Thursday night, Tomo held his weekly cooking night, and made us some delicious Japanese noodles!
Friday, Tomo decided to take us on a trip, which was very kind of him! He took us to Oarai, the seaside city that has the fish market we visited early in April. The weather was not the best, so we decided on indoor activities, and went to the Aquarium. I took a lot of little video clips, and unfortunately I will not be posting them here since there are many. However, I did get a video of the dolphin show, and many other fish. Some of the exhibits, the lighting wasn't very good (not that I mind, it's better for the critters), so the only way I could get a clear image was to take a quick video. If I figure out how to take images from the films, I'll post them. Otherwise, I'll burn DVDs to share when I get home.
Anyway, the Aquarium was a blast. I may be a bad person, because it did make me a little hungry. They had a couple of very impressive setups, including one immense tank with all sorts of marine creatures, from turtles to sharks, to huge rays,to large schools of small, shiny fish that swirled all around and broke apart when the larger fish swam through. It was like watching a living lava lamp. I've captioned a lot of the photos in the slide show below, so please check those out for explanations. It was an great time!
Okay, one video. I can't resist. It's dark, but I had to get a shot of the fish. The common name is "Old Wife." I told Jason to be careful, this could be his future!
Okay, one more. This one was so cool to see. Look closely, you will see the embryo inside this egg pulsing as its heart beats! How awesome is that? Not something you get to see every day. It's a shark egg. Shark in Japanese is 鮫 (sah-mei).
Saturday was for relaxing and homework, then Sunday night Tomo, Indy, Mike, Jason and I went to Karaoke, and then out for Korean food. I did not remember my camera since I was too busy filling my face with pineapple chu-his and pistachios. They actually got me to sing a little this time! And ohhhh the Korean food was good. Tomo says it was called "Kiraku." Thinly sliced beef, veggies (bok choy, mushrooms, carrots, etc), rice, spices, and an egg. It comes out raw in an amazingly hot iron bowl, and cooks right there in front of you as you stir it up. Good, sinus-clearing spicy, and sooooo good. And we weren't rowdy at all. Promise.
Now it's back to the grind. We had a lot of essays due this week. Now I need to cram some more kanji into my head. Tomorrow is my first day helping teach some podlings in Koganei, which I am looking forward to. Wish me luck! Japanese children either love me or look at me like I am a the most terrifying thing ever. I admit to being terribly amused at the looks of shock kids give me when I say "hi" in Japanese. The idea that a foreigner can say 'konnichiwa' seems to blow their minds.
More soon, I have MORE flower pictures to hit you with soon.
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