Weekend Plans
March 19th, 2005pretty girls
March 16th, 2005i might not have any readers
March 16th, 2005anybody out there?
March 16th, 2005i believe that i’ve fallen off the radar.
cool.
Saying Goodbye Always Sucks
August 17th, 2004Leaving homestay in a few back to go to camp.
At camp til the 24th.
In Japan til the 26th.
So this might be my last post for awhile.
Bye
August 17th, 2004
If my waterloo address bounces try my rogers account thats on the sidebar of the site.
There`s sushi in Japan? No way!
August 16th, 2004Turns out that sushi, at a proper sushi restaurant is really expensive. Normally they wont even have prices on the menu.
That`s probably why it took Lori and I more than a week before we had it – we mainly ate at restaurants/in areas that the book recommended, and then chose those on the less expensive side of things. Finally we gave into the temptation when we were right near one of the recommended places in Tokyo and it was amazing. And expensive.
Anyways, back to my story. Where was I? Yeah, sushi places are expensive.
So normal people go to Kaiten sushi restaurants – conveyor belt sushi places. Its still good, and way cheaper. One we went to awhile ago for dinner was totally kid friendly – some of the plates had cute sushi characters on them, and those were the kids stuff — no wasabi. And they had a light up wheel that would spin every five plates you ate and you could win a toy.
Its not a new thing for me – I’ve had conveyor belt sushi in London and San Francisco (though I don’t think it was cheap). But I must admit that I never really thought taking plates of a conveyor belt to be an authentic Japanese way of eating my sushi meal. So now I know it is.
As a side note: I still get a kick out of the way kids eat here. I mean, yesterday at the aquarium you could hear little kids pointing at things and saying `Oishi` (=yummy). You have gotta love that.
Tama-not-got-chi
August 16th, 2004So I`ve gotten a few questions about the whole new Tamagotchi thing so I thought I would let you know now that I am not going to be buying one here nor at home. I want you all to know that not buying one is a deliberate decision i am making.
And if you know me you know that I`m always ready to jump on the bandwagon of a new trend like this – I have two tamagotchis from the first time around and really enjoyed them.
But the fact of the matter is, I have been in Japan, interacting with children, for just under two months. And the first time I saw one was last weekend at Toys R Us (they`ve been around here since March). There`s no way they`re cool! If they were, you would see them everywhere – on trains, at camp etc.
So if its not cool enough for the kids here, it`s not cool enough for me. I`ll stick to Kitty-Chan thank you very much.
Other Randomness
August 13th, 2004A few more things of note:
And not to forget what is most important:


