"Crying is like puking for the soul..."
No. No I haven't been crying. But when I read that tidbit on Dominic Deegan I had to smirk.
So. I haven't crashed my car yet. Ah, yes. Adventures of driving in Japan. It's fine when you're moving but when you stop at a light I have a mantra "you drive on the left you drive on the left..." keeps me from trying to make a right turn into oncoming traffic. But things have been fine... As long as there is a center line on the road. Once that baby is gone I'm in trouble. If you see someone coming you pull over as far as you can and see if you can squeak past eachother. Cars aren't so bad... It's the service vehicles and TOUR BUSES that give me the panics. Oh my god. And they have these 3ft deep gutters on the road for rain water and I know if I put a wheel in there I'm fucked so I'm trying to pull over for monster bus and I'm teetering over the edge... Yeah. Good times.
Problem is on some of these roads I'm starting to get COMFORTABLE. My car has NO stereo and can pick up NO radio stations so I have to put my iPod on max volume and put my headphones around my neck. So I'm singing to myself and woolgathering while I drive. I mean, this was fine on the Sea to Sky... I know that road backwards and forwards.
But anyway, driving is an adventure. School is still fine... I'm actually visiting a school for the SECOND time tomorrow. (I've only done that with ONE other school so far...) And I get Tuesday off for not specified reason. Japan has a LOT of long weekends. Makes up for the fact they have a shorter summer holiday I suppose.
With badgering from my parents I've taken a few more pictures so I'll have to load those up.
Quick update.
So. I haven't crashed my car yet. Ah, yes. Adventures of driving in Japan. It's fine when you're moving but when you stop at a light I have a mantra "you drive on the left you drive on the left..." keeps me from trying to make a right turn into oncoming traffic. But things have been fine... As long as there is a center line on the road. Once that baby is gone I'm in trouble. If you see someone coming you pull over as far as you can and see if you can squeak past eachother. Cars aren't so bad... It's the service vehicles and TOUR BUSES that give me the panics. Oh my god. And they have these 3ft deep gutters on the road for rain water and I know if I put a wheel in there I'm fucked so I'm trying to pull over for monster bus and I'm teetering over the edge... Yeah. Good times.
Problem is on some of these roads I'm starting to get COMFORTABLE. My car has NO stereo and can pick up NO radio stations so I have to put my iPod on max volume and put my headphones around my neck. So I'm singing to myself and woolgathering while I drive. I mean, this was fine on the Sea to Sky... I know that road backwards and forwards.
But anyway, driving is an adventure. School is still fine... I'm actually visiting a school for the SECOND time tomorrow. (I've only done that with ONE other school so far...) And I get Tuesday off for not specified reason. Japan has a LOT of long weekends. Makes up for the fact they have a shorter summer holiday I suppose.
With badgering from my parents I've taken a few more pictures so I'll have to load those up.
Quick update.