It's time

I've delayed this entry for too long.
Why?
Laziness. What else?

I wouldn't say that a lot of things have happened since my last entry, it's more like I still have lots and lots to catch up with, and that's a bother. What is worthy of mention I can tell you now though.

I had my first lesson in Kendo this week, it was fun. I thought I'd be embarrassed when struggling just to hold my sword correctly while the others were training fervently, but my worries were proven wrong. The other students were more than happy to teach us (Truls and me) the basics and even cut some of their own time training to do it. The sensei was just happy that we were interested, so need to worry about his approval either.

I'd also like to think I looked cool in a Hakama.

A less fortunate part of the lesson was that I somehow cut the underside of my left big toe, which caused quite a lot of bleeding and forced me to end the lesson a tad early (I'm all OK now though, worry not).

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I actually had very little "schooltime" in general this week. Monday and Tuesday were normal (or well, Tuesday being my first day of Kendo) but Wednesday was messed up. We were told that the midterm tests had started and Wednesday was the first day but we would still have extra Japanese classes half the day, so I got up and went to school as usual, only to be told we were free until third term, so Truls and I decided to sleep in the library (because that's what people do). I was actually really tired that day and managed to fall asleep pretty quickly on the comfort of three padded chairs put next to each other.

I was later awoken by the librarian (think female hot librarian stereotype, if you will) who at first thought I was a student playing truant (as to not do the test) since I had made a makeshift pillow/sheet combination by wrapping my jacket around my head. She quickly realized her mistake when she saw my face and let me be. I, however, was not to let myself "be" (as in go back to sleep) since I quickly noticed two peculiarities:
1. Truls was nowhere to be seen.
2. The clock on the wall said it was 12.20

"Oh shi-" was what I thought.

After walking around aimlessly for 10 minutes, not knowing where to go, I finally stumbled upon Truls again, who told me there had been no class and we were free to go. But he had let me sleep since he figured I needed it (thanks, I did). We then proceeded to use the time we were given to visit some stores.
That day, I returned home with a fabulous new headset (cheap, nifty and it included a bag to put it in when not in use).

Later the same day, my host mother informed me that the school had called and said that Thursday was free because of a typhoon closing in on us.
"Cool" I figured, not feeling the slightest bit of compassion for the people who did not think typhoons were cool.

The typhoon also caused the entire week to be rainy, so I finally got to put my umbrella to the test.
It broke.
It still kind of works though, despite having limited effectiveness.

After using Thursday to rest and power up, I faced Friday with "Mod i barm" (Swedish). And I finally solved the club question, I talked a bit with the leader of the manga club and she told me she'd take me to a club meeting after the midterms.

Oh right, I ended up switching back to Japanese (from Swedish) on my computer, so I can no longer write properly when communicating with some of you. The upside though, is that I can now write stuff like 忍者 (ninja), awesomesauce.

Aaand the last interesting tidbit from my week that proved to be a lot more to write about than expected is that tomorrow (Monday) is also a free day. Very delightful indeed.

So this is where I figured I'd put up some diary entries but since it took me so much time just to write about this week, I guess I'll wait until some other time (you know the drill by now, I suspect), sorry.

Miss you, bye.