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Hey,
It has been a long time since my last post. I do apologise to all my fans and addicted readers ;)
I have not been up to anything very exciting these last few days. Have been working extremely hard at school ( as I always do...) and have been  going to a lot of cold morning trainings in Toulouse or Bordeaux...and by cold I mean freezing!
I have also booked my trip to Sapporo for the end of November. Sapporo is a big city on the island of Hokkaido in Northern Japan.           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo
Sapporo has an amazing night life so will definately be checking that out and going skiing soon at Teine.

Sapporo Teine

As promised in my first post, here are some photos of my HUGE dormatory.

View of the A building in Global Village. My room is the bottom row on the far left side of the first building.

To the right of this lovely, very narrow corridor,  is my roommates fridge and cooking plan. Located to the left of the hall is the smallest bathroom ever! I have seen a lot of small bathrooms in my student life but this is ridiculous! Next to that is The Famous WC( Interesting story about those later).
Japanese houses have sliding doors- it makes everything a lot easier and saves space. It does take some time to get use to however. The first week I came home after a beer or two... or ten...I don't really remember... I went to open the door thinking that i just needed to push it in and nearly broke my nose.

I love just laying in my bath... Can't even get one leg in there!

My room

So now about the Water Closet that is a part of a Japanese tradition which I just can't do.

The Japanese WC...

So in Japan, they wash their backsides with this funky backside spray that shoots out from the toilet. There are a bunch of little buttons located on the side of the toilet that you can press to dictate the functions of the toilet (seat tempurature, backside cleaner, flush, etc.) A couple weeks ago I decided to try it. At the beginning it was a very pleasant, nice, warm seating experience ;)
 ...but then came the time to wash my backside. I didn't really know how much pressure was needed in order to get a good clean because there is no "This is how it works" manual. I decided to go medium pressure, expecting some nice gentle clean. WRONG!! It was like a bloody jet spray.  Had me jump straight up, water going every where, I could not stop it (the stop button was not working) so I proceeded to  unplug the whole thing. By this time I have gotten a wet, non-clean backside and water all over the floor. Luckily enough there was some toilet paper so I just did it the good ol' western way. Because I am not a fan of getting my backside jet sprayed, I will never try this experience again.

WC happenings aside, I have found a way to keep on the weight: 10pm snacks consisting of noodles, beer, and Norwegian chocolate.

10pm snack