Christmas in Japan was pretty good. I got presents from my family and couple friends, and I waited until Christmas to open them. Actually, it was the day after because Christmas was so very busy.
Starting on Christmas Eve, we all got together and went out for drinks. We went to a new bar, owned by some friend's Brazilian friend and ended up staying until around 5 am! We drank a lot, and danced, but because it was Christmas, the bar owners were giving free drinks and tequila shots all night. 3 of my friends, Brian, Shirley, and Dan, spent the night. Even though we stayed out late, Brian and I got up and went to 9am mass, which was in Japanese. When we got back, I talked to my family on skype. I think they got to briefly meet each of my friends too. Around 1:15, Shirley drove us over to Aeon town to the KFC to pick the wanna be turkey (roast chicken). It was surprisingly very tasty! Everyone brought a little something- we had potatoes, veggies, meat, dessert, wine. Sebastian and Lisa joined us around 2:30 (a little late, but still welcome) and we all sat down to a nice, real Christmas dinner (linner). Then we moved into my living room where we opened presents and ate Christmas cake. "Santa" brought little toys and stockings full of goodies from the 100 yen shop (like the dollar store). I don't think I could have asked for a better Christmas away from home.
After my dinner, Shirl, Brian, and Dan had to go but Sebastian, Lisa, and I went up to Matty's for his annual Christmas bbq. Everyone sat around drinking (more and more), eating, talking, and being merry. one of the girls was a masseuse, so somehow between the charred meat and the sweet wine, a massage congo line started. Matty's party ended around 2, which is not late for Japan, but really late since we had to work the next day. Luckily I didn't have to be in until noon.
My weekend so far has just full of doing nothing. I'm on vacation, so I feel like I have all the time in the world! The other reason is that it's snowing!!! And I don't mean a little. Koriyama is really windy, which makes the cold and snow that much worse. Outside my window, the sky is so hazy and grey that I can't see the mountains. I always thought snow would just fall and the sky would be clear. But that doesn't really make sense when I think about it now. I love watching the snow fall. The flakes swirl around, pushed left and right by the icy wind. It's beautiful to just stand and look straight up, but it's so cold walking into the wind!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
im glad u had a good xmas. the snow sounds beautiful. the cold part not so much.
I thought about you all throughout Christmas week and hoped that you would have a good Christmas. I'm so glad that you did! You know I worry about you all the time, I can't help it, I love you! I am still waiting to see my first snow here. I'm glad that we don't get the same frigid snow that you do in Japan though! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (if you wanna see the kids christmas i added pics n video to myspace)
-marie-
Post a Comment