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Breakfast racism

9:10am JST Sunday 2 December 2007 (day 13766)

Went down to breakfat with the other CDF. The

point is, she was all, 和食は大丈夫ですか？

And I slathered her with たてまえ：「おおお和食がいいいいですよね」

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Basically, translated: "is Japanese food okay?"

"Ohhhh, Japanese food is sooooooo goooooood."

WTF(*) is she asking me if I can eat Japanese food? Am I not in Japan? Am I not in a Japanese restaurant? What if I said "no" would she have brought out a big slab of cow for me?

Racism is a good thing for me to experience. It certainly helps me be aware of my own projections on people I see.

(*)Why, not What.

Mt Ohmuro

4:19pm JST Sunday 2 December 2007 (day 13766)

Pretty cool, and fun on the lift, though quite touristy. Special bonus: paragliders.

Ami and I enjoyed walking around the top of the mountain. For some reason I seem not to have taken any pictures of the archers in the caldera, but there were some. It seemed as good a use of the grassy field with solid rock backdrop as any other.

I did, however, eat wasabi flavored ice cream. Woohhhoooohhhhhoooooooo yahch!! was my overall response. Really weird flavor.

Here are the pictures of the whole trip.

byebye party for Max

9:19pm JST Sunday 2 December 2007 (day 13766)

Fun times; I hope he has a nice trip back home.

byebye party for Max