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I haven`t done very much at all recently. Hence the lack of posts. Do you care? Hum. One of my posts did not save for some reason. In this I was a bit depressed. Reiko had an interview and I walked around Namba again on my own. I realised that without a native I am a bit lost at finding places, conversing in Japanese or looking at clothes (which symbol means male and female? I do not know. This often brings embarrassing consequences in toilets and clothes shops). I smiled at some Westerners in the street and they as good as ignored or scowled at me. Bastard scum.

Food I have eaten recently includes Sushi, rice balls with sprinkled dried seaweed flakes, a lamb and noodle hot pot and a 300 gram beef burger which in this minimalist country is large and only intended for fat bastards. I feel like emptying my throat down the toilet. Okay only kidding. Eating out in Japan is considerably cheaper than in England. You can get the cheapest Mcdonald`s beef burger for 60p or 120 yen. A healthy and filling meal in a good restaurant costs about the same as a Mcdonalds or Burger King meal in England. Around 1000 yen or a fiver. Of course a lot of these meals are rice or noodles with some meat and vegetables but even more challenging meals are about the same price such as sushi sets or Japanese curries. As Japan is often quoted as one of the most expensive countries in the world, I was surprised that the food was so cheap. I once had a large Japanese curry with large rice which came to less than 400 yen (two quid)

It was Reiko`s mum`s birthday so we went to Namba for the third time to buy things. I bought English Fortnum and Mason tea and some shortbread. These are incredibly popular things to buy ｆｏｒ Japanese people. As you can tell if I am talking about buying tea as a highlight, my last few days have not been that eventful.

Today I am hopefully going to play ultimate frisbee although this looks increasingly less likely as I still haven`t heard if it`s on or not and tonight I am going to see Fahrenheit 911 which only came out here yesterday. I watched cable guy last night and a spine chilling English film (described inaccurately as a comedy) about English women sumo players living in Yorkshire which Reiko wanted to see. Avoid!