Summer Time!

I turned 35 on July 4th!  Can't believe it...except when I look in the mirror!

Rainy season barely began in Kanagawa this year, and now it's hot hot hot!

Fortunately I am escaping in a couple of weeks and going home for a month.  Unfortunately, hubby can't come with me!  Can't wait to see my family and friends, do some sightseeing, eat some Aussie food and chill out.  No riding stupid trains for a whole month, no sweating just by walking outside, and no clueless people to deal with at work!

Before that I have to go to Tokyo a couple of times, have a weekend in Yamagata to say goodbye to friends as they finish their time in Japan, and get organised (souvenir shopping!) and packing!  Oh, and have a couple of days training for work too :(

Took these last night from the balcony.    I love clouds!





Enjoy summer! 

Earthquake.

Hello everyone,

Just letting you know that I am fine here in Kanagawa.

My friends in Yamagata and Miyagi seem to be fine too, although lacking in food and gasoline.

There hasn't been any school for two days and I've been glued to the TV since I got home on Friday night.  The trains aren't fully running and the trains to the town where my school is are not running.

Power outages started yesterday although Fujisawa was okay.  I think we are getting one today though, for about three hours.  This will probably continue until April.

Kuni and I have enough food and water for a while I think (if we stop eating so much!).  Everyone is panic buying though, so many items are gone from the shops.  For example, water, toilet paper, tissues, meat, milk, bread, rice, pasta, gas canisters, cereal and noodles.

Now with the nuclear threat, things aren't looking so good for eastern Japan.  Nobody seems to know how bad it is exactly though.

Wonder if Kuni will run away to Australia with me....?

A Night Out.

Last Saturday night, Kuni and I actually went out!!!  Usually we stay home and watch crap Japanese TV and go to bed by 10pm.

We met up with his good friend, Yuji, and his new girlfriend, Hiroko.  At least, I think that is her name.  My memory is failing.

First stop, Shirokiya!


Mum gave me some penis shaped straws for a Christmas gift gag. so I took some to the izakaya so we could try them out!


Yuji always makes a crazy face!


May have had a few drinks by this stage.

After the izakaya, we weren't really ready to go home, so we went to another restaurant which sells deep fried food on sticks.  It was my first time to try a restaurant like this.  Very yummy but oily!!


Weiners and onions, maybe.


No idea what the fried item is!  But the item behind it is roasted garlic.  Yum!


Cute couple!


We gave him a calendar.


When photos like this are being taken, you know it's time to go home!

Anyway, it was a good night out!  I suffered for it the next day though!