Joojifish

Monday, January 13, 2003

Yowch, I've been a bit busy as of late. First of all, I'm translating one of my professor's papers into English, along with the help of a Japanese labmate. Second,　I'm meeting with my grant sponsor, the Japan Economic Foundation, on January 24. Thus I'm trying to get more done on my Fulbright research paper.

For lack of other exciting happenings, I guess I'll continue along the lines of my last blog entry and talk about bread. Japan is a country full of nice food and entertainment venues, and many television programs and magazines are solely dedicated to describing and reviewing fun places to visit. Last week I bought a magazine reviewing the best bread/pastry shops in my area of Shizuoka prefecture. (As a side note, there was even a 2-page spread ranking the 5-best breads sold in six major convenience stores.) Then yesterday, I went on a quest to find two of the closest bakeries listed in the magazine. I only found one of them and bought some white table bread. It was really good. Anyway, the whole point of this story is to give you an idea of how I'm creating my own entertainment. Boring? Maybe. But when you're living in an area where you have to bike at least 30 minutes to get to any sort of shopping district, you make do.
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