Two more mondays!

Puffed in my snow suit. Oh the fragrance woof!!!

Christmas season.

 Rippy and I were going out to buy a diary. I guess it is the thing to do in Japan with your friends is keep a diary only this one you pass back and forth commenting on what the other says and correcting each others 2nd language. While we were at the 100 yen store I was engrossed by all the Christmas decorations I had to get some antlers to wear for the rest of my stay here.

My house.

Cold night.

I was walking home freezing. On my way home in the dark I see about about 7 or 8 years old practicing swinging his bat. Thats dedication.

How would you like flakes of gold in your soup?

Went on a tour yesterday and Then we went to this rich girl's Mansion that her mother owns. It Is a museum now but it was pretty cool. The food cost about 30 dollars a person and there was gold in my soup. Real gold. The guy I was sitting next to said it doesn't taste like anything and It is ok to eat just don't eat too much. The gold soup was the only thing I ate we had to pre pay a week in advance and I didn't know the only thing on the menu was going to be fish.

Shopping

This week Katie and I went shopping in a new area. Seemed to be the weirdos part of town. Katie was on her way into a bathroom when a lurking lurker came up to her and said Sex...Sexual...だめ?　Then he followed us after Katie left the bathroom but just for a while.

Hanging out with Jun.

So we were talking and I go to cross my legs and then he does too. Then he stops and ask in America men don't cross their legs? I say yeah mostly they don't. He asked why? I said maybe because it isn't manly but the say that the just physically can't do it. He ask oh maybe because Asians are slim. I said they say it is because it crushes their big packages. So the rest of the night Jun wouldn't cross his legs because "something is there" できない.

Filthy Americans.

Yesterday my host mother came up to my room to change my sheets. She asked me at school who changes my sheets. I was like no one. Well I guess I am suppose to but I probably did it three times during the two semesters. She was appalled. She asked if this was the practice of everyone in america. I said no but I think it is common among college students because washing clothes is expensive and we are lazy. I then told her that I hardly ever was my clothes. She said well in my house we change the sheets every two weeks. They also wash their clothes everyday right after they wear them.

My boots

My Date with the karate master.

So last night Jun and I went out to yakiniku. I of course invited Katie because the reason why I have agreed to kind of accept Jun's advances it to get Katie in with one of his friends. Oh and I invited Rippi because she gets us all a 30% discount at that restaurant. Plus she is cute and speaks Japanese so Jun had someone to talk to. It amounted to a pretty comical night.

At one point during dinner Katie went to the bathroom and Jun told me that everyone knows that Katie likes this other Korean Macoto. And he said that he could tell by Katie's eyes that she did and also by the fact that she turned red every time they walked by. I believe this is what he said because it was all in Japanese.

When I told Katie what he said she said she didn't like Macoto anymore but this other Korean Kim Joongin. It is funny if you say it fast. Jun said of course he is going to tell them everything that we said.

After we finished eating Jun was pulling out all the stops. It is nice to be treated like a lady sometimes. When we were going out of the restaurant he said come under my umbrella ella ella. Then because it was raining he pulled one of the oldest moves in the books. "totemo samui" it is very cold. Arm goes around me. I pull a whats that over there and duck out. Then he goes to the outside to walk by the cars and says that it is custom for men to block the cars from splashing girls when walking together. Is it like that in America He asks. Heck no.

He walked me all the way back to school. He lives on campus so he was trying to walking me all the way to my bus station and I was trying to let him know that it wasn't necessary. I had to grab him and turn him around and push him toward the school before he got the message.

The next morning Katie and I get on the elevator and it goes down a floor before it goes up to the floor our class is on. So the 4 Koreans get on and we all get off on the top floor so it is a pretty long ride smashed together. Jun gets in and decides it is funny to squish me against the wall. Katie and I can't stop laughing at the awkwardness. Jun asks what are we laughing about but they think it is because one of the Koreans Ubo got a perm like Lupin's the traditional Japanese old lady perm.hahah eww. It was pretty comical.

Beer factory.

Thought I was going to the sapporo beer factory but it was not. We walked through this factory then at the end got 20 min to drink 3 beers I couldn't finish one. eww.

Any Requests.

I asked my host mother today to teach me how to make Japanese food. She said but you don't eat Japanese food. I said I know I want to learn how for my family and friends. She said to ask you guys what you would like me to learn how to make. So please send me your requests. And Grandma has already requested sushi.

What to do...

When a Korean who speaks little english and I speak little Japanese asks you out for ramen. Yet you have a boyfriend that tells you to have a fling with a karate master does this count? I don't thinks so but it is still fun to be lost in translation with the Korean Harry Potter.

Japans Terror!

Looks unreal

So on Friday the Hi-C club had a Halloween party for the exchange students. It was pretty much a dud. Katie and I were the only ones to go all out. I had the most fun making my costume and getting dressed up that I have ever had on Halloween. After the party we were all going to go out to a club that was having a Halloween themed weekend. Katie and I never made it to the club because we got preoccupied by scaring all the Japanese that were downtown. We chased strangers and made the girls scream. I walked around with a creepy walk everywhere and Katie and I were a great scare team. I was surprised no one tried to retaliate. One time when I went up to these businessmen one of them did grab me and was saying things that I couldn't understand but he was grabbing my arms so hard that it hurt. That was the only time something bad happened but I just ripped my arms out of his hands and left. Most of the time after scaring people they wanted to take pictures with us. We were mini celebrities.

Scary Beautiful

     Before the party and all of this Katie and I were shopping at our favorite thrift store Don  Don Down on Wednesday when something bad happened. When we got off the bus I put my wallet in to this plastic bag that I was carrying from the Hyaku en store we were coming from. Then I went shopping found some really cute boots and my basket had a few other adorable items. I went to pay looked at my bag and there was a hole in the bottom of it my wallet was the only thing that had fallen out. Looked everywhere in the store it was no where to be found. So Katie and I went to the police station and reported it. With in 3 hours I had my wallet back and was back at Don Don Down buying everything that I wanted and they kept my basket for me even though I didn't ask them too. If you are going to lose something Japan is the place to do it.

Best Costume

     Then Sunday Katie and I went to climb that mountain. It was amazing the snow was beautiful and there was a volcano rebuilding itself in our view the whole time. Most of the time we were trekking through snow which made everything more interesting especially the way back. Then we went to a onsen that was right by a lake so you could basically be in the lake but the water was warm. The walk to the one that was swapping water with the lake had a long walk through this wooden tunnel but it had windows so when you were walking you could look down on the mens onsen. Too bad for them.

Best Actor Me

Raw undead fight.

That mini person I am eating is 19 and Is dating a 30 year old 

About to take over

Randoms

More Randoms that girl on the bottom is still scared.

100 randoms

Randoms Getting more friendly

my alien snowman