No Rain

Two typhoons in just over a week, but we were lucky enough to not get hit very hard from either one. The rain was here for a few days, but classes continued as normal. It finally cleared yesterday afternoon, leaving a blue sky and rainbow bright enough to interrupt class for a minute. I'm impressed with what the camera on my low-end phone can pick up.

Hooves

Buried in my weekend punch list, well below the grocery shopping, apartment cleaning, and grammar studying, and just above updating the blog, was the task of tracking down a pair of affordable dress shoes. Tools such as Google, and...well, there really is only Google, would direct me to the hip, fashionable store around the corner, or possibly to one of the dozen ABC Marts in the city, a chain shoe store. With all of those undoubtedly out of my price range, and being too impatient to order anything online, I venture out after Sunday lunch to find a pair of hoof covers. It took me all but fifteen minutes, finding a small, old store that must have slipped through the cracks of time, Google, and free market economic theory.
The old couple greeted me nervously, but seemed to relax after some small talk in Japanese. The husband moved some boxes and cleared the way, and the wife showed the various black dress shoes they had to offer. When I came across the winning pair, I double-checked my size in centimeters, and the husband grabbed a box from the top of a tall stack near the back.
With this quick and unexpected solution to my predicament, I had plenty of time to get back and study some more grammar.

Camera Shop

Wheels

The new wheels for the coming year.