Sorry friends for not blogging more. I know my blogs recently have only been recaps of what I have been doing. I want to blog, but I am always swamped with work or other distractions from many different sources.
Let's start with Friday, shall we? As we always do!
Friday:
The start of maguro matsuri was not a good one. Well from the looks of an inside office to the outside, it looked windy and cold for the true spirit of the festival of tuna. Mike came up on Friday evening at about 7:30 PM and we kind of dilly dallied for a bit before really settling down to getting some food. When we did, we went to Maeda first and we saw the JTE from the middle school whom Mike already knew. It was nice chatting to him and finally getting to meet him. His English was very good! He told us that we should try Satou because the food there was better for freshness. We heeded his advice and went to Satou. When we were all done shopping, Mike did not have enough money and I had forgotten my wallet back at home. We had to rush to the ATM and get some money as Satou was about to close. It was nice though, because they kind of kept it open for us, the gaijin. haha Anyway, we got the food and then headed back to my place for some shabu shabu pot and sake! Mike drank beer and I drank chu-hai. It was really nice. We ate a feast fit for kings!! It was so good. Totemo oishii! Once we were finished, Mike and I watched a rented movie called, "Mongol." It was very good and I enjoyed a lot. We then hit the sack.
Saturday:
We decided to go the 11:00 AM cutting of the maguro. I didn't what to expect of the festival. The Blue Marine festival was rained out and I didn't end up going. It was a little disappointing, but I will have more opportunities in the future. Anyway, Mike and I went and were expecting to see people there, but no one contacted me, so I didn't know if we would see any other JETs there! We go there and walked around for a bit, when we saw the cutting area, we were immediately attracted to its magical power. We wanted to get our picture taken with the massive maguro and we did! It was a big surprise for a lot of the people in my town to see an Japanese looking mofo with a white gaijin. It was funny! We did see Bec, Karen, Will and Michelle. Yay for reunions in my small and quaint town of Oma. We witnessed the carving and then walked around outside and got some food from the vendors. I talked and said hi to some of my students who were surprised to see me. It was funny. Karen was not funny and trying to be all lovey dovey with me so as to start gossip about me! haha Mike was going to Hachinohe that day for the Halloween festivities and wanted to get on the road at a certain time and I wanted him to meet my eikeiwa students, so we stopped by at the local sushi place, Manae dad's joint. He wanted some hot asake, but the wait time was like 30 minutes. Too long for us, so we just said hi and then went back to find everyone! They were standing in line to buy some maguro and we waited with them! When everyone got their maguro, I invited everyone back to my place. It was the first time people came back to my place!! I was determined to impress, so I did the only natural thing I knew how to: host and cook! I ended up cooking mabodofu and some gyoza. It was a nice little lunch, light and delicious. They stayed for like an hour and then everyone decided to go on home. I did some shopping after and then decided to head up to Mutsu. Alex and I went out to some good ole McDonald's, cheap and easy. Then we went to One Love. There Ichiro tried to introduce me to Akiko-san's daughter, Yurie. She was very cute, but I knew she was not interested in me, but still we took her to go to karaoke. After that, Alex and I headed back. I went back to Mike's and Alex went home. Good day and good night!
Sunday:
I ended up going back at my own pace to Oma. It was nice, I enjoyed the drive back and it was a nice-ish day. I headed up to the festival to see if any more people came up, from what I saw, no one came out, so I just walked around, said hi to more of my students and then headed to the ramen shop for some delicious lunch. I only had gyozas, but it hit the spot really well. The place was really busy, so I didn't mind waiting a little bit. Japan has done that to me, it has taught me to be patient and really savour the moment and the experience. I am glad for this! I ended up being lazy at home and watching, "Zodiac." It was good. Good weekend!
Let's start with Friday, shall we? As we always do!
Friday:
The start of maguro matsuri was not a good one. Well from the looks of an inside office to the outside, it looked windy and cold for the true spirit of the festival of tuna. Mike came up on Friday evening at about 7:30 PM and we kind of dilly dallied for a bit before really settling down to getting some food. When we did, we went to Maeda first and we saw the JTE from the middle school whom Mike already knew. It was nice chatting to him and finally getting to meet him. His English was very good! He told us that we should try Satou because the food there was better for freshness. We heeded his advice and went to Satou. When we were all done shopping, Mike did not have enough money and I had forgotten my wallet back at home. We had to rush to the ATM and get some money as Satou was about to close. It was nice though, because they kind of kept it open for us, the gaijin. haha Anyway, we got the food and then headed back to my place for some shabu shabu pot and sake! Mike drank beer and I drank chu-hai. It was really nice. We ate a feast fit for kings!! It was so good. Totemo oishii! Once we were finished, Mike and I watched a rented movie called, "Mongol." It was very good and I enjoyed a lot. We then hit the sack.
Saturday:
We decided to go the 11:00 AM cutting of the maguro. I didn't what to expect of the festival. The Blue Marine festival was rained out and I didn't end up going. It was a little disappointing, but I will have more opportunities in the future. Anyway, Mike and I went and were expecting to see people there, but no one contacted me, so I didn't know if we would see any other JETs there! We go there and walked around for a bit, when we saw the cutting area, we were immediately attracted to its magical power. We wanted to get our picture taken with the massive maguro and we did! It was a big surprise for a lot of the people in my town to see an Japanese looking mofo with a white gaijin. It was funny! We did see Bec, Karen, Will and Michelle. Yay for reunions in my small and quaint town of Oma. We witnessed the carving and then walked around outside and got some food from the vendors. I talked and said hi to some of my students who were surprised to see me. It was funny. Karen was not funny and trying to be all lovey dovey with me so as to start gossip about me! haha Mike was going to Hachinohe that day for the Halloween festivities and wanted to get on the road at a certain time and I wanted him to meet my eikeiwa students, so we stopped by at the local sushi place, Manae dad's joint. He wanted some hot asake, but the wait time was like 30 minutes. Too long for us, so we just said hi and then went back to find everyone! They were standing in line to buy some maguro and we waited with them! When everyone got their maguro, I invited everyone back to my place. It was the first time people came back to my place!! I was determined to impress, so I did the only natural thing I knew how to: host and cook! I ended up cooking mabodofu and some gyoza. It was a nice little lunch, light and delicious. They stayed for like an hour and then everyone decided to go on home. I did some shopping after and then decided to head up to Mutsu. Alex and I went out to some good ole McDonald's, cheap and easy. Then we went to One Love. There Ichiro tried to introduce me to Akiko-san's daughter, Yurie. She was very cute, but I knew she was not interested in me, but still we took her to go to karaoke. After that, Alex and I headed back. I went back to Mike's and Alex went home. Good day and good night!
Sunday:
I ended up going back at my own pace to Oma. It was nice, I enjoyed the drive back and it was a nice-ish day. I headed up to the festival to see if any more people came up, from what I saw, no one came out, so I just walked around, said hi to more of my students and then headed to the ramen shop for some delicious lunch. I only had gyozas, but it hit the spot really well. The place was really busy, so I didn't mind waiting a little bit. Japan has done that to me, it has taught me to be patient and really savour the moment and the experience. I am glad for this! I ended up being lazy at home and watching, "Zodiac." It was good. Good weekend!
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