I love my country and my embassy
there is so much I have to write today. in the mood for writing because i had a fair dose of novels these couple of days. am holding on to one of those that you know, you could like read a quarter of it at one shot kind of book. before i go on and on, and before i forget, this book is by a famous japanese author called Haruki Murakami. I have nv heard of him before I came here, but since pple tell me he's famous, he's famous. and it happens to be about this university boy who is kinda like a loner. and since the story was based in 1980s tokyo, i could kinda relate to it, because pretty much the places he mentioned are the places I pass by everyday on the trains etc. and so its really about how despite him being a loner with few frens, having the little little interesting happenings in his life. be it from his equally weird rm mate to knowing this guy and together going to Shinjuku and hook up girls etc. makes me wonder why this thing became a best seller sometimes. its kinda a warped story, but then again, I am in for the idea that japanese pple have their style of best sellers and block busters being those that belong to kinda like this genre. think battle royale (which i watched recently as well), think the ring, think Death note.
alright, so in my little queer way, in a way imitating the style that Murakami has written, i'd like to give an account of my otherwise kinda eventful day, which started with a typical 11 am waking up routine which i have developed recently owing to the late night Kanji practices. I feel like a pri sch boy all of a sudden practicing my writing sometimes. following which I caught an NBA game which the lakers routed the hornets. i didnt even bother to watch the last quarter. oh and i heard how Man U lost to Chelsea in a game that they should've won. and blah blah the usual lunch downstairs, and by then I realised I had not much time so I quickly put on something I could find and went out in slippers with a number of thiings to do in mind. in japan i always had a 'number' of things to do in mind. I wished I had a more accessible 'to do list' ard me. ok. i'm obviously a lot worse, coz he had this uncanny ability to put in all the descriptive words to describe every small little detail in such perfection I could almost have the picture in my head. for example, 'with a stump of her cigarette, she scratched the corner of her eye with her little finger, as if trying to lessen the intensity of what she just said.' ok. i made that up. but something liek tt.
and where was i? oh. i was out getting a few things done. kinda like had a mission. including buying groceries, mailing a letter etc. i kinda like these kind of compact going out sessions at least u dont just go out to do one thing, but many and it makes me feel slightly more accomplished than say to go out all the way just to do one thing.
and after which I came back, all rushed for time for my next event of the day. i dressed up, kinda need to coz I was sorta meeting impt pple tonight because there was an event at the embassy. and in the end when i reached, indeed, the average tonight must have been 55 or something. and thats considering the major pull down by myself and joanna. haha. and high class society stuff lah. like jazz concert, networking event. i was even told specifically to prepare namecards for myself. which i waza waza went to make at 1300 yen for 50 pieces. every card that i give out seems to be like some blood trickling down from me.
but obviously the highlight of the night would be the Singapore fare once again!!! which is why i love my embassy and my country. tho this is not really an event for singaporeans per se. but i was invited anyway. the guests were like 80 % japanese pple who are working for singapore companies or like they've worked in singapore before i suppose. I guess if i continue to have such events pouring in at such rates, i wont be missing out on singapore food that much after all. i really just wana see who can bring in bak chor mee in japan for me. hahaaha. coz whenever singapore food is mentioned here, its always between chilli crab, laksa, chicken rice etc.. thats abt it. what happened to bak chor mee!!!! wasnt it made famous by Mr Brown?
ok. i totally lost it. haha. no more mood to write anymore. i rem i had so much to write just moments ago.
alright, so in my little queer way, in a way imitating the style that Murakami has written, i'd like to give an account of my otherwise kinda eventful day, which started with a typical 11 am waking up routine which i have developed recently owing to the late night Kanji practices. I feel like a pri sch boy all of a sudden practicing my writing sometimes. following which I caught an NBA game which the lakers routed the hornets. i didnt even bother to watch the last quarter. oh and i heard how Man U lost to Chelsea in a game that they should've won. and blah blah the usual lunch downstairs, and by then I realised I had not much time so I quickly put on something I could find and went out in slippers with a number of thiings to do in mind. in japan i always had a 'number' of things to do in mind. I wished I had a more accessible 'to do list' ard me. ok. i'm obviously a lot worse, coz he had this uncanny ability to put in all the descriptive words to describe every small little detail in such perfection I could almost have the picture in my head. for example, 'with a stump of her cigarette, she scratched the corner of her eye with her little finger, as if trying to lessen the intensity of what she just said.' ok. i made that up. but something liek tt.
and where was i? oh. i was out getting a few things done. kinda like had a mission. including buying groceries, mailing a letter etc. i kinda like these kind of compact going out sessions at least u dont just go out to do one thing, but many and it makes me feel slightly more accomplished than say to go out all the way just to do one thing.
and after which I came back, all rushed for time for my next event of the day. i dressed up, kinda need to coz I was sorta meeting impt pple tonight because there was an event at the embassy. and in the end when i reached, indeed, the average tonight must have been 55 or something. and thats considering the major pull down by myself and joanna. haha. and high class society stuff lah. like jazz concert, networking event. i was even told specifically to prepare namecards for myself. which i waza waza went to make at 1300 yen for 50 pieces. every card that i give out seems to be like some blood trickling down from me.
but obviously the highlight of the night would be the Singapore fare once again!!! which is why i love my embassy and my country. tho this is not really an event for singaporeans per se. but i was invited anyway. the guests were like 80 % japanese pple who are working for singapore companies or like they've worked in singapore before i suppose. I guess if i continue to have such events pouring in at such rates, i wont be missing out on singapore food that much after all. i really just wana see who can bring in bak chor mee in japan for me. hahaaha. coz whenever singapore food is mentioned here, its always between chilli crab, laksa, chicken rice etc.. thats abt it. what happened to bak chor mee!!!! wasnt it made famous by Mr Brown?
ok. i totally lost it. haha. no more mood to write anymore. i rem i had so much to write just moments ago.
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