I went to work and made cookies. They were orange marmalade and walnut cookies. After work I visited the department store, Mitsukoshi, and was charmed into buying some soft beans by a Japanese sales person... She was a sweet grandma type and actually looked at and spoke to me. Usually a Japanese person will try to avoid talking to me assuming I speak no Japanese. This woman assumed I could understand and so I was grateful enough to purchase some red beans that turned out to be quite delicious. :D
I then went to a bakery/bread shop. Those are quite common here. I bought a sweet bean bun (yeah I was in a bean mood...) and an ice cold glass of milk. I sat in the shop after I had finished eating and read my latest book until closing at 8:30pm. My latest book is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I love the Miyazaki movie adaptation of this story so I decided to read the book it was based off of. I borrowed it from my boss (I have also borrowed Animal Farm from her...). So far I quite like Howl's Moving Castle. It is a story about a young girl who is turned into an old woman by a witch. When she is turned old she is finally able to speak her mind and act as she wants. The girl's body is trapped in an old crone but only when she is cursed is her true personality and bravery set free... I quite like the idea.
I got back to my dorm and spent an hour melting down three candles out on my balcony. I got them on the day we cleaned out the storage room at the place where I work. My boss found three random candles that she didn't need nor wanted and I volunteered to take them. Back in the last few days of May when I moved into the dorm I had found a lot of stuff already in the room. There were hangers in the closet. There was a flashlight. A mirror on the inside of the closet door. And also a box of matches in a drawer. I used that box of matches I had found for the candles. Also on the day I moved in I cleaned the room like crazy before unpacking (it had been somewhat dusty). The rag I had used was very dirty afterwards so I simply threw it out on my balcony. My balcony has a close-line and some close-pins strung up on it. At first I threw the rag over the clothes-wire but it kept falling down unless I pinned it. Recently it rained and the rag was still lying on the balcony sopping wet. I spread it out and put the candles on it to burn so they couldn't get out of control. I sat on the balcony for about an hour watching them burn down and melting the candle wax. I also burned a few of the dry dead leaves that were on my balcony. It was great fun for me. It has been a while since I have gotten to burn things. I am a bit of a pyro really. But I am always safe!
It was a good day. I just wish the heat would ease up...
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