June 27, 2007

it's the end of the world....


well, not really - just the end of my time in Japan.

I have just 4 1/2 weeks of work left and 5 1/2 until the big day:
home time (via an extended holiday with my baby in San Francisco).

We are waiting on the visa as the final part of the plan, so every digit is crossed and all wood is being touched....

I am definitely feeling "over" Japan but not in any particularly emotional way - after all the ups and downs over the past three years it will just be a relief to leave.
One last trip to the old hometown of Hiroshima is planned for the 海の日 weekend - a Cafe Spice treat and some farewells are on the cards.

Got some great things planned for SF and will be so excited to get on that plane! Here's counting.....

May 18, 2007

millions of peaches, peaches for me...

millions of peaches, peaches for free .... not in Japan.
Check out the price of these little babies:

or for those of you without a magnifying glass:


In real money that price should read 40.97 pounds! for 9 peaches!

April 13, 2007

Oh! hanami

So another week has flown by....

We 'did' a little hanami last weekend. Korakuen was the main venue and despite a little rain we had a pleasant picnic on the grass with some yaki-soba and chu-hais.


There were a number of wedding photo sessions taking place - I felt a little voyeuristic hovering behind the real photographer but I fired off a few shots as I wasn't the only one spying.
For once it made me wish my beloved camera was digital so that I didn't risk taking too many crap shots.
I do like the not-knowing and the wait before flicking through the prints to see how everything came out.... but maybe my last big purchase in Japan will be a brand spanking new digi camera. I've got my eye on a couple of little beauties so who knows....

With the absence of any quality broadcasting on JTV we usually resort to renting a big load of DVDs for our viewing pleasure. But just recently, we have discovered this little gem - TVLinks - it is packed with goodies and we have gourged ourselves on a diet of disposable USTV.
America's Next Top Model, American Idol, My Name is Earl, South Park, and CSI to name but a few....
The last week has seen me hooked on Heroes - now I'm not usually a comic/sci-fi geek but I've really enjoyed the 18 episodes so far....

.... and hope my new favourite website gets the links to the upcoming episodes some time soon.

In other news:
saving - going OK.
hair length - getting longer.
tokyo - done.
fitness - getting better.

Two years to this very day that I started this lowly blog!!