Mankai

Meaning "full bloom".

View from my balcony.

I have so been falling behind on this.

There's not much new on the home front these past few weeks, but life continues. I can't quite believe it's the end of November, since there are flowers still blooming like crazy, and I don't think the temperature has yet dipped below ten degrees, although it feels colder at night, since the air remains wet. I don't think I'll quite be rid of humidity in the air until I go back to Canada, despite protestations from my acquaintances that in winter it can get quite dry here. Perhaps indoors, where the heating will mercilessly flay the moisture from your skin unless you are possessed of a humidifier or a very good moisturizer, but not outside.

Stuff and nonsense

Ok, I've been failing at posting, but in my defense I was in Tokyo, and then sick. You see, I purchased a toothbrush about two weeks ago and, not understanding Japanese writing, did not realise that it would be like until scrubbing one's oral cavity with a bundle of sticks... and that the bristles wouldn't relax. Long story short, I ripped up every inch of my gums and now have a raging case of coldsores everywhere, so bad that I had to take the day off work so I could just... not talk. I'm going back to work tomorrow but... I'm not sure how well that will go. Smiling huuuurts. I don't want to be genki.

That aside, life's been pretty normal. Tokyo was a blast, but I'm not putting up a pictures post since I got like, zero comments on the last one and I am not doing all that work for no reward, so you'll all just have to deal with it and look at my album on Facebook somehow ;)

This is my neighbour's garden. It smells divine when I pass by, by the way. Flowers in November! Crazy country I live in!