By the end of January, I will have made more dollars in the past two months than any two consecutive months in my life -- about a third of the annual salary of my previous job. Thrown into the mix is a two-week holiday. I am murdering my student loan.
Just got back to Tokyo from a five day trip to Kyoto (dollar beers 百円ビール and reggae bar), Nara-ken (jazz bar), and Osaka (okonomiyaki kushi katsu お好み焼き串かつ). Spent time with the little brother, his gf, and my gf. Too many beers and a day-trip to the spa.
Great view of Fuji on the way down with Sachi, great view of a few beers and baked goods on the way back. Sachi is now making some Japanese Oyster Stew (かきなべ） which will go down with a few good beers that my younger brother equipped me with.
Kinda cold here in Sachi's place, but the breakfast she made was pretty darn good. I have to go to school today, first to learn, then later to teach. Putting myself in the student chair is quite difficult.
Lost my fuckin phone on the train. Slipped out of my pocket when I wasn't looking. Have to go back to the station and figure that shit out. Hope it's not gone fo good. Although I hate that phone, it has lots of stuff on it.
Took Sachi out for our anniversary last week. Went to the premier cinema in roppongi hills. Roppongi Hills is a totally elitist shopping centre, but it is quite stylish and the premier theatre lives up to its name. There is a drinking lounge for starts, with water displays and lots of black leather couches, and you know, appropiate lounge/techno music playing. And the theatre itself is quite small, but the chairs are like lazy boy recliners set up in pairs with a small table between each chair, so you really get to sit back and enjoy the show. A drink is included in the ticket price, too. Set me back 30 bucks a ticket! And the movie was WALL-E. The movie wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't the worst either. Good date movie, and it's impressive to see how far computer animation has come. Not only the animation, but how the camera now interacts. Parts in WALL-E are done in a hand-held kind of perspective, and it's 100 per cent convincing.
After the film we went to the Heartland bar in the same complex for a few drinks, then trained it back to Ogikubo, where I live, and hit up a cheap yakitori restaurant. All three places set me back about a hundred bucks, or 10000 yen, which is reasonable. She also liked the pink i-POD I got her.
Matt