Happy Easter!
I woke up early in hopes of a skype tkd class, but it didn’t work out so I practiced on my own for a couple hours.
I walked for a bit to warm up and note the progress of the sakura.
For breakfast I ate homemade miso soup — I forgot to take a picture, oh well, next time, I still have tofu — and a strawberry bread. Meaning I had tea with bread and jam.
At 11 I met up with the other teachers and UFO staff for a going-away lunch for Brad. Brad’s been working at UFO for like 13 years and is leaving to teach at a university (but he lives like 2 blocks away anyway).
All-you-can-eat — with cook-your-own-meat!! Super fun, and pretty tasty. In general, I really don’t like buffets, but I liked this one. The dessert selection was yummy too.
I felt just a little bad cooking my meat, ‘cause I was sitting next to Kaori, who is vegetarian (though she said it was ok!).
When we got back, Chris and Tomoe invited the rest of us teachers (and Kaori) to go play darts.
500¥ per hour spent at the location, or 3 hours for 1200¥. Upstairs was karaoke rooms, pool tables, and dartboards. Downstairs was internet stations, massage chairs, shelves and shelves of manga, and drinks (included). Not bad!
For my first time playing darts, I did pretty well. I told them it was just luck because I rarely hit where I aimed (though once I grouped all 3 of my darts within a square inch right were I wanted them. What can I say.).
We chatted, drank coffee, and ate ‘soft serve’ (ice cream). I like this location. And it’s close.
It was nice spending time around people and playing games and drinking lots of coffee :p. (I... love... coffee.)
That's too bad your Skype TKD didn't work out. Do you have your own Internet yet?
ReplyDeleteしゃぶしゃぶ! Is that what they called it? Or was it something else?
Sukiyaki, maybe?
DeleteRight now I'm paying another teacher for use of his internet, and that's been good enough. But my new downstairs neighbor might be getting his own internet, then I might share with him since that might work better.
ReplyDeleteNo, there weren't pots, it was more like Korean bbq -- grills right on the table. Next time I go I'll have to get pictures.
Beautiful blossoms. I bet the Cherry trees have little buds already. How fun that you get to cook your own meat, and right there at your table! I think Mia has plans already to go there when we see you. : )
ReplyDeleteYour Easter day in general sounded a lot more fun than our typical Easter celebration, to me anyway. But we did have a nice gathering for dinner, with Rich and Marshall adding to the fun and laughter. We missed you, of course, but did some Japan planning, so you were high in our thoughts.
I'm makin' sure to scout out lots of good spots for you guys to see!
DeleteVery fun that you had 'Tea with jam and bread.'!
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