Happiness is a warm puppy

At least that's what it says on my new T-shirt. It's now my new life philosophy. Bad day at work? That's ok, happiness is a warm puppy. No money left after rent? Hey don't worry! Happiness is a warm puppy!!

If you're wondering, I hit the paydirt when it comes to engrish T-shirts. My local grocery store had a sale on. They were getting rid of tons of these crazy engrish T-shirts for 500 and 700 yen a piece. That's $5 and $7 respectively which is a great deal even if they were just plain!
I'm proud to say that I now buy all my latest fashions at the grocery store. That's something I never expected to be able to say but I'm happy to say it now! So far I've bought 4 T-shirts, a Converse collared shirt, a pair of pants and a pair of shoes at the grocery store-for all of 9000 yen! Oh yeah and then i went back and bought some weird 80's type retro warm up jacket thingy. And I got a hat. I think of it as a "signature" hat because there's probably only one person crazy enough to wear it! I suppose when you're in a foreign country you have the freedom of not having to care about what you look like. I'll try to get a pic some time.

This is actually the first time that I've been online and checked my emails in over a week. I honestly can't remember the last time in my life when I went that long. It's weird how when you have a computer around you are always checking but when that access is gone you just sort of forget about it. Granted, I just wanted to say taht I've gotten all your emails but I don't have time right now to reply to them although I will try to when I get more time. I may just check my email once a week or so.

I got one of my staff to go with me to the Century 21 to act as a translator for me. We're supposed to get a call back from them today and we'll find out whether or not they were able to find any places for me. I was loking for 1 and 2 person places but now I think im leaning more towards a 1 person place. I'm fairly independent (that's a nice way of saying a loner) and I like the stability ofbeing in a one person place. A 2 person place would be super cheap but then what happens if my roommate decides to move and I'm stuck paying rent for 2 people? Not so cheap after all! I think if I make a 2 year commitment to staying in Japan then I will be saving money in the long run-even after having to pay key money (1months rent) and agent fee (1 months rent) ><
I don't have any overwhelming love for Japan-it's a pretty cool place so far but I'm not infatuated by it. On the other hand I really feel no reason why I should want to go back to Canada either!

Anyways I'd like to write more but I got to go! Maybe I will try to update again in another week! So if you find yourself missing me just think-happiness is a warm puppy.