Hanami-ing in Nagoya

Hooray! its Hanami time!
For those of you who dont know, it means "Flower watching" hmm weird translation... but its when the cherry blossoms are out and everyone sits under the trees and has feast, plays music and sings! It`s one of my favourite memories when i was in Tokushima and it will be one of my favourite memories from here too!

To get the most out of the hanami season i went to Josh`s in Nagoya (the flowers don`t come out for weeks here in Komatsu) and we went to a little park spread out a tarp and set up the barbi... YEP! A BBQ... HOORAY! and of course we set up the esky with the drinkies in it keke... did I ever tell you that one of the best things about Japan is that you can drink in public... hehe!
Anyways we met this lil ol lady who kept coming over to the "gaijins" or "Aliens" and offering us drinks... hehe she was such a champ that i taught her how to cook marshmellows BBQ style!Here is a pic of my new grandma and me! :)

After bbqing some we were eyeing off the lil kids and their soccerball for awhile till it got too much and we decided to take over! hehe.. well, we soon found out it was a bad idea because these 2 little kids (they were about 9 or 10) kicked our butts in soccer! NO KIDDING! we ended up scoring one point and decided that we should stop becuase the kid was chuckin a hissy fit! But it was fun teasing him... hehe! Nice going guys!!

After a few more drinks me and Josh decided to go and play on the swings... only to find that our butts wouldnt fit in the swings... (I swear they were small.. hmm) anyway, we trodded up to the see saw!! HAHA ive never had soo much fun! Josh and i discovered that we can sit on the saw with both legs up and keep balanced! It was soo exciting that we ended up sittin like that for hours just see sawing and drinking.... until, everyone backed up and we thought we better go or we might get left behind!
Anyway Josh and i have decided that neither of us can gain or lose weight... so we can be see saw pals forever!!! YAY! You better stick to it Joshy!
UP THE MIGHTY SEE SAW!!

Cheers to a mighty fine day in the park! :)

Weirdest start to my morning EVER!

Ok, I have a story to tell about my weirdest start to the morning EVER!
It all stared on this Thursday morning when i woke up to the usual sound of my (Aint no hollerback girl) alarm tune. I reached for my fone to smak it once so i could get 5 more minuets sleep.... but to my surprise I opened my eyes to see someone STANDING half in and half out of my WINDOW!

At first i thought it was Blacky... so i was like, "What the hell are you doing in here?" Then the person answered me in Japanese... i was like... hmm.. why in the world is Blacky (who`s American) speaking to me in Japanese?. (And i cant speak or understand Japanese in the mornings) So i thought... crap! I need to find something to hit this person over the head with!! (I could only see there legs) Then i realised... wait... i can`t do that.. im nakey!! AAAHHHH (Lucky no bits were exposed) ekk

Anyway, after waking up a bit (and could finally understand some Japanese) I realised it was my LANDLORD!!!.... NO KIDDING! She was like, "Its raining outside, so i came in to take your futon (doona) off the line!" I was like... ahhh thank you... then she left!!! UNREAL!

There are sooo many things wrong with this story.....
1- Who the hell do my landlords think they are letting themselves into my apartment (with a spare key, i might add).
2- I can`t believe i didn`t hear anyone come into my apartment... literally step over me and open my window.... gives a new meaning to "sleeping through earthquakes" Maybe a bear can really come into my room and steal food out of my fridge without waking me up.... AAAHHH either that or the landlord would let them in...
3- Josh, you should FORGET about not wanting to sleep nakey in case there is an earthquake and someone has to drag you out with no clothes on.... you should be more worried about your LANDLORD!!!

So, now I have to decide what im going to do/say to my landlords? Any ideas anyone? ... hmm

百万石まつり Hyakumangoku Festival!

Today was the Hyakumangoku or hundreds and thousands or stones festival! Weird i know!
One thing i love about Japan is the festivals! At this festival people were lined up in the middle of the street for as far as you could see, all dressed in yukata or kimono (Japanese style dress). There were trucks lined up in the middle of the road with massive speakers and everyone danced the same dance! hehe Blacky and I learned the dance and got invited to dance with soo many companies! It was sooo much fun! After all, how often can you get away with drinking beer and dancing in the middle of the street in Aus?? hehe
Here are some pics!


Yes, i know... the Yukata isn`t pink....




















Blacky did my hair! Good job girlfriend! keke











Me and Blacky! (Vanessa by the way)









Dancin in the street!

p.s more pics to come... :)