Halloween Party, Inside/Outside Shoes

There's a requirement for any chair in a public school in Japan.  It must squeak each time you move in it.  That is all.

We had a Halloween party last weekend which went pretty well.  Got a few Japanese people to come over.  We ended up playing a game called King's Game where basically people draw straws (chopsticks in our case) all labeled with numbers 1 through however many people there are minus 1, and that leftover one is labeled as the king.  The king gets to command 2 numbers to do anything the king wants, example being "numbers 2 and 5, kiss!"  The stuff we did wasn't that wild, and it was ok, although I'd rather avoid it in the future if possible.  Karaoke followed and I'd write about it but nothing out of the ordinary really happened.

Even in Japan I can't avoid getting a cold that comes with a cough that won't stop.  I had this cough that lasted like a month back in the states around March.  I remember what month it was because it was the month of my JET interview.  I also have a runny nose that won't stop and I have to empty the tank in between each class.  I probably use up 1/3 of a roll of toilet paper for all the snot that comes out.  Weeee!

The most exciting news of all, for me at least, is that I found shoes that I think fit!  Japan has this "inside/outside shoe" thing going on.  If you haven't guessed already, this is where they have shoes that you wear outside, and shoes that you wear inside.  They don't like to track dirt in from the outside is my best guess.  It's really annoying for me because I have a hard time finding shoes that fit, and the most readily available store that I know of doesn't have a great selection.  I found some though and am excited to try them out tomorrow.  What's even weirder is that the inside shoes have no real "dress code."  This means you can wear practically anything!  People will wear full blown out suits with sandals or tennis shoes and this is NORMAL!  It's actually kinda nice, save for the whole needing 2 pairs of shoes thing.

And now, for me, because I'm interested in this stuff at the moment:
1 USD = 76.982 JPY
1 USD = 1,152.074 KRW

鼻クソ【はなクソ】 (hanakuso)   (n) nasal discharge (aka snot)