Konnichiwa
Minasan! You're all probably asleep or something...? It's 9:34
in Ishinomaki, and it's beautiful.
So
desune,
First
off I'd like to start off with a clarification. When I said shelters
last week, that might've been a tad misleading. They're temporary
houses. Made of wood and plastic. Not bad at all. But still not a
home.
Alright,
so I throughout the week, in a desire to get to know my trainer, have
asked him what his favorite color is... a lot.
Here's
the list.
Ohori
Choro's favorite colors:
1.
Brown - Which shocked me. No one I've ever met likes the color brown.
I questioned him about it and he said: brown is simple color.
2.
(second favorite) Dark brown.
3.
Cobalt Brown (I'm not sure if this is a color. But this one is
probably my favorite.)
4.
Choco Brown (like chocolate )
5.
Golden Brown
6.
Yellow Brown (like old bananas)
7.
Primary Brown
8.
White Brown
9.
Onion Brown
10.
Red
So
we taught English Class this week, and I think I finally understand
how Japanese people feel when they speak to me.
Me:
"Alright everyone! Who's excited for class?"
Then
they just stare with worried expressions on their faces.
Japanese
Language Update: Still Japanese
I
head a quote from someone that they heard from someone that a Harvard
Linguistics Professor said (the point is, it's 100% reliable):
"Japanese is six times harder that Spanish, and three times
harder than Russian"
:)
the language is coming. I can actually teach and testify in lessons,
and have simple conversations with people in the street.
Interesting
foods that I've eaten this week (in order of least to most
interesting)
1.
Ice cream with Corn Flakes- pretty simple- pretty good
2.
Burnt Popcorn Water- it's a tea that's okay for LDS people to drink.
You know when you have a little Koolaid and way too much water? Just
imagine that Koolaid was burnt popcorn flavor. Yum. :)
3.
Cabbage Pancakes with mayo and eel sauce. Pretty good. Tastes like...
Not like it sounds.
4.
Tako yaki- Taco in Japan is not a happy little meaty-cheezy Spanish
food. Toko = Octopus. So you take Octopus blubber (from what i
understand) mix it with batter, and put all sorts of random sea
things in it, like sea weed and crab. To be honest like most things
in japan, if you don:t think about it it tastes great. :)
5.
Mushroom Goop- Consistency of snot. Tastes like nothing.
6.
Raw Eggs with Rice- Not bad... Raw.
7.
Natto (Fermented Soy Beans) Also has a consistency of snot. First it
tastes like nothing, then it tastes like beans, and then it tastes
like charcoal. Most people don't like it, but I'm going to eat it
tomorrow. Suki desu.
8.
Little Fish Crunchys- So, you know those banana shaped rice crackers
with peanuts? They have some with little baby fried fish in them.
Like real fish. Eyes, bones, skin and all. Tastes like fish.
9.
Raw Fish Eggs- They pop, and they're actually not too bad. I really
actually like them.
10.
Tako Tentacles- An octopus tentacle. With skin (suction cup and all).
It's cooked, so it's at least warm. Really chewy. Just imagine
heating up a bouncy ball, and then chewing on it. Tastes like
nothing.
11.
Last but not least, Sashimi. So I've had sushi, that's a given. Just
raw fish wrapped up in rice and stuff. Sashimi is a lot like that.
Only it's just raw fish. and there's more of it.... and it's raw.
I':s slimy and the texture is like nothing I've ever experienced.
When you cook fish, it kinda falls apart. This however sticks
together. But overall, not bad. I'd eat it again.
So
yep! I thought that I'd only eat crazy foods in restaurants, but
every day there's something fun. :)
Switching
Gears: Spiritual Experiences.
Normally
I bring my Japanese Triple when we head out. But one morning I felt
inclined to bring a hand out copy of the Mormon Sho. No idea why.
Later that day, we're going to visit this older woman (where we got
to kneel on the ground the whole time. :) really. I love Japan.) and
there were three boys eating candy outside of the building on the
steps. Ohori Choro, being the subarashi senkyoshi that he is, started
talking about the Book of Mormon to them, and he related it to the
Anime One Piece.
A
side note about Anime. It:s everywhere. It's they have statues all
throughout the city of anime characters, and they even have it on the
sewer covers. Amazing.
Ohori
Choro always brings two Mormon Sho's (and now so do I for that
matter), he handed the two to two of the boys, and then I
realized that I had one as well. With amazement I pulled out the copy
and handed it to the third boy. The Spirit works though us always (if
we're righteous) we just don't recognize it.
Gah,
I'm out of time. I'll write you more next week if I have time.
I
love you all!
Love the blog! What a writer :) So proud of you :)
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