Bisdak Babbles

Two months have passed and the day has finally come.  Gelai and I bid another sayonara to our colleagues.  For some ignorable reasons, I am a bit relieved to leave.  But as I have mentioned a few times, I thoroughly enjoyed the projects I did in that company. The team leads are kind and and patient to put up with my elementary-level Japanese conversational skill.  I wanted to stay but it’s a fact that recession got us.

I’m a little bit worried about our company, though.  As of now, there are already about five people who don’t have any assignment.  I just hope this won’t affect us in any way.  Interviews are hard, but I sincerely  hope our manager could find us another assignment soon.

A dollar store, as the name implies, is a retail establishment selling inexpensive items, mostly at one dollar or less. Here in Japan, we have the 100-yen (hyaku-en) and the 99 (kyu-kyu) stores. (100 yen is roughly equal to a dollar).  Many things that you can find here in our apartment are bought from 100-yen shops. Considering that this is Japan, kitchen wares that cost 100-yen is already cheap. Even if they’re cheap, they’re durable in some way. Luanne and I are very lucky that our apartment is very close to two 100-yen shops. If they’re a real hit here in Japan, I wonder if a dollar store franchise would also attract Filipinos in the Philippines. 100-Peso shop would be way too expensive, but how about a 50-Peso (about US$1) Shop?