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Well, I'm happy to say that you can disregard the sense of panic that you all must be feeling after reading that last post. It seems that the bird flu outbreak is nothing that we need to worry about. Well, that's according to Ritsu. So we'll take it with some degree of speculation.
I went to the Fukuoka City Museum today with Ritsu to check out the exhibition of historical documents about the formation of the cities of Hakata and Fukuoka. It was very informative and fun to see these century old maps of the cities and the documentation of how the two were joined and expanded into what we call Fukuoka today.
I asked her if she was scared about the bird flu outbreak in Miyazaki and she didn't seem the least bit concerned. She has a 4 year old daughter and the threat of an epidemic on the island of Kyushu didn't make her nervous at all. She did say that I should be scared because I come from America and that is what we do over there. So that's kinda funny.
We kicked around the museum for a while and then headed out to my home away from home away from home, Kadota. She took me on a tour of the aisles I had walked a hundred times and pointed out products that I never knew existed. Well, maybe I had seen them but had never known what they were used for. I can say now that I have a much better understanding of the place and what it has to offer. We might get together again next weekend and cook some more. I'm very excited to learn more about Japanese cooking and all the things I can make from the ridiculously over-packaged products lining the walls of Kadota.
What's even better than all that, she helped me get my very own Kadota Point Card-o. I can see now why those guys were laughing at me earlier. The application process was kind of intense, but the payoff will be huge. Actually, the card has already paid off quite well. I received a gift for signing up! My very own 8 meter roll of alumi foil. Does it get any better?
I'm happy to say that I'm finally relaxed. I don't think I really had any time to calm down since before Oriana even got here. I had been running from place to place for the last 5 weeks and it was catching up to me. But after sleeping in until noon both Saturday and Sunday, I'm actually ready for work tomorrow.
So with that, goodnight peeps. It'll be snowing tomorrow so wish me luck on my bike ride to work.
I went to the Fukuoka City Museum today with Ritsu to check out the exhibition of historical documents about the formation of the cities of Hakata and Fukuoka. It was very informative and fun to see these century old maps of the cities and the documentation of how the two were joined and expanded into what we call Fukuoka today.
I asked her if she was scared about the bird flu outbreak in Miyazaki and she didn't seem the least bit concerned. She has a 4 year old daughter and the threat of an epidemic on the island of Kyushu didn't make her nervous at all. She did say that I should be scared because I come from America and that is what we do over there. So that's kinda funny.
We kicked around the museum for a while and then headed out to my home away from home away from home, Kadota. She took me on a tour of the aisles I had walked a hundred times and pointed out products that I never knew existed. Well, maybe I had seen them but had never known what they were used for. I can say now that I have a much better understanding of the place and what it has to offer. We might get together again next weekend and cook some more. I'm very excited to learn more about Japanese cooking and all the things I can make from the ridiculously over-packaged products lining the walls of Kadota.
What's even better than all that, she helped me get my very own Kadota Point Card-o. I can see now why those guys were laughing at me earlier. The application process was kind of intense, but the payoff will be huge. Actually, the card has already paid off quite well. I received a gift for signing up! My very own 8 meter roll of alumi foil. Does it get any better?
I'm happy to say that I'm finally relaxed. I don't think I really had any time to calm down since before Oriana even got here. I had been running from place to place for the last 5 weeks and it was catching up to me. But after sleeping in until noon both Saturday and Sunday, I'm actually ready for work tomorrow.
So with that, goodnight peeps. It'll be snowing tomorrow so wish me luck on my bike ride to work.
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