Time Keeps on Slippin

Into the future. And holy crap, apparently I have two weeks left in the quarter. Who would've thought? I am so close to the break, and closer still to coming home. I feel like everything is going by too fast and I'll never be able to get everything done.

I looked into Kumamoto bus tickets and those are 2700円　each way, and I already plan on getting to Kyoto which is going to be a 10800円 round trip ticket again. Still need to talk to Jason about that, though. Not sure where to find geisha yet, although I suppose I could ask at the tourism office. It seems like a weird thing to ask, but I guess I'm still tied back with the Western notion that geisha are prostitutes instead of performers. I'll get over that eventually.

JM and I are still going to hike the mountain one of these days, so probably after the break sometime. I need to start going to Oita more frequently, and I'm thinking of one day just picking a random city on the train route and going there to see what's what.

Debating if I should actually try to get a job, considering it'd take away from the time I have to do things, but I guess once or twice a week wouldn't take away from things too much. It'd make up for my bus fare, at least.

One thing I forgot to point out from the other day when we took the cab back. The city is a lot smaller than I thought. The buses take forever, but that's because they take routes that are a bit out of the way and stop once every two blocks. What amounts to a 40-45 minutes bus ride is essentially a 15 minute drive at the most. It shrunk the city so much in my head that I've basically been encouraged to get out of it more, so hopefully that's a bit more possible in the future.

I also need to work harder on my Onsen Master towel. I have umm... zero, stamps. Every time I've gone to the onsen I always forgot to bring my stamp booklet, and I'm not actually sure where to find it in my room at the moment. If I find it before I go downtown later then I'll bring it along and hopefully find an onsen to hop into (unlikely that I won't, there are like three on every block).

Overall, Japan suddenly became bigger, Beppu suddenly became smaller, and I'm out of time. Now to rush some enjoyment.