Well today has been very slow. My breakfast was leisurely because it was broken up into a bunch of different small dishes with lots of little things that were slippery and hard to grab. There was a little bit of fish, some miso soup, rice and that was about the extent of the things i was familiar with. There some slimy, kind of frothy and thick white stuff, some pickled things, a bit of wierd tofu with mushrooms, and something that might have been a fried omelet made of tofu in a non-delicious thick sauce. fushigina~
A comment on the hotel: it had a room at the end with natural museum type displays and a space shuttle that showed informational videos inside. I watched a really cute tufted-ear squirrel dig around in the snow for a while. Apparently winter is a major thing around here. I'm going to freeze to death. Also in the trees behind the hotel main lobby, there were three close pine trees decorated with two shiny eyes and a big red smile each. I think this was to make them resemble the town mascot which is a smiling pine tree draw cutely.
After that i got my stuff together and we went to Akita for orientation. I have a double room in the main dorm with a Japanese girl who I haven't met yet. I wish I had brought something to decorate my room with, it feels kind of lonely. There are lots of blankets provided though, so I should be ok for sleeping this winter.
This afternoon we took a campus tour in a group, basically the same stuff we saw yesterday but with a Japanese girl attempting to explain things in English. She was very brave. We also were introduced to some of the faculty, the Dean of Students is an American getting some kind of degree from UNM. A woman read the dorm guidelines and orientation schedule to us and then we went to dinner. The food in the cafeteria was actually quick alright, and you have 3 or 4 entree choices for dinner time, if all else fails I can always live off of the abundant rice and tea.
I did a load of laundry with Alex and now I should probably go check on it. If my computer will connect to the internet tomorrow I will add some pictures from today.
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So, now waiting for fabulous pix of the nice hotel, yukata, green tea. Good thing you have always had rice as a central part of your diet, n'est-ce pas? So good to see your new posts, Anna. Delighted and delightful. You'll do well. Be brave.
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