Day 99 in Japan - Didn't Leave the House! :D

Today was the first day that I didn't set foot outside the house at all. We bludged. There is no other word for it. We slept in, made a lazy brunch (that turned into lunch), played on our computers, watched TV and generally laid around the house in clothed that we wouldn't wear in public and chillaxed. Yeah, I wish I knew a less terrible word to express that, but we did indeed chill and relax. I read a few hours of a fairly dry book on Roman history, then gave up and finished replying to a bunch of my student's journals. It has taken me a really long time to do it, but I have written a one page letter back to eat student who bothered to write to me. Some of the entries were absolutely fantastic! I got about 120 in all - just under 1/3 of the first year students. Not too bad for a voluntary assignment.

Pancakes with whipped cream and maple syrup for breakfast. おいしい！

One of the cuter journal entries that I received.

Day 99 in Japan! I can't believe it has been that long. Even though we are fairly comfortable here now, it still feels as though we have only just arrived. We have to much of Japan to explore and see - I can't believe that over three months have passed already. And I also can't believe how soon Mum and Dad will be here!! Only 5 days to go.

Food Highlight of the Day: Today I invented a new food. Dessert onigiri. I INVENTED THAT (that's supposed to be a Zoolander quote). I used leftover rice from dinner, mixed it with a little brown sugar, vanilla essence and a tiny bit of milk, and (the piece-de-resistance) MILO. Then I put some caramelised apples in the middle and onigiri'd it. It was actually pretty delicious - like apple and chocolate rice pudding, really. I am pretty proud of myself, and very full from eating two of them, because Sam didn't share my vision.