Yesterday was weird. I dawdled for a long time before finally going to see the real estate agent in Nakano about the flat my kouhai wants to rent. Then, since I was "in the neighborhood", or had to walk past the place on my way from Takadanobaba to Nishiwaseda, I popped in to see Hoshino-san. He was good fun, like always. We talked about the flat ( Read more... )

Last night I didn't really sleep much. I tried to think of something to write an essay about. It's eventually going to be about differences in pay between men and women in Japan. But I lack a good angle. Mainly I'd like to write about porn, prostitution, the sexlessness of marriages, feminine and masculine language and their role in hindering the ( Read more... )

Instead of writing about Japanese group suicide pacts, I'll recount an anecdote from Waseda ( Read more... )

One of these days I'll upload the most unimpressive kimono pictures ever on Facebook. One of these days ( Read more... )

If it wasn't raining I'd go buy myself some green tea ice cream. But alas, it is raining. I'm eating sugar rolls, since they're the most food-like substance I happen to have. I wish it wasn't raining, and I wish I was somewhere else ( Read more... )

This morning I was waken up by a call from Kano-san from Bic Camera. He told me I could come and get my headphones tomorrow. This makes me very happy, since I've missed them already. Kano-san, you're a good man ( Read more... )

Today, when my alarm went off, I should've just rolled over and gone back to sleep. The teacher had decided it'd be a great idea to have a day off ( Read more... )

Today's the 8th. It's now exactly four weeks since Koushi left for Europe. There's been no word from him in almost a week. I miss him terribly ( Read more... )

Today I woke up at 8 and I feel incredible! The weather's great and I registered to courses, and I'm almost finished doing laundry. Also, it will be exactly four weeks since Koushi left for Europe on Thursday, and according to my very blonde logic, that means it's only a matter of hours before he comes back! Because seriously, the training simply ( Read more... )

Yesterday I met up with a classmate from Helsinki University. We went to some shops and talked. I told her about Koushi (because I want to talk about him all the time), and she said "Oh, I'm so happy for you! Honestly, I'm a little jealous. All my Japanese boyfriends were jerks. They told me to lose weight.". She was in exchange in Japan in high ( Read more... )