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Spring is here, and the time moved 1 hour forward again. So we lost an hour. It was a little hard to adjust the first day when the time changed. Not only because we haven’t adjusted the time on the clocks around the house, we also misjudge the time since now it gets darker a bit later.

I am looking for an alternative Japanese class right now. I am already attending Japanese class. But my one and only classmate feels that 1 class a week isn’t enough for her. I agree. But the thing is timing isn’t good. I can only go for certain days. In fact I would like to enroll for their Saturday and Sunday classes, but they are only in Hungarian and they won’t allow me to go to that class. So if she leaves and find some other place to learn Japanese, there isn’t much point in continuing since I only joined it because of her (I mean because of another classmate. I wanted to learn in a classroom not one-to-one) I can always find for somebody to teach me one-to-one through the internet at a much flexible time I suppose.

Okay it all depends on her, if she leaves I leave, if she stays, I’d stay too. But I would still look for alternative classes because we’d never know when I may need it. I’m searching for tutors on edufire. com and from a few other websites as well. There are many Japanese online tutors - experienced ones, amateurs, and native speakers. Only problem is when it comes to looking for a reasonable priced one. $40 an hour is pretty steep for me I must say. $10 - $25 is reasonable. But I have to browse page by page. Are there any tutor sites like a term life insurance quotation website? Where I can just check and choose by the rates they charge easily.

Well, let’s just wait and see.

I was just going through my bookmarks and organizing them when I found a website which I bookmarked and kind of forgotten about it. It’s Tenso.com. It is a shipping forwarding company based in Japan. If you ever tried to buy items from Japan most probably you would know about how some Japanese companies would require a Japan shipping address and won’t deliver overseas. That is when Tenso comes in the picture. You can get them to collect the product you bought and they will deliver it to you for a small fee.

So I browsed around to see the products that I can potentially buy - from body acne treatment to the latest tamagotchis. All you can buy at a cheaper price directly from Japan. Of course I checked the Japanese Electronic dictionaries as well. Hah! the prices are unbelievably cheaper even combined with shipping fees than what I can get if I buy it from anywhere else. I suppose I’ll be getting a e-dictionary sooner than expected??

I went to visit the language school last evening. According to them I am the second foreigner who found the school. First one was a girl from Azerbaijan. They asked me how did I came about finding them. So I told them that I googled and found a link to their web address through a blog.  Therefore, there are 2 of us that are looking forward to Japanese lessons in English. Maybe I should suggest to them to get the best seo software so that their website can be found easily or I should help them find students and ask them whether they would implement reward program - like discount for every student we find for them.

They suggested to me to either go on Saturday to see how the class is (which is by the way already near half through the syllabus), or I go there this evening - the Azerbaijan girl would be there. I said I’d go there this evening. I’m curious about the girl.

Spring will officially start on the 20th of March people say. Which means we have a little more than a month left to go. I do not know

why I have this feeling as if we are having a long winter. Maybe because of the frequent snow fall compared to other years? Perhaps. I’m just missing the sun a little bit.

When I think about it… Just wonder how those people live in Alaska or somewhere where the winters are longer. Well, at least they don’t have to worry about finding the right age spot remover when they’re old.

Huh, look at me, expressing my longing for warmer days. When people from warmer climated countries would be longing for colder days. I guess people will never be satisfied with what they have. 

I’m still waiting for a job proposal to either be accepted or rejected. I’ve been waiting for more than 2 weeks now. Honestly I do feel a little nervous and hope that the answer would come soon. If its accepted, I’d be very happy,if it isn’t then at least I can move on with my life sooner and continue with my plan.

Though I try to be positive, but I can’t help feeling a little gloomy due to how slow things are going. I wish there some sort of ointment that you can use to get rid of this depressive feeling. Something like those joint pain relief ointment advertisements you see on tv. Just rub the ointment and the pain just goes away in an instant.

All I can do for now is just wait on.

I am one of those many people who are not blessed with acne free, flawless skin. Believe me I know some people who have clear beautiful skin even without make up on. But unfortunately for people like me we depend on make up to make it bearable to go out in public without feeling conscious about how our skins look.

Until I find the best acne treatment and also moisturizer that will help me with my dry skin and at the same time not promote break-outs, I just have to cover up the blemishes, acne and skin discoloration with make up. Thanks to youtube now we can learn from people who really know how to do that perfectly well.

The video above is from scandalousbeauty on how to cover up your skin flaws with make up. I love her videos.

You can buy all the cosmetic products you can afford to help you look prettier and make you feel better about yourself. But cosmetic products for home usage have their limitations. The result may be too slow or not good enough. I should know better because I’ve tried so many skin care products that I can afford to keep my skin moisturized and acne free.

I’ve seen how a few of my friends finally sought cosmetic professionals to help them with their skin problems. And I’ve seen how happy they were of the results. Though spa treatment can be a little expensive but the results are satisfying and perhaps cheaper in the long run.

I was browsing randomly mmedicalspa.com, one of Atlanta Spas, and read about microdermabrasion. A treatment that involves exfoliating dead skin cells and encourage new skin cells to grow quicker. The result would be beatiful, clear, younger looking skin. The treatment sounded like it’s something for me to consider doing.

Now, spas like M Medical Spa focuses on the best results. Just like what I’ve mentioned before, pay a bit more that what you have to spend on cosmetic skin care products and you will get satisfying results quicker.

There’s no doubt that when one looks good, they tend to feel good too. Don’t we all deserve to feel good?

After a week of waiting, I finally got the Japanese language text book I’ve ordered last week from Amazon. I bought  Japanese from Zero! 1. Selling for about $16 on Amazon right now.

They have about 5 books in this series and I got the first one. The first day, I managed to finish nearly half of the book. I am a beginner yet not a total beginner so the first part of the book was quite easy. I just flew through.

Although they do teach the japanese writings (Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji) but on the 1st book you will only find romaji and Hiragana. They teach you step by step. At first you will see only romaji, once you’ve learnt  a few set of Hiraganas, they will slowly replace the romaji with Hiragana. Then teach another new set of Hiragana and later replacing the romaji again with the new set you’ve just learnt. Once you’ve learnt all the Hiragana characters, you will only see words written in Hiragana.

Learning a new language in itself is not easy,  to learn a new set of foreign letters does make foreign language learning much more overwhelming. So Trombley’s (the author) approach of replacing the romaji with Hiragana slowly does make it  less scary for a beginner.

Another thing I like about this book is that, at every chapter you will learn to add more ways to make a sentence. For example, after 2-3 lessons you’d be able to say: Kore wa watashino okaasan no kuruma desu = This is my mother’s car. A couple more lessons after that you would be able to form sentence like : Watashi no okaasan wa pinku kuruma ga suki desu = My mother likes a pink car.  Few more lessons after that you’d be able to form more complicated  sentences.

A couple of drawbacks though : no audio aid for those who wants to know how some words are pronounced, secondly it may be a bit too slow for some people. Not a problem for me though. I really like to book so far and already thinking of ordering the second book, so I won’t have to wait once I am finished with this book.

You can check the limited preview of this book here on google book.

Somebody once told me, “when you are stuck at choosing a gift for someone, get a set of bedsheets or blankets”. It is because no matter how many they own they will eventually find some use for them.

We all have favourite photos that we like to look at. Sometimes photographs can make great gifts on its own to remind people of the wonderful moments they had when the photographs were taken. Imagine giving a gift with the combination of both sweet memories and soft comfort. It is just the perfect gift for people of all ages and gender.

There are quite a few types of photo blankets that are available out there. One particular website that I know of, where you can find all types of photo blankets information that you may want to read about before deciding to order one. It is photoblanketsource.com. Yes, even the url says it.

Most people I know love personalized gifts. Even I myself love personalized item. It makes even the normal gifts seem special. So if you are looking for that special gift to give to somebody equally special, why not try giving a photo blanket?

What should we do to make sure that we can get pregnant with healthy babies? When would the most fertile period be? Is it possible to choose a baby gender?… These are the few questions that popped up when I wanted to get pregnant for the first time,i.e 3 years ago.  Once I finally got pregnant, I wanted know about the type of food that I should be eating more and avoid, what are the things that I may be experiencing at different pregnancy stages, how to prepare myself for the birth etc. Thanks to the internet, I could find answers to all these questions and more.

I have joined quite a few parenting websites. The latest one is Parentsconnect.com. Parenting websites like parentsconnect.com is the sort of website where I can get answers for all my parenting questions from and also the support I need from those who were in the same situation as I was. There was a time I had a little complication with my pregnancy, it was from the other wonderful pregnant ladies from parenting sites like this that I get my strength to overcome my worries.

Now that my little girl is a preschooler I still find information from parenting websites for questions I have about caring for a 3 year old. Especially about how to handle tantrums. Boy,I definitely need plenty of tips on that.

I may be trying for another child next year or the year after. Each pregnancy is said to be different from the other. Although I’ve experienced being pregnant before. I will definitely have plenty of questions then.