I had an excellent day yesterday. I made sure to see off Tim on his new adventure in the morning. After that I went down to do my laundry and me and Taka talked for a long time and had some coffee. That helped after the night before. Me and Taka had stayed up until 2:30 in the morning drinking plum wine and talking of everything. Anyway, after that we made plans to go to the river so she could help me with my Japanese. We went at 1 and stayed until about 5:30 or so. She is so easy to talk to, very good company, and more lovely than the autumn leaves. She invited me to a home cooked vegetarian meal which of course I could not refuse, nor wanted to. Dinner was not until later in the evening, so I went to study in my room. Over the course of the day I manage to complete two sketches and finish off a book. When dinner time arrived one other person came to join us. Taka presented us with the most beautiful and delicious meal I have had since I have been here. We sat and talked about music, life and so forth. The evening drew to a close and we each went our seperate ways, sleepy time had arrived and I awaited the next day.