Have a Magical Day !!: Valentines Day '08 & the daifuk

Valentine's Day---- in any country it is a special day for couples. Well considering I am single, the whole couple thing didn't work out in my favor this year. Instead of going out for a nice dinner or making dinner w/ my significant other, this year my significant other (otherwise known as my roomie, Sheila) and I went for KAITEN SUSHI! Kappa Sushi, where every plate is 105 yen, is the pillar of the sushi community in our minds thus we go at least once a week. Because of a change in our teaching schedules, Sushi Friday has now been changed to Sushi Thursday. So after stuffing my stomach full of 7 plates (14 pieces) of sushi and one green tea pudding dessert, I decided that Valentine's Day wasn't such a bust this year. I did get a few very cute valentines from my students, which was very unexpected!

I hope everyone else had a great Valentine's Day!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Part 2: The daifuk
Prior to coming to Japan, I refused to eat anko (sweet red bean paste) adamantly! However since being here basically since last March, I've decided it is rather good. In fact I actually make an effort to go out and buy anko donuts. Craziness! When did I become like this!! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!!~~~~ I didn't actually recognize this change myself, my mother pointed it out to me as I was buying an anko donut at the local bakery. She was so surprised and said so in such a way that made me almost drop the donut that I had so daintily plucked.... My roomie also likes the daifuk (it is really pronounced daifuku, but we shorten it b/c-- well it just sounds cooler) so tonight we bought one for 80yen and split it for dessert. Geez, where did the ice cream and pie go and when did the daifuk become the dessert of choice?

And now for some random pictures of the last month or so:

This is our microwave/oven . So small and sad, but we finally got enough courage to try it out as an oven. I was a little skeptical-- "it looks questionable to meeeeeee.