Tock Tock Tick

So 5 days left til Aeon want a decision on if we're staying longer ... and nope ... still no closer to a decision ... kinda slipped into a decision coma ... completely incapable of even thinking about it! I'm sure my family would say that seems to be how I am with all important decisions .. but ah well ... it'll be decided one way or the other soon.

Dead Stuff on a Stick

So here it is Friday ...
And that was then ... the weekend...

Saturday was a national holiday but Little Miss Short Straw here had to work. Ah sure it was only 5 hours and was over before I realised.

After that we visited one of Daves friend's bar which is about the length and width of Mam's kitchen! But was still fun. Some damn tasty beer.

Sunday morning was Japanese lesson and conveyor sushi and then I hopped on the Shinkansen(bullet train) outta Nagoya for Kobe.

Went on my own, was a bit stir crazy in this town and Dave was in a stay at home mood so got to prove to myself that I can still do this crap on my own.

There's not tons to see in Kobe, especially after the massive earthquake in 95, but its always been a fairly international city and I really liked the atmosphere. Hung out down by the port at a massive resteraunt mall, went up in a cable car and watched the sun set over the bay, wandered through the Chinatown and drank decent german beer.

The next day Dave joined me to see Himeji castle. Supposedly if you only see one Japanese castle, you're supposed to see this one. And you can see why.

Most Japanese castles were destroyed during WW2 and were rebuilt in the 60's and 70's in concrete. There's a handful left in their original bajillion year old state. Inuyama is one, and so is Himeji.



Himeji is huge, especially compared to Inuyama and is nicknamed the White Crane Castle because ... well its white. It was cool to walk around ... and you'll notice most of the photos are looking up at the cool roofs (rooves? nah)



After the castle we wandered around a local garden before heading back to Kobe for the evening. We had some chips as a pre-dinner snack. Damn they were tasty! They came in this cone thing and on each table there was either a block with a hole in it, or a hole in the table that you could stand it up in! They were just like the Cosy Chips ... mmm.


For dinner we went to a Brazilian BBQ, and after a little confusion we realised that the actual Buffet was pretty much for decoration because the idea is to fill up on the meat. So the waiters walk around with huge skewers of different meat, lamb, pork, steak, beef, chicken, sausage and cut it straight onto your plate .... Mmmm we ate half a farm between us!

Then we hopped back on the shinkansen and came home for ... yup normal life again!

Funny how most of that post is talking about the food I ate!! Hee hee.

More Kobe pictures? Yes please!
More Himeji pictures? Um sure!

Nichi, Getsu, Ka ...

So this weekend was nothing special
Just a weekend

Although I did start Japanese lessons
Hee hee hee
It was fine, a bit of fun, just hi, how are ya, my name is ...
I'm actually the only one in the class with english as my first language
Fun fun fun though

The rest of the weekend was spent with 24, thai green curry, v for vengence and a quick trip to a local shrine. Nothing so smancy but some pretty views.

Oh yeah ... and I got the cutest darn present from the cutest darn boy ....

It's a penguin AND a bag! How cool is that? Just like a frog in a pillow!

Looking forward to this week, Counselling week, a whole lot less classes ... only two today... so I get to tidy my room, make some new posters and generally enjoy not running around like a blue arsed fly.

Oh yeah ... and Dave got his renewal to stay another year today ... so I'ves gots a feeling theres a decision to be made.



More pictures? Yes please!!!

Crackling

So cos I don't see enough of them as it is ...

Sunday was Inuyama school BBQ with 'selected' Students (90% male, chosen by our manager) and most of our staff. To be honest it was a non-descript kinda day but in a nice area, good weather, cold beer, and Dave found someone to throw with ...