An Interruption in Life

I'm sick. Not just that "oh cough cough I don't feel well" sickness. This is like, "you're gonna stay in bed like the bitch that you are" sickness. It started with a slightly sore throat, I didn't think anything about it, I get scratchy, sore throats a lot, where it burns because mucus is draining from somewhere, but usually I'm fine after the initial aching burn. This time, I went to bed and woke up throughout the night in pain and feverish. I had nightmares that felt so real I woke up reacting to them, and I was weirded out for a good few hours afterward before i could even go back to sleep.

Going to the hospital tomorrow D: *lesigh*

Spring

I haven't posted in a while, forgive me for that haha. Lately I just haven't had the motivation to keep updating, though most of the time there just isn't a lot to say!

Over the past while we went on a few adventures, however.... And wonderful Spring weather has begun, so I think there will be more adventures in the VERY near future!

Michael and I went to Harajuku to visit Meiji Shrine! It was a lot of fun, though it was raining (lightly) the entire time we were there.

For 500 yen, you could buy a piece of wood from the Miko (shrine maidens) and write your own wish/prayer. Mine is so very lame, but I couldn't think of anything at the time that I really wanted to wish for. Now I wish I had prayed to pass all of my classes hahah!! Oh well. We'll be going back one more time, I think, so maybe I'll make another one! XD

We even purified ourselves before entering the temple (we were the only foreigners we saw do this, so that was pretty awesome hahaha) and we also tossed some coins in and prayed, albeit a bit nervously, along with everyone else. It was really a lot of fun, and one of the more traditional Japanese experiences we'd had so far.

On the shrine grounds, there were little eateries and a souvenir shop that we ventured through after exploring the main temple. In the food area, we found icecream that I fell in love with! Green tea and vanilla swirl soft serve ice cream. For those of you who know Zips, you know how amazing the choco vanilla swirl cones are (especially in the summer haha!), these were just as amazing. And GREEN TEA? They even had Strawberry, which Michael got! I wish they had had Green tea + strawberry swirl... now THAT would have been amazing.

I'd already taken a bite off of it when I thought about taking the photo haha. But look! I mach the icecream so well! XD

After Meiji, we went to a shopping district in Harajuku and explored a bit. The umbrella madness was... well, mad! EVERYONE had an umbrella, which meant that if you didn't, like Michael and I, you were vulnerable to umbrella rape in the face (you can see the parade of umbrellas in the very first image of this blog post). We did a lot of blocking and dodging while walking down the crowded streets of Harajuku, but we made it away in one piece.


At a shop called Nudy Boy, Michael and I both found something to buy. He bought a hot little zip up hoodie, light and thin, and I bought a sweet bag. Both items are from MAD PUNK, which may be one of my new favourite Japanese punk clothing lines. Someday I'll be able to wear them too hahah! Someday. Gotta lay offa that icecream up there though! (actually, it's the COKE man, the coke. So addicting.)

We called it a night after walking around for quite some time. It was a lot of fun for sure!

Alex and I went on another trip not too long ago to Ueno Zoo. That was FANTASTIC because it was a VERY nice, warm day. Perfect zoo going weather. Besides, I had never been to a REAL zoo--we went to one in Seattle, which I'm sure would ahve been more exciting if it hadn't been raining, but this one was definitely 2-4 times the size of that one! So much fun!!



We made it through pretty much all of the zoo in 2 hours or so before they ushered everyone out for closing around 5 pm. Afterward we decided to get Mc Donalds, undoing all the walking we'd done by chowing down on some very tasty, but very greasy, burgers. Here in Japan they are currently doing a special American burger line where they create burgers for certain cities in the US. So far we've had the Texas, New York, Hawaiian, and California burgers. I don't know if or when more burgers will come out, or where they will come from, but so far the New York burger was the BEST in my opinion. It had this FANTASTIC bite to it with some spicy mustard on it. Delish.

I'll do another update later. Right now there's a HUGE thunderstorm I want to be watching and I don't think my computer should be sitting by the window with me while I do hahah. Besides, it's bed time. 6 am again, and I would be sleeping by now if this storm wasn't so loud! Hahah! Love it though.

Update #2 coming soon!

I love Japan

So very much.

Michael and I walked around forever tonight. We left at 9:30 pm and got back at 12:30 am after walking, sitting around, and drinking. We only spent 300 yen (not even) on alcohol and got decently tipsy.

Also, I FINALLY found my green tea kitkat bars I've been looking for since i got here. I can't help but wonder if they're relatively seasonal? Now that it's spring I found them with cherryblossoms on the case. They were SO GOOD, but 120 yen a set. It's not TOO bad, but I couldn't buy both of the ones I found tonight because I didn't have enough. Oh well. I'm sure I'll find more eventually!!

Anyway, tomorrow I have to be up by 9 or so, we're leaving at 10 am for Harajuku. I'm pretty excited! gotta bring my real camera this time!

Cock

...roaches.

Tonight was an exciting night. One of the girls found a cockroach in her room and came downstairs to recruit a team of people who could catch or kill it. I think we have either caught it, or caught it and killed it, but none of us plan on opening the vacuum to find out. That was a fast bugger.

The roaches here aren't very big, or very creepy. They're just as annoying though. this was the first one I've seen myself, but it wasn't the first sighting in the dorms so far. There have been at least three haha. Who knows, maybe they're all the same one! Lulz.

Sorry I'm not updating very much anymore. I don't do a lot, so I don't feel the need to post every night now. There are a few trips and events planned however, so i will be updating with some more fun, cultural things I'm doing here in Japan. School is not very fun, but I suppose it could be pretty cultural ! hahahah.

Anyway, it's almost 3 am and I want to be up at 8:40 am to finish my homework, study and go to school.

Also, I hate my history class, but I love it at the same time. She announce that homework and tests are due WHENEVER the fuck we want. It's now a "go at your own pace" class. I'm so totally screwed. Oh dear lord am I ever. A few of you will recall my math classes at SFCC, I'm sure. Maybe I'll still make part of Saturday my history time. At least I don't have to fear deadlines anymore.

Except the short story. That is due the 19th, gonna go to the library tomorrow and pick up some books so I can get that started. Not too worried, I love writing creative stuff, so it will just be the 'research' that is time consuming. I'll spit this story out later this week. After my art presentation.

Anyway, good night, ya'll!
おやすみなさい～

Tengu Sakaba

Today we went out for dinner and found a nice little (big) place in Kamata called Tengu Sakaba I believe. It was a neat place, really spacious and we looked at the english menu (with pictures) and ordered a bunch of stuff separately.

I ordered Yakitori (chicken), Pork tongue, pork heart, and pork liver, along with a Scredriver and later on I ordered a peppered garlic pizza that was fantastic, all while spending maybe 1500 yen. MAYBE. It was a really nice place to get an assortment of foods.

I did discover however, that I hate pig heart. Well, hate might be a strong word. I didn't care much for it. It had a very strong flavour to it. But liver was great, though it was a little strange in texture, and tongue, as always, was fantastic. :'D