New Sentimentality

Last night, me and 4 other people from my house walked to this super-dingy, super-scummy hole in the wall near Makino Station. This place was seriously the diviest dive of all dives. The 2 girls couldn't sit in there for more than 5 minutes before going home. But the kimchi soba was SO GOOD. As Obi-Wan said, "Yours eyes deceive you! Do not trust them."

There's a restaurant in downtown Hirakata called MOS BURGER and they have the best burgers in the world. I'd still kick a cat for 5 minutes in a Mighty Taco, though.

Back during orientation week, a girl named Yuna helped a group of us ignorant gaijin find a karaoke place and convince the guy running it that we weren't out to destroy it. So today, I gave her 3 packs of mango yatsuhashi (famous Kyoto snack food) in thanks. Well, she had a birthday present for me, too! A mix CD of Japanese visual kei music, a watch, and a big back of Doraemon snacks. It was fantastic. AHHH JAPAN, YOUR PEOPLE ARE SO GENEROUS. I will be paying Japanese people back for their generosity the rest of my life.

This is a 3 day weekend. Lots of time to do the tiny amount of homework I have to do.. haha

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