As for my birthday, I had fantastic plans for that weekend (last week): I was going to go to the beach with some friends, largely girls (which was going to be great), and then go play some frisbee, go to one party in roppongi, then leave and head to another party at my friend`s apt. Then on Sunday I was going to head SW with Doug, a frisbee friend, and go watch the Buzz Bullets play in Fuji city, and hopefully chat some of them up and find out their practice schedule. On the day of, though, I had all my stuff for the beach in a bag, locked up the apt, tucked the key into my wallet so it wouldn`t get lost, put my wallet in the beach bag which was in the basket on my bike, and rode the 200 meters to the convenience store to buy sunscreen. When I got there, I reached for my wallet, and realized it wasn`t in the bag. I got worried, looked harder, and when it wasn`t there, I rode back (within 4-5 minutes of having originally left), scouring the road for my colorful wallet. Not seeing it anywhere, I basically dumped the beach bag out to make sure it wasn`t hiding anywhere, which it wasn`t. When that happened, I sent a message to my beach friends saying I`d likely be late and why, and then set off to really search the route I`d taken between apartment and store. I looked for maybe 20 minutes, and found nothing. Then I went, reported the wallet lost to the police, and headed off to the school to vent my frustrations with the frisbee I had. The problem was that in the wallet were my credit card, the ATM card for the account with all my scolarship funding, my train card (SUICA), my drivers license, my insurance card, and what little cash I happened to have at the moment (and of course, the apt key). So I really couldn`t go anywhere, without cash or access to it, or train pass. Anyway, since then it hasn`t been turned in, nor have any of the cards been used, so I haven`t the slightest idea where it is. I`ve searched the route again with friends, with no results. I was able to get a new train pass printed with all my money still on it, and I also found some ATMs that would take my other ATM card for my account at home. So at least I now have access to cash, and a way to get into work. I do need to buy a new wallet, though, because the zip-lock baggy I`m using doesn`t really cut it.
Anyhow, aside from that, everything`s been going well. In a few days I`m moving to my new apartment with my friend Ryuhei, where I`ll be until I head home. I also am planning on figuring things out for my weeklong travels around Japan in August. I want to try and find some cheap places to stay. At the moment I`m planning on staying at a Manga/internet cafe, because those cost about $20 a night, and it includes some form of bed, and possible showers.
Finally, here are some pictures, and a video:
Weekly meeting
The new Kobian head, without lips (kind of scary!)
A test being done on Wabian`s ankle. I believe it`s a test of balance, and at what point the rocking becomes too much for the robot to handle.
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