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Days til Brandon & Thuy are in Japan: 08
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Woke up at: 09:00
Mood: Still sore from squash, working out and playing vball for 4 hours!
Listening to: My buddy's cyber trance mix (it's the song that plays when the page loads...not sure how long the song will be up, it's been on the site for a while now)
Weather Report: A little humid but got a lot cooler at night
Japanese Food: Waribashi = wooden disposable chopsticks
Japanese Word/Phrase of the Day: Shashiburi = It's been a long time
Japan News: Who said Japanese guys are slow? Shingo Suetsugu of Japan won the bronze medal in the men's 200 meters with a time of 20.38 seconds in the final at the athletics world championships on Friday. Suetsugu, 23, is the first Japanese to win a medal in men's sprint in either the Olympics or the worlds.
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Fantasy Football Update (as of 08.31.03):
I'll be updating this completely when the season starts. Today I made some changes to my roster. I dropped Jeff Reed and Javon Walker and picked up D'Wayne Bates and Charles Rogers. We'll see if that'll help me.
Fantasy Baseball Update (as of 08.31.03):
Had a descent day but Dodger Dogs had a little bit better. They're slowly catching up. But Border Jumpers had a phatty day. They overtook Jookie! It's gettin' interesting...
| Rank | Manager | Season | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanshin Tigers | 2801 | 48 |
| 2 | Dodger Dogs | 2633 | 55 |
| 3 | Border Jumpers | 2536 | 178 |
| 4 | Jookies | 2500 | 64 |
| 5 | Fleas & Ninjas | 1911 | -49 |
Yanase's Grandkids, Vball, Dinner, Arcade, Lunch with Sam, Dinner with Koji
Yesterday went to Atsuko san's house to meet her two grandsons. Didn't have much to play with them, but got to hang out with Yanase san for a bit. Then I was off to Makuhari to meet up with Sho, but ended up getting a ride with Ami's 2 friends. Picked up Sho at his house and then headed to the gym for practice. My hitting was terrible, my vert was seriously hurtin'. My legs were still tired from the day before. Then the team scrimmaged against the other women's team that was there, while Sho, Go, and I scrimmaged with the mens. Man! Shashiburi yo! I haven't played on a men's net in such a long time but it was good to get back into the swing of things again. Playin' with that caliber of players was very natsukashii for me. Reminded me of the good 'ol club and college days. There was this one guy who was just pounding the ball. Mad hops yo!
After practice, Kei chan, Go kun, Sho and I met up with Ami and went out to eat. Ami had her 4-man soft volleyball tournament that day, so she couldn't come to practice. At dinner, I got to eat a lot of new food. I had Anago (sea eel) tempura, raw uma (horse) & fried whale. Kei chan is so funny. That girl is a comedian. She's weak when it comes to drinking but always wants to go get drinks. Though her english is the worst out of the bunch, I can understand most of what's she saying by just reading her face. After dinner, we decided to go an arcade, cuz Sho wanted a rematch in this one surfing game. Unfortunately the Namco arcade didn't have it, but they did a Golgo 13 sniper game. Sho and Kei chan played this one taiko drum game and afterwards we played air hockey. Go kun and I beat Ami and Sho but Kei chan and I lost to Ami and Go kun. It was a pretty fun day!
Today woke up and headed out to the Funabashi to meet up with Sam. He's another ALT from Australia. We headed to the 100 yen shop and got some stuff and then just walked around downtown Funabashi, got some lunch and just chatted bout all kinds of stuff. We went to this one music and movie store and talked bout all kinds of music. I tried to explain to him what real Hip Hop was...but it was to avail. However, he knows about Jin! I was very shocked to hear that. We then were comparing all these movies and anime. I also found out that he was a CS major in college, so we talked bout programming languages, applications, piracy, technology, etc...you know...geeky stuff. We also debated about world views which was very interesting considering he has a totally different viewpoint, ie. being born in England and living in Australia, Singapore, China and Thailand.
Afterwards, met up with Koji. We went to this one music store and he started to jam on the synthesizer. He was playin' all these old school JPOP tracks as well as Trance. We then headed to this one restaurant where he used to work at. Had some descent pasta and green tea tiramisu. He showed me all his pics from when he came to America 9 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long since I've seen him. He's supposed to take me clubbin sometime in the near future. We went back to his house after dinner and I got to meet his parents. They were so nice to me, thanking me for takin' care of him when he went to America. I felt a little embarassed by it all actually...having older people bow lower than me. Anyhow...it was good times today.
Well...tomorrow I start school. Shouldn't be a tough day, just opening ceremony, but I get to see my kids, which is the important thing. I kinda miss them. Gotta get some rest...
Kaz out...
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月曜日, 9月 01, 2003.
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