Before and After

Before I went back to Japan, I got temporary work which was marketing research in UK. My work was making a phone call to UK companies and filling out the survey in Japanese. It wasn’t easy for me to talk with native English speakers on phone in addition no one wants to cooperate with the survey which isn’t profitable for them. So it was very difficult to avoid hearing “I don’t have time.” or “As the company’s policy, I can’t answer your questions.” After being rejected by 20 companies, I was almost giving up my work but my boss trusted me to do it and somehow I could manage this work and got enough money for my travel expense to Japan.
I like work not just because of income but because I can have a link to real world. Through any kinds of job I can learn how the society works and get new knowledge. After coming back from Japan, I got new kind of temporally work from the same boss. It was a translation work from Japanese to English. I enjoyed it very much. I didn’t need to make a phone call so I can work till late at night if I want to. I could do it with my own pace and to the level which I feel comfortable. If I would get this kind of job, I can do it anytime however the work finished in one week. It’s irony but when I work, I wish I would finish it as soon as possible on the other hand once I finished it I feel I would like to get a new work to do. I had been waiting a new job and got email from my boss last week. My new job is again marketing research on phone! Although I waited translation work I have no choice. My challenge will start and will be continued.

OKONOMIYAKI

During my stay in Japan, I didn't have a chance to eat Okonomiyaki. Instead I bought some ingredients for it and cooked it in Manchester. I haven't had a proper Okonomiyaki more than two years so I couldn't evaluate it well but I thought this was OK.
Since I came back from Japan, I keep writing just about foods. I'll write something else in my next post I promise.

Apple Crumble

My English teacher gave me cooking apples from his garden. They were fresh and looked very tasty however I didn't know how to cook cooking apples.
My friend brought caster sugar, a scales in ounce and a pyrex dish for baking and helped me to make typical English sweets "Apple Crumble" in my place. It was very tasty! My friend told me it's easy to make but I didn't think so. Hum... I'm not sure whether I can taste this once again or not.

Japanese Foods

Before I came to UK, I wasn't a big fan for Sushi or Sashimi. Now I can't eat fresh and tasty ones here so I enjoyed them in Japan very much.


I had "Maccha Latte", green tea latte, at Starbucks in Japan. Although I find many Starbucks coffee shops in Manchester I can't find Maccha Latte in their menu. So I call this as Japanese food.


I love Japanese food which is served with small dishes and tastes nice.

Italy

I traveled Venice and Trent from 5th September to 14th September. And I also traveled Japan from 17th September to 28th September. Now I'm totally refreshed!