Happy Birthday Shaq!

Happy 13th Birthday Mouse-chan. I hope you enjoyed the chocolate mudcake, because if there is any left I want you to send me some. And by 'want', I mean 'demand.'

I have been in Anjo for nearly a month now, and I feel like I'm starting to get used to this whole 'Living in Japan' thing. I'm still spending most of my time at work, but I now have started to take two Japanese classes a week. I try to explore a little more of Anjo every morning before work in order to get a better idea about the sort of town I live in. Next week I should be getting internet access at home, so it'll be easier to blog as well as stay in touch with everyone.

The job is getting a little easier (Anjo is a smaller school compared to many, so I don't have as many students as some of my other training group compatriots.) Thus, I have more time to work on my lesson preparation and grammar definitions.

I've started to go out around town. I have found two places of interest- a cowboy bar near the Shinkansen station and a cocktail lounge called 'Bar Salty Chap' (It gets even better. On the English menu, the name of the bar is 'Bra Salty Chap'). On the way home, I managed to ride my bike into a telephone pole, so from now on I'm going to catch the train.

WEIRD JAPANESE STUFF:

I've learned that every second Japanese TV show on TV stars an unconvincing Japanese transvestite. I don't bother to turn the TV on much now

The Japanese post office sells stamps, life insurance, banking services, slaves but no envelopes.

I have yet to be given my very own Toyota Mecha. As such, it has been hard to battle the monsters and foreign robots that ravage Aichi-prefecture on a weekly basis. But I'm coping :P

-Blake