Valentine's Day

Woke up - raining - very gloomy.

Chatted with my cousin for an hour or so. She lives in America, so there's a massive time difference. While I was busy doing that, Shiv got up and left for work.

Ate breakfast. Tried out the new cheeses we bought. Pretty tasty.

Practiced some kanji.

Tidied up. Vacuumed.

Washed the dishes.

Practiced some more kanji.

Got a message from Shiv. Went to the university. We ate at the canteen - nothing fancy.

Came back home. Drinking tea now.


I know, very romantic. :D

Recently I have quite a bit of free time, alas I am not being productive. Must be the winter blues. It's really cold in the flats at this time of year as well - no central heating.

I'm hoping that after the Valentine's day I can buy lots of cheap chocolate.

It's getting warmer again, unlike in Latvia where it's anywhere from -10C to -20C...

Snow bombs?

It's been a while again - a whole month.

Winter here is more like autumn. Not much snow (I think I've only seen it twice here), but it does rain from time to time.

Valentine's day is marketed much more than in Latvia. One of the department stores even has a 'Valentine's square'. At least half the floor is dedicated to chocolate. Kind of awesome, though extremely expensive. On  the other hand, there are virtually no flower shops. Perhaps girls are more wares driven. I would love to get some flowers. Unfortunately, like everything else, flowers are expensive. Maybe because of the rarity or because of the occasions on which they are given - mainly big events.

Today I found out I did get into Kumamoto University. Yay for me. Excited and terrified. My Japanese is horrible.