Day 90 (Osaka) : All you can eat pizza... kind of

I went out to Hommachi with Rob tonight to hit up this pizza joint that had an all you can eat for 990 yen deal. The selection was full of Japanese favorites like "banana melon bread" and sea weed with miso and mayo. After going through about three plates of that crap I was felt like I was going to slip into a self induced coma. On a positive note, the restaurant served the first American sized beverage that I've ever had since I've moved to Japan. Well, outside of American military bases anyway. It was the typical 40 oz. plastic bucket that I grew up on.

After that we went over to a bar called Zerro, I think. It was a typical gaijin bar and for me the vibe there was pretty lame. There's just something about foreigners coming to Japan to surround themselves with more foreigners. The only thing that is worse is the Japanese girls that go there to practice English but the only teacher they've ever had is Elmo from Sesame Street. I kid you not, you would think that the furry little bastard was sitting right next to you. The worst part is this girl is at every gaijin bar in Japan and she is so driven to practice Japanese that she will talk over everyone, even the music which just makes her that much more annoying. It's a good thing we were just stopping for one drink before heading home.

I guess from today I'll have to get into my kanji review to get ready for Monday's exam. Oh, the exam results were handed out today. I dropped four points on the interview from a 9 to a 5 and jumped up from a 18 to a 45 on the written part so I guess that's not too bad. My goal was to double my original score of 27 so I feel short but I'm going to try to make good on that by scoring a 98 on the September exam.