Day 3

Ohayo! Mia desu. Minna genki? 

I accidentally put my iPod on mute, so we didn’t hear the alarm go off. Never the less, I got up 7 minutes after it went off. Jet lag can be awesome if used correctly. I still am not mentally adjusted to being awake so early. I walk around and wonder where all the people are and why the shops are all closed. But it is so hot here that the only time to be outside is in the early morning and late evening. 

We finally got wireless internet on campus this morning. the information they gave us was all in Japanese so it took me a while to figure out that the info they gave us was for a proxy site. Once we figured that out we were once again connected to the world! But nobody answered when we called home :( 

Class was pretty fun and Ani decided to move down to class B, because she is taking this for a grade. Fortunately, the class is moving quickly and should start being challenging sometime next week. I am staying in class A because I think that it is a good level for me. It will be challenging, but I haven’t ever had a challenging Japanese class so I think it will be good for me. And of course, grades mean nothing to me :)

After class, Myra and I went back to our apartment and studied for a few hours, then we relaxed for a bit before walking down to Mandai for dinner and stuff. We bought gyoza and made our first cooking attempt. It was super easy and yummy. Then we walked down to Mandai again, because they put stuff on sale after 8. 

We tried to run a load of laundry, but no matter what button combination we tried, it wouldn’t work. The next morning we found it was because the water pipe was closed off. (Ani no okage de.)

Ani’s dorm

Ani shares this tiny room with Andrea. It is lucky that they are both tiny, ‘cause this room is very small. Their kitchen is about the size of a small closet. 

The bathroom is a little bigger. The faucet in the sink turns to fill up the bath.

The first time Ani took a shower, she didn’t know that you had to turn on the hot water, so the water was very cold. To get any hot water, in the bath or the sink, you have to turn on the hot water heater thingy and set the temperature. Our controls are new and therefor nicer than theirs. Not that it really matters, because all we know how to do with it is turn it on and off and maybe change the temperature. 

They get a small balcony, mainly to be used for drying laundry.

Here is the main area:

The beds (bunk bed), are to the left, the kitchen is where the photographer is standing and the bathroom is to the left of the kitchen.

Here are the type of closets that each person has:

And here is what Japanese money looks like:

Mia out.