.. Finally decided ending the long hibernation f(^^
For the last 2 years, I’d been sending nengyajo – postcard for friends in Japan and outside Japan. I prepared buying, hand writing like somewhere in November, but this year I haven’t even bought single postcard, I am afraid I spent time buying lil presents for friends, baking and attended some company and pre-christmas events.
As it seems like i’m not able to keep my two consecutive years tradition sending the postcard this year, I’d like to wish you my warmest advanced warm Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greeting. Wish you many many more for the upcoming 2011. I know it’ll be exciting for all of us.. 🙂
We had a Terry Fox running, it’s a Running for Hope volunteer-led event which the raised fund goes to the cancer research. I personally view it’s a run family or friend time for good cause. Not only for health reason, but also for charity. 😉
The participation fee is the donation of at least 3,000 yen with the targeted participants as many as 1,000 people. This is an annual event held by the support of Canadian embassy and Four Season Hotel. And the running itself takes place in Imperial Palace, giving the option of 5km or 10km run. Not all the employees ran. almost half enjoyed good walk, the other half participated the 5km run, and a few completed the 10 km run. Unfortunately I only managed to run a 5km course, stamina’s dropped due to no endurance training since winter.
At the end of the run, each participant was given a bag of banana, apple, ham bread sausage, energy drink. They also provided salmon snack and yaki onigiri – grilled rice ball for free.
The interesting parts are also that they gave out the participation certificate with the name of participant on it. And also there’s lucky draw, we’ve got piles of numbers.. And guess what I got? I got 3 coupons and I got 2 prizes out of those three. It’s a cute winter cap and also a Dr Ci LaBo BB Perfect Light Cream which costs like 4,200 yen. Lucky! The first prize is Four Season Hotel stay.
The other company event is the annual year-end event, a Christmas dining which requires us to dress up to the theme decided. This is my first year experience, and the theme was dream job. I’m wondering what I should wear, the simple one which needs no money is to dress up as Balinese dancer as I already have the whole set costume, but it’s winter and I don’t think it’s a good idea to dress up having the full course dining with the summer-like costume. LOL. The other thing that I could think of is ballerina, but I don’t want it to become like an adorable wow beautiful ballerina that I could get compliments during the party. I wanted something different, so kept on browsing the online shops until
stuck on one interesting costume. I requested Arman for help if he could order and send it to Japan since the shops I stumbled that time provided no delivery to Japan. The unfortunate thing is also that it’s so closed to the Halloween when almost all the costumes were sold out. Finally I got one from Amazon UK, it costs me like 2K yen+ but the delivery cost is like 4k yen+, phew! f(^^
And are you ready to see how I looked like in the party? The most embarrasing costume among the ladies.
And I was helping in the documentation, taking picture here and there.. So can you believe how I moved jumping from one site to the others? LOL
But at the end of the party, I got the 3rd prize where I got Quo Card – the voucher that can be used in convenience store, and also a bottle of Wine. LOL. And we also had the Secret Santa. It’s like a month ago, the employees drew one small piece of the paper. The written name on the paper is the one we need to present to, within the budget of 2K yen.
I got the pink speaker bear doll.
Yes, the party ended until san ji kai (i mean this is the third round party) after the first main year-end event. We went to two other different places drinking, which made me itchy the next day and heavy-headed all day. It’s also the day for annual Christmas celebration for Indonesian Christian Association in Meguro. Thanks for the invite Inge. It’s such a great event.. I laughed a lot, having so much fun enjoying the Japanese senior citizens singing Indonesian songs and their own creative song, singing along with the guest singers – Naomi and Maria, also I dropped my tears when listening to the 6th year grade girl reading her own poem which made her the winner in the International competition of the Indonesian students who have their study abroad.
Unfortunately, I left earlier before the event ended due to headache probably due to the three parties a night before.
And have I said that I baked a lot? Yes, I tried to give the cookies to my colleagues and bosses. It’s before the year-end event. It’s so tiring but so much fun that I could share the joy and presented home-made kabochastick pie (pumpkin stick pie with the pumpkin seeds)
I also finally realized my promise quite some time to
Teddy for a free trial baking class.
By the way, due to my baking hobby, Ko Soyuz contacted me one day if I’d like to receive cake order for her Indonesian friend who wants to send christmas cake to her boyfriend. I’ve made cakes for friends, but never got order before, a bit nervous but then I accepted it. I hope I’ll satisfy my first customer. 🙂 And thanks for referring me ko Soy. 🙂
And thanks for the presents, Teddy and Inge.. I appreciate it.. I sincerely just gave the lil present last time without asking for a return..
Thanks, I love them..
Ok, so this is the end of this time-posting.. Again wish you enjoy a festive season..
Finally managed to post this posting after taking ages for uploading the photos and lost my midway posting.. It took me 3 hours to complete this posting. Phew, such an awful internet connection, after getting back as the returning emobile customer. f(-_-
great site missus! well worth the 3 hours ; ) happy christmas!
Hi John, it’s a 3-hour frustating uploading pics. 🙂
Merry xmas and look forward to the excitement in 2011
WOW you’re such a busy lady, hehehe… delivery dr sini (UK) ke sono mahal ya? coba kalo aku yg kirim kira2 lbh murah ga ya? Anyway, those bakings look yummy!!!
Ga sibuk amat jg, subjektif pan ya..
Iya, ada site postal yg bs cek hrg ga tuh sher? Kl di jepun, bs cek harganya kl input jenis pengiriman, dimensi, berat dll
huahhh sibuk amatttt~
Hi pitshu anyong.. 😉
wahh bnyk amat kegiatannya , he22
btw Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !
Itu Girlled Rice ball kliatan enak ? enakkah ? apa spt gemblong ? huahahahhh
HI Ven.. genki genki?
Merry christmas juga ya..
Itu rasanya ga gitu enak, lebih demen onigiri biasa pake tuna mayonnaise. hehe..
Blm pernah makan Gemblong, ven.. jadi ga tau rasanya.. hehe, maap
wah seru kegiatan2 lu wil…
akhirnya dapet juga ya kostumnya…. 😀
lucu tuh kostumnya tapi apa gak ribet wil pakenya? hahaha
iya, akhirnya dapet Man.. Ga ribet sih.. Tuh kostumnya pake belt pompa angin di dalam gitu, baterenya bisa tahan 6 jam buat ngembangin tuh baju jadi kaya balon. lol
Kreatif.. kreatif, ada sumo pakai tutu hahaha… pantes dapat juara. Mudah2an ada order terus ya, kan lumayan tuh dengan banyak latihan pasti cakenya makin yummy.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for you too..
keke.. itu bikin malu sendiri sebenernya El.. garuk2 pala..
Haha, makasih.. merry christmas and happy new year jg. 🙂
gubrak. kostumnya willy abis (plg mencolok di antara lain :P). hahaha. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, wil. Ayo berikutnya kita buat roti bareng2. ^^
Yo i.. paling ndut sendiri.. bos gua juga kalah. padahal bos gua dah termasuk versi gede bulat gitu.. lol..
boleh2.. hehe
hahaha.. sumo balerina… lu eye catching banget donk 😀
seru ya acaranya, trus lu hoki lagi dapet doorprize banyak.
hihihi.. iya nih Viol.. malu banget yaaa..
doorprize di terry fox, ga banyak, tp lumayan lah.. 🙂
wow…
the kabocha stick pie looks delicious…
may I have the recipe please?
anyway too early but happy holiday and happy new year!!!
kekeke, it’s ABC season class recipe Tis..
It’s not easy to do that without being supervised though..
Come to Tokyo, and let’s bake together.. 🙂
The same to u, happy new year..
Wah finally di update. Sibuk banget ya Wil?
Gmn di jepang lebih dingin dari tahun lalu?
Looks like masih banyak kegiatan menyenangkan disana selain kerja terus2an 🙂
Cheers & Merry Christmas 🙂
Helo Bayu,ga juga..
Cuacanya suka aneh, kadang masih panas ga berasa kaya winter, kadangan ujan, kadangan dingin winter..
M’xmas to u too
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Wil.
Still can’t believe you were in that costume 🙂
happy new year to you Lai. 🙂
I also can’t believe how I dare to wear that costume
Your Blogosphere fans owe you one … three hours uploading! Great result though.
One critical note: what’s wrong with looking like ( and temporarily being) “an adorable wow beautiful ballerina”? Though of course nothing beats the spectacular prizep-winning costume you show in the pictures.
Well, Merry X-mas and Happy New Year to you from Holland (- and make sure to write a lot of entries in 2011.)
Hi Opa Colson, great new year to you.
Wish you and family happiness in 2011.
Yes, adorable wow beautiful ballerina is only just a normal one like being princess. I wanted to be eye catchy and at the same time challenged myself which everybody and even I myself couldn’t believe that I dare to wear such kind of costume. 🙂
Hai Willy, maaf yah tapi gw ngakak deh lihat kostumnya, tapi seru lah ya mumpung masih muda harus berani gila-gilaan hehe.
Pumpkin stick pie kayaknya enak. itu garing crispy kayak cheese stick atau gimana Wil? Soalnya dulu gw buat kukis kabocha tapi jadinya kenapa chewy gitu ya?
Hebat yah elu dapet beasiswa ke Jepang, selamat yah udah lulus, papa mama pasti bangga setengah mati. Udah kebaliklah mobil yang dijual sama hepinya mereka :). Congrats yah dear!
Haha, iya gila2an tuh. f(^^
Pumpkin sticknya crispy tuh.. sebelum dipanggang, dimasukkin kulkas dulu sekitar 15 menitan…
Happy new year.. 🙂
Hi Willy,
Wah bagus tulisannya. Masih di jepang ya?
Hai Willy, how are you?
I heard the news about tsunami. Hope you are okay.