Suzie arrived in Japan yesterday, and since then we have basically just been eating. I know people are going to hate me for this, but the first pub I took her to last night was a British pub, called the Hub. Maybe I was just trying to ease her into it.
She's been finding the sheer mass of people a bit overwhelming for her country bumpkin constitution, which is a bit unfortunate as it is Golden Week.
We went to karaoke on her first night - check the first video below, but turn the volume down.
Second day we went to Yoyogi park and Meiji shrine. We saw all the freaks and exhibitionist that hang out there on Sundays. Take a look at video 2.
Then we went to Meiji shrine and saw a Japanese wedding with a western groom - very unusual (check photos here). Some tourists were shouting "congratulations" to the guy and ruining the poor couples composure.
Tomorrow we are off to Asakusa to wallow in the crowds and buy some overpriced Japanese tat. It's one o'clock in the morning, and I've got to get some sleep, so I'm off to bed
It wasn't quite like that, I handed in my notice. So now I finally quit and to tell you the truth I'm not sure if it has sunk in yet. Walking past the voice room on my last day and knowing that I will never be subjected to that brutal purgatory is like a kind of rebirth. I can now concentrate on loafing for a few days until my sister gets here.
I had a good night out at a pizza restaurant on Sunday for my leaving do. Most people got fairly wasted, but I was one-hundred-percent sober as always.
Take a look at this spoof TV pilot - "Heatvision and Jack". Awesome stuff.
After that we will both be going to Scotland for a couple of weeks. I haven't booked anything yet so no solid plans as yet. If we can escape the muggiest days in Tokyo and enjoy the weather in a country where global warming is a good thing then I'll be happy.
After that we'll come back to Tokyo and I'll look for a job. There are plenty of teaching jobs going around at the moment. The most possible route would be with Gaba, as I hear from various people that they are begging for teachers.
As for my personal life - I've been completely swallowed by New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS. I had 23000 yen on my Bic Camera card, so I got myself a DS and two games for 2000 yen. Not bad at all. Only now I'm a walking zombie and I can't sleep without having deranged dreams and my thumbs having epileptic fits. I am twenty five years old.
