I was moved.
I have a new apartment.
Actually, it's in the same rather old apartment building, but this particular flat has been uninhabited for some time, and industrially cleaned it would seem, so it feels new. I thing that, chiefly because of this, it is a nicer apartment. It also feels more 'mine', which is annoying since I will be leaving in 12 weeks or so. Still, it will be nice for the new teacher to move in to a spotless flat rather than one that had been lived in for 3 years. They also won't have to live next door to the pillock who is now safely 3 or 4 doors away. Huzzah!
Anyhoo, I was going to move on Monday, but it was raining pretty hard so I only mover the bigger items (I got by with a little help from my friends). I then went out for a quiet meal with my coworker and a friend from Nagoya. We went to my favourite curry restaurant in Nagoya- and it was delicious. The evening was so enjoyable, in fact, that after a couple of beers in the big city, my coworker and I decided to catch last orders at our local, at wt which point we met 2 Australians (who were realy sound) and subsequently decided to catch last orders at a bar in Yanagase (an undercover shopping/entertainment district that has seen better days.) Las orders were at about 5.30am We then grabbed a pizza and jumped in a cab home. It was muchos fun.
Although...maybe not as fun as the night before.
Spring time in Japan is the time when the nation goes crazy for sakura or Cherry Blossoms. Every year, the people of Japan meet under the trees and have drinking parties all day and all night. Unfortunately, I work on Sundays so I was unable to catch the daytime events (which looked and sounded amazing when I saw the photos and heard the stories.) However, in true party spirit, my friends joined a japanese party on the banks of the river, and I was able to join them under the trees with a 6 pack of cheap beer in tow to keep me going. There were DJs spinning, there was dancingm, there were sakura trees and a great mix of people having a good time. I was so glad I got to sample the joys of hanami (Cherry Blossom party).
We then went to a temporary bar in the style of an open air tent to allow maximum blossom viewing, and stayed there till the wee small hours. We ended up joining a pleasant Japanese family for some drinking games, and somewhere along the line one of the Japanese party decided to get completely naked and do a little dance. Which was nice. When we asked what they did for a living, we were a little taken aback by their answer of Yakuza, or Japanese Mafia. The mafia is tolerated over here, but widely disliked. That said, they were god enough company for the couple of hours we were in their presence.
So...now I am bak in the cafe and ready for work again tomorrow. I don't want to go! Wednesdays are tough. But, my dad will be here in a week or so, so there is plenty to look forward to. So...off to my new flat.
Actually, it's in the same rather old apartment building, but this particular flat has been uninhabited for some time, and industrially cleaned it would seem, so it feels new. I thing that, chiefly because of this, it is a nicer apartment. It also feels more 'mine', which is annoying since I will be leaving in 12 weeks or so. Still, it will be nice for the new teacher to move in to a spotless flat rather than one that had been lived in for 3 years. They also won't have to live next door to the pillock who is now safely 3 or 4 doors away. Huzzah!
Anyhoo, I was going to move on Monday, but it was raining pretty hard so I only mover the bigger items (I got by with a little help from my friends). I then went out for a quiet meal with my coworker and a friend from Nagoya. We went to my favourite curry restaurant in Nagoya- and it was delicious. The evening was so enjoyable, in fact, that after a couple of beers in the big city, my coworker and I decided to catch last orders at our local, at wt which point we met 2 Australians (who were realy sound) and subsequently decided to catch last orders at a bar in Yanagase (an undercover shopping/entertainment district that has seen better days.) Las orders were at about 5.30am We then grabbed a pizza and jumped in a cab home. It was muchos fun.
Although...maybe not as fun as the night before.
Spring time in Japan is the time when the nation goes crazy for sakura or Cherry Blossoms. Every year, the people of Japan meet under the trees and have drinking parties all day and all night. Unfortunately, I work on Sundays so I was unable to catch the daytime events (which looked and sounded amazing when I saw the photos and heard the stories.) However, in true party spirit, my friends joined a japanese party on the banks of the river, and I was able to join them under the trees with a 6 pack of cheap beer in tow to keep me going. There were DJs spinning, there was dancingm, there were sakura trees and a great mix of people having a good time. I was so glad I got to sample the joys of hanami (Cherry Blossom party).
We then went to a temporary bar in the style of an open air tent to allow maximum blossom viewing, and stayed there till the wee small hours. We ended up joining a pleasant Japanese family for some drinking games, and somewhere along the line one of the Japanese party decided to get completely naked and do a little dance. Which was nice. When we asked what they did for a living, we were a little taken aback by their answer of Yakuza, or Japanese Mafia. The mafia is tolerated over here, but widely disliked. That said, they were god enough company for the couple of hours we were in their presence.
So...now I am bak in the cafe and ready for work again tomorrow. I don't want to go! Wednesdays are tough. But, my dad will be here in a week or so, so there is plenty to look forward to. So...off to my new flat.
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