My Life Got Flipped, Turned Up-side Down

Like Will in the Fresh Prince of Bellaire, I moved from one drastically different area to another drastically different area.

It's been a full week here in Japan and it's immediately evident how the changes are effecting me. Short term, I've been waking up a lot earlier. I'm up by 6:30 am every day. Breakfast is usually at around 8 am. I'm eating a lot healthier. I have grilled fish and some vegetables with a bowl of rice for breakfast. Either that or I had two large slices of toast with marmalade spread on the top. These are coupled with a bowl of miso soup.

I'm about to go to another city for a day for which I can only pack lightly. In my DS case, I have three slots plus the cart in the DS, that makes four games I can bring along without having to make extra room. The thing that puzzles me is that originally, I had Treasure World, Mario & Luigi: Bower's Inside Story, Apollo Justice, and Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. I still have Treasure World. But I've replaced the other three with Tetris DS, Professor Layton, and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. Partially because I've gotten to a point where I've kind of lost interest in the others, but also because I've been playing more vs games, like Tetris. Also, I've been playing Mario Kart DS.

I think something that is lost in America is the spirit of non-online multiplayer games. The argument is that not enough people have DS or PSPs. Or that they don't want to travel to another person's house. Both are reasons enough I guess.

But what's great is that I can enjoy something like Mario Kart again when previously, I didn't give a shit about it. I am playing against someone who's a casual game player. Mostly she uses her DS just to do English training or Kanji study. She has a few games that people gave her, ie Girl's Mode, but she doesn't really care for them. But Mario Kart, I suck at. She's better than me. But because of my gaming experience, I can make up the difference.

I want to write about something else as well, but I'm about to leave the house again. I don't know if I'll have the chance to post for the next couple days. I will do my best though.

Take care,
David