Since the last time I wrote, I have done three of the four things I said I hadn't done in the last post: gotten trash cans, gotten a rice cooker, and gone to karaoke!
The trash cans and rice cooker are godsent -- I never thought about how nice it is to have trash cans for my trash bags, and having a rice cooker means I can make complete meals on my own instead of spending a lot on restaurant meals or pre-cooked rice at the grocery store.
Karaoke was a lot of fun. I went with five other international students that live in the apartment building. We all had average singing voices, lucky for me, except for one Korean guy who blew the rest of us away. But even with my average singing, I still impressed a few people by singing "Linda Linda" by the Blue Hearts for the first song. ;)
I've had a bad day today. I want to talk about it, but it's mostly too personal. Let's just say a bunch of normal problems all happened within one day. I'm having some emotional issues with my boyfriend, a couple of my friends, and some other smaller things that, on any other day, wouldn't be as big of a deal. Let me also say that "Adam's Song" by Blink-182 is not a good song to listen to when you're having a bad day. Having it on repeat is also a bad idea.
Japanese classes finally start on Monday. Bring them on! My Japanese has actually gotten worse since I've been in Japan. I think the only new Japanese I've gained since I've been here is 「着て見てもいいですか？」 I've designated that the most useful Japanese phrase I've learned so far. I have a second and third most useful phrase, but, of course, I can't remember them now I want to write them down.
The typhoon wasn't really a big deal, by the way. It was really windy starting at two or three in the morning. When I woke up at 10am, it was a beautiful day. It was probably the most beautiful day I've ever experienced in Japan so far.
My friends and I thought the typhoon was going to be really bad, so we stayed up together until maybe 4am, watching Disney's Mulan and the first few episodes of Scrubs. I stayed up later than 4am, though, which was unfortunate because the wind got the worst at 5am, and I get really scared and shaky with strong wind. I talked with my boyfriend and friends via text message for a while and eventually fell asleep around 6am.
The best thing that came from the night of the typhoon is that one of my friends, a guy from Germany, is now hooked on Scrubs, and so a few of us sometimes stay up late to watch a few episodes. x)
In other news, I can't figure out how to record videos on my laptop that DON'T have unsynchronized video and sound. UGH.
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