I was reading about places to get more ‘western’ type food (specifically oatmeal which is a cheap and filling meal – yes I’m trying to be UBER price aware). There is a place 1 stop away that I Tammy and I went to today. Prices were certainly high (ie. $22 for the peanut butter there that is what, $5 at home). We did find the oatmeal in a...
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Day 14, Feb 14 – Valentine’s day with Michelle. Very sad… but we did get a chance to talk a lot and although we didn’t get to be physically together, it lasted 14hrs longer than normal because we chatted on our Feb 14 start all the way to Chatham’s Feb 14 end. I’ve read about a quick place to get good and cheaper price wise food...
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Kaelyn was back to castings today so Tammy and I decided to explore a little more around our apartment. We found a new park with a playground which makes 3 within easy walking distance. We also found a shrine nearby, called Akasakahikawa Shrine. It had very few people at it and was a very calm relaxing place....
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Today was a holiday here so we decided to take the day slow. We started with a familiar breakfast tradition – pancakes, bacon and friend potatoes. The strawberries we bought the day before filled the apartment and let me say, for the $5 we spent, they were worth it. Each one was perfect and tasted amazing. The bacon on the other hand didn’t taste like...
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They are still confusing, but the ability to use google maps is a HUGE asset. Here is an example: It actually tells you what to expect for fares. For the first week we did pretty simple trips, 2 of them requiring a transfer. But there are 2 other subway rides to consider here: Point A to Point B on Tokyo Metro (pretty basic, by a ticket for the price, off you go)...
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Today Kaelyn had her first test shoot. A test shoot isn’t a paying job but it helps the model, photographer, stylist, etc – everyone is doing it for free hoping to get the photos in a magazine. She had to be at the agency for 9am to get personally picked up and taken to the shoot location. This left Tammy and I to enjoy the day together. We decided to...
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As mentioned yesterday, my laptop fell and it was top priority to see what we could do with it. We took the subway to the next station, Omoto-Sando. It’s a typical Apple store, big with lots of glass – and busy. We arrived at 11:15am and immediately greeted and asked to stand in line to speak to a Genius Bar rep. After a couple of minutes, they took my...
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We are walking a lot here. How much? Well, my watch is keeping track. And see that great stat – top 6% of ALL samsung users.
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Today Kaelyn received a call from CDU – they are looking for more ‘colourful’ clothes for castings (normally you wear very basic clothes). Unfortunately, we did not pack many of those so the good news for Kaelyn – SHOPPING TIME. We headed to Shibuya to visit H&M and Forever 21. H&M really didn’t have what we were looking for,...
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Today started as normal but when Kaelyn called in at 11am to CDU, she was told she had the day off. This meant we had the day to explore. Kaelyn’s top choice – Downtown Disney. Here is it called Ikspiari. The ride there required us to take 2 trains and thankfully, the Japan Live app helped. For the latter half of the ride it’s actually above...
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