Hello friends,

I know you've been wondering how I am doing, where I am, and what I am doing.

Here I will start giving some of my updates.

I am still in Taipei unemployed with my visa expiring on the 23rd.

Yes I mean the next Wednesday.

I have left my last company about a month ago, and I've been trying to find a new work in Taipei; however, the things never went smooth this time.

I thought it would be much easier for me to find something if I am not too picky, but I even didn't get a Japanese teaching jobs...and I got really depressed.

And I got a report that the last company has cancelled my visa...and I had only 2 weeks left that time.  I even lost my motivation to keep looking for jobs here.

The worst thing is that I've been sad and stressed..and what I say..and how I behave were making who I love, David very sad too.

I made him feel that I've been blaming of him for nothing...for the situation nobody can change....when I noticed that...I hated myself.

But he's been always supportive and cheerful to make me encourage even I am like this in the very very bad mood..

Now 3 big carton boxes are in front of me...speaking to me like..."start packing RIGHT NOW!"

I am meeting some girl friends for the final "girl's night out" tonight.

I am finishing the life in Taiwan after 2 years and 3 months...well I have no idea what is going to happen..since this morning one Japanese company emailed me for the 2nd interview on Monday.

Things happen like this at the last minuit...David says..."try and see...you have nothing to lose now"...Yes I agree with him...I have nothing to lose...

Ok, so I am planning to go back to Sapporo on the 23rd...if anyone wants to hire me...I will change my mind at the last minuit..and going to Hong Kong and coming back here.

Only the time can give me the last decision.

I will miss friends, the city and mostly David if I am leaving here. 

 

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

The results of your analysis say:

You fill every waking moment with activity.
You are a social person who likes to talk and meet others.
You are affectionate, passionate, expressive, and future-oriented.
You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

More pictures from the wedding.

You might think my PC ability got improved a lot....he he he actually I am not doing anything.  This web-site called Photobucket is amazing.

www.photobucket.com

If you have your own blog, you should go check it!!

Sorry, I didn't know how to change the angle of the movie...90 degrees to right...

Please bend your neck for a while and enjoy the movie!!

 

I was back in Japan this weekend for my sister, Mika's wedding in Sendai.

Congratulations.  I am so happy to see you in the wedding dress with the best man!!

From your sister, Manami

I am going to talk about last weekend, but I went to see the movie 'DA VINCI CODE" with Steffen, Shuhui, and David.

They have already read the book, but only I haven't read it yet.

I didn't know the story, so I have nothing to expect what is going to happen next....so it was pretty interesting to me.

Le Musee de Louvre...I have been to Paris about 5 times, but I have never made to the inside.  I've only been down the Pyramid...Always not enough time to see the museum. 

Next time I go to Paris, I should take the Da Vinci Code tour to the Louvre!!

By the way I love Audrey Tautou...she is just ... so pretty!!

 

 

Oh I love her new hair!!! 

I am posting another one today.

We found a Bambi in Taipei city after Juanes show....


Bambi is not alone anymore :-)

On Friday I went to the Colombian famous singer, Juanes's new albun promotion concert.

There were more than 500 people in the small Live House...and I could almost touch him....I was very close to the stage.  Many girls were throwing their bra at him ....red...black...white...with dots...

Unfortunately I was not wearing very sexy bra at that time, so couldn't throw mine








Picture is taken by my friend, Mike!  Thanks Mike for the good memory.

One of my best friends, Hiroka is coming to visit me in Taiwan next month.

I am so excited to see her again and show her my life and my friends here.

She has her own blog, and was writing about the important things in her life.

She works in California as Speech Pathologist.  She's been studying and wroking in the States for amost 6 or 7 years I guess.

She's been studying very hard, so now she realized her dream to be Speech Pathologist and lives in a really nice place.

She talks about how much she misses her family...old friends...JAPAN.

She has this successful life there as she has dreamed of, but she feels something is lucking in her life.  She says she wants to share the happiness and joy with people she loves the most though she has friends there also.

I totally understand what she means. 

I also have been dreamed of working in a foreing country for long, and now I am donig it. 

After you accomplish one goal, you feel kinda "floating in the air" till you find the next goal.  And I am also in this floating period now, I tend to think like "Am I doing what I really want to do?", "Should I still stay in Taiwan or should I go home"...
"Can I ever live with my family again...4 of us, Dad, Mom, Sister and me?".....well maybe never again.."My parents are getting old...can I ever repay them for bringing me up?"

Things like this....

What makes you happy the most?  It's people around me. 

I wish all the people I love are living in Taipei with me now.