Media have been buzzing lately about those poor people who were food poison by eating gyoza ( dumplings ) imported from China. This is really scary since I love to buy and eat gyoza. Until this issue is resolved be really careful on the frozen foods you buy or food for that matter.
More details here.
it’s been only just 3 weeks since I joined blog365 , and there are still 344 days to come… *** sighhhhhhhhhhh **
oh well.. i’ve decided to commit on this , so there is no turning back… goodluck hehhe 
anyways, work-wise I thought this will the third week since the start of 2008 of absolutely doing nothing in the office . fortunately, “inay” finally approached us asked for a report, so at least will be doing something this week. oh well .. another *** sighhhhhh **
sorry if you have read lots of ads lately, just need some extra cash.. really, really, really need to save this year.. so lately ive just been hibernating in apartment to avoid buying anything unnecessary.. another **** sigh ****
When we look at our online daily record January 4th was not marked red, therefore its a working day or so we thought :D. When I arrived around 8:50 in the office it was close, nobody there.. vacation? Contact my manager and asked to contact anybody in the office to confirm if its really vacation. Around 9 pm i got the confirmation, its still vacation. yatta
Today at the office, when I met the director ( he was the one my manager called ) he was teasingly laughing at us hehehee .. oh well… don’t care if i had that blooper as long as it was still vacation
It’s a week of doing absolutely nothing. Initial plan for my winter vacation was to visit Kyuushuu or Tokyo, unfortunately my body wanted me to take a rest. By time I came back from Tokyo last christmas, I started to be sleep deprived. My sinusitis seems to be getting worse. Blood seems to be coming out whenever I sneezed and then I could no longer sleep properly cause I can’t breath. Breathing itself is already painful that sometimes without noticing it I’m already breathing through my mouth. Because I could no longer sleep properly, my cough slowly gotten worst. With fever,cough and sinusitis I decided to cancel all plan trips :(. After our Rise party at Lisa’s place and my new Year at the H Family, I stayed home with the exception of laundry all I did was watch video if I’m not sleeping that is. Lots of liquid and more sleeps. I decided to stop my medicine, since I already finished a tab of my cough medicine and it does not even got better. Just let my body slowly take a time to rebuild itself.. I guess I just overworked it :). It was rejuvenating week. Now i’m starting to get bored, this might be a sign that I’m really better , ready to face another year of adventure
When N invited me to join her and her husband in her husband’s jikka (実家）、i welcome the chance to experience The Japanese way of Celebrating new year.
Meet with N and M around 12:30 and went to get some Japanese traditional games and then proceed to Houryuuji Temple. It was like transported back in Old Japan. It was also the first time I saw what is inside a pagoda. It’s really a place full of history. Then we went to and onsen before we proceed to M’s parent house.
Had a light dinner of Oden and a few minutes 12pm we had some soba and then sleep. Early in the morning we went to Mount Ikoma and visited Ikoma Temple. On the way up we rode a very interesting cable car
After the temple visit we went back to have some traditional japanese new year food called the osechi.
Then we went to the park and flew some kite, been a long time since ive done that, then we played some japanese badminton. Then we went back we played some japanese card games. It was fun, another first for me, I would not mind doing it again
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
明けましておめでとう！！
a girl from osaka travelled all the way to tokyo then to ginza to a theater called “Le Theater Ginza” to experience a once in a lifetime christmas special the “Nodame Orchestra Christmas Special” . It was amazing beyond words. A night i would never forget.
Conductor: 梅田 俊明 ( Umeda Toshiaki )
Songs:
Bounenkai is a year end get together party in Japan. Companies, friends , groups do this kind of party unfortunately its not free 
and it usually cost from 4000yen - 5000yen.
Last Friday, Tama-san had a bounenkai in her house. Lisa thought it would be in the middle of nowhere, good thing its just a few blocks away from Setsumotoyama station. It’s been sometimes, I’ve finally met Sumi-sensei, Yo and Tama-san. It was a yakiniku party..yummyyy.. meat…meat… I think i over-ate , got a diarrhea this morning
Saturday Night- the Rise Team’s bounkai.. really lots of food and its nomihodai ( drink all you can ).. im still so full right now…
if we have christmas party back home before everybody goes on vacation, japan has bounenkai.. careful though lots of drunk will be walking and riding with you in the train
I was sneezing mad again yesterday my nose hurt and sting already but by time work end, it stopped. You see my nose knows that its time to go out for an adventure again
1,000,000 People Candle Night@Osaka City Candle Museum 2007 Winter
Almost got lost along the way, but got lucky with the exit to Nishi-Umeda and finally found the actual place where it was held. It was enchanting, except for one group who thought that they were cool.. grr , anyways the rest of the display were amazing.
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| 100000人（people） Candle Night 2007_西梅田 |
While Lisa and I were admiring the bonsai chrysanthemum at Daisen Park’s Japanese Garden ..
this balding Japanese guy came over and ask if we want to have our pictures taken, we politely said no and continue with our business of making theories about how the bonsai roots turn out like that when he interrupted us again asking if we can take his pictures together with the bonsai or so we thought. Lisa took the disposable camera from him while I continue taking pictures, and then he suddenly suggested an area saying that it was better location while calling me to join him.. I was like HA?? I have no idea why I went and join in the picture taking.. and then he called Lisa and asked me to take the picture this time.
It was really stupid, we have no idea why we agreed to have our pictures taken with him. After saying thanks, he tried to converse with us asking if we are Chinese girls and we said NO and hurriedly went to another display. We thought he went away already, but he came back and gave us some tissues, hehehee.. and then we to another display while keeping an eye on him in order to avoid him..
While going to the Tea House, we saw him again in the gate and we hurriedly enter the tea house, pretending not to saw him .. darn . We thought that was the last of him but when we return the bike I rented we saw him on the opposite side of the road and he wave at us, Lisa waved back .. Now that was really getting freaky coincidental .. wahhhh he has our pics though..
anyways here are some of the displayed chrysanthemum we took
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| Chrysanthemum Festival |
I never cared much about blood types, except when its ’bout medical information, much less blood type = personality.
Back at home (Philippines) most people don’t know what blood type they have unless they donate to the Red Cross or need any blood-related emergency. Here in Japan, you need to know cause even during introduction you would be asked about your blood type ( not all the time though ). If you don’t know, they would then see what personality you have and guess your group, most of the time they are correct though
Here is the Japanese Blood Personality Chart
Type A :
Best Traits: Earnest, creative, sensible
Worst Traits: Fastidious, overearnest
Type B:
Best Traits: Wild, a doer, cheerful
Worst Traits: Selfish, irresponsible
Type AB:
Best Traits: cool, controlled, rational
Worst Traits: critical, indecisive
Type O:
Best Traits: Agreeable, sociable, an optimits
Worst Traits: Vain, careless
Here more detail of the Japanese Blood Type Theory of Personality
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