Notes from the Bottom Drawer

AM

Least: At about 9:50am after another restles sleep. Waking in baking heat comes less that an hour of turning off the airconditioner. This cycle continues ad nauseam until the sun rises at some incredibly early hour. Luckily, complaining about the humid horrors of summer is a sport for Osakans.

Most: At about 10:50am, still reeling from the pizza from last night, I poured a digestion-related sachet of Rosie's medicine into my gullet. Although it looked and tasted like chalk, the Biofermin-R turned out to be a storm of 'good' bacteria. I was unable to find out whether there is any medical benefit of danger from the preparation. Fingers crossed.

PM

Least: Today, the Kansai Time Out told us to go into town and visit the Minatomachi River Place Flea Market. Luckily it was free to enter, because the market was also free of anything of interest. Instead, there were several mats partially filled with worn-out, bottom-of-the-drawer clothes, some boring jewellery and some wooden giraffes. Rosie cut a lonely figure as she climbed the baking steps to escape at about 1:50pm.

Most: Close to 2:10pm, we stumbled across a new Junkudo close to Namba Hatch. The shop was massive, and had generous English section and an even more generous discount English section. Luckily the books that I needed were all 70% off. I bought DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little, Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground, Conrad's Nostromo and a couple of gifts for a couple of babies. I got a bonus cheesecake for my custom - Rosie got four.


FOODNOTE

Lowlight: Chilled udon and curry at a restraunt in Namba City. Menu choice, menu choice, menu choice.