hokkaido
wow, wow, wow is all i gotta say bout this weekend. i thought 2 weekends ago was great...but this past weekend surpasses it by far.
da crew: rick, bryan, sean, scott, eugene, jon, junji, bnose
the weekend started off as planned with 2 totally agendas takin' place at once. the first is what rick thinks is goin' on and the second bein' the surprise. from showin' up late, stallin' @ da airport and the other little but essential events were made possible due to the great plannin' of b and junji with the help of ketai mail once the "plan" was in effect.
started the day off by meetin' up nose @ funabashi eki. then went to matsuya for breakfast, headed to haneda and got there right as planned. "the plan" was for the married guys (the ones who said that they couldn't make it) to get on the plane first, sit in the back and then meet us at the hotel.
when i asked rick @ the airport, "man, kinda sucks that the other guys couldn't make it, huh?" he broke down his reply, first startin' with eugene's (nikkei from LA, married to japanese girl, engineer for sony) excuse, then scott's and finally sean's. he seemed so down that they couldn't make and it was really hard to keep from laughin' and stayin' composed.
what helped out a lot was that our flight was cancelled, so the other guys got on a later flight. we got 1000yen vouchers for food which was kinda koo. the surprise worked as plan and it was great to see rick overjoyed that "some of the key players" actually did make it.
junji hooked it up on the dinner we had. all i gotta say is ddddaaaammmnnnn dat ishhhh was off da hoooookkk!!! we started with some sashimi: grubbin'. then it was the crab: omg, that was da bomb. then it was the hokke & sake: man...that salmon was one of the best i've ever had! then it was ikura don: this is the highlight. normally, i despise ikura (fish eggs) but junji told me that i have to try it even though i don't like it. so i did, and the taste was out of this world. it was so fresh, that i had 3 more scoops! there wasn't any fishy taste to it!
after dinner, we went walkin' around, stoppin' @ some places to kick it. later on that night, we went to go eat some ramen, cuz everyone says that you have to eat the ramen in hokkaido, so we did and it was pretty good. we came back to hotel after that and can ya guess what was on? the lakers/wolves game, so we watched that and joked around some more.
the next day, we chilled, then decided to go to an ofuro (public bath). this one was really nice. the had a salt sauna (where you put salt all over your body which is supposed to make your skin soft), a normal sauna, and a couple of other pools. the highlight was the rotenburo (outdoor bath). since it was snowin' @ that time (and most of the weekend, i might add), lookin' up and seein' the steam rise up and the snowflakes fall while loungin' in a hot pool was so relaxin'!!! afterwards we went up to have some drinks and food. a nice cold nama biru (draft beer) is the best thing when you get out of the bath. we also ate some: edamame, karaage, kushikatsu (like yakitori) & sake/ume ochazuke (salmon/plum & rice with hot tea poured over). it's been sometime since i've had ochazuke, but this one was hella good! we chilled and then headed back to the hotel to pick up our bags and then we were off to the station, not before buyin' tons and tons of shiroi koibito for my omiyage.
it was a long 36 hours, but it'll be something that i'll never forget. congratulations rick, this past weekend was for ya.
monday
wanted to give out a birthday shout to my boy russ back home. happy 29th bday big bro!!!
first class of the day, takeuchi sensei wasn't feelin' well, so i had to take over for the rest of the day. the second class bein' 2-4, aka. the jungle; went rather well. it's amazin' the respect you get one you threaten to give them "checks". the students still haven't learned to let me finish the question before they raise their hand. it was fun to get hikaru with it this time, she was totally caught off guard, but she managed to pull it off quite well. she's one of my best students.
went to ikko for dinner & to drop off the shiroi koibito. tried mama's tonkatsu for the very first time. it was quite good, especially with addin' the extra karashi (spicy mustard) to the sauce. also had some grubbin' ninniku negi udon (garlic, green onion udon) which totally hit the spot. kicked it with: sensei, kobi, kita, yoko, hashimoto & kohiyama.
came home and d/l'd unreal tournament 2004 demo. it runs quite nice on my machine (i sure hope so, it is a gamin' rig) and there are so much new stuff in this game that makes it pretty impressive. from da vehicles to the graphics, the game is definitely somethin' i might get. played for about 2 hours and called it a night.
tuesday
don & jookie called me early in the morning @ around 0615 and we talked bout the trip a little bit more. it's gonna turn out to be really, really busy. a lot busier than i had planned but should be fun nonetheless.
was busy today, had 4 classes in a row. today was our last kyushoku (school lunch), it's was a little sad not to be able to eat with the students anymore. internet was down for most of the day, so durin' my free time, i was able to catch up on some uplink. i'm stuck at this one part where i have to change a record in the social security database, but i can't seem to get it search correctly.
went to matsukiyo for some grocery shoppin' (was gonna make spaghetti) and saw yuasa sensei and jomi san. they invited me over for dinner which i couldn't refuse cuz yuasa sensei makes grubbin' food. came home and was too tired to do laundry. even fell asleep with my contacts on!?!?
news
- since the ski dome in funabashi is now officially torn down, can you guess what's replacin' it? the asian hq of ikea!!! woot!!!
- espn mlb baseball is delayed til april! aaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!
- splinter cell pandora tomorrow is delayed til the 27th! daaaaammmnnnnnn!!!!
- konami's new interactive game, lifeline, uses a headset mic and voice-recognition software to deliver an interestin' gamin' experience.
- new book titled the shellcoder's handbook: discovering and exploiting security holes that is aimed towards keepin' out hackers, might actually be helpin' them.
- intel heads towards 4mb cache in desktop processors
- the eagle has finally landed: terrel owens is an eagle now...but for how long???
wow, wow, wow is all i gotta say bout this weekend. i thought 2 weekends ago was great...but this past weekend surpasses it by far.
da crew: rick, bryan, sean, scott, eugene, jon, junji, bnose
the weekend started off as planned with 2 totally agendas takin' place at once. the first is what rick thinks is goin' on and the second bein' the surprise. from showin' up late, stallin' @ da airport and the other little but essential events were made possible due to the great plannin' of b and junji with the help of ketai mail once the "plan" was in effect.
started the day off by meetin' up nose @ funabashi eki. then went to matsuya for breakfast, headed to haneda and got there right as planned. "the plan" was for the married guys (the ones who said that they couldn't make it) to get on the plane first, sit in the back and then meet us at the hotel.
when i asked rick @ the airport, "man, kinda sucks that the other guys couldn't make it, huh?" he broke down his reply, first startin' with eugene's (nikkei from LA, married to japanese girl, engineer for sony) excuse, then scott's and finally sean's. he seemed so down that they couldn't make and it was really hard to keep from laughin' and stayin' composed.
what helped out a lot was that our flight was cancelled, so the other guys got on a later flight. we got 1000yen vouchers for food which was kinda koo. the surprise worked as plan and it was great to see rick overjoyed that "some of the key players" actually did make it.
junji hooked it up on the dinner we had. all i gotta say is ddddaaaammmnnnn dat ishhhh was off da hoooookkk!!! we started with some sashimi: grubbin'. then it was the crab: omg, that was da bomb. then it was the hokke & sake: man...that salmon was one of the best i've ever had! then it was ikura don: this is the highlight. normally, i despise ikura (fish eggs) but junji told me that i have to try it even though i don't like it. so i did, and the taste was out of this world. it was so fresh, that i had 3 more scoops! there wasn't any fishy taste to it!
after dinner, we went walkin' around, stoppin' @ some places to kick it. later on that night, we went to go eat some ramen, cuz everyone says that you have to eat the ramen in hokkaido, so we did and it was pretty good. we came back to hotel after that and can ya guess what was on? the lakers/wolves game, so we watched that and joked around some more.
the next day, we chilled, then decided to go to an ofuro (public bath). this one was really nice. the had a salt sauna (where you put salt all over your body which is supposed to make your skin soft), a normal sauna, and a couple of other pools. the highlight was the rotenburo (outdoor bath). since it was snowin' @ that time (and most of the weekend, i might add), lookin' up and seein' the steam rise up and the snowflakes fall while loungin' in a hot pool was so relaxin'!!! afterwards we went up to have some drinks and food. a nice cold nama biru (draft beer) is the best thing when you get out of the bath. we also ate some: edamame, karaage, kushikatsu (like yakitori) & sake/ume ochazuke (salmon/plum & rice with hot tea poured over). it's been sometime since i've had ochazuke, but this one was hella good! we chilled and then headed back to the hotel to pick up our bags and then we were off to the station, not before buyin' tons and tons of shiroi koibito for my omiyage.
it was a long 36 hours, but it'll be something that i'll never forget. congratulations rick, this past weekend was for ya.
monday
wanted to give out a birthday shout to my boy russ back home. happy 29th bday big bro!!!
first class of the day, takeuchi sensei wasn't feelin' well, so i had to take over for the rest of the day. the second class bein' 2-4, aka. the jungle; went rather well. it's amazin' the respect you get one you threaten to give them "checks". the students still haven't learned to let me finish the question before they raise their hand. it was fun to get hikaru with it this time, she was totally caught off guard, but she managed to pull it off quite well. she's one of my best students.
went to ikko for dinner & to drop off the shiroi koibito. tried mama's tonkatsu for the very first time. it was quite good, especially with addin' the extra karashi (spicy mustard) to the sauce. also had some grubbin' ninniku negi udon (garlic, green onion udon) which totally hit the spot. kicked it with: sensei, kobi, kita, yoko, hashimoto & kohiyama.
came home and d/l'd unreal tournament 2004 demo. it runs quite nice on my machine (i sure hope so, it is a gamin' rig) and there are so much new stuff in this game that makes it pretty impressive. from da vehicles to the graphics, the game is definitely somethin' i might get. played for about 2 hours and called it a night.
tuesday
don & jookie called me early in the morning @ around 0615 and we talked bout the trip a little bit more. it's gonna turn out to be really, really busy. a lot busier than i had planned but should be fun nonetheless.
was busy today, had 4 classes in a row. today was our last kyushoku (school lunch), it's was a little sad not to be able to eat with the students anymore. internet was down for most of the day, so durin' my free time, i was able to catch up on some uplink. i'm stuck at this one part where i have to change a record in the social security database, but i can't seem to get it search correctly.
went to matsukiyo for some grocery shoppin' (was gonna make spaghetti) and saw yuasa sensei and jomi san. they invited me over for dinner which i couldn't refuse cuz yuasa sensei makes grubbin' food. came home and was too tired to do laundry. even fell asleep with my contacts on!?!?
news
- since the ski dome in funabashi is now officially torn down, can you guess what's replacin' it? the asian hq of ikea!!! woot!!!
- espn mlb baseball is delayed til april! aaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!
- splinter cell pandora tomorrow is delayed til the 27th! daaaaammmnnnnnn!!!!
- konami's new interactive game, lifeline, uses a headset mic and voice-recognition software to deliver an interestin' gamin' experience.
- new book titled the shellcoder's handbook: discovering and exploiting security holes that is aimed towards keepin' out hackers, might actually be helpin' them.
- intel heads towards 4mb cache in desktop processors
- the eagle has finally landed: terrel owens is an eagle now...but for how long???
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水曜日, 3月 17, 2004.
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