Typhoon fever!

So last night a typhoon came through Aichi and Nagoya, and right over little old Shin-Moriyama!

The winds were HARD! The rain was constant! People everywhere stayed in their homes.

Sayaka and I did too!

We were supposed to have plans today, to go meet her parents (my first time meeting them!), but because of the rain we decided to cancel our plans and change the day until Monday instead.

Last night we went to 7-11 and saw a Nintendo DS on a display case and Sayaka mentioned she wanted one. So we came home and started looking on many websites, to find one for her AND I. I wanted a blue one (of course) and she wanted a pink one (of course). We found out buying one in Japan would be MUCH cheaper and quicker than ordering one from the US. I thought the Nintendo DS shortage was still going on here. To my surprise, we found a LOT of them online, but we had to get them in colors we ma not have liked. So I told her we would check the nearest department store, Apita, tomorrow and see if we can find one for us. She wants to use it so we can both study English, Japanese, and kanji together. Me too, but I also want to play some Mario and Final Fantasy games!

So today we go to Apita, around noon to find the DS, and we see they have them in every color and a lot in stock! We are definitely getting our DSs today! Or are we?

Sayaka reads a sign that says they have the Nintendo Wii in stock. I am shocked because there has been a shortage of Wii in Japan as well. I think nothing of it and we look at DS games. While we are looking at the DS games, Sayaka mentioned we could get a Wii instead, for both of us! S we go look at the games for the Wii, and realize it would be a LITTLE more getting a Wii and games, than 2 DSs and games. We can't decide and we decide to go walk around and look at different things before making a decision.

We make our way back to Apita after 30 minutes or so, buy some new bed sheets and pillow cases, buy some White Zinfandel and plum wine, and yes, we did, bought our Nintendo Wii together! We got Wii Sports and Hajimete Wii (Which comes with a controller) and we also got two remote cases to we know which one belongs to who?

So now, not only do I own all next gen systems AGAIN, I have a Nintendo Wii to play with my girlfriend whenever we have free time! Which interestingly enough will be all day today, and tomorrow night!

Maybe I will update on how that goes and maybe add some pictures later!

Oh yeah for those interested in how much weight I have lost. I weighted myself today and found out I weigh 84 kg which translates to 185lbs for my friends in america. I weight around 225 or so when I got here, so here I am 40lbs LESS than I was when I got here. Gotta love the Japan diet plan!