15/10, 16/10 Karaoke debut!

15/10

E's adventures in Tokyo continued. On Wednesday the 15th, we got out together cause my classes didn't begin until at the afternoon. The day before, I had given E "homework" to do, which was to prepare for her first day all by herself in Tokyo (well, not really, but something like that)!

In the end, she wasn't able to find the stores she wanted to go to and we cursed at how the address system works in Japan. Though when I think about it, their way of doing it might actually be more logical (dividing into blocks and numbering them) than giving them random names like Alhagsvägen or Kvarnhagsvägen.

The sunset was really nice when I got back to the apartment.

I've noticed that some type of clouds (really fluffy cumulus humilis and mediocris and stratocumulus) seem to be more common here in Japan. I think the humidity here helps form these clouds easier than in Sweden. I noticed that too when Yokaj went to Bristol, and it was really humid and hot there as well. Speaking of clouds, I have now been a member of The Cloud Appreciation for a year! I haven't come very far in my cloud spotting, but I'm constantly keeping a lookout for types I haven't seen!


!6/10
Went to Karaoke for the second time in my life (into my fifth week in Japan) and I actually sang something! I was supposed to meet E at Shinjuku after school, but discovered, for t he worse, that I had taken my keys with me. Thus she couldn't go out until I came back. ^^; So I went home to pick her up and we headed to Shinjuku, thinking that we'd have loads of time to sing our hearts out at our debut!
... But we couldn't find the place. We had been walking around for an hour and it felt like we had gone to every direction possible. We could've just hopped into one of the other many karaoke places, but because of my not daring to go somewhere I haven't been to with others, E got dragged around with my insecurity. ^^; Luckily, A came to our rescue and showed us where it was! (It was so close to the station that I got ashamed of myself!)

We sang for one and a half hour (cheaper before 18:00 on weekdays, so we only stayed until then) and I found myself thinking that, hey, this karaoke thing is pretty fun! :D I can't sing for 5 öre and my tones are flat, but it doesn't matter! For my karaoke debut, I sang some Sambomaster (Sekai wa sore wo ai to yobundaze), L'Arc (Stay Away), Sparta Locals (Yume Station), Tokyo Jihen (Toumei Ningen) Peter Bjorn & John (Young Folks) and even Ego-Wrappin' (Tengoku to shiroi piero), I was so surprised to find that they basically had Ego's whole discography on the list! Also, not to forget the Spice Girls song we sang together all three. XD I thought I would know them but I barely recognized the melodies...

So yes, I now know what I have been missing out all this time! Though I'm still not ready to sing in front of so many people yet. Need to go agaaaain! I've even prepared a list of what to search for next time. :D