Ambi Bambi in Japan

Hishashiburii desyo neee----

2011-08-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

Long time no see everyone!!

I'm sorry I've been negeltin my blog recently!!
I havn't been feeling very confident but I wanna change that and be more adventurous!!
Hmm ok Lets talk about what we've been up to since spring!! WOOW long time!!

Last update was May.
I had just moved to tokyo mid April.
4months runs though your fingers..
Slowly I've gotten a little more comfortable spending money.
Its though when you first move because your broke right??
Maybe I've gotten a little to comfortable.
Or maybe I'm taking Healthy risks traveling, drinking, eatting eatting eatting?? XD

Finishing up May...

got back from golden week is where i left off :) Hakone with Heather.
When I got back i signed up with the same agencey that started Dante but that hasnt worked out so well yet.
Went to Nikko with my college buddy.. who now lives in Utsunomiya Nikkos Alright for a travel place.

RECCOMENDED TRAVEL:

NIKKO
My Nikko day was spent hisotrygasming all about Ieyasu who is my favorite Samurai!
His shrine also has the hear no evil say no evil monkeys in it. It maybe one of the first places it was from.

I taught a whole buncha private lessons this month to makeup for expensive golden week.
I also went to Tokyo Big Sight at Tokyo Teleport station for the Design Festa May 15th 2011 it was great!!
I reccomend Design Festa!!

I signed up for Tokyo International Players. Which is Tokyo's most popular acting group.
I helped usher at one of their shows The Princess and the Pea. Great play!!

Next day was a Jamican Festival at yoyogi park that got rained on horribly!! but still fun :)

night before where i met a guy i like..havnt had that in a while but it didnt work out...but im still borrowing his laptop. p:

I auditioned for a play the little mermaid and got the part of ariels sister. great fun~

June

Started Hip hop classes!!
Expensive to sign up for gyms in japan.
Usually you have to pay two months in advance and then you have to pay a month in advance for the rest of the classes!!

Taught lots of private lessons this month almost one everyday!!

i auditioined for another play! This audition was great! i got to watch some amazingly talented actors and actresses some of which are industry in tokyo!! i got a small part in the christmas play for Tokyo international Players!!

Went to a coworkers rock show actully two of my co workers are in that band.
Met some cool people and had a great time! Sometimes people at live house dont dance though.
You can seee the wanna but they are too shy...ahh Japan.

i watched my schools Volleyball game for the teachers.
TIP: If you work at a school pay attention to mentions of games and teacher tournements.
good opp to go drinking with the teachers more and fit in a bit :0

OH!! Went to Ashley and Shiennas Gal circle event!!
Soo great I' so proud of those girls!!

July
FINALLY wen to Black proffesionals meeting at the begining of the month!
good times met some awesome people!
Heathers Bday party was a blaast!

I rode my bike to Shinjuku from Machida like a crazy person that I am.
It was great!! I loved it so much I did it twice!!

CLIMBED MT FUJI with a group of 8 co workers!
We freakin conquered that mountain!!
took a long time because of the group size but it was great fun!

RECCOMENDED TRAVEL: CLiMB MT FUJI!!!

taught a crap ton of private lesson in hopes of visiting hokkaido but didnt save enough...

did a photoshoot too very funky very fun!

August

GOT the seishun 18 kippu!!! google it good thing that kippu ( ticket) is!
SOoo far I went to AOMORI NEBUTA FESTIVAL with Justin.
@ Aomori Station

RECcOMENDED TRAVEL: TOHOKU!!
dont be a wuss, its totally safe now haha i think. That was an amazing experience!!!
I met some awesome people and INAKa is where Japan has been hiding!
I saw samurai and real happy party people!
I've never seen these things before in Japan. Only INAKA. Inaka = love

inakaaa...

Aomori Nebuta

so much detail...wow

Hirosaki Nebuta

pics commin soon...

Goshogawara Nebuta

the best nebuta of them all!! its the most inaka so people really let loose.
pluss the parade floats were about 5 stories tall it looked like demons were decending...or acending...
anyway it was awesome to see the floats top buildings as the circled the city

Yayaa koooou!!

matta nee more pictures soon!!

please ask questions, leave comments make yourself comfy here <3

till next time :)

Long time no see!!

2011-05-29T02:18:00.000-07:00

Wow!!

So I'm all moved into tokyo!! Took me about two months but I'm settled!!
I havn't taken many photos and I dont have much to say because I'm lazy.
But I thought I'd send out love to my follwers!!!

More to come soon!!
Time to start updating again so please sendme your love and encouragement <3

till next time :)

Disaster Strikes but Japan will Rise Swiftly

2011-03-27T19:46:00.000-07:00

here is a letter that a blogger i follow sent to his friend. its really comforting and lets you know whats really going on outside the sensational media.

http://www.exotic-japan.com/2011/03/my-letter-to-friend-trying-to-calm.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ExoticJapan+%28Exotic+Japan%29

In other great news!! I'm done with my hellish school!! I'm so happy!! OMG!! HAHAHA!!! I will miss the students they were so friendly...but the teachers...omg.. HELL!! Not to mention my 1hour 30min communte to thate hellmouth..YESS IM DONE!! ..it dosnt even do the pain I went through justice! Strange thing is at the going away party all is cool, we drink and everyone talks and is so nice Ahh..gotta take the good with the bad if you wanna enjoy life right?!

Anyway wow I'm so happy!! I can finally feel joy again after feeling so horrible...recently... So what have I been up to these past few weeks?? Well.. I posted one day before the earthquake that has sent this great nation into a many troubles...but they are at great speeds fixing everything so quickly. First of all when it happend, the earthquake, I was at school and we were practicing for a graduation ceremony. I was really scared, becausee yes even though I live in Sappro We only felt the earthquake at half its center magnitude. We only felt a 15 - 30 min 3.0. But I knew that the center must have been hit hard and I was soo worried about everyone it would effect. If I had known it would cause tsunamis as well I would have been even more horrified. Just imagine all those other children who were preparing for their graduation ceremonies..but...now...who knows maybe thier parents are gone..or maybe they themselves are gone...

But I found out about tsunami the next day or so... I was soo depressed when I found out about all the thousands of people dead and missing. I couldnt think I couldnt have fun. I was so scared and worried. Japan is soo small and many people even at my school have grandparents or relatives in Sendai and Tohoku. I even had a friend that lived in Sendai...he is ok but I was soo worried when I couldnt contact him for a week.

It was terrifying I was on my phone with my friend in Hakodate and we were trying to plan a way for her to climb on her roof incase there as a tusnami in here area becasue it was on the high warning and a coastal city...its crazy. Only a few days later everything was back to normal in Sapporo and Hokkaido. But things in Tohoku were even crazier with radiation spreading and no electrcity. Not to mention I was in the middle of planning for my move to Tokyo... I almost went crazy with worry and trying to fly out with the rest of the foregin crowd.

I'm happy I researched and belived and waited. I'm still moving to Tokyo and I'm still keeping an eye on radiation levels and ways to help the homeless and parentless in Tohoku. I'm going to do my best. So thats what I have been up to. My only ways of escape through the hardest times at the begining was to talk to my friends and family and some fo them know alot about radiation and government facts.. so talking and getting real facts has helped me keep a level head.

I've been having many going away parties, despite my low spirits..I tried my best to enjoy my last outings with my Sapporo friends. I couldnt do my hair or makeup as well as usual with such low spirits but I did what I could. We have to enjoy everyday and drink up like its the last time..for those who can't anymore.

PICTURES!!! 3/10/11 - 3/13/11 Thursday missed para para went hoome slept Friday Earthquake called Fam walked home to relax Saturday worried about my frirend I was giving my students too but it worked out ok started planning my going away party Sunday took out extensions myself

3/14 - 3/20 Monday hair Tuesday 3nen sei Graduation and lunch with women teachers

3/16 watching movies hanging out with my friend day off still wasnt sure if i'd be in japan for how long...

3/17 working normally and last day for judo

kyushoku (school lunch)

3/18 preparing for my going away party

3/19 going away party, started drinking at 7...

GREAT NIGHT!! Thank you soo much everyone.. I'm so blessed to have all these people in my life...such a beautiful variety :)

3/20 movies and lunch with my sapporo bestie eric :) AGORA great film!! please watch!!

if you have time PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!
if you love philosophy and history YOU MUST WATCH THIS!~

" Euclid’s First Common Notion: “Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.”

In the scene, the two things are ‘a pagan’ and ‘a Christian’ and the third thing is ‘an atheist.’ "

source = http://spherecow.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/mice-on-a-galley-a-review-of-agora/

3/21 girls day out with jennifer so fun! soba and lots of pictures

3/22
reading and private lessons

3/23
Going away party with my old school :( haha soo fun though.

the boys were performing for us haha
such a good time i hugged everyone :)

3/24 library and reading haha LOTR...hee

3/25 Going away party with my... school...that im so happy...i got to have the experience with and AM NOW DONE HAHA!! YES but 3 parties tiered me out haha
Going away speech in the morning to the teachers room, going way speech in front of the kids and going waay speech at the party :)

3/26 last lessons with my adorable kids

3/27 last soup curry time in sa pporo with friends XD
3/28 todaaaay packing and appartmetn stuffs :)

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Bein' on TV + Moving to Tokyo + Tips and Tricks

2011-03-10T09:11:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for not updating recently, I've been going througha little bit of stress.
But I have 100 followers that great!! Thank you so much everyone for taking
interest in my blog especially since I dont update as much as I should!!
Now to make up for lost time :) It's been a month since I updated.

Feb 13-20
Started looking for appartmentes this week in Tokyo.
Gajin Pot, your friends who currently live in Tokyo and wikipeida are yoru friend in this process.

watching the students prepare for graduation singing its so beautiful to watch this.
its a special experience for them they know they only have a few weeks left in the grade they are in at this time. in the above picture is the conductor, my favorite conductor from the 3rd years
he really gets passionate about his condoucting!!

the most interesting thing about japanese schools is how similar all the students look
in this form... I dont mean they look alike as in all the same faces, same height etc because its not true, I mean look at this picture!! soo unified! i tried to explain it to my teacher I said everyone has black hair and the same clothes on...when in america we have blonde, black, brown, curly red hair...but he misunderstood me.. thinking I said that all the students face look alike, he said all forigners look alike too... interesting...

Sunday I went to Phylicia's for a Nic Cage movie night. Haha I always thought I was the only person in the world who thought the guy was a loony toon this but turns out its normal.

Feb 21 - 26

I had Monday and Tuesday off!! I think its because my school hates me but I'm supposed to end that negative thinking and take it as a lucky charm that I have time to get more in touch with myself and appartment search. I was pretty sick this week too so its lucky that I had time to rest up. Everyone was getting sick at this time.
Friday I was supposed to go to a Wii party but I stayed home and slept instead..XD
Another interesting thing about this week was the 3rd year students had a buffet school lunch.
It was interesting to watch.

heres the fruit tray from the buffet

Took it easy on the weekend as well.
I was invited to the ChitChat cafe curry party!! It was pretty fun :)

Heres my outfit for the night.
Also this night I was on NHK with some other lovely girls this night.

I might have to do a sepearte post for the NHK special but alot of people saw me on tv some of the teachers at my school mentiond it to me..I felt a litlte weird because I wonder what they thought of me being on TV but I dont care because it's already done.. XD

Some funny stuff from school

team sad banana ftw!!

Feb 27 - 06
Fun week!! I finished being sick and feeling weak.
& its time for going away parties starting this week

me and the cutiest boy in the world.
Sometimes when you move you relize the special people you have in your life.
abouve picture is from a party with very special friends and japanese family

Sukiyaki and Nabe very fuckin good!!

veggies can boil or w/e...
take the raw meat and swish it through the water
until its a color you like then put it in raw egg and eat!!
haha looks gross and dangerous but its delicious and safe!!

ponzu and raw egg mix in one bowl and goma(seasame sauce) in other
picutes above are from dinner with student(adult)/ friend

next day dinner with soem japanese friends...omg im gonna get fat..must be careful...

Next day photo shoot with a friend of mine who shoots for AGEHA!!

Very fun!! I love this guy!!
Afterward we went to dinner at a very very fuckin nice place.
He's got great taste.

fondu :) and wine...ahhh fine dining

heres the man himself great guy English is amazing!! i was telling him about the American gyaru lifestylehe was so shocked haha

Saturday was the next day and I tutored in the morning as usual and had lunch with that family..
omg impeeding domn of party weight gain..later was clubbing

their dog slept on my fott during the lesson..soo cute.. <3 href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Dances_In_the_Stars/?action=view&current=DSC07710.jpg" target="_blank">

NEXT DAY SNOWBOARDING!!!

omg...haha I need to go to bed its 335AM not 330 AM but 335AM .. gotta work tomorrow..soo gonna sleep or attempt somethin like that for 2-3 more hours..XD
mor epictures later haha!!

Save!! Planned Parenthood

2011-02-19T19:23:00.000-08:00

OUTRAGE: House votes to bar Planned Parenthood from federal funding. Speak out. http://www.ppaction.org/IStandWithPP

Another fight against Pro live folks!

Yuki Matsuri Weekend & Culture Differences

2011-02-12T20:09:00.000-08:00

Helloooo!!!
This weekend was the last weekend for Yuki Matsuri.

Thursday

First I met up with my friend's friend and we walked around the festival.
Well sort of I just ate and we talked. XD
Then I had three private lessons to teach.
Afterwards it was about 9ish so I decided not to go home and change and just
to head to the only place I know TK6 for people I know and some food.
Its crazy how when your really lonely you can seek comfort from a place you
really dont like...just to talk to someone and feel a connection.. simply that.
Afterwards around 1230 or 1130..
I went to Precious Hall, Japan's best club for thier sound system.
The sound was alright, I got a freebee bag!! Nice!
It was really weird everyone was doing the same thing side steping like robots!!
I was in there jamming haha. Very weird Japan oh man.
There were some drunk guys doing thier thing though!! Only a handful though.
I met up with some girls from my friends store I used to model for.
So I had a little more fun with the group.
Went home a little early around 330am...

Friday

My friend Sara was here visiting with her roommate.
So I met up with them around 3.
Its a small small Japan becasue Sarah's room mate is friends with my friend Nayomi.
Soo...yeah... When it comes to big groups of people theres alot of waiting for everyone
so in the middle of that I bought some shoes haha.
Then we took purikura I wore the lashes I got from one of the machine.
And I actually liked them haha!

After that we split up a bit, Eric, Jenny and Nayomi went to a resturant and
I went with Jennifer to walk her to the train and then to meetup with Sarah and
Simon ( her room mate) We grabbed some food and went straight to TK6 where
we sat and talked for hours and then Jenny, Eric and Nayomi met up with us.
It feels so weird being friends with such a huge group of people.
Its not like we are close friends super close but just people going through a situation
together. Its soo weird but we go with it, with the comfort seeking thing.
The only person I'm really close with is Eric..but at the same time we spend so much
time together with the whole group it feels like we barely know anything about eachother.
ALT life man. Its tough...it reminds me of the military in the way your sort of
come here right after school get kinda brainwashed by your company and then thrown to the
wolves.. while also learning about becoming an adult and your place in the world
but in a foreign country very different culturally than your own..so you have to ask yourself
even more questions about what is right and wrong and to do and not to do.
ANYWAY
TK6 Eric went home, Simon went home Jenny and Nayomi went home but Aki and his friend
met up with us. ( my japanese guy friend aki) so the 4 of use went KARAOKE it was super fun.
Dom was going to meeup with us but he didnt and after Karaoke Sarah went home and Aki and I went to the club!! JADE!!
It was empty when we got there around midnight...
But we started dancing and took a shot or two and then it got full and
some BLACK GIRLS some JETS showed up and I was sooo happy!!

They were such good dancers!! Sometimes I forget what its like to watch black girls dance!
ITs like art in movement haha! I know its weird for me to say that because I'm black but I'm not such a good dancehall dancer.. so thats what I mean.
They left around 3am because they had to catch a flight the next day but we exchanged contact.
I've been talking to them about appartments in Tokyo so I'm getting more excited!!
About 3am we checked out another club BOOTy the free (club) gajin trash hole.(its pretty bad)
to say hi to some old friends there. ( haha XD No offence to anyone who likes to save money and go there) If your not with a group of friends dont go there !!
Anyway some of my friends from there came to Jade after.
I stayed until 620 AM haha around that time one of ther reagge performers started hitting
on me as usual haha. Its soo crazy how it works!! I dont mean to sound conceited or anything
but everytime I stay at a club till the first train I get hit on by one of the reagge artists.
I know exactly what the reasons is:
"Last girl in the club ok maybe shes drunk enough for me to get lucky."
This guy was funny though! He was wearing a kimono! His twin performs with him in Kimono aswell. Anyway after telling him "noo I'm not going to help you have a good
sleep" about 20 times I made it to the first train and bought some onigiris on the way home.

Saturday

Got a few hours of sleep.
Then met up with a friend to watch basketball.
I really enjoy watching live sports.
I really enjoy sports period.

After the baskeball game
( Japan's best girls baskeball team vs some other team and
Hokkaidos team vs Some other team...XD ) which was loads of fun,
I went to meetup with Steven, another ALT from my company.
It was so much fun!!

before games we had ramen!!

Sunday
Today...chillen and looking for appartmetns online
Where to live!?? Walking distance from Shinjuku or a train ride away.
I love going out and clubbing so I dont mind paying for an expensive shit appartment
if I can walk home or take a cheap 2000yen taxi home. Still thinking though
if you have any suggestions please let me know !!

Cheers

NABE PARTY!!!

2011-02-09T02:43:00.001-08:00

yeah Hellooooo!!

I was tired last weekend haha!
Thursday was the para night and that made me a bit tierd
Friday I went out again to a reagge club event

VERY FUN!!! I got my DANCEHALL on and everyone was windin pon de heads and crazyness, the dancehall performances were amazing too there was japan's dancehall king and he was on fiyaaah omg!!
cant wait for this weekend..this time im taking it easy so i have more energy
friday night!! also gonna take pictures this time XD gotta work on umping up my
style!!Saturday was insane!! AFTER going out THURSDAY and FRIDAY I usually tutor some very adorable kids! The sad thing is waking up at 8am after getting home at 4am!! booo ! AFter tutoring I had a meeting and after the meeting I tutored!!OMG!!
After all that we went out and had fun!!

OMG!! BUT
AT THE MEETING I FOUND IM MOVING TO TOKYO IN MARCH!! WHOA !!Sooo happy!!

Sunday I slept in..(sleeping in is 10am haha) then I went to see GANTz omg soo good!! Ninooo you hottie!!

Yes the film was in Japanese and I had to pay 1800yen to watch it..but I dont care!! and another funny thing I was sitting between two OTAKU, one was mouth breathing super loud the other was INHALING popcorn haha. Anyway great movie I WANT THAT SUIT!! haha

I'm going to miss Sapporo and its freezing cold beauty. Which reminds me YUKI MATSURI STARTED!!

Yuki Matsuri is Sapporo's biggest tourist event I think. 2 million a year come to
behold huge hand crafted snow sculptures. Its freaking cold though... and Im not one to
enjoy standing out in the cold...haha

What elese uhh ohh yeah NABE post!!

STEP 1

you need the burner thingies, put pot on them water and soupy stuff XD i suck at describing..

soupy stuff (miso soup water)

kimshi flava too

STEP 2 (let the japanese people do everything XD jk jk you can help..a little)

Add veggies!! CABBABE, BEANSPROUTs, MUSHROOMS,CARROTS, LONG ONION, SPRING ONION

heres the clear noodly things i cant remember what they are called but u might want them too

Step 3...
LET IT COOK :) simple right.. maybe 20 mins total or until it looks soo freaking good you cant wait..

maybe more beansprouts

Step 5

MEATT!!

SHould look like this

cute boy plus sause check!!

STEP 6 TOFUUUU

FINISHED

DONT FORGET THE PONZU SAUCE!!

There you goo now enjoy your nabe!! ITS HEALTHY AND DELICIUOS!!

See you next time <3

ParaPara in Sapporo

2011-02-04T00:24:00.000-08:00

yoo!!

I went out last night for a while, I didnt know many routines but
I socialized a bit and took some pictures

I forget everyones names...ahhh i only remember the transvestite seikoo ahhh

wow 2 posts in one week!! goo me!!
thanks for all your love and comments guys rabbit year really is the year of positivity and
spreading happiness.

Happiness

2011-02-01T23:36:00.000-08:00

Hellooooo!!!
Heres me in my favorite chillen gear!
I've had this dress for YEARS!! maybe since 2008!! I love it!!

I had a great weekend and this week is nice too!!
Last week came with great classes and feeling more comfortable with the students.
I feel so calm and relaxed around them but when it comes to the other
teachers I feel a complete shut down. I have to get over that somehow.

Lets see last wednesday I had the day off so I cleaned!! :D
Well not 100% off becasue I had a private lesson. Thursday was ok as well,
after school I taught two of my younger students. Then had the cute buisnessman
after that to teach rarr haha I'd never try it though he has a super cute and
nice girlfriend. Anyway... passed out after doing my 3 step clinique anti blemish process

its amazing clearing up my acne that came out of no where!!
i swear ive never had acne before but now..anyway this magic is clearin it all up
even the moisturizer is healing the scars!!

anyway next day finally made it was friday!!
TGIF!!!!!
haha my job is getting harder and harder for me to stay sane in the room..
I got off work early THANK GOD so I bought Erics Birthday presents.
Then I went hoome and passed out and woke up just in time to teach a private lesson.
After the private lesson I got a text from Hirotsugu a Japanese friend of ours
We drank played darts ate quesidillas and I even ran into an old fling and we had a nice little convo :D after that bar we went to another bar haha

after the 2nd bar with my japanese friends I went DANCING!! (yup alone!
It was pretty fun I ran into my friend
Nic and it was lucky becasue hes the only other young african american here soo
we naturally have a kind of bond haha. We talked and joked and it was refeshing how
the simple things can make me so happy.
I love reagge clubs its all love everyone is mad cool they say hello and chit chat
everones easy to talk to and you can just walk up and dance together with em
Danced got some frustraightion out and
came home around 3am because I had another private at 9am haha.

Woke up early went to teach my lesson with the cutest kids in the world.
Make getting up at 8am on Saturday almost worth it...
After I decided to come home becasue I was batshit tierd. Took a nap then woke up at
5 with a call from my friends who were going to help me make Eric's cake.

Happy Bday Eriiiic!!

I got him Body Shop, and a cookbook.
I also made him a card by hand and marshmello birthday cake haha made from huge marshmellows. XD

it was TABEHODAIII

TABEHODAII is all you can eat haha
Its maddess that is part of Japan.
It was a fun night he decided he wanted to rent movies and go home and sleep instead of hittin
up Precious hall. But Me and Bob the crazy stopped by a club event for 4000en haha.
Some cute Japanese girls grabbed my boobs like the always doo and people were
callin me Beyonce it was a normal night haha.

cute girls!! selling shots

My aquaninatance Sway gettin much love at the event.

got home early about 2am.. haha

NEXT DAY WAS SNOWBOADING!! OMG Ive been wanting to goo soooo BAD!!

Theres a free bus that goes from Sapporo Station to Rusutsu resort amazing place

eattin gummy worms on the bus haha

beautiful powder!!
there was a huge group of us it was soo much fun and ive been so sore this week!!
but its worth it and im pretty sure i can go again

I <3 Snowboarding when Im on the mountain my mind is soo clear
and I can see is the beautiful view.
It was soo scarey at first strapping myself to a board and diving down a cliff yah know
but I got used to it..it was amazing thanks to my 2 friends who helped ahh ~~

we took the bus back and had an awesome nabe party
Up next how to make nabe....haha NEXT ENTRY!!

I was soo tierd and sore monday a teacher actually approached me and asked if I was ok haha

The Curse of the Golden Flower

2011-01-25T07:10:00.000-08:00

Back to school this past week.

The night before going back to work
I did not want to sleep because I didnt want to start school again.
I felt anxious about my new extensions when you make one little change to your
clothes, hair, makeup it causes quite a situation.
I'm not sure why but it makes me uncomfortable. I mean I am an ALT and they
are not used to forigners soo close so of course they will be curious.
But at the same time I do not like the attention based so much on my apperance
rather than who I am, where I come from and what I came to repesent.
Why don't I just dye my hair black and fit in then?
I've thought about it but I refuse to suffocate myself. I like my hair this color and its
what I want to look like. End of story. Ahh Life's balance.

Walking through the snow is soo relaxing.
I love the crunch on fresh snow and the fresh cold air.

First day back was great!
I got to leave early!! About 3, I stayed working a bit but didnt realize there was
a meeting after but my next door neighbor desk teacher told me it was alright to leave so i snuck out. Some people said hello and welcome back.. but other than that I'm just the girl who is temporarilly there. God its soo strange. Being an ALT is an emotional roller coaster with its ups and downs. This day was an up with a compliement from the most strict teacher at the school
about my lesson I was soo happy.
Happy to escape at the endof the day...I try to tell myself that I'm so lucky
many people want my job and its a job I've been dreaming of since Junior High School. I try to be optopmistic but I feel so negative sometiems when I'm there.
Its strange. BUT Life is what you make it and I'm going to keep trying.
Life is what you make it I know that. If I look for negativity I will find it.
If I look for optomisim and happiness I will find it itoo.

After work was a much needed break with friends.
Unfortunatly it was a going away party for a great guy named Tom.
But if he moves to Tokyo I should see him when I move down there in March
if everything goes to plan.

Saturday was nice too I decided to cancel my lesson in the morning because
I wasnt feeling well due to stress and stomach pains from work..IBS..
Went to the gym becasue that usually helps when I'm feeling ill.
The hip hop class was fun its very humbling because these Japanese women can
memorize routiens so well.. and I cant understand Japanese well soo I can never
fully grasp the complete instructions. But I usually get it and the instructor
sometiems compliments my soul in my moves..thats what one girl who speaks
a bit of English tells me.

after that I met up with my Japanese friends and we ate delishious
Yakiniku and Karaoke'd all night long!
It was soo fun!! Yakiniku is soo great!!
I defintly reccomend that you try it if you visit Japan.
Especially Hokkaido because well Hokkaido makes the best food in Japan.
I reccomend Shita(cow's tounge), Carabi ( cartalidge I think..) its strange
but freakind delish!!

This weekend should be fun too because its my close friend Eric's Birthday.
I hope we can all have a good time together and celebrate all having eachother.
We even get to go to the new club I've been wanting to go to.
YATTAAA----

WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!
Its got hottie green hornet Jay Chou in it!!

I watched it today after work.
Good stress reliver.

Real Update

2011-01-20T05:40:00.000-08:00

First of all Happy New Year!! 2011!!
Lets make it the best year!!

I hope your NEW year is full of love,
happiness and crushing all obstacles!!

Let me catch you up!!

I flew home for my winter vacation!!
I got to stop in LA for 2 nights on the cheaptest ticket I could find!
How lucky is that!! Thank you earth for having a whole day difference Japan
time and USA time!!
In LA I went to my GAL CIRCLE's event !! It was soo fun!!
We were filmed and had a grand ole time a gay ole time I say!!
Next I flew home to beautiful Seattle.
I spent very good time with my family and friends!!
I even got to take my sister to the college she has been looking at.
I didnt want to come back to Japan...haha

But...

When I landed I was able to attend GAL2Me event hosted by...
Sara MariEveryone was really sweet and there was love all around!
We took tons of PURIKURA and walked all over 109
and were filmed by a tv show!! The comments we got
from people was very interesting!! HAHA for example "gyaru ga bakrii"
which means "wow theres alotta gyaruu!"
I want to really grab hold of gal this year !!

Haha love this girl!! she had a great sense of humor too!!
Everyone was WIN!!

I stopped by tokyo tower before GAL2ME!!

awesome view!! loved it!!

This week I built a snowman with my gym buddy Daiki

Funny looking guy right??
We named him Devil Jefferson he was very tall and took about 1 and a half to build
I had to take 2 breaks cuz my hands kept freezing

but he was soo worth it look at emmm haha!

I've been wanting to talk about stuff I love about Japan in every entry

THING #1

places to sit is one thing
You never have to go home until your finished with you day
ok let me explain
well you know how usually your like oh crap i have 2 hours until
i gotta meet so and so or do such and such what the hell am i gonna do for 2 hours
well in japan theres places to sit, quick and healthy things to grab and eat
and no body minds if you take a quick nap anywhere!!
i loooove that soo much cuz im a busy girl and like being on the go.
Heres a spot I sat at today for an hour :) It is warm and comfyyy!!
Time just flies by too ate my ume boshi onigiri and caught up on twitter.
:)

THING I LOVE #2

I also love KARA OKE!!!

Im rubbish at singing but its foo fun!!
This place had an awesome happy hour on sunday
2.5hrs with free drinks and the drink machine right outside our door!!
only 10$!!! WOW@!!

BTW
I have 80 followers now!!
THANK YOU ALL for watching me even though
I dont update as much as I should my buddy Eric says I should update more too
Sooo I'll do omy best!! Thanks for watching and reccomend your friends too please

TOKYO LA SEATTLE SAPPORO

2011-01-09T03:58:00.000-08:00

Most beautiful winter in Japan -- Sapporo Winter Wonderland

2010-11-29T21:59:00.000-08:00

Sapporo is a Winter Wonderland!!
Its been snowing constantly for 2 days. Its beautiful~ and delicious.
(i eat snow!!)

My favorite Japanese snack

melon pan with chocolate in the middle mmm

at odori park in front of the tv tower

teribito san mr tv tower

THANKSGIVING!!! American Holiday~~~ In Japan :)

My friends birthday party

Lunch with co workers

Somethinng that was going on at my school

I have no idea what that sign says but the kids were playing with babies :D

WII// Okonomiyaki party

Notice that everything I do involves food.. damn it!
Am I ever gonna be skinny X__X ??

Its been ages!!

2010-11-14T05:13:00.000-08:00

Wow I have not posted in months!!
its actually only been one month...

BEFORE

AFTER

Makeup / hair straightners gods gift to the earth

Suki yaki gods gift to the Hokkaido

Four seasons...so beautiful Hokkaido

HALLOWEEN PARTY

my crazy friends haha

More seasonal stuff

this was taken 2010 10 25

this was taken 2010 10 27

it all melted anyway the next day

stole this from eric's blog :D http://ericaloneinjapan.blogspot.com/

Recently I have been watching the shit out of 30 rock :)

will arnet!! yum!

Fresh

2010-09-20T12:03:00.000-07:00

trying to get on the grooove
i feel like im only gently skimming the surface of my inner style
begging to come out..and be FReeeee!!! ohh solo solo

it was a three day weekend so had some fun with my friends!!!!
i love all the many holidays in japan!! work worok work like a dog but then ahh
relax time :)

and then only 2 days of work until another holiday!!

me and the famous blogger jennifer shock!!
we love halloween!! LUVU LUVU!! haa--- http://jenninjapan.wordpress.com/
http://jenninjapan.wordpress.com/
http://jenninjapan.wordpress.com/
http://jenninjapan.wordpress.com/
VISIT NaOOOW!!

SAPPORO PARADE!!

me and my gay :)

walk walk walk with the ballons all around town and then....

3...

2......

1........

...0

drinking drinking with co workers the night before
the clock tower was lit with gay pride tooo that night

the drinkin and drawin

wow its september!!

2010-09-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the lack of updates!!

I keep thinking damn I gotta upload the photos from Kyoto
but it takes so long!! Because they are on my phone and I email them
3 at a time to photobucket X___X
And I took like 200 photos haha

Recentlly life has been O.K.
I get kinda stuck on the same plane sometiems though
I dont like getting stuck on the same schdule neeed to do exciting things
everyday!! But of course sometimes I get exhausted from that and
when I'm exhausted I cant do to the most awesome ablities...soo balance
balance balance.

we climbed behind this and did some hiking!
sooo fun!!

my favorite place in the world
my mind is calm here and im at peace love the beach

these are photos from last last weekend
this weekend was chill gym saturday hip hop class which made my soul feel free
and i also met a cool guy at the gym very friendly but gotta be cautious of course
he gave me one piece manga and also let me borrow billy blanks dvd <3
he also lives pretty close to me!! wow!! im happy to make so many japanese friends!!

anyway umm next weekend will be more exciting because its a 3 day weekend
and theres a gay pride parade and i have many plans!! so i gotta
eat healthy and do my best with hair and makeup!! rarr gambarimasuuuu

Kyoto - Summer Escape from Sapporo part 3

2010-08-17T06:38:00.000-07:00

After spending 2 days in Tokyo/ Chiba
We used the JR pass (Seishinkippu 18) to get to Kyoto!! 6 hours of trains baby!! YEAH!!
Cheap and intersting I was excited to eat obento on the train

best obento i've ever had in my life shinagawa obento mmm

kyoto station, the nicest most impressive station in japan

next day was KANKO BUS!! haha

right now the name of this shrine has slipped my mind but it was at ARASHIYAMA

beautiful...

more comming.. ;)

Disney Land - Summer Escape from Sapporo part 2

2010-08-17T06:30:00.000-07:00

Heres photos form
Tokyo Disney Sea :D
I was soo excited to gooo wahh!

Disney Sea Train :)

through the window on the way

aaladins place

its buckbeak!! haha (Harry Potter joke)...

tower of terror omg so scarey!!
i stepped on the girl's foot beside me..woopsy daisy
X____X

it was soo fun!!

next up pictures from kyoto :D

SUMMER ESCAPE FROM SAPPOroo :D

2010-08-15T18:23:00.000-07:00

Its been a long time!

I finished up at my JHS end of July.

We had a big going away / end of the year party

Had a big meeting with all the area ALTS

Then went on a trip to Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara) and Tokyo

drinking party with teachers

average workwear ;)

leaving sapporo airport

flying ova japan

flying over tokyo

beautiful tokyo

MVP

2010-07-15T04:35:00.000-07:00

CHUTAIREN!!!! ( can u spot me in the back haha)

Honey, suppas read eh!!

CHUTAIREN!!!

Karate Competition

masquarade party!!!

precioius memories

I helped my friend with her booth about Jamaica in a town far away it was
nice to excape sapporo :)

awesome biker boys

me and eric eattin lunch before my enkai (drinking party) with teachers

MVP dance event

Furano Lavender Farm

cutest little boy dancer in the world

OPEN WITH AWESOME FUN PICTURE OF GOOD TIME :D
This was after watching my gorgeous friend in the gold dress perform
she and her mom have a dance studio about an hour from sapporo in otaru :)
this was the studio exhibition!! great success!! MVP was the event name

dinner one day after walking home :)
ive been wanting to try the resturant "BENTOS" so i went and it was awesome
got my favorite soba :)

CHUTAIREN
Girls basketball
Was super exciting to watch! I cheered so loud for my team but we lost in the end
it was a super good fight though!!
Some parents thanked me for cheering :)
That made me very happy.

after chutairen my firend invited me to watch our friends dance competion MVP
this was after the MVP event watching my friends dance studio perform

have been going to CHUTAIREN!!
I think its a junior high school competion all across japan!!
i went to table tennis and basketball the weekend before last :)
it was actually pretty exciting to watch surprisingly!!

saw this on the way to dinner last last weekend

I went to my English teachers Karate competion it was awesome
his daughter won 3rd place in HOKKAIDO!! :D
It was really fun and people started at me of course but I enjoyed myself
and my teacher introduced me to his family and gave me this obento :)

Went to the lavander town FURANO with my school councelor and my
partner in crime Eric last weekend

Korean food resturant I really wanted to go to :)
Went with friends was super fun :D

NATTOO!! the brown throwupy looking bunch
NATTO soba :D

I finally ate it!! The smell mixed with the daikon raddish made
me feel ill but i ate it anyway and it was not bad!!
I dont see what the obsession with NATTO is but...its what most Japanese people
really enjoy eatting :)

Recently I went to JUDO club!!
OMG it was so fun but I'm so sore!! haha

I cant stop watching this commecial!!

I got it from my friends facebook X___X I LOVE SMAP!!

So if you have any questions about JAPANESE life please ask!!

Summer is comming

2010-06-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

These past couple of weekends have been great!
Gotta take the ups with the downs and roll with it!
If you stumble, get on that good pace.

The crazy thing about living here is that you constantly forget
that you are so far away from your home and you forget why you even came.
But then something happends to make you remember and you feel great
and adventurous again.

I have soo many pictures too many!!
I'll try to go in order :)

I forgot to upload these last time...

My purple shirt=My friends fashion show and club event :) May 5

Adorable random guys picnicing = Hanami May 15 some random awesome guys who were playing disco in the park :) by us

Below is Hokkaido University Food Festival June 5

Next is photos from this past weekend at YOSAKOI!!! SORAN !!

The beautiful Odori Park in my favorite city Sapporo :)

lunch :D cold soba :)

world cup stopped by the bar to catch the opening :)

yosakoi is a old summer festival were they celebrate the fishermans dance and compete!!
its amazing!!

soo many people!!

Since golden week

2010-05-29T05:04:00.000-07:00

Hmm what have I been up too??

Teaching many private lessons!! Too many!!
So I decided to charge more by the hour to cut down on students and make more EN!!

Work is fun either way wheather its chuo gakko ( junior high) or private lessons!!

My students are crazy!!
They shave their eyebrows and roll thier skirts up high
guys unbutton thier uniforms and roll thier sleeves and are so loud in
class i dont know why but i love them to pieces thier loud and unshyness!!
they are so gangster !!

I've been going to baseball games recently!! :D
Japanese baseball games are the shit!!
Unlike games in Seattle I remember so quiet and boring...
In Japan theres cheering ...like cheering zilla man!!
People go crazy in the crowd, theres thosands of fans screaming out the
same songs and jumping and waving huge flags and drums and horns insane!!
Its a must see Japanese experience!!
(I'm so surprised how loud Japanese people can be when they want. hehe ..)

My third game I've been to :D
First I watched GIANTS VS TIGERS then FIGHTERS VS GIANTS
and now FIGHTERS VS TIGERS haha my 3 favorite teams

i found this omishiroi (intersting)

in Japan you must seperate your trash... even at public events haha

My favorite teams, Osaka Hanshin Tigers

Tokyo Yomiuri Giants

and of coruse NIPPON HAM FIGHTERS

My favorite FIGHTERS player Hichori Morimoto
Killer bod + they play reagge everytime he steps up to bat+ hes soo funny!!!

whats not to love??

Tomorrow

2010-05-09T04:52:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow is my first day back at work!!
New Junior High School!!!
Gambarimasu!!

Update!!!

2010-05-05T07:33:00.000-07:00

I had all April off!
It has been great!
Just finished golden week :D

Quick Update

2010-05-04T20:24:00.000-07:00

Just a sneak peak
I've been so busy running around.
I'll do a big update later today :D

Lets get it poppin

2010-04-15T10:26:00.001-07:00

I have no idea but I like documenting my meals haha.
Heres a sneak peak of what I eat on a daily.
I really enjoy cooking its relaxing, wish I had a boyfriend to cook for X___X shhhh secret ha ha.

Breakfast 4.12

Lunch 4.12 Ramen @ Maryuyama Class <3 I liked the music at this resturant. and the cashier was cute, haha <3

walked around the shrine after, becasue ramen sits heavy in my tummyyy

This is Hokkaido Jingu, the big temple/ shrine of the island.

next dayyy 4.13
i want bigger lashes!! haah im bought to get real japanese and start wearing lashes everyday
XD

bought some things after my lesson OMG TIDE!! OMG HUGE ASS BoX on SALE!!
I love TIDE so much, smells lilke home USA smells like USA!! yeaaaaa------

bought some hello kitty tissue, i know its just something i wipe my ass with and toss
but it'l look cute in my pink restroom haha and hey im living in japan, im obligated to indulge in this shit once in a while haha.

Lunch 4.13 salmon and garlic potatoes, haha yeah im gettin better at cookin

Dinner 4.13 haha scarmbled eggs and veggies and rice

4.15 dinner today at keiten sushi, this is my max the most ive ever at at keiten sushi haha im getting used to my life in japan haha, sometimes i feel really shy thougho which makes it hard for me to have a sense of humor when people are trying to be friendly haha i hope i get used to it sometimes

i went to hot yoga today and hip hop class yesturday
im trying to do more exciting cardio
but i want more excitement in my life ahhhhh

i wanna get my hair done soon and go shopping XD

Nan demo naiiii desu ( no problem, its nothing)

2010-04-11T07:14:00.000-07:00

Sooo I have not updated in a couple days sorry!!

I love this quote by Albert Einstin.
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities..."
Saw it at an awesome esspresso bar where the cashier whispered to his friend
that I have a nice smile haha. Its cool because people dont think you understand
Japanese so they talk about you all out in the open, its not always so nice though
oh well.

my friend's dog :D

saw this in donki hote (famous discount shop) while buying lashes with my friend

went bowling with some friends after donki trip

famous sapporo clock tower i passed while on the way to the movies today

I saw SHUTTER ISLAND!! good movie! Leonardo is a great actor! Its all in his eyes man.

made me think i like when movies make me think and i forget im watching a movie
well done i say and im hard to please!!
also experienced another time where some folks were talking about me all out in the
open cuz they didnt think id understand in the theather bathroom..haha intersting

things have been good cant complian!!
loving sapporoooo so much <3

shoe sales

2010-04-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

i love zara
its the only place around here that sales shoes my size
they are cute and classy too
perfect for the me i wanna beee

i also finally brought the perfume ive been wanting since like.. the 6th grade

and some tights that are hopefully the same color as my skin <3<3

yeah..now today will be intersting.
i have a lesson tonight and i wanna take hip hop dance before that
relaxing day think i'll take a little nooner nap before i get started :D

tummy ache

2010-04-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

today was one of those days
kinda boring just paid bills
and ate ramen and taught a private lesson :)

i feel better once im out of the house i should always try to be out by noon :)

whoa whoa whoa

2010-04-04T07:15:00.000-07:00

whoaaa

sooo im hyperrrr
had a good weekend
my party partner came down this weekend :D
we went to 2 clubs last night =D

there was a pole dancer exhibition at the first club
they sure love pole dancers here, its not even like..too sexy
people just think of it as a performance ahh japan thinking

we also ate some awesome nikuman on the way
i was a bit peckish and that hit the spot

ahhh i love japan :) :)

i wanna take the pole dancing class though :D

todays weather was beautiful!

i met up with eric, my party partner after grocery shopping

i saw this on the walk to the mall

we ate lunch at keiten sushi
my favorite chef was there again
he looks just like ichiro so i told his co worker
and his co worker called him over and told him
haha his smile is just like ichiroos soo cuuute haha
on the way out i looked over at him and we made eyecontact
i was so happy i cheesed a big grin and waved and said bye bye ichirooo
and he made a bat swinging motion and said bai baiii haha
sooo cute

im trying decided if i wanna buy a bike or some sexy shoes...hmmm
haha

shiskabobs

2010-04-02T06:21:00.000-07:00

had a dream i woke up and my sink was filled with huge shrimps
LIVE CRAWLING shirmps it was very scarey!!
i screamed like mad ran around my appartment and then
started killing them with my broom..
when i looked c loser to see if they were a dead little purple
parasites was crawling around my sink...

scarey right??

anyway

i took hot yoga today!
it was awesome and sweaty!!
i signed up to take 4 classes for 7800 yen :D

yes i wanna get into shape!!
i felt so fat in that room full of tiny japanese women!
i want to be slender like them!! its going to be hard...
also i forgot to bring a towel to shower after
so i was walking around butt naked and some women were staring
haha!!

my 2 favorite things right now
ringokun & my old fav book

Nine Nine Nine

2010-04-01T09:36:00.001-07:00

So April Fools day hardy har harrrrr~
Missed my last train home so I walked in painful heels
Ohh well good exercise about an hour walk and lots of thinking time :)

Either way, today was very fun!
I gave my usual lesson at 1pm
then I metup with a co worker randomly
we walked about 1o blocks to the art musem that was closed
split a taxi to the station grabbed some pastries talked
and walked around then i went to the archade to kill about
2 hours where i played street figher 5 !!
i was so worried someone would come challenge me and someone did!!
hahaha!! it was awesome!
i lost on the final round round 5 but it was a run for his money!!
i freaking won something from a ufo catcher!! it was my first time trying
one!! YATTA!! only 400YEN thats about 4$

here is my little guy i won!! now i have something to sleep with :D
my homie nai said i had to name him so i named him ringo kun haha

heres a chin chan poster i caught on my way out the theater

and heres what i ate at the theater haha

i dont usually eat so much junk food these days
but some times i get cravings haha!! its bad cuz i wanna get healthy...X___X
NINE was a great film!! check it out if you have time!!!
Us girls should be strong and stop getting our hearts broken by playboys!!
but anyway yeah today was very plesent!! :D

ringo chan disukiiii

fyi

2010-03-31T09:34:00.000-07:00

i dont need to use the heater in my room anymore hurray!!!!

cheaper bills :D my room is 22C which is about 70F hurrah

HAIR!

2010-03-31T08:24:00.000-07:00

i got my extentions taken out today
one of the workers was kinda rude to me because
i told him i didnt wanna get a shampoo
they kept asking me to get a goddamn shampoo so finally
on the like 10th time i said yes XD FREAKEN EY!!

normal hair!!

boring ????

i had a busy day
so im kind a tierd
but im on the phone with sallie mae mae
these guys are loan sharks man!!!

ramen

2010-03-30T07:04:00.000-07:00

today i ate miso ramen for dinner
made by a very cute cheif
i was stared at by some cute gyaru by the door
but all was well :) the shop was decorated by buisness cards of hosts and hostesses

here is my miso ramen
miso ramen is love <3

this is what sapporo looks like at the end of march <3

heres some pictures from last week
yup i gets bizz zey!!

here is my favorite breakfast
grilled veggies egg and rice :) i like the egg when its not cooked long mmm
i tried to switch to what i ate in america oatmeal+sugar+milk+honey but
it dosnt give me as much energy and the sugar makes me feel weird

here is some jingis kan i ate with a friend last week

its hokkaido meal of lamb bbq

here is a statue i saw at my enkai
enkai is a japanese staff party that is mandatory haha
good times :)

Ambi Bambi Japanbi!!

2010-03-29T23:35:00.001-07:00

Hello,

My nickname is Bambi!

I live in Japan! I am an ALT :D

I want to have a blog that people can enjoy reading!

I will write about my adventures in Japan, and Assistant Language Teacher life!

Please enjoy and let me know what you want to hear about!

Peace!!