Day 5

First Sunday here, I felt like actually having some breakfast for once.  But, that didn't happen.  I instead lazed around for a bit, thought about what to do, and went to McDonald's for lunch.  I ordered something relatively safe (and received something very safe) (namely, a double cheeseburger, fries, and a Coke), and was able to order effectively in Japanese.  Cool.  But, I did see a few things that I didn't feel were particularly applicable to a McDonald's, such as a shrimp burger, teriyaki burger, and things like that.

I attempted to go to the school to do some studying, but all of the buildings were closed.  Obviously, because it's a Sunday.  But where to go, what to do.  I had just eaten, so I wanted to walk around a bit and allow my food to digest.  So, I walked over to the bentou shop and bought massive amounts of food for a pretty good price, and some beverages for later.  That food should even last me for the rest of the week; that is, if I don't have people over to eat, then I may end up with a peanut butter sandwich, which really doesn't seem all that unappetizing right now.

I attempted to get some studying done, but my brain just started taking on that general fried feeling when I looked at too many kanji.  Realizing that I have only retained about half of the past two hears (in terms of reading and writing kanji), I decided that I'll just take it slowly.  I do, after all, have 10 weeks.  I just hope that I can remember enough and that it will be useful.  There's little else that's worse than studying something with such effort, only to find out that you don't need it.

At 7:30 p.m., I was feeling restless, so I decided to go out for a short walk.  My trip took me past Seiyu, in the western direction for about 10 minutes, and then back to Seiyu (so I could get some bread and milk, which I have recently taken a disliking to - will hopefully get the right stuff next time).

Oh well, I'm tired and have class tomorrow.  Here's your picture and caption.

(Note - this may look corrupted, but on the left, that's just a mirror).  These are some of the items on the menu at a McDonald's in Japan.  Note the MegaMac, which seems about twice as large as a Big Mac.  Not visible in this picture, most unfortunately, is the shrimp sandwich, but you can see the teriyaki and other sandwiches to the left of the MegaMac.