fuzzy navel.

as i've already mentioned, today there's this crazy taifun raging around. it was cloudy all day long and it started raining as soon as i've left the house so we arrived at the university all soaked. fortunately, i had an extra pair of pants with me because i knew something like that would happen today.

we went to this candy factory this afternoon, they gave us azuki icecream which was quite tasty but i prefer matcha! after our trip, a small group of japanese and german students went to the us-mart karaoke bar. we drank lots of chûhai and were quite drunk and sang funny songs all evening long. they ranged from songs by björk, beastie boys and no doubt to eminem, dolly parton and britney spears. julian and me scored a fancy 97/100 when we sang the beatles' groovy back to the u.s.s.r., only outperformed by yuya with an 98/100.

i drank this canned cocktail called "fuzzy navel" because i thought the name was funny but i think there was vodka in it or something. anyway i got really sick by the time i arrived at home. i had drunk a whole big bottle of pocari before to sober up but it didn't really help. we had to ride through the nasty weather, there was strong rain and the wind almost tossed us into the rice fields. i was soaked and exhausted and had this funny feeling in my stomach and guess what we had for dinner - sashimi (raw fish)! urks. my luck i've already accustomed to japanese food. i wonder if they have noticed that i'm a bit drunk...?!

university life

back in the u.s.s.r.

someone has stolen the umbrella i bought last friday at the university's convini. it was only 400yen but i'm still pissed off. i also stumbled over my own feet today, fell on the stairs and hit my toe. it hurts like hell and even bleeded. kinda like charlotte in lost in translation, now where's my bill murray bringing me an owl?!

this week's teacher is a lot more bearable than last week's! also, the lessons are quite demanding, i really need to sit down and read about all this 丁寧語 teineigo (polite language), 尊敬語 sonkeigo (respectful language) and 謙譲語 kenjōgo (humble language) stuff over again.

after classes we bought chûhai and snacks at saty, went to the us-mart karaoke bar and spent the afternoon singing radiohead, the beatles and captain jack.

university life