Cruisin'

Went on a Tokyo Bay cruise last Saturday with some friends that I met on the chat party a month back. I was shocked when we got to the port, because I was expecting that we would just be on one of those small sight-seeing boats, but I was wrong, it was really a ship! It wasn't especially big, but maybe 3 or 4 levels were in use. And, at the top deck, where we had a table, there was a dance floor. Yeah! I didn't expect to go to a disco, but there was one, so hell yeah! I'm not complaning!

It was really, really pretty. It would have been nice if it were a day and night cruise so that we would see the sights in broad daylight and then the lights at night, but since we were only on the ship for two hours from 7:30 only the lights could be seen. However, it was a good experience. It was my first time to be on a cruise ship, and it was really interesting. The combination of foreigners, Japanese girls in yukata, and drag queens some of whom were wearing skimpy clothes and swimsuits was something that I know will be memorable to me for a long time.

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And I live!

Just when I thought I was going to die: starving, bereft of entertainment on my last month here in Japan... I live! Hahaha. In other words, I am not broke anymore! By no means am I rich, but, I believe I now have enough money to pay my bills, buy food, and to some extent, enjoy my last two weeks in the land of the rising sun. Thank goodness for arubaito! Yatta!

This afternoon, I'm going to go to my friend Nica's house (she's Japanese, I met her on the Undernet #Japan/#Tokyochat party) and stay over for the night. I believe we're gonna be doing some really Japanese stuff. Yay for me!

With my Japanese friends, Nica and Carol

arubaito - part-time job (which in my case, was just scanning a book and labeling some text)
yatta - a Japanese expression that denotes happiness/victory

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Chatters Party

Finally went to my first mIRC party last Saturday! :D It was an Undernet #Japan and #Tokyochat get-together which was at a BBQ place in Higashijujo, Tokyo, which is like 2 hours from where I live. I wasn't gonna go because of my limited finances, but with prodding from quite a few people, I went, thinking that I would never probably get this chance ever again in my life. And I'm glad I went, because it was totally fun.

First we went to a yakiniku place, and then spent the entire night until 4:00 am (which is when there are trains again) at a karaoke. I love karaoke, and it was fun... just that after about over 4 hours of singing, it felt as if we were just there to pass the time till the trains would be working again. I spent a few hours of sleep at Morigen and Chong's place after that. I didn't wanna butt in for the second weekend in a row, but he insisted, so why not? It was better not to make the journey back to the mountains (because I literally do live on a mountain, or hill at least) that early. All the people I met were so nice, so it was all good! I hope I'll be able to meet them again in the future.

Clockwise from Left: Nica, Naka, Morigen, Haniwa, Kensang, Orochi's wife, Orochi and their baby, Onda (Orochi's friend), me, Chong, and Carol

yakiniku - Japanese BBQ

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