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missyg_3

Raph - look after yourself hon, make sure you rest esp if you hit your head? (sick & dizzy sounds like a bit of concussion). *Hugs*

:rotfl: I think I have overdone it on the double grocery shop, I could barely fit it all in the cupboards and freezer :rotfl: It looks like we won't have to shop again for a year :rotfl: I think I did well, I had double budget but it seems like a lot more stuff than 2x a normal monthly shop They just kept bringing more and more crates

Birthday goodies have been stashed away and are not to be touched until the scales read 8.0 stone, then I will enjoy them to the max! (I have kept one small treat to have today within my cal allowance).

I am having to stay in today while some work's being done so it's another day of home exercising :rolleyes: Though hopefully they will be done in time for me to get to the late night shops because son needs new school shoes. Tomorrow - rain or shine - I am going out on my bike (erm... unless it's REALLY POURING )

PinkLipgloss

missyg wrote: »

Hello folks!

PinkLipgloss, ooh how exotic! Whereabouts in Japan? And there I was imagining you cycling along some blustery seafront :rotfl: I've heard about the fruit prices... have you got a few up to date examples to shock us with?

mmissyg,

I'm living in Osaka - the 3rd biggest city in Japan (first Tokyo - then Yokohama).

I bought some fruit at my local supermarket yesterday. I've shopped around (very MSE he he) and its the CHEAPEST in my area. Pack of 12 strawberries on sale for 2.50 (they are usually around 5 pounds!), an apple costs around a pound, 4 bananas around 1.50 - however the real shocker is the melons - 5 pounds for one melon :eek:

Suggs

Very quick one, busy writing a statement of works for a job, before I head to the gym once more.

Well done to Nessa, Sue and Pooh on your losses some good numbers there.

Raph, as per Missyg's wise old words, take it easy :grouphug:

Pinklipgloss Japan sounds nice, I have been to Thailand and Hong Kong a few times, my daughter learns Japanese at school, I used to learn the moves to count 1 to 10 Sounds nice though. I have an am to visit a the continents of the world, only 1 to go, unless you force me to go to Antarctica as well

BB lets just say I have a 1-2-1 at work tomorrow so that can mean only one thing for today (40!)

katiepoppycat

oooh, pinklipgloss, i used to teach on a japanese summer school - 2nd year uni girls used to come over here for a month to learn about britain and british culture. We sent them away with a bit of a skewed vision though - it was all very english and we had tea every afternoon and stuff. MY students were from kobe and and i think kyoto actually. All very sweet girls, so excited to be in the uk and thinking that english boys were wonderful. How do you find their attitude to women over there? I know some of the things the girls used to say worried me - one of them said that you couldn't go shopping after school in your uniform because men would think you were looking for business. At the same time all these bright intelligent girls, studying literature, science, politics . . . . all wanted to 'be an office lady and then get married'

they all sent huge parcels home from the body shop because even with shippin to japan it was still a quarter of the price in the uk.

off to float on a sea of reminiscences now . . . . .

vixarooni

Hey everyone!

Hope youre ok Raph, its well horrible when you fall over (unless drunk, seems less of an ordeal then!)

Guess what. I have a job!! Well ive got one anyway, but this is another one. I am now Cruise ship greater person at Dover docks. Oh yes. I basically welcome people and tell them places to visit in Kent, about 4 hours worth of work about 2/3 a month to begin with, then in september it goes up a bit more. Im doing it to get a bit more "tourism" experience to write on my CV. £1.50 more an hour than i get a debenhams so it will be a nice bit of extra pocket money for my Wii when i get it!

Talking of a Wii, my boyfriend and i are going to go wii shopping next week during my exams so that friday night of my last day of examinations will be a Wii night! Woo.

Hope everyones ok, Welcome to the new people and returning people (forgot the names im afriad but you know who you are)

im off to enter competitions so i'll chat to you laters!

vixarooni

Suggs wrote: »

BB lets just say I have a 1-2-1 at work tomorrow so that can mean only one thing for today (40!)

Suggs, does this mean you are 40 TODAY?

The_Dragon

Hi folks

Can I get back on to the lose 5lbs in a month chart please! Current statistics (as of May 1st)

Top weight 321lbs, Current weight 21-7.5, 19.5 pounds lost so far!

Thank you!

missyg_3

Suggs? You're being very low key about this, but I'm taking it to mean it's your 40th today so HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Now, tell us what you're doing to celebrate because writing a statement of works for a job and your 1-2-1 tomorrow doesn't count - sorry!

Congratulations Vix on getting that job! Are you excited? That sounds like a great job to me, but I love cruise ships and travel! Hopefully your customers will be a happy, relaxed lot as they are on their hols! Deffo a great addition for your cv, you'll have to let us know how you get on

No running water here so just been snacking and trying not to create washing up otherwise the kitchen is going to get smelly. A grazing day won't hurt . I have done 30 mins on the exercise bike today (with high intensity intervals).

ajaxgeezer

Hmmm... it could well be the fella's 40th today, I remember a conversation a few months ago where I was smug cos he was a few months older than me

[STRIKE] Come back here, we wanna take the !!!!!! out of you!!!!!!!!!!!!![/STRIKE] I mean just in case it is your birthday today, MANY HAPPY RETURNS. If it isn't, that saves me typing it out later

By the way, if it IS your 40th and you have a LW day, I'm gonna come down to Bedfordshire and kick you up and down your street!

PinkLipgloss

katiepoppycat wrote: »

How do you find their attitude to women over there? I know some of the things the girls used to say worried me - one of them said that you couldn't go shopping after school in your uniform because men would think you were looking for business. At the same time all these bright intelligent girls, studying literature, science, politics . . . . all wanted to 'be an office lady and then get married'

they all sent huge parcels home from the body shop because even with shippin to japan it was still a quarter of the price in the uk.

off to float on a sea of reminiscences now . . . . .

katiepoppycat
In my opinion a lot of Japanese women's thinking is stuck in the last century.

For example, many of them work hard in high school to get into good universities simply to meet successful male students to marry so that they can live comfortably at home and go shopping and eat lunch with their friends. I have met several girls in their late 20s who have never worked a day in their life :eek:

A far as jobs go most girls want to be a cabin attendant or a hotel receptionist. These are very competitive careers in Japan (!?!?!):rotfl: and having such a role officially means you are "cute" - which is what most girls aspire to!

General opinion dictates that if you are an unmarried women over the age of 30 then you are a loser (regardless of academic/career achievements).

Of course that said, attitudes are changing. I work at an international school and the Japanese women I work with have more of a "modern" outlook to life. One of them is even divorced! (which is still very shocking in Japanese culture)