I was riding my bike today through a pool of blood when I realized what an unusual circumstance I was in. My immediate instinct was to lift my feet as to avoid getting blood splattered all over them.

I’m not kidding, a student had been run over today on my way to school, and I did actually ride through the puddle of blood on the pavement. The student was ok as far as I know, the ambulance wasn’t exactly in a rush. On the pavement I saw a smallish white car and a bike just in front of it, the car having a large human sized crater in the windscreen.

There were two students struck down today, so the police were said to be out on patrol making sure that we are stopping correctly at red lights. I have near misses so often here, but I guess that is what Japan gets for making their students leave for school and come home when it is dark.

Today in home economics we were looking at the usual nutrition rubbish, and in the textbook profiling a wide range of foods, ‘whale’ was listed alongside chunks of beef etc, pictures and all. I do actually want to eat whale sometime while I’m here, because I’m pretty sure that in the near future you won’t be able to get it anywhere.  I’ve heard that it doesn’t actually taste that good, but nevertheless it is a once in a lifetime opportunity (both for me and the whale).

Also I received 3 letters yesterday from both sets of grandparents and the Farmers. Thanks heaps it really made my day! (I can’t believe they all came at once)

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