Compliments; good. Daytime TV; bad!

Crikey, daytime TV sucks enough in your own language, but watching naff American dramas in Japanese almost makes Chuoside (a popular Tokyo suicide method involving hurling yourself in front of an express train) look appealing.

TV off, music on, problem solved!

So, today I had my Japanese lesson, (which is getting easier, perhaps I'm making progress?!), but as much as I love my Japanese lessons, I do not like the fact that I have to get up at the god-forsaken hour of 8am! Unheared of for a bird who works 12-9. Hence I usually arrive looking a little dishevelled (large undertstatement). Today I rolled up in combats, crumpled t-shirt, no make-up and wet hair scraped up on top of my head.

Now, in England, this kind of appearance is usually greeted with, 'Looking a little rough today, Vic', or, 'Late night last night?', something along those lines. Not here. My Japanese teacher, bless her, squeals, 'Kawaii! Purincesu mitai!' (How cute, you look like a princess!).

It seems that wet, scraggly blond hair can pass for Cinderella's beautiful, wavy locks in a land where hair is generally straight and black. Perhaps, then, one should never leave Japan?