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Adventures in Tokyo! (Kate Edition)
Jun. 24th, 2007 10:20 amSo, this weekend was our first real free weekend. No events were scheduled by the powers that be. Best of all, we got to sleep in finally. For the first time in more than a week!
Oh, but I keep forgetting to mention, on Thursday we went to the science museum in Odaiba and saw Asimo! For those who aren't in the know, this is one of the first robots that can run, and he's on permanent exhibit at this science center. So he came out, did a little dance, ran from one side of the room to the other, and then went back to sleep. He actually looked like a little boy running, which was kind of fun.
After that we went to this crazy mall that looked (on it's upper floors) exactly like a Vegas mall – even down to the painted sky. There were horribly upscale and expensive shops there (none of which we could afford, but window shopping costs nothing) and some great places to have a little lunch. We whiled away the four hours we needed to spend before we could get back on the buses and head back to NYC (since our check in time was 4 pm).
( Thursday night we tried to recover from Mobara )
( Friday night was Karoke night )
( And then there was Saturday and the Ni-Chome district )
Today was mostly spent doing the homework I put off yesterday and reviewing the lesson plan for tomorrow. This week's plans are pretty mundane – I'm going to ask my professor to help me find a way to increase my kanji knowledge outside of class, I'm going to try to take a field trip to the Diet Library (since their catalogue includes every book ever published in Japan), and finally there's a bookstore in Shinjuku that's 7 floors high. I'm going to take the list I make at the Diet and go on a spree … at least, that's the plan. This weekend we're doing one of our field trips and heading to Nikko, which is temple and waterfall city according to our other RA.
Lastly, though, I want to thank everybody who's been checking in and letting me know they're reading. I'm really sorry I haven't been able to respond to comments – I won't do the internet rant again but it's not much better now. But I am reading every one and it's great to know where y'all are and how you're doing and what you're thinking, so I didn't want anybody to believe that I wasn't paying attention. I miss you all like crazy, since at the moment I'm pretty much under forced vacation from LJ as much as I am from the states.
Oh, but I keep forgetting to mention, on Thursday we went to the science museum in Odaiba and saw Asimo! For those who aren't in the know, this is one of the first robots that can run, and he's on permanent exhibit at this science center. So he came out, did a little dance, ran from one side of the room to the other, and then went back to sleep. He actually looked like a little boy running, which was kind of fun.
After that we went to this crazy mall that looked (on it's upper floors) exactly like a Vegas mall – even down to the painted sky. There were horribly upscale and expensive shops there (none of which we could afford, but window shopping costs nothing) and some great places to have a little lunch. We whiled away the four hours we needed to spend before we could get back on the buses and head back to NYC (since our check in time was 4 pm).
( Thursday night we tried to recover from Mobara )
( Friday night was Karoke night )
( And then there was Saturday and the Ni-Chome district )
Today was mostly spent doing the homework I put off yesterday and reviewing the lesson plan for tomorrow. This week's plans are pretty mundane – I'm going to ask my professor to help me find a way to increase my kanji knowledge outside of class, I'm going to try to take a field trip to the Diet Library (since their catalogue includes every book ever published in Japan), and finally there's a bookstore in Shinjuku that's 7 floors high. I'm going to take the list I make at the Diet and go on a spree … at least, that's the plan. This weekend we're doing one of our field trips and heading to Nikko, which is temple and waterfall city according to our other RA.
Lastly, though, I want to thank everybody who's been checking in and letting me know they're reading. I'm really sorry I haven't been able to respond to comments – I won't do the internet rant again but it's not much better now. But I am reading every one and it's great to know where y'all are and how you're doing and what you're thinking, so I didn't want anybody to believe that I wasn't paying attention. I miss you all like crazy, since at the moment I'm pretty much under forced vacation from LJ as much as I am from the states.
