The weekend was fun! On Saturday durning the day Rin-chan (Lindsay) and I went to Nagahama for a "Hiking in English" thing. We basically were grouped with about five Japanese people who could or couldn't speak English well and walked around Nagahama looking at the sites. It was cool, I remembered a little from when Yui's parents took me to Nagahama. It's pretty close by bike, about fourty minutes. Rin-chan and I might go back there soon. We spent the day with them and although it was supposed to me mostly in English, we ended up speaking mostly Japanese. It was easier I suppose for them but I got some good practice. They were very nice. There was a vending machine with a "mystery drink" option. You put in 120 en and then choose mystery and you get a random drink from that amount of money's selection that is available. I of course had to try it. Luckily I got Aquarius, a kind of sport drink, and not some gross coffee drink thing. I so have to play the mystery option again! I got to play on a playground at the end of the hiking thing. There I saw Justin (3 level)'s girlfriend, Ritsuko. She was watching her niece, who is adorable! She is probably about 3 and Ritsuko taught her some English and she's so cute. We went down the slide together. I told Ritsuko I saw Justin waiting at Nagahama station for her (:O) and she said thanks. I told her to bring her niece sometime so we could play again. ^^
Oh Nicholas, I don't know if you're reading this too but there is a guy in my class named Brenton (sp?) who looks like 85% like you and it freaks me out! I call him 'cuz.' Haha. Really though, he looks so much like you it frightened me at first. ;P
Saturday evening a bunch of us went to Jack and Betty, which is a small bar place where they have concerts occasionally. It was free and some of the other students knew the guys who were playing. It was really fun because we got really rowdy, nothing broken just jumping around and having way too much fun. Japanese people typically are really resevered even at concerts, when a gaijin (foreigner) pulls them out of their chair and says DANCE! They just say, "aw what the heck" and go for it because a gaijin told them to. Haha. Yeah, it was crazy. There was a little bit of moshing, a little bit of crowd surfing. What is hilarious is the fact that the place is really small, hehe. I have some bruises but it was all in good fun and pretty cool. I kept taking the guitarist's hat and wearing it and it was being thrown around, hehe.
After that some of the musicians and JCMU students went to some place called the Sound Bar. I followed along but it was pretty boring there. I mainly talked to the drunk Japanese people outside. I only drank water, I'm not really into drinking alcohol. I've had a beer or so here but that's about it. Everyone else likes to party on the weekend. I actually think it's amusing in a sad sort of way, but to each their own. Regardless, the Japanese people were trying to speak to me in a weird English/Japanese combination and it was hilarious. I don't think they could even understand their Japanese.
I left about 1:30am, good old bicycle got me home safely at about 2. It's actually pretty easy to get around when you have a bike, if you don't you're out of luck though. D:
Sunday was spent doing homework and recovering from being so sore. My legs still hurt. But it was very fun. I think maybe next week those guys are going to come back, or at least I think they mentioned it. They're from Oosaka, which is a happening kind of town.
Class is getting tougher by the day, I study a lot and sleep a lot, heehee. This week I don't think there is anything too exciting going on. Except I have to find a Halloween costume and soon. D: The Halloween parties are on Friday and I've got nothing. The kids' party will be fun I hope, I'm in charge of face painting. I found the book store Yui's parents took me too, hehe. Book Off is the best place on Earth. ;D There is a game on the second floor called "The Typing of the Dead", it's really really fun!
Well I miss Michigan and home and everyone a lot. I'm sorry I haven't been able to chat more often. Usually when I have free time everyone is asleep. Mom I hate to ask but I'm running low on the monies. :O And now when I want to type something I think about it in Japanese first, it's hard to speak English. Hehe.
I'm going to go to the ATM and possibly the bookstore with Rin-chan (Lindsay). I'm gonna make like a tree and get the heck out of here.
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