just an update

It has been sometime that I have not written a diary, yeah, I have been lazy. No mood to write and perhaps, there is nothing special enough to be written down. Anyway, the last few weeks have been quite tiring. I guess it is the work. At the end of the day, I am exhausted and just do not want to do anything.

This month, I have attended 2 parties. Btw, party in Japan simply means drinking, not so much of eating though the food is nice. So, last wednesday was our end of year party. So, it is  drinking time again. You know, I don’t drink when I was in singapore, no desire for one. At most, I drank wine. Over here, I have drunk alcohol more than what I have drunk in my entire life. Yeah, it is true. Surprisingly, I can drink and don’t actually get drunk or may be the drinks I ordered are not high alcohol content. But I drank around 5 glasses, ok never mind. The party was ok, we went karaoke for the second party. Karaoke was actually quite fun, I guess I have to go there again. Singing did release a little bit of stress. Hmmm, this reminds me of church service and choir. Are there correlation? is that why I love choir?

Actually I face a little issue here with my batch mate because apparently we don’t speak the same language or rather they decide not to speak the same language as mine. I have been asking several advice and decided just to move on. the world is greater than the 5 friends I have or colleagues rather. It is not easy to say or solve this issue. But I have just realised that to solve relationship issue needs both parties. So, it doesn’t really matter how hard one party tries, if the other decided not to bother about it. This is life and I have decided not to be bothered about it. Not easy, but I will be ok.

So, last week I actually met up with my new friends and discussed a plan for our short trip to hakone. We have decided on the time and the basic plan. It was great. Thereafter, we met up with another friend. We had dinner togethere and we did have a good chit chat. All 3 of us came for different coutries, so it is interesting to compare our country with japan. Japas is perhaps the largest waste producing country in the world, there is no reduce and reuse here. She has this ‘recycle’ thing though. One of the friends who is from turkey really inspired me. Yeah, she is taking master program in japanese. Can you believe it? She works really hard and well, she did it! I was like… wow… Again, I always love people with courage. Life is not for the weak hearted and those who seek comfort. Living is to make a change, to make it better. =)

Oh ya, next year, Celine Dion will be having a concert in Japan. I want to watch, but I really want to have some friends to go with. Whom should I ask?

  

boring

yeah, that is the reflection for the last few days. Not that I have nothing to do or anything, but I guess there is just nothing much to write, to think and contemplate. Life is not that bad, but I guess I just have so many things to settle. The last few weeks, I have been catching up on some japanese drama, not bad, but well…

Hmm, I have forgotten to mention this thing called ‘nature.’ I have done some obeservation lately and pretty surprised to realise that everywhere is just the same. Indonesia, singapore and Japan are 3 totally different countries, not only in terms of culture but well, the thinking, the society and the way of life. Among the 3, I have to say that Japan has the best system. From the surface, it is excellent. Yeah, if you live here, that is what you see. Everyone/ the society is honest, hard-working, non-corrupt and well, has high level of integrity or just integrity per se. What do I think of singapore? i have lived long enough in singapore, well, she tries so hard to achieve the traits. So, how about indonesia, err i don’t think we even care, hunger will drive us to do just anything. Anyway, if we look closely, it doesn’t really matter whether we have the system or not or whether the poeple can keep up the high level of living or not. The issue here is, our nature does not allow us. Not that we don’t want it, we can’t! That is what I have seen here. The system is good and well, I guess everyone is well-trained to keep the norms. But but… you will be surprised to see what actually happens. After many talks with the people here and looking at the big picture, I have to say that we have fallen short. Yes, I have come to realise that living in Japan is hard, vrey hard. Not because it is not a good country with good people, upsettingly, the good system has made it so hard for everyone to live well.  I may be wrong, but well… I don’t think so.

 I have been faced with the fact of the company culture in Japan and how seggregated the employees are.  Everywhere in the world is the same, it is where prestige and wealth are highly esteemed. Facing this fact, i guess it is rather hard for many of us if we don’t make up to that level. At the end of the day, it is the rich that has many friends. As now I am embarking on this journey, alone,  I guess I just have to make the right move and do what I think is important. Very often, we don’t have to bother what the rest of the world thinks.

relative

Well, when I was in singapore, I was surprised that a girl with 160cm height and above needs to have the weight of 50kg to be considered not overweight. I observed many girls are encouraged to visit the slimming center to shed the last few kgs. yeah, gals must look good. In my opinion, the girls are not fat, not even plum. They look good because they are tall and the weight is just nive, but well… I guess my opinion does not count. It is quite different if one is 150cm of course.

Surprisingly in Japan, for the same height, 50kg is already overweight! So, if your height is 160cm, the best weight is at most 43 kg and err err if you are 155cm like me, perhaps 40kg at least is a must! Hua… *looking around for slimming center*