Take a minute now,
to relax and feel at home,
it's the way to fly
I have only been here in Japan for a short time but I have made some really good friends. Today I spent the day with two of those new, good friends. Firstly, I stayed the night at Clayton's apartment because we stayed out so late to watch the Germany-France game the night before. I had a pretty good sleep on his extra futon, but was a bit paranoid I was going to roll off the edge of his loft in my sleep, since there was only a short bar protecting the edge. In the morning we watched the Brazil-Colombia World Cup match on delay on his laptop. It was a nice relaxing morning, which we followed with a nice relaxing walk around Shimokitazawa and a nice relaxing lunch at a pizza restaurant. The pizza place was pretty cool. It was showing Toy Story 2 on the TVs and had friendly staff and good pizza. We chilled out there for a while before I headed back home to Higashi Murayama.
After some much needed time at home Aykut banged on my door and we headed out for a walk and some supper. It was nice just strolling around Tokorozawa. We went for some sushi for supper, which was delicious. It was prepared right in front of us by an old man who seemed to find us and our ordering pretty amusing.
Later on Aykut and I watched the Argentina-Belgium game in my apartment. It was pretty difficult to stay awake, but the game was much more entertaining than the night before's grinding snore-fest. I stayed awake by finding words in my Japanese-English dictionary that are barely different from English and yelling them out at Aykut. He begged me to stop as I yelled out things like "t-shatsu!"
Today's poem mentions how I relaxed for most of the day, chilling in different spots in Tokyo. It also references feeling at home. I feel like I am quite comfortable and feel fairly at home now here in Japan, with good friends and a pretty good routine. I really enjoy living in Tokyo, but I'll be heading home in about two and a half weeks, which I'm also excited about. My title references the theme song of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, just because the lyrics fit and I suppose because it is about a transplanted young man reconciling with his new surroundings. Also because, if you haven't noticed, I love referencing American sitcoms in this blog about living in Japan. I'd love to have a sitcom about me living in Japan picked up after an NBC Executive reads my blog!
Pictured above: The Fresh Prince of Shimokitazawa
PICTURES TO COME
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