Day 40 (Osaka) : MSN the world

Well, the real store is called "Doggy the World" and you can rent puppies or older dogs to walk around the park. It's kind of ingenious if you're a single guy who needs that extra something to pick up chicks but you don't want the commitment of keeping your own pet. Ah, but the class finally started sharing a few addresses here and there so I jumped from two to six classmates on my buddy list. Plus, I got some of the hiking pictures that my classmates took with their pimped out Nikon cameras. For this post the credit should go to Shou since he is the contributor of the pictures that are in focus and have had some post editing done.

Speaking of class, I bombed the kanji test. On top of using every possible kanji they can think of from the work book, we are also given a ten minute time limit. That must be a lot of time if you read at a native level and can skim through paragraphs for content but it's out of my league. On top of the handful that I didn't study I missed a few that I knew purely because time ran out. I still pulled a 42/66 or so, whatever percentage that breaks down to and oddly enough 66 seems to be a common test cap at this school. I guess they don't like the easy life figuring percentages for 10's or 100's.

Our teacher gave an interesting tidbit about Osaka. Apparently there is a izakaya type bar in Shinsabashi that has all you can eat and drink for a little under twenty dollars. She brought it up when I was talking about Rad Brothers 2 in Susukino. I'm sure that the teacher thought she one upped me with a lower price but I bet this izakaya is on the one hour or 90 minute limit plan. Rad Brothers 2 is literally the only place in the world that I've been that has an all you can eat and drink deal that only ends when you leave, get sick, or fall asleep. Plus their food wasn't really izakaya food, it was typical bar food. A bowl of fries, a Japanese style pizza, and chicken wings. When you're drinking that is the food you really need.