Special Apple Event on September 5th!!!

Whee!!~~~~~~  The new ipod is COMING!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sigh~~ my wallet >"<

Monday

So Monday, i went out exercising, biking to apita, then to SEKI!! then back to Minokamo.  It took about 40 minutes to bike to Seki, not as long as I thought it would be.  At night, I asked Masao to go with me to buy my piano at Apita.  We ate ramen at Apita afterwards.  So, now I am a happy camper with my newly bought piano whee~~!!  i was pretty beat that night, and slept like at 11 on Monday night O.O"  hehe

Sunday - CoCo ichiban

So Sunday night, we went to CoCo Ichiban's to try out their curry.  I tried the hottest curry that they had.  LEVEL 10!!!  It was really spicy when you first ate it.  However, after a few minutes, the spicyness kinda died, and it was not spicy at all anymore!!  I was pretty shocked ="=  It wasn't really spicy at all.  I was pretty disappointed.  But, when I first ate it, it was really really spicy.  I loved it  <[^,^]>

Parties

we had party on thursday for the teacher before michael, ken.  He's going back to Sydney.  I wasn't going to the party, but yumiko came to my apartment and dragged me to go to the party because they also planned a little something for me because of my bday.  They actually bought black hair japanese beef instead of cake and put candles on it.  The steak was rather thin, and it wasn't kobe, nor hida, nor maezawa?, nor matsuzaka.  sigh =,=||  The party was all right, well i guess i came too late.

Saturday, we had a small together to eat all the food that's left from the party on Thursday.  We cooked kimchi pork with bean sprout, karaage (fried chicken), somen, salad, natto omelettes, and this weird combination of natto, cabbage, and bunch of other crap together >"<  The food was good, and I think ppl had a good time

Volkswagen Bus

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/groovy-man/pool-table-modded-volkswagen-bus-is-pointless-absolutely-brilliant-291662.php

Japan crazy building

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/japan/japan-wants-man+made-mt-fuji-building-to-be-tallest-in-the-world-291810.php

SUNDAY

sunday, we had the welcome party for my co-worker.  and actually my student bought a cake for me, and i had a pretty good time.

Minokamo Fireworks

天下沒有不散的宴席阿  All things have to come to an end.

Today was the last fireworks for me this year >"<

It was the Minokamo fireworks.  It was a pretty good fireworks, but i think because it's such an open space, we couldn't really hear the fireworks.  Afterwards, we went to check out Shin's place. Pictures will come later? maybe

諏訪湖花火

So we went to Suwa lake to see probably was the biggest fireworks in Japan.  It has about 42000? fireworks and lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

K, so Masao told me that he was coming to my apartment at 530 to pick me up, and we would go to school to meet up with Miyuki and headed for Ena.  As some of you know, I wake up really early >"<  But, 530 is a little too early for me, so I set my alarm clock at 430 and get things ready.  However, soon after my struggle to try to get up, I got a call from Masao.  He told me he was already outside my apartment!!! O.o"  So apparently, he had mistakenly told me about the time, and we should have met at 430 >"<  I had to get into a frenzy mode, super drive to get everything ready and drove to Ena.  From Ena, Suwa lake was actually not all that far.

Boy was it hot!! we pretty much were waiting from 10am till 7pm.  The fireworks as a whole was really good.  BUT.... BUT.... BUT........  the gaps between the fireworks were kinda long, and they had some weird music.  ALSO......... the worst thing about the fireworks was that there was no FINALE!!! no finale whatsoever.  It was the most horrible, terrible that I've ever seen.

After the fireworks, Ehara san and Ari kun went to get the car, and we were planning to go to karaoke because if we had left, we would be ending up stuck on the road anyway.  However, it took them pretty much 2 hours to go back to the car and drove back.  o.O  YES, 2 hours!!  So, we just went home afterwards.  When I came back to my apartment, the whole area smelled like shit.  Man it was the worst smell I've smelt.  And it was SO MUGGY.  SO HOT and SO HUMID.

Anyway, suwa lake was pretty good, and I hope I can go again despite it was pretty tiring >"<

Monday 8.13.07

So Guess waht I did on Monday?! Well, yes, hopefully you've guessed it. I went to yet another fireworks festival in 関, the city that I teach in. I went with マナミ、江原さん、ゆみこ、and my student's family. The Seki fireworks wasn't a really big fireworks festival, but it was still very nice. It was by the river, so the view was gorgeous. You get to be really close to the fireworks, and experience it. So far my rating for fireworks in Japan is : 岐阜長良川　＞　関　＞　八百津　＞　川辺
# note: not that 川辺(kawabe) is bad or anything, but it's just that the fence was blocking the view, and also there were too many things going on at once.

So 2 more left to go 諏訪湖 and 美濃加茂


After 関花火, we (me ehara, yumiko) went to 郡上八幡 to see the famous お踊り, where people dance pretty much all night (8pm to 4am?). When we got to 郡上八幡, it was so cool there =) I guess it is because it is kinda to the north and maybe high up in the mountain? Anyway, and the good thing about gujo is that almost everyone there wears 浴衣. I was disappointed when I went to the fireworks, not a lot of people wear 浴衣. Well some girls wear it, and boy arent they cute. hehe =p

So the お踊り was very interesting. However, since I have ADD, or at least I think I do, I got bored after about 5 minutes. I can't believe that people actually dance for that long even though they change the songs throughout the night. Also, it is a little hot since it's a little crowded =( However, if you haven't been there, it would be a great experience!!

Saturday

So today was another fireworks event. Today was the Kawabe fireworks festivals. The Kawabe fireworks finale was terrific, but i didn't really like it that much. Some of the fireworks were blocked by the fence >"<>"< However, it was still fun.

Friday

Today, we (Tazuko, Manami) went to ohsho, a really big Chinese potsticker chainstore that started in Osaka.  We had ramen, potstickers, and fried rice.  It was good food. >"<  I shouldn't keep doing this, but the food is so tempting >"<  SIGH~

During the day, my student's mom came and discussed about the upcoming fireworks festival in Seki.  Also, she gave me some yogurt and prune extract for me.  Im really greatful

Thursday

So Thursday I went out for lunch with Tazuko.  She took me to Akikatsu, a famous miso katsu shop next to Mago in Seki.  The miso katsu was SO.... delicious.  I was so full afterwards.  Then we went to a little cafe.  The cafe will literally put u in Europe.  You wouldn't really think the cafe is in Japan.  After I walked into the cafe, I felt the time was slowed down immediately, and it was really relaxing.  They also had a little rose garden, but it was too hot to sit outside.  I think it was 35 or 36 degrees on Thursday.  GOD, it was hot >"<  I was actually too full to drink anything.  But, Tazuko still told me to drink the rest of her coffee.  I warned her that I would not be able to sleep at night if I drank it.  And guess what happened, I was so awake till 230AM!!  sigh.  caffeine~~   On the way back, Tazuko went to buy the okonomiyaki for my co-worker and me.  The okonomiyaki was really good!!  And my student went to Universal Studios and gave me a Snoopy cellphone strap.

Monday 8/6/2007

As you know, this is a sad day in history.  62 years ago, America dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima on this very same day.  Well, what ever happened had already happened.

Okay, anyway, so today, Yumi asked me if I have any plans, and I told her that I would like to go to the new AEON shopping mall in Kagamigahara.  So we went there.  It is really huge.  But, they didn't really have a lot of stores.  The parking lot is completely packed due to summer vacation.  After the mall, we went bk to Noru's house because i needed to see my love, PINE.  Gosh he's so cute.  I think I need a dog.  Then, later, we went to Yumi's house to eat dinner.  Yumi's sister actually cooked spaghetti for us.  It was good food.  Yum~~Yum~~  =k="

Cookies that can enlarge your boobs

This is just so Japan.  They have a candy/cookie/snack that you can eat to increase your breast size.  How crazy is that!!

Building that got demolished from the ground up

It's pretty cool how they did this. Right in London!  And they are going to build the new building below in place.

Dream Cellphone

Man take a look at this bad boy.  3 screens!!!

Sunday Aug 6th - Yaotsu

So I wen to the Yaotsu fireworks festival on Sunday.  Yaotsu is the "town" 町(jo) that Naru lives.  The fireworks festival is pretty small tho.  It has only 500 fireworks >"<  But it was still very good.  When we first got there, we saw a bunch of people dancing.  I think it was a competition.  Then we went to the yatai屋台 to get foods.  The corn dogs are called "American dog" in Japan.  Cotton candy is called  ワタカシ(wool snack) They even sell helium.  It's pretty interesting.  The fireworks is actually not as small as I had thought.  Although in the middle of the fireworks festival, I was a little bit bored because they kept on repeating the same pattern.  However, some of the display was fabulous.  The finale was absolutely gorgeous.  Man, I love fireworks!!!!

Saturday Aug 4th

Today, a bunch of us went to the Gifu fireworks festival.  It was better than the one last Saturday.  It was really great.  The 5 of us had so much fun. (Tazuko, Manami, Emi, Yumi)  It is said that the Gifu fireworks is the best one in Japan.  After the fireworks, we went to Tazuko's friend's house to use the restroom, and she actually offered some refreshments for us.  She seemed like such a nice lady.  Actually she IS a very nice lady.  Since it is just very crowded, we decided to take a stroll in gifu park.  They had some "illumination" set up in the park.  It was kind of like X'mas lights, but it's more childish.  They had many different topics, and seemed a little too unprofessional.  I think it's done by maybe students or someone.  Anyway, so after the traffic has died down a bit, we headed back to Seki.  We went to Custo family restaurant, NOT JOYFUU anymore.  After dinner, tazuko n manami went bk home, and emi, yumi, and i actually went to naru's house.  We chatted for a bit and slept in the garage >"<  I duno why.  It was very interesting to see Naru's house and all those chickens.  Naru's dog, PINE, was so cute.  I am in love with him.

Tallest Building in Latin America

This Building will soon to be the tallest building in Latin America.  It will be built right in the center of Mexico City.  Pretty weird looking, eh?

Tallest Building

The tallest building in the world is no longer the Taipei 101.  The Burj Dubai has officially reached higher than Taipei 101.  It's crazy the buildings they plan to build in Dubai.  These middle eastern wickedly loaded princes just have nothing better to do than to compete who can build the highest building.

Japanese Pizza

Here's a picture of a new pizza from Japan.  One slice of this pizza contains 646 calories.  Shocking right?  Sigh, it's crazy Japanese people can eat this kind of stuff and not get fat.  Argh I hate them

Crazy Guy

Man, there's this really weird guy who got the blue screen of death tattooed on his arm..... I have no idea what that man's thinking... = =