Even though my days are often somewhat similar, each day is special for some reason or another. This week, in fact, has been a particularly nice week, with great weather (except for some rain today), spending time down by the Kamo river and taking photos galore (it's chipping into my wallet that's for sure!). Yesterday Craig and I went to look at digital cameras. We decided on the new Olympus µ-30 (which I guess is like the U.S. Stylus 400). It is a compromise for us to buy this camera, because what we really want is a big, expensive digital Canon SLR camera....but we figured that the Olympus will quench our desires and save us money for quite a while. We get the camera tomorrow (it's first day out!).
Today, I met with my conversation partner, Kazushi, and had a nice long conversation with him at a cafe in Kyoto. It's a cute little place called Hannah, by the Hankyu Kawaramachi line. If you're in the area, check it out because it's pretty cheap and the coffee is good.
After that, I went down to Maruzen, our local book shop, and picked up a few Japanese books. I want to make sure that I study for the first level Japanese proficiency test in the States, and they have a great selection of books at Maruzen. I think I got a couple good ones - I just have to keep up my determination to study them. My Japanese classes this past semester have been going pretty well, and I have increased my knowledge of kanji quite a bit. I can read so much, but I still couldn't write much of it if I tried. It's just a different world - remembering something upon seeing it versus actually pulling it out of your mind and writing it yourself.
After all this, I went to a local Indian restaurant and had a nice lunch there. I met this girl who was working there named Kamita, and she and I talked quite a bit. She is from New Delhi and has been living in Japan for about 2 years. She actually surprised me a bit by asking for my phone number so that we could get together later, but I am glad she did because I was thinking of doing the same myself. Maybe I can learn something about those delicious Indian curry spices ;)
Posted by Kristen at March 18, 2004 02:20 PM
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