Of Life: Living in Japan - Expectation vs Reality.

Assalamualaikum.

Berbulan tak update blog, terus dah jadi japan resident kau ye.

We've been here since October 2016, and this month marks the 8th month we've been living here. If I have time and mood, im gonna write all about that in backdated entries, but please dont put your hopes high. Im getting more malas and malas each day, despite not having anything to do at home!

1. Our first expectation - jepun ni bersih sungguh! Bersih tahap kau malu nak buang sampah merata. Public garbage bins, if there are any, are categorized into specific categories - plastik, tutup botol (yes they have their own place), kertas, food waste etc, and the're all written in Japanese so we had some troubles figuring it out. The solution? Simpan sampah dalam beg, buang sampah kat rumah! Nak buang sampah pun guna duit ya... plastik sampah kena beli, bergantung pada size, tapi slalu aku beli yang paling besar tu 10 keping ¥400 (RM16), bole la tahan sebulan... Itu untuk food waste. Belum plastik sampah untuk plastik & bungkusan, sebab kat sini kena asingkan sampah dan sampah pun diambil berbeza mengikut hari.. nantila kalau rajin aku buat satu entry untuk pengurusan sampah kat jepun ni.

2. Japan is expensive. Like REAAAALLYYY expensive. Back in Malaysia, duit belanja dapur sebulan lebih kurang RM500, here the same amount, about  ¥12500 can only last for a week. Expenses sebulan lebih kurang ¥200,000, itu dah habes jimat dan tak pergi berjalan mana2. That's roughly RM8000 di Malaysia! .Kalau beli gedegang, air mineral sama harga dengan coke okayy 😆 Memang duit biasiswa lebih dari cukup, tapi tolak savings dan emergency fund, memang cukup2lah. Sini kita memang simpan emergency cash in hand, quite a big amount jugak, in case ada natural disaster (earthquakes, tsunami, typhoon etc), sometimes boleh blackout and there will be no ATM services or internet kalau nak beli tiket balik Malaysia. 

Antara kos yang mahal kat sini adalah pemilikan kenderaan. Parking memang berbayar, especially kalau kau duduk apartment atau rumah sewa yang tak sediakan parking. Mahal ya... boleh cecah sehingga ¥5000 sebulan (RM200), bergantung pada tempat. Some places can go even higher! Lepas tu kita ada shaken 車検 (pronounced SHA - KEN), lebih kurang PUSPAKOM la kat Malaysia. Bezanya kat Malaysia, kita pergi puspakom bila beli kereta second (please correct me if im mistaken), tapi kat sini, vehicle inspection ni kita buat dua tahun sekali, takde shaken kereta takleh jalan ye... kosnya sekali buat tu lebih kurang ¥100,000. Lepas tu kita ada road tax setahun sekali, bergantung pada jenis kenderaan, our car I think around ¥50,000. Lepas tu kita ada insurance, I think around ¥70,000, nanti I'll check the amount dengan husband. Kereta memang lah murah, contohnya Toyota Vellfire baru, yang eight seater, rasanya lebih kurang ¥3,000,000 (RM120,000). Kat Malaysia rasanya RM300,000 lebih kan? Tapi nak maintain kereta tu................ menangisssssssssss

3. Nk tau kenapa orang jepun kurus2 cantik2? Selain daripada diorang banyak jalan kaki (setakat 4, 5km sehari tu biasa untuk diorang), makanan diorang sangat bland. Banyak sup2, grill, sushi...paling hebat goreng pun tempura. Kalau pergi makan kat restoren jepun tu aku rasa macam nak bawak sambal kicap sendiri je drp rumah (dasar melayu sangat). Kita? Dengan kari, sambal, masak lemak....kalori bertan-tan. Jalan sikit pun komplen (aku la tu). Tapiiiiiiiii tak boleh la compare jalan kaki kat sini dengan jalan kaki kat Malaysia...sini paling panas pun 28°, tapi angin yang bertiup still sejuk, so kau tak rasa sangat lah kalau dah jalan berkilokilo pun.... cuba kat Malaysia dengan matahari tegak atas kepala, kau jalan 100m je belakang baju dah basah dengan peluh.

4. Siapa kata internet jepun laju berdesup tak pernah lagging? Itu semua sandiwara semata-mata..... sama je macam Malaysia, ada hari2 memang lah sepantas kilat. tapi ada hari2 internet Malaysia lagi laju.... stress taaaauuu, lagi2 surirumah macam aku yang internet tu je la kawan yang aku ada, nak borak dengan ojiisan bawah ni, tak pandai nihongo la puleeekkkk

5. Beranak kat jepun juga sangat laaaaaa costly... itu entry lain, since aku insya Allah akan beranak kat sini hujung tahun ni 😅 so Im gonna go in detail on that.

6. Dah puas kita kutuk dia, meh kita puji pulak. Kat jepun ni, susaaaaahhhhhh sangat nak jumpa stray animals. In fact aku tak pernah jumpa stray dogs, kucing adalah itu pun aku rasa ada tuan. Tapi anjing, maaannnnnn they take care of their dogs macam jaga anak ok.... dukung pergi vet, siap ada baju, pampers (seriously please believe me), stroller (ye ada stroller anjing ok).. maybe sebab kos penjagaan anak sini memang mahal (despite ada bantuan daripada kerajaan jepun lebih kurang ¥10,000 - ¥15,000 sebulan, mengikut umur anak), diorang lagi suka jaga anjing.. kat sini kalau jumpa orang jepun ada anak lebih dua kira amazing gila.... kita lah yang heret anak ramai2 kecik2 kat sini, diorang takde nye... kalau anak ramai pun mesti gap jauh..

7. Lagi satu aku nak puji, Frontliners kat sini, service diorang superbbbbbbb. Kalau kita pergi city hall ke imigresen ke balai polis ke bank ke mana2 la yang melibatkan urusan dengan manusia, dia punya kesungguhan nak tolong kita tu walaupun diorang tak paham bahasa inggeris, tapi usaha diorang, is something that our frontliners patut contohi... bersungguh ok, walau cakap bahasa ayam itik pun... kadang2 diorang sedia dengan google translate.. ada jabatan2 yang akan ada translator, tapi tak semua... ini memang aku tabik la kat diorang ni...

8. Satu lagi, cashier diorang. Sebiji sebiji barang yang dia scan tu, dia sebut harga kat depan mata kau... kalau ada dua orang kat kaunter, sorang scan sorang masukkan barang dalam box atau plastik, sikit pun diorang tak berbincang hari ni nak makan lunch apa, semalam drama yang fattah amin berlakon tu apa ending dia, habis shift nak melawat nenek sedara jiran kat ward, macam kat supermarket supermarket kat tanah airku tu..... takde ek, TAKDE. Diorang sangat hormat dengan customer... jadinya memang susah lah kejadian nak terscan sepapan petai harga RM400 tu nak berlaku kat sini. 

Banyak lagi aku nak tulis sebenarnya, tapi si kenit ni dah bangun so sebelum dia hijack laptop ni, baiklah aku serah sendiri pada dia secara rela, demi mengelakkan drama - drama beberapa episod yang boleh menyebabkan surat warning sampai (sini takleh bising, nanti jiran report polis 😓) . Till next entry (hopefully soon), mattaaaaa nee

Defenseless.

Assalamualaikum.

Ive been thinking a lot lately....and recent event hit me hard. I suddenly realized that i rarely ever defended myself, to anyone. Defending, justifying, explaining myself, those are things i dont do. That's the major reason why i am always misunderstood, getting judged at. In front of bosses especially, even when i did nothing wrong. At first i thought i have issues with authorities, the way i was raised, we never argue with elderly out of respect, i think that trait has been embedded deep in me. And then it hits me, among peers, among colleagues, even among friends, i never actually correct any misinterpretation that they have about me. 

And i know why. Its because im a cryer. I cry at anything. I cry when im sad, i cry when im angry, i cry whem im mad, i cry when im happy. Defending myself, will end up with me crying and not saying anything. What's the point, right? I mean, its better to be misuderstood, than to appear weak, right? Plus when at work, defending myself almost always means that i have to tell tale about others, and thats another thing about me, i will never save myself at the expenses of others. 

Eventually, i'll be the one to carry the blame. And because it has been happening for a while, i just dont care anymore. I dont care what people think about me. They can say whatever they want, think whatever they want. I just do my job the best that i can, i just be the best version of me that im able to. Whatever they think its their problems, not mine. Right?

Those who matters, know me well. Those who dont know me, dont matter.

This is so random. So so random.

I guess i just miss talking adult thing with adult. Have a lot to blog about, i just dont have the mood.

Assalamualaikum.

Of Life: New Resolution

Assalamualaikum.

So last weekend was hectic. My adik ipar got married (he's the groom so we were busy sending him to the bride's reception.......which was like 2km away hahaha). The reception on our side will be on some time this month;, Im not sure the exact date haha Im such a bad sister in law I know. But we're going to balik kampung every week anyway so whats the different right? Im gonna be there anyhow.

And last weekend also, a lot of things happened, most of it include rudeness and I was itching to blog about it. But Im sort of putting it of (truth is, I didnt bring my laptop and typing on a small phone keyboard can get pretty annoying after the third paragraph) to a point where when I can finally vent it out, I no longer think that its that relevant anymore. I know for the time being nobody knows me on this platform but perhaps someday when I become a very successful and famous blogger (finger crossed guys -- Id much rather not, look at those grammar mistakes!), people will dig through the contents of this blog and realized who i was talking about, a lot of things will become big issues.

So Ive decided, if I ever hate someone and feel the desperate urge to rant about it in any social media, I would just put it off and wait until the rage over. Twitter is an exception of course, I have such a small crowd who dont bother to judge (I think, but who cares if they do, they never tell anyone about anything, theyre big in keeping secrets so I dont really mind if they indeed are judging me all the time hehe).

Im gonna have to do some house chores.. so until then, chiowwww!

Of Life: Selamat Hari Raya!

Assalamualaikum.

Selamat hari raya! Tahun ni walaupun last beraya kat Malaysia for at least 3 years *husband dah bagi hint yang kita most probably takkan balik raya sebab clash dengan jadual kerja* tapi macam tak berapa sangat nak bersiap. Baju kurung beli sehelai je! Selalunya at least lima pasang, sebab beli baju kerja terus. Maybe sebab nak cuti lama jadi tak beria sangat nak beli baju kurung baru. But fret not! Husband dah suruh tempah baju raya untuk tahun depan....... so hakak nak cari dan siapkan kaw2 kali ni. Dah la raya di perantauan, family jauh, at least baju kena la vogue de vasssss kaaannnn *jap lagi ko beli selai jugak je haha*

Anywayssss.. on preparation - ZERO! Baju anak2 dinasihatkan supaya beli kat sini sebab sana mahal... tapi asyik tangguh tangguuh to the last minute sebab takut baju cepat kecik hahahaha kalau boleh nak tunggu the very last minute baru beli... especially baju si amsyar. I swear he's grown at least 5 inch in 3 months.. jeans beli masa bulan april hari tu dah senteng! Tapi baju amsyar takpe beli banyak, boleh je turun kat ammar dan ayman..

Esok dah keje!

Of Life: Random Rant Episode 1

Assalamualaikum.

Tetiba decided to start blogging again. Sebab this is the only place where i can rant all i want, not caring who are judging, not expecting any response nor consolation. I can just rant. Banyak sangat benda dalam kepala, ku simpan-simpan lama-lama aku yang meletop.

Paling sesak dalam kepala: packing. Ive no idea what to expect.. Been googling for sometimes now tapi banyaknya orang cerita macam mana nak settle down sana, takde pon yang tulis pasal preparations, what to bring, what to expect, what to do before, during, after arrival etc. So i thing i need to write my preparation sebagai rujukan sendiri dan rujukan oramg-prang yang tersinggah sini. I tell u, packing nak travel jalan2 dengan packing untuk settle down for three and a half years sangat lain ye..... Kalau cuma nak datang jalan-jalan maybe boleh pack to minimum, tapi nak settle down takkan aku nak bawak empat helai baju sorang, lepas tu beli kat sana? Banyak la cantik.. Sape nak bayar semua? Kau pindah rumah pon kau hangkut semua.. Ni kau pindah negara, what do u expect? Belum lagi nak kemas rumah sebab suddenly husband decides nak sewakan.... Boleh pitam macam ni fikir...

Will continue later. I smell 💩💩 in one of these two diapers. Need to clean them up.

Till then.

after a while. kahkah.

assalamualaikum.

*tepuk-tepuk habuk*

havent been writing for a loonnggggg time. havent got time. ah sebenarnya kau pemalas bukak laptop. sebab malas nak gaduh dengan hero2 ku. nak taip guna phone juga adalah tidak best. hence the long halt.

gonna write my second delivery experience (yeee anak i dah dua uollss) soon but am not sure how soon. kahkahkah. padahal dah sembilan bulan beranak. hopefully i still remember all the gory details. my short term memories are super suck nowadays.

ok dah lah bai.

Testing.

Assalamualaikum.

Nak try publish entry dgn hand phone.

Got lotsa stuff going on in my mind but im too lazy to open my laptop and type.

Will try and update more soon.

Love,
Haniz.