It's Fall!

It's fall/autumn for sure. I saw some frost on the ground going to work today. Next month the heaters in the classrooms get turned on. Yay!

Actually, the classrooms aren't the bad part -- it's the hallways. On sunny days like today, the sun shines into the classrooms which also have around 30 live bodies in them. The hallway is on the shady side of the building, and the doors to the school are left open, so cold air comes in, and goes down halls. There are no fire door separating the stairs from the halls, all the halls are cold.

Yesterday was the third Thursday in November (also payday). What that means is the 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau is out. I had never had any, so I bought a bottle. It was Y1950 for 750 ml. Wine is spendy here. I was surprised to see that American whisky sells for about the same price here as it does in the US. Beer is anywhere from Y115-350 a can, and you don't save any money by buying a six-pack. They sell cans that are the same size as American beer, as well as a larger can. Wine, however, is expensive. (The exchange rate, as I'm writing this is $1 = Y95, meaning the dollar is weaker than normal.)

My impression of the wine: meh. But it is only a few weeks old...