so it's been a busy week for Allison! work every day that was followed by japanese class on monday, eikaiwa (english conversation) lesson on tuesday, taiko drums on wednesday, tsugaru-ben study/translation dinner night on thursday, kaho shimada concert on friday, movie and bbq on saturday, and meeting on sunday! whew!
i also knocked down the bee nest that this lone bee was so busily buiding for the last 2 weeks. had to get it down before it started having babies though, because i hate bees!! and the bees here look like wasps so they are even more intimidating! my house is being taken over by spiders again, but i don't really mind as long as they stay out of my bedroom. i made dinner a few times this week and they were very japanesey ~ rice, fish, and soup. the soup i made is called tonjiru and its a miso-based soup with loads of stuff in it and it surprisingly turned out pretty good! yay :)
one of the highlights of the week was being able to talk to my old SUA buddies on monday (sunday cali time). did a round-robin style conversation in which the phone was passed around to everyone and i got to talk to them for 2 minutes each; i was on my lunch break and couldnt talk long :( but it was sooooooo nice hearing everyone's voice and made me wish i was there! someday!!
another highlight was the taiko drums. if i practice enough and can get the hang of them then i might be in the oh-so-famous tachi nebuta parade in august in goshogawara. taiko was a lot of fun but, man it's hard!!! must practice!!
this next month is going to be really busy too. will be going to tokyo next weekend for the recontracting conference (all renewing jets have to attend), want to go to sapporo so i can visit people, will be in the tsugaru-ben taikai (competition that foreigners enter and have to speak the local dialect), and will probably be in a parade at the end of the month. oh-so-busy but having lots of fun. although, it does make time fly!! here's some pictures from the weekend ... enoy!
bbq fun!
me, nobuko, and hitomi (the strategists) and ben sneaking in the back
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4 comments:
awww my first glimpse of your strategists. :P
your weekend sounded like fun!
and the soup...mmmmm.
xo
the taiko drums are my favorite. Good pictures
oops a PS:
did i ever tell you i once went to a 2 HOUR taiko drum concert. it was amazing!
you'll be doing that? whoa. that's a great workout. i'm jealous.
BUSY GIRL! SOUNDS LIKE SO MUCH FUN, WHEN YOU COME HOME YOU AND DADDY CAN PLAY BANJO AND DRUMS! HAHA. aNY NEWS ON YOU KNOW WHO? TALK TO YOU SOON LOVE AND MISS YOU
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