I wanna do this everyday

So I realize that I should start blogging everyday... Hmmm... Its hard isn't it? Even the most miniscule piece of information should be important...

So over the weekend Shoichi sent me message simply stating "Are you free Monday?" I replied "Yes after 12pm." Then he told me "Meet at Takadanobaba at 12:30 Monday." That is usually how plans get started here. Text messaging is cheaper and more efficient than calling, so little messages like this get sent to and from my phone at least once every couple of hours.

Anywho, I met Shoichi and gang at Baba station at 12:40 (I don't yet understand it, but I am always late!) Shoichi, Hiromichi, Chisato, and Takako joined me in a lunch expedition. The suspect was this Thai buffet that apparently Chisato had heard about. After passing it no less than 2 times, we finally turned down the correct ally and found the place. It was a nice cozy basement filled with Chirstmas lights and giant plates of food. I was astonished that there were authentic metal plates for use instead of the normal Japanese style tiny plates. The selection of food was something to be desired, but all in all it was good. It was all nice and spicy just the way I like it. To top it off for desert we had tapioca pudding. Delicious!

After lunch the gang had to go back to study. I had a short meeting with Yamana sensei about doing some research next semester. I am still undecided, but if I had more time I would love to do something like that. Afterwards I headed to the nearest game center to kill some time. It was at the Baba Big Box and I played a game of each DDR, Guitar Freaks, Drummania, and Beatmania. I found out that my new favorite game is Drummania. Why not hit buttons when you can smack a rubber pad with a stick that does the same thing? It is amazing. I am afraid of how much money I may blow on that game alone during the course of this year.

I also learned an important lesson today. I went to Nakano then decided to return to Baba without actually going out of the gates. When I got back to Baba the gate would not let me out. So I go talk to the Eki-in and he tells me that I have to pay for the trip there and back. Great, $3 down the drain because of a change of plans. That money could have bought me a drink!

I made up my mind to go hang out with an unknown person named Nishio that I met a couple months ago. I did not recognize him at first, but he obviously recognized me first. That was all that really mattered. We ended up going to Karaoke for an hour and then to dinner. I was very impressed with the Karaoke place as most of the songs had furigana over the kanji. Every song that I sung was full of hiragana everywhere, which could be a good or a bad thing depending on what kind of level you are at. At the restarant we had some really good sashimi and other fish platters. It was really cool to talk in Japanese from lunchtime all the way through dinner. I wish I could do that every day... But at the same time, I spent a lot of money today on food and entertainment. That does not need to happen every day...

And finally, just got home a little past midnight with tons of homework left to do.