Bad hangover, nice Japanese lady...

Last Wednesday went out to Shyusan with Jen, Greg, and Phil, our help teacher. It is the first time I've been out when I've had a day off following so drank rather more than usual...Next afternoon woke up feeling absolutely awful. Finally around 2pm, forced myself to get up and dressed, and rode into town. Sat in Mister Donut for the rest of the afternoon, an American franchise owned by the same people as Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins. It sells a massive range of scrummy, donuts, cakes and coffee, as well as some Japanese style snacks and soups, and are found all over Japan. They have a scratch card promotion on at the moment in which you can win from a selection of bowls. A middle aged Japanese woman came and sat opposite me, and got a bowl set I had had my eye on. As she was leaving, she moved the box through the divide to me, and told me in Japanese it was a gift. I was well chuffed and very touched by her thoughtfulness.