Friday January 15 2011 (Japan time)

I know something happened today but I don't remember, lol. I know that the University was closed today because of exams... But other then that, I don't remember what I did. I know I did something worth mentioning but I just cannot recall at the moment.

Saturday January 16 - Sunday January 17 2011 (Japan time)

Nothing special these two days. I stayed at home and studied. =) The weather wasn't too great so I didn't do anything worth mentioning. I decided to cut back on spending this month since I spent a lot of money buying clothing, lol. Must... stop.. But yea. Nothing worthwhile to report. =) Studied, studied. The end.

Monday January 17 2011 (Japan time)

I wrote my chapter 7 test today, lol. Class ended and Kendo was canceled today. The weather was miserable and people were transported via shuttle buses from the JR station because the JR stopped working, lol. I did not do anything too exciting today either because I was eager to get home. I did not want to get stuck out in Ainosato in this weather, lol. But yea, commute time is definitely getting longer. It took 2hrs + to get home today, lol. Some more snow pictures for your entertainment.

Second floor window

That be Beth

Looks cold right?

Then stay inside like this family. =)

The poor cars

Tuesday January 18 2011 (Japan time)

Met up with Hiro (A Japanese exchange student who went to Calgary for half a year) at the University and I was mighty surprised! Lol I did not expect him. I got a message from Shinoda-san, AKA the Vest Lady who works in the International Center. She told me to come to class when it ends because there was someone here who wanted to see me, lol. I was wondering who it was and yea, it was Hiro! Hohoho.

We met up again after class ended at the library. We caught the bus and train and ate at Sapporo station, lol. I never had curry soup before so we went to some random Curry Store on the sixth floor of Stellar Place and yea, I ordered chicken soup curry. Apparently, the meal would be free if you manage to eat the meal at 4x the original spiciness... If only I knew, lol! I totally would've tried. However, if it was too spicy, it would have destroyed the taste of curry, in my opinion. Lol. My tongue would have been too numb to taste anything... So yea, it wouldn't have been worth it anyways. =) But then again.. what if I did survive... LOL Oh well, there's always next time.

Me sipping my lemon tea

So I think I know why I never take pictures of food.. When I see it, taking a picture of it is not the first thing that comes to mind.. It's, "I am going to eat you and you will be good." When I finally remember to take a picture.. the food was gone, lol.

But yes, here's a picture of what I ate. It's the chicken curry soup to the left. =)

Hiro had to remind me otherwise I would've have devoured it.. Seriously, lol. It was damn good. Almond ice cream with Mango pudding. =)

We left the restaurant at around 5:30PM and walked around Big Camera for a wee bit. He bought a new pair of shoes, I showed him where Jupiter (The international supermarket) and then we parted ways at around 6:30PM. He had to go home because he was supposed to go out and drink with his dad and his cell phone died, lol. He figured it'd be best if he took the train home earlier than later. =) He also said he had to go back to Hakodate the day after at around.... 8AM? LOL. Hopefully that worked out, lol.

He also wanted to contact Kodama Sensei but he lost her contact info. I sent him a text message when I got home and yea, he was happy. =) I also bought myself some "Butter sand." Lol! Those things taste soo good.. Especially when you have not eaten them in awhile. (As with many things, I know) I devoured all of them before the night ended. =) The final one tasted extremely awesome because it was thoroughly cold!

Wednesday January 19 2011 (Japan time)

Kendo today. =) The "short, quiet one" helped us today. His name is Kentaro, lol. He kept on telling to pull my leg back a bit further but I was told to keep them closer. The tip of the left foot should be right behind the heel of the right, 1 foot apart, lol. Oh well, I was corrected again by Seigo-san afterward because I adjust to having my legs farther apart, lol. -sigh- What to do?

I finally managed to learn how they do this quick step movement while swinging with the stick, lol. It was extremely tiring because every time we screwed up... Seigo-san would slap on another 10 more and we'd have to start over, lol. In the end, Abdy and I ended up doing around 100 swings? Before that, we were practicing our footwork and swinging business so in total, Abdy and I were swinging our sticks around 300 times, lol. Seigo said that my final swings were too soft but yea, at the point... My shoulders were hurting, LOL! I just couldn't hit, "harder." I was doing fine at the beginning but yea, my old body gave up on me.. =(

But yea, got home and studied for my Kanji test. That's about it, lol. I also cooked up a small meal and ate. Eggs with the leftover squid... along with some random vegetable, lol. I ate it before in Calgary but I just don't remember the name of it... meh.
 

Thursday January 20 2011 (Japan time)

Japan definitely has weird weather... If not Japan, then at least Sapporo is weird. It was snowing for a good bit then it decided to hail and then it abruptly ended.. The sky is clear again. (Well, it's almost 7:30PM, the sky isn't clear but nothing is falling from the sky, lol.)

But yes, back on track. I was asked to read a few random Kanji today and failed miserably, lol! -sigh- I knew some of them but I forgot most of the ones I was asked to read, lol. -fail- What to do, what to do... I handed out a few surveys today for my project then talked to two friends I have not seen in awhile for a good hour before meeting up with Yuri, my host sister. I was a bit late but yea, I met her at the library and we had our usual English conversation. She bought me a cream puff and a little cup of caramel custard. =) (Yay, caramel!) We left at 5:05PM. I waited at the bus stop for a good 30 minutes because I was stupid and did not check the correct time,  lol. I was rather cold 20 minutes in but I only had 10 minutes left.. I figured I might as well endure the cold, lol. I got home at around 7PM. Cooked up a meal and packed lunch. I then went to the study hall and tried to look up relevant words for Geology in Japanese and yea, that was an utter failure, lol. I could not find a lot of words aside from really common ones and yea, in the end, I gave up trying to look for them because I just could not find any of the other minerals, etc. I attended the Tea gathering today and yea, handed out a few more surveys. Didn't really do much other than that... I returned to my room relatively early today and passed out early because I was soo tired, lol.

Friday January 21 2011 (Japan time)

So yea, the 9:30 and 10:10AM bus did not come today, lol... Beth, Dinara and I arrived at school at around 11:30, lol. I was supposed to hand out surveys today but I completely forgot! -damn- Instead, Christine, John, Scott and I went to the ramen shop in front of the University and we ate ramen... LOL It was awesome. Christine then had to go somewhere at 4... Scott, John and I went to Sapporo station to spy on random goods. Scott was looking for a wallet and an electric dictionary. He found a dictionary he might consider buying but is currently unsure. =) He will come back to it later. As for the wallet... He doesn't like wallets in Japan because of the coin purse is built into the wallet, lol. It's too bulky.

We left Sapporo station and wandered the streets to look for Ice cream but failed miserably.. Instead, we wandered to MOS Burger and I decided to be adventurous and give burgers one last chance. =) It was good, I have to admit but yea.. there was one major problem. There was waaaaayyyy too much mayo. -disappointment- But other then that, it's pretty much a burger infused with Asianness, lol! But yea, it just so happened that BookOff was right beside MOS Burger so we ventured into the store. =) According to John, Alex (The Russian guy) is learning a lot of vocabulary via reading manga... The book I am currently reading is interesting in its own way but yea... It's just full of text. I might need something lighter? I don't know, lol. I guess I will finish the book then decide. =)

Scott told me about some store near Pole Town and it hand good sales on brand name clothing. We wandered through the whole shopping strip mall sector and could not find it, lol. We were also supposed to go to this fancy store close to Oodori but we completely skipped over it because we were tired of walking and it was late.  In the end, we all strayed back to Sapporo Station because it was 9PM and they needed to get home in time for the Asian Soccer Cup game, lol. I parted from Scott and John at Oodori because that was where my subway was, lol. I got home and now I am here. =) Cool beans.

For some fun~ WHAT IS THE ORIENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING PHOTO?

 

Or is it?

=) First or Second?