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It’s been a little while since my last post.
How is everyone doing?
Here it’s been sunny sometimes…then raining at other times.
I’m surprised it’s not raining as much as I had expected.
My umbrella is all broken, I should go buy another one soon.
I was getting tired of having my toothbrush inside a bag, so I looked for a toothbrush rack but couldn’t find one. Instead, I got myself this pen glass that has 3 different compartments, so I can put all my toothbrush kit in there!!! Isn’t that ingenious?…lol (ok, not really…haha)
I finished working at my other job about a week ago and the Chef gave me one of his delicious pieces of cake as a farewell present!! I was so touched….and obviously, my stomach was happy! (I forgot to take a picture…*sniff*)
I found a new job, I’m starting on wednesday but….they’re probably not going to give me enough hours to survive either. So I’m going to beg them to give me a bit more hours, and if it won’t work, I’ll have to do my best to find a 2nd one that could possibly match this schedule….*crosses fingers*
About music-related things…. This month’s “Audition” magazine didn’t have many new things I could enter/send to. Hopefully next month will be better!!! No ‘giving up’!! 
I feel that I need to ask more of myself. I’m not proud of my japanese at this point. I don’t know how to improve though. I do my best to speak when I’m required to. I try to remember the new vocabulary I learn…and yet…. my grammar skills won’t improve at all. But there’s no way I can give up. I can’t regress. I can only move forward!!! >_<
Take good care, everyone!!! Don’t give up on your dreams either. 
Someone said : Success makes someone stupid, but failure makes them evolve.
-HIMEKA
On friday, I went to Tennouzu Isle. I had to go to the Immigration Bureau. But woohoo! I got lost. I find it easy to get lost in Tokyo. But it’s okay. The only bad thing was that it was SO hot. When it’s not raining, it’s boiling hot here! It’s almost summer.
I really don’t take enough pictures. I think I’m worried to look like a silly tourist..hehe.
The rainy season started, but we have pretty shiny sunny days in between.
I’ve been working a few hours during the weekend somewhere, but I’m quitting after tomorrow. I have a few jobs I’m about to pick from right now, that will give me more hours. But I’m still unsure about which one is the best choice. I have another interview tomorrow, so after that, I might know a bit more which direction I need to take.
As any reality is…. you gotta provide for yourself to live. So my priority right now is to work so I can extend my stay. Without money…no rent, no food, etc. My account’s balance is getting very low, so I have to be careful. I’m not giving up though!
Of course I do my best to look up auditions that are possible for me to enter. But a lot of them are demotape auditions…which can take forever to get a reply, if any. I want to find more live ones. There are some auditions with age limits too. And a lot of auditions are open only for singer-songwriters. I’ve even seen an audition that refused demos containing cover songs where you use a commercially released karaoke track (from a CD). ^^;;; But anyway, if you ever hear of anything that I might not know about, I’d gladly take suggestions. I buy a magazine called ‘Audition’ that comes out once a month. That’s where I find most of my opportunities.
But either way, I hope my financial worries settle down soon so I can put more energy into singing.
My only practice is when I go to karaoke box so… it requires money. So I can’t go very often. But I need to. I do my best to learn new songs “mentally” by listening to them at home, then try them out at karaoke. ^^;;; It’s not easy to proceed that way, but it’s still working out alright. I just need to get used to it.
I’m sorry I don’t have any incredible news to tell, but I’ll keep doing my best to find opportunities.
Ciao ciao for now!
-HIMEKA
ゴキブリ。
３～４センチぐらいでした。＞Ｏ＜
-HIMEKA
