da weekend
friday @ school was a chillin' day. had some classes with the 8th graders and 7th graders. i was still coughin' up some phlegm here and there. didn't play any bball.
left school promptly @ 1700 and went home to do some final cleanin'. mikie called me up @ almost 1900 and dropped off the portable stove and some other little things. then we headed to matsukiyo for most of the groceries. met up with natsuyo and junko but i didn't notice them cuz i was expecting to see just junko. i thought natsuyo was comin' a bit later. headed to the 99 shop for some things and saw miyuki chan (one of my students) there. she was pretty surprised to see me.
got back to my place and all the girls were totally shocked to see that i had a kotatsu. they kept tellin' me that i was japanese. as for preparin' the food, i really didn't have to do a thing. just showed them where everything was and they got down to work. all i did was put some music on and make tea. the nabe was especially good because of the cold weather. after we ate up all the nabe, we put ramen in the aji. for dessert, i busted bout the bonpeiyu (sp?; a circular, small sized watermelon, very similiar to a grapefruit) and all them didn't know what it was. this fruit doesn't grow in kanto area. mama said it's from kyushuu. anyhow...the skin of this fruit is hella thick yo!!! maybe 10cm (about 4in) thick. but the actual fruity part was pretty good. not too sweet, not too sour. then i brought out some ice cream which they devoured. i pretty much got rid of a lot of my snacks that i've had for a little while. thanks to mikie also, most of my beer is gone now too. since junko and natsuyo don't drink that much...mikie and i killed a bottle of kubota. anyhow...time was gettin' late and took junko and natsuyo back to the station. chilled and talked in the cold for almost an hour afterwards before makin' plans to have okonomiyaki on monday.
sat
slept in, cleaned up, did some laundry & of course, played some more of the espn season. was plannin' on goin' to akihabara but found out that there's an apple store in ginza. so i decided to go there instead. the directions said to get out @ the A13 exit and i walked up the stairs in ginza (first time walkin' thru there durin' the day) and bam! the apple store was right there!
man...the store is really new...only two months old. i immediately bypassed all the g5s and ipods and made my way to the 12" powerbooks. man...they're way doper in person. after doin' research for the past 3 weeks, seein' them in person was such a treat. asked a sales associate for some help and was surprised that all of them can speak pretty good english. he was extremely helpful and was able to answer all my inquiries. got to test out the bluetooth k/b and mouse, scalin' feature in conjuction with the 20" cinema display (a feature that's a must see) and of course expose. walked upstairs and saw the genius bar, photo/music/video centers. the 3rd floor is the theatre where they classes. 4th floor is the software and accessories. saw a pretty dope bag that i'd get. compact and aesthetically pleasin'. i spent about 2 hours there lookin' at all kinds of stuff. @ around 17:45 got back on the ginza line and headed to shibuya.
was supposed to meet up with bryan @ the hachiko koban (police box) @ 1815. me up with him, his buddy shintaro (studied in london for 5 years, has an english accent, works for fujitsu) and scotty (j/a from hawaii, we play ball all the time together, works for vodafone). we waited @ the restaurant and waited for ken's (j/a from la, married to japanese girl, accountant) sister-in-law, ryoko, and her 3 friends. the restaurant was pretty nice, wouldn't expect it to be like it was judgin' from the outside. 3 girls only showed up first, ryoko, yoko and rie. nao came a little bit later. kinda weird how we were situated because the guys all sat at the ends w/the girls in the middle. luckily for me the girl who can speak english sat next to me. i didn't really get a chance to talk to the other girls as much, but bryan, bein' the comedian that he is, got everyone to talk to each other with his jokes and stuff. we finished up @ around 2300, just enough time to catch the train home. was supposed to kick it with yu
and his friends..but i don't think i could have pulled an all nighter and play bball the next day. so i went home. as i got off the train @ jr tsudanuma, i saw all these people runnin' towards the shin tsudanuma station...so i decided to run too. when i looked @ my watch...i had about 2 min to get from station to station in order to catch the last train. luckily i just barely made it within about 10 seconds!
on the way back, stopped off @ serenade to say hi and was shocked to see that ito chan and mina chan were there. chilled there for a while and then headed home @ around 0300ish.
sun
slept in til around noon and then did some more laundry and went grocery shoppin'. had some sashimi, gobo & potatoes for lunch. watched bowling for columbine which i thought was pretty good. played a couple of games of espn bball and then made the trek out to shibuya to play some bball with the fellas.
only about 13 guys showed up. scotty brought his buddy from work, a tall german guy, who timo could talk to in german with. for some reason...i started to cramp up again during the 3rd game. i don't know what it is. on the other court, there was bout 30-40 kids, dressed all streeted out, playin'. some of them had some pretty good playground moves, they probably been watchin' and1 videos and playin' nba street 24/7. but it was interestin' to see how these kids have grasped the streetball culture. kinda weird to see these people, dressed and play the way they do outside of the states. decided to skip gettin' food with the guys cuz i wanted to get home. man...i kinda realized it a bit of a pain to go out to play bball in shibuya. from my house, take shin keisei to shin tsudanuma eki, then walk to jr tsudanuma eki, then hop on the rapid sobu to kinshicho eki, transfer to the local sobu to ochanomizu eki, then transfer to the rapid chuo to shinjuku, then walk to the shin keio line and get off at the 2nd station which is hatagaya.
got home around 2230, took a shower, checked some stuff online and then went to bed.
aite...gotsa to get goin'
kaz out...
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friday @ school was a chillin' day. had some classes with the 8th graders and 7th graders. i was still coughin' up some phlegm here and there. didn't play any bball.
left school promptly @ 1700 and went home to do some final cleanin'. mikie called me up @ almost 1900 and dropped off the portable stove and some other little things. then we headed to matsukiyo for most of the groceries. met up with natsuyo and junko but i didn't notice them cuz i was expecting to see just junko. i thought natsuyo was comin' a bit later. headed to the 99 shop for some things and saw miyuki chan (one of my students) there. she was pretty surprised to see me.
got back to my place and all the girls were totally shocked to see that i had a kotatsu. they kept tellin' me that i was japanese. as for preparin' the food, i really didn't have to do a thing. just showed them where everything was and they got down to work. all i did was put some music on and make tea. the nabe was especially good because of the cold weather. after we ate up all the nabe, we put ramen in the aji. for dessert, i busted bout the bonpeiyu (sp?; a circular, small sized watermelon, very similiar to a grapefruit) and all them didn't know what it was. this fruit doesn't grow in kanto area. mama said it's from kyushuu. anyhow...the skin of this fruit is hella thick yo!!! maybe 10cm (about 4in) thick. but the actual fruity part was pretty good. not too sweet, not too sour. then i brought out some ice cream which they devoured. i pretty much got rid of a lot of my snacks that i've had for a little while. thanks to mikie also, most of my beer is gone now too. since junko and natsuyo don't drink that much...mikie and i killed a bottle of kubota. anyhow...time was gettin' late and took junko and natsuyo back to the station. chilled and talked in the cold for almost an hour afterwards before makin' plans to have okonomiyaki on monday.
sat
slept in, cleaned up, did some laundry & of course, played some more of the espn season. was plannin' on goin' to akihabara but found out that there's an apple store in ginza. so i decided to go there instead. the directions said to get out @ the A13 exit and i walked up the stairs in ginza (first time walkin' thru there durin' the day) and bam! the apple store was right there!
man...the store is really new...only two months old. i immediately bypassed all the g5s and ipods and made my way to the 12" powerbooks. man...they're way doper in person. after doin' research for the past 3 weeks, seein' them in person was such a treat. asked a sales associate for some help and was surprised that all of them can speak pretty good english. he was extremely helpful and was able to answer all my inquiries. got to test out the bluetooth k/b and mouse, scalin' feature in conjuction with the 20" cinema display (a feature that's a must see) and of course expose. walked upstairs and saw the genius bar, photo/music/video centers. the 3rd floor is the theatre where they classes. 4th floor is the software and accessories. saw a pretty dope bag that i'd get. compact and aesthetically pleasin'. i spent about 2 hours there lookin' at all kinds of stuff. @ around 17:45 got back on the ginza line and headed to shibuya.
was supposed to meet up with bryan @ the hachiko koban (police box) @ 1815. me up with him, his buddy shintaro (studied in london for 5 years, has an english accent, works for fujitsu) and scotty (j/a from hawaii, we play ball all the time together, works for vodafone). we waited @ the restaurant and waited for ken's (j/a from la, married to japanese girl, accountant) sister-in-law, ryoko, and her 3 friends. the restaurant was pretty nice, wouldn't expect it to be like it was judgin' from the outside. 3 girls only showed up first, ryoko, yoko and rie. nao came a little bit later. kinda weird how we were situated because the guys all sat at the ends w/the girls in the middle. luckily for me the girl who can speak english sat next to me. i didn't really get a chance to talk to the other girls as much, but bryan, bein' the comedian that he is, got everyone to talk to each other with his jokes and stuff. we finished up @ around 2300, just enough time to catch the train home. was supposed to kick it with yu
and his friends..but i don't think i could have pulled an all nighter and play bball the next day. so i went home. as i got off the train @ jr tsudanuma, i saw all these people runnin' towards the shin tsudanuma station...so i decided to run too. when i looked @ my watch...i had about 2 min to get from station to station in order to catch the last train. luckily i just barely made it within about 10 seconds!
on the way back, stopped off @ serenade to say hi and was shocked to see that ito chan and mina chan were there. chilled there for a while and then headed home @ around 0300ish.
sun
slept in til around noon and then did some more laundry and went grocery shoppin'. had some sashimi, gobo & potatoes for lunch. watched bowling for columbine which i thought was pretty good. played a couple of games of espn bball and then made the trek out to shibuya to play some bball with the fellas.
only about 13 guys showed up. scotty brought his buddy from work, a tall german guy, who timo could talk to in german with. for some reason...i started to cramp up again during the 3rd game. i don't know what it is. on the other court, there was bout 30-40 kids, dressed all streeted out, playin'. some of them had some pretty good playground moves, they probably been watchin' and1 videos and playin' nba street 24/7. but it was interestin' to see how these kids have grasped the streetball culture. kinda weird to see these people, dressed and play the way they do outside of the states. decided to skip gettin' food with the guys cuz i wanted to get home. man...i kinda realized it a bit of a pain to go out to play bball in shibuya. from my house, take shin keisei to shin tsudanuma eki, then walk to jr tsudanuma eki, then hop on the rapid sobu to kinshicho eki, transfer to the local sobu to ochanomizu eki, then transfer to the rapid chuo to shinjuku, then walk to the shin keio line and get off at the 2nd station which is hatagaya.
got home around 2230, took a shower, checked some stuff online and then went to bed.
aite...gotsa to get goin'
kaz out...
news
After two years, Microsoft's home video game system has failed to make a splash in Japan -- maybe free "love pillows" will be the answer. read more
More and more bars and restaurants scan patrons' driver's licenses, ostensibly to verify age. But the licenses contain lots of valuable information, and the temptation to use the data for marketing is hard to resist. read more
Spider-Man, the X-Men and Marvel Enterprises's other superheroes will soon be faced with deadly new enemies being dreamed up by video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc.read more
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