Japanese salarymen

Monday was simply boring again. I went swimming in the morning, just before castings.

Tuesday I was working for the same underwear client as on Sunday. This time the job was even easier - I had only five cuts. And after the job, that finished 2 hours earlier, we went for lunch in a Chinese restaurant. I had a noodle soup with vegetables, that made me full for the whole day, and today morning as well...
In the evening me and Reelika went for a walk in Azabu-juban. While sitting on a bench in a rest area, these two funny Japanese guys came to talk to us. The conversation was something like this:"Hello! What are you doing?"
- "Mida sa must tahad? Mine minema!"
"Sorry? Where are you from?"
- "Aru ei saanud või?"
"Are you from Europe?"
- "Mine ära juba, mis sul viga on?"
"Sorry, can you say more slowly?"
.. (laughter between me and Reelika)
and it continued..in English now. Or so we thought,- "We are from Estonia"
"Estonia? Ohh yes, Lithuania... Estonia..!!"
- " Wow, you even know where Estonia is! What do you know about Estonia?"
mumbling something like "..what.. know.. Estonia..?" as an answer,
- "What you know of Estonia?" (Skip some words, and change others to more simple ones - that's how they usually understand English)
and again something I don't remember and that made no sense anyways, as answer. But it continued.
"What are you doing in Japan? Students?"
- "Yes, students... And you?"
"Salarymen. Japanese salarymen! Ha-ha-ha"
-"Ok, very funny.."
"You are very beautiful!"
- "Arigato"
"Oohhh, sugoi!" ..(.and they said something like "they speak Japanese" to each other)
- "So, what's up?"
"..What ...up...??! What...up??.."
-" Yes, what's up - what are you doing?"
"What doing? DRINKING!"
and it went on..until we simply said "Sayonara!" to those two ridiculous guys. They were truly gigling like 12-year-old school girls.
Don't even try to bother us, if you don't speak any English! And especcially if you don't understand that I'm not talking in English, but in Estonian..Don't make a fool of youself!

It happens really often, while walking, or sitting somewhere, that random Japanese guys try to make friends with us. Because we are white, and blonde. (well, for Japanese I am blonde!). I get that almost every time I'm walking around Shibuya.
 Yes, I'm pretty sure it does happen every time I walk around there...or anywhere. I just haven't been walking around much lately..
It is extremely funny sometimes. And other times it just annoys me. It happens way too often. So it is the easiest to start speaking to them in Estonian, so they think you are crazy, and they leave.

I know it's not nice or polite, but come on - how many of these "friends" can I take??


So today I went to the gym in the morning and then I had two castings. So bored. Unless I have a job, I am extremely bored. And I repeat - nothing, nothing at all, makes me as happy as working!

There are holidays coming again soon..I hope I figure out what to do..I don't like to be bored at all! I'm in Tokyo and there is no reason to be sitting in the apartment! My room is for sleeping only! And that's the reason, I'm not too good with the blog either..

All so familiar

I've had really long past 42 hours. I've just taken a shower, cleaned my room and before that been to the gym. I arrived back from Tokyo at 8.30 pm.
On the way to the apartment, a strange Japanese guy came up to me and wanted to give me a present. Well, that would've been really nice after a day working, but I started feeling sad for that guy. He confused me with somebody else - he said he was sorry to come here again, but that he had something to give me (I noticed a nicely wrapped box in his shopping bag). I did my best to explain him, I wasn't the only white girl living in our hotel, and that he was probably waiting for someone else.
He seemed so sad, he'd been waiting on the corner of the street for a while, I guess. Even when I got back from the gym after 11 pm, I saw him leaving by bike - he must have a teensy-weensy crush.


My travel to Tokyo and back was surely more than I expected. I left Osaka with the 7.47 pm Shinkansen (the Japanese bullet train) straight after my castings on Thursday (for what I woke up at 8 am!!) and got to Tokyo Shinagawa station two and a half hours later. I hurried to the subway and to my hotel, because the manager and some of the girls from Zucca (my agency in Tokyo) were already waiting for me. We got together and went to one of those notorious Feria dinners. Many of the girls had their last weekend in Tokyo.
I was thrilled from that spontaneous idea of going out before my job, so I am sure I said more than I should've had and in a more hyper way than would've been appropriate. But who cares - I was glad to be back in a place I missed so much and meet some wonderful people. I saw the two Estonians, who are both sadly leaving before I go to Tokyo for good, as well as I had the chance to freshen up my relations with the PR's, to be sure they greet me well the next time I visit Feria.

The only picture from going to Feria. No wonder..ice-cream.

Although I really enjoyed the company, I followed the common sense, and took the last subway to Omote-Sando, where from I walked back to my Hotel - Sakura Fleur Aoyama - that was close to Shibuya (one more metro stop, but by another line). I got to sleep at 2 am, after I had showered, packed my bag again and teared out the battery from the hotel's alarm clock (because of the 'tic-toc' sound it made). My sleep did'nt last long though - my alarm was set on 5.45, to meet the client for the underwear job downstairs at 6.20 am.

Now, as it is over, I can say my job was superb. But I am sure, if you'd asked me around 9 am, I would've answered differently. It is funny, how some things that annoy you so much, can be so easily ignored, so that you could concentrate on the pleasant things instead and simply enjoy every moment. Well, I did that after a short while. There was no reason why not to - the client, make-up artist and stylist were the sweetest ever. For the shooting, there were three kinds of settings: first one was (as usually) 'kawaii', the second one was a bit pin-up and 60's, and the third - well, those were simply waist down shots for pants- nothing special. I decided to keep my puffy hair and the Twiggy-style eye make-up. I got the fake eyelashes as a present too (with the box and glue and everything!)

The second idea was something like this

I finished the job earlier than supposed to, so I got back to Shibuya before 4pm, where I had decided to spend some time. Unfortunately it was raining hard, so I just inhaled the famous Shibuya-crossing-sight to myself again. Which was even greater, being filled with hundreds of umberellas. The crossing itself has changed a lot with the year - many new stores and billboards in the view.





Already at 5 I was again at Shinagawa station, to take the Shinkansen back. As a surprise though, there had been an earthquake and also some heavy rain, so all the trains were delayed. I decided to wait 30 minutes on the platform (and pass 3 earlier trains), to be sure to get a seat on the long way back. First I did have to stand up, but already in Yokohama (about 10-15 from Tokyo by Shinkansen) I got to sit down and enjoy the view over the fields and mountains of Japan.

Hmmm, and 'special attentio' for tomorrow's job: "Make Happy Genki Pose!"

How I went book shopping

We learn something new every day. For me, most fascinating has been to get to know Japanese culture and traditions. This way I can understand the people here much better, and it is easier for me to adjust.
So yestarday's lesson, a piece from the "model book" I got from the agency:
"Do not wear any perfume, body cream which has fragrance at a job. In the worst case, you may have to buy clients' products because of your perfume".
So remember this: Japanese don't like if you smell!! There's no matter if you smell good or bad, they just don't want you in their space.

I am well thaught and I know, that you should'nt talk to strangers, especially go with them. But I also know, that this is the only way to get new friends (I mean talking). So today, I met this guy from Switzerland in a 6-floor book store nearby. I found out that his name is Lucas and he is a sportsman (long story short). He offered me to show me the Osaka Castle and, as I try to be open for opportunities and he really seemed a nice person, I said yes. So we took the JR Osaka Loop Line (a local train) four stops to Osaka-jo-koen station (koen = park). After walking around the castle, we said good bye and went our ways.
I came back to Osaka (or Umeda) station, which is the second closest stop in our area. As it is surrounded by big shopping centers that are all under Summer Bargain Sale, it took me another 3 hours to get back home. I did't want to do much shopping, but there were some things I needed, so I went the famous discount store - Don Quijote -, that sells literally everything.
Before coming home (as home I mean and will be meaning the model apartment I live in) for good, I bought something to eat. I recognised, I hadn't eaten anything and I was starving again.
I got back exactly at 8.30 pm. Now I've been resting, eating and talking to my family on Skype. I hope some of my friends will come online soon aswell (- damn time difference!)

For now, I am completely exhausted from the 6-and-a-half hour walk, but it has been a well spent day. And again - I hope it gets even better tomorrow.

The Osaka Castle

Somewhere on Mido-suji Avenue