Classes begin, saba is delicious

I went to some classes today. My Japanese class was alright. It seems like this class will be good for me and not a total waste of time like I had feared. The teacher is nice enough. I think I will get a lot better with reading and listening comprehension with this class. I attended one other class called "Seminar of Global and Japanese Economy". The teacher was really enthusiastic. He received his graduate degree from a university in England, so his English was quite good. I was planning on taking a class called "Contemporary Japanese Economy", but I think I will take this one instead.

It turns out that they are not offering all of the classes I had thought they were going to. I wanted to take a Japanese Literature class to fulfill a humanities requirement... but they are not offering it. The only other class in the humanities category is Japanese Grammar... So I hope they have two humanities available next semester. I need to get those out of the way!

When I left my first class, there was a group of people cleaning up the leaves on the walkway. They were all in uniforms and used bamboo rakes and brooms. I thought it was cool that they do that so often. I saw them doing this yesterday too.


For lunch I had a bowl of rice and meat with a poached egg on top. I forget what it was called. It was "strong bowl" or something like that. I bought a bottle of tea as well to have with the meal. It turned out to be that kind of tea I found I can't stand. I need to figure out what that tea is called so I may avoid it.

For dinner I decided to try some saba fish as per Cierra's request. I bought some fresh from the near by grocer along with some cheap 98円 beer. I also stopped by this little veggie shop I often go to for some broccoli. When I went to pay, the shop owner was telling me that I should cut up the stalk and boil that up. She said it tastes like asparagus and is delicious. This was all in Japanese, so I might have misinterpreted her... I told her I would go try it.

It turns out she is right. The stalk is pretty good if you cut it up and boil it. I cut off the head and put it in the fridge for another day.

So the dinner ended up being half of a saba fish with some white rice and broccoli stem. The saba was delicious! I cooked it in some cooking sake with a splash of soy sauce. There were a bunch of tiny bones to hunt down and extract, but it was worth it. I will definitely cook that again sometime.

The beer was exactly what I thought it would be. Cheap beer. It was definitely palatable though. I was a little buzzed after the meal, so it was potent too. I'll probably buy that again as well just because it is cheaper than other beers.