More tales of the bizarre

Things have pretty much returned to normal in Japan. I just got my phone back from the shop. Payday is coming up, and I am chilling on a wonderful 6 day weekend. Nevertheless, there are still things that I see that are not so "normal". Maybe a month or so ago I was walking home from work and there in the middle of of a busy intersection was a tiny kitten stumbling back and forth between cars that are doing their best to avoid it. Being a compassionate human being who has no desire to see small cute things come to harm, I dashed out into the intersection and snatched up the little guy. Now it was a stray so there really wasn't much to do with it but set it loose in a safer part of the street. Luckily, it would seem that the kitten has fallen in with the gang of local strays that lurks around my apartment. Anyway, on Friday night, I was walking home from the bar, and unless I was halucinating, I saw an elderly Japanese man standing in the street in his underwear. Now, I thought about recreating my kitten heroics by grabbing the old fellow and carrying him to safety. I decided against it though, as he was a full grown man and can take care of himself. Thats about it. I did have another close encounter with nature yesterday. I was walking to the convenience store yesterday and a little bird landed next to me. I looked at the bird, and the bird looked at me. I got the distinct sensation that the bird was trying to talk to me. So I cocked my head to the side and said, "hello". "Chirp!" the bird replied cheerfully, and I felt a little happier. I also realized how weird the whole situation was. But hey, it was good for a laugh.