I woke up this morning next to Kuniko – always a great start to the day. Outside the weather was starting to heat up. I got busy in the kitchen making chilaquiles for breakfast – something that was a first for Kuniko. She really liked them – and she even added some Tapatio sauce on top to liven them up a bit. Nice!<\/p>\n
We spent the morning watching Finding Nemo on DVD – it just arrived here in Japan. It was just as fun the second time around. Around 11:30 Kuniko had to head back to her home in Kakogawa, so I walked her out to her car. We had a great weekend together and we made tentative plans to get together again next weekend. <\/p>\n
For lunch I felt the craving for sushi, so I walked into town to the local sushi boat place for 100 yen sushi. The place was popular, and I had to wait a little while for a spot at the bar. I ate ten plates of sushi, and got out of there for 1000 yen (around $10). As I was walking home it occurred to me how cool it was that I could just walk outside my apartment, walk underneath the bullet train line and sit down for authentic sushi in Japan. I never want to take this for granted – I am really lucky here.<\/p>\n
On the way home I stopped in at the shaved ice stand to order up some strawberry shaved ice. I hadn’t been there for a while and so it was nice to talk to the lady that owns the stand. We only talked for a short bit – I think I had interrupted something inside her house. There were some Akashi Nishi students lounging around behind the stand so I chatted with them for a while. They are students of Melanie’s, so I tried to get the inside scoop on her replacement. Unfortunately, they didn’t know anything yet.<\/p>\n
During the afternoon I took a nap, and then spent some time on my patio securing loose items – I hear there is a big typhoon coming this way. It just went through Okinawa heading this direction, and it killed three people there. It should hit sometime in the afternoon tomorrow. Scary!<\/p>\n
This evening I sauteed up some shrimp and had it over rice. I also opened one of the Fat Tire Ales that my folks had sent me. Wow, was that good. I watched a couple of movies, and really just relaxed. With the weather acting up I’ll probably be inside studying this week, so it was important to take a day to rest up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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