Saturday, November 7, 2009

Forgot to Mention...

TODAY IS MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY BEING IN JAPAN!

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Well I thought I would put up a post really quick before I bombarded this page with Disneyland shenanagins! OUCH! It's 11:30 here and I have to meet up to jump on a bus @ 6:45!!!


AHHHHHHH

Just finished a mean game of scrabble though and came out on top 275 to 245....gotta love playing SUAVE between given and pipes = w00t!!!!



Don't hate on my takin a picture of my Saturday night activities either! haha like I said I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow so I need to rest up. :)

Ok, so for those of you who wonder how many koi fish there are around here...I decided I would take a picture when riding home from work today going across a bridge... and here you are....



Yes koi(aka carp!) are everywhere here....just about under every bridge and also every mellow spot in rivers I see some pretty big ones. It's really great riding my bike to my branch though and throwing some food out and feeding them though, a small highlight of the day...besides riding my bike to work which is also very fun. I always see something interesting or almost get run over, but Japanese people are such curtious drivers I can basically ride in the middle of a lane and they will wait for me(patiently of course) until they have enough room to curtiously pass me by.

On Friday's and Saturday I ride to work, It only takes me about 20 minutes to get there, and 10 - 15 back because it's downhill. It's a nice bike ride, just enough you know! A couple songs to listen to and not really too much strain or exercise...love it actually. For some reason took a pic of lunch on Friday...funny huh :)



Yes that's salmon sushi. In America I really didn't care for salmon raw so much, but here it tatses diffrent! Better I think, I really like it a lot. Also some dried mangos, which are becoming very common with me...I love them! I think the fam in Kauai should start drying the thousands of mangos they harvest and send them to me(HINT!), btw mangos are crazy expensive here, one mango... 8 bucks! but dried aren't so bad. Somtimes prices in Japan blow my mind, grapes...5 bucks! WHHHAT....a coffee at Starbucks here, tall, $2.00~

Anyways peep my cat! She's been very annoying this week....she's getting super huge though I think she wants to get outside. I feel bad everytime I leave work because I leave my balcony open and I see her head peeking out watching me leave...hmm, maybe next time I'll take a pic of that for some proof!





Haha it was so funny when she jumped up into the freezer, I tried to shut her in but she wasn't having it...I've managed to shut her in the fridge once I thought it was very funny! Don't worry no animal cruelty going on cat's are just annoyingly curious...never really understood the whole saying until I got one....it's annoying but really funny sometimes.

Anyways it's time to say goodbye....to my Jalepenos. Winter is almost officialy here in Japan and my babies that I raised to fruitition are dying out. last night I harvested the last of them, which are incredibly spicy by the way(YES) and put them in some pasta I cooked with some scallops w00t! Also in the pic is the last of the basil...you did good minature farm on my balcony, have a good winter and hopefully see you in the spring...for just a little while :)



Anyhow that just about does it for the past couple of days. Disneyland should be interesting, hey at least I get to go for free!!! And be with kids while at Disneyland, I really wouldn't care to go there by myself...I hear Disney Sea here is pretty rad, I'll try and peep it out while I'm there. Who knows! HAHAhA Starbucks has already started playing Christmas songs here...really funny in Japan...amercia tooooooo?????

Sunday, November 1, 2009

YAY November!

After doing a week of Halloween parties with little kids I am happy to see the holiday go! Here's a shot goofing around with the eyeball race eyeballs before class started :P



My Dame Ningen costume was a hit though. For some reason I even was top five in the costume contest at the bar I went to....which was really funny. Michael Jackson won though, lol I wish I would have taken a photo it was really funny. He was the "Thriller" Michael Jackson with the red jacket...pretty cool!

Here's some shots of kids on Saturday! I really like this one for some reason...maybe the lighting or something



These boys are always hallarious!!! Playing games with this class was very fun!





Getting very anxious to come back home! Also finally over a little sore throat so I can enjoy some hiking and being active again. All the trees are starting to change colors here, very pretty stuff...ohh, I even think I have a pic of that outside a combini!



This was last week so they're a little more red now...very pretty riding my bike down the main drag in town when the wind blows. Here's another pic on my way to a branch I work at...see the big koi???



Buying my ticket this week to go home w00t! Also figuring a way to re-arrange my room to make part of my bedroom a little living room! After payday gonna drop some money on a couch! Stoked!

Next weekend probably going to Tokyo, itching to get into the city for some reason and just kick it! Tokyo is insane and just being in the city is a really good feeling. Anyways...THE NEW WEEZER ALBUM COMES OUT 11/3 or !!># as I wrote it the first time :P If anyone wants it hit me up on SKYPE !It's gonna be good....might as well link a youtube video

Friday, October 30, 2009

DAME NINGEN!

Or sucessfully translated as loser! Lol luckily one of my teachers got this tie for me which you'll see in the next picture...as a kids here automatically think scary. I asked a students what I was, they had no clue, on kid even guessed dracula!







This was by far my favorite group! We had a skeleton scavenger hunt, just imagine all these kids running around in the dark with flashlights looking for skeletons with creepy music blasting and it being pitch black. The other teacher I work with had two costumes, and kept switching in order to scare them...couldn't stop laughing!

Anyways I can't wait for Halloween week to be OVER!!!! As easy as it is it's rough controlling kids who are hyper as f*** because they're having so much fun. One more day!!!!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Busy weekend!

Who's that handsome fellow with a mustache in the local mag???



wait...lets take a closer look on a different page :P



discovered this today (Sunday)while waiting for my driving lesson. My teacher happened to be an hour late. HEY BUD! WTF, don't make a lesson Sunday morning @ 8am and forget about it DICK! This Japanese drivers license is definatley going to be a hassle to get :( I love the procedure for getting out of the car....

1. Unbuckle your seat belt.
2. Look for cars coming...wait
3. Open the door 15 cm and look again
4. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

But! You can't look, turn off the car, open the door 15cm and then get out...the dude got pissed when I did that! Eff you dude get here on time if I'm paying you $60 an hour!!!!

Anyways on a lighter note....peep out the End of craft week!!!







I really like this one by Hikari...this girl rocks! The little chica throwin up the peace sign in the other photo..


Anyways I need to handle bizniss around here. Would love to put up some funny pics of the rest of my Sunday but that will wait till later. Gotta take out the trash and rest up for another busy day off!! ARRRRRGHHHH!!!!

Friday, October 23, 2009

A quick glimpse of my week!

It's going by pretty smoothly. CRAFT week is awesome, next week party week...my job is so easy :)

And...the cat has been way cool lately, raising her right :)




...killin time while trying to get my japanese license(it's going to take forever)



..it's funny when people ask me to clock them out, lol takes me a minute


This is Karin, she is hallarious, always has like 5 bags with her. We pick her up from the elementary school across the street before she comes to our school. Basically she talks to me in Japanese and I respond in English and she understands...cool chica



Diggin the soccer ball!!!



Finally kicked that bug I had too! w00t! Did a little hike this week, hopefully I'll have my license by next weekend granted I don't fail my test, cross your fingers. The weekend is looking pretty chill, might peep a hockey game on Saturday. Driving lessons(!) Sunday morning and might do a hike in the afternoon. Zombie movies in the evening...for some reason I've been playing a lot of chess too....bring it on Bobby Fischer!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Why am can't I stop playing John Legend?!?!

Haha this is all besides the point!

Yesterday was probably one of the funniest days of snowboarding ever! It was the season opening of Yeti resort, it's on the other side of Mt.Fuji that I'm able to see. Being in the Halloween spirit as I mentioned in earlier posts if you wear a costume you get in for free...and people wore some costumes! Also, snowboarding with a beard is harder than you think!!!! Very intesting to see people snowboaring in costume too! I highly recommend it!

Hmmm should I show my favorite first??? Nah, here was my get up...



It was pretty good for being free. Lol there was actually another Santa on the slopes but it was all good...really funny day. Here's some of the Shenannagins(sp?):P








I thought this was an interesting couple, French Maid and weird guy with a suit on one side and all funky on the other :P Anyone know who he is???





Ok and this guy needs some explaining!!!



Unfortunately I didn't get any shots of him snowboarding down hill with that table eating those mikan's! He had two boards connected to the bottom of the table(kotatsu) and a pillow taped to his ass....mind you he was only wearing underwear!!!!! Doing all this while trying to ride down... Luckily he had a buddy with him who was trying to ride down on a surfboard!! Hopefully you can see him in this pic...



...It took him a long time to get down :P Lol I was really surprised to see this when I was in the lift line...



Haha lined up right next to a golf course...It was interesting to see people lining up for puts while I finished just my run, Japan is an interesting place huh!?

Ok and for my costume winner!!!THIS GUY!



I could not stop laughing after I took this pic!! AY YAI YAI this country blows me away sometimes this was hallarious! Nothing really to say that pics can explain...here's some other snaps of the day, Enjoy!