I woke up with sore throat and a bad cough this morning, so I decided not to go to baseball practice. The weather has been kinda crummy so I've been inside all day...so I'm kinda bored. I watched the Nippon Ham Fighters (yes, Sapporo's baseball team is called "Nippon Ham Fighters," named after a meat company) game on TV today, and they got smoked...yeah...that's about it.
Oh yeah, my host sister showed me how to take Japanese cold medicine. Instead of taking a pill or drinking cough syrup, you pour these little kernels (that's the best way I can describe them) onto your tounge, and then you wash them down with a glass of water. A slightly interesting experience, to say the least.
Tomorrow is a national holiday, so there's no school. But, there's baseball practice of course. However, my host parents are taking me to Sapporo in the afternoon to see the Fighters play, so I'm pretty psyched about that. I'll go to practice for the first half of the day and then set off for the city in the afternoon. I'm sure I'll have plenty of pics to share when I get back.
In the mean time, here's the Engrish pic I promised about a month ago:
posted by rockfender @ 1:33 AM
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Hey Billy,
I remember a Japanese TV commercial for some kind of energy capsule - a sort of florescent green goo - which seemed to work wonders on the user. Anyway, hope you are feeling better.
Great to hear that you are playing baseball; sounds like quite the workout. When you get back here, you'll have to watch "Mr. Baseball," a rather cheesy, though not terrible, low budget 80s movie with Tom Selleck, about an outfielder released by the Yankees, who goes to Japan to try to revive his career, as it depicts the no-nonsense, heavily disciplined style of baseball in Japan. Incidentally, how did the Ham Fighters (great name) do?
You'll also probably be interested to know that your blog is a big hit in Beach Haven. Barbara was down visiting Grandma, and they went to the Beach Haven library and printed out your posts, so Grandma could share them with all her friends; I'm sure you'll be getting lots of questions about your trip from everyone when you return.
Well, stay safe and cool! Enjoy your remaining time there, and keep posting when you can. It's fun to read about your exploits in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Take care!
Uncle Tom C
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