This past week was spent mostly working at school then at SONY. I'm enjoying getting to know the managers there, it is interesting to learn about what's involved in the manufacturing of the SONY Playstation 3 parts!

School has been extra busy with lots of schedule changes, making it a little difficult to fall into a regular routine. But the classes are going well, so I can't complain. Time goes by so quickly!

Today started off with a 1.5 hour drive to Saga to meet up with Erica and Miwako. It was a gorgeous day which made for a very pleasant drive up to Saga! Over lunch, we firmed up our plans for our 4-day trip to Yakushima next weekend (an island about 2 hours off Kagoshima). We are planning to hike up Jomon sugi, where there is a 7000 year old tree. According to Erica's guidebook, the trek should take about 14 hours in total. Gambarimasu!

Back in Isahaya in the evening, I hung at Amber's place for a while before we headed out for dinner at an okonomiyaki place near my school. She spent golden week in scuba diving in Okinawa, it was nice to get a chance to catch up.

Before heading back, we made a quick trip to the grocery store where, without fail, I run into several different people I know...and some strange guy who strikes up a conversation in the milk section. He kinda creeped me out, but Amber thought it was very amusing!