Gossip Gossip

I just realised that I've managed to get through the last 4 days at work without any red bull.

Man, I really hope I can keep it up! The way that I was chugging that stuff back has really made me worry about the state of my teeth!!!! 

So in the early hours of this morning, I was jolted awake by a 5.2 earthquake. Yeh, they happen all the time, but this time the epicentre was only an hour away and the way my house was shaking made me seriously wonder if I needed to get my arse outta bed!! I haven't seen, or heard, the plates in my kitchen shake like that since the big aftershocks of 3/11 last year. It was scary because it's always just a reminder that I'm living in an insanely seismically active country.

*sigh*

I had a right gossip in my Japanese lesson this morning. I told me teacher EVERYTHING about the deal with this J-guy. I wanted him to check the mails I sent because obviously he's not gonna tell me if the Japanese is wrong. 

I was well chuffed. Apart from some really small mistakes, and maybe being a bit too direct at times, I had done really well!! YAY!!

I started my bday celebrations last night with my girl. We went for shabu-shabu in a cute lil joint near my house. I was filling her in on all the details of the situation with this guy. When I showed her the initial email that he sent me declaring his love and asking me to be his girlfriend, she barely batted an eyelid. She thought it was normal....and cute!!!

Culture difference, eh?

But as she read the other mails that he had sent me, she soon changed her tune! She, along with everyone else, is concerned that he is a mammoth stalker!! He is a nice guy - he's just laying too much out there for my liking. And his sense of humour SUCKS ARSE. Like, REALLY badly!!! But apparently, the "joke" he tried to make, was typical of Japanese men. 

I've never heard a J-guy try and "joke" that badly before!!! HAHHAAHAHAHA.

Ready for it?

Before I actually let you know what he said, I'll set the situation up for you. So basically my girl was moaning that this guy never mails her. I told her that we should swap coz this guy was mailing me all the time. To put it to the test and show her exactly how bad it was, I decided to send him a mail so we could see how quickly he replied. All I did was ask him how work was and told him that I was eating shabu-shabu with a friend.

In under 3 minutes I got a reply.

He told me work was busy and then he hadn't finished yet. And then came the lamest attempt to be funny.

He told me that because of the seriously hard rain, he suit had gotten so soaked, it looked like shabu-shabu.

Really?!?!?!

Seriously?!

I read it and OMG I cringed!! Like, I seriously cringed and hung my head. My girl was like show me, show me and when she read it, her face said it all.

What kind of joke is that?! It's not even REMOTELY funny. She joked that I should send a mail telling him that it was totally not funny. And I did!!

Maybe it's coz I put a smiley after it or something, but he didn't realise that I was being 100% serious about it being that shit and he complimented me on my response!! Coz on a comedy show, that kind of response would make the audience laugh.

Dumbarse.

It's so bad that I'm just incredulous that someone would even dare to be that lame. It's so bad that it's funny.....in a "poor guy" way.

Ergh.

I didn't reply. This morning I got a mail with his ENTIRE work schedule for June and him asking when he could see me. I didn't reply and he told me that he would wait for my answer and for me to take my time.

He's always telling me he can wait, yet I get bombarded with emails every day. Pointless ones as well!! Like the ones that just say things like "Oh it looks like it's gonna rain" and "I'm cooking this or that for dinner".

Good for you! Go cook that for dinner!! Why do you need to tell me about it?!?!!?

What's the point?!

I was thinking about giving him one last chance with a 3rd date and then see what happens after that but I'm gonna send him an email tonight telling him to stop mailing me so much!!! We'll see if he gets the hint. If he does, he gets one more date. If he doesn't, f*** it, I can't be arsed dealing with an over-emotional guy who is old enough to know better and just can't control himself.

Harsh?

Nah! I don't think so!!

xoxo

My Birthday Week Begins!!!

Tonight I kicked off my birthday celebrations!!!

Yes, I know - it's not my birthday until Friday....but you know how I roll!! HAHAHAHA!!

I hit up a gorgeous restaurant and absolutely stuffed my face with an all you can eat shabu-shabu dinner. 

I'm absolutely STUFFED!!

Not only that, but I received my first (and probably only!!) gift - some bath stuff and 3 gorgeous brand handkerchiefs. 

My friend knows me so well!!!! 

Soooooo much fun!!!

ありがとうユカちゃん！

xoxo

Seriously?!

About 30 mins after I made it through the front door, it started absolutely chucking down.

Just just heavy rain...I'm talking like hardcore thunderstorm rain!!

Oh...and there's the thunder!!!!

It's just another reminder that I really need to invest in a pair of rainboots!!! I realised that I have no waterproof shoes...well, of course I have a billion pairs of leather shoes, but they don't stop your feet from getting wet in weather like this.

Are we not allowed 2 days of sunshine in a row or something?! Either that or the rainy season has reared it's ugly head early!!! Either way though, it completely matches my mood after a crappy day at work where I have to once again deal with seriously emotionally incompetent people.

*sigh*

I'm an effing good teacher and for the managers and staff I work with to allow clients to treat me like a damn hostess is just insulting.

What I would do to be able to give some of them ******* a slap and get away with it!!!

xoxo

What The Hell Is This?!

Uffffff!!!!

You know what, I am kinda romantic - not insanely, over the top cute fluffy bear romantic, but you know, nice classy restaurant, stunning jewellery and flowers kind of romantic.

But there is nothing that puts me off more than a guy who will just lay it all out there....after ONE date.

Can't stand it.

So I had a great time on my date with the J-guy I told you about before. Good dinner, lots of laughs. We were exchanging mails throughout the week and he started with the whole loada stuff about not being able to stop thinking about me and when it's raining, all he has to do is think about me and it cheers him up.

I didn't reply.

Why?

Because when it's raining, all I think about is going on holiday! HAHAHAHA!

But then it came.

A mammoth long email in Japanese.....pouring his heart out to me!!!

You're so great, you're so intelligent, you're so beautiful.....

 .....I love you....

....Please be my girlfriend.

WHAT. THE. F***?!

After ONE date? After the FIRST date?

Are you kidding me?!!?!?!

This is the perfect way to make me leg it in the opposite direction!!!

He is a really sweet guy, so I decided to be nice about it. I just explained it was a culture difference and we don't know anything about each other so I can't be his girlfriend.

Thing is, we'd already arranged to go out again (last night) before he sent this email. I thought it would be cool, but when I saw him I couldn't help but feel insanely awkward and I was paranoid about doing anything that might make him like me more. Because, quite frankly, I don't wanna hear it. It's stupidly early for any of that crap. Ergh...

We went to see a movie. To be fair I was absolutely knackered and by the time the movie ended, I was too tired to stay out for drinks or dinner or anything. I had to work today as well so as well as wanting to leave, I just wanted to sleep!! 

He was really disappointed when I told him that I wanted to go home. When he was walking me back to the station, he just came out and apologised for sending me that mail. When I told him that I was just shocked, he told me that he was being selfish and it's different for him coz he's been "wanting" me for over a year (HUH?!?!?!?!?!) and I've only known him for a couple of weeks. It was way too much for me.

He definitely realised that he had put me off. When I got home, he sent me another email apologising again and told me that he really loves me and asked me to give him another chance. Ufffffff......

What did I do?! Very TACTFULLY told him to knock it off!! HAHAHAHA! I just told him that there's no way he could feel like that so soon and I'd prefer it if he didn't talk like that coz it's makes me feel weird.

He then tried to explain why he did it and spouted loads of stuff about not wanting to miss the opportunity of going on a date me with and losing touch with me.

I resisted the need to tell him that he HAS my contact info already. He's not gonna lose touch!! There was no need to tell me all that!!!!

He told me that he's a good guy and would wait for me!!! Grrrrrr....He asked me to try and understand why he told me his feelings so soon, but to be honest, I can't. I don't.

Not cool.

So how has it been left?

Well, he said he wouldn't say it again and would wait for me to contact him. I'm busy nearly every weekend in June, so I have time to decide whether to see him again.

Isn't it way to much?! I HATE people that behave like this after such a short time. Hate it.

xoxo

Ufffff

Barely past 7pm and I could so easily go to bed.

I finished work early today and was home by like 4.30pm, but I was just too knackered to do anything. After cooking an early dinner, I spread out on the couch to catch up with Modern Family.

I didn't even know about this show before I went to Nagoya! It's absolutely hilarious and the best thing is that the epsiodes are super short, so it's really easy to watch even if you don't have a lot of time. 

Problem is, I'm so tired that I started to drift off on the sofa!!!

If I thought that I would be able to sleep all the way through to 5am, I would totally go to bed now. But I know I won't and I don't wanna be eaking up at like 1am and then not be able to go back to sleep. Especially when I have a full day tomorrow.

Ufffff.....

xoxo

Nooooo!!!!

I've just watched the final episode EVER of House.

Nooooooo!!!!

It's one of my favourite shows!

Granted, after 8 seasons, there aren't really many directions the show can go in.

But WHAT a finale!!! I absolutely loved it.

After 8 seasons of tormenting others, House does the most selfless thing he could ever do.

Amazing.

My goodness it would be incredible to have a mind like that. HAHAHA!

So sad it's finished.

Now I need to find something else to replace it with! As if I wasn't watching enough crap on TV already!

xoxo

疲れた。

This month I've only had 2 days off.

Why?

Well you all know I'm going to Guam next week. Not only that but I'm gonna be going back to the UK for 3 weeks in the summer and I won't be paid for it, so I need to make sure that I have some money behind me. Not that I'm saving much, mind you! LOL!

But seriously, it's definitely starting to take it's toll. Even though I don't work all day, every day, I'm still working every day and doing what I do, it's monotonous and I can't get through a single shift without red bull. 

I don't need it coz I'm tired, I need it so I don't fall asleep from complete and utter boredom! Normally I feel fine before the shift actually starts, but the minute I start teaching, my eyelids feel heavy and I'm just TIRED from the lack of stimulation, excitement or anything else!! HAHA! It's just so BORING.

This morning I hardcore felt the effects. My alarm went off at 8.30am and despite being in bed by midnight and getting more than enough sleep, I felt absolutely rough. Drained, heavy, knackered with a stonking headache. Like complete and utter crap. 

So I had to call in and cancel my Japanese lesson - which was a realy shame because I have a whole load of gossip that I wanted to tell my teacher. LOL! I just stayed in bed - I wasn't even sleeping - I was just lying there, willing my body to relax and just get stronger. All I had to do was think about going to Guam next week and already I felt better. 

Now I'm just trying to take it easy at home and I'm feeling knackered again already! I need to go into work later, so I'm just thinking about doing a bit of laundry and then heading back to bed so I don't die at work later. *sigh*

I was talking to one of my colleagues last week about the monotony of the job. Every day you know what you're gonna go in and do. Granted, you may be dealing with a lot of different people, but 9.9 times out of 10 you already know their story. They always fall into an existing category. No surprises, nothing that will impress you. Same old stuff.

And then it dawned on me that I have absolutely no holiday planned from when I get back from the UK in August until I go away at Christmas. Definitely have to do something about that, because that's when I snapped last year - 4 months with no holiday. Ergh - it sounds disgusting. Even a lil trip within Japan would sort that out. I'll start thinking about that in the summer. 

I think it's also scary how much time I spend in front of screens. Computers, phones, TV....I'm always looking at a screen. That's something I defintiely want to change!!! That and my completely unhealthy diet. But let's face it - I am incapable of doing anything about the latter. LOL!

On top of all of that, it's raining. This May has got to be the weirdest spring ever. Hot, cold, hot, cold - what is going on!? It's like spring and the rainy season are intertwined this year. Interesting.....

xoxo

忘れちゃった！！！

In all my geeky excitement about the eclipse, I forgot to tell you about the ghastly start to the week I've had!

Urgh!

I was walking to the station, absolutely knackered and in a foul mood. I reached into my fantabulous Jimmy Choo to pull out my iPod. Popped in the earphones, pressed play....

.....and realised one of the earphones wasn't working!!!!!!!!

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

My God, that has got to be one of the most annoying situations ever!!! I had to get on the train and listen to everyone hocking and sniffing and sputtering and just generally being foul. It was torture. 

How did that happen?! They were working perfectly fine yesterday!!! (T T)

What a crappy start to the week!

I'm just worried that it's set the precedent and now the whole week is gonna be shitty.

Yah I know - overdramatic. After a boring shift this morning, it was straight to Bic Camera to buy another pair of hot pink earphones. I swear I get through more headphones than bags!!! OK, maybe not, but you get the idea! Does everyone else get through shitloads as well, or am I just retarded?!

Yah, I thought so! ;-)

Need to start treating my stuff with more care!

xoxo