{"id":69,"date":"2007-07-25T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T13:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morbidcornflakes.ch\/thduggies_blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2007-07-25T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T13:29:28","slug":"almost-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thduggie.com\/thduggies_blog\/2007\/almost-done","title":{"rendered":"Almost done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another sunny day, but not as sunny as yesterday, and I didn’t get to see Mt. Fuji because there was a train in the way.\u00c2\u00a0 I got shoved into a position in the train where I had to mercilessly wedge myself through the crowd to get off, pulling my backpack behind me.\u00c2\u00a0 It brought a smile to my face.\u00c2\u00a0 Something must be wrong with me.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

It also made me think that in Japan bananaguards<\/a> would sell like hotcakes.\u00c2\u00a0 A quick look at their page tells me they’ve already thought of that<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the subway I realized with pride that\u00c2\u00a0I recognized and was able to sound out an entire word.\u00c2\u00a0 A split second later, it hit me that I’d forgotten to go to my kanji lesson yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh the embarrassment.\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, my teacher didn’t seem to mind.\u00c2\u00a0 I suppose I’ll be paying for that lesson out of my own pocket…\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

We had a test today and I reviewed at starbucks with the same special order frappucino as yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 I think I did reasonably, I’m guessing 40 or more points out of fifty.\u00c2\u00a0 Just because it’s usually the answer, I’m betting on 42.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

After school I went to lunch at the smelly place again and ate grilled fish this time.\u00c2\u00a0 It wasn’t as tasty as the satsuma-age, and the miso soup contained fish scraps, which made the soup difficult to eat.\u00c2\u00a0 Even so, remember I’m only paying 70 yen<\/a> more for a full meal than for my silly frappucino.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of the afternoon and early evening I spent with our distributor discussing business.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s so much easier to discuss face to face, and them having hired a new employee who speaks excellent English really, really helps.\u00c2\u00a0 I had to forestall any possible dinner together, because I remembered the laundry I had to do.\u00c2\u00a0 And when you’re down to your last pair, that’s a good thing to remember.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the first time, I wasn’t the weirdest guy on the train.\u00c2\u00a0 A heavyset Japanese with a bulging backpack read without holding on to anything and kept bumping into me and my neighbor, to the point where I shared an understanding glance with my neighbor about a Japanese.\u00c2\u00a0 That is like an octopus and a fish reaching a common understanding about another fish without a word being spoken.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s now obvious, but I only noticed this morning that in the bushes in front of the one big building I pass every day there are two statues, one of a lion and the other of a tin man.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m thinking there should be a third, but I can’t recall what it should be and can’t see any other statue.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, only two more days of Japanese.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m tempted to let homework slide…<\/p>\n

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