Update

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

My birthday party at Moby Dick's

I got these ROCKIN' sunglasses (shaped like red lips)

and a TRIANGLE!!!

This is Tapio (from Finland) and me. He is responsible

for giving me the triangle for my birthday.

My other friends were mad at him... haha

Since my last post on February 24 (about what I did the night of January 19), my hair has probably grown a good inch and I am now 27 years old. A lot has changed in my life since my last post. Sorry I have been really bad about blogging.

Let's see...here's a quick run through of some things that I have done:

Jan. 26 was Australia Day and I played Cricket. I despise that game by the way.

Feb. 8-11: I went to Sapporro in Hokkaido (far north of Japan) for Yuki Matsuri (The Snow Festival). It was AMAZING! People from all over the world go to it to see these ice sculptures that are HUGE and just mind blowing. I have pictures and I'll try to get them up here as soon as I can. I promise! I also went snowboarding in Niseko. The snow was so great. It was like a fine powder and the slopes were so much fun.

Feb. 16 was the Naked Man Festival here in Okayama. Interesting to say the least (and no, they were not really naked).

The entire month of February I was sick. It started in Hokkaido and just got worse and worse. Sometime in there I got the flu and was home from work for about a week. I thought I was knocking on death's door, but I managed to survive. I DID have to go to the "hospital" several times (what they call the doctor). It was terriflying and I do not have much confidence in the Japanese medical system. If you want to hear my stories, we can talk later...much later.

March was pretty low key as for doing anything. I stayed in a great part of the month and kept to myself. As the weather has been changing from cold to a little warmer and there has been a lot of rain I just didn't feel like getting out there much. No time off in March to travel either so Tara and I hung out a lot. She's been a great friend while we've been in Japan.

March 26: Mom arrived in Japan! I was so excited that she had come. I was thinking about catching the next flight home, back to warm Alabama weather, but Mom came here instead. Probably better since I had to work if I wanted to get paid. :) I was off for the first week of April so she and I traveled around Japan. We celebrated her birthday and my own. Fun times.

It's not the end of April. I can't quite believe it. I will be home in two months and five days. One week of that is a holiday for me here. I am going camping with my friends at Shokoku Island.

That's the best I can do for an update right now. I hope everyone is doing great!

Love, Amanda