Re-entering the US-Part 2

Note:Please read previous post.

After a really short flight and a really long wait(ironically, security's not too thick here), we got off the plane at Tokyo. We had some time before our next flight, so my dad and I went to catch up on our(delayed) lunch(as well as breakfast).

I was real thirsty so I asked the shopkeeper at one of the stalls for some water to drink. He brought a cup of water and said(in a hollibre accent):

Her' yo goe, wotel convenently form Toyo's taditeonalest' taps.

Me:Could I get a bottle of spring water?

Him: can no. Sprong watel chalge exta.

Me:okay, fine. How much does it cost?
He held up 5 fingers.I dug in my pockets for a five-yen coin.I paid him. He shook his head. I looked at the coin closely. It wasn't counterfeit. I'm sure of it!
Me:what's wrong?

Him:500 yen

Me:oh. Isn't that expensive?
Another tourist came by. he told me to relax, the exchange rate between Yen and USD^ is real low. i still wasn't convinced. Sure, i was in China, where every thing's cheap so it might be a psychological factor, still.... The shopkeeper(seeing my hesitation) offered me a whole !100! buck discount. I snapped up the deal immediately.

2 minutes later, after I mulled it over...

Me:Wait a minute. Did I just burn $4 on a cup of tap water?

We then proceeded to eat lunch. The noodles was cheaper, albeit only a little.
We ate lunch together. Him: Too little food, eh? I looked at the bowl. it looked like it's wide enough to feed a whole platoon of, well, mice*.
Me:Relax. it can't feed a platoon of soldiers, but it's more than ample for me.
I then proceeded to try to use my spoon to waddle a bit of soup. and then again. and again. After a lot, of effort, I finally manage to get a half-full spoon. Man, are these bowls shallow. Despite the length of a bucket on the outside, it's shallower than Quiswart's insults**!

Here concludes this post. Next post will feature the extreme effeciency(or lack thereof) of American customs and securities.


^one USD equals 100 yen.
*Technically, mice don't form themselves into platoons, but it's a figure of speech.
*an exageration, but not by much