DAY 16 in NYC

SUNDAAAAY I LOVE SUNDAAAAY
woke up at 11am! YES!!

took shower and went to 5th and 59th to meet up with my friend Mai chan and her other friends.
We all went to gay parade!!!! Since the gay marriage legislation passed this Fri, it was really really crazy crowded! We  on purposely got into the parade and danced with them lol hahaha

Some of dancers has jumping roller skate? I really really wanted to get that!! woot woot

I went to Soho around 3 pm to buy my bikini and sandal.

Just got into the one shoe shop and worker was really friendly. so I ended up buying $29.99 sandal.. usually I don't buy flat sandal but I figured this coming week, I will walk a lot so I wanted to buy one lol
dont wanna walk w a high heel for entire a week with my friend who is coming from Cincinnati.

Then the worker game me his number. oh that's why he was really friendly lol He wanted to go to a bar with me. But actually... well.... to be honest, I thought he is gay lol I don't  have any discrimination about same sex lovers. I think everyone should love anyone they want. but I jsut thought he is the one lol hahaha

went back to my house kinda late like 8 pm. I was gonna cook something and eat quickly since I had to go to gym at least 10:10. gym  will close at 10 pm on weekends. and it will take 30 min to get there! so inconvenient but I guess that's a closest gym we have >_<

When I came back, my house mate cooked a ecuador food and asked me if I wanna get some. HELL YEAH!
it was really yummy , oh I should have taken a pic of it!

It was tomato based soup with a lot of sea food and shrimp!! It tasted cilantro strongly so kinda reminded me Vietnamese food.
It was actually really really yummy.
Then went to gym and worked out. It's been three days since I worked out last time so 継続は力なりof course.

DAY 15 in NYC

 there was tap dance too

blind taiko player

japanese traditional noodle Sanuki Udon

I love this guy. He was awesome lol 

well,, how small I am 

There was Awaodori festival in bottom of NYC today and Table for Two which my favorite organization have an booth there. so I helped them from  1030.
Came back to my house at  3am last night but woke up at 8 am. Don't call me grandma yet.

Awaodori is one of traditional dance from Shikoku area of Japan which locates middle of southern and western place. A bunch of people in dance team actually came to NYC for this festival from Japan! They were probably totally like 40 or 50 people flew from Japan.

The festival was almost all Japanese people

These kind of event always makes me think like being able to speak English is nothing. I have to get more than English skill that I can appeal to company...

When I think about selling myself to company in job hunting, I don't have anything to sell.
This kind of things is what I have to figure out before my graduation.

I met many people who lived in Japan for whole entire time in their life. I just felt kinda wall between us. just realized I'm not totally Japanese. My way to think, my way to act, my way to answer is really different....
I just thought it must be really stressful and hard thing for me to work in Japan.... oh man,,,

Anyways, I became really good friend with a Japanese girl who studied abroad in Michigan, and her friend who is now doing judge in Washington D.C.

They wanted to go for dinner so I just took a nap in my house first and cooked dinner (ハンバーグ)
I still have so many of vegetable from farmer's market last week. umm...obviously bought way too much lol

We went to the PIzza place Koronet near Columbia University
It was a huge Pizza for only $1.50 or some.

then we went to a bar just to get a drink.
Fortunately, we found  a good mood of bar without a laud music. well it kinda turned on later the night but it  was alright since the japanese girl was really tired. no doubt cuz she danced all day and just arrived at USA like 2 days ago.
She was sleeping in a bar lol

It was a good night.

tomorrow, going to buy bikini finally... oh I'm so afraid.

DAY 14 in NYC

June 24th 

Usual work--> got off work a little bit early like 4:30 for my hair cut.lol 

First went to China town to get a Japanese hair dye stuff and went to the hair salon in my neighborhoood. It was Korean hair salon but they DO NOT accept the reservation so I had to wait.... 

I like USA, but one thing I don't like is really inefficient of many things. 

If this is Japan, def you can reserve any available time  and don't have to waste your time to wait for non-expectable long line.

And the English Korean hair styler talks were really bad... lol I was just amazed how they have been living in the USA with this awesome level of English. Of course, I'm being really ironic.

then I came back to my house, and cooked. 

My carbohydrate diet went somewhere lol 

It just unveiled that I LOVE CARBO so much more than any other food. lol 

so I concluded it doesn't work. 

I ate Natto with rice. It was only 5 days that I didn't eat rice but I thought it was like a month. 

well you know, I LOOOVE CARBO. 

I went out with new yorker. 

He is really interesting. He is now going to Bartender school and graduated from mediology which is kinda similar with my geography. 

He started talked to me in Starbucks and we are good friend now. The more I talk with him, I get really interested. 

we met at 1100ish at times square and walked and talked till 2:30 am, lol 

It was fun even tho there is no alcohol. There are people who don't make some others tired and let them talk comfortably, I think that's him. 

DAY 13 in NYC

just normal work. I finally completed the doctor's list I had been making for long time since I started working here in NYC.
then my boss told me to make another doctor's list for San Francisco..... I probably should do boycott from tomorrow. This is freaking nuts.

I will at least work in a month and gonna quit! ugh

today Table For Two has a happy hours party. so went there with my friend Mai chan. I just met her at dinner party on tues since she is also going to do internship at the same time with me. I'm really excited to do internship for Table For Two! >v<

I met many many many people. Many people are like living in NYC for 17 years or at least like 10 years. I was  kinda feel embarrassed to say I'm here only 2 years yet... lol and in Ohio lol
People I met last night was really passionated for so many things. They are different with everyone. Each people has something shining in inside of them. I was so.... amazed. and didn't wanna sit down even if my feet hurts from standing with high heel. My feet hurting is nothing compared with losing those opportunity to talk those shining people.

Many people are suggested to stay in NYC after summer. YEs I wanna do this. but the problem is I have to go to  2 more years if I transfer to New York City Universtiy.....
Even if NYCU is half price of my current tuition in Ohio, I still feel like I just need to graduate as soon as possible and get a job and experience NYC after a year more in ohio.
I don't wanna leave NYC!!! >V<

DAY 12 in NYC

Wed, today's my goal- not to use any penny of my money.
I've been using a lot of money everyday, I mean for food, and shoes and clothes. It's not just because I want, sometimes I need because I didn't bring that many things here in NY from Cincinnati.
um,,, spending too much.
I realize my money in bank is only 140 more left lol ahaha
I need to be careful for using my money. I was keep tracking but not these days.... ok I should lol

I usually go to gym before dinner. usually directly from my work. so by the time I get done working out, I'm really really tired and hungry. so I tend to eat a lot before I sleep.

however, according to the article I was reading, I should eat a little bit of protein before I work and eat a small portion of meal after work out to make more muscle.

well you know what happen. I ate too much before I work out, so I had to take a break and sleep before I went to gym. I worked out a lot so I guess it's alright. :P

DAY 11 in NYC

I sent present for my dad's birthday and dad's day yesterday. I know it's gonna be a week later than actual my dad's b-day and dad's day when my dad gets it finally lol 

I've been just busy during day time when post office is open. 

I sent him a loooong email to show my appreciation and packed a lot of presents for him in the package, so I guess it's all good! :) 

I hope he is happy by that 

I rethink that I really really appreciate my parents so much. It's because I have my parents who can support me in terms of financial way, therefore, I can be here now. 

I feel like I have to create my fulfilled life with passion by seeing myself during this college life. 

Yesterday, I went to dinner with members of Table For Two which is the NPO group to help out kids in Africa and our healthy life. That is the group I'm going to be in internship from August to Sept. 

Those people who are working in TFT have shining eyes for their job and I feel passion from them all the time. I wanna be that kind of people who have passion for their work and shiningwhen they work unlike my current work place. 

yea I will continue this so fricking boring internship for a month for my resume stuff. but I wanna find a place that I can utilize my skill and feel fulfilled after work. ,, 

昨日は父の日と誕生日プレゼントを郵便局からおくりました。っていうかもう１週間遅れて日本につくことになるけど、しかたなす。一週間前はどたばたしてて、結局送れなかったもん。
ちょー長文感謝メールもおくったし、プレゼントたくさんつめたから、よろこんでくれるといいなー
改めておもうけどほんとに親に感謝してる。
ここまでアメリカの大学に編入できたのもお金をだしてくれる親がいてのこと。ほんとに感謝してもしきれない。

と、同時に学生生活で自分というものを見つめて、自分が熱中できるすてきな人生を作り上げなきゃ、ここまで出してくれた親に申し訳ないと思う。

昨日はテーブルフォートゥーっていうNPO法人の人たちといっしょに食事した

その非営利団体が
私が次にインターンシップをする予定のばしょ。
やっぱり熱気がちがう。あったのはたった３人だけだったけど、熱気がちがう！
今働いてる職場でうだうだ情熱をもって働いてる人じゃなくって、きらきらしてる。
そういう場所で自分を生かしたいっておもった。

もっともっと自分が輝ける場所を探したい。

ま、今はこのインターンシップを一ヶ月は続けますが。。。レジュメのためだっ！！

DAY 10 in NYC

woke up really early again.... but I tried to sleep again and again. Probably I totally tried 10 or so times to sleep again and again. I just wanna sleep... >_<

I was gonna work out in the morning but  my housemates and I went to farmer's market in queens like 10 in away from our house. They sell really good organic vegetables and milk or fruits juice.

I bought a lot of vegetable since I decided NO CARBOHYDRATE till July  3rd when I wear bikini lol
NO RICE, NO PASTA, NO BREAD, ooooooo it's so hard lol


Yesterday is my dad's birthday and today is father's day.
so I went to manhattan to buy presents for him and my new sandal.

I worn out the old sandal a lot lol My old sandal looked really tired lol

Bought NY tshirt, pen, lucky charm. I will send those + stuff I already bought for him in Ohio.

came back to my house a little bit late. then I've heard gym will close at 9... so ended up not going there.

but my housemates brother text me "you were not at gym" because I told him I'm going around 8pm.

hey, you didn't text me though. You told me you will if you are going. lol
Americans lol
適当な...

anyways, I will workout tomorrow!
tomorrow I have a dinner with Table For Two member in NYC.
woooo  Table for Two is my second summer internship this summer.
I'm going to quit this internship in mid week of July so I can start working in TFT from August. ;D I'm really really excited. I wanna quit this internship in publisher as soon as possible but... I should be patient at least for a month. lol
yea I will. In a sense, this is a good opportunity to be patient for something you don't like.

DAY 9 in NYC

Somehow I wake up really early since I came to NYC. First I thought it's because outside is bright and sun light is coming through the window, but seems not like that. Always every single day I wake up arouund 6;15... and I look at the clock and try to sleep again. but you know, you can't sleep that deeply anymore once you wake up.

IT IS ANNOYING!

Even I was drunk last night, I could still wake up around 9:30. so took shower and ended up going to gym early around 10:30.
worked out and went to H mart which is the Korean super market like 6 st away from my house.
It had a lot of Japanese food too. good to have  an Asian supermarket right near my house! woot woot

My plan was to go to BBQ at my housemate house with their family  so I had to get Greentea ice cream and my favorite Japanese ice cream (mochi ice cream).

BBQ started really later than I though. Good thing that I was fricking starving when BBQ started lol
We grill a lot and ate a lot!
I couldn't even sit down on a  chair because I felt too full lol

and good thing was it was all beef!! woooooo >v<

We played UNO with my housemate and his wife, his mom, his brother, and a man(I assume he is his mom's boyfriend...?)
His mom and the guy was kinda old and didn't quite understand the rule so we were like NOOOOOO!!! everytime they put the card on the table. lol

It continue till 10:30 ish. It  was so much fun!! Just felt family love in NYC ;)

came back to my house around 11 and fell a sleep as soon as I get on the bed lol :)

DAY 7 IN NYC (June 16th)

so June 16,... it's a first time for me to go to dance club in NYC. Woot Woot
After work, I didn't wanna skip working out today even though I was going to club after work. so I worked out right after my work. It was tough lol but it's alright. I really need to work out anyways
and I paid for like 100 bucks to get gym pass only for three months.

Went to Webstar hall which is club in NYC E11th st. it was good... a lot of dancing and amazing atmosphere.
Songs there and dance floor was totally awesome. Only thing that was not that good was guys lol I guess it's because it was girls night. There are many of shitty guys there. ... lol anywhere in the world, girls night and college night has horrible guys always lol
at least in Cincy and NYC lol ;P

It was still a good experience though. I wanna go there again.

DAY6 in NYC (June 15th)

Work--> work out--> home late
went to Apple store after my work. My ipod touch is really weird... it doesn't sound well, Idk why.

The apple store was really crowded like... the mall in New Years. When I was waiting for a line just to make an appointment for tomorrow morning, I saw the "Genius Desk"(I think that was this....I don't remember clearly) back of the employees who are working there and answering customers on the desk. After that they really look genius...lol the power of words. lol

made an appointment for tomorrow morning in 8;40 before I go to work.

went back to Japan area and bought many of ingredients.

went back to my house first and went to work out at gym.
I worked out a lot today. My motivation is getting higher and higher ....well it's just because I'm going to wear bikini in the beach party lol oh man.,,,

DAY 5 NYC

Second day of work. It was kinda better than yesterday cuz I had sort of many things to do and sort of busy. The book I've been reading is 仕事は五年でやめなさい（"quit your job in 5 years"written by a former president of Tarri's Coffee which is franchised cafe in Japan) He was talking about No fun, No gain. If your work is boring, make it fun by yourself. be creative.

So I was trying to make my work more fun and make my boring task the things that I can learn something from.

Fortunately, my superviser kinda person always points out everything I do wrong. it kinda makes me nervous but it still grows me up eventually.. Even if it's annoying, what she is telling me is totally true. so I don't oppose her...
This is what you can learn from internships not from classes in the college.

After work, I bought a weight management magazine cuz I really want to be ready to wear bikini in two weeks!!! woot woot. There is a huge beach festival coming up in two weeks and I think I'm ggoing.... so have to get rid of this faaaaaat!!!

I went to gym after that and came back at 930 and cooked soup.

I finished up reading that book. someday I wanna do either internship or work under him or terrie's Coffee. I really want to..... もっともっといろんなことしたい！！！Me now is shining with tons of hope and desire for my life. This is fucking amazing.