Long Weekend
Great weekend. Friday night went to see Justice & Erol Alkan play at Ageha (the biggest club night in Asia) which was cool. Expensive but fun. Managed to drag along a bunch of people. Rick came down for the weekend, Eri came with some friends, Kumiko and Ishmael rounded out the group. No cameras inside the venue unfortunately, but I took plenty of photos of the drunken way home. you can see them on my Flickr page. I forked out the $35 to get a Flickr Pro account, which should be worthwhile.
Saturday went to the Meguro Parasitological Museum which isn't a good idea if you have a hangover, but Rick's friend Alex wanted to go. Saw some gross stuff, like a photo of a guy who could sit on his balls. Nasty. Saturday night Eri came over and we (mostly she) cooked a nice salmon dinner with a bottle of red. Felt very grown up, compared to my usual dinner (see Hoka Hoka Bento).
Sunday we hit up Ueno Zoo together, which was the perfect thing to do in the glorious weather. Got a good work out for my camera. Then went to Harajuku for dinner and to see the Pharrell 's new Billionare Boys Club/Ice Cream store. No cameras allowed. It's a pimped out place but the clothes are rubbish.
I had the day off, so Eri called in sick and we took Rick to the Shinagawa Aquarium which was decent. When he left we went to Odaiba, the cheesy date place for people in Tokyo. You can walk along the harbour, look at the pretty lights, the Rainbow Bridge, hold hands, pay a shitload of money for a buffet dinner etc. But whatever, it's pretty nice. They have a crazy Toyota showcase where you can test drive the new models, but we just walked around the giant arcade, then went on the (former) world's biggest ferris wheel in Palette Town.
Ahh! So much stuff! Too ambitious I think, too much walking & riding on trains. Not to mention the expenses. These weekends are fairly rare so might as well enjoy them. It was a little bitter-sweet though; because we had such a good time, the relationship suddenly became a bit more serious, which makes it more of a problem that I'm leaving.
Eri shed a few tears, but then got over it. No point in feeling sad. The future is unknown so we should enjoy the time we have now. I think. I have some experience with this kind of thing and feeling sad doesn't help. I believe that saying "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Anyway.
Saturday went to the Meguro Parasitological Museum which isn't a good idea if you have a hangover, but Rick's friend Alex wanted to go. Saw some gross stuff, like a photo of a guy who could sit on his balls. Nasty. Saturday night Eri came over and we (mostly she) cooked a nice salmon dinner with a bottle of red. Felt very grown up, compared to my usual dinner (see Hoka Hoka Bento).
Sunday we hit up Ueno Zoo together, which was the perfect thing to do in the glorious weather. Got a good work out for my camera. Then went to Harajuku for dinner and to see the Pharrell 's new Billionare Boys Club/Ice Cream store. No cameras allowed. It's a pimped out place but the clothes are rubbish.
I had the day off, so Eri called in sick and we took Rick to the Shinagawa Aquarium which was decent. When he left we went to Odaiba, the cheesy date place for people in Tokyo. You can walk along the harbour, look at the pretty lights, the Rainbow Bridge, hold hands, pay a shitload of money for a buffet dinner etc. But whatever, it's pretty nice. They have a crazy Toyota showcase where you can test drive the new models, but we just walked around the giant arcade, then went on the (former) world's biggest ferris wheel in Palette Town.
Ahh! So much stuff! Too ambitious I think, too much walking & riding on trains. Not to mention the expenses. These weekends are fairly rare so might as well enjoy them. It was a little bitter-sweet though; because we had such a good time, the relationship suddenly became a bit more serious, which makes it more of a problem that I'm leaving.
Eri shed a few tears, but then got over it. No point in feeling sad. The future is unknown so we should enjoy the time we have now. I think. I have some experience with this kind of thing and feeling sad doesn't help. I believe that saying "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Anyway.
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