We woke up early because Ayako had a part time job interview to be a promotional sales girl. Wasnt sure what that was but it seemed like something short term and she wanted just to move out of the house. Ayako is what one can call a wild fire girl in any culture. If the norm is to go straight down the path she is going to zigzag all over the trail to see what life has to offer. She has goals that conflict with her parents wishes and are totally opposite of why she studied in Boston. She had arrived back home a week before I came and had been in a bit of a depression. She told me a lot of personal info I wont get into and made it clear she hated living in Japan and missed America. I guess I reminded her of back home and since my arrival to Fukuoka her spirits have jumped. Originally the plan had actually been for me to stay at our friend Yukie's place who had kept the offer up but I knew that I should stay by Ayako side to at least keep her head up and hope she finds her own piece of happiness. We left much earlier than the appointment time itself because i had to turn my phone on at soft bank and exchange my American dollars.
On the way out I noticed that when you leave the house you need to scan a security card. There goes my escape plan if my meeting with her father went sour （−＿−；）who by the way, in the photos looked like a guy who doesn't fuck around! He had this Judo champ build with a Donald Trump suit that let you know how the hell they had such an amazing home. That dude was running shit!
It was an adventure looking for her future part time job. In the process of asking conbini workers directions I was able to look for melon pan which was a fail. Ayako passed me her phone to contact me after her appointment and told me to do what I do best: get lost.
I went in a random direction that lead me to a canal. I saw some steps going down that brought me to a path along the canal. Finally some graffiti under the bridge. Took some shots of a fox and a spray can painted under the bridge as well as tags and decided to rehearse my songs while being isolated under the bridge.
Immediately Ayako's phone buzzed with a a text message from Yukie. I was able to read my name and the fact that it was a question asked but was unfamiliar with some the kanji and words. I wanted to respond by telling her it was me on the other line but that was one confusing phone to use. I felt like a customer at an Apple store who never used a Mac. In my attempt to text her back I got a call from Ayako. Already!? 10 minutes went by there's no way a successful interview would be that short. I met her at the conbini and was not surprised to hear her say she turned down the job. Apparently the job would have required her to jump around from place to place and she was not fond of going to different locations everyday. Couldn't blame her, it took us 45 min just to find the interview spot and from yesterday's experience of bouncing around the station trying to find out where she parked after we met up, one thing was clear: she is bad with directions.
She told me she wanted to try her hand at bar-tending or working at a pachinko. It turns out working at a pachinko was looked down on in Japan. It is a gambling spot and as popular as they are, from the position her family is in, I'm guessing it's a step down. She didn't mind the only thing that bothered her was the arguments she was going to have with her family over it. But it is just a short term plan and sometimes you gotta do what you do. Point A to B sometimes requires us to jump to L just to get back to B.
Anyway she called Yukie who was working at her Eye clinic and we made immediate plans to go down there for me to get a new pair. She was gonna give me the hook up with a free examination and stylish lenses I picked out from a link she sent me. We had been essentially email penpals for nearly 6 months and it was very helpful for my Japanese studies cause she barely knew English and I had to translate and communicate back in Japanese.I told Ayako I brought her a gift from the states and at that moment I realized tomorrow was Ayako's birthday and I had nothing to show for it. And at that moment I realized I lost a lot of cool points. She said it's ok, but when a gal tells you it's ok, IT IS NOT OK! I will have to think up something in our trip ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
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