Of August Coetaneouses

With the month drawing to a close in just a handful of days, I can proudly say that I have survived Japan for two months now. Yey me!

August had been restful in comparison with the previous months. Only twice did we went out on our supposedly 'weekly' excursions, and its because friends from back home, now working in Ibaraki, came to visit us Tokyoites (more of that excursion on a later post). We've planned to go and take a chance of climbing Mt. Fuji this month, but lack of funds suggested otherwise.

August was also incredibly wet. I took a look at some articles as to when Japan's rainy season usually happens, and it said it was July. Well I'm not sure if this a late shower or an early Autumn for it's starting to get really cold recently. And although I haven't had problems with the weather before, the rainy season's quite becoming a hassle. Twice I've sent my pants and shirts for another round in the washing machine, after turning stinky while hanging them dry. And more than twice did I come home to find clothes that were 'nearly dry' in the morning and then got drenched in a sudden afternoon rain.

August is also the month of supreme thriftiness. I bought my laptop immediately after getting our first paycheck, and thus unknowingly spent my supposedly 'budget for the whole month'. I had to borrow some from my friends just to buy a supply of chicken nuggets and veggie sausages (I somehow developed some of scrumptious recipes due to necessity).

All in all, this month's quite an anti-climax after July's exhuberant display of giddy-ness. But of course, the wheel goes round and round; what comes up must go down. And I'm guessing September's gonna be a lot brighter, sunnier, and more optimistic; with the sun finally showing itself this morning.

And of course, it better be. Next month's my birthday~!