I find it much harder to cope with jet-lag when I arrive back in Japan. I only managed to sleep for around four hours last night and was really tired during my Japanese lesson this morning. My teacher started by asking me to read her a story. I find it hard to read Japanese when my eyes aren’t sticking together. I was amused that she said that my reading has improved as it felt painfully slow to me. Of course my teacher is Japanese so it’s not that likely that she would tell me that I sucked.

The mosquitoes are also winning. It doesn’t seem to matter what I do but they manage to sneak into my room and night and leave me with itchy bites.