It's finally autumn!

It's finally autumn! The weather has been beautiful recently! Lovely sunny days with a nice cool breeze. The trees haven't started to change colour yet though. Sam said November will get down to 10 degrees.

Sam had a day off last Thursday, as he went to school the previous Saturday for the Sports Day. We rode up to Costco and bought a huge box of grapes.. they were all good! Sweet and crisp! We bought some Costco cookies, which looked pretty amazing. They didn't taste as good as they looked though. We grabbed something to eat whilst we were there. Sam got a slice of pizza (which is like 2 normal slices) and a twisted churro for me. My churro was a bit to dry in the middle for me. Nothing like the Dulce de leche filled ones from Rockdale! You can get a cup where it is unlimited refill for cheap. I want to try their Hokkaido soft serve. You get a lot for the amount you pay. You could make some tasty floats as well! Made some chocolate chip cookies that night as well. The butter was really airy when I melted it, which I thought was strange. Our microwave unfortunately only has 10 degree increments and I needed 165 degrees celcius. Had to experiment with a few different batches. Forgot to take pictures this time. Sam made gyudon (beef bowl) for dinner.. Mmmm... 

Gyudon

Costco twisted churro

Slice of supreme pizza

Started Japanese class at the HIA on Monday. It's not really what I expected. Most people in the class know Katakana and Hirigana (Japanese alphabet). I'd have to say it would be VERY hard if you didn't know either with the way things ran. There were a lot of people from different countries in my class. Quite a few people were from Indonesia surprisingly. The teacher spoke in Japanese the whole lesson and used a few picture cards. Probably ideal with people coming from different countries and as they say a picture is worth a thousand words! Managed to understand and follow what was happening (thanks to Sam teaching me stuff back in Sydney). Will need to read through the lesson in the textbook prior to class if I want to have a chance of following what she says. She moves pretty quick.

The english club at Sam's junior high school is doing a song for their culture festival. Sam will be accompanying them on guitar, so I've been hearing a lot of 'The lion sleeps tonight' and 'wimoweh'ing. It's a very catchy tune that tends to stay in your head for a while!

Decided to have a bath yesterday. Bath here is soo good as it's quite deep and wide. You can sit and have your shoulders under the water!! =D It's not as long as the bath tubs in Australia, but I prefer this kind. On the wall is a panel where you set the temperature of the hot water, we figured about 42 degrees is pretty good. You can reheat the bath water with the press of a button too! Good if you have a large family.

Sam and I are going to bible study tonight in the city. It's a young adults group and we'll be going through the book 'What's so amazing about grace?' by Philip Yancey. Will be interesting to do group with people from different places!

Bought these num nums at the local bakery. The croissant with the chocolate in the middle is one of my favourites. Not a fan of chocolate croissants in general but this one appeals to me for some reason.. Maybe the large amount of chocolate in the middle??? =P The apple danish was a new product. Had to get it because it was fresh and hot!

Bought some throat lozenges today. Was quite surprised when I opened the box and found sticks of lozenges not a blister pack.