Today was a holiday, ostensibly to give respect to the aged in Japan. Kuniko and I used it to sleep in. Kuniko spent the morning making giant shorts for her class activity during the upcoming sports day. From what I understand, two students will be wearing these giant shorts and race around the track. It’s a little hard for me to understand, but Kuniko made some practice shorts for them to use.
We made a morning trip to Carrefour to do some shopping for the party tonight, and we found some good deals. They had some Hawaiian beers that I picked up, and we also got some Mexican ingredients for tacos tonight.
In the afternoon I did some studying while Kuniko did laundry. At around 7 o’clock, Chu-Chu and Chiemi showed up. I hadn’t seen Chu-chu in a long time – we had a chance to meet a long time ago in Osaka. This was my first time meeting Chiemi. We had a great time with them. Both of them had spent time overseas, and were familiar with the concept of tacos, and so it was fun to eat, drink and chat.
For Kuniko it was a great chance for her to catch up with her old friends, and everyone seemed excited about the upcoming wedding. We ate and drank and drank and ate, and by the end we had eaten tacos, chips, quesadillas, a salad, some cake, and some Haagen Dazs ice cream.
It was a great chance for me to practice listening to Japanese. I popped in a comment in Japanese now and then, but I’m still not really confident. I get all excited and start to say something, and then I forget a verb – or worse – how to conjugate it properly, and then I lose the moment and I sound like a retard. Still, everyone was patient with me and I learned a lot about everyone and got a glimpse into Kuniko’s college life. I guess she ate a lot – that sounds familiar.
Tomorrow is Sports Day practice for me, which means no classes. I’m not sure what I’m going to do, probably alternate studying with watching some of the events. Should be fun!
