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husky51
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ButaPairotto
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HL: I got a new full time job after moving to Europe 6 months ago. So that's a relief money wise.
LL: It seems pretty stressful and I have to do it in English and Spanish (Which I can speak conversationally, my family speaks it, but haven't really used it since I was a younger) but I don't feel confident that I'll be able to deal with complicated situations that pop up in Spanish... I know I'll get through it, but it's nerve wracking in the beginning!
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arren18
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That's exciting! Good luck with the new job Buta!
quote: Originally posted by Kazegami
Thanks arren! That's good to hear. It looks like a pretty area, and I'm just a short walk away from the beach, so that's nice too. And yeah, Kobe will be my nearest big city. I really like the idea of living in Kobe, it seems lovely.
LL: my flight got cancelled, UGH.
HL: I got a new one - cheaper! It's a bit longer too, unfortunately, but nothing disastrous.
Ahh I spent a lot of time in Kobe (especially in the anime merch shops lol). I actually had my flights cancelled repeatedly when I was leaving Japan, so I hope you have a more straightforward experience with that!
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husky51
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ButaPairotto
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Sounds like a lovely time Husky! I hope you all have fun together!
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arren18
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It's nice that you're going to get to see your grandkids! Have fun
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arren18
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Oops, at some point I accidentally took this whole thread away when I meant to delete a spam post! Not sure when I did that, but sorry to anyone who was looking for it in the last few days!
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husky51
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Kazegami
Miyazaki's Best Friend
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HL: Slowly getting organised for the big move next month...
LL: My head is so full of stuff @_@ Not been sleeping too well this week.
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husky51
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When I was in the Navy, I occasionally had trouble getting to sleep, and on top of that, when Reveille was called, I had to struggle with the other guys in the barracks to get a shower stall...
I started doing this: Lying in the most comfortable, I would start thinking about my feet, totally relaxing them and slowly moving up my body, relaxing up to my neck, then visualizing a small cloud in the middle of my head, slowly expanding the cloud until it completely engulfed my head... With some practice, by this point, I fell asleep...
In order to try and wake up prior to all the others (obviously I couldn't use an alarm clock).. What I did was... As I was relaxing my body, bit-by-bit, I would think: You will wake up at 6:45am, wide-eyed and fully alert.. and continuing with the relaxing process, again repeating these words in my mind... It got to the point where it worked!!! Only took 2 or 3 weeks and it worked better and better as time went on... It still works well for me even now... I would sometimes also add, say, it was important that I remembered something (either to do or just remember) when I woke up and that still works as well..
I don't know what route you will take, but if you should pass over California, gimme a WAVE, eh! Have fun!
I realize that this might not help right now, but if it helps in the future... either the relaxation method or repeatedly counting slowly down from 100... If I get to 20-30 and I still feel too awake, I start over...
Good luck and sleep tight...
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Highlight for me on Friday was meeting a famous author/poet. Won't say his name due to privacy concerns but yoi'd be surpised who it was.
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husky51
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ButaPairotto
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Husky that sounds like a really great way to get yourself to go to sleep. It's definitely meditation like. I do that when I just sit with my eyes closed and scan my body like that to relax, then I just focus on my breath for a bit. I can then have a little talk with myself about whatever is going on inside me and usually feel very relaxed and renewed.
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husky51
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arren18
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Highlight: I applied to a translation summer school programme a little while ago, and I just got accepted! It'll just be a remote programme for one week in July, but after not really having classes for a while, I'm looking forward to it!
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husky51
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ButaPairotto
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Congrats Arren! So you are in the program to learn translation? Or to teach it?
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arren18
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Learning! It's all on literary translation (not quite what I usually do, so the extra experience would be helpful) with individual workshops for different languages.
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foreignfilmfreak
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HL: I finally got to visit the Ghibli Museum earlier this month after having to cancel going back in 2020. It's very cute! I really like Mitaka in general and the park it's located in is lovely. We could have spent hours in the park alone. haha I also got to try the Totoro cream puffs.
I have a very sweet and caring partner now! He told me when we live together in the future I can deck our house out in Ghibli stuff because he wants to too.
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husky51
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