I am at home in Japan. China was wonderful, I will post pictures and stories about the trip later. I need to get to bed, I have a feeling work is going to be LONG tomorrow.
J
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The Roppongi Experience
Roppongi is a popular part of Tokyo with a ton of night life. Yesterday, I went into the city with Jenna, Lauren, Quail and Stacie to go to Barbacoa to have a girl's night (all the husband were elsewhere) before Stacie leaves. We went to Barbacoa, as always the food was wonderful. After Barbacoa we decided that we wanted to venture into the Roppongi district to see what it was all about.
The biggest issue with partying in Roppongi is you have to catch the last train home by 12, midnight because the trains don't run again until 5 am. Our original plan was the head home on the train at midnight. At about 11 pm, we all headed to the station, after a short discussion we decided that we were not going to go home, we were going to stay all night.
As you walk down the streets of the district there are many people standing outside of clubs and bars trying like leaches to hook on to you and suck you into their respective establishment. We ended up at club called Flower, after a bit of observation it was confirmed that most likely we had stumbled upon a gay bar with both gay and straight people there. We ended up staying there for the reminder of the night. Believe it or not, I think in hindsight the bar was more comfortable the a typical "straight" bar or club, because quite frankly everyone left us alone, we all danced, people watched, and had a great time.
Should we stay or should we go? Train station debate.
Quail, Lauren, Stacie and Jenna
At about 3 am, we all started to lose steam, needless to say, we were outside the train station wanting for the doors to open at 5 am. Talk about a very fun, but a very long night.
Waiting on the train station steps
I am not sure how people go to Roppongi on a regular bases, but it was a great experience.
I have attached a video and a few pictures, note how smokey the bar is in the video, I still feel like I smoked 25 packs of cigarettes and I don't smoke.
Cheers to a wonderful time with good friends.
J
"Friends are treasures." - Horace Burns
The biggest issue with partying in Roppongi is you have to catch the last train home by 12, midnight because the trains don't run again until 5 am. Our original plan was the head home on the train at midnight. At about 11 pm, we all headed to the station, after a short discussion we decided that we were not going to go home, we were going to stay all night.
As you walk down the streets of the district there are many people standing outside of clubs and bars trying like leaches to hook on to you and suck you into their respective establishment. We ended up at club called Flower, after a bit of observation it was confirmed that most likely we had stumbled upon a gay bar with both gay and straight people there. We ended up staying there for the reminder of the night. Believe it or not, I think in hindsight the bar was more comfortable the a typical "straight" bar or club, because quite frankly everyone left us alone, we all danced, people watched, and had a great time.
Should we stay or should we go? Train station debate.Quail, Lauren, Stacie and Jenna
At about 3 am, we all started to lose steam, needless to say, we were outside the train station wanting for the doors to open at 5 am. Talk about a very fun, but a very long night.
Waiting on the train station stepsI am not sure how people go to Roppongi on a regular bases, but it was a great experience.
I have attached a video and a few pictures, note how smokey the bar is in the video, I still feel like I smoked 25 packs of cigarettes and I don't smoke.
Cheers to a wonderful time with good friends.
J
"Friends are treasures." - Horace Burns
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Daily Grind
All:
I just wanted to check in on my blog really quick. I am still here and still doing well, but as usual I have been working A LOT! We made it through our inspection and did well on all the findings and recommendations of the inspection team.
But, last Monday I got to work and there was yet another visitor from Headquarters in Hawaii. She was here to look at the programming part of the center. I have worked with her now for many years, so I am use to her constructive criticism.
Bad news and Good News:
Always start with the bad they say... I had been planning on going back to the states for a conference and to see Allison, Scott, Connor, and Baby CJ, unfortunately they will not fund my trip, so I will not be going. It is a huge let down as I really was looking forward to seeing all of them. I will hopefully be making it to see them by the end of the summer, depending on what happens work and job wise.
On a positive note, before my boss leaves I really wanted to get out of here on a vacation. My friend Casey is a teacher in China and will be leaving there in June to go back to kwaj. I am going to go visit her. If all works out as planned I will leave here next Friday the 22nd.
That's all for now,
J
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-John Lennon
I just wanted to check in on my blog really quick. I am still here and still doing well, but as usual I have been working A LOT! We made it through our inspection and did well on all the findings and recommendations of the inspection team.
But, last Monday I got to work and there was yet another visitor from Headquarters in Hawaii. She was here to look at the programming part of the center. I have worked with her now for many years, so I am use to her constructive criticism.
Bad news and Good News:
Always start with the bad they say... I had been planning on going back to the states for a conference and to see Allison, Scott, Connor, and Baby CJ, unfortunately they will not fund my trip, so I will not be going. It is a huge let down as I really was looking forward to seeing all of them. I will hopefully be making it to see them by the end of the summer, depending on what happens work and job wise.
On a positive note, before my boss leaves I really wanted to get out of here on a vacation. My friend Casey is a teacher in China and will be leaving there in June to go back to kwaj. I am going to go visit her. If all works out as planned I will leave here next Friday the 22nd.
That's all for now,
J
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-John Lennon
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Update? What's that?
I have not updated my blog since 15 April. Yikes! I am still here and everything is going well, except for today when I was going to update this thing. I can't find the USB cord for my camera, talk about aggravating. I found like 24 different USB cords, but not the one to my camera, and of course the card in my camera is different then my old camera, so plan B fell through too. Hopefully I find it soon, a camera without a USB cord is pretty much useless!!
" I used to be lost in the shuffle. Now I just shuffle along with the lost. "
Unknown
" I used to be lost in the shuffle. Now I just shuffle along with the lost. "
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