crossing the line...

tomorrow... i am crossing the line... i will start having 3 in front of the number indicating my age... i leave the twenties... and get into the thirties... OH MY GOODNESS!!! you try to get used to idea... but i believe it'll still be a shock... please don't forget to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY... :-)

day off... in fukuoka...

... you probably could not care less, but i could sleep in this morning... and it felt soooooo good, waking up at 9 and beeing able to turn around a keep sleeping... it would have been nicer it i was on a bed, rather than on a thin matress on the floor... but yeah, this is japan... in our current accommodation there is not one single chair... can you believe it?! but anyways, naomi and i made it all the way to downtown, all by ourselves... met other 2 crazy americans, went to the asian arts museum (they paid for us... how sweet! haha) and then for coffee at seattle's best coffee... which made me think of jacob and jeff... obviously because they are from there... then we went window shopping, cause we cannto afford anything in this country... and then met makoto later and went for sushi... sooooooo good... well, somebody's got to do the hard work, isn't it? tomorrow we get to go to an international church, which is very exciting, cause we will be able to understand the service, for a change... have a nice sunday, you all!!!

i did it...

they brought me to the public bath... and i have to say that it was less traumatic than i thought it would be... for these people it's so normal, that after a few minutes of uneasiness, it became ALMOST normal for me as well... not quite normal... that's why no pictures... haha

japan is an experience...

well... not so much of a cutlure shock... thank God i came prepared... this place is extremely clean... i can't read any of the signs, cause they are all in japanese... even turning the heating on in my room is a challenge, or at leat was a challenge before i memorized which botton i have to press... toilets are interesting, but i won't talk about that right now... the scary thing is that they want to take me to the public bath... where people go completely nacked... at least men and women are separated... but how will i look at my collegue in the same way knowing that we saw each other nacked?! help!!!

back on the net...

hello everyone... or as they'd say here in japan... minasan konichiwa...
just ti say that i am back on the blog... and on the net! it's freezing cold here... i'll have to see if i can borrow more warm clothes from someone... as far as i understand there should be some available at someone's house... God is good... maybe i'll even find those black shoes i was so desperately trying to find on the ship...
hope to hear from you... please please please, leave some comments...