Gotta Make Good Time
Just a quick comment on Cristina’s comment from the day before, I DID NOT SLIP INTO THE LAGOON. I put myself in a position where I would have to go into the lagoon on purpose so I would not back out.
As a second side note, please let me know if my blog is taking too long to upload because of the pictures. I added 5, which is a lot, but only because I had not added any at all and we finally got some pictures on Cristina’s computer. Once I burn the ones saved in my computer onto a CD, I will have more to show on the site. I know several of you are curious to see how our homes look like. Unfortunately, they are both a little messy at the moment so once we get them ready for the photo shoot, we’ll snap away and publish the pics. I am also seeing if I can find a picture sharing web site that would allow me upload my pictures and allow those invited to view the album. If any of you know of any such web site, please let me know.
As for yesterday, I was able to take a new route to Cristina’s house that my coworker suggested. It took 25 minutes from the time I left my doorstep to the time I arrived at Cristina’s. So I am quite ecstatic about that. It requires less turns and is more straightforward. You actually go on a new road that is in the middle of some rice crops, so nobody else is really on it and the drive is a bit smoother.
After I picked up Cristina after work, we went to Kanoya and met up with Kaz in the “good” 100 yen store. We of course spent money on stuff we think we need but really don’t but still buy anyway because it is only 100 yen. Then, it was off to 100-yen sushi where we were going to meet with Joe of Kanoya and Dan of Kihoku. The sushi place was a hole in the wall. It looked or sounded like it was going to be a bit seedy, but it smelled fine (they say that if you go into 100 yen sushi and it smells fishy to walk right out) and looked ok. So, we ate all these different types of sushi that came down a conveyor belt. There were different amount of pieces on the plates depending on the size and content of the roll or sashimi. There were also plates with desserts and juices. When you have reached a state of repletion, you count the stacked empty plates in front of you and pay 100 yen for each one. Cristina beat all of us with a whopping 8 plates. I came in a distant second with 6 plates. I slept over Cristina’s again as to not drive home in the dark. (No lights on the way to Uchinoura other than your own.)
The next morning I woke up a little later because I had taken my clothes to not have to go back to my house to shower and change. So I cut it a little close coming to work this morning having punched in at 8:27. (I am supposed to be in my office sitting at my desk by 8:30; there is about a 1 min. walk from where I punch in to my desk.) I would have gotten hear sooner but I got stuck behind a ridiculously slow tractor trailer by Cristina’s house, almost ran over a crane that would not move from the middle of the road, and then got stuck again behind a very slow van. I get really nervous passing on a curvy road where you cannot see who is coming sometimes due to the fact that it is a mountain road.
Well, I guess I’ll stop writing now because I have to… I have to… there is actually nothing for me to do. Actually, my boss told me I had to read something into a tape recorder at 2pm then meet with an English teacher at pm. So, I guess work is on its way. Hope to hear from you soon. Let me know what you think of the pictures.
As a second side note, please let me know if my blog is taking too long to upload because of the pictures. I added 5, which is a lot, but only because I had not added any at all and we finally got some pictures on Cristina’s computer. Once I burn the ones saved in my computer onto a CD, I will have more to show on the site. I know several of you are curious to see how our homes look like. Unfortunately, they are both a little messy at the moment so once we get them ready for the photo shoot, we’ll snap away and publish the pics. I am also seeing if I can find a picture sharing web site that would allow me upload my pictures and allow those invited to view the album. If any of you know of any such web site, please let me know.
As for yesterday, I was able to take a new route to Cristina’s house that my coworker suggested. It took 25 minutes from the time I left my doorstep to the time I arrived at Cristina’s. So I am quite ecstatic about that. It requires less turns and is more straightforward. You actually go on a new road that is in the middle of some rice crops, so nobody else is really on it and the drive is a bit smoother.
After I picked up Cristina after work, we went to Kanoya and met up with Kaz in the “good” 100 yen store. We of course spent money on stuff we think we need but really don’t but still buy anyway because it is only 100 yen. Then, it was off to 100-yen sushi where we were going to meet with Joe of Kanoya and Dan of Kihoku. The sushi place was a hole in the wall. It looked or sounded like it was going to be a bit seedy, but it smelled fine (they say that if you go into 100 yen sushi and it smells fishy to walk right out) and looked ok. So, we ate all these different types of sushi that came down a conveyor belt. There were different amount of pieces on the plates depending on the size and content of the roll or sashimi. There were also plates with desserts and juices. When you have reached a state of repletion, you count the stacked empty plates in front of you and pay 100 yen for each one. Cristina beat all of us with a whopping 8 plates. I came in a distant second with 6 plates. I slept over Cristina’s again as to not drive home in the dark. (No lights on the way to Uchinoura other than your own.)
The next morning I woke up a little later because I had taken my clothes to not have to go back to my house to shower and change. So I cut it a little close coming to work this morning having punched in at 8:27. (I am supposed to be in my office sitting at my desk by 8:30; there is about a 1 min. walk from where I punch in to my desk.) I would have gotten hear sooner but I got stuck behind a ridiculously slow tractor trailer by Cristina’s house, almost ran over a crane that would not move from the middle of the road, and then got stuck again behind a very slow van. I get really nervous passing on a curvy road where you cannot see who is coming sometimes due to the fact that it is a mountain road.
Well, I guess I’ll stop writing now because I have to… I have to… there is actually nothing for me to do. Actually, my boss told me I had to read something into a tape recorder at 2pm then meet with an English teacher at pm. So, I guess work is on its way. Hope to hear from you soon. Let me know what you think of the pictures.
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