September 25: Meeting up with Dad and Linda
Today I woke up and ate dorm breakfast of natto and pork mixture. The natto had bonito and some brown jelly-like sauce on it what was not exactly a hit with me, I must say. D: I showered and got to work on time, and started back on writing my paper. I skimmed a bunch more papers and now my Related Work sections is looking reasonably well-fleshed-out. Kabutoya-san was back today (I was under the impression he was coming back tomorrow), and he took a look and told me that I've got enough references now, since this paper is for a domestic conference, not an international one. Whew! That was quite a relief, and I am glad to be back to being able to look at the actual words in my paper again, rather than just thinking about what else I can talk about that will require references haha.
At lunch I ate curry-udon, which was a bit of a mistake, as it was reaaaally hot and it stayed that way for some time, leading to quite a bit of mouth-burning. D: The roux was alright, but it was a little too salty for me to want to drink it after finishing the noodles, which was a shame. After eating my coworkers and I played handiball, and I was alright again, especially my serve (yay). In the afternoon I worked on my paper more (surpriiise~!)
I left promptly at 6pm to make sure I wasn't late to meet Dad, and that actually ended up putting me at Yokochuu about half an hour early. O_O I took the time to wander around a bit in a direction I haven't before, as well as in the vertical mall (seriously, its footprint is tiny and it's got 9 floors), where I found an arcade with all the same games I don't want to play that the other Yokochuu arcade that I know about has. >_< It also has a Project Diva machine, like the one I already knew about haha. Oh well, it's good to know about anyways.
Dad and Linda were driven to Yokochuu by Yuji and Emi, and so we ended up having dinner with them and Mariko as well. We went to a yakiniku place that they had spotted on their way here, which was pretty good (it's yakiniku, so your enjoyment of the food is pretty closely related to how much attention the cook is paying haha). I'm glad that they had a place in mind, as one of the places I had looked up last night was nowhere to be found, and the other was a bit of a walk to get to. It was nice to see Dad and Linda again, although with blogging we don't have too much to catch up on at all! >_< Should I stop? Haha j/k.
After dinner Dad and Linda bought Pasmos at my suggestion, which involved all of us standing around the machine pressing buttons haphazardly (OK, I'm embellishing a little). Somehow they actually got them in the end, and they hopefully will have fun using them to get around (I know that I still gain a little enjoyment every time I use mine).
After parting ways with everyone, I walked back towards the bus stop and watched the bus I wanted to be on leave. Damnit! The next one wasn't to come for another half-hour, so I ducked into the arcade that I already knew about and played a little Project Diva to kill some time. I haven't been playing much, so it was the usual routing of playing Po-Pi-Po and almost full-comboing it and then getting 2% short of a pass on moon. D:< Where 2% short of a pass means 78%, of course. Thanks Japan. I love you too.
The bus back to my dorm was suuuuper crowded. People are just as bad here about moving back as they are in Vancouver, and I got quite pushy while compressing people in the back half of the bus. I think I had a net emotional response of zero from the people on the bus due to the cancellation between the people behind me who loved me and the people whose personal space I was violating, who hated my guts. ;D
I got back to my dorm and debated going straight to bed, but I decided that eating frozen grapefruit is more important than sleep, so I stayed up while letting one thaw out. It's now thawed (and eaten haha), so I'll be taking a bow right about now.
Night!
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