Done…
- Moving is DONE! We moved to Chiba yesterday…packing and cleaning are done for now! My muscles ache from moving boxes and trying to fit everything that couldn`t go in the moving van into Shumpei`s grandmothers tiny little car. Last night I fell asleep before 8:30 and did not use the internet all day….I have made up for that today of course
- Am going out soon to meet Shumpei and his work friend and his girlfriend for dinner. Jyumpei, his workfriend and I do not always see eye to eye. He makes fun of Shumpei and I don`t like it even though he says it is all fun and games. He does not do this while his girlfriend is around (I like his girlfriend) so tonight we should not have any problems (They are the same age so this isn`t a sempai/kohai thing….which means senior/junior… but more the fact that Jyumpei thinks he is better than Shumpei….He often asks me why I am with Shumpei and I always tell him it is because he is 100 times nicer than him)
- The reason I am leaving the house at 4pm (for dinner!) is because Shumpei`s family dog doesn`t like me. In general it doesn`t like people other than Shumpei`s parents and it barks at me if I go downstairs. Shumpei`s mum will go to work just after 4pm (for a couple hours a day she works at a hoikuen, kind of like a daycare centre) and I would need to leave before she comes back so I will leave with her otherwise the dog would go pyscho and not let me out of the house…..I had the same problem when I lived here a couple of years ago!!! So I will go to a coffee shop and drink tea (Because the coffee and alcohol ban started early….from Saturday) or juice and read my book or write in my dairy (Possibly about the psycho dog!)
- I am off to Kobe on Friday, not long now!
- It is just over two weeks until I leave for Australia….the fact that I am leaving Japan again has not yet hit me. I am sure it will once I am back in Australia (and without shun for 2 months)….I usually get pretty bad reverse culture shock!
- Thank you to everyone who commented on the last post….I replied to you all in the comments just before but I wanted to say thank you here! I really appreciate all of your encouragement, advice and everything!
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Yay for finishing packing! I usually get reverse culture shock too, I think it’s because I’m going back home to my family but no one understands what I’ve been doing, seen or accomplished over the last few months and it can be really frustrating.
I’m totally up for hooping even though I’m crap at it - I was thinking New Farm Park would be a good place to go!
You must be getting excited! Only 2 weeks to go!!!
I get reverse culture shock as well - everyone’s accents sound so broad and it takes a while to adjust to “normal” life. Plus I have to get used to driving on the other side of the road again. It’s hard not to compare the two places, but that gets boring for other people I think!
Moving in Japan is one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had. I’m glad to hear you survived.
Can’t wait to see you in 3 days!!!!!!!!
Glad you survived the move… not looking forward to mine and its over a year away!
I’ll look forward to hearing about how your reverse culture shock goes since we’re hoping to move to Canada in the next couple of years and I’m already worrying about that! You’ll be able to give me advice (they say there is life after Japan, but even though I only planned to stay a year, I never ended up leaving to find out if this quote is true or not
I missed your last post, but just wanted to say I gained ten kilos in the past two years (before getting pregnant) that just sort of surprisingly (and unhappily) stayed. I hope I’m like one of your commenters who said they lost weight through breastfeeding after pregnancy! My husband lovingly says “muchi muchi” when holding me and my extra pounds. Oh well! There is a saying in Japan “shiawase buttori” or “happy fat”. (For the longest time I thought they were saying “shiawase butta” or “happy pig” which I though was kind of cute and funny.) So I’m sure the kilos gained are just a sign of your happiness living here with your love
Yay, congrats on surviving the move! I hate moving, ha ha ha! Always so much to pack, unpack, clean (from the old place) etc, etc.
Enjoy your time with Sarah in a few days, oh you guys are gonna have so much fun! : ) Happy Golden Week! : )