last night my host father got a phone call from his friend, who was tipped by the police that fireflies were out! it turns out the police were doing their got very well, patrolling this one strip of open countryside wathcing them for 3 hours, and when we arrived they were still there. they even stopped their patrol car and had a chat with us. there were lots of fireflies and i was reminded of zelda:oot :d. yeah that picture above has about 3 visible (the green). i took some video which i will get around to encoding later – probably turnedd out a loooot bettter ^^;.

my host mother actually put one in her pocket and brought it home, but let it free when we arrived as she feared it would die otherwise. i don’t think it wouldve got through australian customs anyways.

hmm has it really been three days since i updated?  time sure flies.  today was the first chance in a while i had to spend a day at home and relax.  i did a bit of gaming, which involved passing what i THOUGHT to be the last level of children of mana, only to find out there was another -.-.  the levels are just getting so long that i can’t get through them in one sitting.  there are saves ever four floors of the dungeon, but it takes about 20-30minutes of gameplay between saves.  i guess its mostly fun >.>.  i also managed to knock up a small amount of study *cough* and visited the Crown car dealer, as my host father reversed into a fence earlier today (lol).  the back light’s plastic cover broke, and including the complimentary cakes and orange juice while we waited for it to be repaired, it cost 13000yen ($150).  ouch.

okay i found an article in the paper the other day about the success of ds/dslite.  their monthly output is 2,000,000 units yet they still have nationwide shortages.  not so surprising.  what i was surprised at is the fact that nintendo has KANJI! 任天堂.  would’ve never thought of that…

yeah i got a bit bored in class so started taking random pictures on thursday.  funfun.  tonight is going to be a lot of dvd burning and sorting through my things and trying to pack a box to send back via sea mail.  /me looks for “you get to burning” for some bgm.

today we got to quiz some random school kids in something called 「トライやるウィーク」 or translated with lots of lost meaning “trial week”. i have no idea what this is for, but it involves these kids going all over the place and doing seemingly random stuff. they were at my host mothers gym too… and apparently have been to my host sister’s bank in the past. fun fun fun.

so as you can see, i got a bit pissed off at the boat lvl in hitman. its just such a maze to get around, and i have trouble keeping my disguise :/. so i loaded myself with guns and went for it.

i killed all 109 people in the level, and left with no suspicion (well i guess they were all dead). quite a fun way to play the game for a bit of a change. i still haven’t figured out who the witness was… unless he swam away when i wasn’t looking.

as an interesting side note, engadget japanese seems to be in a full operating state now .  nice alternative way to get ur daily engadget and study and the same time i guess.