The Little Things

Konnichi ha minna. Genki? I'm at home right now while my host mother and her daughters are out. After school, Koko and Yuzu go to cram school. I'm not sure if that's everyday but that's definitely intense! Today was long and fun. This morning I took the wrong bus and freaked out after they dropped me off at some random location. Thankfully a train station was nearby and I was able to ask a few people (including an Australian businessman lol) and they helped me out. My Japanese Placement Exam was okay...it wasn't so much the things I was dreading like kanji and filling in the blank (that was actually easy). I couldn't understand some of the directions which means lots of mistakes made.

Afterwards, we went to eat at the cafeteria where I got ramen. I was really craving spicy foods so I dumped a lot of Tabasco sauce in my ramen (that's probably rude). After our meal, Spiga-san and I went to the shopping center at Shin Urayasu. First, we ate at mister donut (my new favorite doughnut store that's 10 times better than dunkin doughnuts). Then we went to the arcade where I played SF4 again. While I was playing I was suddenly pulled out of my game and I had to challenge this old dude across from me. He played as Guile and totally killed me. I really didn't ask for that lol. Afterwards we went to a honya (book store) and I bought volumes 10 and 11 of kimi ni todoke!!!! It really made my day. Spiga-san bought the whole series of this manga he liked. I think he spent almost $40 ^ ^. Finally I returned home and listened to Koko-chan play the piano.

So before I show pictures, I want to talk about Japanese girls/women and their fashion. Firstly, they know how to work it. It's not so much the brands here but how they layer on clothes and choose accessories. It's absolutely amazing. A lot of Japanese school girls put on a ton of makeup especially liquid eyeliner. Sometimes they look like a panda and then other times it looks really nice. Even when I see a girl with heavy makeup, it just seems to work for some reason.  Today I wore a skirt which I regretted when I stepped onto the jam-packed train this morning. Thankfully theres was no butt groping!

Today's pictures are a bit dull because I was too lazy to pull out my camera during the day. Once again it was really hot but thankfully it was windy. I bought an umbrella today at the 100 yen store to shade me from the sun XD.


I bought this a few days ago. It's not so much the product I wanted to show (because that would be odd) but rather the packaging. It's so intricate and busy. This was almost 8 bucks ;o;.

The shampoo and conditioner pack was about 15 dollars *double sad face!! ;o;* The stuff on the right was purchased at the hyaku yen shop. It's my favorite store. So far, I've gone there four days in a row.

Some dango my okaasan bought me. It's quite tasty but very sweet!

Heh heh. Given my horrible Japanese, I will let this one slide.

When I returned home, this was on my desk. Arigatou, Okaasan! Oh yes, Stitch from 'Lilo and Stitch' is super popular among Japanese children. 

Finally, my purchase at the honya. What a beautiful, beautiful picture ne? The live action will be released on the 25th of this month. No one can stop me from going. NO ONE!

Because Spiga-san bought a crap load of manga, he got these manga cards (shown on the top right corner) and gave one to me. 

I get homesick quite easily but as a wise man from 'Zombieland' told me, 'you gotta enjoy the little things.' lol.