Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Day J2

Today was a pretty low key day, except for the morning. The dorm manager's wife (Mama-san, as she is known) decided that we didn't know what time breakfast was, and woke us all up. The worst part about it was that I was asleep at the time, and my alarm was set to go off. She knocked at about the same time as it went off. Since it was the morning, I was very very confused. After breakfast (which was good), she launched us out of the door early, so we wouldn't be late. We ended up being about fifteen minutes early. We went to class and had lunch as usual. Then there was more class until about four-ish, after which we went off in groups into the city. The group in which I was went to a bookstore near Akihabara. I bought a nice Japanese pencil and very well priced manga and light novels, so I could practice my Japanese. Some people in the group were pretty tired from walking at that point, so we split into two groups and some of us went back to the dorms, including me. I had dinner and used the Japanese style bath, お風呂, for the first time. It was surprisingly relaxing and not as awkward as I was expecting. I then did some reading and proceeded to sleep until morning, when I realized I hadn't updated yesterday.

6 comments:

  1. No Manager-san yet? Is it the same dorm as they were in last year?

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  2. By the way, do you mean to say YESTERDAY was a pretty low-key day? And... wow, lots of updates. Is Colonel Sanders in Japan with you, or are you finding public computers that can be used?

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  3. I hear that manga's dirt cheap there. That so?

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  4. http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%82%E3%81%9A%E3%81%BE%E3%82%93%E3%81%8C%E5%A4%A7%E7%8E%8B1%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F-%E5%B0%91%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB-%E3%81%82%E3%81%9A%E3%81%BE-%E3%81%8D%E3%82%88%E3%81%B2%E3%81%93/dp/4091216951/ref=pd_cp_b_1

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  6. Gosh dang it, Jeff. MAMA-SAN IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I DEMAND MANAGER-SAN.

    Also, your post makes me miss the ofuro so much. Use it as much as you can. It's my favorite thing about Japan and, moreover, the water pressure here in Mellby seems to have actually gotten worse since you've been gone. Are you going to an onsen again this year? That's gonna be amazing--don't miss it!

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