| | it's weird writing stuff because i feel like this is "The Post College Blog" or something. but whatever. i'm just going to write prolifically about everything and nothing, and it doesn't mean anything more than what it is.
WED. graduation/being done with college starts to hit me on the bus ride from the airport. Emi met me at oizumi-gakuen station. dinner at her aunt's, which was awesome. her uncle was so funny. the first night, he was like.. "oh, i forgot all my english." (in japanese) and then the next day, he's like, "hey guys!" in english.
THURS. the shin-okubo adventure in which we don't eat korean food. wandering around the giant-ness that is shinjuku. went to hamura to meet up with emi's friend naho and have dinner.
FRI. the day of endless walking and exhaustion: national diet building/park, after which we tried to go to the imperial palace but then just rode the train back and forth a bunch of times. then once at the imperial palace, we were scolded multiple times because the prince of japan (??) was coming and we got yelled at for 1) being in the way, 2) sitting down while he was about to drive through, 3) not being in the line of people greeting him. haha.. oops. then ueno/awesome art museum/science museum, and dinner with naho. ate AMAZING okonomiyake.
SAT. harajuku/takeshita-dori (and almost got trampled by the crowd in front of forever 21), omotesando, shibuya, jehovah's witness meeting, tokyo tower, dinner with naho and naho's parents. ate really good raw beef "sushi."
SUN. yokohama with emi's cousin eriko - saw rowing races, taiko, chinatown. i love tanemaru, the little cartoony mascot for yokohama. it poses in random acts and teaches you the japanese words of what it's doing. "tereru, daijobu, uishiro, etc, etc." saw about 10,000 people crossing the street all at once in shibuya. no joke. it made me oddly happy and giddy. went to really cool buddha bar and met eriko's friend richard lee. "OMG richard lee!" haha... late night with emi.
MON. ebisu for lunch with Emi's ASIJ friends (with awesome stationery store and amazing tofu for lunch), asakusa (with the amazing eel and sweets), akihabara for like 2 seconds.
TUE. seeing emi off at the airport. fighting our way back through traffic by car from narita. met yumi, yohe. slept 12 hours to recover.
WED. got very good at charades without emi to translate. kamakura - giant buddha, hiking, temples galore. had GREAT sushi and finally ate a peach and more amazing yogurt. can now say "the doors will open on the left/right side" in japanese. HA! but then fell asleep on the train, missed my stop, and took another hour to get back.
THUR. brunch with IAN at tsukiji fish market where i had the best meal of my life. seriously worth waiting in line for over an hour because i was having little orgasms in my mouth at every bite. it was slightly awkward making faces like that in public but oh. my. god. also, the man making our sushi was really charming and nice and seemed really happy doing his job. ian and i both fell in love with him a little. and then to the airport and now i'm at my great aunt's house in korea.
i can't believe it's only been a week and a half since i left home.
and before that was SF/LA. highlights:
-meeting up with steph and viv in SF was amazing. i have really great friends. =) but also, i can't believe i didn't know viv wasn't a dessert person. WHAT?! (shock that i didn't know, not that she isn't a dessert person) also, the lakers won the playoffs. hahaha.. =)
-saw the brothers bloom, which might possibly be my new favorite movie. it has rachel weisz in it and it's hilarious. need i say more?
-played peggle, this really addicting computer game that kiel's mom plays. i played for like 4 hours before i was forcibly dragged away from the computer.
-giant transportation fiasco/logistical failure in LA due to plane delay. but sophia saves the day and there's good food and good people at hyun jung's house.
-SARAH'S HOUSE!!! her 100% asian high school. hakseup at seung hye's, dinner with sefa, and UP, the movie. the movie made me miss my mom. |
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