Foreword? Not really the right term but writing before the main post, written on 01:43 26th February 😂
As usual, I could've updated my blog earlier (like on the 23rd Tuesday as it was holiday though I spent the first half of the day outside!) or like 25th evening but I slacked for almost 2hrs after dinner orz baito kinda worn me out w
I've updated my twitter on the 22nd Monday morning..
Since I know I will take time writing about what's up since then (plus I plan to finish blogging before I head to baito tomorrow or today @@), I decided to write the foreword before sleeping, hopefully in less than 1/2 hr so I can sleep before 2.30 (still need to dry my hair w)
Alright!
22nd Monday, twitted after I studied my child coaching adviser qualification.
Cleared the second text book on Wednesday, submitted my online Revision test on Thursday afternoon during lunch and I received my result in less than 1/2 day O_O
I guess at this rate I can get this qualification before April O_O
W-well the Revision test is just multiple choice questions (though this time I didn't get 100/100 ;-; 96/100 with 1 wrong answer orz)
But yeah I may clear this faster than my driving license test =_= w-well, there's no need to queue for reservation & it's open book (test done at home..)
Speaking about test, I unexpectedly pass the Chinese Proficiency Test, HSK level 5 ;w;
The test was taken on 25th January, the result supposed to be out a month after but when I checked the website, it was already out on the 24th!!
Though very barely passed (there's no real 'pass' or 'fail' written on the certification. just that having 60% of the total score means one have the Level 5 capability), I'm still so happy.
I mean, that's also one of my goals this year. I considered taking lesson again if I didn't pass.
Plus the fee not that cheap + commute cost @@ almost or exceeds 10thousands yen a bit..
Anyway, the passing mark is 180 with 300 being full score.
I got 186 😂
just like JLPT N1, the one I took without studying, I passed barely 😂
I really didn't touch my book at all + kinda sleepy during the exam..
After all my listening is the highest (73? out of 100), didn't pass my reading (53? out of 100) and surprisingly passed the writing test (60 out of 100)..
I thought I'd do better for the reading but...All's well ends well 😂
My next aim by this year is the speaking test @@
there are 3 levels.
Hopefully I can get to the medium level?
I can only take the low level in July as the test dates for March and May? Are in Saturday and I'm afraid I won't make it from baito ;w;
I contacted my Chinese teacher but she is not teaching anymore orz now I wonder how I'll face it though I'm pretty confident for the low level..
I guess I'll decide after I get the exercise book in April @@
Back to February 22.. After twitting -> cooked karaage and I think it's 1st or 2nd best ever I've made!!
I need to practice and get more repertoire for bigger kitchen 😂
Then Thai lesson (my teacher said that day's lesson was super fun and I've improved ;w; still need to read faster & remember more vocab!!
Sometime I need to take time thinking before saying I don't know!!
Then I taught Japanese!
As teaching Japanese is another first experience this year, I come up with my own way of teaching just like in baito..
But now or later need to use more than my own material and idea and experience as basic, fundamental is still the most important of all!!
I think after that I just went back to FP study..
I learned about Investing and Tax so much lately that for the next game I'm hosting in SCRAP (FYI I'll be leading games on Sunday & Monday!! Escape from the Science Lab of Shifting Rules XD), I kept on wanting to say Investors instead of Inventors ;w; even when I wrote my script w
but I really look forward to the games, starting from this weekend!
Oh, plum flower has bloomed~!
Last time I wrote that may be I won't have as much flower photos as before anymore but may be not so true..
I already too like 6-10 photos, especially I can see the flower up close near home 😂
I guess not much walk is my own hindrance; still love pink!!
Tuesday was a public holiday!!
Took my time dressing up as I went to the Railway Museum at Saitama with my partner!
It was pretty huge and fun and amazing!
All the trains look so cute!
They also sell bento that is usually bought for train trips but they were all sold out during lunch w
It's not like I'm very interested in trains but they are charming.
Actually, one of my students (ex student though) made me like it.
He always say Dr. Yellow!! though I think Hayabusa is everyone's favorite including me XD
But if I grow up in Japan, I can truly come to like train, as it is really interesting and pretty!
May be I can add riding Hayabusa, Dr. Yellow, Komachi and Nozomi one day in my life's bucket list @@
shinkanse is expensive ;-;
The Pokemon train is currently running too!!
But only in Tohoku, as it's like a consolation to the Tohoku Natural Disaster victims.
Tohoku is like 10hrs away from where I stay so I can't do it whenever I want to 😂
P-plus there was earthquake back in February 13, that is said as the aftermath from the April 11 earthquake 10 years ago..
I hope everything will be alright >.<
As the museum is at Omiya, we also walked around the station and also looked around Ikebukuro Sunshine City! Had early dinner at 4PM LOL
I think we used up our luck a lot that day as we got what we wanted for 2 gachas (Nyanko-sensei and sand cat) plus he caught me a Shinchan blanket with just 500yen 😂
The reason why I wanted to go Ikebukuro is not only we stopped there to transfer train (changing to bus), I also wanted to get cushion for my working chair @@
It's either short or I kept on sitting that it feels hot and not fluffy anymore LOL
I wanted a Crayon Shinchan cushion with zipper that opens up as a blanket.
At the end he caught me blanket that is almost my size so it works as cushion 😂
I saw the cushion I wanted like 3 weeks ago when I went to Harajuku's Kiddy Land to get my students present, so I thought it'll be available at Ikebukuro's Kiddy Land too but since Ikebukuro's store is so small, their Shinchan corner is also almost none orz
I was also tempted to get Shinchan goods from the Railway Museum but at the end I didn't..
Ok not really regretting as they are mostly clear file and keychain 😂
Wednesday.. I guess I was tired from the outing as I still did studies after came back home
Thus instead of doing costest (as well as blogging..) I decided to wake up later and also dressed up for baito
Ended up doing extra work to prepare for Thursday's lesson
As my baito focuses on teaching Money Literacy, it's also a new method..
Thus I also need to prepare new material @@
It's the pro and con of joining a startup company.
I am learning a lot, and enjoy but of course there are times I'm stuck @@
but overall I'm not complaining!
Thursday started earlier I had my last rehearsal for the Escape from the Science Lab of Shifting Rule.
As the training was shorten, I was quite in a limbo @@
if I go home, I won't have time to do anything as my time is spent in commuting.
But it was also too early for baito.
So I went into random place for lunch in Shinjuku, and will never return there ever again 😂
It's actually not easy to find a place with wifi to work with ;-;
Plus the service and food was meh..
The staff put in wrong order and almost made me pay 500yen more..
Well, whatever the price is, I've decided not to go back there anymore.
I'm lucky that the cashier noticed the price is wrong.
But there's so much they can do once customers have decided what they want ._.
That was also the place I submitted my Revision Test with my phone's data..
I hope I can survive the next 2 days :x
Since I've finished my second textbook (Child Coach Advice), I have 1 textbook left and this one includes online videos @@
then it's the test itself
But i'm giving myself a little break.
Will continue on Monday!
For the last 2 books, my speed is 2 weeks per book as the book is only 48? pages long
It's really a 'self-improvement' kind of study so I'm just enjoying it
At least I get to try it out in baito :D
On a side note, I miss drinking alcohol orz
Not sure whether I wrote it here or twitter but 2 weeks ago?
After baito (after gym for my partner), he suggested may be izakaya (yakitori) for dinner but I rejected as due to state of emergency, alcohol's last order is 7PM
I don't want izakaya without alcohol orz
at the same time, I regretted drinking alcohol at nearby ramen shop last time (as it's so cold outside!!) so I only want beer at izakaya
I can buy alcohol whenever I want from convenient store or supermarket but I don't want to drink when I'm eating carbs (as rice is most of the time my dinner at home..)
Wants to diet but also want beer 😂
actually alcohol in general as I received plum wine from my friend too!
I never expect the 7PM last order limit will bother me ;w;
o-oh, I kinda know that once i drink, i get sleepy easier so I think it's good that not drinking also not blocking my study nor work w
but i truly miss snacking & drinking orz
kinda bored of carbs (still grateful that i'm not lacking of food!)
Baito -> dinner -> napped for 1/2hr -> slacked for 1hr -> FP study -> shower -> now here
So that's all for updates!
Tomorrow will be truly blogging -> baito -> FP study!
Tomorrow will be truly blogging -> baito -> FP study!
Need to prepare more for SwiftWave pages as the KickStaterPage is shaping up!!
I need to finish 1 cosplan too for this week!!
So that I won't rush like 2 weeks ago 😂
Alright! Time to dry hair and sleep!
Will be writing after breakfast!!
Feb 26
Good morning! woke up -> breakfast -> second sleep -> now 😂
At the end I slept at 2.30 and had hard time sleeping as the weather is cold and hot..
So I'm sleepy even now ;w;
but gotta clear this or I'll regret for not letting myself not rush!
Alright!
Let's travel back to May 2020!
I also checked posting for June 2020 and I only have 2 twitting and 1 blog post..
May be will clear all my backlog before the later half of this year start.... At this speed 😂
May be will get busier in April?
Anyway, as long as I don't forget to enjoy life XD
May 2020!!
Visited one of the big temples in Bunkyo-ku with my colleagues
Not complaining but at the end I'm the only one left in the school 🥲
Start up is rough!!
Corona is big hindrance..
That's all I can say!
At least they sound like doing alright now!
From a random visit to Ikebukuro Sunshine
The 3rd? floor is almost monopolised by Pokemon w
more home cooking!
Yakiniku?
Usually my meat cooking is either yakiniku, niku jaga or meat wrapped shitake 😂
Japan's ready made Napolitan sauce was pretty good!!
Not hungry now but the sauté vegetable always give me more appetite 😂
Frozen khrapaw?
Japanese frozen food have definitely been improving in taste wise but white rice is still not a good one..
Fried rice is good though!
Fresh white rice is still best.
It's easy to make too (though I only started making once living here 😂)
Japan's rice cooker is also super good that even after 3 days, by just plucking it to keep warm, the rice is still so good ;w;
rice heavennnnnnn
Partner's lunch VS my lunch 😂
W-well not that the visual got better 1100% more or something to be proud of though 😂
I like making onigiri too XD
and I super love rolled cabbage!! <3
T-tsundere toast 😂
partner made Thai noodle and it was super nice but we always have problem with considering portion 😂
A walk in Toshimaen!
Of course I love the Toshimaen onsen but then it's getting expensive as there's no more night ticket (Toshimaen theme park closed at the end of August? Thus no bundle ticket) + can only go on weekend due to no free time = not cheap :/)
I miss body massage though.. ;w;
Nikujaga!! and Curry!!
I was still keeping my diet as calculate how much I eat (relating to calorie 😂)
Received bumbu pecal from friend and it was goodddddd
I think in April 2020 I made fried beehon!!
I miss Sumatra food 🥲
We only have Java famous Indonesian food here so I never really get them (plus not near home~~~~)
Time for hanami; flower viewing XD
I think I got this in 2019 and thought of giving it to my cousin and friend when I go back to Indonesia (plan was 2020's Golden Week!!) plus my one for myself
Decided to do food review as that's the easiest vlog to do, even for now
So I'm sorry for changing life direction but there's so much I can do 😂
Sakura curry is as pink as what the cover says that it looks like toy XD
I ate it with vegetable (like salad) instead of rice XD
The taste wasn't anything remarkable so will not get it again XD
I was super productive that day that I also tried to make dalgona
But it was a pure failure 🥲
I'm super bad with mixing that it's also the reason why I failed baking some sweets 😂
I got this back in March 2020 at Karuizawa?
The buckwheat smell was strong---
In Japan, we like to eat soba with fried food so it was a fried food spree 😂
Pulled my partner as the portion is for 2 😂
It's spring, flower viewing soon again so please check it here 😂
Of course need beer for flower viewing too 😌
the planning I made for my backlog 😂
I think it lasted only from May to August 😂
as usual I carry a lot 😂
and baked banana bread!
I think I didn't mention here that last Saturday I made banana bread too
Apparently the instruction I follow is for 2 of the above.
Daiso's paper tray is too small 😂
But anyway, with this year being the 3rd year, it seems like making banana bread is yearly routine, once a year 😂
And this year's banana bread, I find it the best~!
Lucky this is the one with 2 trays 😂
Last weekend my cooking luck was high w
I start to fall into Indomie cult since the Pandemic
because I'm not into instant food but I come to miss home thick flavour so yea Indomie is now one of my fave food 😂
My instant yakisoba review also slowly making me loving Japan's Instant Noodle but of course, nothing beats Indomie just that I don't eat it often as I'm lazy to boil water 😂
Tried making charsew with seasoning from Thailand but it didn't taste so good ;w;
I guess I didn't do it well
Used the charsew for Thai noodle and this wasn't bad!
My partner likes noodle over rice and I'm slowly getting into noodle too though RICE IS STILL MY LOVE
It's just that sometime I'd come to crave ramen or tsukemen comparing to before, especially the one near home
Well.. ramen also taste thick ><
at least i don't eat it often as whenever i eat then i regret as the taste so salty 😂!
charsew sauté vegetable?w
furikake (seasoning for rice) is always good though!
oden is good though!!!
I think we had meat in the fridge but my partner thought I only wanted fried egg
thus he went to get other small dishes from supermarket 😂
fried egg is always my love too!!
tried making pancake XD <3
Oh.. Now I remember something..
It was May = Golden Week
Supposed to be the week I go back to Indonesia (with a visit to Singapore)..
My first visit since I came to Japan in 2019..
Of course it was all cancelled due to the Pandemic..
My nasi padang, durian, nasi goreng, rawon, fried prawn noodle, stingray, ALL GONE 🥲
I had another photoshoot with @emmards.me around Nakano and Kichijoji!
It was already hot that I remember sweating and almost died from walking..
I was being economical to walk from Higashi Nakano to home as I didn't want to change train 😂
Getting ready!!
Public phone <3
Come come!
It was surprisingly a lot of people (family to be exact) came out to see train!
waiting for bus XD <3
so much Japanese feel, as lucky not many people thus we are not being disturbance 😂
at some alley~
play with stairs, not something good kids do ok 😂
Nakano! Somewhat touristy or tour guide feel XD
Cross!!
mogu mogu time XD emmards.me brought me to doughnut store @ Kichijoji!
ends~!
It was my first time in Kichijoji during daytime
I wanted to visit the Animate but it was closed due to COVID19 ;-;
I remember still doing a lot of task (buying toiletries..) there and found some local officials walking around the shopping district with banner saying 'PLEASE STAY HOME' 😂
I actually went to Kichijjoji again earlier this month but also didn't get to go to the Animate 🥲
Was there for game, thought will start later or end earlier..
But started late due to quick lunch and ended not so early = already close 🥲
why you state of emergency closing store early 🥲
I wanna visit Kichijjoji again one day for the Inokashira park!!
Still not enough Persona5 Pilgrimage visit!!
Kichijjoji itself is also a nice neighbourhood.
The doughnut area is the more housing area, but it's in front of a park thus even during state of emergency, it was crowded with families = kids definitely no mask..
The newly modernised area like Kichijoji, Kita Senju, Omiya are actually pretty nice that one doesn't really need to travel all the way to Shinjuku to get things (unless you want certain clothing brand or cinema)
There are a lot of food, pretty big shopping area...
Kichijjoji have like this 5 levels Uniqlo, Kita Senju even have cinema, Omiya have Disney Store!!
Well, it's not near Shinjuku (still at least 1/2 hr from mid town of Tokyo I guess) but the urbanisation plan seems good~!
At last I did costest for another waifu of mine!
Everytime I do costest, my behind is actually very messy as I focus more on how my face suit the character or not 😂and SNOW always save me from not too much makeup 😂
Fuutarou-kun?
My most fave from the Nakano sisters is Ichika nee-channnn
I actually made my partner watch the whole season 1 as the episodes are up in YouTube @@
A number of anime full episodes are up in YouTube during the Pandemic----
Ichika being voiced by Kana is a plus point but I just really love her
After all I love onee-chan character though I'm not that good at portraying docile character..
Well, Ichika is super cute and playful sometime so I just can't help really loving her ;w;
I also need more boobs 😂
Need to summon more oneechan aura next time >.<
breakfast and karaage~!
I think this karaage was a bit overburnt?w
after all cooking isn't something that should be rushed 🥺
wanted to eat mochi, the South East Asia style that I usually eat in Medan or Singapore
I got the rice flour but at the end I'm too lazy to knead it that it ended up so hard
but edible as I didn't put any potion 🤣
I changed to a new nail salon and it's a house and they have dogs 🥺
I was afraid of dogs when I was young because my mum disliked dog + I was being chased by dog before (only to learn that they are just excited and want to play)
But now my love for dog and cat is balanced..
though I'll only save cat pictures instead of doggie from SNS 😂
Corona not only made me stop going to the salon I used to go in Harajuku, but also the nail salon I used to go
I ended up finding a cheaper nail salon that is also nearer to home
I liked the previous nail salon as they also provide massage & facial
I actually went to new facial & massaging salon too, during Covid but at the end I rarely go to that area (Mejiro to be exact) so I've stopped
So Corona actually kinda helped me save..
while getting healed by dogs too!!
I already stop going to that nail salon though..
At the end I got bored of gel nail (only can change once a month) and it's after all not so healthy as I'm adding pressure to my nail (especially that I can't cut whenever I want more pain pain when it's long and not so clean)
The last time I went, the owner added 1 more dog (from 2 to 3!!)
I'm trying to save more too, plus the salon I go now is the cheapest ever 😂
I think I should find proper place for massage though..
Facial in Japan is not like what I usually do in Medan (I don't feel so clean) so I gave up 'n'
Did okonomiyaki!!
Due to trauma of flour being sold out (in March~April 2020), now I always have flour at home 😂
I use it for karaage too
But I think I used the takoyaki flour for the okonomiyaki?
It's not going to be sold out anymore so I don't have it at home anymore but yea, okonomiyaki was good too~!
fish and miso eggplant~
miso eggplant too salty = ate it again second day + rolled cabbage and anyhow cooked left over rice with shredded chicken
somewhat porridge but not watery 😂
I really respect my nanny and house mums who always prepare nice dinner now...
sometime I'd miss my home where I don't really need to decide what to eat and it's already prepared..
I can eat the same thing again and again but sometime I feel like I'm so boring and try to eat something new but then nothing interest me 🥲
I'm so selfish but yea, super respect to cooks!!
Cooking really need determination and thoughtfulness >.<
At last Abe Mask reached Nakano-ku XD the previous was for Shinjuku-ku!!
and ponytail time~!
chance to dress up makes me love for pink came back~!
I used to curl the ends of my ponytail too~!
Or I'll just braid that part XD
My baito at Bunkyou-ku is less than 1/2hr walk away from Yuuyake Dandan.
Nippori area to be exact!
So I used to walk around there for cheaper transport fee 😂
Been like 1.5year since I last went to Yuuyake Dandan though!
I wonder if I found all the cats!
the mood is so nice~!
found this bus that goes to Asakusa?
Though far from home, I'm so glad that my baito is Bunkyo-ku Sendagi
It's a nice place, very family friendly
Well, not wonder, baito is a school XD
mask is a must!
and more fish!
cooking fish is a hit and miss though
even though there are many seasoned one in supermarket, half the time the seasoning isn't good as well :<
tried to make pizza------
again, leftover flour 😂
at the end too much cheese? 😂
I don't remember the taste anymore but may be will not do it anymore w
Alright!!
As usual, the whole blogging took longer than I expected 🥲
But I really love writing and remembering as it's really chance for me to reflect and feel even more grateful!
I'm super blessed!
Thank you for reading!
Will be back with June 2020 very soon!!
Hopefully 😂
