Meh

It's easier for me to blog at work than at home... the internet is faster there. Anyways, after meeting everyone in the lab... I went home around 6. I walked back some of the way trying to find somewhere to eat. Tis sad eating by yourself :(. Japan rocks, it'd just be nicer to have someone to share it with. With time I suppose.

Anyways since I can't read Japanese, I ended up having to go to bigger restaurant where I could just point to pictures. Apparently people just assume I can speak Japanese... and well I didn't have the heart to tell them I couldn't so there was a lot of head nodding and "hai. hai. hai."

I walk into this empty but VERY nice restaurant where everything is electronic. Twas somewhat confusing actually. He took my order on an electronic pad and there was a screen I think I was supposed to order from myself. Ah well.

I promised someone I'd eat noodles today.. so I pointed to a bowl of noodles and waited. Turned out to be a cold chewy clear noodle in kind of glue like consistency soup, served with veggies and a very lightly cooked egg. I was not pleased. But I ate it and left...

I gave up on walking the last two miles and just hopped on the bus for home.

So remember the other day when I bought Pocari Sweat? Last night I opted for a 2 L bottle of Aquarius and I gotta say... not as good. It looks like cloudy water but just taste like a horrid flavor of gatorade. Yelch.

I went back home and met a bunch of people in the building. Sad though. When asked what they do for fun, no one had an answer. Most of them were here to teach or work and actually it seemed like some of them were just drifters.. just hanging around Japan to see what's there.

After getting cleaned up... I went out by myself for a walk. Twas gorgeous. There was a light breeze and I was dressed down and MUCH more comfortable. Japan is much more beautiful when you're not sweaty and tired.

I walked around trying to find some better food... same problem though. I couldn't read menus w/o pictures so I'd end up just guessing completely. I'll work on that.

I went to the 7/11 and picked up an udon bowl.... turns out it was ANOTHER type of cold noodle. Apparently it's following me around. Anyways, I got pretty sick from .. who knows .. but eventually made it back and rested.

Meet People in the Building? Check
Get Adjusted? Half-Check

-Tim Soo