明けましておめでとうございます～！ Happy New Year!

Aloha all of you out there. Its been well over 2 weeks since I last updated this and I, myself, was getting frustrated with myself for being so lazy! I mean, how hard is it to be out doing stuff until 7/8/9 at night and still trying to keep up to date with my blog! My gosh, I feel lazy sometimes. ^-^

Anyway, after seeing Harry Potter 7 about 2 weeks ago, there really hasn't been much to talk about. I went to 北谷 (American Village) again and bought absolutely nothing since I really didn't need anything. I did get to see this really cool but sad looking dog over at Sunset Beach (No, I'm not back in the islands...there's actually a beach called Sunset Beach over here).

Last week, I was once again busy with all sorts of various things and, even though it was Christmas and all, had to be out in the field on the 23rd (a national holiday here) collecting samples and then the 24th was spent in a training session so that we could collect samples in a private area.

Then there was Christmas! Oh what a glorious holiday it is right? Unless you're stuck inside working on the presentation and reports that you have the following week. -_- Yes, you read that right, still school the week after Christmas with things that still needed to be turned in.

I'd say that one of the few good things that did come out of Christmas this year was getting to see that picture to the right. :p My brother pausing his webcam with a STUPID face! HAHAHA! On that note, it was awesome to be able to talk with my parents and brother again. Also got to see the dogs and especially liked watching Blackie getting confused when he heard my voice. He really is a smart dog...regardless of the crap I give him!! ♥ The dogs opened their presents in front of the webcam (I believe) but I didn't get to see it all since Mom's and Andrew's computers were being dumb.

Let see, this past Wednesday, I biked into 国際通り again and finally got to finish my Christmas present shopping. (YES...I know, almost a week late...but oh well, that's what happens when you're busy and didn't plan it well...) That night we had our 忘年会 which if you look at the Kanji, it says "Forget the year meeting" which is a very interesting name. I guess, the concept is to drink a lot to forget the past year? NAH, just kidding. There was a lot of drinking going on though. Its basically just an end of year party/event like thing. One of my office mates treated us to a few songs on the Sanshin. (He's really good)

The following day, at the international dorms, we had a nice get together where a few people shared their talents and sang/played music for us. But, before all of that, I went to the post office and sent out those *ahem* Christmas gifts. LOL, at least I got them out...eventually! ☆彡

Well, today is New Year's Eve and we're going to have a little...(4 people)...party where we'll try and watch the Red & White music festival and eat lots of food...and of course drink some. ;-)

Hope that you're all having a wonderful and safe holiday season. Have a good New Year and stay warm where ever you are in the world.

You know..I heard rumors that Okinawa is supposed to be a warm place...why is it currently 10C with strong winds bringing the windchill down to almost 5C...

Aloha all and until next time, PEACE OUT!~ ♡✬☃

面白くない Not interesting

Once again, Its been a REALLY long time since I was last on here telling you of whats been going on. Now, previously, I actually had something of interest to talk about. HAHAHAHA, not so today. For the past week and a half, there's really been nothing too incredibly awesome that's happened.

So, we (Roy and I) finally got Minoru to go out and buy some warmer clothes. So, yup, you guessed it, we went for another bike ride. This time it was to the area next to 北谷 where there's a store called Uniqlo. Not much to say other than, we went there. We did get to meet two new friends along the way. These two kittens we found right outside of the 北口(north gate) of 流大. They were really friendly but we, sadly, didn't have anything to feed them so we had to leave them T_T

Let's see, on the 12th, I finally found my way out to a movie theater and you know what that means! I finally got to watch the new Harry Potter! So happy that I got to watch it and, as you all have already told me, it was good. Can't wait for the next one, next June or something like that? Also, did anyone else feel a really strong Tim Burton feel to the movie (music, some of the animation, etc.)? Maybe it was just Yuko and me but we really felt that.

Hm. After the movie we walked from the movie (おもろまち) down to 国際通り where we went karaoke (yeah, we both like karaoke that much) for two hours. You can't get much better on the price too. We stayed and sang for 2 hours and it cost us 420円. That is also with free drinks (unlimited refills). I'm not sure, but I'll take that any day o(^-^)o

Prior to going to Karaoke, we went to the bookstore called Junkudo. Its a large book store (3 stories here but I've heard of and been to larger ones). I went there initially looking for many different books. I then proceeded to look in my wallet as we walked in the door and saw 3000円 which could buy me a grand total of TWO books if they were cheap. Was not very smart about this one was I...heh. So, I ended up only buying one book. Its a book to prepare for the JLPT N2 test. We'll see if I can pass it ^^

Hope that you all are having a wonderful Christmas season.

Sometimes I wish for a white Christmas.......and then I remember, its not really worth it. The Hawai`i Christmas is just fine for me ^-^

Until next time, Alohaz~~!☆彡

遅いかな。。。 Maybe late...

Man, I'm getting really bad keeping up with this. Haven't updated in more than a week. Hopefully this won't happen too much.

Lets see, the last time I said I was going to go to 沖国学際 to see BENI. But, before that, I DID do other things that are important to note.

First off, Friday (11-26) one of my friends invited me to go to the 農学部 (agriculture) party. It had a cover of 1000円 but it was an all you can eat affair which is pretty awesome I'd say ^-^ ♬
So, I'm still not sure what the particular reason was, but in any case, one of the main things to eat was supposed to be '山羊刺身' (Goat Sashimi). To the right is my first taste of it and it was actually really good. The meat is a little tough, kind of like beef jerky. The taste is unique so if you have a chance, you should try it for yourself ^^

The following Roy, Minoru, and I went on a LONG journey over to 国際通り and we met up with 祐子ちゃん～！♥ We went there mostly looking for things that we can send back home to people. ☃ Not sure that there's really too much to say other than you can definitely feel that Christmas is coming soon ^^
Lets see, to the right is YUI's new single, Rain which I've already heard in some stores and on some TV's. Above is a picture in the 'ありよし' area I think? (I'm not really certain at all...) Its supposed to be well known for their pottery or something like that. Below is 祐子ちゃん's Highschool. It just happens to be next to 国際通り.

Finally, Sunday came around, the day to meet with 祐子ちゃん and go to 沖国学際!♬♥ It was an awesome day out so I walked to 沖国 which is only a 20 minute walk or so. If you can see the picture to the left clearly, it says that the BENI performance starts from 1820 (6:20 pm) but we met at about 1330 so you can do the math. Hahaha. But there were a LOT of different booths and such set up around the school. Even though 沖国 is smaller than 流大, their 学際 is defiantly much bigger. I thought that Snoopy balloon thing was pretty awesome ^^

Anyway, we were able to kill time until the BENI performance and the crowd there was incredible! I think my pictures can't even begin to show how many people were in attendance. We were pretty close to the front and I was all ready to take pictures/videos when they tell us that...of course...we can't T_T I had charged my camera special too. Oh well, I should have expected it. The most annoying thing of all was that (if you've ever been to a live and are not all that tall...I think you can relate) a dang tall person just happened to be right in front of us so we had a hard time seeing the stage!! But, we did get to see BENI and it was an AWESOME performance! Too bad that it started at about 7 instead of 6:20. HAHAHA. ♬♩♪

Well, now on to school. -_- Starting from this past Tuesday, our research room hosted a researcher from United Nations University (UNU) who came to Okinawa to research about a recent oil spill. So, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we were out in the field collecting water and soil samples. It wouldn't have been so bad but Tuesday and Wednesday we weren't finished til after 8 and Tuesday was pouring rain. T_T But, I did find out that we are getting money for it, so I guess that's a good thing ^^

That's all for this edition!~ Hopefully soon I'll be updating (if I remember...HAHAHA)
Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka ☃