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Aug. 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmThis weekend was nicely relaxed and low-key, but I still managed to do lots of stuff!
Friday night, Marianne and I shared a bottle of yuzu wine (try it!) and watched the Kabukicho Daycare movie, which she hadn't yet seen. There was much giggling and exploding ovaries.
Yesterday, I went to see the Tamagawa fireworks with Laura and another friend. The site was really nice; a lush, grassy riverbank, and not so many people that we didn't have our pick of places to set our ground sheets out. The fireworks themselves were lovely, as fireworks tend to be, and we had a great time. ( Here we are... )
Today, Laura and Emily and I consumed large amounts of yummy, yummy Chinese food. That all-you-can-eat price was a seriously good deal, and the food was great. While the mapo tofu wasn't very spicey, it was plenty flavourful. Also, there were har gao. Have I mentioned how I love har gao? I do. I love them in my tummy. <3
Of course, there was no way we could even think about eating dessert after that; but we thought about dessert, and decided it would merely be postponed, so we killed some time by:
1 - buying bus tickets for next weekend's assault on Fuji-kun;
2 - going to a 100円 shop;
3 - taking Emily to Don Quixote and showing her the wonders of a store where you can buy anything, including -- but not limited to -- fake eyelashes, maid costumes, badminton racquets, electronic keyboards, candy, earphones, alcohol, inflatable sofas, designer wallets, and sex toys of all kinds;
4 - doing ( purikura; )
5 - doing karaoke, only to have me once more confounded by a song system I'd never encountered before (seriously, Shidax, the hell? How many systems do you have, anyway?!) and that contained no tenimyu -- sadness ensued;
6 - going to Kinokuniya so Laura and I could get the registration packet for the JLPT;
7 - finally eating dessert. I had a pear & kiwi jelly cup and the others had ice cream, and we discussed Important Topics, such as What To Take Up Japan's Most Famous Volcano.
It's been a week since I've gotten back from Canada, and once again I'm amazed at how quickly time goes by. The two weeks I was away passed much too quickly, and the week I've been back in Tokyo has sped by like nothing.
I've had time to collect my thoughts a bit, and I must say that while there were a few things I didn't get to do (I didn't have time to go to Milestone's for Bellini's with A-L, nor did I eat a shawarma at Les galeries de Hull, nor did I make it to Montreal. I also didn't get to go to a queer women's dance, but that's not my fault, it was ASK's for saying, "You should totally come to this event! It's next weekend! *checks schedule* Oh wait, it's not. It's in 3 weeks."), and a few people I didn't get to see, my whole trip home was wonderful. I got to spend time with my oldest friends, and I'm happy to see them all so happily settled.
It was slightly bittersweet, in a way, to get to meet A-L's and Duck of Doom's respective men. It made me realise how much I miss being in love and loving someone like that. I hope I'll find someone for me, too. Though I suppose the best way to do that would be to start looking... .___.;;;
Friday night, Marianne and I shared a bottle of yuzu wine (try it!) and watched the Kabukicho Daycare movie, which she hadn't yet seen. There was much giggling and exploding ovaries.
Yesterday, I went to see the Tamagawa fireworks with Laura and another friend. The site was really nice; a lush, grassy riverbank, and not so many people that we didn't have our pick of places to set our ground sheets out. The fireworks themselves were lovely, as fireworks tend to be, and we had a great time. ( Here we are... )
Today, Laura and Emily and I consumed large amounts of yummy, yummy Chinese food. That all-you-can-eat price was a seriously good deal, and the food was great. While the mapo tofu wasn't very spicey, it was plenty flavourful. Also, there were har gao. Have I mentioned how I love har gao? I do. I love them in my tummy. <3
Of course, there was no way we could even think about eating dessert after that; but we thought about dessert, and decided it would merely be postponed, so we killed some time by:
1 - buying bus tickets for next weekend's assault on Fuji-kun;
2 - going to a 100円 shop;
3 - taking Emily to Don Quixote and showing her the wonders of a store where you can buy anything, including -- but not limited to -- fake eyelashes, maid costumes, badminton racquets, electronic keyboards, candy, earphones, alcohol, inflatable sofas, designer wallets, and sex toys of all kinds;
4 - doing ( purikura; )
5 - doing karaoke, only to have me once more confounded by a song system I'd never encountered before (seriously, Shidax, the hell? How many systems do you have, anyway?!) and that contained no tenimyu -- sadness ensued;
6 - going to Kinokuniya so Laura and I could get the registration packet for the JLPT;
7 - finally eating dessert. I had a pear & kiwi jelly cup and the others had ice cream, and we discussed Important Topics, such as What To Take Up Japan's Most Famous Volcano.
It's been a week since I've gotten back from Canada, and once again I'm amazed at how quickly time goes by. The two weeks I was away passed much too quickly, and the week I've been back in Tokyo has sped by like nothing.
I've had time to collect my thoughts a bit, and I must say that while there were a few things I didn't get to do (I didn't have time to go to Milestone's for Bellini's with A-L, nor did I eat a shawarma at Les galeries de Hull, nor did I make it to Montreal. I also didn't get to go to a queer women's dance, but that's not my fault, it was ASK's for saying, "You should totally come to this event! It's next weekend! *checks schedule* Oh wait, it's not. It's in 3 weeks."), and a few people I didn't get to see, my whole trip home was wonderful. I got to spend time with my oldest friends, and I'm happy to see them all so happily settled.
It was slightly bittersweet, in a way, to get to meet A-L's and Duck of Doom's respective men. It made me realise how much I miss being in love and loving someone like that. I hope I'll find someone for me, too. Though I suppose the best way to do that would be to start looking... .___.;;;
