Happy Birthday Mum Post :)

Mum's birthday was yesterday :) Happy birthday and Congrats! Also, I hope you get better from your sickness.

Anyway I'll start with George's birthday last Wednesday. A few days ago, we were discussing what to get him... but there was no conclusion. I remembered that he liked Amazake, but that isn't a lot. So I went to ask him directly, and he said he wanted soccer gloves or a wallet. I'm not great at choosing gloves, so the safer (and most likely the longer-lasting) option would be the wallet.

So, I got a list of people who wanted to chip in, and went shopping after school the next day. I scoured the big mall, "Aeon", for wallets ranging from the cheap canvas type to the really high class leather wallets. Eventually after having a look at all that was available, I figured that the best thing = simplicity. So I got him a plain high quality leather brown wallet. Without the contributions of 7 people, that would have been a tough buy despite the simplicity of the design. Afterwards I grabbed a few letters (so people can write more personalised messages, and also because there weren't any suitable cards), and on my way back I passed by Liquor Mountain to pick up a bottle of Amazake.

The party itself was quite nice :) Again at Misfits, so you can pretty much guess what went on... Ayaka, George's new GF, was there, so I am quite sure he was happy. Misaki wanted to concentrate on her presentation, but ended up going anyway. lol

Thursday... was a full day of school.

Friday... In the evening, I went with Misaki to her University's Orchestra's Concert at Sakae. Apparently it was at the biggest concert hall in Nagoya, which was about one third the size of the Opera House's hall (according to my memory). She felt that I wasn't dressed appropriately, so before it started, I jumped into Uniqlo and made a speed purchase, changed, and went. lol :P

The performance was pretty good, and it didn't cost any money for us either! It reminded me of my High School tromboning days... but it was quite long, so I was dozing off half way through one of the slow movements ><. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it tho! Afterwards, we went to join the other bunch of guys for karaoke. It was a group of 10-11 people, and it was nice to have so many friends gathered together :) Lots of them left early tho. 11 was reduced to 9, 9 to 5, 5 to 3... and the 3 of us (Kyoji, Misaki and I) stayed until the end (about 4:30am). We enjoyed the unlimited cups of hot cocoa, corn soup and juice whilst dying from exhaustion at the same time. :P Saturday- After I got home around 5, we went to sleep... but I had to wake up 4 hours later because I had English to teach >< It went alright, despite my visibly drowsy eyes. So that went until 12. That afternoon, there was a farewell/graduation party/ceremony thing happening at Nanzan University because all the exchange students there are going home ><. So, when I got home, I just had a shower, got some rest, and then headed out together with Misaki to Nanzan. When we got there, all the sushi and… ‘good stuff’ was gone… >< So, I was just munching on salad and biscuits etc. while taking photos with, and saying goodbye to some friends that I probably will never see again  We continued doing that at their dorm, until around 6. Later that night, we were planning a yakiniku party at the party room downstairs. So I had to help George buy a lot of meat and drinks (as well as a very nice hot plate ;)) Lots of people turned up (15 or so), and it was a smokey but fun night ;) The next day was a study day… After I finished doing my part, I helped my girlfriend with her English study. Fell asleep halfway through tho. It’s getting really hot and humid here in Nagoya! >< Also, it is raining quite a lot as well… Apparently it will be the rainy season soon (sometime next month)… which I will not be looking forward to because I hate the rain so much. Especially when I have to ride a bike to get to school in the rain!! Last night was a Nabe (hotpot) party at the Nanzan dorms, where we went to say goodbye to Melinda (from America). We will miss them so much ><
Also, it was good thing that the rain stopped before I left to go there. Lol
Today, I don’t have class, but I was supposed to meet a teacher at second period, but she didn’t turn up. Then I taught English again… then… went to the gym, where I met Rina and Nana (who I really haven’t seen much of recently). Nana is going to come over in about an hour to watch a movie or something. She doesn’t seem to be too positive about her job hunting, and is pretty depressed. So I’ll do my best to cheer her up !
Alright! That’s the wrap for this week. Laters~