BIG weekend

On Saturday we went to the BLue Billabong to watch the footy grand final between Geelong and Hawthorn. I was bloody nervous before and during the game. I go for the Geelong Cats who were the favourites, Geelong really didn`t play well and it was painful to watch. It was made even more painful by the fact that we had about 5 ratbag Hawks supporters sitting behind us complete with jumpers and scarves, eeeewwww. We had to leave a little early, it was clear we had lost and as we left, the supporters gave us a little clap, as if our spirits weren`t already crushed enough. We then went to play a footy game (the Osaka Dingoes) we killed the opposition by 126 points. After that it was off to an izakaya, we ate and drank a lot!. A few of us stayed afterwards to finish the drinks, and we were pretty much hammered. Singing songs we staggered to Noon, a club in Umeda. Weird music, I was dead by 2am but I stayed on till 4.
I went to some temples in Tennoji and the tower in Shinsakai on Monday, geez that`s high- a really great view, that was beaut, afterwards I had to go to work.

French Festival

Yesterday I went to a French part/festival thing held at the France club in Nara. It was free wine but I realised something last night-I don`t really like wine. It goes well with a meal but by itself it`s really nothing special, beer is much better. Anyway, they had free food there, although I didn`t touch some of the more suspicous looking fare. I`ve heard stories about French food that has led me to the rule that if I don`t know what it is then I`m not touching it. Most of the night people were talking in French, Russian or Japanese so I had no idea what was going on. I was so buggered on the trip back home. Had a couple of beers and listened to some Enka music before going to sleep.

Beach Volleyball

On Saturday I saw quite a sight-A jogger dressed in 1980`s era bike shorts and matching top with multicoloured shoes, pink socks, bum bag adorned with mickey mouse figurines and an outrageous blonde/black mop hairstyle-that made my day, too bad I couldn`t get a picture. Got home at 8am on Sunday because I missed the last train back, they only run till 12. So yesterday I slept until about 2 and then watched the womens beach volleyball.

Nothing Special

I haven`t been doing anything too interesting these past few days. Yesterday I had work at 5 and then 9, so I had too wait around for 3 hours, to make matters worse I couldn`t use a computer. Got home at around 12 and sunk a couple of brews. There`s nothing better after a hard day. Thankfully, it`s sunny today so footy training will be on, if not I have no idea what I would do. Last night the footy team I support won so they`re in the Grand Final!
I would write something witty now but I have to go to training.

BBQ near Umeda

Well I went to a BBQ on Sunday, it was great fun, I love a Japanese barbie, the organisation, the delicous thin meat and the lovely charcoal flavour. However what I saw on the way to the BBQ I didn`t like so much- a crow with a birds wing in it`s mouth. Firstly, how did it acquire that wing and secondly, what the hell was it doing with it in it`s beak? Are crows cannabils? If so, no one told me.
I got pretty badly sunburnt at the BBQ so everyone thought I was drunk.
I took a picture, I`ll put it up later.

Very Long walk...

Ive not been able to access a compute for a while and nothing much interesting has been happening although I have worked out that I need 9 hours sleep per night. 

The other day I went for a three hour walk because I had nothing to do, it was great, I saw all types of wonderful flora and fauna, if you dont know what that means then jump on the dictionary. There were herons and turtles and all sorts of things. My grammar is a little off today because I cant find the apostrophe key on this computer.

Daily Life

I haven`t really been doing anything special recently, just a little Japanese study, TV watching and Grand Theft Auto playing. I really love that game. We had footy practice yesterday but only about 5 people showed up, afterwards I went drinking and only got to sleep at 6am, bloody hell! My computer`s is still dead so I have to go to internet cafes.
Today a Gaijin served me, that was weird, I had no idea what to say,` should I speak Japanese or English?` to make matters worse he had a German accent and was looking at me as though I were beyond his contempt.
The weather is a bit strange, still pretty hot but with lots of rain, I feel it`ll turn pretty soon. Geez, I`m not looking forward to the Winter, it gets so cold and it feels like it gets into your bones. I`m pretty happy today because my team-The Geelong Cats won their first game of the finals- `Carn the Cats!`. Well I best be off, don`t want that German coming after me.

Beer Garden

Last night I went to a beer garden with my flatmate, the beer was so good and they had one of those automatic beer pourers-so awesome. However, in my opinion Japanese pour a beer with too much head, when the foam settes down you`re left with 4/5ths of a beer.
I reckon I should take my sweet new bike `Mary Lou` to Kobe, perhaps I`ll buy some handlebar streamers for the occasion, I think we`ll be the talk of the town when we cruise in.