Karaoke is underrated...

I wish I had pictures of tonight. I really do...but its my fault I don't carry my camera around with me wherever I go. Tonight, went out with Simmo and David, and another person (unnamed). Simmo's 3rd last day working at Tsunashima, he's carting off on Tuesday.

We went to the cheap yakiniku place again (that place is awesome, Korean BBQ: Japanese style, is just a slice of heaven) and I ate until it was silly... so much bbqed meat, I might die young. The unnamed person paid for our meal! Domo arigatou gozaimasu! We then moved across the street to karaoke...a crazy night. Gees, sung so much stuff this time I can't remember. One More Time - Daft Punk is a must wherever we go, U2 - With or Without U is usually sung, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge is ALWAYS sung...but then we moved to more ballad stuff...hahaha, Billy Joel - New York State of Mind, The Stranger..."A Song For You" by I dunno who, "Mr Wendal" by I can't remember who... back to U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Boyz 2 Men!!!!!! - On Bended Knee, hahaha...did some Backstreet throwback - As Long As You Love Me, All I Have to Give, Canned Heat - Jamiroquai? maybe not the original artist but the one I know...Bryan Adams (destroyed me) - Everything I Do, I Do It For You...and for the finale, Roddie, Bryan and Sting - All For Love. My voice is wrecked, I already had a sore throat b4 we went to karaoke, there's no way I'll be able to teach proper lessons tomorrow, but it WAS ALL WORTH IT! Went for curry afterwards...and I'm still a lil bit on a high from all the singing!

Anyway, the real reason why I posted this is 1. coz I haven't posted anything in a long time, and 2. I wanna show some sumo pictures. I went to go see the sumo tournament last week, and took a couple of measly photos. Of course, none of them are great, the really good ones are with my friend who had a 1000x zoom or something on his camera, so he could zoom right up to the ring and take videos, just as if we were watching on TV! But the sumo tournament was an experience, not one I'd do again (coz its the same quick 10sec matches, and about 30-40 of them), BUT it did get much more exciting towards the end of the day, leading up to the Yokozuna (top ranking sumo, not his name) match, which was last. Asasyoru is the name of the current Yokozuna, actually he's not Japanese, he's a Mongol...and he's won the last 20 tournaments, he's that good! On the day I saw him, he almost lost...but came back strong. After watching 30 of these fights in a row, its much easier to see its not just about bulk and size, the little guys often come out on top. But being there is SOO much better than watching it on TV, the atmosphere from the crowd really gets u.






So the past few weeks have been a blast, Simon's leaving soon (I probably mentioned that already) and we're getting a new roommate from Canada. I'll probably give him all my furniture, save all the trouble of having to sell it to someone else...and I have just discovered that I have about 4 more weeks of work left!!!!!!! 2 weeks of holiday, still to be planned, but that's the exciting part. All my travelling experiences in Japan are gonna be in the last month of my stay here. So enjoy the photos, there will be more. Thanks for reading this ridiculously unnecessarily long post! Jane.