Ok. So I promise a good entry with pictures...later...The last time I tried to update, I started to attach pictures, my computer froze and the whole entry died...Which sucks cause it was a long one.
But this is entirely different.
I have a story!!
So. A Japanese Potto is like a thermos. You put hot water in it and it stays warm for several hours (Im talking 24 hours). There is a button at the top that pumps the hot water out.
Anyway, since its winter, and I loves my tea, I decided to buy the smallest, cheapest one I could find. I wound up buying a thermos, with a spout, for 2400 yen (prolly about 24 dollars, before the Canadian dollar plunged), in late October. Wonderful device. Really happy I got it, but it was kind of small and I wouldnt mind having one with a pump.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, I saw that the school got a brand new one with pretty designs and stuff and it was really big, so I assumed that it was going to replace one of the smaller ones that gets refilled several times a day. makes sense. So I said, hey, if you replace the old one with that one, could I possibly get the old one, because I wouldnt mind having one. I dont know what happened, but the next thing I know, the next day, my english teacher tells me he will give me his. I told him that it was ok, and he said he didnt use it. Even after I left the school forgetting to take it with me (I was riding a bike, anyway), and I had yoga class, he left it on my door for me. Naturally I cant refuse it now.
So yay! I got a nice, old-new potto!! 2.5L. perfect.
TODAY, Tamai-san, the music teacher whose desk is accross from mine, who I had spoken to about the pot earlier (I thought it was a thing of the past), knocks on my door. In her hand is the brand new pot! She says "A christmas present from the school!" I was completely taken aback...I tried to refuse it, but no use...some people are too nice
So, now I have 2 pottos and a thermos...all together a whopping 6.5 litres of potential hot water at my disposal, with a boiling pot that MAYBE holds 2 litres!

Moral of the story...NEVER say you want something...to someone...ever...even in passing...
...though I have mentioned I want a car...where are my three cars?!