the above 2 were taken while visiting the balcony floor of a skyscraper in … 三軒茶屋?

sorry i forgot the name.

it was the same place where is the Skycarrot is.

i NEVER get tired of taking picture of this dish.

it is the めぐろ in すきや, but my goodness, never know real fish can taste so delicious! the rice is a bit too fulfilling but it comes with it so no other way.

price is great too, and it comes in FAST.

i LOVE beef, but i also like chicken.

every night i arrive the home station, if it is early enough, before 11pm, and supermarket not yet closed  (yes, everyday i do not get to go home till super late … ><, food store already closed ほど！）i could not help myself from going in because they always have nice sales, before other ppl/competitors snap them from me.

look at the price, 普段 sooooooo expensive no way i will buy! not a good price, but after 50% off, even not as fresh as during the day time, i get to try the taste, there goes my dinner!

i always planned to eat just half, but of course, it never happens.

japan chicken so soft and taste great, not like the US one, shoot!

i think until now, i never see the supermarket sells cooked chicken breast, which can scare ppl enough not to eat chicken again.

just a couple months ago, suddenly 1 day i got fever, i slept all day, the next day i tried to go to work, but … i could not make it. i fell down in the train cause it was SO nauseous and i was too weak, there is a very very sweet lady, while i was on the train’s floor feeling like dying, she kneeled down next to me and pad my back, and strangely it DID help make me feel better! such comfort …

then i was “taken” / “transported” by some very nice young man and took me in to the “resting room” inside the station in 溝の口。i insisted, while i was being transporting, that i want to go back to あざみ野、but he said i looked very sick so i better rest.

and the photo above is the resting room inside the 駅。the service is wonderful, very great, the young man was super super kind and gentle. i could not believe there are such nice people working there …

in japan, you always can be taken by surprise by many things.

in other country, you would have thought, he is just someone working in the station, cannot be this great, but he not only sincere and kind, and he looks great. in here, there seems to be respect for every aspect of the industry. that really is something i admire. such a peaceful country.

just because someone looks great, does not mean he would stop himself from working in the station. or being not respected in any way.

in other country, you probably will never see someone like this working in a station, cause his silly parents or relatives will give him so much social pressure and he will give up.

isn’t that CUTE? carrot is eatable you know, and now it appears in the skyscraper as a … restaurant … ~.~ cute name cute name.

the corner of my room.

i do like the place that i stay, except that i have no 体力 and going to bathroom, shower room … that is already very difficult, and the kitchen … 無理です。

i can only afford to go to the kitchen maybe max. once a week, when i really have to wash something or cut some veggie that i bought during sale.

as you can see, that is the laptop that i use to type my lovely blog.

and the “black” object next to it actually is a PSP. i did not pay for it, i got it from someone that left japan and he obviously rich enough to leave the PSP behind and not care about it …

isn’t the yellow light romantic? i always love it.

i believe this is called 大学いも, interesting name to a foreigner but don’t know why it is named this way. it sure looks great, the gloss actually is a sugar coating, so it is super sweet. not my fav. but very once in a while i am tempted to buy this when it is 50% off, because … it looks good … -__- 弱いね 。。。

THIS, is called non-necessity.

this bowl is actually HUGE! 超 huge, i think i have to force myself to eat it after half is chowed down … this is like for 2 ppl. crazy, why they make 1 bowl of noodle for such a high price but it is just TOO much for female! consider i actually can eat a lot i also cannot be comfortable with swallowing all these.

taste .. ma ma ..

i never go to that restaurant again, of course, even tho super close to work, so is the other one.

there is a restaurant called GUSTO (i think it is called GUSTO Buffet), my goodness, good price, and wonderful good!

you order the steak, for around 1000円, then you can have the salad bar that is full of fresh and delicious veggie and dessert!

the above photo, you can see the whole set, it taste great!

満足できる、full mouth of chicken streak!

in LAWSON convenient store, once in a while they have some program, which allow you to have special products of Relex Kuma, Miffy, and many many other anime or lovely characters, super sweet!!!

if you love cute stuff, this is heaven!

you can pay 500円 and tried a “lottery” thing, and if you are lucky you can a BIG kuma (in the case of Relex Kuma), if you are not very lucky, just like me, you get the above, a towel … ><

not only LAWSON, 7-11 too, SunRus i do not know.

i think this the soba from a very famous but cheap place in Shinjuku, taste great.

and the egg, yes, delicious as always.

Lately there have been quite a few additions to the Oakhouse family.  Of course I’m talking about the friendly, fun-loving friends from around the world but I’m also talking about the new vending machine in the lounge!  When I heard we were going to be having a new one in the lounge I was excited and dreaming of all the 100 yen pepsi or grape mountain dew a girl can drink (those are the popular drinks at the vending machines outside).  So when the actual machine arrived I was less than impressed at the selection of the cold drinks… water and green tea only.  However, the Espresso Bar grabbed my attention a bit.  It is one of those drink machines where the cup drops down and you select your poison (aka the stuff you want in your coffee).  I’ve had it a couple times and while it’s no Starbucks it is a nice change to the canned coffee drinks in the regular vending machines outside.  Thanks Oakhouse!

It’s better late than never but here is my Halloween update!  I had to write a post about it because this year is the first year I have ever made my costume (granted in years past I have just thrown some type of clothing on and called myself a famous person… hello, Yoko Ono!).  Before coming to Japan I never felt the need to make something great.  Most the time the costume was only used for a party here or there and to be honest most the attendees were too drunk to appreciate the effort you put into a costume.

However, being in Japan and working at an international preschool means I need one each year and a good one too.  Most of my co-workers are very creative (or too cheap to buy a costume) and so they end up making one.  Last year I bought one but as Halloween rolled around this year and I started to keep my eyes open for one I noticed two things: 1) they are expensive (the cheapest being around $40) and 2) they are all really sexy occupational themed costumes…. not so good for a preschool.  So from this the Statue of Liberty was born.  It was pretty fun to make it and I realized that the day of my preschool Halloween party was the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty.  It was destiny!  Ha! At any rate, I look forward to making one next year.

” A peacock who sits on his tail is just another turkey. ”

nice.

turkey is eatable, and it tastes good.

it has been already almost 3 years that i do not have a real turkey. or have bunch of fresh fruit that can be purchased cheaply at the stores.

Japan is nice in many way, but it is a country that lacks of a lot of natural resources. that include fruit and veggie.

recently, there are supermarket that kept having notice “the price of veggie will go up soon, price now still good, please consume!”

honestly, the price now is not great already, cannot imagine how ROCKET HIGH it can go up. unbelievable. it is actually sad.

after coming here, in order to eat blueberry, prunes, the ones that i used to be able to grab so cheap and freely, now i have to pay double the price, just to be able to buy the same one from USA …

the fruits here is beautiful, but they are so crazily expensive.

in order for a person to get enough nutrition from fruit, i don’t think this is going to work. every day 果物なんて、無理でしょう。

so now i go to supermarket, very attracted by the fruit, but not for one single time i feel like i should get any of them …

i guess on the contrast, we can drink some more nice green tea to compensate.