Because of the Earthquake...

I went to school with James on the bus. When we arrived, Brendan was already there with Drummond, though Drummond went home for some reason. Lauma and Binks also turned up after having played tennis this morning. Binks then proceeded to spend a lot of the rest of the day tellikng us about how much pain she was in from it. We had our lesson, just the five of us, which was cosy again. The lesson passed rather quickly, with only a little new grammar learnt. My Japanese skills now extend to saying “there was a plane accident and lots of people were killed” and “because of the earthquake, many buildings collapsed.” If only they would teach us useful things! To be fair, I am sure there are interesting ways in which I could use the structures, but I cannot think of any.

I had lunch in the canteen. I had the day’s special, which was rice and beef stew sauce (maybe), though had a bit of an unpleasant edge to it. I ate it anyway, along with the pieces of fried chicken that it came with. Yoshi came and sat with us to eat. We discovered a mutual love: Final Fantasy games! He has already completed the newest one, which is not even out in England yet! I would not understand it in Japanese, though. It is my goal, though. One day I will be able to play and understand Japanese computer games.

I talked on the bus to Kaori and Humie coming home. It was more fun then trying to talk to the teachers as you can just talk about what you want, i.e. relevant things. I think it is good practice. Kaori mostly showed James and I pictures from her phone to see whether we knew what they were. They were mostly cartoon characters, though most were English/American in origin, I believe. She even had Gizmo on there. “Gremlins” is a good film!

I spent the entire afternoon programming! It is so very fun, especially now that I have a project to work on. It is coming along well; I have made many refinements. Most of it is “under-the-hood” so people will not notice them/care, but I like doing it. Making the code prettier is a worthwhile task I think! I have also put it onto one of the computers here, so that the others can use it if they want. I know that Lauma wants a copy. Maybe I should charge her!

I spoke to my little sister for a while on MSN as well. She has her first exam on Saturday, though she said that she had plenty of time to go still. She and her friend attempted an 11-hour library marathon, but managed only two, with the rest spent down the pub!

In the evening I went to dinner: some sort of pork meat and a bowl of rice. Fantastic.