Over the Puddle

I went bowling with the gaming club here on campus, and we had two of the Japanese students come with, Ikuko, and Ayumi. The bowling was fun, even though our lanes seemed to have the habit of not returning the balls.

Later, we returned to the house, and I got a chance to talk with Ikuko. I hadn’t really gotten to know Ikuko before, even though Don and Seb knew her from Japan. Don showed them a little Gundam Seed, which we are showing at the anime club here on campus, also the Rurouni Kenshin manga he had collected, and momentos from Japan.

Later, they wondered where my room was, so I showed them (after doing a whirlwind cleanup job). What I thought was funny is that they noticed my Love Hina manga pretty quickly on top of my bookshelf, and started reading them.

While they were reading, I asked them if there was any music they liked, and Ikuko mentioned Mai Kuraki, which oddly enough, I actually had. This threw them off, and they spent the next ten minutes asking me why I had Japanese music. In retrospect, I get this question alot actually. It seems that Japanese music isn’t terribly popular with the Japanese students that come here, as they prefer American music and bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Backstreet Boys.

So, in the end, both of them borrowed some of my Love Hina manga, and I gave Ikuko a copy of the Mai Kuraki CD I had so she had something to listen to.

Well, it appears that Kirsch is enjoying himself over in Japan. He got his blog up and going over the weekend, and has several pictures up. I sort of envy him to be honest. He looks like he’s having entirely too much fun.

Check out his blog at Kirschzilla.blogspot.com. The picture gallery only works correctly under IE at the moment. I’ll have to pester him about that.

In other news, Seb and I went over the study abroad today to tell them we were going to head back to Japan come the spring. I have decided that spring would be a better choice. As much as I would like to go in the fall and winter, I think that spring is just going to be a better idea overall. Oh well, the sakura season is quite a spectacle anyway.