Rain, sun, rain. =) See the pattern?

So yesterday was sunny and today is rainy. Guess the weather for tomorrow? =)

Yesterday, mother and I decided to wander the streets of Shinjuku. We went through a park 「公園」 and saw black mosquitoes. o_o; I was bitten by one and damn, lol. They're ugly. I also saw giant spider webs with giant spiders on them. The one I saw was bright yellow and banded. We also stopped by a shrine in the park. We continued to explore and ended up visiting a second shrine with more people and less bugs =) but more smokers who loitered the pathway. I was slightly worried we were lost so we went underground via the subway system. I figured that once I am down there... I can never get lost. =) And long behold, I was right, lol. Mother and I successfully navigated through the underground labyrinth and returned home. Interesting note: a lot of people who use the washrooms do not wash there hands here. I have used the public washrooms many times and I see a lot of guys who\don't was their hands. Of course, there are some who do but more often than not, they just do their business then run out! I guess they're too busy. =) Mother and I took a little detour into the Tokyo Metropolitan Building 「東京都庁」 and we found this tourist information center. =) Should've came here early but oh well, to late, lol. I went up to the 45th floor and took random pictures with my iPod Touch because my camera ran out of batteries, lol. I did not get to take a picture of Mt Fuji because it was slightly foggy/cloudy in the distance.

View of the recreation area within the park mother and I walked through.

View of the park mother and I walked through

Didn't really do much today either since it rained. I was supposed to go out for a run but it was raining so I felt discouraged. I have not ran in a week and I'm starting to feel it, lol. It was partially my fault because last night, I found this addictive game application for my iPod touch called Zombies vs Plants, lol. I was so engaged into the game. I finished it earlier today. =) I ended up going to bed at 1AM and yea, I had troubles waking up at 8AM, lol. So yea, it was partially my fault. =) Interesting note: I had a dream that someone killed me again. Mother, sister and I were wandering around in this unfamiliar house. The basement looked like our old house by my Junior High but I have no idea about the upper floors. The basement had an underground passageway which I refused to enter because I died there once in another dream. But anyhow, mother and I were trying to find our sister who went missing after we heard a scream. We were trying to make a phone call but the lines were cut. I don't know why we did not leave the house but yea, we wandered the house trying to look for her. In the end, I entered a room and was ambushed by an unfamiliar face. I was stabbed in the upper left chest area before waking up, lol. But anyhow, mother and I got ready and left the hotel room at around 11AM. We wandered through our usual food-buying route. Again, I bought a rice bento box and mother bought something random. We walked back, ate then I started to study again. We left our room at around 6PM to go buy dinner and I noticed that there were a lot of people in the subway. I decided to take a picture of it with my iPod touch.

I shall now talk about random stuff to end today's post. Aside from the humid climate, the cost of living in Japan (Tokyo) is insane, in my opinion. In three days, between mother and I, we spent over $100CAD on transit with in the city. The most expensive fare mother and I bought was roughly ~6CAD/person. Cheapest was ~1.80CAD/person. We spent more money on transit than food. Food itself is expensive if you don't know where to go. =) The supermarket under this mall called Keio sells super expensive fruits. Never have I seen two apples being sold for 5０００￥(5.30CAD). The sale sign was hanging above it too. A whole cantaloupe is roughly 23CAD. a bundle of bananas costed around 4CAD. (Roughly 5 individual bananas. Fatter bananas had less individual bananas. I guess they measure it by weight) Surprisingly, I was informed by a friend via facebook that fruits in Japan can be sold as common good or brand name... o_o; He told me that he can buy an apple for roughly 1CAD but there are some places where you can, for an example, by 2 for ~5CAD because they are brand name. Yea, okay... Brand name or not, I just want to maintain my health, lol. I'm sure a 1CAD apple will give me the same amount of nutrients as a 2.50CAD apple. 1CAD for an apple is still expensive in my opinion, mind you. =(

Random note: I checked weathernetwork.com. Apparently it'll rain when I leave Tokyo for Sapporo. When I arrive in Sapporo, it'll rain... Tokyo will be sunny. -sigh- Rain follows me whenever I go, I guess. =) It's no wonder why Tora called me 雨男. Sapporo is supposed to be sunny before I get there. Anyhow, here are some random pictures I took on my iPod Touch. I never really uploaded them until now. =) Enjoy.

Vancouver, I think. I'd be lying if I said I was not excruciating sad leaving Calgary. I'll miss a lot of people.

First few things I saw in English after arriving in Japan.

Waiting for our "tour limousine."

Come ooooooonnnn time.

Random hotel sign

First picture I took when I met Jessi, Yasu and Yumi. Again, Jessi closed her eyes