I got prize!

WOW! I got prize

Not really expensive one, but I usually don't get any prizes because I'm not a lucky girl ( my honey is such a lucky boy, though)

So, what I got is......Starbucks Card!

Actually, I exchanged my points for this Starbucks Card, which I got by using my credit card. This card is supposed to have only 800 yen, but 1 lucky person out of every 20 can get 2000 yen on the card.

I am the one!

As some know, I'm a Starbucks lover! This is really great prize for me.

This prize could be a trigger to make me a lucky girl

Do not say this to your employer

I worked at a seminar site from last night. There were 2 other seminars taken place at the same place. My senior worker is in charge of it. I am in charge of another seminar, which started today. So I went there to set up a room for the seminar last night.

When I was there, people who are in charge at the seminar site came over (we call them "a director"). We organize things for seminars but we usually dont go to seminar sites. Instead, we hire directors and they are in charge to supervise everything is well-organized and OK there. Sometimes, we go there to supervise directors.

There were 2 directors working, 1 director for each seminar. I have known both of them since May.

The first sentence that came out of a female director surprised me very much. She said, " Hi, long time no see! Oh, you have gained weight, havent you?"

HELLO???!!

Even though I'm younger than her by about 10 years, I'm her employer. Even though I have been very friendly to her, our relationship is still based on business.

I didnt get mad nor angry, just surprised. Being friendly is so nice, but not too friendly, you know.

My senior worker is very nice and friendly to me. So am I to her, but I know where the line that I shouldnt step over is. I still keep a very good space between me and her.

If you are so sure that you and your employer, or you and your boss have great friendship, then it might be OK to step over the line, but go ahead with carefulness. You might upset your employer without noticing.

Result of the interview in LA

I emailed my agency to get a result of the interview with a personnel of a hotel in LA.

My agent said she(the personnel) really likes me and she wanna hire me for any positions in that hotel, but GM said he wants to hire someone who can work for long-term as a catering assistant. But the position I want is a catering assistant. If they hire me as an intern, I can get J-1 visa which is good for me to work in the States for only 18 months, so he is kind of skeptical that I'm going to work for that hotel after intern or not if they hire me as a catering assistant. But she still recommends GM hiring me.

I told my agent that I'm willing to work for long-term after intern period, or if they wanna hire me as a full-time worker from the begining, that's more like it.

If GM still says no, I'm not going to stick to this hotel. Other positions are not related to my current carrer, so there's no point to get other position in this hotel.

I'm now waiting for an answer from my agent.

Moving

I woke up at noon today and it was pouring outside. I didnt have any intentions to go out, so it was fine by me but I worried about those who lived in northern part of Japan, where has been covered by very heavy snow. This rain causes avalanches.

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I'm now getting ready to move out of my apartment in Tokyo. My father brought some boxes to my apartment on Friday, but I was so busy at work, so I got off work at 8.

My father now lives in Chiba by himself and comes back home in Kanagawa on weekends. He said he would bring some boxes for me before going back home. I made him wait for so long. I really wanted to chat with him over dinner, but it was too late to have dinner together. He actually had eaten before I got home. I'm so sorry, Daddy. m(-_-)m コノトオリ

Then, I sent email to Akabou to get an estimation of carrying my stuff from Tokyo to Kanagawa.

When I moved from Kanagawa to Tokyo 2 years ago, I used Akabou.

But the estimation disappointed me. Even though my stuff is not much more than 2 years ago, it costs me more. I called Akabou branch I used 2 years ago directly and asked him he can work for me at about the same price as before. He said OK!! （V＾－°）イエイ！

Next, I called a shop which buys and sells used furniture. I wanted them to come to my apartment and get an estimation about how much they would pay for my furniture. I wanted them to come this weekend or next weekend, but they said it is better to get an estimation at the day as close to my moving day as possible because the price depends on the market and it is changable.

I dont need an accurate estimation. I just wanted to know they would take my stuff and pay me, or I have to pay them for my stuff. If my stuff is not re-usable and still I want them to take it, I have to pay for it. So I just wanted to know my stuff is re-usable or not. I told them they wouldnt need to come this time.

It will be busy at work, so I really need to begin packing. Ah.... it is really tiresome....＼（－"－）／

My skin condition

I realized my skin is really smooth now. ヾ（＞▽＜）ゞ

I think black vinegar is good for skin because it contains a lot of Vitamin C. The cause might be different though. I started applying Skin Refinisher "Idealist" by ESTEE LAUDER for my face at the same time when I started taking black vinegar, so I dont know which one is actually working. I got Idealist as a sample, so it is empty now. I will find out soon which works better for my skin.

I havent talked to my BF for 3 days now. （；´д｀ ）When I called him the day before yesterday, he was in Dallas. I instantly knew he was tired when he answered the phone(´ヘ｀;). I said I would let him go if he wanna go to bed then. He said he wanna go to bed and he would call me next day.

Next day, he didnt call me at my lunch time, so I called him. I asked him he could talk to me now, and he said he couldnt because he was driving.

Then I was desperate to talk to him today to get energized, but I couldnt call him because I went for lunch with my bosses. I just really wanna hear his voice. Talking to him makes me smile and happy.

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Today, a girl who works part-time in the office asked me I got engaged. She has been working in the office since Oct. and she is at the same age as me, so we kinda get along with each other. She said she noticed my ring. I said yes and told her about my honey a bit. I like when people give me their "Conglaturations!!" to us. ＼（ｏ⌒∇⌒ｏ）／

I think we are a very very happy and lucky couple. No one makes objections to our engagement. My family likes my BF so much and his family likes me very much, too. We know we will be up for a lot of difficulties in rest of our life, especially when one of us has to live abroad.

But we also know we have plenty of support from our families and friends.

I would like to thank all of those who care about us. ♪ヽ(^-^ )

Diet

As you see, I'm on diet now.

I usually dont gain weight during a trip in the States, but this time, I did.... This icecream caused it.

Anyway, gaining weight is such a critical thing for my life because I have a bad back . It affects my back directly, so I seriously need to lose weight now. But a weird thing is I dont feel it. Usually I feel it when I put clothes on, but this time, I feel totally fine. Hummmmm.... I dont know why.

BUT my scale keeps telling me I GAINED WEIGHT （TωT）ブヒー So it doesnt matter how I feel.

What I do to lose weight is taking little of black vinegar made from rice everyday. This idea is from ARUARU Dai-jiten.

You need to find out to which diet you have the rightness among Soymilk Diet, Agar Diet, and Black Vinegar Diet. Mine is vinegar one, so I started it. It hasnt seemed to be working yet, but it has been only 3 days since I started it, so wait and see.

I'll let you know if it really works.

Horoscope of 2006

I feel sore from Ultimate yesterday. Not really bad, but still it hurts...

I, again, didnt go out today. I was planning to go shopping but this cold weather always defeats me....and my motivation faltered....

So I made really fancy breakfast again, stir-fried cabbage and bacon with cheese wrapped in a crepe and apple with yoghurt. Then I did laundry. After that, I kept watching TV.

When I was watching TV, one program featured Horoscope of 2006. Mine is Pisces.

It said Pisces has really good connections with foreign countries. It is good time to go abroad to change your life better.

WOW! That is what I want to hear!

I usually dont believe this kind of fortunetelling things, but when it says something good, I believe it!

2006 must be my lucky year! イエイ～♪ （★＾▽＾）V

Perfect day for Ultimate

It was a perfect day for Ultimate, not freezing cold, rather warm and no wind(≧∇≦)

This is my first winter since I joined this Ultimate team. People told me that usually very few people showed up in winter, but this year is different. Today, probably about 20 people showed up, so we could have really good 7-on-7 games.

5 people including me went for dinner at Chinese restaurant after the games. I put my ring on when I went to a bathroom to wash my hands, but didnt say anything about my engagement because I thought it's not a big deal for them. Then J1 noticed my ring, so I made a very small announcement and said, " yeah, I'm engaged now. "

It was really surprising how they reacted to it. They were like, " Are you really?! WOW! Congratulations! Why didnt you make a big announcement at the field to let us all know about that?"

Well, as I said, I thought they were not interested in it.

But now I kind of understand why they are little bit interested in it. A lot of guys in the team have Japanese girlfriends and they will have to leave Japan someday and start long distance relationship. Also some Japanese girls in the team have foreign boyfriends who will also have to leave Japan someday. So they are curious how my BF and I keep our relationship so well and finally got engaged.

I cant tell them how, though. Each case is different, none is the same as ours, you know.

I wanna take my BF to the field and want him to see what Ultimate is(he doesnt know) if he really comes to Japan!

A Beautiful Sunday

It is really nice weather recently except it's really cold.....

I'm going to the field today for Ultimate. I need some excercise to get rid of some extra stuff on my belly, which I gained during this holidays..... （；´д｀ ）

Oh, by the way, my BF said he might be coming to Japan at the end of Feb. But a problem is, I will move out of my apartment and move back to my hometown at the begining of Feb., which means I will live with my family, so he has to come to my hometown. It takes about an hour and half to get to Tokyo. Also my house is a typical Japanese small house, so there's kinda no privacy at all. Ouch....（Ｔ△Ｔ）

When my BF stayed over at my home for 2 nights, my mom said we cant sleep in a same room. She knows we sleep together at his house in the States, but she said I should draw a line between American lifestyle and Japanese lifestyle. Actually before I visited him in the States first time, his mom said I can sleep in a guest room, but he said " well, she is going to stay in my room." His mom was surprised by his announcement a bit, but accepted it.

Please dont misunderstand. My mom is such an open-minded person. I mean VERY open-minded. But she is concerned about my dad, I think. He is very open-minded as well, but you know, I'm his daughter. He loves me in a Father-Loves-His-Daughter way, you know. My BF is more like Japanese. When I complained that we cant sleep together, he said it is understandable and we shouldnt if my mom says not.

So, my mom and my BF will spend most of their time together, like a homestay ( I have to go to work during his visit, of course...) My BF likes my mom very much for some reason and is very looking forward to it. My mom is OK with it. She likes him, too.

Ah, I cant wait!!

Very lazy Saturday

I woke up 11:30 this morning.....I felt my Sat. was already wasted half day.

I think my hormone balance is little bit strange these days because I'm on my period. Not only that, I put it off by taking some pills during my trip, so it might cause this strangeness, too. I mean I'm so sleepy after 22:00 recently. Usually my period doesnt affect me like this, but this time I'm very very sleepy at night.

After I woke up, I made very holidayesque breakfast with toast, potato salad, apple with yoghurt and coffee. I usually have just cereal on weekdays, so this is very fancy breakfast for me. Then I thought about going out, but I just didnt. I surfed on the internet for a while, then watched TV which I found very very very boring..... Around 4, I called my BF and he said he was out for a ride. He was parked to talk to me but I said he can call me when he gets home. He called back in 15 min. and said he was still out but parked at a parking lot somewhere and waiting for his friend coming to see him.

I was thinking to write what I did after I talked to him, but it is not something special nor interesting.... I stop right here. I just dont feel like it...... What is wrong with me?! Oh, God...