There was a lot of rain on Saturday throughout the evening and well into Sunday morning. This I believed helped all of the frogs eggs mature quickly and last night they were all crocking and calling all night long. To add to the noise there have been crickets creaking rather loudly for the past 2 weeks at night, so it ended up being some odd indistinguishable cacophony. Perhaps, I’m hoping the frogs will eat all the crickets and I will be ride of that problem. I tried ear plugs when I first went to bed but ended up waking up for the 3rd time and having to remove them due to pain. Ear plugs make the tunnels of my ears really sore, I know your not suppose to put them that far in but if I don’t they fall out very quickly. So I was up for about 2 and half hours trying to get back to sleep until eventually I just passed out from being so very tired.
I will most likely be tired today and I should go to the store buy some groceries, wash my mouldy smelly ass dishes. Too I have to go see one of my tutors to help me with nihongo (Japanese Language) and then head off to work. Gosh I have not even been up for half an hour and I am already tired. I just can’t sleep in past around 7am.
Yesterday I went to an Ikebana festival (flower arrangements) in downtown Osaka with the other international students from the university. Jacqui (new Australian teacher) also came along with us. I like her she is really funny, kind of reminds me of my little sister because she has the same colour hair mostly and complexion and such. I was able to try making a very basic flower arrangement. It would have been better if the lady helping me did not have fetid breath, seriously all I could think about was how to avoid it and try and breathe “fresh” air. Brought back memories from Gr.1, journal writing, where my teacher would be leaning over my shoulder trying to help but just had the worst breath and I could not concentrate on the work. Peter a man that works at the university, translated what she was saying. I’m glad it did not take too long, maybe 15 minutes, so I got out of it quickly.
After that finished some ladies grabbed me by the arm and hulled me off into the hall way…I thought I had done something wrong. They insisted that I stand up on stage and be a model for various styles of kimonos along with some other international students that I did not know. I am glad that English is a lingua franca because I am bad at Japanese and learning language at any rate. So a girl from Thailand, India, and China could all speak English (pretty well for what we talked about). There was also a girl from Indonesian and possibly a Korean girl…I did not talk to them. Anyway we went on stage during a presentation about the different style kimonos they use during plays (and in real life) and the masks they use and how you can tell which mask represents which. It was fun, other then the fact that it was rather hot in the building and thus added to by being on stage with a heavy styled kimono wrapping on under the lights.
After that we went and had a cup of tea that came along with the various activities during the festival. Due to the fact that I announced my nationality on stage another fellow Canadian student ended up semi coyly following us into the tea room and sitting down and introducing himself. His name is Kyle he goes to UNBC in Prince George but is originally from Fort Nelson. I was surprised to say the least. I usually meet (if any) Canadians that are from the East side. He came to lunch with Jacqui the Korean students and I, although I did not eat because of the lacking of diversity in menu options. After that we headed towards the station to go home (Jacqui, Kyle and I). He exchanged numbers with Jacqui and we will probably see him in the future.
It seems that most traditional styles of Japanese art forms are very formal and have many strict rules. I don’t care for it. Anyway I am tired and want to stop thinking insofar as I am….or possibly am not. Nicole comes on June 19th I am so excited. Oh and one extra added not, it gets dark her very fast by 8pm at the latest its very dark outside. My body is so not use to that and feels weird. I wish I was not missing the long days in Dawson Creek. Oh well, I just hope I will be around D.C for summer solstice, but who knows since I want to go travelling more. I’ll see thought it really just depends on my cash flow and savings. Well talk to you all later, loves.
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