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1ヶ月後の引越しにむけて、少しずつ準備をしています。
引越し業者が、無料でダンボールやガムテープを持ってきてくれました。
まずは、それらを組み立てなければいけません。

親切なことに、ガムテープを貼る位置まで点線で示してくれています。
こういう細かい配慮は、日本ならではなのでしょうか。
このダンボールを全部で２８箱組み立てて、同時に荷物をしまっていくのです。
ちょっと面倒ですが、実家での新生活目指して頑張ります！

At the beginning of March, I’m returning to Miyazaki. At the moment I’m preparing to move. When Japanese people move, they check out a bunch of different moving companies. I decided I would look at four. When I was making the appointments, I started off by saying that I was contacting a whole bunch of different companies, and they made the prices cheaper for me. The salesmen will to whatever it takes to get customers, like frantically punching calculators and calling their bosses to lower the price. One company even gave me a kilogram of shinmai, which is rice harvested less than a year ago. Given that rice is such an unusual, but genuinely useful gift, especially for Japanese people, I was surprised. However, I regrettably went with a different company.

When I chose my moving company, I had three things in mind. First, whether or not they were able to safely move my things. Second, the price, and finally their attitude towards the customer. By this I mean their etiquette, friendliness, responsiveness to my questions, the level of training of the mover, and so on.

P.S.: I’m planning to eat the shinmai together with some natto for a delicious meal.

Recently, I visited Taipei. It is a very busy city. The first day I had to attend a formal dinner. I discovered that according to Chinese custom it is necessary to toast a lot in order to be sociable and thank the host. As a consequence, I had to drink a lot and felt a little unwell. Fortunately, I recovered quickly and the next day was invited to a Yoga class. It was fun but required all of my attention and energy because the motions were extremely difficult and the temperature in the studio was intentionally quite hot! The next day, I went to get a massage. I spent two full hours getting a foot massage and a full body massage. The foot massage really hurt! No wonder the name of the business was Kungfu massage!