My First Autumn in the Land of the Rising Sun.

I might have to thank my husband for this later but gosh, how happy I am now that I no longer need to wear bulky 3 layers of clothes underneath fleece padded jacket come Winter this year. Autumn in this part of Japan is much much warmer than in Germany. Same goes to Winter. I know sometime this week temperature has drop down to minus 4 in Bayern but here I am hanging laundry in my balcony. Of course the same happiness cant be shared by the people in north part of Japan such as Hokkaido and Sapporo for example. They have tons of snow they even have a snow festival every year.

Due to moderate autumn temperature here in Kanagawa, I can finally enjoy taking stroll in the park the whole evening, inhaling the crisp air of early November, picking dry leaves of Japanese maples in 50 shades of red autumn colours. The temperature can go unexpectedly lower though at night. Having living on top of a hill is no help with chilly wind try to get inside your house through every little slit either from windows or the big sliding doors. The house is not well insulated and the wall is too thin to keep you warm, I guess due to the reason that Summer here can get pretty hot and humid and perhaps due to safety reason during natural disaster, houses here are build with lighter building material. We have never had to deal with the same problem back in Germany even though we once lived in an old post-WWII house. All in all, I hope this year will end with many more happy memories and I'm already looking forward to every goodness that I'll embrace in year 2017. If Trump can be a president, I believe nothing is impossible anymore. hahaha!

For the better future tomorrow!!!

Signing out,
mymyithos.

Hishashiburi! Greeting from the Land of the Rising Sun!

Today mark my third time celebrating one of the many big festive in my life 5131 km away from my home country and my family. Yes, that is roughly the distance from Japan to Malaysia. After 12 years residing in Germany, studying and finally working there, my husband decided early this year that he needed a 'wind of change', a change in his career and a few months later here we are in this land of the rising sun. The only regret I had was having a short time to say goodbye to all good memories and good friends we had back in Germany. 

Yeah well, migrating is not all about rainbows and butterfly like most of people thought. Especially when it involves moving to a foreign country, or in our case we even moving out of a continent! The very first step of applying visa is already an exasperating process. We spent 8 hours driving two ways to Kuala Lumpur just to be told that we have to proceed with the application at Consulate General of Japan in Penang. Lesson learnt buddy! Next time be sure to read the embassy website THOROUGHLY (meticulously word by word is advisable!!). So we dashed to Penang the next day. It took only 15 minutes to hand over all the documents (we already had our Certificate of Eligibility by the time we applied for visa) and we had to wait 3 working days before we can collect them. That is the only obstacle we had during visa application. Once we arrived in the Haneda Airport, we were immediately issued the Resident Cards at the immigration counter. How efficient!!!! Okay, that is only a small portion of bureaucratic process and we still have a loooooooooooooong way to go before we can settle down comfortably. 

Nevertheless, I'm still adjusting myself to this new lifestyle and thank God I've never had a problem with food. Bless me I am a munch machine yooo!! I'll update on that later!!

That's it for now!

Sayonaraaaaaaaaaaa!!

xoxo,

-Ith

NTT Docomo Yoyogi Tower Building at Takashimaya in Shinjuku

Monologue 18.3

18/3/016

Today's weather had me starting up my day early. We rarely gifted with a bright sunshine early in the morning since past few weeks. In fact, it was snowing last two days.

Waking up to warm sunlight is something I take for granted when I was in Malaysia. We received abundantly or perhaps too much sunlight back in my home country that we begrudge the other four seasons countries. 

Human, we are weak and oftentimes we are just ungrateful being. At least, I know I am.

Well, at the time of writing this post, the sunshine is long gone, it's started to getting a little bit cold and gloomy. Nothing last for a very long time, so does my excitement I'm feeling this morning.

 Still, I'm looking forward to a warmer Spring this year. *optimism*

View in front of my apartment block this morning.

The very first one!

Assalammualaikum,

Hari ini dalam sejarah.

My first blog's post. It's been a while. I've already forgotten the feeling of literally pouring out words to my heart's content.

I guess, writing is not my strong suit.

Since, I'm done with my study and German class, now it is time to start documenting my life here for future reference. Cewahhh! Padahal dah 4 tahun mereput boring sejuk mandorm tak tau nak buat ape kat sini. Ulang hari hari.hahahaha!

Hence, this blogpost.

May I find my solace in writing and sharing my experience. Again.


P/s. Lots to learn. Template setup pun fail!