbing frame now. But not for the fat kids.....or the ones that have snot encrusted all over their faces. They come near you and you try so hard to give them the same treatment...then you see the state of their faces, screw your own up and do anything to keep them away from you. Just like when they sit they picking their noses and then try and touch you.
EEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!
But then again last week I did get a shock when the most gorgeous little girl proudly lifted up her arse and let rip....nice.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
The weather
It's happened...I've started sweating again. It's soooo gross - you're like standing in front of a class and you can feel the sweat trickling down your back. The humidity today made it especially bad and to be honest, just makes me really, really tired. Guess the late night I had last night is playing a part in that too.
I also think that it doesn't help that you can't eat PROPERLY here. Fruit and veg is ridiculous. I saw a melon in the supermarket for 20 quid! 20 quid?! For an effing MELON?! I don't eat any fruit or veg because it's too damn EXPENSIVE! I'm never gonna moan about a punnet of strawberries costing 4 quid ever again. And that's a promise.
20 quid for a melon?! Seriously.....
I also think that it doesn't help that you can't eat PROPERLY here. Fruit and veg is ridiculous. I saw a melon in the supermarket for 20 quid! 20 quid?! For an effing MELON?! I don't eat any fruit or veg because it's too damn EXPENSIVE! I'm never gonna moan about a punnet of strawberries costing 4 quid ever again. And that's a promise.
20 quid for a melon?! Seriously.....
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
I'm awesome
I considered teaching as a career when I was younger but that quickly disappeared. i didn't come to Japan to teach - I came to learn Japanese....
...you have good teaching days and bad teaching days. This morning (and yesterday actually) were AWESOME teaching days. I love it when I can make my 14/15 year olds have fun. Never underestimate their competitiveness. I had even the coolest, sulkiest kids jumping up to answer questions I didn't know they could even read! I feel happy for them since they spent the last academic year never straying from the book. I wasn't allowed to play games with them. But now I've been given a free reign in the classroom, they now think I'm awesome. Not that they didn't think I'm awesome before of course ;-)
...you have good teaching days and bad teaching days. This morning (and yesterday actually) were AWESOME teaching days. I love it when I can make my 14/15 year olds have fun. Never underestimate their competitiveness. I had even the coolest, sulkiest kids jumping up to answer questions I didn't know they could even read! I feel happy for them since they spent the last academic year never straying from the book. I wasn't allowed to play games with them. But now I've been given a free reign in the classroom, they now think I'm awesome. Not that they didn't think I'm awesome before of course ;-)
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
You gotta love the kids
Before I came to Japan, I was never a fan of children. But I have to say you could be having the shittiest day ever...yet when you walk into elementary school those kids are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Every time
:-)
Every time
:-)
Japanese men
Dating a Japanese guy is a challenging and damn frustating experience.
A girl will never be THAT important to a Japanese guy. The most important things to a Japanese guy are his blog, drinking and his job. Girls don't even come close to these 3 things.
Back home if someone thinks booze is more important than a girl....well, that's called alcohol addiction.
Japanese women put up with this. If you date a Japanese guy you have to accept this.
Problem...I don't. How the hell can a virtual life and alcohol be more important than a person?!
*sigh*
A girl will never be THAT important to a Japanese guy. The most important things to a Japanese guy are his blog, drinking and his job. Girls don't even come close to these 3 things.
Back home if someone thinks booze is more important than a girl....well, that's called alcohol addiction.
Japanese women put up with this. If you date a Japanese guy you have to accept this.
Problem...I don't. How the hell can a virtual life and alcohol be more important than a person?!
*sigh*
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