Works, Study and Fun

This week was extremely busy week to me. Been working for five days and got home at midnights but I don't want to complain about it, infact I was happy and content about it. Yesterday at the ramen ya san, I had one glass broken accidentally. I already thought it could mean something bad going to happen and I was right. I dropped the rado oil. It took time to clean the oil ( that's every one of us afraid of, dropping the rado oil, but Henry told me that every of us dropped the oil at least two times) I guessed that I paid too much attention to keep it saved, and became clumsy. Hah !

School has been cool, and recently I have more interests in studying. I guess that when I just have less time to study, I become more diligent. Hah! It should be something good..^.^

On Friday's night, I had another dinner appointment with Kaoru and Hideki. Nice dinner and nice talks and they asked me to go to Karaoke, but I refused that since I don't really like going to karaoke (perhaps singing in the bathroom is more fun than that..haha ). Kaoru's stomach is getting bigger and bigger, and according to the doctor, she is going to give birth on 11th of June. They're going to name the baby Rika Aoyama and asked my opinion on that which made me really honored.

So today, I went to Kobe with Satoko. First, we had a japanese food for lunch and then went to Nunobiki garden, taking the ropeway (cable car) It has excellent views and I really like those lavenders. So beautiful !
We also visited the Ijinkan, where you can see the old houses of foreigners, but it's not too interesting.

There's something interesting about the Denmark's cafe shop we had this afternoon. It has one big Buddha's statue inside the cafe shop and actually the name of cafe shop is Kannonya which means Kannon sama, the Guangyin Buddha. I felt like it doesn't match to each other. Anyway, the cheese cake we had is very very delicious !! The best one I had ever have. Well, I actually don't like cheese cake that much ( in fact, I don't eat cheese ), but the cake was really something different.

The Golden week is coming next week, but I will be working both on 4th and 5th for the whole days. Actually, I am happy I get extra hours for this holiday since I really need money at this moment.

Just working less than one week, I have decided to quit my work in Indian restaurant. They took back their words. In the very beginning, I already told them I can't work on Thursday and Saturday because I have to work at Ramen restaurant on that two days. But on thursday's afternoon, they called me and asked me to work, I refused it and explained that I have another work. So they asked me to come on friday and sunday. Then, on friday I went there but they said they didn't ask me to come on friday, and told me that on Sunday I don't have a work. I was really upset. They've gone too far. I am not going to let them press on me.

Meanwhile, working in ramen restaurant is still exciting because I have a nice partner. It's really tiring working on saturday because I work 12 hours straight. But good thing is I still enjoy working there.

New works and I will survive

Long time no see! I was busy ( and will be busier ) with my arubaito but they're interesting to me. Working that ramen restaurant is fun, but some of the customers came there after drinking at somewhere else and sometimes they liked to talk. One time, there is one Japanese who worked in Indonesia 25 years ago in Kalimantan island and when he discovered that I came from Indonesia, he tried to speak Indonesian with me and had a chat.
My co-workers are Chinese, so I feel more comfortable because of no languages barrier.

There is another new work which I will start from today but yesterday, I did 8 hours of training at that Indian restaurant. It's a big restaurant and my works include being a waitress, and washing. Yesterday was crazy, it was so busy and didn't stop until 22pm. The chefs are Indians and there is another Japanese woman whom I work together with.
One thing I like about this is I got this job on my own. I mean, I tried to prove to myself that I could get a job without anyone's connection. It's kinda stuborness, but I am happy I finally got one.

I think I started to understand a human life. I had never have to work so hard or getting survive was never crossed in my mind before. Perhaps I was living comfortably before, i was spoiled. I am experiencing something completely new, something hard but I will prove that I am a survivor. Hah!

Kyoto again and Another Single Life

It's another trip to Kyoto again on Saturday with Sakoto. My third time already but it always gives me something great feeling about Kyoto. This time, we visited other places including to Golden Pavilion which I always wanted to go there.

We departed from 11am, taking the express train to Kawaramachi station. Then, had Japanese-style lunch at Takashimaya, continued with taking 20 minutes bus to Golden Pavilion. It's really beautiful and the top two parts of that pavilion were made from gold. Surrounded by water and natural plants, including sakura, makes this pavilion so terrific.
Later, we went to Hirajinjya and Temanggu (Japanese temples) and the last one was Nijijyo. Actually, Nijijyo was famous for its various kinds of sakura but we were too late because almost all of the sakura had gone. At least I was able to see one kind of sakura which I have never seen both in Tokyo or Osaka before. We did lots of walking ( does 4 hours sound alot?) and I was deadly tired back at home. Hah!

I have started to live alone since this weekend. Still, not something that I am used to, so most of the time I tried to get out from home and coming late in the evening, and then ate dinner and watched television. It's a single life. I guess that when you're all by yourself, you miss your family and friends most. Last night, I wish I could be in Jakarta, really. It's not that I don't have friends ( I still make regular contacts with Ken, Sakoto, Hideki and Kaorun) and don't want to go out and make more friends, but I guess those times have gone, I would do so when i was younger. This probably makes me sound so old, huh? At least, now I am starting to make plans for future.

So far so good. The first two days of working were enjoyable to me. Perhaps I am just too happy that I can keep surviving here because I got this job. And Ken has been such a supportive person that he insisted to take a picture of wearing that ramen uniform. But I don't want any of my friends going to see me when I am still doing a training. Hah!

There are only three kinds of ramen but then each of them has another variation. I am used to it now since I made all the ramen today, my tencho and another person just watched me doing it, good thing I didn't make any mistake. Hehe.

Don't know what else to post.

I had another hanami time with Kaorun and Hideki san. We went to Banpakku park and had bento there, while watching the sakura. But speaking frankly, I have seen lots of sakura in Tokyo and Osaka already, so I wasn't so interested in this hanami thing anymore. Good thing was I enjoyed talking with this couple, and good chance for me to practice Japanese.

Meanwhile, Ken still lives with me. I think we both miss Henry much and it's very unusual for both of us living in our own home. Anyway, I don't feel lonely and I have him to talk to every night since he's got work during the day time.

Been thinking about my plans for future lately. I am going to stop traveling until next year. I hope I can save some money from my baito here and then when I return to Jakarta, I will have enough money to go to Singapore for a job. I am really thinking about this and I guess for the first time in my life, I start to think serious about what to do in my life.