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This week has been quite horrible actually. I've been suffering from this really intense cough since last Sunday and I get spontaneous cough attacks when I least expect it. I have to drink water constantly which leaves me with about 6 empty 0.5 litre water bottles at my desk at the end of the day... Yes, I have been going to work. I haven't been having any fever, just stupid cough preventing me from sleeping and forcing me to run to the toilet once every 10th minute. Today however, I went to the doctor with Tomoya's mother. The visit took about 2 minutes and he prescribed me 4 kinds of medicine to take. All in all, I take 20 pills a day. Yes, 20... Well, let's just hope that it works. I have though, been having quite a lot of luck with my students these days. Yesterday I had a lesson with an architect and he was very nice and fun to teach. Also, he wants to have a lesson every week, at a fixed time, which guarantees me those 3000 yen every week. Same thing happen with the real estate guy that I taught today. He wants one lesson a week as well. He didn't look like someone who's dealing with real estate though, but was wearing a cool hat (like the ones my grandfather wears) and was short. He was more a jazz kind of guy. And also very fun. Happy times. The cherry blossoms are falling off now though. The sidewalks are full of flower petals and the branches of the trees are getting their leaves. But it's still quite pretty. Tomorrow Stina and Ida are coming here and hopefully there will be some petals left for them to watch. Yesterday when I was in Ginza I found these lovely cups in a shop window. Stig Lindberg is the best cup designer ever, and I would give anything for these lovely big tea cups... If someone is contemplating on potential birthdays presents for me, that's a good idea I think... hehe. By the way, Japan is the land of contrasts. The area where I am working is full of fancy and new skyscrapers. But right next to them, there's an old barn-looking building overgrown with ivy... strange...