Hello friends in Japan! So sorry I haven't blogged for a while. Last week was a little busy so I forgot to blog! Last Wednesday I applied for a part-time job in a clothes shop in Sevenoaks. Today I had an interview and got the job. Hooray! It is only 4 or 5 hours a day and very low pay, but the staff seem very friendly and I can walk there! Maybe tomorrow I'll take a photo of the shop to show you (it's not very exciting). It's part-time so I still have time for my writing every day, so I'm very happy about it.
On Saturday, Shun and I went to our friends' (Simon and Kate's) wedding. I know Simon because I worked with him at the cinema museum a long time ago. He still works there and the wedding party was at the museum so it looked really cool. Lots of film equipment and old movie posters everywhere. The food was lovely, the music (a French Chanson band) was great and we had a really good time chatting and eating and dancing. Many congratulations to lovely Simon and Kate!
Saturday was the last day of good weather :( Since then, it has become quite cold again. Why? Why? Why? それがイギリスです。がまんします。On Sunday, we had a big family lunch, which was great. Aunts, uncles, cousins. Baby Edie was the star attraction (again). She can now say, 「バババババババババババババンンンンンババババババ」The sad thing is, we all listen to her.
My lovely Japanese friend Eriko came to see me! Via Helsinki! She stayed for 3 nights and we had a fantastic weekend together and did lots of things in Sevenoaks and in London - eating, drinking, walking, museums, shops. And she gave me a lovely present from Finland. Thank-you for coming, Eriko! Hope your journey back to Tokyo was a good one! (Sorry I'm showing your photo without asking you if it's OK.)
This is Tracy Thorn on BBC Breakfast TV last week. If you know the group Everything But The Girl (EBTG) then you will know her. She hasn't recorded anything for a long time because she's been taking care of her children, but she's coming back and I saw her play one of her new songs and it was really beautiful. She seemed a lovely person - very creative and positive and I felt inspired by her :)
Next day, Mum, Dad and I had a lovely time visiting a big old house in the countryside. It was designed and built by a friend of William Morris, and inside there were lots of William Morris fabrics and textiles. And the gardens and views were beautiful!
Ah! Shun has gone back to Japan, so I just have the shadow of him for company . . . .
Hello, this is the shop where I now work part-time! M & Co. It sells cheap, quite fashionable clothes (but not as fashionable as H & M) and seems a very pleasant place to work. The staff are friendly and smiley, which is very reassuring. This week I am working 9 - 1 and of course I am "In Training." Yesterday and today I put the newly-delivered clothes on hangers and steamed them with an amazing steam-iron! Then I tidied the clothes on display in the shop and said, "Hello!" to customers. So far, the customers have been very nice people. I wonder when the strange ones will arrive? Nearly all the staff are women (aged between 16 and 51) but there is one man (ちょうオネエっぽ い）called Patrick. Today he told me he can say three things in Japanese: これはなんですか？and どこですか？and おねがいします! I was very impressed. (But why does he know them? Hmm . . . a mystery . . . )
Saturday was the last day of good weather :( Since then, it has become quite cold again. Why? Why? Why? それがイギリスです。がまんします。On Sunday, we had a big family lunch, which was great. Aunts, uncles, cousins. Baby Edie was the star attraction (again). She can now say, 「バババババババババババババンンンンンババババババ」The sad thing is, we all listen to her.
