I WANT A CHINCHILLA!!!

Sept 20 Sunday

Yay the day with Yuki!! (She's the 22 year old helper teacher at the elementary whom I've become super good friends with) Today her parents were nice enough to take us to Asahikawa to go to Asahiyama Zoo. Her parents are so nice and cute! Plus you can tell they really love each other. Her father's a fireman who works at town hall since that's where the firestation is. And her mother works as someone who goes to people's houses to take care of the old and invalids. I forget what's that called. We went the really pretty nature route to get to Asahikawa meaning we went through like a mountain area. Seriously beautiful like no other. I was like damn, I wish I had a boyfriend here to see this with or that my family was here to see this. Oh, and as a side note you can see the stars here like crazy well! I saw the most stars I've ever seen in my life by being out here at night. Very very romantic place to be I tell ya...>.< lol Anyways, we first went to go eat at Kohrinboh Ramenya-san. It was marvelously delicious. Their spicy miso ramen is excellent! I wanna go there again, but I don't know how to get there. Her mom kept saying I was kawaii. lol And then she was like "so you like Mr. Wonderful, huh?" and I just choked on my food. I was like "Wha!?? Uh...eheheheh," and just looked at Yuki with a 'you told them!?' look. It was funny though and her parents both laughed.

On the way to the zoo her parents kept pointing out a lot of amazing restaurants in Asahikawa, but I wasn't sure if I would be able to go there because I'm terribly directionally challenged. Well, the zoo was crazily こんでた or crowded because it's silver week. And since this zoo is famous throughout Japan everyone has to of course come here. Man, it was crowded and cold since it was atop a mountain and there were lines to see everything that led inside a building. I first went to go see the kapibaras. THE CUTEST THINGS EVER!! Giant rats! Soooo cute! You can't tell if they're sleeping or awake because of the shape of their eyes. I want one. lol They just laze around doing absolutely nothing and hanging with the monkeys they share the lot with. Dude, there were a shit load of couples there too. Yuki and I don't have bf's so we were like..."man this is kinda depressing." lol But I was like "it's okay Yuki, we have each other!!" lol haha. We walked around for 2 hours and then decided to head on back home. Her parents came back to pick us up and then we headed to Yuki's house.

Her house is small but beautiful! It's one of the newly built townhomes near the middle school. I wished I lived here, the size is perfect...even for 1 person. I just wanna live here. lol They even grow their own vegetables and grapes which were delicious. Her parents then left to go buy groceries and buy a new flatscreen TV. Leaving me and Yuki to be silly. So we basically people watched the window as people who lived near us (in particular all the teachers who live like next door). And then we started talking about Mr. Wonderful. Then, who should ride by on his bike, but the man himself. He was dressed in a very stylish turqoise windbreaker like thing and black pants. He looked really cool. I was like "damn...well..I'm kinda interested in where he lives now." lol So Yuki was like "you wanna go take a walk?" We both grinned and put on our jackets and set out. And so I now know where Mr. Wonderful lives. LOL Then her parents came home and prepped the living room for Genghis Khan goodness. Oh, about Yuki's house, their rooms are very small and is strictly only for sleeping, well, and other lil things, so the family spends alot of their time together in the living room and watches TV together and everything. It's a very happy family atmosphere. The genghis khan we ate was so delicious and good ebcause it was homemeade. Afterwards I sat and watched TV with them until 9pm and then her father brought me home. Good day and fun day today!

Sept. 22 Tuesday

Day with Iwata-san! (The super cute and happy math teacher at the middle school who I've become attached to) Iwata-san had told me that I can invite Yuki too, but Yuki was busy today, and then she even said to invite Mr. Wonderful. =P LOL I was like "hun, I don't know his number, and even if I did, I'd be too embarrased to ask him." Yuki and her are just trying to be my cupids or so they tell me. lol So we first went to this really Oshare/stylish cafe and had huge plates of hamburg steak and white wine mushroom sauce spaghetti with wonderfully buttered crisp french bread and sesame dressing salads. SOOO good. Then we headed off to Ueno Farm. We actually got a little lost because the place was in such an inaka-like(country) area and was near the hills and stuff. But the scenery was beautiful! Absolutely breathtaking. We had an adventure going through the countryside area and it was just so much fun just driving through all that. I truly do love being here with nature. It's so good for the soul.

So owe finally got to Ueno Farm and it's like a botanical garden. It had flowers of all kinds with wonderful smells and lots of bugs. We walked around for a bit, saw some black chicken which were fat fat fat, and saw a family of geese. Again, there were lotsa couples here and Iwata-san and I just laughed and pondered over boyfriendage. But like I said with Yuki, we have each other. haha. After walking a bit we went into the cafe and had some amazingly wonderful soft ice cream parfaits. I had mine with coffee jelly, the bitterness of the coffee jelly with the sweetness of the soft cream was perfect! A very 'adult-like' dessert, or so it says in the menu. =P

Afterwards we decided to go to Jusco. I bought a crap load of stuff there particularly a fluffy white carpet, curtains as a room partitioner for my living room and bedroom, and two rilakkuma blankets: one thick one for the car and one thinner one to leave at home for when I get cold, and a Winnie the Pooh 1000 piece puzzle because it was beautiful. I just need to buy the frame. Oh, and I also bought lots of plants to place in my apt. I like greenery. Err..needless to say, I spent a lot of money. But it was all worth it because my apartment feels more like an amazing home. ^^ My living room actually feels more comfy than my bedroom. I still need to decorate that somehow. And I need to get a sofa cover. The blue leather so does not match my white and brown nature theme. lol =P Anyways at JUSCO I saw a black Chinchilla that I really really really wanted! I've actually been thinking of getting one for a while now so that my apt, doesn't feel lonely...lol I really want a pet, I just don't know if it can survive the winter. But they sell them here...so they must be able to.

In the evening I went to go eat super good Genghis Khan with Iwata-san. She paid for more than half of my foods today! I was shocked and super appreciative. The people here are so nice! ^^ Anyways, that's all for today.

Otsukare-sama! Thanks for reading and pics really will come up soon. Oh, and I want a Chinchilla. I want one bad. lol They're about $300 over here though. I'll think about it. I don't even know if it can survive the cold and snow or not...lol