Dearest blog readers! Hello!
Today I haven’t prepared anything really. I am just updating to tell you that I am still safe, and that Monday is approaching, meaning that I’ll have my own Internet soon! It’s funny, because I realized that the internet café has free wireless leaking from it, but you have to be basically RIGHT in front of the building for it to work. I took my iPod in front of the store a few times to check my e-mail, but waiting there too long is conspicuous so I wasn’t able to respond to any that way. They probably wonder why I go by there so often. ^_^
Tomorrow is a big festival that some JETs in the area are going to, so I should be going to that. Hopefully I’ll have one or two pictures to show after Monday.
One of my bosses at the BOE gave me his old TV. It’s made the apartment less quiet, despite not really enjoying TV and not really understanding the majority of it. Because Japan is switching from analog to digital, it will only work for one more year the way it is, but you can always buy a little adapter box if you want. There are also only about 13 channels… I think that knowing what’s going on in Japanese pop-culture will help me relate to the kids at school though, so I plan to watch it from time to time. Right now it’s just something to make noise I think. :-p
Also, a woman named Ms. Oka from work gave me some vegetables from her family’s garden. I made a stew (basically for the first time…) and it actually tasted pretty good! There were enough potatoes for a family of 5 though… so I’ll be eating potatoes for a few weeks if they don’t go bad. Maybe I can cook them and then freeze them if that starts to happen.
My apartment is slowly coming together! The TV needs a new stand for sure… not sure if I should get a couch or not, but there’s a pretty big empty space in the living area… and I plan to get a kotatsu later in the year. The couch I’m also trying to find for free, or very cheap if possible. Today we went to a home goods store though and found a pretty nice one for $200. It’s small of course, but I liked it. I wonder if I should buy it before the price goes up. I should probably wait until after my first paycheck, which will be at the end of the month. They usually pay once per month in Japan. I’m sure there’s more I could talk about right now, but I’m going to save money and keep it short. More later!
Miss you all tons.
Lana
Hi Lana, Just posted a comment. Told me it
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I'll write more when you get internet on
Monday. Hope you had fun at festival.
Grandma
Oh potatoes. You can do some sweet stuff with potatoes. If you bake a bunch at once you can make some mashed (yes you're supposed to boil em but pfff), cut em up to make homefries which keep for a good while. Thin cut and fry the raw ones in oil to make chips. Potato pancakes are fantastic too. Hashbrowns too, omg potatoes.
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious about the potatoes... I miss you Casey. Can I hire you as my personal cook and then we'll both be good?
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