November 6, 2000 - Monday
Today was a bit long. I got up early so that I could have something to eat before
I took my medicine. Then I ran off to my Japanese lesson. I left a bit late and
was stuck while 2 different trains went by.
My lesson went well, but I forgot a lot of things. 3 weeks no practice. Sigh.
After class I returned some videos, finally got Mystery Alaska and some others, and
came home. I'm afraid that I took a long nap in the afternoon.
When I finished my nap I went out again to the Origel factory...where they sell music
boxes. I'm going to give some as Christmas Presents. The problem was picking the
tunes to put in the boxes. The woman in the story was trying to be helpful, but
she just got on my nerves. She kept trying to make me listen to a bunch of Japanese pop
tunes, which I didn't want to send to Canada. She was nice, but I really just wanted
to be left alone. Then when I finally picked a couple out, she goofed up putting
one in the box. I felt quite sorry for her. She had to cut the music making part out of
the box and replace it.
After that I wandered back towards home, but decided to go to the Otaru Grand Hotel
Coffee shop for a quick bite. I've passed the place many times and it always looked
so inviting that I just wanted to try it. It was very nice, but also a bit pricey.
I had sandwiches, tea and cake. It was nice to just sit there and sip tea and watch
the world go by though. The big armchairs were very comfortable.
I continued to wander back home and when I arrived I watched Sabrina on tape, then
phoned my friend Susan. We talked for well over an hour. Oops. Still it was nice
to talk to her. It sounds like she's fitting well into life in Japan. I'm very
glad about that. It was also nice to talk in English with someone where I didn't have to
make things easier to understand.
For those of you who don't know, Susan and I went to the same College and studied
the same thing (English Literature) at University. We were also roommates for a
brief time one summer. It's nice to have a friend over here who has absolutely nothing
to do with my job or company!
It was kind of a tiring day, even though I did a lot of sleeping. Tomorrow I'm back
to work. Sigh. I do feel about a million times better though. I still cough, but
not as much as I used to.
And that's about it for me for today I think. Have a good one and catch me again
tomorrow!
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