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Since I forgot to take my camera around with me when I went a'wanderin yesterday.

And also, I can only seem to sleep at 8 hours at a time..and I get sleepy at really odd hours.. o_o

Also, cool thing, apparently in these hotel rooms, there aren't just switches to turn on lights and stuff. In Holiday Inn, there control for lights was on the room phone. Yes, on the PHONE. XD In this one, you stick the key into a slot and it turns on the power. COOL, right?!

Anyways, the real updates are...that I met with the recruiters, which went well. Both were very nice and helpful, so hopefully the next few processes will go relatively smoothly.

One other ALT will be in Oosaki city. I hope this person is nice... :) We'll be driven by car to our apartments, so I'm relieved to know I won't have to take a train or anything just yet.

In any case, I went explorin' yesterday, though not too far. It's far too hot in this weather. Also, the last thing I need is to get lost.

I'd still like to find two places though. One being the giant park, and the other being the discounted food shops...although at this point neither seems a possibility and I'm still a bit nervous about going up and asking random Japanese ppl...lol.

Anyways, where I DID go, was to the Mito South Tower and checked out their electronics store...crazy packed with stuff, although very organized, and with ridiculously clean mirrors. I also went walking down by the stream/river area.

There must be a school nearby, 'cause I've seen a lot of girls and boys in uniform.

For the most part, people seem to ignore me, which is fine. At least they don't give me ugly glares. Although at the time, I'm generally sweating too much to care if they are.

Oh! And I was happy to have made my first real purchase without any help at all! Yeah, sure, they're rice balls...but at least I gave the right amount of yen, and hey, that's a HUGE accomplishment for my tiny ego. (And those rice balls were tasty). I think she asked if I wanted it heated up (and I only know this from watching anime and movies, go figure) but since I couldn't exactly understand, I declined whatever offer she said. Anyways, it's funny to think, my first real feeling of being on my own is in a foreign country, haha.

So far, I'm burning through my yen, although I hope that slows down once I get into my apt. And well, at least, so far I haven't spent it on anything I didn't need, except the one small item so that I could break my bill so I could buy my ticket and call heart. Anyhoo...it also seems like I'll be eating Denny's and rice balls for the next few days, unless I can find the discount shops...x_x Only two meals a day...being frugal makes me hungry, haha. Maybe once I meet some other recruits, who have got to be staying around here, I can ask if they know or have found any places. And hopefully I won't fall into a nervous wreck, remembering my years of being the loner girl in the corner, 'cause i didn't know how to make friends, and 'cause i guess i just didn't seem interesting enough to other ppl...haha. Unfortunately I wasn't born with such approachably good looks like my lovely little sister. :P

I was considering a shower, mostly 'cause I'm starting to feel the nasty greasy feeling of having sweated all day :P Tho I'm also getting a bit sleepy, so perhaps just crashing back on the bed isn't a bad idea either...hopefully I'll remember to bring my camera when I go a'wanderin the next time. :)