Yay!!

So following up on previous blogs... I have quit the tennis team!! Yay!!! Since quitting, life has gotten better and less stressful. Today CIEE had a picnic for all the kids and their host families. I even got to dress up in a Yukata. I took several photos so check them out! I feel as though my entries are less frequent... lol cause they are, but still... it's not quite as easy to write everyday.

On a totally random note, I am going to tell you some train stories. Yesterday I saw the most perfect couple/ family ever. Both the wife and husband were young and were dressed up. The dad had a suit, and in front had this pouch carrier with a tiny baby inside... and the wife had a stroller. SO CUTE!! Oh and the day before yesterday I saw a woman in the train wearing insanely high shoes. After a little while, the train jerked a bit, and the woman fell on her face. Major face plant. Her hands were on both sides too... I felt so bad, but nobody helped her up. One lady asked if she was ok, but the woman just said she was fine. Here in Japan... if you help someone its kinda weird. Especially if I was to do it. Since I am in fact a Gaijin and thus an outsider. I found out that a lot of people here hate foreigners. For example a girl from my CIEE group constantly gets dirty looks, and one old Japanese woman even spit at her feet and told her to "go back (home)."

By the way... I MISS FRUITS!!!!! I miss being able to eat a bunch of fruits... even though its Japan and you think you eat healthy... the fruits and vegetables here is so expensive that its not common to eat one with a meal :( There is also no such thing as Salad Works... or any place where you could have a salad with a meal. It just doesn't exist.

Well that's all for today. Tomorrow I pick up my alien registration card, and my national health insurance.