I bought three life improving technologies this weekend. Okay not all are technologies in the modern sense of the word but they are new things I will use in my life practices. Ha ha…life practices.
1) a new pillow: I have been waking up every second day with the most horrible knot in my neck/shoulder area. This knot also wakes me up during the night and last week I was sooo tired from it and of it. I blamed the cheap lumpy pillow I bought when I first came here. Was thinking the solution would be a 4000円 pillow that remembers the shape of your head but instead I chose a 500円 thin seat cushion. It is perfect! The last few nights I have had good deep sleeps and some very interesting dreams.
2) hair straightener: goodbye humidity hair woes, hello sunshine. I think I walk with better posture because of the inflated sense of self esteem.
3) Mario Kart DS: I was playing the downloaded Mario Kart with some people at lunch (using wifi) but I think it limits the levels we use and I cannot choose my character. Could only be this ghost guy who, although cute and wee, is very very slow. So I bought the game and now the cruising is much better although I am still not as good as all the other people : P Someday!!
This weekend was also bargain weekend (across Japan maybe?) so I attempted some shopping. Man…it was insane but actually, it was not even the customers that made it insane. It was the employees. I swear each store had three times more (salesgirls) than a Canadian store of similar size. Three times more young girls yelling prices and folding clothes so you can’t actually get in to look at them. When I did find some shirts to try on, I was told that you can only try on pants. It was too busy to have everyone trying on shirts. I was quite disappointed but did take a small risk with two tops and luckily they turned out alright. Now I think I’ve had enough mall for a while.