Sushi, Fireworks, thunderstorms and shopping

Hey, it's a second post in a row. Well what do you know, I'm on a roll :)

The Saturday right after I finished work there was a huge fireworks festival on Sumidagawa river. Obviously, we had to go see. Since it was a special occasion we decided to hang out all day.

First we went to the fish market. Eric wanted to go at 5 in the morning, but in the end it was more like late noon. Hahaha

Apparently, this is what wasabi actually looks like.

Last day

It's been a week with no updates! Major slacking off on my part. But I was just so excited to get some rest. Anyway recap time.

Friday was my last day at CAt. It was like any other day and I was trying to figure out nice patterns to divide space but provide good lighting for the current project.

Kind of triangular skylights. The test model is so shoddy Hahaha... But it's easy to check what the diffused light looks like this way.

I got to eat lunch with lots of people, which was obviously fun. Somehow every time there are lots of people coming, everyone always goes to Park Cafe. It's a good place though.

I had a great time this one month. Even though the schedule was ridiculously difficult, I feel like I could do it if I try hard. I also feel sad to part with Andrea and Eric. they were really fun to hang out with. I hope I get to see them again someday.

Everyone was really nice and I'd love to work with them again.

I will try again next year.   – ͜  –

Exciting ramen

Food in Tokyo costs a lot. But on the plus side there is a huge amount of places to spend all your hard earned money. Or is that a minus?
Recently I've been going out to lunch more, rather than just buying stuff in konbini. I can't really complain because eating proper food is so much better on so many levels.

Today I also went out to eat dinner. Eric found a ramen shop nearby which had all sorts of different flavours. I've only ever seen regular ramen before, so I was really excited. I ordered 'Genova' ramen, which was, apparently, the most popular. It had tomatoes, spinach and lots of herbs from what I could see. It smelled absolutely delicious and tasted accordingly!

I really want to go there again and try other flavours. So exciting ^_^

compact days

Yesterday and today were like night and day. On Monday I was sooooo sleepy. I kept switching off. But today I didn't fall asleep once and had a lot of fun working. When I finally felt like my brain was blan
king out, I went for a walk to get some buns.

These 2 days I've been having lunch with people from the office. I really like having lunch with the girls, they are really fun and very nice. I wish I could be a positive person like that.

In the afternoon it poured cats and dogs (I don't really understand that saying). There was lightning and thunder and it seems it was close. We heard lots fire-truck sirens. I was glad it was early in the day. When we go home there is usually no rain. But perhaps the weather will stay rainy all week. Weather forecasts are useless.

Today I wore the skirt from my suit that I swore I would never wear. It was relatively comfortable, but still too tight in the waist. I might wear it more in the summer, since wearing trousers is like having a personal sauna.

The past 3 days I've been wearing my pink crocs. I found out that if it's hot and humid the shoes will act the same way as all my other shoes and rip my skin. The obvious solution in to wear socks. But when the weather is cooler the shoes are extremely comfy.

I didn't take any photos today or, indeed, yesterday, so here is a photo from Sunday. We bought a pack of these with our combined money. The guy in the stall recommended the far left ones as the tastiest.

Another lunch

I got to do more of the same layout design. But somehow my creativity petered out soon after lunch.

Speaking of lunch, I went with two of the ladies from the office - Ii san and Takada san (if I am not mistaken. I am sooooo bad with names). The lunch itself was pretty good, but oh so expensive. However, I had so much fun talking to the girls.

Let's hope my head works better in the morning so that I can have fun working as well.

In the evening there was a thunderstorm. It rained a lot, but, again, while I was indoors.
I forgot to buy milk on the way back again.

I am thinking of buying crocs. But not those ugly ones that are sold in most places. I want to get one of the jelly ones. They feel very nice on my feet, but I wonder of it's possible to walk for long periods of time on a rubber sole.

Out the window

One thing the office has going for it is a really nice view. The windows look over the park, so you see tree tops on both floors. Super relaxing.

I got to have lunch today with Takahashi Akiko - a lady I met through 東峰テレビ broadcasts. It was fun to see her in real life. We went to eat some delicious curry and chatted about this and that. We ended up talking mostly in Japanese and mostly about me. The truth is I am alway too unsure of my language skills to ask questions. I usually just get the general concept of the things people say, not the specifics. I will try harder in future to make better conversation.

At work I got to do some simple layout compositions, which I love to do. The only downside was that I was extremely sleepy, so I couldn't concentrate. In the afternoon I resorted to buying chocolate. It perked me right up. However, I home next time I can go without, as I still want to fit into my fancy clothes. 

el perro corre por la carretera...

Had a very fun day today. I went to lunch with some of the people from the office and we spent one and a half hours chatting. I told them that if people speak slow enough I can understand the conversation. To which they instantly started reciting tongue-twisters -_- I'm pretty bad at those, but the one I remembered in Russian was - шла Саша по шоссе и сосала сушку (shla Sasha po shosse i sosala sushku). And one in Spanish that they really liked - el perro corre por la carretera.

This Sunday I was also invited to a barbecue party or rather football party? It will start in the morning with football and after 2-4 hours there will be food. I said I would cheer them on from the sidelines. No way am I going to run around in 30+ degree heat.

No new photos today, so here is one from Sunday. I like these types of angles.

Tasty sweets

Went out really early today to go to the station where they have ATMs in English. Then went to work, stopping on the way to get an umbrella. Even though I was prepared it only rained while I was indoors.

I came too early, but luckily the door was open and I could get in. So today I actually worked for 30-40 minutes longer. Today was kind of windy, but it was still hot in the office. Somehow there's not a lot of cross ventilation even though there are lots of windows.

I was invited out to lunch by the secretary lady. It was a welcome break from being in the office. I ate a really huge salad. It was delicious. I even drank chai that has cinnamon in it. It was surprisingly ok.

Today I was cutting out the surrounding buildings for the model. It was more relaxing then making the base, because I could sit.

Someone brought in おみやげ, so I got to eat some delicious sweets.