Lazy Sunday, Part Deux

Back in the living room. Otou-san's watching sumo wrestling on TV, while Mio's watching videos of a Japanese talk show (I think) on Youtube.

... huh. Something about it being 6 PM on a Sunday, and therefore changing the channel. End credits of Chibi Maruko-chan. The answer is apparently more Chibi Maruko-chan.

... wait a minute, I can actually understand a decent amount of the show. Huzzah!

Let's see... courses. I'm taking:

• Intensive Japanese (level 3)
• Special Topics - Communication (level 3)
  
• Comparative Cultural Studies
• Contemporary Japanese Policy-Making
• The Constitution of Japan

I have no class on Monday or Friday, which is a pretty sweet deal. On the other hand, my Thursdays are something like 9 AM to 6 PM with a 50-minute lunch break. That should prove interesting. I'm pretty excited about the courses, though; they're directly in my field of interest.


Oh, I met my host grandmother yesterday. We're on the second floor; she lives on the first floor. Didn't spend much time with her, but she seems nice.

... toilet? Our toilet seems to be an older version of your typical advanced function system. Water jets, faucet, that sort of thing. The flush button is on the remote, though; I had to ask my host family how to flush the first time I used the toilet. I wonder what happens in a power outage. Does the toilet have a battery backup?

6:30 PM. Looks like Sazae-san is starting now.

Oh. I checked my bank statement earlier, and they charged me something like $15 on currency conversion to withdraw 40,000 yen, plus a couple bucks for using a non-affiliated ATM. Blech.

Update: Sazae-san has stuff about dad going out drinking with his work buddies, including depictions of them drunk. Sazae-san is a children's show. Nice.

Update 2: Oooh! And mention of pachinko!