I will go swimming, I will!
Jan. 4th, 2008 07:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsukikageシェークスピアのmp3をやっと聞いちゃった。＾＿＾
Okay, now that I'm done with that I'm gonna get dressed and try to prepare myself for going outside as well as I can without taking a shower, and go to the U to renew my locker and go swimming for a while. I originally wanted to get out of the house earlier, but I should know better that to expect myself to get out of the house within 90 minutes of getting up. ^^; <- Takes forever to get ready in the morning. I just wish I knew what's stocked in my locker and what I need to bring...
*grumbles and whines a bit, then goes to change*
[EDIT: Behind the bar at any snack you can see dozens of bottles of whisky with people's names written on them. This is called "bottle keep," where a customer will buy a bottle for his own personal use and drop by any time to drink from it, and it struck me as amazing that he need not fear that anyone would steal from his $100 bottle. There are other examples of tr ust in Japan's society. For example, there are umbrellas at our local post office with a sign that says, "If anyone needs an umbrella, please use one of these and bring it back later." Anyone can borrow $20 from a police box for train fare home if they lose their wallet, which should be repaid at the police box nearest your house. They'll take down your information, but since you probably have no ID (having lost your wallet) in such a situation, it's essentially done via the honor system. Finally, if you're making a large purchase of lumber from Cainz Home, the local home center, they'll be happy to loan you one of their small trucks to get it home, free of charge -- even to a gaijin like me.
Now, I know this is something that shifts with time and region, but is that not something that makes you a bit envious. I know there have been a number of times that I would have been grateful to be able to borrow $2 from a police box for a bus ride home, rather than having to ask everyone around me, including strangers, for some money that I'll have no way of paying back.]
Okay, now that I'm done with that I'm gonna get dressed and try to prepare myself for going outside as well as I can without taking a shower, and go to the U to renew my locker and go swimming for a while. I originally wanted to get out of the house earlier, but I should know better that to expect myself to get out of the house within 90 minutes of getting up. ^^; <- Takes forever to get ready in the morning. I just wish I knew what's stocked in my locker and what I need to bring...
*grumbles and whines a bit, then goes to change*
[EDIT: Behind the bar at any snack you can see dozens of bottles of whisky with people's names written on them. This is called "bottle keep," where a customer will buy a bottle for his own personal use and drop by any time to drink from it, and it struck me as amazing that he need not fear that anyone would steal from his $100 bottle. There are other examples of tr ust in Japan's society. For example, there are umbrellas at our local post office with a sign that says, "If anyone needs an umbrella, please use one of these and bring it back later." Anyone can borrow $20 from a police box for train fare home if they lose their wallet, which should be repaid at the police box nearest your house. They'll take down your information, but since you probably have no ID (having lost your wallet) in such a situation, it's essentially done via the honor system. Finally, if you're making a large purchase of lumber from Cainz Home, the local home center, they'll be happy to loan you one of their small trucks to get it home, free of charge -- even to a gaijin like me.
Now, I know this is something that shifts with time and region, but is that not something that makes you a bit envious. I know there have been a number of times that I would have been grateful to be able to borrow $2 from a police box for a bus ride home, rather than having to ask everyone around me, including strangers, for some money that I'll have no way of paying back.]
