BAM

Wednesday was my first real class with Mr. Moriyama and... BAM ... it was almost more than I bargained for. The text we covered was not difficult but he went through tropic after topic, explaining subtle little differencies between words and how to use them so after 4 hours my head was ready to explode from all the new information. We also practiced speaking about topics in the text and finally we covered 16 new Kanji (Japanese characters).

After class I needed some fun so I went to Takadanobaba, my old "home town" in Tokyo. It was fun seeing everything againg and not much had changed. A few new buildings was all I noticed. I went to an Indian restaurant I went to a lot when I lived in Takadanobaba, but they must have changed their chef because their Mutton curry wasn't any good anymore. Their butter chicken curry was still good and their Nan-bread superbé. After Baba (Takadanobaba) I went to Shibuya to meet one of my old colleagues, Mr. Suda. One of his high school friends is a musician and it was the day where his band's first album came out. They were giving a live performance in a small bar in Shibuya and we went there to hear them. They are called I'Fyth (I will fill your teary heart) and play romantic and emotional J-Pop. They were pretty talented and I enjoyed it very much. Afterwards my colleague and I went out to drink and another older colleague of mine Ms. Ebara joined us. It was fun seeing them after almost three years. They hadn't changed much and we had a very good time.


Shibuya crossing. A pedestrian crossing right outside Shibuya station.