Only a couple of nights.......

This last week is witnessing an utter lack of interest on my part to go to any of the lectures anymore since A) it is still very cold (according to the paper the coldest winter Nagasaki has seen since the last 20 or so years !!) and B) I just can't be bothered anymore. But I still get up at an impossibly early hour, make breakfast (same thing everyday : toast, ham and strawberry jam and orange juice), hoist myself into the shower and then set off on my bike. Five more nights before I'm back in Amsterdam and let me tell you I'm looking forward to it.
During this cold weather the Exchange student division of the University organized a cultural exchange between the nations attending lectures here with food (to be prepared by the students themselves) and presentations also by the students. So the dutch contingent made "Hutspot", a winterdish consiting of mashed potatoes, onions and carrots plus meatballs. There was also Mihoen Goreng with Ajam smoor (Indonesia), cold springrolls (Taiwan), and food from Korea.

All of this happened outside by the way...
A group of Japanese students performed a dance while being scantily clad and freezing their butt off....... and the Chinese came with an old fashioned Dragon dance. As you can tell by the massive crowds..the interest was huge.

Here in appartment nr. 501 we cook once in a while for each other with Bart doing Italian fare, Ruud will experiment (has never cooked before in his life..not even an egg, before coming to Japan) and I will do whatever takes my fancy and whatever is available. I did bring a lot of foodstuffs from Bangkok and will send even more from Holland over here.