Day 252 - 9th of May

11:09pm　セミナーハウス

天気：晴れ

Happy Mother’s Day!!! While I didn’t get to be there for mum, at least I got to speak with her and the family over skype this morning; I did that straight after breakfast and putting some washing on. We spoke for a bit over an hour, and then I worked on my field report for a few hours. By 1, I was getting really hungry, so had to eat lunch. Since I would be going out for dinner tonight, I ate the leftover yakisoba for lunch; I also made a banana milkshake since I had so much milk. After lunch, I played KH for a bit, and then worked hard to get my sakubun finished, and it basically was by the time 5 came around. Hugo had already gone (he’s still not back), and now it was my turn. I met Maarika, Midori, Ume-chan, Ann and Rose outside Toriki (they had just come from The Ring), and Mori soon joined us. After a short wait, we were seated and after we got our drinks, Midori took charge of ordering just about everything on the menu for us; no joke. The amount of things I got to sample tonight was incredible. We stayed there from about 6:30 till 9:30 and the food kept coming, bit by bit. I got to eat chicken cartilage (weird), wing, breast, skin, and some internal body part (even weirder); all on a stick. We also got heaps of the amazing naan dish and the deep-fried camembert cheese; far out amazing!!! To finish off, I got mango sorbet for dessert; very good. Almost the entire time, we were speaking in Japanese, which was really great; I got lots of practice in. The bill turned out to be very reasonable too, considering the amount we ate. Finally, the night came to an end, and Mori and Midori made their way home by train, and ume-chan soon went his own way; that left the rest of us walking home. It was a great night, and at least I feel semi-prepared for tomorrow’s sakubun; I’ll write it all out a few more times in the morning…

Day 33 - 1st of October

9:28pm　セミナーハウス
天気：曇り
Yay, first day of October. I can't I've already been here for a month; it's gone so fast. Apart from a few mishaps, I'm feeling really great, and I know now that it's definitely going to go too fast; I'll be back home before I know it. Today wasn't so bad considering. I made my lunch, and bought a couple of snacks at the convenience store, which was absolutely packed. It's amazing to see selves full of food in the morning almost empty by the end of the day! My classes are all going well, I'm doing well in tests, getting my homework done, and learning. History is such a great subject. Our professor is always telling us of places to go and see, and provides us with heaps of information. We're up to the Nara period now, and there's a lot of scandal in the court. It would make for a very interesting drama I think.

I got back home, did my PC@LL, then went grocery shopping. I bought some bananas for a change and they're really nice. And cheap I think; a bunch of 5 for 100円. I am finding that, for the most part, food here is pretty cheap. I cooked up the rest of my rice; this time I don't think I used enough water. But it still tastes great! My scrambled eggs have gone from eggs, parsley, and milk to eggs, parsley, oregano, pepper, cheese, ham, tomato, spinach, and garlic. It tastes sooooo good. I think it's about time for me to move on to some other dishes. I want to get some recipes of some kind off the Internet. See, how I go... It was really quiet in the kitchen tonight; presumably every one's studying for their test tomorrow. I'd better do a bit of study too. I'll do some more in the morning; class isn't till 12.