Despite it being another very hot Tuesday today, 4 "loyals" pleased me with their company: Kiara, Chelsea, Miranda and Crystal. As it was Crystal's and Miranda's first time after my holiday, I had to face some more questions about Germany, but our conversation soon drifted to "abroad in general" (most of our ladies here have one or another travel experience), and we discussed the Japanese custom of buying & giving souvenirs, which sometimes turns out to have a little "mandatory" feel to it. 
We also talked about the unique idea by an airline to install "standing seats" on their planes with the purpose of making even more money - read on!
Once you're on the plane, seats might look like this:




Our tasty sweet was purple today:




And we learned some useful idioms today, some which are actually being used in daily conversation quite frequently:




Ok, keep on sweating (but don't melt!)

The "Master"