Saturday, January 29, 2005
The First Drink of the Day!
Joel Veitch and his cohorts over at rathergood.com have put together a new band, dubbed '7 Seconds of Love', they have put one of their first songs up on the site, and, well, it rocks.
For some delicious ska, complete with monkeys and flying beer cans - go have a listen to "The First Drink Of The Day".
Speaking of alcohol, I had a pretty tidy night out last night with Tony and Belinda from work. For my 2nd-last Friday night in Japan for what will probably be a while, we hit up an izakaya down a crazy hidden little street out the back of Tamachi. The fact that it was so well hidden meant that it wasn't crowded and still had a very traditional feel to it. It rocked, and by the time we wandered out of there a few hours later, we were so full we could barely move. Good times.
I have also managed to sell off all my large pieces of furniture, which has been a great relief. By Thursday I will have a bed, and not much else adorning my room. I have managed to get the bed picked up the morning before I leave so that I am not forced to spend a night on the floor without my doona, which is also a good thing.
Thursday night saw a guy from Japan Post drop by to pick up a few boxes of stuff. Four boxes to be exact. With a combined weight of somewhere in the 70-kilo range, I am surprised he turned down my offer to help him carry them downstairs.... Now I just have to hope that they make it back to the Gold Coast safe and sound.
I also had a chat to some of my mates down in Nagoya this week, as I will (unfortunately) not be able to make it down there before I skip town. Turns out that Fuku-chan got married and is about 4 months from becoming a father, which is a little scary. A surprising number of people I know, around my age bracket are becoming parents or spouses, and while there isn't neccessarily anything wrong with that - thinking of myself as either a husband or father still freaks me out a little bit.
Sorry Kat, you will be hanging out at least a little longer for the rock.
Well, on that note, I am going to wander downstairs and forage around for something tasty to put in my mouth.
Less than 10 days to go...
For some delicious ska, complete with monkeys and flying beer cans - go have a listen to "The First Drink Of The Day".
Speaking of alcohol, I had a pretty tidy night out last night with Tony and Belinda from work. For my 2nd-last Friday night in Japan for what will probably be a while, we hit up an izakaya down a crazy hidden little street out the back of Tamachi. The fact that it was so well hidden meant that it wasn't crowded and still had a very traditional feel to it. It rocked, and by the time we wandered out of there a few hours later, we were so full we could barely move. Good times.
I have also managed to sell off all my large pieces of furniture, which has been a great relief. By Thursday I will have a bed, and not much else adorning my room. I have managed to get the bed picked up the morning before I leave so that I am not forced to spend a night on the floor without my doona, which is also a good thing.
Thursday night saw a guy from Japan Post drop by to pick up a few boxes of stuff. Four boxes to be exact. With a combined weight of somewhere in the 70-kilo range, I am surprised he turned down my offer to help him carry them downstairs.... Now I just have to hope that they make it back to the Gold Coast safe and sound.
I also had a chat to some of my mates down in Nagoya this week, as I will (unfortunately) not be able to make it down there before I skip town. Turns out that Fuku-chan got married and is about 4 months from becoming a father, which is a little scary. A surprising number of people I know, around my age bracket are becoming parents or spouses, and while there isn't neccessarily anything wrong with that - thinking of myself as either a husband or father still freaks me out a little bit.
Sorry Kat, you will be hanging out at least a little longer for the rock.
Well, on that note, I am going to wander downstairs and forage around for something tasty to put in my mouth.
Less than 10 days to go...
# posted by Nils @ 1:51 PM 
