So I just saw the strangest thing at the train station. Some guy must have snuck into the emergency stairwell somehow and was doing weight training with a fire extinguisher?! And to make this more bizarre he kept trying to hide behind the sign on the glass door proclaiming it off limits and an emergency exit. So while he was trying to keep fit or whatever he was trying to achieve, he kept stopping randomly and peered over the sign to make sure nobody had noticed him and disappearing as much as possible behind the sign when he spotted somebody coming closer.

In the end security asked him politely to kindly put the fire extinguisher back and get the hell out. It was a really odd start of the day. How's the start of the new year going for everybody else?

If anybody needs me I'm at the pool. (where else. Gosh I'm turning into Haru or something D: )

So I made the qualifying round for the finals but the team is heading back to Toyama. It's a little odd how quiet the hotel has become. Sure there's still lots of other competitors around but...It's just odd. Even though I barely know those guys I kind of miss them I guess.

Hopefully it'll cheer them up if I win.

Sousuke, keep an eye on Gou when you head back, yeah?

Oh yeah and sorry I got kind of distracted and forgot to check - Hirakoba how did it go?

Looking for help with English?

I'm stuying to be an English teacher and I am offering to tutor you. If anybody is interetsed feel free to leave a message here and we can arrange a time and place for a meeting.

The same goes for swimming, btw.

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Hirakoba, sorry again for getting you drenched. I hope you got back to your dorm ok. Would it be ok if I dropped by your tennis practice sometime? I want to get some more experience with other sports while I'm here.