Today I meet my friend Masayo at the post office and she helped me get a stamp that I needed in order to get my work visa. The post office was so confusing, so I'm so glad that she helped me out!
After, we went to a different cafe that was really good. I got some strange tea with an orange-flavor. It has pieces of what looked like orange at the bottom, too, but I'm not sure that it was an orange. I also got a small chocolate pastry that was, of course, amazing ^_^
She taught me a lot and I learned several phrases so that I can have normal conversations in Japanese. I'm definitely going to have to memorize and practice them . . . We went to a Daiso, which is a 100 yen store, after that and I was happy that I found a Twix bar there! I hadn't seen any before then and it's my favorite candy bar so I was glad. Unfortunately, they don't have Mt. Dew here, but oh well.
After hanging out with her, I went to the airport and got my work visa! It looks almost like a driver's license, but in Japanese :P I used it to fax information to the internet company, but I'm not sure that it has my address on it since I can't read it. It might have my work address on it, I'm not sure. Hopefully, it'll be enough, but I will be without internet probably for a week or two starting Sept. 1st so I will be visiting cafes a lot and I probably won't be able to respond to emails every day, so I just wanted to let everyone know that it's not because I don't like you, it's just because my internet got cut off! I'm hoping that I can get a cell phone with internet on it if it takes too long to get internet for my computer. I think that it might be easier but I'm not sure.
Nothing much happened Mon-Wed except work. My boss gave me an old obi of hers so that I can wear my kimono that I brought (which I found out was fake but she said it was okay). She also said that I can still come to the tea ceremony and that I don't have to wear a kimono, so I think that I'll start going in September. I'm both nervous and excited about it!
I plan to update on Sundays and Thursdays like normal since those are my off-days so I can visit cafes with internet. Thank you for reading! :D
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Sunday August 26th
After spending most of the day cleaning, I hung out with my friend Yurika again. We went to a Chinese tea place nearby and I ordered a flower tea that was sweet and fragrant. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of it, but if I go there again, I will write it down. Here are pictures!
She invited me to a baseball game the day before my birthday then to a salsa beach party in mid-September! It sounds like a lot of fun so I hope that I can go! Her boyfriend works for the local baseball team, so I think she might get free seats but I'm not sure. Either way, it'd still be really fun and I can finally get to the beach!
We had a nice long talk and I learned more about how to carry on normal conversations in Japanese. She also told me that she had a book about child psychology that she was having trouble reading because it was in English and very difficult so I told her she should bring it next time! She's a clinical psychologist and wants to get her Master's in America, but wasn't able to come up with ideas that haven't been studied in that field yet, so she wanted help with thinking in English. I hope that I can help her, I'm really excited about it!
She invited me to a baseball game the day before my birthday then to a salsa beach party in mid-September! It sounds like a lot of fun so I hope that I can go! Her boyfriend works for the local baseball team, so I think she might get free seats but I'm not sure. Either way, it'd still be really fun and I can finally get to the beach!
We had a nice long talk and I learned more about how to carry on normal conversations in Japanese. She also told me that she had a book about child psychology that she was having trouble reading because it was in English and very difficult so I told her she should bring it next time! She's a clinical psychologist and wants to get her Master's in America, but wasn't able to come up with ideas that haven't been studied in that field yet, so she wanted help with thinking in English. I hope that I can help her, I'm really excited about it!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Sunday Aug. 26th update: Friday and Saturday
Friday Aug. 24th:
I was extremely nervous about going to Nishijin again because last week two of the kids were so disobedient, but I was confident I could put them in line. I was also nervous about getting back to the office in time to teach my next student . . . Thankfully, everything went well! The "bad kid" came in late so I couldn't seat him away from his friend, but I didn't really have to this time. He first started acting up by not coloring in the lines nicely, so I made him color nicely and from then on, everything was great! I hope that it continues, but I'm glad that I didn't have to be forceful. I was about to get to the office early, except that I misjudged the time and jumped on the wrong train! I was on the train going in the opposite direction . . . I didn't realize this until 2 stops later, and unfortunately the train stopped in Meinohama where I had to waste 10 minutes waiting on the next train back to Tenjin. Of course, I was five minutes late to the office and very embarrassed and out-of-breath. It was the first time I'd met this student, so I'm sure it wasn't the best impression especially since he looked like a business-man. We were so busy that night that I didn't get a chance to talk to my boss about it.
Saturday Aug. 25th:
I was surprised to see that Ms. Maeda (the manager) wasn't there. I asked my boss and she told me that Ms. Maeda was following this band around and had seen their concert 4 nights in a row! She apparently was chasing some guy in this band. It was the funniest image ever, I'm not sure how old she is, but she's definitely too old to be so boy-crazy! I'm going to tease her about it on Monday :P
My boss finally was able to ask me why I was late coming back to the office the other day, so I explained. She didn't seem mad or anything which was good, but obviously it was a very bad thing. It was a quiet day besides the political guy yelling on a megaphone so that it was even too loud in the office. They've been doing it at least every Saturday, and all I've been told is that it has something to do with politics and people bashing the government. I didn't know they did that in Japan.
After work, I met Madoka and a couple of her Japanese friends. They said they couldn't speak English, but after we had a beer at an authentic Fukuoka restaurant, they started talking in English. It was a lot of fun, but of course I couldn't read the menu hardly at all. In Japan, they usually eat family-style, meaning that everyone shares the dishes, so they just picked everything out. Madoka wanted me to try Fukuoka's specialty food: beef guts. I was a little nervous about this at first, but I had four other dishes before it to prepare myself. We had a Caesar salad with the best bacon I've ever tasted. The bacon was thick and didn't taste like bacon but like sweet, fried ham. Then, they brought out four little dishes of random things. One had the clear noodle-like seaweed that I had before, another had three little fishes (head, tail and all), another had tiny pieces of what looked like pork and bean sprouts in a type of sauce, and the last one had beans and other random vegetables. They were all really good and I was proud of myself for eating one of those little fishes. It even had its eyeballs still on it, but I didn't think about that while I was trying to eat it, otherwise I might've gotten sick. It was of course very good, it's just the idea of it that I'm not used to yet :P The waiter then brought out shrimp covered in a sweet sauce. They were so good and crispy! After this, the next dish was eggplant stuffed with what looked like tuna and other things, all fried in a batter. It was so delicious! I dipped it in a sweet, dark sauce. Finally, they brought out a burner and put a pot with raw beef guts, tofu and vegetables. We let it cook for a while and they tried to get me to speak in Japanese. I asked them how to say things like "where do you work?" and "Do you have any siblings?" but it was hard since I'd never learned these phrases before! It will take me a few times to remember it. I was too embarrassed to write anything down and thought it might be rude while we were eating, so I'll have to ask another language partner how to say these things again. It was so much fun though and it was good because it forced me to try and understand what they were saying when they spoke in Japanese. They also spoke slowly which really helped! Once the dish had finished cooking, I was the first to try it. I felt all of the eyes watching me. I could already tell it would be delicious from the smell of the broth. It was very soft but slightly rubbery. However, the broth had such flavor to it, that despite the fact that it was difficult to chew it, it was so tasty! I really loved it and they made me finish it since they were all full ^^; After this dish, we had rice and the waiter poured the rice into the remaining broth, stirred it up, and cracked an egg in it! He stirred the egg around until it cooked. It was so good! They made me finish the rest of this too, but I didn't mind :)
After the restaurant, they wanted to go to a bar, but the Mexican bar was closed so we walked around looking for another one until the Madoka's friends had to leave. I didn't have enough money to go to a bar anyway, and I was kind of worrying about how I would tell them that, so it worked out! It was really fun and I'm glad that I got to meet her friends, too. She wants to introduce me to more of her friends, so I hope that it will force me to learn Japanese faster!!
I was extremely nervous about going to Nishijin again because last week two of the kids were so disobedient, but I was confident I could put them in line. I was also nervous about getting back to the office in time to teach my next student . . . Thankfully, everything went well! The "bad kid" came in late so I couldn't seat him away from his friend, but I didn't really have to this time. He first started acting up by not coloring in the lines nicely, so I made him color nicely and from then on, everything was great! I hope that it continues, but I'm glad that I didn't have to be forceful. I was about to get to the office early, except that I misjudged the time and jumped on the wrong train! I was on the train going in the opposite direction . . . I didn't realize this until 2 stops later, and unfortunately the train stopped in Meinohama where I had to waste 10 minutes waiting on the next train back to Tenjin. Of course, I was five minutes late to the office and very embarrassed and out-of-breath. It was the first time I'd met this student, so I'm sure it wasn't the best impression especially since he looked like a business-man. We were so busy that night that I didn't get a chance to talk to my boss about it.
Saturday Aug. 25th:
I was surprised to see that Ms. Maeda (the manager) wasn't there. I asked my boss and she told me that Ms. Maeda was following this band around and had seen their concert 4 nights in a row! She apparently was chasing some guy in this band. It was the funniest image ever, I'm not sure how old she is, but she's definitely too old to be so boy-crazy! I'm going to tease her about it on Monday :P
My boss finally was able to ask me why I was late coming back to the office the other day, so I explained. She didn't seem mad or anything which was good, but obviously it was a very bad thing. It was a quiet day besides the political guy yelling on a megaphone so that it was even too loud in the office. They've been doing it at least every Saturday, and all I've been told is that it has something to do with politics and people bashing the government. I didn't know they did that in Japan.
After work, I met Madoka and a couple of her Japanese friends. They said they couldn't speak English, but after we had a beer at an authentic Fukuoka restaurant, they started talking in English. It was a lot of fun, but of course I couldn't read the menu hardly at all. In Japan, they usually eat family-style, meaning that everyone shares the dishes, so they just picked everything out. Madoka wanted me to try Fukuoka's specialty food: beef guts. I was a little nervous about this at first, but I had four other dishes before it to prepare myself. We had a Caesar salad with the best bacon I've ever tasted. The bacon was thick and didn't taste like bacon but like sweet, fried ham. Then, they brought out four little dishes of random things. One had the clear noodle-like seaweed that I had before, another had three little fishes (head, tail and all), another had tiny pieces of what looked like pork and bean sprouts in a type of sauce, and the last one had beans and other random vegetables. They were all really good and I was proud of myself for eating one of those little fishes. It even had its eyeballs still on it, but I didn't think about that while I was trying to eat it, otherwise I might've gotten sick. It was of course very good, it's just the idea of it that I'm not used to yet :P The waiter then brought out shrimp covered in a sweet sauce. They were so good and crispy! After this, the next dish was eggplant stuffed with what looked like tuna and other things, all fried in a batter. It was so delicious! I dipped it in a sweet, dark sauce. Finally, they brought out a burner and put a pot with raw beef guts, tofu and vegetables. We let it cook for a while and they tried to get me to speak in Japanese. I asked them how to say things like "where do you work?" and "Do you have any siblings?" but it was hard since I'd never learned these phrases before! It will take me a few times to remember it. I was too embarrassed to write anything down and thought it might be rude while we were eating, so I'll have to ask another language partner how to say these things again. It was so much fun though and it was good because it forced me to try and understand what they were saying when they spoke in Japanese. They also spoke slowly which really helped! Once the dish had finished cooking, I was the first to try it. I felt all of the eyes watching me. I could already tell it would be delicious from the smell of the broth. It was very soft but slightly rubbery. However, the broth had such flavor to it, that despite the fact that it was difficult to chew it, it was so tasty! I really loved it and they made me finish it since they were all full ^^; After this dish, we had rice and the waiter poured the rice into the remaining broth, stirred it up, and cracked an egg in it! He stirred the egg around until it cooked. It was so good! They made me finish the rest of this too, but I didn't mind :)
After the restaurant, they wanted to go to a bar, but the Mexican bar was closed so we walked around looking for another one until the Madoka's friends had to leave. I didn't have enough money to go to a bar anyway, and I was kind of worrying about how I would tell them that, so it worked out! It was really fun and I'm glad that I got to meet her friends, too. She wants to introduce me to more of her friends, so I hope that it will force me to learn Japanese faster!!
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Thursday Aug. 23rd update!
Hello everyone, thank you for following!
This was my first full week on my own and so far it's been going pretty well besides the 2 year old class that I had on Tuesday. First, two of the kids started bawling their eyes out when they saw I wasn't their old teacher. It didn't help matters when I heard the teacher explain to the kids in Japanese that their old teacher was gone and wouldn't come back . . . but she helped me drag them into the classroom and once they sat down, I started singing the ABC's and everything was dandy again . . . except for when the boy suddenly had a giant puddle on the floor below him. At first I seriously thought that he'd brought some kind of water into the classroom and it'd just spilled. It didn't occur to me that it was something else until my next class came in and noticed that the floor was wet. yeah . . . unfortunately my Japanese ability wasn't good enough for me to explain to the Japanese teachers that a boy had peed in the classroom . . . the rest of the classes went "swimmingly well" as some people say, whatever that means. Sounds like a good pun to me. Anyway, nothing really exciting happened this week except that my boss invited me to her tea ceremony classes that she teaches. Apparently, the tea ceremony is extremely complicated, even to the type of kimono you wear. My boss said she would give me free lessons, but it might end up being expensive if I have to buy a different kind of kimono each month, so I'll see. I'm interested, but not interested in sitting seiza style for over 2 hours. I'll see, but maybe it will make my boss respect me more and I've always wanted to learn how to participate in a real tea ceremony. Maybe she won't be picky about what I'm wearing. . .
Today (Thursday), I met a new friend named Masayo. She was extremely helpful and we talked for 4 hours! She told me so many things about Japanese culture and things that I never would've thought to be different. For example, I asked her what she did this morning and she acted shocked and explained that to Japanese people, that is strange, but it was okay to ask what she did that weekend or "what have you been doing lately?" I thought that was very interesting though. It was embarrassing when she wanted to switch from talking in English to speaking in Japanese! I really didn't even know how to begin a conversation! I don't know what I'm going to do . . . I might have to bring in the Japanese book that my best friend, Britteny, let me borrow. It was a very stormy day today, so I was glad that we were in the coffee shop the whole time! It was very calming and much better than sitting at home on a rainy day :P
I plan to post again Sunday, Saturday night after work I'm hanging out with Madoka again, then Sunday evening I will see Yurika again so I will be kept plenty busy and hopefully get much better at Japanese! (fingers crossed)
This was my first full week on my own and so far it's been going pretty well besides the 2 year old class that I had on Tuesday. First, two of the kids started bawling their eyes out when they saw I wasn't their old teacher. It didn't help matters when I heard the teacher explain to the kids in Japanese that their old teacher was gone and wouldn't come back . . . but she helped me drag them into the classroom and once they sat down, I started singing the ABC's and everything was dandy again . . . except for when the boy suddenly had a giant puddle on the floor below him. At first I seriously thought that he'd brought some kind of water into the classroom and it'd just spilled. It didn't occur to me that it was something else until my next class came in and noticed that the floor was wet. yeah . . . unfortunately my Japanese ability wasn't good enough for me to explain to the Japanese teachers that a boy had peed in the classroom . . . the rest of the classes went "swimmingly well" as some people say, whatever that means. Sounds like a good pun to me. Anyway, nothing really exciting happened this week except that my boss invited me to her tea ceremony classes that she teaches. Apparently, the tea ceremony is extremely complicated, even to the type of kimono you wear. My boss said she would give me free lessons, but it might end up being expensive if I have to buy a different kind of kimono each month, so I'll see. I'm interested, but not interested in sitting seiza style for over 2 hours. I'll see, but maybe it will make my boss respect me more and I've always wanted to learn how to participate in a real tea ceremony. Maybe she won't be picky about what I'm wearing. . .
Today (Thursday), I met a new friend named Masayo. She was extremely helpful and we talked for 4 hours! She told me so many things about Japanese culture and things that I never would've thought to be different. For example, I asked her what she did this morning and she acted shocked and explained that to Japanese people, that is strange, but it was okay to ask what she did that weekend or "what have you been doing lately?" I thought that was very interesting though. It was embarrassing when she wanted to switch from talking in English to speaking in Japanese! I really didn't even know how to begin a conversation! I don't know what I'm going to do . . . I might have to bring in the Japanese book that my best friend, Britteny, let me borrow. It was a very stormy day today, so I was glad that we were in the coffee shop the whole time! It was very calming and much better than sitting at home on a rainy day :P
I plan to post again Sunday, Saturday night after work I'm hanging out with Madoka again, then Sunday evening I will see Yurika again so I will be kept plenty busy and hopefully get much better at Japanese! (fingers crossed)
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Sunday August 19th
I got up early this morning to do more filming. I think I got to the park by around 6:40 and immediately I could hear the swarming of mosquitoes in a nearby tree. I was hoping to be one of only a few people awake at that time on a Sunday morning, but unfortunately this is apparently the time that the older people go walking. I was hoping that was only an American thing, but apparently not. There weren't as many people as last time, so I was able to film more, but I still had to fend off the mosquitoes. I walked until I reached the end of the park, I think that it leads to the old Fukuoka Castle, but the doors were closed so I'm not sure. There is a large baseball stadium and track field, and numerous tennis courts, all that have to be reserved. It isn't like America where if it's free, then you can play in it, you always have to reserve the courts. Anyway, there was a cherry tree garden and a plum tree garden that was really beautiful, I just had to take a picture:
I got back home really early, about 8am because the mosquitoes had eaten my feet and my video-camera's memory card ran out of space. I edited for most of the day and met up with a new friend that I hadn't met before named Yurika (Eureka!). I ended up taking a 2 hour nap since I was so tired from getting up early, then I went to the grocery store. I saw Keiji-san, the chef from the restaurant that we went to for Marc's birthday, while I was at the grocery store! I was so surprised I accidentally spoke to him in English, but that was ok, because he thinks it's cool when people speak English even though he can't understand it. He just repeats what I say and laughs. He's a cool person.
I met Yurika at Seattle's Best Coffee, then we went to this coffee shop near my place called Tully's. On the way, we passed a shrine and I told her I didn't know there was one right there, but I always wanted to see what it was like. We went in and she showed me what you were supposed to do. You rinse your hands first with a wooden spoon by pouring water from a basin over each hand. Then, you go up to the shrine and, if you want, you can throw money into a big box. You bow twice, clap twice, then say a "prayer" which is more like a wish, then you ring the bell. I wanted to take pictures, but wasn't sure if that was appropriate or not.
We sat at Tully's for about 2 hours and she taught me a lot about how to say certain things, like when I'm in an elevator and they ask me which floor. She also explained the difference between "kudasai" and "onegaishimasu" since they both mean "please," so that really helped me. She is very traditional because she's in her 30's so sometimes I would ask her what she thought about something and I think that it was too personal for her, so I will have to stop doing that! It's just so difficult coming from America where everyone asks you what you think about something. She told me that she had a hard time expressing her thoughts and feelings because that's the Japanese way, so I hope to help her get better at that, but maybe I should start out more slowly. She's a lot of fun, and she wants to take me to the beach sometime as well as a Thai restaurant! I didn't ask Yurika what time she had to go, so her mom called at 7:30 wondering where she was. I felt so bad! She was really sweet about it though, and even emailed me later to make sure I didn't get lost going back home! I look forward to being able to speak to my friends in Japanese, but that will be a little while from now . . . I'm just glad that that I was able to make so many friends and so quickly! I'm meeting another friend on Thursday at a different Tully's!
I met Yurika at Seattle's Best Coffee, then we went to this coffee shop near my place called Tully's. On the way, we passed a shrine and I told her I didn't know there was one right there, but I always wanted to see what it was like. We went in and she showed me what you were supposed to do. You rinse your hands first with a wooden spoon by pouring water from a basin over each hand. Then, you go up to the shrine and, if you want, you can throw money into a big box. You bow twice, clap twice, then say a "prayer" which is more like a wish, then you ring the bell. I wanted to take pictures, but wasn't sure if that was appropriate or not.
We sat at Tully's for about 2 hours and she taught me a lot about how to say certain things, like when I'm in an elevator and they ask me which floor. She also explained the difference between "kudasai" and "onegaishimasu" since they both mean "please," so that really helped me. She is very traditional because she's in her 30's so sometimes I would ask her what she thought about something and I think that it was too personal for her, so I will have to stop doing that! It's just so difficult coming from America where everyone asks you what you think about something. She told me that she had a hard time expressing her thoughts and feelings because that's the Japanese way, so I hope to help her get better at that, but maybe I should start out more slowly. She's a lot of fun, and she wants to take me to the beach sometime as well as a Thai restaurant! I didn't ask Yurika what time she had to go, so her mom called at 7:30 wondering where she was. I felt so bad! She was really sweet about it though, and even emailed me later to make sure I didn't get lost going back home! I look forward to being able to speak to my friends in Japanese, but that will be a little while from now . . . I'm just glad that that I was able to make so many friends and so quickly! I'm meeting another friend on Thursday at a different Tully's!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Thursday Aug. 16th
I didn't do much today because it was so hot today. Mostly, I stayed inside and studied a lot of Japanese! When the sun started going down, I grabbed my camera and headed for the same park that I went to on Sunday to play baseball. I brought my expensive camera and hoped that the park would be empty, but there were a lot of people walking their dogs. I made a mini video that I plan to add onto. It's a weird narrative with no direction at the moment, but I'll give it one as I keep filming. Next time, I will go early on a Sunday morning since I only work until 7pm on Saturdays, so it won't be such a pain getting up early. It was terrible because it was nearly dusk and the mosquitoes were out in full force. It was almost unbearable, but it was too beautiful just to stop! Here's what I have so far, just the basics and you can see the beautiful park:
Afterwards, I went home and made some ramen noodles with this sauce I bought but I'm not sure what it is. It's orange in color and I think that it has the words "miso" on it among other things. Either way, they worked well together and with the bean sprouts, so I was happy!
My noodles! They're still in the pan, that's why it's dark . . .
This is the sauce. If anyone knows what it is, please tell me! I can read some the hiragana, but it's difficult for me when it's written like that . ..
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Wednesday Aug. 15th
Last day of Obon vacation, but I still have tomorrow off since it's my regular day off! :D
I woke up determined to make sushi correctly today, so I made more rice and made the other piece of fish that I'd bought. The rice's texture seemed much better this time, and I was finally able to make it! Although it wasn't pretty, at least the rice didn't fall apart!
I also forgot to put pictures of my new sink on here! My boss said the old one had cracks in it, so she had some guy come over and install a new one. It took him two hours, but here it is!
Apparently the pull-out handle thing is to wash my hair in the sink. I've never washed my hair in the sink, but I think it'd be a great sink to wash my "hand wash only" clothes in :P
It was Marc's birthday, the guy that I replaced at work, so we all met up at his favorite restaurant called Tomoki's. It happened to be down the street from where I live so it was nice! The food was amazing but it was a little awkward because one of Marc's friends couldn't speak English! So, either I was left out of the conversation or he was. But, it was an awesome time, and even cooler because the owner/chef was a former sumo wrestler!
I woke up determined to make sushi correctly today, so I made more rice and made the other piece of fish that I'd bought. The rice's texture seemed much better this time, and I was finally able to make it! Although it wasn't pretty, at least the rice didn't fall apart!
It was Marc's birthday, the guy that I replaced at work, so we all met up at his favorite restaurant called Tomoki's. It happened to be down the street from where I live so it was nice! The food was amazing but it was a little awkward because one of Marc's friends couldn't speak English! So, either I was left out of the conversation or he was. But, it was an awesome time, and even cooler because the owner/chef was a former sumo wrestler!
Roast Beef! So much better than in the states. That shrimp was amazing. Apparently, they call French fries fried potatoes. They were delicious!
It was such a cool cake, it has sparklers on it!
Japanese women take a lot of pictures of the food, so I didn't feel weird :P
Marc and his girlfriend, Maiko
Marc and the chef, Keiji
It was a great night, and the food was so good! I'm so glad that I could make friends since I'm not very social. It seems so much easier in Japan though, because people never ask personal questions or try to dive into your life. I also tried this plum wine called umeshu in Japanese. It was the most delicious drink I've ever had, it was sweet but not too sweet and looked like white wine but didn't really taste like it. I could only describe it as a mixture between sake and white wine. We also had little pizzas that were so good, one had curry in it and the other had salmon. I was getting full so I didn't eat the one with curry in it, but the salmon one was amazing! Also, they had Death Sauce, which is an amazing hot sauce they have back in America. This one was After Death sauce and it had such flavor to it. It was perfect on the pizza! We also had this chicken that was the best chicken I've ever had, but I'm not sure what it was. It had some kind of sweet sauce on it and the chicken was the perfect texture. The last main dish we had was ohm rice. I'm not sure how to write it, but I think that's what they called it. It was rice with an omelet on top, and it was fantastic. The omelet and rice were the perfect combo, I can't even describe the flavor. Lastly, we had Japanese fruit cake, which I heard was one of the best. It had mango, kiwi, apple, blueberry, strawberry, melon, and grapefruit on it, it was paradise!
I went home and crashed afterwards, even thought the food looked like it wasn't much, it was so filling!
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