Scripts of My Life (僕の人生の脚本)

2011:A New Beginning

January 2, 2011 at 8:19 pm (Lahat)

涙のかわり、喜びになり。言葉で言わず、ただ抱きしめる

Its a line from the song Chiisa na Koi no Uta from the japanese drama Proposal Daisakusen. Its means, I cannot express it in words, so I will just hug you. Let your tears turn in to Happiness.

I was not able to update this blog for more than a month now.  I was busy with work, with Christmas, and I didnt have the will to write anymore. But I received a mail from wordpress, and it made me realize that there are people who read this blog. I may not hit 1000 viewers per day, but the stats that they gave me was still awesome, for someone who doesnt really write well. And with that, I got aware and started to write this first blog for 2011.

So what happened for the past month? First, I had the busiest month of the year. Last month, I worked for 22 days eventhough we only had 19 working days. My schedule was really hectic last month, with only 1 or 2 days for rest after working for 5 to 6 days straight. Then I am currently playing this Facebook game called Castle Age, so after work, I spend alot of time playing this game. Yeah, I know its part my fault why I didnt have enough time to rest my body. But hey, Im still in good health so no need to worry.

I was really excited for Christmas to come. I had alot of plans with my friends, which was cancelled because there was this earlier plan that got pushed through. The original plan was to go with my Saitama friends in Kinugawa. Kinugawa is a place in Nikko where the view is great and theres this place where you can experience the old Japan. Ninja stuffs, old houses, and many more. But then it was cancelled because my friend in Tokyo told me that their mini-Christmas celebration turned out to be the Company’s Christmas Celebration. So I was invited to go there, and since Im the only one from our client side that can go there, I had no choice. So after 3 days of midshift (3pm to 12mn), I exchanged my next schedule so that I can benefit more from the vacation. So thats 3 days midshift, then one morning shift (7am to 4pm). And if you work on shifts, I think you will notice that midshift then morning shift will not work well with your schedule because you will only have 7 hours to go home, to sleep, to prepare before going to work, and to go to work again. But that was the price I had to pay if I want to spend Christmas with my friends.

December 24, after the hectic work and the meeting, I went to the supermarket to buy foods for the night’s celebration. I spent Christmas Eve alone and ate these foods:

 

 

 

And no, I was not able to finish it all. Honestly speaking, I wanted to buy a much bigger platter than the one I bought. Good thing I didnt buy that. I was so full that night and slept at around 12mn.

December 25, I woke up 4:30am so that I can catch the first bus going to the train station. I arrived in Tokyo around 10am, and had a party with my company colleagues until 6pm.

 

There were a total of 30 Filipinos + 6 Japanese Boss + 1 Filipino Super Boss and his Family. It was a very nice, very Filipino Christmas Party. We played games like Charades and Pinoy Henyo. We ate Filipino foods prepared by the other members. Then our company gave us Buckets of Chicken from KFC and some sushi, and Cabbage rolls. In fairness, the Japanese liked the Filipino dishes.

Of course what is Christmas without exchange gifts? I received a charger for iPod Touch and a scarf from my friend, Dabbie. While I gaveaway a heater to my friend.

After the Company Christmas Party, I rushed to Tokyo station to meet with my other friends. And guess what, I got lost. Tokyo Station is so big, that when you walk around it, you can go to other stations as well. I walked and run for I think an hour and was able to meet my friends. Our plan was delayed because of me.. My bad.

So our plan for the night is to tour around Tokyo. Every year during Christmas season, places in Tokyo have this thing called Illumination where the streets are covered with Christmas Lights, and big Christmas Trees are placed in the streets.  And since Tokyo is so big, we just decided to go to 2 places that night. So from the Tokyo station, we went back to the place I came from (yeah, the place where I got lost), and walk to our first destination,  Marunouchi.

This was a long walk from the station, but it was worth it because the place is very beautiful. This is located behind the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, and if you notice, those are real candle-lit lanterns made by kids. The place also had special fountains thats why it was very cold that night.

After this, we went to an All-you-can-eat restaurant and had a great time enjoying the foods, specially the desserts.

Actually the place was really big. We were seated in a special place for groups where there were curtains and stuffs. The foods was delicious and you will be surprised because they put new type of foods everytime. So you have to go back to the food section to find out which foods were new. Then the desserts! Weee.. I love cakes and sweet stuffs. Their chocolate cake was heavenly. I will eat again there some other time.

After dinner, we went to our last destination. This was the place I really wanted to go. I dont know why, but I got attracted to the place. Its called Ebisu, and that was the first time I went there.

 

After this, we went to our friend’s house in Kawasaki. But there was a problem because I left all my things in Tokyo Station. So we rushed back to Tokyo, I ran as fast as I can to get my things (good thing I didnt got lost), and was able to ride all the last trains going to Kawasaki.. Safe..

And the night didnt just ended there. After arriving home, we drank Chu-hi. Its like a soda mixed with alcohol. We drank until 7am and finally had our rest.

I was really happy that I got to spend Christmas with fellow Filipinos here in Japan.  Due to my clients location, I am situated away from my friends. Plus, I work in shifts so I dont have time to talk with them or to visit them.

Anyway, its already 2011.. Time for changes, time for new beginnings. I wish I can keep writing in this blog.

And to end this post, heres the song that I quoted above;

 

*Photo credits to Florante Arcilla III and Jefferson Tan