Impromptu Bender
Thursday:
Daichi invited us to his sister, Michiko's surprise birthday party. He
cooked stew (yummy!) and a selection of other treats; a true chef! Tressa and I got Mi-chan a necklace. We also stopped in at a novelty shop called Bulldog and tried out some potential costumes...Friday:
For what seemed like a fairly
mellow weekend, we ended up with a BENDER. Friday we went to Utsunomiya on a wim. Made an appearance at The Lion's Head, gaijin bar, and were just about to leave when Daichi started chatting up the folks at the next table... so rather than be good and go home, we went to another pub and got some British boys to buy us drinks. Unfortunately Tressa was harassed by several of them: watch out for drunken Brits. In an effort to defend Tressa's honour, Daichi nearly 
roughed up one bloke (after kicking a chair clear across the room, which was friggin hilarious and scary at the same time) who, it turned out, was the wrong guy!After the second bar, the group of us headed to a dance club called Birdland. The club was dead because there was recently a stabbing there - a little intimidating - but, as such, we got to meet the owner who bought us tequila shots all night. We got back to Shimo well after the sun came up.
Saturday:
Slept pretty much all day in preparation for an outdoor rave we were supposed to attend on Mt.
Tsukuba... by dinnertime, however, we were well into a nice typhoon and as such the rave was cancelled. The back-up plan came together immediately: KAREOKE!! Tress, Trav, Jody, Nori, Dan and myself sung our hearts out until the wee hours.Sunday:
**cough, choke** Slept
pretty much all day...My mom: "Crystal, don't you think you're a little OLD to party like you do?"
"no"
Mom: "Well, YOU ARE!"
Whatever mama (happy birthday, by the way)!
Tonight Tress and I drove to Tomobe for Brad and Neil's going-away dinner. We met the new teacher, (replacing Brad) Krista, from Newfoundland. Now I'm off to dreamland **yawn** BON VOYAGE, BRAD & NEIL!
oh my god... you are tooo friggin funny. Your pics came out way better than mine did.
lots of love,
Jody Chan