The Eye of Patrick

Today was an interesting day to say the least. I woke up in the morning for classes as usual. But the weather in Japan has been poor lately, like we have been having a lot of typhoons. So I did not feel like going to school and I missed my morning classes. But then I would later learn that classes were canceled. So I did not have to go to school in the afternoon.

This meant I was able to stay home and do nothing. Well I decided to do something and that was to order pizza. I think since coming to Japan i had not had American style pizza, and as a result the first piece i ate, i made sure to suck in all the grease. Normally i would be disgusted by such behaviour, but i did not care The pizza was expensive i realized after, i think we paid 6900 for 3 large pizza’s. But every once and a while it is worth it to go out and enjoy food from back home. Don’t get me wrong, i really enjoy Japanese food, i think i have gotten hooked on eating rice every day, but sometimes i just miss the variety i can get back home. So when the chance arises and I can get good western food i will strike.

Then after that i spent about 2 hours researching my trip to South East Asia. At Christmas this year i will be unable to stay in my dorm and to find other places to stay in Japan would be too expensive. Well that is the fake reason i give myself, the main reason is that i want to see South East Asia while i am here. So i spent time researching and seeing what costs would be like. I have read many places were you can supposely have a good time for 20 dollars a day, and i can not believe that. But hopefully it is true as i have decided to budget 60 dollars a day. This will be my first solo trip so i am fairly nervous and excited. I hope I do not run into to many problems, but even if i do, that can be a learning experience.

The countries i have decided to visit are S’pore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Cambodia. I think it is possible as they are all very close together and I will have 25 days to cover them in. Possibly longer if my father does not decide to visit me.

This Friday in Kyoto there will be a fire festival, it is a festival where they burn stuff on the side of the hill. Supposely it is very interesting, i am mostly going to it so i can take pictures. I love how there seems to be so many new and different places to take pictures.

Well i am getting tired so i will go to bed

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Patrick