Friday was kinda sad since my cells weren't working out too well. Turns out it'll all still be okay for experiments and it was just a mishap in communication. Apparently, some of the instructions we were given to grow the cells were not correct, but error has hence been corrected.
Two other experiments also didn't work out that day. Not mine, but still. Seems like a bad experiment day.
The weekend was kind of a blur. Thursday night I was tired of eating Japanese food so I made chicken tacos... which tasted vaguely close to the actual thing but still ended up tasting Japanese. Then Friday was the day of bad experimenting. (I'm not entirely sure about the events henceforth, but I'm guessing). Maciej and I went for ramen and I think I fell asleep at one point. The weekend was filled with lots of light sleeping... it wasn't a good weekend for sleep.
Anyways I woke up around 12 AM and we were looking around to see who was up.. but everyone was asleep (like around 12:00... people work on the weekends b/c when you teach English, you work when the Japanese aren't working) and we were being silly in the hallways with our Mt. Fuji sticks (swinging them around like samurai warriors)
Every once in a while it's good to have an immature moment right?
I had a thing of milk (I hadn't properly had milk since I've been here) and well that was a mistake. I used to be mildly lactose intolerant so skim generally is the best for me. They don't have to concept of skim milk here. It wasn't pretty.
Oh sidenote. At work Friday I was on instant message with three different people, using Spanish in one, English in another, and Japanese in a third. Twas wicked hard, but awesome. (Japanese still needs a lot of work...)
After I had conked out and woken up and run around with sticks, Maciej and I went to the grocery store (they open until one) and I got myself some grapefruit juice, Japanese yogurt, and maybe something else. I can't really remember. Then we watched some Russell Peters on my computer. Called Ben, answered facebook wall posts, pretty much an uneventful night. But one I needed from the stress of research... :)
Maciej and his Humping Dog
Maciej and his Humping Dog
You can dress up as Alice, Goku, or Ichigo!
Naruto Headbands. I so wanted to buy one... but then I realized I wasn't a ninja. *sigh*We had ramen at the same shop we had ramen at w/ David a month ago, and it's the best one we've had yet. (And the least oily).
We took a faster train back and then there was a gathering of people on the roof. I took a nap first but joined them later on (around 2). It was lots of fun. The most people from our building I've seen together at one time I think. We played cards, chatted, shot BBguns at cans, and lots of other general merriment. When the other half of the building showed up from partying all night (and having a bit too much to drink), I took that as a sign and went back down. Sleep came very slowly and I slept on and off for about 12 hours. My sleep cycle's getting mad at me but I think it'll be reset come Monday.
The sewer caps in Japan are especially designed (by some dude, I forget) to represent their purpose along with some other descriptions in the design (not really sure). But I took a picture of a couple along with some ground designs I saw in Akihabara.
Sunday we woke up and after initial awakening, went for... you guessed it Ramen. Well I say we go for ramen but I've long become tired of it (Maciej still loves it) so I order different things every time. There's this fried rice type of thing that is really good. They give you cooked rice and the ingredients with a raw egg on top and serve it to you in a big black pan. You then cook it yourself and eat, giving the rice a bit of crunchiness where you've let it sit longer. Nom.
Tonight I had the noodle equivalent and it came with a bowl of soup. Yum.
As we came back, we ran into Sally who asked us if we wanted to go for Mexican food. And we didn't have much else to do so we said why not. We met up with her friends Mara and Bryan (from GABA, a English teaching school) and went to this Mexican place, which turned out to be like a Mexican-American place (somewhat like a Chili's that's run by a Japanese manager). No matter what the portions and food always turn out Japanese. I ordered enchiladas and they were very Japanese size (maybe 5-6 inches long) and there were two of them. Normally it wouldn't have been enough but I had just eaten dinner so twas okay. I was surprised by the fact that the ginger ale had free refills. We laughed, ate, chatted late into the night and got back around 1 (it was about a 35 minute walk away). To where we are now. I think Maciej and I will head to the 7-11 to get some ice cream (and grapefruit juice for me... it's really good!) and then sleep... if I can.
Happy Humping..... Dogs that is.
:)
Tim Soo
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