watching extreme makeover..Japanese style

hi every one,
its nov 5th here. this past week has been alot of fun. Shiv and i started work this week. work has been a huge learing curve for both of us. well not so much for shiv because he got 87 on his quiz and i got 67.....
work is good though. we work in an office builing right downtown. i work mostly on the 14th floor. we teach people that sign up with nova how to speak english. we do it online though. so when people sign on to their computer for their 1pm lesson, i may be their online teacher.

today i had a few students that were very advanced in english. One guy i was teaching was a doctor, and he was so fluent in english, that when i asked him what a milestone in fashion history was (in his opinion) he told me

" i think it would have to be when japanese women began to wear pants" i said why is that a milestone
and he said " after the war there was a huge fire in tokyo in a department store. many men were able to get out or jump out of the window in time, but many women died in that fire because in those times women still wore kimonos of traditional dress. from that time it was allowed and socially acceptable for women to wear pants in japan.

ii thought that was a pretty good answer.
other students are so shy, they are even afraid to talk or answer questions, but others love to talk and tell me everything (whethe it is related to the lesson or not.

when i told one of my students that i was from canada. she went nuts!!!the one place in the entire world she wants to go is PEI, to see anne of green gables.
japan is amazing. this week we did orienation and i got off at 3 every day and shiv at 9. now that we are working we both get of at 3 every day.

this thursday friday we are planning to go to osaka jo. i'm so excited.
there must be something wrong, or some thing so right about me and shiv, because with out even trying we keep on finding these AMAZING restaurants. every day. oskak is one big maze of restaurants. there is a reason its refered to as "the kitchen of japan.
we also went to amerika mura, "america villiage" weirdest things we saw
1) african guys on most street corners
2)vintage stores with thse baby yakuza (ganster) jackets in them
3) people dressed like gothic lolitas

people dont dress weird in japan. its just that the country produces the most crazy people and crazy clothes and people have no choice but to buy them.

on another note, japanese tv is crazy. there is this show called "apron of love" and women from all over japan come to the show dressed like 1940's house wives and have to make traditional japanese food. the panel of men judges get too judge their food and rate them. the one with the most points wins. it is pure competition with screaming, yelling and food.

we are now watching a man make over show. also the japanese are super obsessed with being thin without working out. only using gagets. like tummy lazers and skin shakers. the home shopping network is all "brightening, slimming......yada yada"

looked for shoes yesterday. womens shoes come in small/med large and i am neither. i would be an XL. so no shoes for me :(
janet jackson is on a japanese game show.. What? i have to go...
jan