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Last night was great fun, as always. Before we went into Jeff's, we bought
a birthday card for Larry the barman in the shape of a bunny holding a
cake, and signed it "from all the members of Her Majesty's Commonwealth"
(so it included Saranne from Australia!). Larry actually really liked it -
he said you know you've been in Japan too long when you're male but you
actually like really cute things.
After the usual nomihoudai, we went to Gusto to satisfy our munchies. It's
the first time I've been to Gusto, and it's fantastic! It's part of a
chain of restaurants all over Japan, which serve food of all kinds -
regular Japanese snacks, pizza, pasta, ice cream, anything - at REALLY low
prices, and very quickly. They also have a "drink bar" and "soup bar"
option (where, for a fixed price, you can go and help yourself to as much
of a large variety of soft drinks and soup for as long as you want) at a
very cheap price. The restaurant itself looks very much like a Little Chef
from the interior (it even has a little section where you can by toys by
the counter), but every table also has a little computer screen next to it
where (if you pay), you can play games. And, Gusto is open 24 hours. It's
fantastic. I had myself a delicious chocolate ice-cream and some of Andy's
pizza (which was YUMMY!). I can't believe I've not been there before, I
must go there again sometime.
I've just been sleeping and learning kanji today. God, you wouldn't
believe how random some of the kanji is that we have to learn. Here's some
of the more random ones:
KIKOKUSHIJO - Children who've returned to Japan after living abroad
ANSHITSU - Dark room (for developing photos)
YUUDACHI - Sudden shower in late afternoon
YUUYAKE - Evening glow
DOUSOUKAI - Alumni association
SHISHAGONYUU - Rounding to the nearest whole number
AMAYADORISURU - To taker cover from the rain under the eaves of a house
GYAKUSETSU - Paradox
KENAN - Pending issue
SUIGYUU - Water buffalo
GUNSHUUSHINRI - Mob psychology
TENMONDAI - Astrological observatory
NICHIDOKUKANKEI - Relationship between Japan and Germany
JINKOUSHIBA - Artificial turf
SEIBO MARIA - The Virgin Mary
SHINPU - Catholic priest
DANRYOKU - Elasticity
BAIRITSU - Degree of magnification
NOUKYOU - Agricultural Co-operative
SUISO - Hydrogen
TEJINA - Magic show
TAYOUKASURU - Diversification of business operatives
TAUE - Transplanting of rice shoots
These words are obviously going to come up in writing fairly often.
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