i'm starting to detest coffee less with every cup i drink, and that terrifies me. my mom always said, re: my insistence that coffee a) tastes awful and b) is unhealthy and therefore i would never drink it, that she said the same thing until she was in her 20s and started working at the hospital and started drinking coffee. now she always has coffee in the morning.
still i'm only at twice a month (whenever the Ariake BOE branch office's Omura-san makes me a cup) and i still think it is far from tasting good and i'd never make myself a cup or ask for one so i'm ok i hope...
Happy New Year 2007!
@Atsuta-jingu, Nagoya
So here I am, standing 3rd in line (I could have been first if I had wanted but I chose to wait in the relative warmth of Alex's car for an extra half hour) at the Yamada Denki in Kanoya. It's hardly crowded, but with only 64 units available I wouldn't want to take a chance on them seling out. The store opens in about 1hr45m so it'll be a while. Somehow I forgot to bring either my DS or my Harry Potter book to keep me occupied.
Speaking of Harry Potter, I've been reading the first book in Japanese, which I'm hoping is a good way to increase my reading skills. I read pretty slowly compared to English but fast enough that it's not a chore to get through. My comprehension is hardly 100%, and it is aided by knowing the general happenings (though it's been years since I read the American version), but I understand more than enough to enjoy it. I hear that the hardest part of the JLPT (Japanese Language Profiency Test) level 2 is reading, and I'm hoping with this practice I can pass!
Incidentally, the test is actually being given today, so a bunch of my ALT friends are up in Fukuoka. I passed the 3rd level 2 years ago when I was in Nagoya, but I just didn't see a good reason to try for this year. Good luck to all those taking the test today!
By the way, if you plan on standing in line for several hours, make sure you use the restroom first.
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This weekend I climed Mount Kaimon, a 900-plus-meter-high volcano on the southern tip of the Satsuma peninsula (the western half of Kagoshima; I live on the Osumi peninsula). The hike was about 3.5km each way on trails that they would not allow people on in the states... But, there were kids and old men and ladies coming down as we went up. Old people here are soooo active! The view was beautiful.
After that, we went to Ibusuki to experience the famous hot sand baths--you,re buried in sand heated by active geological (volcanic) processes for about 15 minutes, or until it gets too hot for you to bear! It felt great on our sore muscles.
Sunday we stopped at a rotenburou, an outdoor onsen, on the slopes of Kagoshima's famed active volcano, Sakura-jima. The onsen was right against the ocean, so you could let the cool seawater run over your legs if it got too hot in the rotenburou. It was mixed so we had to wear yukata but we got to stay together in a group instead of having to split into boys & girls.
And when I came back I got my internet!
It's about damned time!
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