Footy

We played footy last Saturday. What a game. We needed to win to avoid having going to Tokyo twice. Everyone played really well and the weather was beautiful. We ended up beating the Senshu Powers by 60 points. Afterwards we had a look around Universal Studios Japan and we saw a little monkey! It was doing all sorts of tricks. At 7 we had a party at the blue billabong. Naturally we had a lot to eat and drink followed by a 100 metre race outside the bar. Woo, that was a sight, we proceeded to drunkingly walk to a club in Namba, after purchasing the whisky it all became a bit of a blur. It was a good day.

Tokyo Australian Rules Football Trip

We went up to Tokyo on Saturday with the footy team. The night bus wasn`t so bad except for the fact that the colossus of a man sitting next to me kept on sweating on me. I arrived at 7 and went straight to the park where the football competition was being played. I`m a little unfit and after the game I was absolutely buggered! We lost both games but we had fun. Afterwards we had a poolside party, all you can eat and drink. Some people got pretty drunk. Many people jumped into the pool. I`m quite suprised that no one drowned.
The next day we went to a maid cafe in Akihabara, whoo that was an experience. Quite bizarre. I was a little let down, the girls do say `Welcome home Master, may I sit?` however I was expecting them to act a little more slave-like. Holding my drink to my mouth and the like, oh well. We also went to the famous temple in Asukasa and the shopping district of Harajuku. The night bus on the way back was alright, although that time I was stuck between two people. The guy who was sitting in the aisle was using the armrest, I believed I was entitled to that armrest as I had the more expensive seat. I felt a little cheated, however I made it home safe and well though a little tired, but well and truely happy that I went.
Unfortunately my camera was broken so I couldn`t take any photos.

Getting Busy

Well, after Sunday`s laziness I decided to get busy. I did all sorts of things yesterday such as cleaning the bathroom, doing exercise, reading, working and it was great. By the time I went to bed I was pretty buggered, however the noises of the Midosuji, the big road that runs past my flat seemed to seep into my dreams and turn them into nightmares. You wouldn`t belive some of the sounds you hear. It is a little bit like the road that leads to Mount Doom in `Lord of the Rings`. Huge black trucks billowing plumes of acrid smock, motorcycles with their mufflers removed, ambulances, beeping and screeching and so on. However, once I closed the window I slept soundly.

Party!

Well, last night was great fun! Stew had a working holiday party, we moved about 290 litres of alcohol on a trolley from his house to the party location and nearly had about 5 heart attacks as the grog came spine chillingly close to falling onto the road. 

Luckily no one died of alcohol poisoning-it was a real possibility as it was 'all you drink'. 

Afterwards we were going to hit 'Noon' but the music was no good so we went back to Stew's, I ate some cucumber and then hit the sack, I was so tired. Today I just watched movies, on my way home I came close to fainting owing to the fact that I hadn't eaten all day but I grabbed some Macca's (McDonald's) and was alright.

I've been having some trouble with putting photos on here but I'll try to soon.

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.