Day 8

Because my brain is too tired for elaborate communication, and simply because I like them, I've decided to make some lists.

Top 5 New Experiences:
5. Heated toilet seats and really deep bathtubs.
4. Being told I need an umbrella to walk around in the rain, despite it being like, 80 degrees out.
3. Repeating a grade. (I’ll be a sophomore at my Japanese school).
2. Having the occasional moment where I start thinking in Japanese.
1. Feeling tall. Oh yeah.

Top 3 Reasons Why I Love Japanese TV:
1. Game shows and other hi-larious programs, like “3 Japanese School Boys and their Clueless English Teacher Go On a Treasure Hunt to a Remote Island Where People Keep Mysteriously Dying Off” (which I have yet to figure out the name of).
2. Super good hi-definition quality picture.
3. The fact that you don’t have to speak Japanese to understand TV shows: most of the
plot is shown through vocal tone and sound effects.

Top 7 Hints For Japanese Food
1. Eat the warmest food first. The cold food can't get any colder, and there's a higher chance the hot food won't be slimy.
2. If you don't know what something is (and you don't have any life threatening allergies) don't ask. Just eat it.
3. Expect mayonnaise.
4. Soups are statistically more likely to be blander than other foods.
5. Japanese people eat a lot, and they eat it quickly. My suggestion: eat as quickly as possible and hope your stomach doesn't catch up with you.
6. Sometimes foods like soup come with niku, or meat. Unfortunately, the meat doesn’t come with a name.
7. MAYONNAISE! Were you expecting that?