Sorry - have been off the grid for a while Just saw your comment. I think you've probably sorted out your dilemma. It was a futon, bought from an IKEA-like store for about $70. It came with a pillow too. I don;t remember the name of the company or anything though, sorry! x
I really enjoyed your Oz post. I miss my time there. My blog is looking for travel photos. If you have the time, email us some at dirtyhippiesblog@gmail.com or check us out at dirty-hippies.blogspot.com
Continued fun on your travels,
Eric
Gosh 'Bangsar' is actually the name of a place in KL (north of KL city.) Midvalley Megamall is quite small actually, but they've extended it and it's not that small any more. If you really want big you should go to The Curve. Thousands of stores there.
Marvellous Malaysia hi nikki,
i know i'm a bit late, but just came across this post. i live in malaysia and am really glad you had a fab time here. so many more places to check out here. maybe when u come by next. pls do mail me if u do. would be glad to show u guys around. btw - i also have a home in sydney, so i'm there pretty much too.
Errm... I don't think so...
We've been lazing around in Phuket but it's getting to me.
I feel like i've seen all i can of this area and at the same time, I don't want to go to any trouble, thus defeating the purpose of having a holiday.
Any ideas for local(ish) things to do...day trips etc?
I'm torn between wanting to see things around here, and not wanting to be a package tourist! ^_^
You're right - whatever decision you make you'll have regrets. You just have to learn to live with them I guess.
I don't know what it would of been like if I had lived in Japan alone, sans boyfriend/husband...would I have been able to stay ten years or just one or two?
So glad you got to experience a love hotel chica! That's another thing you can cross off your 'to do' list...but not sure if you can really...seeing that you didn't end up 'doing it' in the hotel v(^v^)v
Nooo... I was partying with randoms a whole 1 km away from the glico man thankyou very much. ^_^
I did have a short conversation with another random under the lights of the glico man though....how did you guess?
I've got a Hokke in my freezer that I bought from the Japanese fish monger here in Perth- I'm saving it for a special occasion. Don't you just love the taste?
k
Better late than never, and maybe you may like to remember the good bits of that day again.
Happy (belated) birthday wishes from the UK.
Does this mean I get the first UK flag on your blog map?
Will drop by again or will see you on the Pratchett USB.
I know! When i played it back I was like "who is that?!"...... but i left it because it's the message that's important and not how wierd i look with the top of my head missing, or that i have a spot on my head or that i sound like a south african/american woman speaking for the hearing impaired... I was tempted to do a reshoot with a really 'truye-bluye ozzie accent yu noye? That wood'v bin bonzer ay!'
Hehehehehe...I can hear that all the exposure to 'American' accents has worn off on you chica! Lol...You've also got that speaking really slowly and clearly thing happening...but I've been there so I won't take the piss out of you too much.
xx
I mean...quite frankly...thinking back to Sharon-uber-bitch...curriculum council...thank god you were there to entertain me! Quite frankly, she sucked *insert annoying manical laughter*
xx
Had to add... What was that phrase she always used K?
"quite frankly...""quite frankly"..."curriculum council"..."quite frankly"
Honestly they were like bingo FREE spaces...
You know... There could be money in this. Run a little workshop with ideas on how to keep yourself entertained while someone is droning on, in English or not.
I like that the Japanese openly show how they're feeling in that way, sleeping or looking disaffected and bored....it's a more honest approach than trying NOT to look how EVERYBODY in the room knows you feel...
Japanese language torture You really are getting the Japan experience, and still, be thankful - you're not getting the worst of it.
A week or so after I arrived in my region in Japan, all the local ALTs went to a welcoming event at a local school. It really was fascinating, and the amazingly modern sounding (almost techno) music the little koto club played for us was just amazing. Anyway, all was going well until the final part of the day - a speech by someone significant.
It turned out he was a Belgian educator who'd been in Japan for 30 years or so. He spoke perfect Japanese, obviously, as well as perfect English. He was to give the speech to a room of newly arrived ALTs, none of whom spoke Japanese. The other participants were Japanese teachers of English. ie. the common language of the room was... frickin' English.
Needless to say, Belgian twat went on for 2 hours in Japanese. Us poor bloody foreigners were still naive enough to hold on to our own customs, such as thinking it rude to not look like we were paying attention. So all of us are stifling yawns, struggling to sit up straight, trying not to let the tears in our eyes show - while the Japanese teachers, to a man, are sitting with arms folded, head back, eyes closed, mouth open and at least 3 of them were gently snoring.
They did this to us JETs in that area 3 more times in the time I was there. Every time, the speaker spoke beautiful English - but the speech was given in Japanese. By the last time I'd had enough. Even though I could speak Japanese by that time, I did as the Japanese teachers and went to sleep on the desk. An annoying Yank girl poked me painfully in the ribs suddenly at one point and hissed, "He's asking you a question". I drearily stood up and said, "Je suis desole que j'ecoutais pas, mais vous voyez, comme tous les etrangers ici, je parle pas bien japonais et ca m'agace que la langue commune ici et l'anglais mais on a du subir deux heures de japonais". The speaker looked confused and said to me, in English, "I'm sorry I don't understand what you just said". My reply was, "Well now you know how half of room which are foreigners has felt for the last 2 hours".
I'm surprised the teacher from my school accompanying me didn't commit suicide out of shame on the spot. But I think my point was valid.
I'll Be tryin' JSB ! hey nickie. had to comment on this blog. this is quite interesting. i had to attend a lesson observation also, but as the meeting was in japanese, i couldn't understand why they needed me there. but hey, i wish i'd known about JSB b4, as i sure would have made use of it !! kawaii :D
I'm a gypsy at heart, but haven't had the opportunity to follow the wind until now.
I come from a diverse background:
My mum is Brazilian,
My dad is English,
My brother was born in Iran,
and I was born in Kenya.
We lived in Canada for a while before moving to Australia and now i've made the big move out to Japan - solo. I travelled a lot with them when I was younger, but this is my first solo overseas adventure.
This is something I always wanted to do, and now that I am actually doing it, I can hardly believe it.
I teach English as a second langua... full info
teecha_nikky
Literary Gypsy
Sorry - have been off the grid for a while
Just saw your comment. I think you've probably sorted out your dilemma. It was a futon, bought from an IKEA-like store for about $70. It came with a pillow too. I don;t remember the name of the company or anything though, sorry! x