3:47pm 準急
天気：晴れ
On the sub-express to Kuzuha; going to do some shopping. I didn’t get up till 2:40, because I was up till 4 talking to Alex. Wouldn’t you know it; the first night in a while my roommate's away and I still get to sleep really late; oh well. I’m here…
5:21pm 準急
And back to Makino I go. I’m disappointed that I didn’t buy any clothes; there just wasn’t anything I really liked. But I did get a Studio Ghibli CD, and dye for my hair; it’s so unbelievably cheap here! I’m going to colour it tonight. Here…
10:36pm セミナーハウス
It’s pouring down with rain; I can hear the thunder and see the lightning through my closed windows. This is the first real storm I’ve had since I’ve been here; I wonder if we’ll have a black out. I seriously didn’t know what I was hearing at first, but then I finally realised it was indeed a storm. Glad I’m not out in it; Ryan is though. He left while I was having dinner; I don’t know where he is. I finally got home, after stopping at the Keihan shop and Shimamura, picking up everything I could think of I would need to dye my hair. I got everything set up (even stole a chair from the computer room), and got stuck into it. And yes, it’s red again. There really isn’t that much change. I’m really happy with my effort though; I covered up the roots really well. I’m going to put some highlights into it soon; that should be fun.
It was after 8 by the time I had dinner; rice and chicken. Mosters Inc. was on TV so I enjoyed watching that; it was in English and I was surprised there were no subtitles. A girl said she could actually change it to Japanese on the TV and I wondered how that was possible; the end credits were in Japanese though, so that made me think. I tried the daidai orange after dinner, and wow, it was bitter!!! When I got back to the room, Ryan was gone, so I busied myself sorting out my laundry, while listening to my new Ghibli CD; it’s got some really good remixes on it. I really hope it’s not still raining tomorrow; my laundry is way overdue. I don’t have any plans for tomorrow; I don’t know whether or not I went to go out yet. I think the storms moving away; I haven’t heard thunder in a while. It’s still raining hard though. Time for bed… I think.
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Day 121 - 29th of December
11:02pm セミナーハウス
天気：曇り
Today was pretty lazy; didn’t end up waking up till, 11:30. I had no food, so I had to go grocery shopping. But, I had no money, so I had to get to an ATM first, and since the university was closed, I went to Hirakata station by bus. I bought some lunch from the bakery, and browsed the shops for a while, not buying anything. Then I walked back to Kirindo and Fresco. On the walk back, I stopped at Lawsons (it’s a chain convenience store). I just remembered I wanted to find the Final Fantasy XIII Elixir; and I did. The box came with the can, and a figurine. I got Lighting, the protagonist; I was thrilled. The drink was pretty gross; some sort of energy drink, but I kept the can. I picked up a heap for cheap (lolz) at Kirindo, and then made my way over to Fresco.
I noticed that 橙 (daidai – bitter orange), are being sold for decoration as well as for the 鏡餅 (kagamimochi – lit. mirror mochi) in preparation for New Years ~ Daidai means “generations”, and symbolises the continuation of family from generation to generation. It is placed on top of the kagamimochi (two round rice cakes, a smaller atop a larger that symbolise Yin and Yang, and the like); bit of trivia for you, xD. After walking back home, I spent the rest of the afternoon talking with Alex, and reading a webcomic. At about 6, I went out again, this time to Sanko, to get meat and fruit; got some great deals. I should have bought a daidai, just to try the taste; oh well.
Getting back, I made stew for dinner, and had my first injury in Japan; cut my thumb on the edge of a tin. I’m going to get tetanus now and die; sorry I shouldn’t joke about that. I’ll be fine though; it was a surface wound and I put some witch hazel on it and band-aided it. Now I’m glad I got all those band-aids from Carly and Diego. While my stew was cooking I talked with Ryan and this other guy I’d met before who was staying in seminar house 3, while watching comedy on TV. I heated up the leftover stew from a while back, and added the new stew to that; really yummy. Had rest of canned peaches, and some mandarin for dessert, then came back down here; going to get my blog up to date…
天気：曇り
Today was pretty lazy; didn’t end up waking up till, 11:30. I had no food, so I had to go grocery shopping. But, I had no money, so I had to get to an ATM first, and since the university was closed, I went to Hirakata station by bus. I bought some lunch from the bakery, and browsed the shops for a while, not buying anything. Then I walked back to Kirindo and Fresco. On the walk back, I stopped at Lawsons (it’s a chain convenience store). I just remembered I wanted to find the Final Fantasy XIII Elixir; and I did. The box came with the can, and a figurine. I got Lighting, the protagonist; I was thrilled. The drink was pretty gross; some sort of energy drink, but I kept the can. I picked up a heap for cheap (lolz) at Kirindo, and then made my way over to Fresco.
I noticed that 橙 (daidai – bitter orange), are being sold for decoration as well as for the 鏡餅 (kagamimochi – lit. mirror mochi) in preparation for New Years ~ Daidai means “generations”, and symbolises the continuation of family from generation to generation. It is placed on top of the kagamimochi (two round rice cakes, a smaller atop a larger that symbolise Yin and Yang, and the like); bit of trivia for you, xD. After walking back home, I spent the rest of the afternoon talking with Alex, and reading a webcomic. At about 6, I went out again, this time to Sanko, to get meat and fruit; got some great deals. I should have bought a daidai, just to try the taste; oh well.
Getting back, I made stew for dinner, and had my first injury in Japan; cut my thumb on the edge of a tin. I’m going to get tetanus now and die; sorry I shouldn’t joke about that. I’ll be fine though; it was a surface wound and I put some witch hazel on it and band-aided it. Now I’m glad I got all those band-aids from Carly and Diego. While my stew was cooking I talked with Ryan and this other guy I’d met before who was staying in seminar house 3, while watching comedy on TV. I heated up the leftover stew from a while back, and added the new stew to that; really yummy. Had rest of canned peaches, and some mandarin for dessert, then came back down here; going to get my blog up to date…
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