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I wonder if writing style greatly differs based on time of day of said written thing.
Mom: I love your pictures from your trip last week. I’m glad you were able to go and do that. How much time did it take on train/boat to get there and back?
About 2 hours on boat. Then 60 or so km by bike and then 2 hours by boat. Apparently they only rent electric assisted bikes out and we did it on normal bikes without the right trails. I still thought it was fun though.
Recently we had someone come to church out of the blue for 1 day and then never came again. He apparently though is just going to different wards all over hokkaido so that seems fine to me.
General conference hasn’t yet happened for us so I can’t comment on it but fr I hope it was good for the rest of you.
Oh yeah, my new companion is elder Meacham. He is a little crazy(aren’t we all) but he is pretty zealous(when he is minding his witty comments). He’s a little fidgety which is an interesting thing to watch. We’ve had a solid time so far. He is one transfer older but went home for 2.5 transfers because of back issues and he lost 60 lbs in Texas. He is the senior comp on the transfer board but keeps saying I’m more like the senior comp which is only partially true. I’ve been in the area longer and know the language a little bit better. I personally think I’m just more glued to my dictionary. It’s hard to keep up with a conversation so I usually ask for a short explanation while searching it up and then unfortunately tune out their confusing explanation and continuing the conversation based off the English translation of the word. It helps if they are learning English.
Anyway, Easter happened, in Japan, Easter eggs doesn’t exist, everyone was dying them only 1 color and me and Meacham were doing a bunch of different designs and colors and material brushes were used. By the time we got back to the apartment all my eggs had been exchanged with normal ones or given away because people wanted the cool designs. Idk
Also, for peak Sunday I did not give anyone any high fives because I didn’t know that was a thing, sorry. In Japan they’re called “high touchy” which feels like you can only say to an 8 year old and it will sound normal.
One of the people I met yesterday wanted to learn English and he was baffled I was the only one in my family learning Japanese. When I listed generally all the language different family members knew he thought it was crazy they were all different. Atleast, no more than 2 to a language. I think it would be fun to do some activity where no one can speak their native language and they have to communicate but I feel like that just becomes charades.
Anyway, happy Easter. Did you know American mayo and Japanese mayo are different because Japanese mayo uses only the egg yolk and they use apple cider vinegar whereas in America we use the whole egg and use white vinegar. Well, now you do I guess.
Sorry for not knowing how to write actual emails tho. What am I supposed to write about?
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