- After reading Gala`s site yesterday and seeing that she had made a list of resolutions for her week I thought it would be a good idea for me to start doing the same, especially with only another 2 1/2 to 3 months left in Tokyo…My resolutions for this week are. Study for a minimum of ten hours, no eating after 9:30pm, Go for 2 big walks for exercise, Take more photos outside, Make a walking play list on my ipod , Start working on at least one more thing from my life list, Blog at least three times this week (This is my 2nd post already), Do two loads of washing before Friday, No coffee after 8pm and eat at least two pieces of fresh fruit each day (including weekends!). So I started yesterday and so far so good….Haven`t decided what I will work on from my life list though yet…any suggestions?
- My friend Jen from Somewhere, Something (formally Delightful Jen) has started her own business…It launched today! If you like buttons or things made from vintage fabric then go check out her store maxifunbutton now!
- I joined another book challenge, although this one is pretty simple in its rules….Read 100 books in the year. I can do that… Especially if I count some of the special kids books I read at work (I read about 20 kids books a week to the kids for story times plus when they ask me to read to them during free-time, not to mention the books I read with my private students so I might start recording some of those special ones I read with them, my favourites at least that I will one day want to read with my kids)….I keep a list of books I read in my journal already (Although I should one day add it to my blog) and am up to about 25 for the year so far I think!!
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- Yes you heard me right in the first point. Study…Am on a bit of a Japanese study kick at the moment…I want to do 1kyuu at the end of this year or the following year and kanji and reading are my biggest problem areas and it will take me at least six months to learn all the kanji I need! Probably longer! I am usually pretty good at studying when I am on a bit of a study kick…mind you I didn`t do any yesterday!!!
- It was my birthday yesterday, a post will follow about the adventures! Maybe in G is for…
- Where do you start when planning a wedding? How long does it take? I should get started on that!
- Last week I left my pencil case at a post office and an elderly lady ran after me yelling `moshi moshi, moshi moshi` and the reason I didn`t turn around straight away is because I thought she was on the phone…It has been on my mind since. I want to know if she yelled moshi moshi because I was foreign or if she was just a strange lady who would of yelled moshi moshi at anyone!
- I am already filling in dates with stuff to do, and people to catch up with before I leave…It will be sad to leave Japan again, but exciting all the same. I will miss my friends here though, so much…..There is always something exciting happening! And they are such great people to be around..
- Could of sworn I had more to blab on about, but I guess my giant sneezing fit 10 minutes ago knocked the thoughts right out of my head! Have a good week everyone!
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
Hey Lulu,
Are you guys planning on getting married in Japan or Australia?? If it’s Australia, I would be starting planning at least 1 year in advance – especially for Brisbane. I started about 1 year before our wedding date, but already alot of the reception places etc were already booked!!
Our plans are nearly all done… it’s kinda sad!! It was so fun and exciting when we first started, everything was new for us. But now, we only have to do the little things, and find somewhere to take the professional photos – that is turning out to be a real pain in the bum!
Aw, thanks for the plug, my Dear
I would start planning a wedding now, it’s never really too early and it can’t hurt to get it organised sooner than later?
The weekly resolutions sound like a pretty good idea, I could be helped by doing that myself I think…
From what I’ve seen with my friends, planning a wedding can be a real nightmare!! I guess the rule of thumb is to have as much time as possible up your sleeve so you can enjoy it…
How are you sorting out the whole friends and family thing? Some of my boyfriend’s family won’t fly or are too old to fly, and I can hardly ask all my friends to fly to the UK… so if/when we get married I imagine we’ll have to have two weddings!
Hey Lulu! I will post on your blog rather than your Facebook for once!
How exciting about the wedding!!! Are you officially engaged or just ‘engaged to be engaged’ – so the cliche goes! Will you get married in Aus? Any certain ideas yet?? Can you believe it? I’ve know you since we were 4 and to think one of us will be a bride soon!!!! Will you wear white?
That is so exciting about coming back to Aus – and a big step! I think we will come back in Dec for 2 weeks or so for Christmas and then back permanently in 2009, though it really is up in the air still!
I like your week resolutions – not so overwhelming as New Year’s resolutions but still is good goal setting behaviour! I think I will do a post with some on my neglected blog tonight! The Netherlands was awesome but very exhausting!
Tom says hello and please send on my hellos to Shumpei!!
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