Yesterday I went on a job interview. I felt it went really well and I felt that I did the best that I could. The school that I was with last year had an interview, but they did not call me for it. It hurt to know that I worked so hard for them for two years and I wasn't given the chance for full time.
Four hours after my interview yesterday, I received a call asking if I wanted the job. I was very happy to take it and I feel so great about this new start. A new school, new people, new kids. How much better could it get? It's a short term job, not the whole year, but I'm happy that I can start the year working.
This is great news!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
How Did You Do That?
Yesterday after my cousin came home from her mini-trip around the state I had the great pleasure of helping her move in to her new apartment! Her car was by far the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Mind you, this car has been parked in my driveway for almost a week, but seeing it being unloaded was the best source of humor!
Her car was LOADED! I'm talking packed so full she couldn't use her rear view mirror, the shocks were at their limit and she wedge everything in any spare nook and cranny that she could find! I watched her pull out a vacuum, 2 lamps, a guitar, a TV, 2 tables, a computer, clothes (man, I thought I had a load of clothes!), a comforter for her bed, kitchen dishes, a coffee maker, cameras, a huge bag of shoes, and boxes of other stuff! It was so insane! We couldn't open the back doors of the car when we started for fear of stuff just tumbling out. It was like a clown car with how much she had in there. Once we got it all in her room she looks at me and says " can you believe all this just came out of my car??"
"NO...if I hadn't helped with it, I couldn't believe it!" Seriously, if we ever move from this house, I want her to help me pack! We wouldn't need a moving truck at all!!!
After all that hard unpacking, we went to see the movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. It was so cute and happy. I was very very very excited about seeing the preview for Twilight... Edward=yummy!!! I however, was very disappointed that we will be in Florida when it comes out!!! I SO wanted to go with my friends here the day it came out! Oh well, my cousin says she will go with me that day (but I promised Hubby to see it with him, so I guess I can't see it opening day!) when we land in Florida. We are going for her brother's wedding. I excited because my brother and his girlfriend are going to be there, and we are thinking about a side trip to DISNEY!!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhh, that might heal the pain of not being able to the Twilight opening night with friends. Maybe, just maybe.
Her car was LOADED! I'm talking packed so full she couldn't use her rear view mirror, the shocks were at their limit and she wedge everything in any spare nook and cranny that she could find! I watched her pull out a vacuum, 2 lamps, a guitar, a TV, 2 tables, a computer, clothes (man, I thought I had a load of clothes!), a comforter for her bed, kitchen dishes, a coffee maker, cameras, a huge bag of shoes, and boxes of other stuff! It was so insane! We couldn't open the back doors of the car when we started for fear of stuff just tumbling out. It was like a clown car with how much she had in there. Once we got it all in her room she looks at me and says " can you believe all this just came out of my car??"
"NO...if I hadn't helped with it, I couldn't believe it!" Seriously, if we ever move from this house, I want her to help me pack! We wouldn't need a moving truck at all!!!
After all that hard unpacking, we went to see the movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. It was so cute and happy. I was very very very excited about seeing the preview for Twilight... Edward=yummy!!! I however, was very disappointed that we will be in Florida when it comes out!!! I SO wanted to go with my friends here the day it came out! Oh well, my cousin says she will go with me that day (but I promised Hubby to see it with him, so I guess I can't see it opening day!) when we land in Florida. We are going for her brother's wedding. I excited because my brother and his girlfriend are going to be there, and we are thinking about a side trip to DISNEY!!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhh, that might heal the pain of not being able to the Twilight opening night with friends. Maybe, just maybe.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Knitting in Public
I did go to the beach on Saturday! It was seriously the perfect day!!! There was a beach volleyball contest going on:
A sailing regatta was also taking place, families picnicking, and a coach with his soccer team playing on the beach were all part of the lovely day. I found an empty picnic table and worked on my ripple sock that I started while I was working at school. I've been working on it while I wait for my cousin to do different things at her new school. Today she moves into her apartment, so she won't need rides from me anymore... well, maybe!
A sailing regatta was also taking place, families picnicking, and a coach with his soccer team playing on the beach were all part of the lovely day. I found an empty picnic table and worked on my ripple sock that I started while I was working at school. I've been working on it while I wait for my cousin to do different things at her new school. Today she moves into her apartment, so she won't need rides from me anymore... well, maybe! Here's how my sock was looking when I started working on it at the beach:
Here's how it looked when I finally headed for home:
Seriously, look at how amazing the beach looked:
Here's how it looked when I finally headed for home:Seriously, look at how amazing the beach looked:Saturday, August 23, 2008
Beautiful Day
It is the perfect day today! The sun is shining, the sky is bright blue, and it's not too hot, not too cold! Today is a great knitting at the beach day... I'm thinking to take my projects over and sit near the sand and water (I'm not sitting in the sand and ruining good yarn!)! I just want to spend the day in a lazy way. It's guild meeting day, but I don't feel like driving all the way over there to sit inside today!
I SHOULD get out in my garden and weed it. It looks so bad! Three weeks of no care and the crab grass is creeping into my flower beds. I did pull a few weeds the other day, but not enough to make a difference in how horrid my garden looks right now. My roses however, are growing like no body's business. I'm excited that they might bloom one more time before the weather turns. I hope that they do because they are so beautiful to look at and smell!
Anyway, I'm off to the beach for the day! Knitting and swimming sounds great today!
I SHOULD get out in my garden and weed it. It looks so bad! Three weeks of no care and the crab grass is creeping into my flower beds. I did pull a few weeds the other day, but not enough to make a difference in how horrid my garden looks right now. My roses however, are growing like no body's business. I'm excited that they might bloom one more time before the weather turns. I hope that they do because they are so beautiful to look at and smell!
Anyway, I'm off to the beach for the day! Knitting and swimming sounds great today!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Crazy Week
This week has been busy and fun! My cousin came to stay with us for a few days before she moved into her new apartment for grad school up here. It's been wonderful to have her here!!! Normally we only see each other once a year, about Easter time when I would go down to Florida to visit my Nana. Since she is moving up here for school, it's been great to see her and hang out with her.
We've been just catching up and laughing a lot! My cousin is a very sport girl, so I had her teach me to play tennis. I had a old racket from my Nana that will work for now as I learn to play. It was so much fun!!! I had a great time and I'm sad that we can't play more this weekend since she is so busy with other things.
Today is the first day that I've had to sit down since we came home. It's been nice just relaxing and knitting a bit.
We've been just catching up and laughing a lot! My cousin is a very sport girl, so I had her teach me to play tennis. I had a old racket from my Nana that will work for now as I learn to play. It was so much fun!!! I had a great time and I'm sad that we can't play more this weekend since she is so busy with other things.
Today is the first day that I've had to sit down since we came home. It's been nice just relaxing and knitting a bit.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
More Photos!
After leaving Tokyo we made a short flight up to Hokkaido (my most favorite place in the world!) Here is our trip to Furano:
We went to the Lavender farms and we even ate some lavender ice cream!
We saw this giant Buddha when we were driving from Furano to Obihiro. I loved it and had to get a pict!
We went to the Lavender farms and we even ate some lavender ice cream!We saw this giant Buddha when we were driving from Furano to Obihiro. I loved it and had to get a pict! We visited the "Love Station"... yes, it really says Love Station!
We also made a stop in Happiness!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
A Little Behind....
OK, so I promised last week to have picts of the trip up... needless to say jet lag and other family life got in the way of that. Here are some of the picts that I promised last week:
This was out the window of our hotel in Tokyo. Look at the concrete jungle! No green can be found in this shot!
This was our first day in Tokyo at Asakusa. This temple is really old and has such a nice feeling around it. The day we were there a family was having a special ceremony for something. If I had to guess I would say it was for the newborn infant that one mom was holding.
31 flavors of ice cream that you've never heard of!
We also made a stop while in Tokyo at Harajiku and saw these lovely outfits!
This was out the window of our hotel in Tokyo. Look at the concrete jungle! No green can be found in this shot!This was our first day in Tokyo at Asakusa. This temple is really old and has such a nice feeling around it. The day we were there a family was having a special ceremony for something. If I had to guess I would say it was for the newborn infant that one mom was holding.31 flavors of ice cream that you've never heard of! Don't swim though the train doors when the doors are closing!
These were speakers that look like a little egg. They dance in-time to the music that they are playing. 
This is the famous Giza cross walk...everything has to stop for the people to cross.
This is the famous Giza cross walk...everything has to stop for the people to cross.We also made a stop while in Tokyo at Harajiku and saw these lovely outfits!That's all for the Tokyo part of the trip! I'll get some more photos up later! ^_^
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Home Again
Hubby and I didn't want to leave...we were having too much fun! On Aug. 10 we did go to her parents house with them. It was the first day that we really stopped and relaxed. They drove us to their house with a stop at a temple along the way. The drive was pretty, but I slept though most of it. The house that her parents live in is about a minute walk from his work. I was so jealous of his commute!
Aug. 11 we spent the day going to Toyoka. We drove to Date and saw a really old temple there, and then we ate lunch in Aputa. I had a lunch of sea urchin over rice and hubby had this:
We then went to Toyoka to see the lake and an active volcano! It was also the home of the G8 summit this year. It was cool to see that the welcome center was all green powered. It was a also a educational center so we could learn about volcanoes.
Aug. 12 was our final day. We got up early, had our last Japanese breakfast and checked if we had everything to go. It was a lot of traveling and flying time yesterday! We made it back late last night and are a bit jet lagged. I'll try and get picts up tomorrow!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Wedding Bells
Aug. 7 we went to Otaru. Otaru is known for their glass and our host mom's hometown! I think that the train ride there is the most beautiful and peacful thing I have even seen. I have been there 4 times now adn I just love it!! It was my Husband's frist trip, but he agreed with me about the train ride. On the train you can see the ocean out one window and the mountains out the other!
The town its self is very easy to get around. They are very use to have foreign people there! We sawe a lot of cute little animlas made out of glass, and we saw huge works of art made from glass! It was amazing! we got a few things there, but we didn't have too much time as we had to get back to Sapporo to meet my former school mangaer.
We met up with my manager for some more izakaya at Tsubohachi. We eat so much adn drank a lot! My manger lived in New Zealand, so she has some English skills. The funniest thing was the ice cream that she order at the end. It had tofu and ice cream and some weird flavoring. She took a huge bite and her face told us all we needed to know. "Do you want to try it?" she asked... I did. It was pretty bad. Hubby wouldn't try it after both our faces!
Aug8 we just hung around Sapporo to keep out of the way. The bride and groom were really busy, so we could entertain our selfs in Sapporo. Hubby wanted to go back to the good ramen shop that the bride took us to, so we ate lunch there. We came back home in time to eat dinner with the bride and spend a bit of time with her. She was pretty stressed out but her work was almost done!
Aug 9-The bride left early to get her dresses fitted (they rent the dresses and jewelry here). She had 3 dresses to wear. One for before the cermoney, one for the actual wedding, and one for the after party. We went with her mom and dad a bit later. The taxi that drove us to the station was really scary...he had the olympics on his phone and was watching the tv/phone as he drove us!!! OMG!!! The train ride was uneventful and I practiced my speech the whole way.
The next taxi to take us to the place was really scary! The driver didn't know how to get there, so Hubby and I gave the driections! Her mom and dad had never been there, and since we were the only ones who know where this place was it fell to us to tell the driver how to get there!!! Great, take driections from the foriegners!!!
Then we had a before party with lavander champane. The waitress spilled a glass of it on my dress... not such a good start for me. Then we had the wedding. It ws so beautiful!! The bride looked amazing and her face was so happy. He was so handsome in his suite and looked just as happy. I cried of course!
Then it was time for me big speech. I was the last speaker and I was sooooooooooooooo nervous! If I only have to do the English part I would have been fine, but I had to Japanese too! I ws so nervous and happy that I cried half way though so her mom came up to resuce me and read the words to me! I did fine with the English part... ha ha. I was the only person to hug the bride! Because I was crying, she cried!
After that, I could really enjoy dinner. Our table was the "Star Wars" table and we had all the people who spoke English there. They had a crazy game at the end with paper money to bid on 4 gifts. The first one was a melon (melons here are wicked expenisve, so it was a great gift!). The next was a box of Kobe beef stakes (again, expersive!), third was a soccer ball signed by... the groom! HA HA! The final gift was for the whole table to bid on. Our table won!!!! We got a real bottle of Dom Peraion! It was amazing!!! There was none left, but we shared it with the bride and groom!
There was a second after party and we went for a little while. It was a good time. Her parents came and picked us up from the train station. We all laughed about the funny things that happend to us during the day.
Today (Aug. 10) we are going to go to her family's house and not the house were she was living. We will eat ramen for luch one more time before we have to come back home.
The wedding was so worth it to be here for! I wouldn't have missed it for anything! I'm glad that we could be a part of it!
The town its self is very easy to get around. They are very use to have foreign people there! We sawe a lot of cute little animlas made out of glass, and we saw huge works of art made from glass! It was amazing! we got a few things there, but we didn't have too much time as we had to get back to Sapporo to meet my former school mangaer.
We met up with my manager for some more izakaya at Tsubohachi. We eat so much adn drank a lot! My manger lived in New Zealand, so she has some English skills. The funniest thing was the ice cream that she order at the end. It had tofu and ice cream and some weird flavoring. She took a huge bite and her face told us all we needed to know. "Do you want to try it?" she asked... I did. It was pretty bad. Hubby wouldn't try it after both our faces!
Aug8 we just hung around Sapporo to keep out of the way. The bride and groom were really busy, so we could entertain our selfs in Sapporo. Hubby wanted to go back to the good ramen shop that the bride took us to, so we ate lunch there. We came back home in time to eat dinner with the bride and spend a bit of time with her. She was pretty stressed out but her work was almost done!
Aug 9-The bride left early to get her dresses fitted (they rent the dresses and jewelry here). She had 3 dresses to wear. One for before the cermoney, one for the actual wedding, and one for the after party. We went with her mom and dad a bit later. The taxi that drove us to the station was really scary...he had the olympics on his phone and was watching the tv/phone as he drove us!!! OMG!!! The train ride was uneventful and I practiced my speech the whole way.
The next taxi to take us to the place was really scary! The driver didn't know how to get there, so Hubby and I gave the driections! Her mom and dad had never been there, and since we were the only ones who know where this place was it fell to us to tell the driver how to get there!!! Great, take driections from the foriegners!!!
Then we had a before party with lavander champane. The waitress spilled a glass of it on my dress... not such a good start for me. Then we had the wedding. It ws so beautiful!! The bride looked amazing and her face was so happy. He was so handsome in his suite and looked just as happy. I cried of course!
Then it was time for me big speech. I was the last speaker and I was sooooooooooooooo nervous! If I only have to do the English part I would have been fine, but I had to Japanese too! I ws so nervous and happy that I cried half way though so her mom came up to resuce me and read the words to me! I did fine with the English part... ha ha. I was the only person to hug the bride! Because I was crying, she cried!
After that, I could really enjoy dinner. Our table was the "Star Wars" table and we had all the people who spoke English there. They had a crazy game at the end with paper money to bid on 4 gifts. The first one was a melon (melons here are wicked expenisve, so it was a great gift!). The next was a box of Kobe beef stakes (again, expersive!), third was a soccer ball signed by... the groom! HA HA! The final gift was for the whole table to bid on. Our table won!!!! We got a real bottle of Dom Peraion! It was amazing!!! There was none left, but we shared it with the bride and groom!
There was a second after party and we went for a little while. It was a good time. Her parents came and picked us up from the train station. We all laughed about the funny things that happend to us during the day.
Today (Aug. 10) we are going to go to her family's house and not the house were she was living. We will eat ramen for luch one more time before we have to come back home.
The wedding was so worth it to be here for! I wouldn't have missed it for anything! I'm glad that we could be a part of it!
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
I Once Was Lost...
We have had some great adventures since I last wrote... we have also had some crazy things happen that made us a little nervous! Here's what we've done so far...
Tokyo
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Our flights to Tokyo were uneventful which was good. When we landed in Tokyo(July 30), we found it was hotter than hot! We set off after getting our train passes and rental phone to find our hotel. The hotel said it was only 10 or 15 minutes from the airport away... this is a LIE! It took us an hour on the express train!!! Finding the hotel was another challange. The directions they gave us were really weird (should have know after the major time descripancies from the station to the hotel, but NO I didn't!) Right off the bat, I have to start speaking Japanese to get help. I havn't used it in two years, before that 4 years has passed since I was in Obihiro. A little rusty... a LOT rusty. But, I manged to ask and we got luck. A nice guy who I asked was also going to that hotel, so we could follow him. Good thing, as it was dark out and we would have been lost for a while.
The next day (July 31) we got up nice and early ( no jet lag!!! YEAH!!!!!!) to go to Asakusa shirne. It's really old and we took a lot of pictures there. This is hubby's frist time in Tokyo so I want him to see a lot of cool stuff!!! He could enjoy the shirne and the shopping we did there! They have a lot of little shops that have tradational stuf there, so he was fasniated with all the fun stuff! From there, we went to Akihabura (eletric city). We walked around and saw all the cool gadgits, but Hubby said if we have this kind of place in the States that we would be broke becasue we would want the latest techno stuff!!! I hate to say it, but he is right!
After that, we did a tour of Tokyo tower. When I was a home stay student, I wanted to see Tokyo tower more than anything, because Godzilla is always there! It was my image of Japan (yeah, I know it's not accurat at all!) So, we went there so Hubby could get a good view of the city. It was so clear you could see for miles... but, Mt. Fuji had clouds around it so we couldn't see it from there! After seeing levels of observation, we went to meet my former student for dinner.
Dinner was great! Hubby tried a lot of new foods and found he really enjoys a lot of them. We ate at this izakaya (like a bar & grill) for yakitori (chicken on a stick, ha ha!). We saw talking for a long time! It's funny how everyone we have seen so far feels like no time has past and we can pick up where we left off. Hubby is finding it easy to talk with my friends that he hasn't met before because it feels like he knows them from me talking about them so much.
Our final full day in Tokyo (Aug. 1) we were going to go to Kamakura, but I feel we haven't even strached the surface of Tokyo. So, we went to Yokohama's Chinatown (yes, it is outside Tokyo city, but we were going back soon). We ate lunch at a Chinese restruant and enjoyed walking around and seeing everything there. Then we went back to Tokyo to go to Giza.
Ginza is DEADLY for us....Mikimoto pearls for me, Sony Center (techno stuff) for him. Of course we stopped at both. We did leave Ginza with a lot less than we started with, since Hubby bought me a necklace, earrings, and braclet set at Mikimoto for our five year anniversery!!!! OMG, I was crying in the store... they thought we were crazy tourist who would only look... WRONG! I have worn my necklace everyday! The earrings and bracelet are wrapped up so cute that I can't open the box yet. At Sony Center, Hubby really wanted an Mp3 Player that totally was cooler than my ipod (I feel really bad saying that as I LOVE my ipod!!) However the softwear for the computer was only in Japanese so that stopped that idea. After Ginza we went to Harajuku! I LOVE this place!! They dress all funky and have really cool clothes shops. We have almost no $$ so I found a cheap pair of shoes that I coudl get and we planed to come back here quick before our flight to Hokkiado the next day. We didn't have enough $ with us get dinner, so we had to wait until we got back to our hotel to get $$ and food!!
Aug. 2 we got up, skipped the hotle breakfast and started to pack everything that we had bought and gifts and clothes back into our suitcases. We checked out and went to the same curry shop that we found the night before for brunch. It was so good! Hubby foudn he really loves Japanese curry!! From there, we went to Harajuku to get my cute clothes and then dashed to the airport.
Sapporo
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We were greeted in Sapporo by crappy cold rainy weather (Tokyo was 34C and humid!!! YUCK!). The bride picked us up and off we went to her house. Her mom was there to welcome us and after a short rest, we were off to Shirokiya for dinner. I LOVE this place. It's really cheap izakaya and before their menu was so good!! Now it's changed a little bit, but still we could enjoy it!
Aug.3- We spent the whole day with the bride! She took us around Sapporo and Hubby was able to try ramen for lunch! YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! We don't have anything like this at home and now he is addicted!!! This is a problem now, because we can't get it!!! WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After lunch, we met the groom and went to a multi floor arcade to play DDR (ha ha, of course!) and driving games, and air hockey. It was a great time! After that, we went back to the bride's house and watche her mom fall all over her husband to be!!! I think her family really likes her boyfriend and we really liked him too!! After that we went to "circle sushi". The sushi is on a moving belt and you just take off the ones you want and then after you pay by the number of plates that you eat.
Aug 4.- We had to get up early so that we could drive to Furano to see the lavander fields. It was a lot of fun! We went with the bride's mom and dad (who only speak Japanese...ha ha!) and then they drove us all the way to Obihrio were we met up with another former student. We enjoyed dinner all together and then went to my student's house. Before bed, just us girls went to onsen for relaxing!
Aug. 5- We spent the whole day seeing the sights around Tokachi. We went to Love and Happiness stations. They use to be working train stations, but now they are just a tourist attracion. My student has never been there, and she thought we were kind of funny to want to see this! After that, we went to the Art village to see the famous art. After that, we met my former coworkers for dinner and they helped me write my wedding speech.
Aug. 6- Today we are going to tea cermony and then we will go back to Sapporo to get ready for the wedding. The wedding is on Saturday and so, we will try to get out of the way by going out with some of my friends.
That's all my updates for now... I'll try to do another one soon so it's not so long!!!!
Tokyo
******
Our flights to Tokyo were uneventful which was good. When we landed in Tokyo(July 30), we found it was hotter than hot! We set off after getting our train passes and rental phone to find our hotel. The hotel said it was only 10 or 15 minutes from the airport away... this is a LIE! It took us an hour on the express train!!! Finding the hotel was another challange. The directions they gave us were really weird (should have know after the major time descripancies from the station to the hotel, but NO I didn't!) Right off the bat, I have to start speaking Japanese to get help. I havn't used it in two years, before that 4 years has passed since I was in Obihiro. A little rusty... a LOT rusty. But, I manged to ask and we got luck. A nice guy who I asked was also going to that hotel, so we could follow him. Good thing, as it was dark out and we would have been lost for a while.
The next day (July 31) we got up nice and early ( no jet lag!!! YEAH!!!!!!) to go to Asakusa shirne. It's really old and we took a lot of pictures there. This is hubby's frist time in Tokyo so I want him to see a lot of cool stuff!!! He could enjoy the shirne and the shopping we did there! They have a lot of little shops that have tradational stuf there, so he was fasniated with all the fun stuff! From there, we went to Akihabura (eletric city). We walked around and saw all the cool gadgits, but Hubby said if we have this kind of place in the States that we would be broke becasue we would want the latest techno stuff!!! I hate to say it, but he is right!
After that, we did a tour of Tokyo tower. When I was a home stay student, I wanted to see Tokyo tower more than anything, because Godzilla is always there! It was my image of Japan (yeah, I know it's not accurat at all!) So, we went there so Hubby could get a good view of the city. It was so clear you could see for miles... but, Mt. Fuji had clouds around it so we couldn't see it from there! After seeing levels of observation, we went to meet my former student for dinner.
Dinner was great! Hubby tried a lot of new foods and found he really enjoys a lot of them. We ate at this izakaya (like a bar & grill) for yakitori (chicken on a stick, ha ha!). We saw talking for a long time! It's funny how everyone we have seen so far feels like no time has past and we can pick up where we left off. Hubby is finding it easy to talk with my friends that he hasn't met before because it feels like he knows them from me talking about them so much.
Our final full day in Tokyo (Aug. 1) we were going to go to Kamakura, but I feel we haven't even strached the surface of Tokyo. So, we went to Yokohama's Chinatown (yes, it is outside Tokyo city, but we were going back soon). We ate lunch at a Chinese restruant and enjoyed walking around and seeing everything there. Then we went back to Tokyo to go to Giza.
Ginza is DEADLY for us....Mikimoto pearls for me, Sony Center (techno stuff) for him. Of course we stopped at both. We did leave Ginza with a lot less than we started with, since Hubby bought me a necklace, earrings, and braclet set at Mikimoto for our five year anniversery!!!! OMG, I was crying in the store... they thought we were crazy tourist who would only look... WRONG! I have worn my necklace everyday! The earrings and bracelet are wrapped up so cute that I can't open the box yet. At Sony Center, Hubby really wanted an Mp3 Player that totally was cooler than my ipod (I feel really bad saying that as I LOVE my ipod!!) However the softwear for the computer was only in Japanese so that stopped that idea. After Ginza we went to Harajuku! I LOVE this place!! They dress all funky and have really cool clothes shops. We have almost no $$ so I found a cheap pair of shoes that I coudl get and we planed to come back here quick before our flight to Hokkiado the next day. We didn't have enough $ with us get dinner, so we had to wait until we got back to our hotel to get $$ and food!!
Aug. 2 we got up, skipped the hotle breakfast and started to pack everything that we had bought and gifts and clothes back into our suitcases. We checked out and went to the same curry shop that we found the night before for brunch. It was so good! Hubby foudn he really loves Japanese curry!! From there, we went to Harajuku to get my cute clothes and then dashed to the airport.
Sapporo
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We were greeted in Sapporo by crappy cold rainy weather (Tokyo was 34C and humid!!! YUCK!). The bride picked us up and off we went to her house. Her mom was there to welcome us and after a short rest, we were off to Shirokiya for dinner. I LOVE this place. It's really cheap izakaya and before their menu was so good!! Now it's changed a little bit, but still we could enjoy it!
Aug.3- We spent the whole day with the bride! She took us around Sapporo and Hubby was able to try ramen for lunch! YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!! We don't have anything like this at home and now he is addicted!!! This is a problem now, because we can't get it!!! WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After lunch, we met the groom and went to a multi floor arcade to play DDR (ha ha, of course!) and driving games, and air hockey. It was a great time! After that, we went back to the bride's house and watche her mom fall all over her husband to be!!! I think her family really likes her boyfriend and we really liked him too!! After that we went to "circle sushi". The sushi is on a moving belt and you just take off the ones you want and then after you pay by the number of plates that you eat.
Aug 4.- We had to get up early so that we could drive to Furano to see the lavander fields. It was a lot of fun! We went with the bride's mom and dad (who only speak Japanese...ha ha!) and then they drove us all the way to Obihrio were we met up with another former student. We enjoyed dinner all together and then went to my student's house. Before bed, just us girls went to onsen for relaxing!
Aug. 5- We spent the whole day seeing the sights around Tokachi. We went to Love and Happiness stations. They use to be working train stations, but now they are just a tourist attracion. My student has never been there, and she thought we were kind of funny to want to see this! After that, we went to the Art village to see the famous art. After that, we met my former coworkers for dinner and they helped me write my wedding speech.
Aug. 6- Today we are going to tea cermony and then we will go back to Sapporo to get ready for the wedding. The wedding is on Saturday and so, we will try to get out of the way by going out with some of my friends.
That's all my updates for now... I'll try to do another one soon so it's not so long!!!!
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