2006-09-29 - 10:58 p.m.
like always I find myself wandering when I should be focusing on homework. Here I sit with a 6 page paper due tomorrow and only limited interent access (about 2 more hours before I lose it) and instead of working, i:m busy listening to outkast via the myspace music section. and letting my eyes wander over the internet bar.
some of my more intersting observations, the sign should say NO SMOKING, not NOT SMORKING. It should also say please pay attention to your stuff so it is not stolen, not Your stuff needs attention to not be stoled.
what I have also noticed and wonderd about is the prices here at this internet bar. 30 minutes is 250 yen. If I want 3 hours it is 950 yen. but if I want to stay here from 10pm until 6 am it is only 1400 yen. So the price goes down the longer I stay here. Ok, I get that. but why overnight? And then it hit me, people are actually LIVING in the internet bars because it is cheaper than renting an apartment. (a month is 45000 yen, as opposed to 75000 for a cheap apartment.) that explains why there is a place to lock your cell phone, wallet, and to refresh your shoes and give you house slippers for 200 yen. I knew tokyo was expensive, but I didn:t realize how expensive.
we are doing fine. I am learning how to feed a family of 5 on 2,000 yen a day (think about $20.00). that is my daily budget, and we have been within that pretty well. Lots more veggies and fruits, less meat and cheese. But the kids eat it up, and criss says YUM most day without having to force it out. So I guess I:m doing well.
Other than that the mosquitos are horrible (on par with SIAS), but the repellant here works well. The weather has been great, (except for the 2 typhoons that have HIT japan. then it rains for 3 days. but aside from that it has been really nice. Not too humid, not too hot almost perfect.
Will
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