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update on life
Aug. 18th, 2012 10:13 amYesterday was the hottest day of the year, so far. It was so hot! and SO humid!
I went to Chikako's (my Japanese teacher) house after I finished coaching yesterday morning. I was very surprised, and happy, to see Sara there! She was an ALT in Iwaki until last month. She's now living in Tokyo looking for work. She came up to Iwaki for a couple of days and had spent the previous night at Chikako's place. We talked for a while and then Chikako and I went shopping!
We went to the mall in Kashima and had decided to have lunch there. It had been years since Chikako had been there and alot of things had changed. Their used to be lots of restaurants there, but now there was only fast food. We ended up having McDonald's for lunch and I had my weekly dose of pop. After that we went to the sports shop and I found a nice fanny pack to use when I go running (with pouches for my phone and ID and keys and a place for my water bottle) and some dumbbells. When I found the excercise area, I was very dissapointed to see that they only had 0.5kg and 1.0kg dumbbells. I had been told that they had sets of dumbbells. So I picked up some ankle weights (that also fit alright around my wrists) and a package of 1.0kg dumbbells. After I paid for everything and was heading out the exit, I saw heavier dumbbells. These were all sold individually, but they ranged from 2.0kg to 5.0kg. So I bought one dumbbell each of 3kg, 4kg and 5kg. I'll be starting out using the 3kg dumbbell for my workouts and eventually work my way up to 5kg.
Next we went down the road to where the furniture shops are. We went to Maruho first and I found one couch that I liked ok. It was a 2 seater and cost about 7,8000 yen (about $780). I decided to check out the other store near by before buying anything though, because I was really hoping to find something better. So we went across the street to Tokyo Interior and as soon as we got upstairs, I saw a couch a made a beeline for it. I sat down on it and was in heaven! It was perfect!! But I still walked around the rest of the store just to be sure. The couch I saw first is a three seater, plush microfiber cloth couch. When you sit down, it feels like the couch is hugging you! And the arm rests are high so that you can lean on them and they are big and soft like pillows! I can lie down fully on the couch with my head on the arm rest. and the best part is, it was only 5,8000 yen! ($580). The store also only charged me 5000 yen to take away my old couch! So I got my new couch and my old couch will be romoved for only 6,3000 yen! So nice!! Delivery will be on Sunday, September 2nd. So in two weeks, I'll have a brand new, comfortable couch to relax on! I can't wait :)
I went to Chikako's (my Japanese teacher) house after I finished coaching yesterday morning. I was very surprised, and happy, to see Sara there! She was an ALT in Iwaki until last month. She's now living in Tokyo looking for work. She came up to Iwaki for a couple of days and had spent the previous night at Chikako's place. We talked for a while and then Chikako and I went shopping!
We went to the mall in Kashima and had decided to have lunch there. It had been years since Chikako had been there and alot of things had changed. Their used to be lots of restaurants there, but now there was only fast food. We ended up having McDonald's for lunch and I had my weekly dose of pop. After that we went to the sports shop and I found a nice fanny pack to use when I go running (with pouches for my phone and ID and keys and a place for my water bottle) and some dumbbells. When I found the excercise area, I was very dissapointed to see that they only had 0.5kg and 1.0kg dumbbells. I had been told that they had sets of dumbbells. So I picked up some ankle weights (that also fit alright around my wrists) and a package of 1.0kg dumbbells. After I paid for everything and was heading out the exit, I saw heavier dumbbells. These were all sold individually, but they ranged from 2.0kg to 5.0kg. So I bought one dumbbell each of 3kg, 4kg and 5kg. I'll be starting out using the 3kg dumbbell for my workouts and eventually work my way up to 5kg.
Next we went down the road to where the furniture shops are. We went to Maruho first and I found one couch that I liked ok. It was a 2 seater and cost about 7,8000 yen (about $780). I decided to check out the other store near by before buying anything though, because I was really hoping to find something better. So we went across the street to Tokyo Interior and as soon as we got upstairs, I saw a couch a made a beeline for it. I sat down on it and was in heaven! It was perfect!! But I still walked around the rest of the store just to be sure. The couch I saw first is a three seater, plush microfiber cloth couch. When you sit down, it feels like the couch is hugging you! And the arm rests are high so that you can lean on them and they are big and soft like pillows! I can lie down fully on the couch with my head on the arm rest. and the best part is, it was only 5,8000 yen! ($580). The store also only charged me 5000 yen to take away my old couch! So I got my new couch and my old couch will be romoved for only 6,3000 yen! So nice!! Delivery will be on Sunday, September 2nd. So in two weeks, I'll have a brand new, comfortable couch to relax on! I can't wait :)
