2008.08.31

Today I went to a little something called “kids club.” It was fun. We got to run around and play games with a bunch of little kids. At first, I was a little tired, but that didn’t last long. Those dammedly ‘genki’ kids. They were cute and energetic, so we all became energetic. Not cute, just energetic. It was a lot of fun, and I am glad that I did it. They even gave us certificates of participation. They misspelled my name badly, but I’ve got it none-the-less. I am Makkaati, not Makuchi. From there we (as in some of the volunteers) went to “The Mall” and ate some Italian food - pizza and pasta, if I am to be specific. After that, we wondered around the mall (just some of us), and then we went about our separate ways.

2008.08.30

It stormed last night. There may or may not have been a small earthquake last night. I remember something about one possibly happening, but it wasn't a 'solid' memory. It was kinda like when you're drunk and you think that you did or said something, but you can't really remember if you did or did not but you kinda have a memory of doing/saying it but it's kinda fuzzy...yeah, it was like that. Either way, nothing fell or broke or was damaged so it wasn't a big one.
Well, in the morning I went with Jessica, a friend of mine, to the market. It's been rainy for a while so I didn't bring my camera. Maybe next time I go I'll take a picture of it. I bought some pears, peaches, ume boshi, kimchee sauce/stock, and eel. I think that's all. We then went to eat udon at this place right next to the market. The market had so much stuff - it kinda makes me wish that I could cook fish 'cause there was so much of it all over the place. I've got to learn how to!!
Anyway, after lunch we went to Maruzen, a large bookstore, and looked at some books for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) and I got some drawing books. From there I met up with some people who I'm doing a lesson with. We mostly talked since none of us really remembered what it was that we were going to do...
From there I went with Jeremy to Maruzen and showed him the JLPT books and whatnot. He went to The Loft and I went back to the subway. By this time it was raining a little. I walked home in the rain. It continued to rain for a little while. It has stopped now, but who knows how it'll be in about 5 minutes...

Sendai

I've arrived in Sendai and am alive. School started a couple of days ago. Not much to report other than that.