adventures in sumo land: day 17: quest for donuts

today weather was not bad.
still chilly, but sunny too, so warmer abit.
i spent my morning thinking about what i would do today.
was told that soccer was cancelled(at first was going to play with the koreans at 3.30) so that freed me up completely.

i realise that i have been talking and thinking about mr donut for quite some time and so i thought that it would be good to chronicle some of that donut goodness.
hence, i decided to go out and buy some donuts.

hugo: where are you going?
me: i'm going to buy donuts.
hugo: you're going OUT just to buy DONUTS?
me: yes.

so that was how one conversation went.
to get my donuts, first, i needed transport (cos i surely wasn't going to ride the bus there).
i asked my roomie if he would lend me his bike, and he said yes!
it's the blue one with a blue chain in the middle of the bike building.

ok.

blue body, blue chain. meet my ride.

so having gotten my transport, i headed out!
cycled the same way i jogged yesterday, but of course i made a turn eventually to head to the city centre.
it only took me 15 minutes to reach there!
that may be faster than bus!

but once i reach i try to find a place to park my bike.
some places put cannot park so i never park there.
i dunno what to do and i scared to lose the bike cos it's not even mine.
eventually i find a place that i think i can park at without getting into trouble.
so i park.

parked.

next, i go for a walk around the place since i reached so quickly and the weather is so nice.

nice weather in the city. bright and windy.

of course first i ensure that mister donut is still there and won't go anywhere.

so i swing by the place with the mac and the mister d.

here's the mac

and here's mr donut :)

after that, it's off to exploring!

i walk down the street and i turn into alleyways and i cross bridges and i venture into neighborhoods

so basically i just go wherever i feel like going and hope to spot something interesting there.

walking past a play ground

policeman directing traffic

a boy i met

dunno what he's looking at, but he seems happy

here's a baby at a playground that looks a little like someone i know

after taking in the sights and working up an appetite, i head back to mr donut to buy my tea break.

so, now, let me introduce to you, the legendary Mr Donut.

take a bow. note the moustache. pure class.

please also note, not smorkinng on floors 1&2

after entering the shop, i spend 400 yen on 4 donuts.

2 plain pon de rings. 1 chocolate pon de ring. and 1 churros thing.

next i get on my bike(which is still there, thankfully) and i head over to the nice longkang i wrote about previously.

glorious day by the longkang

opposite me are people playing touch rugby. and all about there are people jogging and cycling, people taking their dogs for a walk, people fishing. and all sorts of people la.

playing touch rug

i find a place to sit down and enjoy my fine donuts and my oolong tea that i brought from the dorm.

my 4 fine donuts and my oolong tea (stolen from a welcome party)

so this is a pon de ring

it is made up of connected "pons" so u pluck them out and eat. like so.

after i eat finish i head back to dorm.
but since it's still so early, i head to skool to kick about.....by myself.
so i take a little detour and end up in the middle of no where high up on a hill somewhere.