rumblin bumblin stumblin

so theres 2 more days left in golden week until i go back to work for 2 days...immediately followed by 2 more days off. not half bad. id expect this sort of time off in europe but here it seems quite unusual yet still appreciated. way to go japan.

my move to higashi betsuin is complete. 2 of my roomates headed to the city of niigata in northern honshu until wednesday so its been mike and i by ourselves in the said pad...today i went and bought a clothes rack and bookshelf (as i have no formal closet) and i must say that ive done quite well for myself in the amount of space provided, thank you very much. quite happy with that. only negative is that i was supposed to go to my old apartment on sunday and wait for an inspector to come...waited there 3 hours on the hardwood floor with nothing to do and they never showed. idiots. just happy that any relationship with the housing agent is now severed and i can forget about it. still havent got that welcome package...

holidays have been awesome so far. aforesaid inuyama was a great day trip, went to nagoya castle with the group yesterday and had alot of fun, going tomorrow to the town of ise in mie prefecture for a day trip (about 2 hours away by train), weather has been great for the most part. basically its been really laid back and has let me settle in to life in japan for the rest of the year. lovin it.

learning japanese is coming along very well apparently and ive learned almost all of the hiragana characters...which means ive learned correct pronunciation for almost all japanese sounds. starting with some basic grammar structures and rules too. only problem is my lack of aptitude to learn anything thats not written down...somebody could tell me the correct way to say something 20 times and i probably wouldnt get it until i saw it on paper. visual learner, what can i say.

more later.

ps - if you actually read this and have time inbetween paying money out to asian blackjack kings, happy birthday dave.