Saturday, October 15, 2005
Shoppin' In The Rain
It rained all day today, from the moment I woke up to this very second that I'm typing right now. I don't know enough words in any language to explain how much this sucks. The silver lining is that it's not raining very hard and I spent most of the day under a roof but I would have much rather walked freely around the city instead of dealing with this crap.
I was up early this morning and decided to venture into Osaka rather than spend the day sitting around the dorm. I loathed the rainfall but I decided to bear it and hope that it might let up eventually (it never did though). I had heard from Megan about some event in Osaka that sounded interesting but when I tried to meet her it didn't work. I suspect I misunderstood some vital element of the plan because it was supposed to be a class trip and there's no way a classroom-sized group of foreigners would escape my attention if I was in the right station at the right time.
Instead, I went to Nanba to do a little shopping. I bought more oatmeal which I hope will taste good (it certainly cost enough), picked up some ジョジョ manga for Scott as a belated birthday present and I went to see Kazu at his part-time job at Bic Camera. It wasn't just a social call as I wanted a new memory card for my camera. The card that came with the camera was quite small which is why most of the pictures I've shown you have been so pixelated. At maximum quality I could only take six shots! Now I can take almost a hundred so expect all future photographs to look much nicer (although the web versions will still have to be low-resolution to fit onto my page).
I got a surprise message from Scott who suggested we hang out. He came down to meet with me and we spent the bulk of the afternoon together, walking around the "Nanba Center" shopping district. Thankfully, these streets are under a roof so we didn't get soaked. I wonder why New York doesn't offer streets like this? Would snow be a problem?
That's about all that happened today. Tomorrow we're supposed to have clearer skies and I have another date with Mako, so I'm feeling better already.
I was up early this morning and decided to venture into Osaka rather than spend the day sitting around the dorm. I loathed the rainfall but I decided to bear it and hope that it might let up eventually (it never did though). I had heard from Megan about some event in Osaka that sounded interesting but when I tried to meet her it didn't work. I suspect I misunderstood some vital element of the plan because it was supposed to be a class trip and there's no way a classroom-sized group of foreigners would escape my attention if I was in the right station at the right time.
Instead, I went to Nanba to do a little shopping. I bought more oatmeal which I hope will taste good (it certainly cost enough), picked up some ジョジョ manga for Scott as a belated birthday present and I went to see Kazu at his part-time job at Bic Camera. It wasn't just a social call as I wanted a new memory card for my camera. The card that came with the camera was quite small which is why most of the pictures I've shown you have been so pixelated. At maximum quality I could only take six shots! Now I can take almost a hundred so expect all future photographs to look much nicer (although the web versions will still have to be low-resolution to fit onto my page).
I got a surprise message from Scott who suggested we hang out. He came down to meet with me and we spent the bulk of the afternoon together, walking around the "Nanba Center" shopping district. Thankfully, these streets are under a roof so we didn't get soaked. I wonder why New York doesn't offer streets like this? Would snow be a problem?
That's about all that happened today. Tomorrow we're supposed to have clearer skies and I have another date with Mako, so I'm feeling better already.
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Yeah, finally stopped raining! Was about time, my yard is a pool.
I was always wondering why NY doesn't have roofs attached to the store fronts so you can shop in the rain. Maybe firs codes or something, who knows?
Have fun on your date!
コメントがあります？ Type something, please. It's less work for me.I was always wondering why NY doesn't have roofs attached to the store fronts so you can shop in the rain. Maybe firs codes or something, who knows?
Have fun on your date!
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