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Sunday, December 07, 2003
weekend update
discuss amongst yourselves: ...norm macdonald really did make that a strong sketch BUT tina fey and jimmy fallon made it must-see...
it`s been a good weekend... on friday at dinner, i got a call from Nao Yano, who i thought had ditched me for the great white north. apparently he had arrived in Japan on the 21st, and was hanging around kansai with his gf (!), who lives in Yao City. btw, doesn`t Yao City sound Chinese? i was really happy to hear from him, even though i was his second choice, kris being his first *shakes fist* the first half of saturday consisted of thwarted plans, much lollygagging, listening to strong bad [=)] answer his email, BIG samples of the new pantene pro-v (wahooooooo!), and refuge at Royal Host. I was so tired at taiko, that i actually closed my eyes for 6 seconds when the teacher was explaining page 5..eek. i noticed that i look really mad/disinterested when i drum... aaahhhhhh!! sucks, cuz the thing that stuck out the most when i was watching the kids drum at the midyear seminar was how HAPPY (re: joyous) they looked drumming... it was infectious really. i am the grim reaper of taiko drumming. doh. afterwards i went to mommy vball to return the uniform... ugh, i need to start playing soon, maybe on wednesday again.. but ikewaki sensei is kind of scaryeee at practice.....eeeeeeee...
sunday...i made it to church. yayayayayayayyayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayyayayyayaya like times a billion. really good. pastor jeff invited me to take communion with him and his family which was super nice. ahh his kids are so cute, esp the son. i can`t wait to get back to jgct. or go for service at tomo`s church in hawaii. after church i began christmas shopping for real... i bought seiji`s watch at big camera, and then headed over to junkyudo. i was browsing when the family called. they amuse me so much, especially when mom is giggling in the background and seiji is complaining he can`t hear anything... aahh family. i miss piling into the car at night, and driving to metro for chinese food with them... sigh. also, ee called me earlier and told me that popo`s bday went well.. apparently daniel is saying that he regrets getting married to his (ex)wife already? ai ya... i hope uncle david is not gloating too much. then off to meet nao and kazune at umeda, for which i was super late... i need major help with my inevitable lateness. argh. i am late for everything! i was late for work today cuz i spaced out on the subway and missed my transfer! annoyance!!!!
anyways. we went to fugetsu for goooooood okonomiyaki, note to self: Always order the modan version of okonomiyaki at fugetsu, then to pig and whistle to meet up with julia, justin and matt who had gone to the digital film fest and had indulged in a Gloomy shopping spree. (cue theme from Psycho) Let me explain what kind of bizarro world Japan is at times. Gloomy is this pretty popular bear with long white claws from which drips the blood of small children. Gloomy comes in a variety of pretty pastel colours including pink, and to match this attractive palette of colour, you can purchase different versions of Gloomy: Gloomy kicking a small child in the abdomen, Gloomy decapitating a small child, Gloomy rupturing the spleen of a small child... and so on and so forth. Gloomy is super popular and cool! peace peace. I`m not a fan, but I think i understand how Gloomy`s bizarro nature is amusing.. only in Japan eh?
in the end, it became really cold, and we went home.
life in japan... has become normal. stamped it. but God still blesses me with little revelations everyday, for which i am super thankful.
discuss amongst yourselves: ...norm macdonald really did make that a strong sketch BUT tina fey and jimmy fallon made it must-see...
it`s been a good weekend... on friday at dinner, i got a call from Nao Yano, who i thought had ditched me for the great white north. apparently he had arrived in Japan on the 21st, and was hanging around kansai with his gf (!), who lives in Yao City. btw, doesn`t Yao City sound Chinese? i was really happy to hear from him, even though i was his second choice, kris being his first *shakes fist* the first half of saturday consisted of thwarted plans, much lollygagging, listening to strong bad [=)] answer his email, BIG samples of the new pantene pro-v (wahooooooo!), and refuge at Royal Host. I was so tired at taiko, that i actually closed my eyes for 6 seconds when the teacher was explaining page 5..eek. i noticed that i look really mad/disinterested when i drum... aaahhhhhh!! sucks, cuz the thing that stuck out the most when i was watching the kids drum at the midyear seminar was how HAPPY (re: joyous) they looked drumming... it was infectious really. i am the grim reaper of taiko drumming. doh. afterwards i went to mommy vball to return the uniform... ugh, i need to start playing soon, maybe on wednesday again.. but ikewaki sensei is kind of scaryeee at practice.....eeeeeeee...
sunday...i made it to church. yayayayayayayyayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayyayayyayaya like times a billion. really good. pastor jeff invited me to take communion with him and his family which was super nice. ahh his kids are so cute, esp the son. i can`t wait to get back to jgct. or go for service at tomo`s church in hawaii. after church i began christmas shopping for real... i bought seiji`s watch at big camera, and then headed over to junkyudo. i was browsing when the family called. they amuse me so much, especially when mom is giggling in the background and seiji is complaining he can`t hear anything... aahh family. i miss piling into the car at night, and driving to metro for chinese food with them... sigh. also, ee called me earlier and told me that popo`s bday went well.. apparently daniel is saying that he regrets getting married to his (ex)wife already? ai ya... i hope uncle david is not gloating too much. then off to meet nao and kazune at umeda, for which i was super late... i need major help with my inevitable lateness. argh. i am late for everything! i was late for work today cuz i spaced out on the subway and missed my transfer! annoyance!!!!
anyways. we went to fugetsu for goooooood okonomiyaki, note to self: Always order the modan version of okonomiyaki at fugetsu, then to pig and whistle to meet up with julia, justin and matt who had gone to the digital film fest and had indulged in a Gloomy shopping spree. (cue theme from Psycho) Let me explain what kind of bizarro world Japan is at times. Gloomy is this pretty popular bear with long white claws from which drips the blood of small children. Gloomy comes in a variety of pretty pastel colours including pink, and to match this attractive palette of colour, you can purchase different versions of Gloomy: Gloomy kicking a small child in the abdomen, Gloomy decapitating a small child, Gloomy rupturing the spleen of a small child... and so on and so forth. Gloomy is super popular and cool! peace peace. I`m not a fan, but I think i understand how Gloomy`s bizarro nature is amusing.. only in Japan eh?
in the end, it became really cold, and we went home.
life in japan... has become normal. stamped it. but God still blesses me with little revelations everyday, for which i am super thankful.
// posted by naomi @ 10:29 p.m. 
