Surprise! You're getting a new car!
As usual, Mondays are my office days. I use them to fulfill assignments I give myself and to study Japanese. On this Monday, like I do with many other Mondays, I ate a delicious lunch in the company of the Katos at their home. Yesterday, lunch happened to be curry. We were exchanging stories of what we did over winter break and New Year’s. Then, Yu mentioned that my shaken, a sort of rigorous inspection that every car has to get every two years, was coming up. Whatever the car does not pass, it must be fixed. The cost of everything that must be fixed in addition to the cost of the shaken is as much as buying a new car, which I could then sell to my successor. So, my best bet is to buy a new car, which I should do by the end of the week. Papa Kato said that he would call around the used car places to see what my best deal would be. I am so very grateful to them for doing so much of this for me. I am really lucky to have such nice people watching out for me. I really trust them. Therefore, I am buying a car by the end of the week that I really will not “meet” until the time of purchase. So jokingly, I mentioned yesterday to Cristina, that I wonder what kind of car I will be driving this time next week – something I would have never wondered about in the United States.
After work, Cristina and I began training for our respective races; I am doing a 10K and she is doing a 5K. Yesterday we ran 3.6K in about 25 minutes. I realize that I have some way to go, but I feel so good to get back to running and I see my goal as very achievable.
After running, Cristina and I met up with Laura, Jill and Eric at Tomo-chan’s, where I had some not so healthy yakisoba. It was well worth it though. It was sooo good. Like usual, it was nice to go to Osaki and visit Tomo and Yoko.
Upon returning home, Cristina and I were inclined to begin watching Season 3 of 24. I have to say that as of now, I do not like it very much. I hope that it gets better. Perhaps because it seems so scary to me and also there is just some underlying thing about it that I do not like as much.
The next morning, I woke up and freaked out. There was frost all over outside. The fields glistened with ice, as did all the windows. Once I arrived to my car, I saw that it was covered with a substantially thick frost. It was not like the other days where it could easily be wiped off the window. So, I left my car running (something I would never do in the States, and heated some water to throw on the windows. After I did, my front window was fine, but then as I began driving, I noticed I had forgotten about my back window. Needless to say, now I know for next time.
Later today, I am going to see a Taiko (Japanese drums) show/concert of what is said to be one of if not the best Taiko group in Japan – Tao. Several people have told me about it and I hestitated at first at it costing $35, but then I realized that I may never get a chance to see them again. And if I find local groups to be really good, I am curious to see what makes this group so amazing. I’ll let you know tomorrow.
After work, Cristina and I began training for our respective races; I am doing a 10K and she is doing a 5K. Yesterday we ran 3.6K in about 25 minutes. I realize that I have some way to go, but I feel so good to get back to running and I see my goal as very achievable.
After running, Cristina and I met up with Laura, Jill and Eric at Tomo-chan’s, where I had some not so healthy yakisoba. It was well worth it though. It was sooo good. Like usual, it was nice to go to Osaki and visit Tomo and Yoko.
Upon returning home, Cristina and I were inclined to begin watching Season 3 of 24. I have to say that as of now, I do not like it very much. I hope that it gets better. Perhaps because it seems so scary to me and also there is just some underlying thing about it that I do not like as much.
The next morning, I woke up and freaked out. There was frost all over outside. The fields glistened with ice, as did all the windows. Once I arrived to my car, I saw that it was covered with a substantially thick frost. It was not like the other days where it could easily be wiped off the window. So, I left my car running (something I would never do in the States, and heated some water to throw on the windows. After I did, my front window was fine, but then as I began driving, I noticed I had forgotten about my back window. Needless to say, now I know for next time.
Later today, I am going to see a Taiko (Japanese drums) show/concert of what is said to be one of if not the best Taiko group in Japan – Tao. Several people have told me about it and I hestitated at first at it costing $35, but then I realized that I may never get a chance to see them again. And if I find local groups to be really good, I am curious to see what makes this group so amazing. I’ll let you know tomorrow.
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