Little Time

I have been in the internet cafe for about an hour, and i have been sorting through the 696 emails i had, as well as searching for information on skiing. Now i have 15 minutes to spill my guts about the last week, and i have so much to say.

first off- no my teacher doesnt want me. its a motherly thing. she KNOWS that i have to run to work right after class, and have little time to eat, so she made me the sandwiches. you people are sick. you obviously have nothing exciting going on over there.

secondly... i looks as though my quest to get home has hit a roadblock. It costs WAY too much to get home. around 1200 dollars, at least! soooo... i believe that i will be sticking around nihon for the new years breeak. since i have a full week offf, i am currently planning on heading west to osaka, Kyoto (the one place to go if you EVER come to japan), and on a solemn note Hiroshima. I have contacts out there, and the trip wouldnt possibly cost more than 1200 dollars. i guess ill see everyone next year! unless dan makes up his mind and drops in for a bit.

speaking of visitors... start making plans, or if you know you are coming, start looking at dates towards the end of march, and april or may. i need visitors, and i would be glad to show anyone around. this place is so big and there is so much to see, plan for a week, and thats just to see highlights. BTW, im not one to give financial advice, but if you are coming, you might want to purchase yen now. when i arrived here the dollar was between 110-111 yen per dollar. now its 103.5 GO BUSH!!!! thanks you dumb fool for allowing MY pay to increase by over $1500 a year, in just two months!! yep, its good for me NOW, but anyvisitors in the future might find that their dollars dont go as far... so do what you want, but something to think about.

culture...
-japanese people dont say excuse me as they shove and push people onto the trains. they just push.
-japanese people, even though they DONT USE DEODORANT, actually dont smell.
-japanese people are so scared of mispronunciation that if you ask a question in your broken japanese, they wont answer for fear of looking stupid.
-japanese girls in their late teens early twenties enjoy dressing up as what seems to me to be 'little bopeep' i dont get it, i just dont get it.
-the word for 'NO' and 'house' are the same, creating a strange situation if you ask someone out on a date. think about it.

food-
had korean organic meat balls today. small and light, but good. i also bought some kind of bread pastrry thing yesterday in Asakusa, the oldest part of tokyo. they were filled with a purple substance that i think is bean... but im not sure. they are pretty good though.

weather- it is raining now.

friends- i have none.

earthquakes- they did a computer visual an earthquake of the same magnitude that hit 3 weeks ago to show how the same quake would have affected tokyo. once again, dont fear, but it was massive destruction. the quake three weeks ago had a greater speed and WAS STRONGER than the one in kobe back in 1995 that killed 3000. difference is that kobe is a city of 2 mill, niigata is mountains and some small villages. just food for thought.

they deleted the software that i previously used on this comp to post things, meaning that evrytime i post a pic i will have to download it again. ugh.

ok folks thats all for now... the other day was payday and im now on a budget, loose but at least its a budget, so i will budget money for email updtaes everyfew days, so you will probably see more stuff and more photos here. please remember to respond, and feel free to email my phone ANYTIME!

japanese of the day- kore wa nan desu ka?- what is this? important during meals

look mom no BOOZE comments!
scotto san