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anyways, it has been forever and i apologize. life has been constantly moving lately. Last weekend was Tokyo, it was incredible, a constant party. Kanika and i arrived at tokyo station around 12:30, missioned (i somehow was able to figure out the tokyo subway system, dont even ask me how) and i only got us lost once for 5 minutes. impressive. anyways, we met up with lacey and lindzy in Shinjuku at our hostel, dropped our stuff off and got shopping! we went to Shibuya which is the craziest place in the world. people say tokyo is busy, lots of people, but that is an understatement, you have no idea. The intersection in front of Shibuya station is INSANE. i loved it. when i die i want my ashes scattered across that intersection. I made a pretty accurate observation in stating that Shibuya is like The CNE when the tragically hip is playing. imagine that many people, but all the time every day. So we did a little shopping, then headed out to Harajuku, unfortunately there were no harajuku girls out and about, i think gwen stefani would be a little more than disappointed. We ate sushi train for dinner then headed back to the hostel to get all hot for our night out on the town. we all got ready and then headed out to meet up with paul, my myspace tokyo band friend. he took us to this suuuuper cool lounge called le baron. its a famous bar in paris and they just opened one in tokyo. very cool atmosphere. we met a few of pauls friends there then we headed to the warehouse to go see dex pistols dj. enter dance party. we killed the dance floor until 5am. know whats cooler than dancing to bloc party at absinthe? dancing to bloc party in tokyo. We then missioned to an all night diner restaurant where we ordered two bottles of wine and ate bread. then we helped our little ol’kanika back to the hostel as she was leaving the next day, and lindzy, lacey and i continued our evening, going to a small cafe for beers and french fries and then to a dingy okinomiyaki (however you spell it) for warm sake. my first time having sake in japan, and may i say, quite enjoyable. much more so at 9am after a night of dancing.
We then headed back to the hostel for a quick two or three hour cat nap, showered, makeuped, then headed back out on the town. first swinging by the convene for chu-his. thus began the best day i have ever had in my life. we went to the starbucks that overlooks the crazy intersection for our morning/afternoon coffees, of course after grabbing a giant bottle of baileys of which to add to said coffees. you can drink anywhere at anytime in japan. might i add. we then spent the day doing cheesy touristy things like hitting up asakusa, which is this reeeaaally cool little strip of small shops and temples and such. There was a moment when my heart exploded in asakusa. i dont know if it was hanging out with lindzy, or the delicious blueberry chu-hi, but i had this sudden wave of happiness, and i was soooo excited and happy to be doing what i am doing. i was so thankful and excited to be where i was at that moment, and where i am for this year. it was an amzing feeling. we then went out for a deeeelicious dinner and then met up with lacey’s soccer player tokyo friend who took us out to roppongi again for a long night of dancing. we had a great time again, and we woke up in our hostel bunks bright and early so that we could check out without being charged extra. then we headed up to the lounge to get a couple more hours of sleep on the couches there. we spent the rest of the day doing more missioning around, sight seeing and shopping, then met up with lacey’s “fairy godmother” who took us out for a deeeeeelicious buffet. seriously, best buffet i have ever had in my life. i then parted from me ladies and took the long over night bus back to okazaki. they make these buses extremely confortable and amazing, but for some reason i just could not sleep at ALL. as a result i was completely dead for work the next day, but managed making it through.
we had follow up training in okayama on wednesday, which was awesome because i got to see lindzy and kanika again, plus all the people from our initial training as well as a few new people. it was a ton of fun and we had more laughs than we knew what to do with.
and i could write more, and i will, but i just made some delicious soup and i want to watch one of the movies i rented, so i will continue at another time. love and miss you all to bits and pieces. PLEASE leave your mailing addresses so i can send postcards and letters and goodies. thank yoU! xoxo
