{"id":704,"date":"2004-03-08T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-08T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/704"},"modified":"2009-02-06T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T20:56:50","slug":"weekend-update-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevenbrown.ca\/blog\/archives\/704","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Update with …."},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday<\/u>: went to an izakaya with
\n,<\/lj>, Alex, and a
\ncoworker. drank many “ichigo pine” drinks – (strawberry pineapple,
\nunanimously agreed upon as the number one drink. period. I claim
\ndiscovery credit.) We had sardines! It was almost exactly how it
\nsounds: a heated can of sardines with the lid peeled off, lemon and
\nspice on top. It was actually quite good.<\/lj><\/p>\n

\n

Saturday<\/u>: went to Nagoya Hilton with other
\ninterns (,<\/lj>,<\/lj>, Alex). Mission<\/b>: to
\nbecome fat, gorging on their delicious<\/b> curry
\nbuffet<\/i>. Items of sin included Thai Curry, Lamb Curry,
\nJapanese Vegetable Curry (didn’t get to try that one), Beef Shimeji
\nCurry (I believe), an awesome salad bar that included many seafood
\ndishes, fries, fish fillet, white bean soup, and a large dessert bar.
\nWe sat in large Western style chairs that were extremely comfortable,
\nbut forced us to lean over to eat from the table. Well, we were not
\ngoing to be outsmarted so easily, and when it was evident that we
\nneeded the extra real estate in our stomach, we began holding the
\nplates. I believe <\/lj> had it optimized: eat
\nenough curry so that your stomach is large enough to be it’s own table.
\n:p
\nAnyways, we were all very satisfied after that experience, and I’m
\npretty sure we all want to go again.<\/lj><\/p>\n

We split up into smaller groups, and ended up wandering around
\nNagoya, shopping, and (of course) trying on lots of hats. I played a
\ndemo of Custom Robo<\/i>. That game will be fun with a
\ncontroller that isn’t crap, and a little time to figure out the play
\nmechanics. I think it’s a cross between Virtual On<\/i>
\nand Smash Brothers<\/i>. I dunno if it’s possible to be
\nas good as Smash Brothers, though… that game kicks so much ass.
\n decided we sucked, and went home. Just me and
\n<\/lj> doing the bura bura thing. I bought a bottle
\nof Tantakatan<\/i> (Japanese shouchuu) from Family Mart
\nand milked that for the rest of the evening. We ate kimchi fried rice
\nand gyoza for a late snack\/dinner. After leaving Nagoya at around 10:30
\n(early, by any account), we were reminded of how sometimes it sucks
\nliving in the Japanese country side: we missed the last train the went
\nto our station and had to walk the difference. Oh well. To say we
\nneeded the exercise would be a severe understatement.<\/lj><\/p>\n

\n

Sunday<\/u>: I slept in. Met a Japanese guy who
\nI met on the train ages ago. He drove 2.5 hours to come and pick me up!
\nHoly crap! Good thing he likes driving, or so he says…. He wears
\nskater clothing and listens to rap songs that contain choruses that go
\nsomething like “suck my d#ck and I’ll lick your
\ncl*t.”<\/i> Well, at least he referred to it as “funny,” and…
\nthe rhythm was<\/i> kinda catchy. We ate tonkatsu, went
\non the glorious Solar Ark tour, and saw the tail end of the plum tree
\nflower festival in Anpachi. The rest of the day was mostly
\nrelaxing.<\/p>\n

\n

Today<\/u>: is monday. bleh. For some reason, I
\nmade a point of getting up extra early, had a shower in the
\nmorning<\/i> and even ate breakfast in the dormitory
\ncafeteria! I haven’t done that since my first weeks in Japan! The
\nscrambled egg is really quite good. The ladies serving thought the
\nearth stopped turning when I asked for no rice. heh<\/p>\n

Note<\/u>: Mission<\/b>:
\nAccomplished<\/i>. I’m getting fat. Need to snack less
\nand get more exercise. Mission<\/b>:
\nImpossible<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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