still snowing???

i left nagaoka last wednesday. it was snowing at that time. but since i'll be going to tokyo, i didn't want to bring an umbrella or use snow shoes. so, when i went to the bus stop in hurry, my coat was covered in snow. because of the snow, the cars moved in a very slow pace. at the station, i bought the seishun 18kippu for just 8k yen (originally sold at 11,500) because it's the 20th anniversary of the privatization of JR. i left nagaoka at 1032am and arrived in ueno at 355pm. 18kippu can be used 5times on the local JR trains. it wasn't such a bad travel, even if it took me 5.5hrs. on the way to minakami, the snow was heavy, i couldn't take good pictures. in ueno, i bought 2 books, the other side of me by sidney sheldon & the new book by mary higgins-clark. i then went to the filipino store in kannai and bought banana (saba), itlog maalat, purefoods tj hotdogs. i then met jay at hamamatsucho eki and ate dinner at a chinese restaurant. in contrast to nagaoka, tokyo was very sunny.

on thursday, i just went out to buy rice and some meat. i didn't go anywhere else. on friday, i also stayed at home. on saturday, jay didn't have any class and janz was in abiko (can't meet him), we just decided to stay at home. in the evening, we went outside for dinner. we wanted to walk all the way to tokyo dome, but it was just too far and we were already hungry. so we ate at jonathan's. i think it was about 2 or 3 blocks away from tokyo dome. but, it's a 35-minute walk from jay's apartment.

on sunday, we went to church at the saint ignatius church near yotsuya eki. we thought the mass would start at 11am. we arrived at 1125am and the japanese mas just ended. apparently, the english mas is at 12nn. we met janz, aris, ken, and lito there. we went to akihabara together. we ate at yoshinoya. with the exception of lito, we looked for some stuff in akihabara (it's the last weekend of aris & janz). then, we walked to ueno to see some sakura. it wasn't in full-bloom yet. most of the trees don't have flowers yet. we had niku-man (siopao) for snacks. for dinner, we ate at ichiran. after that, they went back home to abiko while jay & i looked for a coat for me.

yesterday, i went back to nagaoka by local train. i took the 1025am train to takasaki from ueno. i met Nga at the train to minakami. there were so many passengers. we arrived in nagaoka around 349pm, 5minutes later than scheduled. we went to ito yokado to buy some groceries then went home. there was a little snow. my coat wasn't completely covered in snow, but i had to wear my bonnet and gloves because it was very cold.

right now, the sun' shining. it didn't snow this morning. although today's forecast shows snow, i hope it's wrong.