Ice cream soda

Smells like bubblegum. Tastes like bubblegum.

Today was the hottest day so far, here in little old Kyoto. Temperature around 35 degrees, but with the humidity, it felt like a sauna.
What better day to pick for a day outside in the sun then... Today our science & technology teacher asked us to meet him at the Kyoto botanical gardens so we could walk around it together. The reason for that was that he had to cancel two classes and having this "field trip" was to make up for the classes he couldn't teach. He made a small, very Japanese mistake though. When he told us last week where to meet, he finished off with saying that we didn't really have to come. No, no, no, no, no. You shouldn't be Japanese to a class of foreigners. They will bite your hand off if they get the chance. That is exactly what everyone did, except for me and H. We are sensible. It would have been horrible for the guy to commute all the way from Nara and then no one would have shown up. So, we took a stroll around a pretty fricking huge garden today, while then sun, the heat and the humidity kept us company. The teacher paid for us and he also gave us ice cream and took us to his car. No. I kid, I kid. But we did get ice cream.
Inside the garden there was a green house and it was pretty huge as well. It had several zones to walk through, like the tropical rainforest, mountain areas and the desert. What was pretty interesting is that when walking into the green house, the temperature was pretty much the same as outside, except there was no breeze. Yeah, it was quite warm today.
Pictures from this in my gallery. Finally got off my arse and uploaded new photos.

This time of year, it is supposed to be the rainy season, like I have written about before. Really haven't noticed that so much, as we have maybe had 3-4 rainy days in the past 3-4 weeks. Our teacher said it was a little unusual this year. I somehow had pictured the rainy season as constant rain for a month. I'm kinda glad that isn't the case since there is nothing worse than being soaked with water in a really humid and hot weather.
On a sunny day, when you step out, it is like coming out of a hot shower in a bathroom with no windows.

The monkeys continue to pester innocent residents of the I-House. A monkey broke into the room next to mine the other day. The girl living there hadn't closed the balcony door properly and the monkey simply opened it and entered when she wasn't there. He found some candy and snacks, tore the bags open and had a feast. They are pretty good at sniffing up where people keep their snacks.

Saw a movie recently called 'Pathfinder'. Horrible movie. It is about this viking kid that gets raised by indians in America. Then he grows up and helps the indians get rid of other vikings. Horrible movie. What made us watch it is that the vikings speak Icelandic. Well, it could be disputed I guess... Grammatically it was good, but the pronounciation? Not so much. Horrible movie. Me and Bragi had the chance to act superior and make fun at the movie, so that wasn't bad.

A few weeks ago I for the first time saw fireflies. That is some seriously magnificent shit right there. I declare that fireflies are awesome and among the cooler things out there.

Next weekend we are climbing Mt. Fuji. That should be interesting. Staying one night on the mountain. Looking forward to it.

Later.