I planned to write this post yesterday, but I ended up being so busy that I didn't get back to my apartment until really late. In any case, this post is about my Saturday.
About 1 pm, I joined some of my apartment buddies- Amy, Brendan, and a super sweet couple named Momoko & Junta- to go get lunch and then do karaoke. We went to a ramen shop that's known for making their noodles super thin. I ordered their original ramen dish and it was really good! Maybe a bit warm to eat on a hot day, but the iced tea that was served with it helped with that quite a bit. :) After lunch, we stopped by a second-hand store filled with Japanese knick-knacks. I ended up buying some manga (Japanese comic books) because they were SUPER cheap, and I found some of my favorites that I'd been wanting the Japanese version of. I got 7 of them for the equivalent of about $5! :)
Next we went to karaoke. It was about 3:30 or so when we got to the karaoke place and we stayed until 8. It was just so much fun, we couldn't stop! About halfway through a couple others joined us, Miyao-sensei aka Neko (which means "cat" in Japanese and is a play on his name) and Eric who is a new teacher from America like me. They had a lot of English songs, but I sang some Japanese ones, too. They were impressed that I could read the Japanese on the screen. :) It's hard in fast songs, though... haha.
After karaoke, we went to an okonomiyaki (kind of like a savory pancake with cabbage, meat, sauce, etc.) restaurant. We all sat around a table with a grill in the middle and the food came in bowls that we had to stir and then pour onto the grill. The food was all really good.
When we got back to the apartment building, it was about 11, but we decided to play some cards. Brendan recently got a game called "Resistance" that's kind of like a board game but is all about strategy. It ended up being so addicting that we (him, Amy, Junta, Momoko, and I) played until 3 in the morning!! It was a lot of fun, but I was tired today because of it. :P Anyway, speaking of which, I'm going to bed soon. Got another week of teaching starting in twelve hours. The weekend always seems to go by way too fast, but what are you gonna do. At least in two weeks I get a long weekend, so I'm looking forward to that. :) Okay then, good night! Until next time.
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| Pork-based ramen with slices of pork, green onion, bean sprouts, and black mushrooms. |
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| The small karaoke room (it was darker in real life) |
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| From the left: Brendan, Momoko, Neko, Eric, me, and Junta |
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| Four different kinds of okonomiyaki (just slightly different ingredients) |
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| Yakisoba - fried noodles |
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