Today school started again! It was awesome! And the school is new and a lot bigger, so there’s tons of students now. Other than that, today must have been the hottest day so far.. when I breathed through my nose I could feel the hot air in my nostrils! Hard to explain, but it’s definitely a sign. Of something.

On top of that, we’ve decided to SELL OUR BIKES. No, I’m not kidding. I’m selling the-most-comfortable-bike-in-the-world-bike! It may seem drastic.. but check this out. It all began when we got that f*cking 5000 yen / 450 SEK / 45 EUR / 60 US dollars / ticket for parking it wrong (Remember that the bike only cost the double). First of all.. there was a sign that any stupid foreigner would interpret as “park to the left of this sign”. A sign w a bike on it, some japanese kanji (letters) and an arrow pointing to the left where there rightfully (not) also where bikes parked.  So common.. what did we know. We did however know that there were some sort of rules when it came to parking your bike. But we didn’t know it also applied there. So that fine totally set us back. And now after investigating on where we can park it, at home and at school, we’ve now calculated it to a total of at least 4000 yen (do the conversion yourself, kthx) per month. That’s insane. I get that u can’t just put your bike wherever in a city with this many people, shit would just clog up. But that it costs as much as owning a freakin car and that you have to go through the hassle of finding a parking spot, just like w a car, but not having the convenience (airconditioner) of one… well it just doesn’t add up to me. So i’m buying a car!!! … Joking…. I’m selling my bike before I get any more fines. Period.  

So what have I learned? That my previous just-do-what-everyone-else-is-doing-tactics over here fails. It’s always worked… when you don’t understand something, just imitate what everyone else is doing and you’re probably right. That ‘probably right’, is probably not so right anymore.