Yeah, it almost 6 months, and I’ll leave Sapporo soon..
Many stories have been created, sad or happy, such as “arubaito”
time. Who doesn’t know about “arubaito” or part time job? In Japanese teenager,
working part time is a culture. In the immigration unit, first I was asked by
the employee, am I going to do part time job while studying in Hokkaido
University. At that time, I said no, just thinking that I will not be able to communicate
well in Japanese and also I will not have enough time. But I’ve just started “my
arubaito” a month ago.
Maybe, it is not actual arubaito, but it closed with volunteer
working. Yup! It is very different from common arubaito that usually talked in
Japan.
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| Red Team on "Snow" |
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| Snow Bed on Roof ^_^ |
On Saturday morning, usually at 10 am, we started our “work”,
cleaning the snow or in Japanese called as “yuki oroshi”. I and many friends
(max 8 people) will “climb” up to the roof of a church in Kita 8 area. Ria,
Jun, Yeni, and Ulfi (other PARE students) also ever joined our arubaito. It was
a great opportunity, at least I have the experience of earning money in Japan
and also feel what’s the real life in Hokkaido as artic of Japan.
In our living place (dormitory), our manager and also the “snow
car” will kindly “clean” all the snow bed so we can walk easily. But, it will
be different case for your “ship like” roof of your home. The church roof have
shape like a ship or bowl, that’s why the snow will fill in, get thicker, and
heavier and it will broke the
building sometime. That’s why, the roof
have to be cleaned at least every week, and especially after heavy snow
raining.
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| Say Hi! |
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| Snow or Ice?? |
The priest is so kind, his name is Kohno sensei,, and we
just call it sensei. Usually, after our working time (10 am- 12 pm), sensei’s daughter, Tsubasa san, will served lunch
for us. They are so kind, because I am Muslim and I can’t eat meat or alcohol,
they will provided us food without meat or alcohol. Tsubasa san is very great
chef. The menus are pizza, sushi, spaghetti, miso shiru, inari sushi, fusion
sushi, salad, macaroni and pasta, mochi,
and cake. I liked all of them.
When we have lunch, it is my practical Japanese class. At
that time, sensei and also Tsubasa san usually try to talk with us in very simple
Japanese. And we also try to reply with our limited Japanese skill. But, i was
so wonderful.
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| Fun and Healthy (sweating in the snowy day)!! |
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| Great lunch |
Beside getting the salary, lunch, sometimes, sensei also
invited us to come to some Sapporo tourist spot. Last time, we went to Mount
Moiwa and Okurayama Ski Jump. Sometimes, we also got a little prize, chocolate
and candies. Wooo,, it is more than arubaito.. ^_^ I will miss it so much...
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| Additional "Salary" --> Choco and Candy |
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| Trip to Okurayama Ski Jump |
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