Hello, this is Chisa from Borderless House.
On 18th of December, we have hosted 【Borderless House X’MAS Party 2016】!!!
We would like to thank everybody for joining us!
This year the party was held based on the theme: “hirogaru, tsunagaru” (directly translated as “binding together and widening”),
meaning it’s an opportunity for all the guests ad friends to get together,
regardless of nationality, language and which houses the guests are from.
Here is how the event went:
The party was held at an Italian restaurant in Shibuya -the warm and cozy atmosphere welcomed all our guests!
We were the MC -thank you all for your patience!
The party began with a warm up game before the toast; “Hi five self introduction game!”
The guests need to do hi five with 3 people when their eyes meet, and introduce themselves
(name, nationality, which house he/she is from, hobby and etc.)
After the self introduction is done with 3 people, the guests are handed their first drinks and a BINGO card.
The toast was called as follows: “To the many encouters of tonight! Kanpai (=cheers)!”
Looks like the guests have warmed up at the first free talk session,
and are feeling much more comfortable mingling with the ones that just met!
The guests were to fill in the blanks by writing in each others’ names.
Then the next game was the highlight of the event: BINGO!
Everybody was all pumped up to become winners!
After the 7 winners were chosen, there was a lottery to decide which winner is going to win which prize”
The guy in the middle won the booby prize…(=a throat coat candy, swabs and a sushi key chain)
He won the second prize…(= tickets to Yokohama Cosmo World for 4 people)
I hope he can go with all his housemates!
And last but not least, he was the first prize winner!
Congratulations on winning 1 month free rent ticket!!!
“I will throw a big house party and everybody here is invited!” was the comment he made on the spot 🙂
Let’s look forward to the party then? Omedeto gozaimasu!
The party ended in a great success, thanks to all our fellow tenants and their friends for joining us!
There was also an after party which half of the guests have gone to! Awesome!
We are more than happy that the party became a wonderful opportunity for our tenants from different houses to get to know each other,
and most of all, to have a merry Christmas together!
We hope to see you at the next event!
Thank you once again to all the guests who made it to the party,
and merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!
早上9:30大家先一起在捷運西湖站附近的麥當勞吃早餐，然
後就朝著步道出發囉！沿著一號出口旁的巷道走到底，就能
抵達位於環山路二段136巷的登山口。
這次帶頭的是我們的員工Daniel（亮藍色外套男生），另
外還有日本及台灣的員工一起參加（Takato和Connie），房
客則是三個來自法國、一個來自韓國，還有兩個台灣女生
唷！雖然當天的人數不算多，但小小的團隊也比較不怕落
單，行動也比較彈性～
大家下山後看到了間鄭成功廟，便一起進去參觀，還體驗了
點香拜拜的過程。鄭成功是一位台灣的歷史人物，曾經統治
過台灣，因此在他去世後，民間陸續建立一些廟宇祭祀他。
這些跟台灣文化都有所相關，相信對外國房客來說會是一個
很不同的體驗呢！
感謝來自參加房客的回饋分享 ❤
吳琦：「很喜歡偶爾有這樣可以和大家一起交流的活動，
有更多認識大家的機會。我覺得爬山是一個不錯的選擇，
除了活動活動平常不太靈活的筋骨外（笑），在途中如果
遇到不好爬的地方，大家會互相照顧讓我感覺很窩心 XD。
希望下次還有機會可以參與這樣的活動！」
Samuel: 「我覺得爬金面山的活動很棒也很有趣。我記得當
時參加有將近十個人，大部分都是我不認識的，所以我覺
得非常酷。對某些人來說往上爬的過程有些辛苦（有很多
很多階梯！），但整體上大家都很開心地體驗。而且我們
不趕時間，互相等彼此。到了山頂後真的覺得辛苦都是值
得的，在那的視野非常棒。另外風變大時雖然有點可怕，
但也滿有趣^^我已經來過這裡兩次了，我非常喜歡，也很
推薦唷：） 」
我們之後陸陸續續還會有一些小活動，快來一起參加、認識新朋友吧! 下次見～～～☺ 
Since I live in Korea, I decided that this was a good chance to explore other Asian countries.
Besides Korea,
the other Asian country that has always been at the top of my list to visit was Japan.
For this, the Borderless Share House free house exchange to Tokyo was a great opportunity!
Borderless Share House Japan has a lot of houses in Tokyo; in different areas of the city and of varying sizes.
So the first thing I did, was check out all the houses on the borderless website and do some research on which area of Tokyo I wanted to stay in, as well as consult with the borderless staff about which houses were available during the time I intended to stay in Japan.
After all the practical arrangement had been made, it was all smooth sailing from there.
I was only in Japan for 9 days, but it was great and very comforting to arrive and be greeted by the Japanese Borderless staff member, at the subway station nearby the house I was going to stay in.
As when you move into any Borderless house/apartment, I was given a tour of the house and the instructions I needed to know for my stay there (i.e. recycling, house rules), and the borderless staff member answered all the questions I had about my stay in Japan.
Since I was in only in Japan for 9 days I didn’t really have the opportunity to hang out that much with the other tenants of the house.
Most of them were workers and some where students, so they were also busy with their work and studies.
However those I did meet at the house were all really nice and curious to hear and learn, about my experience living in Korea and why I had chosen to come to Japan.
At the same time, my new Japanese housemates were also able to give me advice about the area in which we lived, as well as everything from transport to the best places to eat and shop in the local area.
During my time in Japan I not only stayed in Tokyo, I also when to Osaka and Kyoto.
Having Tokyo as my base for exploring Japan was great, because it meant that I could both start and finish my house exchange in Tokyo.
Not only was I able to visit Japan without spending a lot of money on accommodation,
I was also able to talk and interact with natives to Japan as well as other foreigners, while living with them in a share house – I truly believe that this, is the best and fastest way to gain insight into a country, its culture and its people.
I would definitely recommend the Borderless House exchange program.
Whether you want to study, do a language course or go on vacation to explore and learn about a new culture, this is a really good way to do it, because you immediately have to chance to meet and make friends with locals and other foreigners!
* Only for tenant *
If you want to join our House exchange program,
feel free to contact us! Always welcome!
Please refer to the link below for more information.
http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange 
A little bit of strained look in everyone’s face…seems like more ice breaking needed?
After the self-introduction was the game session! The tenants teamed up as each house.
We prepared 3 different kinds of games, and a big prize for the winner team: “rent discount ticket”!!!
The first game: ping pong match on an international standard ping-pong table!
Everybody frantically chases the ball for the rent discount ticket!
Looks like everybody is enjoying themselves! Ice breaking succeeded? 🙂
The second game: the world wide famous JENGA!
Considering its simplicity in rules, we thought each JENGA game will finish in a flash… but no!
All our tenants are such good players, each game went on for at least 30 minutes!
Look at everyone’s faces! So serious!
And this JENGA tower…look how tall it ended up as, impressive!
This has to be some professional level!
After the 2 ice breaking games…the final game: pop-up pirate game!!
All the participants got way more excited, as the winner team of this game wins the prizes!
So which house was the lucky team that won the 1st prize eventually??
Not only the game sessions have ended in a great success, but also the tenants that participated have brought us a variety of delicious international dish and desserts!
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Rosanne van der Leer (她來自荷蘭唷！)
Q1. 為什麼會想要參加物件交換的計畫呢？
Rosanne: 我現在在首爾實習，然後有一些假可以放，所以我希望藉由物件交換計劃來台北玩玩。我希望在台北一個星期的假期能避避韓國的冬天，然後觀光、體驗不一樣的亞洲文化。由於我是自己一個人來，我認為這個計畫能認識已經住在台北的房客們，而他們能提供我一些住在這的資訊及建議；）
Q2. 妳覺得這次的物件交換如何呢？
Rosanne: 非常好！所有的室友們都很親切而且歡迎我。我認識了很多台灣文化，也嘗試了不少街上小販賣的食物。我很喜歡夜市，人們也都很友善。物件交換計劃本身也規畫得非常好，員工們都很專業唷。
Q3. 有沒有什麼難忘的片段呢？
Rosanne: 當我一住進來時，馬上就被邀請一起去參加Borderless辦的聖誕晚餐。那時候已經非常接近活動時間，但台北Borderless House的員工們還是很寬容地讓我參加了。這個活動不僅很貼近聖誕節的精神，也是個很好的機會認識來自不同國家的人們。我甚至還在遊戲中得分贏了聖誕節禮物呢！；）除此之外，我覺得室友們人都非常好，他們主動帶我去夜市，還讓我嘗試了臭豆腐！
Q4.有沒有任何想說的話呢？
Rosanne: 這是一個認識新朋友很有趣的方式，尤其是當你一個人行動的時候。員工們把一切安排得非常好，讓我擁有愉快的經歷！
Q5.對於這個計畫有沒有任何改善的建議呢？
Rosanne: 我覺得很好，可以繼續保持！一切都規畫得很好。唯一讓我有點不知所措的是，因為我不知道台北Borderless員工們使用的是Line的應用程式，所以當我抵達時不知道如何和員工們聯絡。如果之前能事先透過email跟我說明的話，我當時在機場時就能告知你們我會遲到了。
以下有她在台北拍的美麗照片～～～♥
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(中正紀念堂)
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(從象山遠眺的台北市景)
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(街道一景)
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Rosanne後來和我們說，她在夜市最喜歡的食物是焗烤馬鈴薯，但不是很喜歡臭豆腐，我們覺得她已經很有勇氣去嘗試了呀！（笑）
她也覺得台灣人很熱情地跟外國人說話及互動喔。事實上，我們也被她真誠的分享所感動呢：）
物件交換計畫能提供更多機會給我們的房客去認識當地的室友並體會當地的文化。目前我們在日本、韓國、台灣都有很多物件，你可以免費地待在任何一個物件唷！！
✫如果你已經是我們的房客，並且對這項計畫有興趣的話，請不要猶豫快點參加吧！！
http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange/houseexchange_form/
✫想了解更多物件交換計畫請參考我們的官網介紹唷！！
http://www.borderless-house.com/houseexchange/
Easy access to everywhere in Central Osaka!
Big community space on the 6th floor for all tenants!
We could carefully design equipments and its security, because this building itself is a brand new.
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遊戲結束後大家自由的聊天、拍照或是交換聯絡資訊!
大家一起拍個照吧!
感謝大家的參與，希望大家喜歡也期待下次見面囉!
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