Just letting you guys know what my priorities are there! I have exactly a week until school starts, so I've been just hanging out and getting my bearings. If you want to know the list of things I miss, they are:
1. My tempur pedic pillow
2. Cereal
3. Steak; like a plain steak with nothing on it because I've eaten a lot of rice and miso lately and I could do with a steak. Or McDonalds. I'll probably cave for that in a week or so.
4. Air conditioning
So to answer any questions, yes there was an earthquake yesterday. It was really tiny, so not a big deal (wah, I half wanted my first earthquake to be really exciting!). My chair and curtains and the floor of the apartment started swaying from side to side, and by the time I realized that no, it WASN'T my imagination, it was over. Hooray!
There's also a typhoon. Which means a lot of rain, since the city I'm in is landlocked.
So that's the extreme weather news from Claire Williamson!
NOW, to the real point of this message: Japanese Showers. In case you don't know, here is what they look like:
It's a movable shower head and a stool (the white thing). The bath is the tub on the left, but what you do is shower first and THEN get into the bath. Which makes sense if you think about it, since who wants to sit in their own dirty water? One of the reasons I don't take them.
ANYHOW, Japanese showers are the ultimate lazy persons way of getting clean. You sit (or at least I sit) on the stool and just let the water run over you. At no point during the shower do you actually have to get up. It's wonderful. My family hasn't taken a bath yet since it's summer and we have no reason too, but in winter I am very much looking forward to it!
One last note: found this at the tennis courts:
1. My tempur pedic pillow
2. Cereal
3. Steak; like a plain steak with nothing on it because I've eaten a lot of rice and miso lately and I could do with a steak. Or McDonalds. I'll probably cave for that in a week or so.
4. Air conditioning
So to answer any questions, yes there was an earthquake yesterday. It was really tiny, so not a big deal (wah, I half wanted my first earthquake to be really exciting!). My chair and curtains and the floor of the apartment started swaying from side to side, and by the time I realized that no, it WASN'T my imagination, it was over. Hooray!
There's also a typhoon. Which means a lot of rain, since the city I'm in is landlocked.
So that's the extreme weather news from Claire Williamson!
NOW, to the real point of this message: Japanese Showers. In case you don't know, here is what they look like:
ANYHOW, Japanese showers are the ultimate lazy persons way of getting clean. You sit (or at least I sit) on the stool and just let the water run over you. At no point during the shower do you actually have to get up. It's wonderful. My family hasn't taken a bath yet since it's summer and we have no reason too, but in winter I am very much looking forward to it!
One last note: found this at the tennis courts:
Ah that's very fascinating. The shower and the praying mantis. XDD lol Japan must just be so used to Earthquakes and Typhoons. Stay safe! :D
ReplyDeleteWe found a praying mantis in our back yard a few Septembers ago after a terrible rain. Any connection? xo Clare
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