Antes de começar: uma novidade no Blog. Este Blog passa a ser bilingue a partir de hoje. Todas as mensagens serão publicadas em Português e em Inglês. Espero que gostem!
Recentemente aconteceu algo que me tem deixado muito mais feliz. O meu relógio avariou-se! E para minha surpresa, eu que sou relógio-adicta, nem me preoupei muito. Em vez disso deixei de me preocupar muito com as horas. Quando tenho algum compromisso, claro, mas fora isso, estou a abraçar a liberdade de andar ao sabor do tempo natural, e não do tempo cronometrado pelos ponteiros do tic-tac.
Sexta à noite, depois do trabalho, mais uma aula de Inglês especial para o meu aluno médico, e as meninas reuniram-se no escritório para uma ida ao pub. Sem nenhum outro plano, e ninguém em casa à espera mesmo, aceitei ir com elas. Fomos até ao Hub em Nishi Shinjuku (zona oeste de Shinjuku), muito perto do escritório da escola de línguas onde eu trabalho. Tem piada, a primeira vez que fui a um bar quando cheguei ao Japão também foi ao Hub mas dessa vez em Minami Shinjuku (zona sul de Shinjuku), perto das zonas mais comerciais, os departamentos Lumine e Takashimaya.
Mas como estava a dizer, lá fomos as quatro até ao Hub. Descemos as escadas até à cave onde ele fica, e felizmente tivemos rapidamente a oportunidade de nos sentarmos numa mesinha. Vieram as bebidas, e depois as comidas, e o bar começou rapidamente a ficar mais animado, e substancialmente mais cheio também (da segunda vez que fomos buscar as bebidas ao balcão, a fila já subia as escadas!).
Foi uma noite encantadoramente internacional. Sim, eu, Portuguesa, a D., Inglesa, mas com uma costela Japonesa pelo lado da mãe; a Re e a Ra Japonesas! Todas quatro, no centro de Tóquio, num pub inglês, a comer aperitivos fast-food americanos (asas de galinha fritas), italianos (pizza) e até, segundo a nomenclatura inglesa, franceses (batatas fritas); isto enquanto se bebia cerveja Irlandesa e vodka russa, e se via na televisão mais uma etapa do Tour de France.
Não que a comida ou a bebida sejam do outro mundo, fica aqui a recomendação, quando em Tóquio, uma paragem num dos muitos Hub em Shinjuku pode revelar-se uma óptima experiência, até porque muitos são os Japoneses que os frequentam, fãs dos jogos de futebol europeus, ou na esperança de encontrar estrangeiros para conversar.
Introducing: a novelty in this Blog. The Blog is to be, as of today, bilingual, so I shall publish every message both in Portuguese and then in English. I hope you enjoy it!
Something that has made me really happy happened recently. My wrist watch broke! For my big surprise, watch-a-holic as I am, I ended up not worrying so much about it. Instead, I just stopped worrying about the time. Of, course when I have an appointment I still worry, but other than that, I am trying to embrace the freedom of enjoying the natural flow of time, instead of marching to the rhythm of the clock’s pointers.
Friday night, the work was over – another English class with a student who is an MD – and the girls got together at the office to go out to a pub. Without any other plan and no one at home waiting, I tagged along. We went to the Hub in Nishi Shinjuku (west area near Shinjuku Station), which is close to the school’s office where I work – It’s funny to remember that the first bar I went to after arriving in Japan, was also the Hub, but in the Minami Shinjuku area (south area near Shinjuku Station), an area popular for big and famous department stores, such as Lumine and Takashimaya.
As I was saying, there we were, the four of us, going to the Hub. We went down the stairs to the basement where it is located, and fortunately had a table becoming available shortly. The drinks came, followed by the food, and the rapidly the bar became much noisier and more crowded (the second time we went for drinks, the line was already going up the stairs towards the street).
It was a perfectly international night out. Yes, it included me, Portuguese; D., English but with Japanese blood from her mother; Re and Ra, both Japanese! All four of us in the centre of Tokyo, in a British Pub, eating American chicken wings, Italian pizza, and even French fries; meanwhile drinking Irish beer and Russian vodka, and watching the Tour de France on Tv.
Not that the food or the drinks might be out of this world, but still I strongly
recommend a visit to any of the Shinjuku’s Hub bars. It may well prove a splendid experience, since there are many regular Japanese clients, passionate about European football games, or simply looking for the chance to talk to a foreigner!
Friday night, the work was over – another English class with a student who is an MD – and the girls got together at the office to go out to a pub. Without any other plan and no one at home waiting, I tagged along. We went to the Hub in Nishi Shinjuku (west area near Shinjuku Station), which is close to the school’s office where I work – It’s funny to remember that the first bar I went to after arriving in Japan, was also the Hub, but in the Minami Shinjuku area (south area near Shinjuku Station), an area popular for big and famous department stores, such as Lumine and Takashimaya.
As I was saying, there we were, the four of us, going to the Hub. We went down the stairs to the basement where it is located, and fortunately had a table becoming available shortly. The drinks came, followed by the food, and the rapidly the bar became much noisier and more crowded (the second time we went for drinks, the line was already going up the stairs towards the street).
It was a perfectly international night out. Yes, it included me, Portuguese; D., English but with Japanese blood from her mother; Re and Ra, both Japanese! All four of us in the centre of Tokyo, in a British Pub, eating American chicken wings, Italian pizza, and even French fries; meanwhile drinking Irish beer and Russian vodka, and watching the Tour de France on Tv.
Not that the food or the drinks might be out of this world, but still I strongly
recommend a visit to any of the Shinjuku’s Hub bars. It may well prove a splendid experience, since there are many regular Japanese clients, passionate about European football games, or simply looking for the chance to talk to a foreigner!Por mero acaso encontrei uma imagem, de um outro blog, espero que gostem!
Just by chance, here's an image from another person's blog. I hope you like it!
