Weekend

Today's my first weekend here at Yokohama. Time for the usual weekend rituals for many foreign workers here, hear mass, laundry, household chores. And this will be the new challenge for me.

Going to sunday mass is not new to me, but the going to mass in a pagan land is a new thing. Luckily I got a bunch of friends who came with me a while ago. We hear the mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Yokohama. It is unusual to see a small church, considering this is the cathedral, as my new parish for a long year. But hey, the church is nice, and to think that it is small, the mass is more solemn and the community is more closely tied. Hearing the mass here was a nice experience for me. Of course, I expected that there will be a number of Filipinos hearing mass there, and yes, a large number of the community are Filipinos, in fact, even the celebrant priest is one (I think so). But there are also a number of other foreigners - both white and black Americans, Europeans, and yes even local Japanese.

Laundry is one thing new to me. Back in the Philippines, I do not do laundry. haha. But luckily, washing machine here is automatic, throw the clothes in to the machine, put some detergent and press buttons. But still, I know I will be adjusting to this one. I am doing my laundry right this very moment I'm writing this one. One challenge for me then is to where will I hang my clothes - outside, at the veranda. And o should I say it's freezing cold outside? Japanese say this is not yet cold, but for someone who's been in the tropics for 25 years, this is really super cold. I heard a beep from the washing machine, I go get my laundry first.

At last, I finished my laundry. Next agenda, ironing clothes. I didn't iron clothes the same way I didn't do laundry when I am back home, but now I have to. So need more explanation? Just wish me luck, hehehe.

I still don't need to buy food in the market, I still have supply on my ref - foods from the Philippines I brought last monday. But I already visited the market a while ago. And it seems that it's not that as hard as doing the laundry less the language barrier issue.

Household chores, I think I will do it some other day.

I have to end this one right now. I will be cooking for my dinner tonight and for my breakfast and lunch tomorrow. Cooking for me, at this very moment means frying, hahaha, that's the only thing I know yet.