Category: Travel

Paid Toilet Lounge

I really don’t get it why some malls charge parking fees and now toilet fees to their customers. It is just too much and I believe it’s just another way for them to make money which is really unfair to us customers IMHO.

After eating at Fish & Co. Shangri-La mall, my friend wanted to go to the washroom. We stumbled upon this paid toilet. The fee is Php10.00 per person. I kinda expected the washroom to be a lil better than normal since we are obliged to pay a certain fee.

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Much to my surprise, Shangri-La mall’s washroom is just normal. I don’t even see any napkins on the faucet (there is a toilet paper in the cubicle). No lotion, powder or anything. It’s not spacious too. So It’s just pretty normal & nothing special. So I really think they should not charge us for it.

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I don’t know if there is a toilet that is free for all within the mall. But anyhow, I still think this should be free. It reminds me of Glorietta washrooms but at least they have lotions, powders, etc in the washroom and there is also free washrooms beside the lounge which gives us customers choice if we want to pay or not.

I specifically like Powerplant mall coz I don’t recall them having any toilet that will need us to pay. Yet their washroom are super duper clean, spacious, complete with amenities. I hope other malls will follow Powerplant mall’s practice.

Japanese Lessons – March 10 2009

I wasn’t able to join the lessons for the past 4 sessions already

I seem to have meetings during this time and I’m sad that I missed the sessions. I was able to get hold of someone notes’, thus sharing….

Lessons on People

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  • Nan nin How many (nin refers to # of person)
  • Nan sai how old
  • Imasen I don’t have (for person)
  • Arimasen I don’t have (for inanimate objects)
  • Nihonggo ga waraku do you speak Japanese?
  • ________ ga deriku do you know _________?
  • Sukoshi a little (reply to waraku)

Counting referring to person

1 Hitori
2 Futari
3 San-nin
4 Shi-nin
5 go-nin

** different affixes are used as counter for nouns


Lessons on Time

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  • Ji put suffix ji after the number to mean time
  • Am gozen (put in front of time)
  • Pm gogo (put in front of time)
  • Half hour or 30mins han (placed after ji meaning half of an hour)

e.g., 1:00AM gozen ichi-ji

12:30PM gogo jyu ni ji han

Additional for Numbers

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  • 10,000 Man
  • 100,000 Juman
  • 1,000,000 Hyakuman

Japanese Lessons – March 5 2009

Today’s topic is all about shopping… what do sellers & customers usually say to each other. Since we just discussed numbers the other day… it’s now time for us to practice

SHOPPING (Kaimono)

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  • Seller (Ten-In)
    • Welcome to the shop – Irasshaimase
    • please – douzo
    • the book is worth 888 yen – hon wa happyaku hachi iyu hachi yen desu
    • none – arimasen
    • please come again – mata kite kudasai ne
  • Customer (Ohyaku-san)
    • I want to buy a book – hon wo kaitai desu kedo
    • how much is the book? – hon wa ikura desu ka?
    • It’s expensive – takai desu ne
    • It’s cheap – vasui desu ne
    • Is there something cheaper? – motto vasui arimasu ka?
    • well, I’ll buy the book – dewa, hon wo kaimasu
  • Products
    • Television – Terebi
    • Laptop – Rappu Toppu
    • Video Camera – Deji Kame
    • Pencil – Enpitsu
    • Ballpen – Boorupen
    • Book – Hon
    • Notebook – Nooto
    • Eraser – Keshi Gomu
    • Dictionary – Jisho
    • Bag – Kaban
    • Shoes – Kutsu

Japanese Lessons – March 3 2009

Yesterday’s lesson is an interesting one.

We were showed several videos that are sooooo funny & cool. Truly a good way for us to learn Japanese. Here they are:

  • Video 1 (Mary Had a Little Lamb) – This is a cute one! Very catchy and easy to memorize
  • Video 2 (Learn Japanese Numbers 1-20) – Hip Hop! We were really laughing so hard while trying to sing with it!

Next, we were shown how to write in Kanji. Kanji is about chinese characters used in Japan for writing. Since I’m chinese, this is pretty easy for me. We were given handouts to help us practice in writing those words in the right order.

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Here are the pronounciations:

  • 1 (Ichi)
  • 2 (Ni)
  • 3 (San)
  • 4 (Shi/Yon)
  • 5 (Go)
  • 6 (Roku)
  • 7 (Shichi/Nana)
  • 8 (Hachi)
  • 9 (Ku/Kyu)
  • 10 (Jyu)
  • 11 (Jyu Ichi)
  • 12 (Jyu Ni)
  • 13 (Jyu San)
  • 14 (Jyu Yon)
  • 15 (Jyu Go)
  • 16 (Jyu Roku)
  • 17 (Jyu Nana)
  • 18 (Jyu Hachi)
  • 19 (Jyu Kyu)
  • 20 (Ni Jyu)
  • 100 (Hyaku)
  • 200 (Nihyaku)
  • 300 (Sanbyaku)
  • 400 (Yonhyaku)
  • 500 (Gohyaku)
  • 600 (Roppyaku)
  • 700 (Nanahyaku)
  • 800 (Happyaku)
  • 900 (Kyuhyaku)
  • 1000 (Sen)

Lastly, we learned about Hiragana Vowels.

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Information overload but this is really a fun class and I’m sure. All of us we’ll be able to at least remember several Japanese words. I’m really glad I enrolled here.

Japanese Lessons – Feb 24 & Feb 26 2009

It’s really fortunate for us that there are some people in our company who are kind enough to provide us Japanese lessons. These kind of lessons usually cost around Php8,000. And they are just generous enough to give it to us for FREE!

And as a bonus, the sessions that I attended, the teacher (Ghe) is superb! She is very engaging, energetic & extremely good in my opinion. It really made us be so attentive in the Japanese class. For that alone, I’m so thankful that I joined.

Here are what we learned so far:

February 24, 2009
Ohayou Gozaimasu – Morning
Konnichi Wa – Afternoon
Konban Wa – Evening
Sumimasen – Excuse Me
Hajimemashite – Nice to Meet You
Rochelle to Moushimasu – My name is Rochelle
Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu – Please be good to me
Onamae Wa Nan Desu Ka – What’s your name?
Eeto N/Anon Ne – uhmmm/aaahhh
Minasan – Everyone

February 26, 2009
Muzukashii – Difficult
Desu Ka – Question/End a Question
Desu – sentence/period/end a sentence
Kantan desu – Easy/Piece of Cake
Jin – “-ese” (e.g., Chinese = Chuugoku Jin)

Pronouns Countries Language Nouns
Watashi (I/me) Firipin (Philippines) Firipingo Sensei (Teacher)
Anata (You) Nihon (Japan) Nihongo Gakusei (Student)

Kono Kata (This person)

Sono Kata (that person)

Furansu (France) Furansugo Kaishain (Employee)
Watashi-tachi (we) Chuugoku (China) Chuugokugo Enjiniaa (Engineer)

Honkon (Hong Kong)
Chuugokugo
Honyakusha (Translator)

Taiwan (Taiwan)
Chuugokugo
Tsuuyakusha (Interpreter)

Tai (Thailand) Taigo

Amerika (USA) Eigo

Igirisu (UK) Eigo

Oosutoraria (Australia) Eigo

Kankoku (Korea) Kankokugo

Doitsu (Germany) Doitsugo

Indo (India) Hindigo

Roshia (Russia) Roshiago

Indoneshia (Indonesia) Indoneshiago

Mareeshia (Malaysia) Mareeshiago

Bunpou (Grammar):

_____________ wa ____________ desu

Fukushuu (Review):

Minasan, hajimemashite, (your name) to moushimasu. Watashi wa (your country) kara kimashita. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. (pronoun) wa (person’s name) desu. (pronoun) wa (person’s country) kara kimashita.

Everyone, Nice to meet you, My name is (your name), I’m from (your country). Please be nice to me. (pronoun) is (person’s name). (pronoun) is from (person’s country).

I’m definitely looking forward to the next sessions

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