Day something jan 24

it's sad, i'm getting close to the end. I made a lot of good friends from around the world which makes it real cool. Erin from Aussie land is going home tomorrow. we came here at the same time, but she was in a more advanced grammar class. At least I caught up to her in conversation. We all went bowling for the fun of it. I say for the fun of it because most of us weren't very good. haha. After the first round we played with our left hands. Then the next round we mixed it with our left first and then our right, then we played our left on the first throw, then if we had a spare, we could throw with our right. Just weird rules but it made it fun. One of our instructors went with us. He's pretty cool. I'm actually older than him. Two of us won prizes by getting strikes when they surprise announced that there was a contest for strikes. We got a group picture through the bowling alley. That was cool.

earlier this week, we went to a yatai stall for ramen and oden. My classmate from France never been so we all went. it was fun, but really cold. haha. luckily the stall was very warm. the ramen was real good.

Also we have been doing a lot of out-lessons. this is where we learn a few things then go to a store, restaurant or place of amusement and fill out a worksheet in Japanese by asking japanese workers questions. it helps in our way of conversing in a real life situation. the people we ask are always cool. They don't speak english and speak as they normally do. they don't dumb it down so it's tough sometimes. One time our teacher had to tell a store clerk to talk to us in japanese only because the clerk was trying his english with us. haha.

I havent been travelling much since i have little time. I'm studying more cause it's getting tougher. But these lessons are more natural and are the building blocks of lessons to come, so if you don't get it now, you won't get the rest.

I'm including a picture of Mandarake. one of the big anime, toy, and manga store in Kyushu. it's cool. let me give you a brief layout. The first floor was the manga that just came out and the ones from the previous week/month. The second floor had the stuff for guys, like porn. Really. haha. They had the fantasy stuff, the fighting stuff, the robot-mecha stuff, and of course, the porn. The third floor is the 'gay floor' as i call it. hahahaha. It was geared for women, but the majority of stuff was yaoi stuff. I was going to try to find stuff for my sister, but there was just too much 'yaoi' i had to leave. haha. The fourth floor was all toys and movies. This was cool. Being a collector myself, they had a lot of the collectibles I wanted. And just like on ebay, they had the stuff that cost big bucks. I saw a 'sexy' Rei figurine from Evangelion for 500 dollars. They didnt let me take a picture. damn them. I wanted to buy stuff but I know I was going to spend too much money. so i left. haha. I may go back.

Tomorrow is our takoyaki party. My french classmate is going to make crepes. it's going to be fun. see you.