How long have I been here again... hmm... 53 days.

Dada, a Filipina who is also studying in Komaba Campus (yay!(^-^)/) under the Monbukagakusho, told me that 80,000円 is definitely not enough when you're living in Tokyo. I know this, but if you just put me inside a 99 or 100 Yen Shop, I'll be going home with a 1千 (1000) 円 worth of things I probably would just stuff inside my drawer.

Today, I sent nearly 一万(10,000) to my mother to pay for the money they used to send me my sewing kit (with my other things, of course). What's left in my bank account is 40,000円 (Php20,000), BUT, I still have to pay the rent for my room by the end of the month, which costs 10,400円, plus I have to prepay for the metered water and electricity. Because it's winter already, I'll be prepaying 5000円 because I know I will be using the heater A LOT. It's 15ºC-11ºC here so uhm, yeah. It's still November, so that'll go lower. People are saying that it might snow in Tokyo this year, but not as much as in Hokkaido (duh~) or Kansai area. They say, snow's going to fall and then melt immediately. Speaking of Hokkaido and Kansai area, I did say (did I?) that I'm planning to tag along with Karen's group who's travelling here and there using the Seishun 18 Kippu on winter vacation. So for that, I'm also going to save 10,000円. I absolutely must not spend that 10,000. Therefore (lol), what'll be left in my allowance until the 15th of December is (dun dun dun) 20,000円 (Php10,000). IF I were in the Philippines, it would be easy not to spend much, but with the high cost of living here in Japan, especially in Tokyo, it would be hard. Very hard indeed. As Klao PMed me, DEKINAI YO!!!

Tomorrow, the AIKOMsei are going hiking in Mt. Takao.\\(≧∀≦)// Momiji~ I think we can also see Mt. Fuji from the top. Oooh~ I hope we can see Mt. Fuji!o(>-<)o There's the map guide to Mt. Takao I got from Mitakadai station, and you can see Mt. Fuji there.:3 Sorry for the crappy picture. I took it using my au keitai and emailed the picture so erm, there. I just wanted to show what Mt. Takao's top should look like.=P

I've also been given a free ticket to the National Art Center in Roppongi Hills by Ishizaki-sensei. Getting a free ticket is really good, especially if the entrance fee is 1500円. But the current exhibiton there is Milkmaid by Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting – Masterworks from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, and I don't think I'm the right person to attend such (I might find it boring ^^;;). Last Saturday, Klao and I went to the Tokyo National Museum, too (pictures here), but that was interesting, mainly because most of the artifacts displayed in the archeological section are haniwa which was my report yesterday.^^;;

What else... I mentioned it's getting colder here, so biking became more difficult. I bought a one month bus pass worth 7,500円 yesterday, so from today, I'm going to school by bus and train. I'm also learning to go to places in the cheapest way possible, meaning riding the Inokashira Line every single time (since I have a three month pass there) I go anywhere. All of us AIKOMsei are most probably going by Inokashira Sen tomorrow, since we don't have to pay anything from Kichijoji to Meidaimae.:3

Lastly, I'm planning to spend just 2,000 (excluding travel expenses) every week until the 15th. Dekiru ka na? Probably not.^^;;

So today we went to the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture. The place was huge, and would have given me everything I needed to know about the history of Japan so that I don't need to attend Boccellari-sensei's class anymore... except that everything is written in Japanese.^^;; So my tutor had to stop and explain this and that to me.

The field trip would have been fun if we went on a sunny day, not on a day when a typhoon is coming in the afternoon. And it didn't help that the museum is fifteen minutes away from the station by foot. So yeah, after fifteen minutes of walking under the heavy rain, everyone was soaked while waiting for the train that'd take us back to Tokyo one hour later.

I'm so tired right now. We took three trains, the Inokashira line from Kichijoji to Shibuya, the Ginza line from Shibuya to Ueno, and the Keisei line from Ueno to Sakura, Chiba-ken. The trains here are really convenient; you can go from one prefecture to another just by taking the train. The trip was long so I was able to rest after exploring that huge museum for four hours.

In other news, my tutor called the Sony Ericsson office to ask whether they can repair my keitai, and they said they can't, and that no shops are allowed to accept foreign keitais for repair. I don't know why Klao nor Terry wouldn't believe me. This is Japan, not the Philippines for crying out loud. Like Winston said, when you break your phone, either it is replaced with a new one under warranty, or you buy a new one yourself. Karen also told me that if ever there is someone out there who repairs foreign phones, it'll just cost me a lot of money. The next solution would be buying a unit that uses a sim card and can contact other countries, but a unit like that is very expensive. Yodobashi-Akiba doesn't sell one, Klao said, so I don't know where I can buy that. Last resort will be sending my keitai back to the Philippines, have it repaired there, and have my parents send it back to me here. I am desperate to have my phone repaired because I must have contact with Terry and Mama everyday, or else I'll go mad here. So yeah, perfect timing for this thing to stop working.=_= I was so depressed last Wednesday that I was twenty minutes late for my first class the next day, because I had no energy. What to do... What to do...

Next week marks the end of October and that means I've been here for a month already! Woot!(^-^)/ And we can use the heater next month, yay~ I'm wearing two layers of clothing and using two comforters my senpai left me. I hope the leaves will turn red already. I want a picture of autumn leaves, dammit!!!XD