Mission Ski Trip

Two weeks ago I went to Nigata with Jiro and the Mission guys for skiing and snowboarding. I don't like cold weather... but Jiro insisted that I go [being my last one and all :( ] so I went with them.

To tell you the truth... I hate skiing.

But this trip really changed my mind about skiing. Out of the 3 times I've been skiing, this was my favorite. I think I was even actually skiing lol... Anyways, Mission Ski Trip will be missed, I love these guys, and it will always hold a special place in my heart lol.

our Mission Bus!

Jiro

they made tonight's dinner especially catered to foreigners

I finally got me a Mission Shirt :)

Mission Ski and Board Trip 2009

that's it... see you all soon.

Next time, next adventure,
tha.

Happy New Year!

Hello.

Yeah.... it's been awhile huh lol...

You probably thought that I forgot about this little blog of mine, right? Well... I kinda did lol. Anyways, I know it's late and all, but Happy New Years!

What a great year. So many memories. I hope you also had a great year like me.

Here are my New Year's Resolutions:

1) Write more often in my blog (at least once a week)
2) Study Kanji everyday (at least 2 hours a day T_T)
3) Save money

Okay, now for some pictures.

Didn't take any real good pictures of my birthday. But this looks like a good one.

On my actual birthday 'day', I went with Mihoko to Kobe. During the first 2 weeks of every December at Kobe there's this huge light show that is known as the greatest light show in the world.

So many people waiting for the light show (Luminarie)

After a "Disneyland Wait", we finally made it :)

Here's us :)

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And now: New Year's at Vintage. Vintage is one of the best pubs (the only pub) in Yokkaichi, but saddly, it is now closed for business. I was happy to go there for their last day with my friends.

Ahh... Vintage # 2 (there's still Vintage 1, the bar, Vintage 3, the snack)

The bar master and me, with the last Guiness of Vintage... ever... (he gave it to me ^_^)

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Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Until next time, next adventure,
tha.

Shunjukai

Sorry for taking so long to post something... wish I had earlier because now so many things has happened. Well, the one thing that I really want to post was my awesome weekend to the Sea of Japan with my fellow co-workers. Everyone had a great time, he laughed, drank, and sang karaoke like if there was no other (lol... well, I did anyways).

Try to find me lol

Took some work to climb all the way up there (lol, and for Drew to set the timer on the camera and climb to us)


We also went to the onsen and had a great dinner. Yeah, it was a good weekend.
Well, lol... got to run. Cya!

The day before the storm...

Tomorrow is our annual Shunjukai trip. Everyone that I work with in City Hall will all board on a bus to some unknown destination tomorrow where we will be treated to fish, beer, and a hot onsen bath.

I have been looking forward to this trip all year long, except that now I've come down with some cold that is not making me feel too good :(
But, I'll do my best to enjoy this final Shunjukai trip (I guess the only thing that I would need to worry about is to not drink too much). It should be a great trip. All of the other years were pretty good. This one should be no different (except for this damn cold...).

We'll make it a good one though. I'll take some pictures and movies for you guys.

See you after the weekend.

- before I go, is Obama's catchphrase, "Yes, we can" popular in the States? It's huge here in Japan. Ever kid in my school is going around saying "yes, we can" to random things.

lol... just wanted to share that with you.

See ya.

Culture Festival 文化祭

Today was Culture Festival at Seiryou Junior High School. This school is a pretty good school. For living so far out there from the city, they have their own unique character and personality all to their own. Culture Festival is the next big event (well... that I know of) after sports day. At the Culture Festival, the individual classes compete with one another to determine the best class... and in terms of culture festival... the best 'singing' class. This year I wanted to sit in the back and doze away to the music, but instead, the music teacher made me one of the judges this year. Yeah... what luck... I hate judging.

Some pics:

Halloween 2008

I went to 2 different parties. The first was on Sunday, Oct. 26, and the second was on Halloween day.

The first party was pretty crazy. I went to this party two years ago, skipped last year's, but decided to go again this year. Also, the person who invited me was the owner's daughter lol... she is also my student. Gave me the flier at school.

Some pictures:



cute girls... very young though...


Anyways........

Second party was at a place I often go to. The master threw a party for me and my friends. It was a lot of fun, just sitting around, drinking and talking.





yeah... things got a little rough... busted out the guitar... it wasn't pretty lol.



Anyways... that was Halloween for me, probably my last in Japan :( but, it's all part of the experience :)

Street Fighter 4 - first look... well... not really

I don't really go to the Game Center in my town, but when I do I always try to look for a good fighting game to play. Street Fighter is definitely one of the games that I look for. This first look is for my bro, he said he wanted to see the game. So here's me playing Street Fighter 4.


That card costs 500 yen (about 5 bucks). Pretty much useless for me now.... You need to find a SF4 kiosk where you can edit some settings like your name and comment. Unfortunately for me, my game center sells the card but the kiosk is nowhere in the Game Center... sigh...


Made it to the last boss: Seth


Seth's cheap ass Ultra move


Ryu's ending

And that's a look at Street Fighter 4. If you wanna see anything else from Japan, let me know. I'll try to sneak my camera again.

Take care,
tha.