It has finally become the last month I will be in Japan. How's your time in Japan so far Leo? 楽し〜いよ！(It's a lot fun!)
It is still tsuyu season (raining season) so it doesn't get too hot. It has been raining a lot and now I'm kind of getting tired of it... When it does get hot (around 90s), it is really humid. Tsuyu should leave sometime in the middle of July.
This week starting from Tuesday was 期末テスト(semester final exams). Since I'm a 'foreign-exchange student' that will only be in school for a month, I did not have to take the exams. That means I have Tuesday through Sunday off. Whoo! Some of my classmates where like "I hate you! You are soo lucky" or "I need a break too, no fair."
So what have I been doing? Mostly getting this blog updated but usually shopping or going somewhere I haven't been before on the bicycle. Here are other things as well:
Fujimoto holding a magazine with Axe samples. I met and hanged out with him two years ago when I went to middle school. He changed soo much! He had glasses and didn't spike his hair at all. When I first approached him this summer, I said "なんでかっこつけてるの？" meaning "Why are you showing off (to the girls)." :P
So what does Axe have to do with anything? Well first off, all the guys were crowding around Hirota (the kid that bought the magazine) and the guys were taking out the samples and smelling it and rubbing it on each other and stuff. I thought it was hilarious so I had to take a picture to remember that.
Second, I wanted to talk about Japanese guys eliminating body odor. So apparently, they don't use deodorant sticks much. After P.E. or playing sports during lunch, the guys will come in the classroom and unbutton their shirts. Some of them pull out these moist sweat-absorbing tissues that leave a faint clean smell. Then they all grab a body spray. Some are stronger than others but for the most part they aren't overwhelming like some American brands. But what is bad is that they close the doors (so girls can't see in) and EVERYBODY sprays on a whole freak'n butt-load! Like I'm not even kidding. I can't stand there for more than a minute so I change into my uniform real quick and get out. What do they need to use soo much?? :P So then I saw this Axe advertisement and thought "Geeze, if a one guy uses that in America and stinks up the whole room then, what will happen if the Japanese gets their hands on it?"
So there you have it, a little body odor rant by Leo.
One of the days off I visited Temple University: Japan Campus. Temple is originally located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a campus in Rome as well. My mom and I just went there for a campus tour. It didn't really impress me much but the location is great! Everybody there has to speak English which makes everything easier for me.
I visited the Internet Cafe again. This time I had a discount coupon which lets me stay there for 3 hours for 500 yen (normally it would cost 1,200 yen). After I finished uploading pictures from my phone and checking every single e-mail, I still had 2 hours left. What am I gonna do?? Signs and on the desktop had the new Monster Hunter game that I never saw or played before. So why not give it a try? After like 20 minutes trying to sign up (reading kanji is really hard :P ) I finally got an account. I logged in and started playing. Here is my character I created:
His name is 'Shue' and you can click on all these pictures to enlarge them.
Sorry for the quality of this picture but here he is in 'battle mode.' Just 'hunted' my first 'monster.' I wasn't very impressed by this game because I have played MANY online games better than it. Graphics were all right and maybe because everything was in Japanese made it a turn-off for me... But this game is really huge right now in Japan, and I'm thinking it's like the new Final Fantasy.
Trains! Fast, efficient, and fun to ride! Here are a couple of pictures:
Posing in the train. Why am I wearing those clothing? Because they are my pajamas and I was going to spend the night at the Olympic Center and didn't want to bring extra clothes. Plus I gotta represent my school!
Not that crowded. And yes, I have been on a train where they pack you in like sardines...
My little brother, Dyllan, sleeping on the train. Japanese people are very busy people so they need to rest whenever they can. I wish I can take pictures of other people but some people falls asleep in the funniest ways ever. One time there was this guy about his mid 20s sleeping with his mouth open. On top of that he was taking up two seats and his belly was showing a little. And then I bursted out laughing when I saw that his pant's zipper was undone, lol! :D
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