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Absolutely nothing is happening. It is 9:30 and I'm dead tired. If I step away from the front of the fan for 3 seconds, a tidal-wave of fruity flavored sweat bursts from every pore on my body. I have a plan to stop it though... I will stop my liquid intake... including foods high in water content. For the next week the only thing I put in my mouth will be uncooked instant ramen. That will be sure to stop it. Though it will be difficult to give up my daily package of plums. That's right, I have been spending 350 yen for a package of plums each day... previously unthinkable, but even more previously normal. I think it has been two years since my favorite fresh vegetable shop closed, since that time there has been no source of fresh vegetables within walking distance of my apartment. Now however, I have started running home from work, and so pass a very friendly aoyasan (greens shop) about half-way. Today I had to run the last half carrying a bag full of plums, bananas, tomatoes and an ear of corn. An ear of corn costs 130 yen (just over $1).
I have a puddle of boiling water on my kitchen floor... The silver dollar sized cockroach didn't think that I would pour it on him. I have found over the years in Japan, that the quickest cleanest way to exterminate a giant cockroach is a pot of boiling water.
Work has been going better since I have lightened up on trying to provide quality based on budget, and started doing what I feel is cool for the client regardless... of course we wont have enough cash for that raise... We finally have a high speed Internet connection. There should be labor laws that regulate this... imagine all the stress and anxiety I have lived with waiting for all the web-sites to download and for my files to upload.
I'm listening to a discussion on The Connection about high-fat diets that are good for you. It sounds good, but the things that their now saying I can eat and still be healthy are things that I don't even want to eat. I'm in trouble if we find out that greasy fried steaks are the best thing for you.
Itis interesting to note that the whole "Fat Free" craze never caught on here in Japan. It is difficult to find Low Fat or Fat Free selections of such things as yogurt, salad dressings etc... I was looked into a little web-based importing scheme for fat free foods a while ago, but asking around, found that no one was interested. Sure Japanese people have been getting fatter, but their sure nowhere near the US. It must be all that tea.
One speaker (a doctor) --commenting on how important even the smallest physical activity, such as walking up the stairs instead of using the elevator-- just said that eating one lifesaver a day more than you burn for thirty years will cause you two gradually gain 30 pounds in that time. Her enemy countered by asking how many fat nurses, who are on their feet and moving all day, there are in her hospital.
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