Good Times
The silver OCAT ball....gateway to the office, home to the myriad of dancers 24-7...meeting place for all concerned...beacon of hope...looking festive one rainy eve.
The hilarious and kawaieeeeeeeeeee windows of a local department store...
Awwwww happy Christmas yall.
Dinner with the boys, Claire style. Question of the night provided by the cosmo quiz...
The beautiful lumiere lights display of the city of Kobe, invented to cheer everyone up after the 1995 earthquake that killed 5000. Unfortunately my coin did not hit the bell so my wish will not becomming true. Jokes on them my wish was to hit the bell....
Arashiyama Baby
Ahhh the stunningly beautiful Arashiyama...about 45 minutes from the city and definately the home of memoirs of a geisha dreams...well mainly just when they are washing the long strips of cloth in the river...a scene that was burnt into my mind for the beautiful muted tones...Lots of Japanese tourists, the grey haired army who have more energy than I'll ever have but always a good sign of something worth doing! Definate highlight other than the breathtaking vistas was my first trip in a row boat...Clearly we thought we had paid to travel down the gorge on the tourist boat which looked fun enough with gondoliers and the shrieks of drunk japanese ladies filling the canyon. But nope we were led in hysterics to the dinkiest row boat of all time...best time evah. Chiara manfully led the rowing, we shouted hello to hundreds of socially uncomfortable/manically cheerful tourists, and I led a precession of ducks down the clear turquoise water who chased my chocolate cookie crumbs...sheer bliss...
Update Schuptdate
Hey Y'all,
I do apologise for the slackness of updating in case anyone has noticed....!
All is well here in the land of extreme Christmasness and good times. Recent adventures have included Arashiyama rowboat trip, saying goodbye to the leaves at kyoto, lumiere lights festival...stay tuned for these entries. Off to Singapore and Malaysia next Wednesday for a week, feels totally random to be flying to another country and then returning home to Japan...I am looking forward to the orang utan breakfast at the zoo, Arab district cooking/walking tour in Singapore and the scenery on the bus trip to and from KL. Can't wait to see my gorgeous friends Clara and Hsiny yay!
Christmas here is fun and random, kinda outta whack with the cool weather although currently quite balmy and mild at times. Plus it's the end of the year but keep forgetting not the end of my year here. The lights and festivities are gorgeous, they really are gung ho for any holiday which you gotta appreciate. We have decorated our apartment fabulously with a milo and carol singing session last night at 1am. Christmas Eve will be a party spectacular for a good friends birthday....Christmas day spent at work for the usual 7am-3pm shift with kitch and ironic special mcdonalds christmas menu for lunch and drumroll... Christmas night fun and festivities at the Hilton hotel for traditional buffet, and visiting the Christmas festival at the sky building.
The silver OCAT ball....gateway to the office, home to the myriad of dancers 24-7...meeting place for all concerned...beacon of hope...looking festive one rainy eve.
The hilarious and kawaieeeeeeeeeee windows of a local department store...
Awwwww happy Christmas yall.
Dinner with the boys, Claire style. Question of the night provided by the cosmo quiz...
The beautiful lumiere lights display of the city of Kobe, invented to cheer everyone up after the 1995 earthquake that killed 5000. Unfortunately my coin did not hit the bell so my wish will not becomming true. Jokes on them my wish was to hit the bell....
