Jun 22: Tennis - Part 2
This morning I woke up on my own at 8:30, which was VERY lucky, as I had forgotten to set my alarms last night! Yikes! I ended up missing dorm breakfast though, so that sucked. I guess that 7-9 am means that you *finish* eating at 9, because I was there at 8:55 and got turned away. I had missed the 8:54 (or whenever it is) bus already, so I walked to the LAWSON STATION and got katsu-don and milk tea for breakfast. I love Japanese convenience stores for having real food instantly available at all times for cheap de la cheap cheap. I caught the bus that I'm "supposed" to catch at 9:22 and got to work at 9:35-ish (lol how is that supposed to be even remotely acceptable!?). The morning felt veeery short hahaha.
At lunch I had fried rice, because the Java curry wasn't available, and the other specials looked absolutely tiny. I played some handiball with my labmates, and managed to suck a little less at everything today (except serving, grr). When I was off the rotation, I talked with Asai-san (yet-another-Daisuke), and in the conversation at some point he said he wasn't playing because he had a handiball game yesterday and therefore wasn't going to play today to rest (he's 30! it's handiball!). I found this quite hilarious (but didn't laugh at him, don't worry), and I told him about how Mom always complains about us trying to kill her on ski vacations, but she's the first one up every morning, and she skis every day of the vacation barring sickness. So I summed up for him the fact that I didn't believe that he wasn't playing because he was sore, and that when I least expect it he's not going to be sore anymore and cause mayhem on the court. He laughed really hard at this, but didn't ever end up playing.
In the afternoon I coded more Ruby and asked Kabutoya-san about getting my ARC, since it will be available for pickup between today and the 28th. I asked him about the hours of the government building to find out when I could go, but I think I must be really bad at posing questions to Japanese people, because he then told me that he'd take me there at 10am tomorrow. >_> I'm a bit of a burden, I think, but at least he seems pleased with how I work. I recall the people at RadiSys being pleased with how I was a set-it-and-forget-it kinda co-op, so hopefully that will balance out how often I seem to ask questions that end with him going out of his way to do something for me. D:
At 6:05pm Miyata-san (the guy who sits beside me, who I played tennis with today and last week) popped up over our divider to tell me that part of our lab culture is that Wednesday is "refresh day", and it is "forbidden" to work past 6pm. Everyone in our little group was still at their desks, but I could see around the office that many people were chit-chatting at other people's workspaces, and that lots of people were walking around with bags that probably contained sportswear or workout clothing. So, I got changed and played tennis for the next couple of hours with Miyata-san and Asai-san, as well as another person who's an old friend of Miyata-san's and said friend's 9 year old daughter. I am really bad at tennis now, as my only good swing previously (forehand topspin) is not really shabby, and the other groundstrokes are write-offs. I haven't even tried serving (my age-old enemy), because even without it I managed to smack a ball over the fence and into the forest. D: Despite all that, "refresh day" tennis was pleasant, and we stopped because eventually only the guy's daughter and I could see the ball anymore. I can't believe we stopped just as everyone started to be as bad as me! (I'm kidding, only Asai-san is really good, and Miyata-san is more consistent than me, but I don't feel outclassed. Yes, I'm better than the 9 year old, thanks for asking) It gets dark super early here! In fact, by quarter to 8, I was waiting at the bus stop in the crepuscule (lol <3).
I got home and had what I call zaru-soba (I could be wrong on what zaru-soba is, as I don't eat it often) for dorm dinner along with halved tiny green peppers stuffed with ground beef. O_O Ok, it must have REALLY been on sale... The combination of ground beef with green pepper was actually pretty good, oddly enough. I think they were baked quite thoroughly, as the peppers were ultra-squishy. I went and bought more discount water at the Yokosan, along with more senbei. >_< I think out of all the things in Japan, my top three expenses are transportation, arcades and senbei. D: I hope I can get someone to show me how to use the machines in the fitness room at the office so I don't get fat beyond belief!
I came home later today, so I wasn't able to go into Yokochuu. I still need to buy a mug at the Seiyu (I was an idiot and calling it the Seiya before) to serve myself tea while at work out of the 2L jugs I can buy. Right now I'm just drinking directly out of the water jugs I buy because it's just water, but the tea is really nice (and sometimes cheaper, oddly enough) so I want that to be an option.
Anyways, I'd best get to bed so I don't miss dorm breakfast again tomorrow. Write you later!
No comments:
Post a Comment