Relativity
“Soon”, in my book, was sunday.
I was better sunday. . . .mostly
It seems an infection saw fit to latch on to my trailing immune system and keep it in reduced state for some more days.
I’m now on anti-biotics. Wheeeeeeee.
Quickly running out of book 
The relativity of “soon” prevails again. Last few days of Japanese lessons are comming and going. Hope to be able to get to class tomorrow as the confines of my room are starting to seem oppressive.
On a Japanese cultural thingy: They have sick-notes here. They have notes for more stuff actually, you get handed notes form the subway company when the train is late so you can prove it wasn’t your fault that you’re late. This note is needed to prove I took these last few days (If I stay sick any longer I can change this in weeks) off out of sickness and not . . . well, something else. ‘Course, I went to school friday in a sense of “My illness has to be over by now” and promptly left halfway during the grammar test convinced that i had been utterly wrong in my optimism. People saw me, people knew I was sick. But I need the note anyway. It’s a funny-old culture. Years of working the Makro have hardened me against bureaucracy though, do it was all good. Gave me an excuse to visit a Japanese Hospital (I always seem to end up at either a Hospital or Police station sooner or later) and gave the doktor (by way of an american kathlic nun/nurse) a chance to alter my own diagnosis of “flu” into something sounding more latin.
I am now a proud sufferer of Acute Gastroenteritis. A childrens-disease . . . .how embarrasing.
I’ll get back to writing fun stories soon. I’ll go to a party again and post pictures or smthg. Oh, still have to put the pictures up from the harbor cruise party.
A happy birthday to Letizia, who turned {older} today. I’ll give you a big sloppy kiss when I can’t infect you anymore 
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Quote of the day:
Being sick sucks
- A crapload of people
I have to give you credit, though, for not sharing all your cultural experiences with me and kindly keeping your germs to yourself. How thoughtfull of you.
That or I have a first class immune system – must be all the meat.
Gastroeneritis is not only for children. Half of the population in Rotterdam is suffering from it and its creaping up. I hope it will miss me, because I don’t need to loose more weight.
I hope you get well soon and that …..(your french? girlfriend is looking after you a bit. I am trying to improve my English so I can laugh more when I read your stories.
I hope your germs are gone by the time we visit Japan.
Love Ina
I went to school today. Because it was well time I was better. My goal was to make it untill lunch.
While I didn’t leave the center ’till lunch this was only because I did not trust the state of my stumoch in a public place after the throwing up.
School was wicked though. Noone was sick, tired or anything. Everyone was right as rain.
Grts from Japan
Also, don’t forget to look past these for the party boat pictures, they’re pretty crappy, but it’s a phone-cam, what can you do
Actually if you still like the notes-system when you return to Europe, come live in France. I still have somewhere my old “cahier d’élève” with all the too-late-because-of and sick-because-off to be signed by either parents or doctors.
Well, tomorrow is cut-and paste day for me, so I’ll go back to worrying.
Miss u.
Hey Wally,
Just a remark…..
Maybe its an idea to sort the foto index by date.
of course i enjoyed the ‘game show’… Nice hardware…
Cya’s
JTK
JTK: That’s been on the planner for a while now, but two things have kept it off.
1st, there is a dating index installed. Everytime I post new pictures I refer to them in my posts. In other words: Go read the posts
2nd, I’m lazy. Gee, no news there.
Irene: がんばって