what i missed

general things i missed thus far:
Katherine and Jonah's Wedding Party: my family in the New York setting, the food, the general partying.
Janet's Surprise Birthday Party: my friends, the surprise, the general partying.
The Disassembling of my Bed: Mariko getting grossed out/pissed off about the mess underneath it.
Beginning of Summer Break/End of Classes.

what am I missing? please comment.

Sam, Ian, Billy and Alex's house warming party.


At Meguro Gajoen.
This was a hotel in the 1930's. Its wooden beams and carvings are very beautiful, it reminded me of the movie 'Spirited Away'. They built an addition to it which is now a luxury hotel. The public bathrooms had a stream flowing through it!
If you are traveling to Japan and have deeeep pockets, I recommend it.

Here is a picture of my grandmother (middle), aunt (right), and cousin (far left). We went here for my grandfather's 90th birthday (note: he is 92 years old now). After a tour of the old building, we went to have lunch at one of the hotel's restaurants. Our room was designed to give the feeling that we are outside in the moutains. The ceiling lights were behind a paper canopy, so the light was distributed across the whole ceiling. The floor was raised, and along two sides of the room there was water running over a ledge, and purple irises. Another side of the room had sliding glass and paper doors that faced a small courtyard. The food was amazing.
I saw my cousin Tomoharu Ido for the first time in roughly 9 years. He lives in Hiroshima. I hope to visit him one day.

today

Today, I fried bananas I had frozen because I didn't want them to go bad, in my new frying pan.
I once had fried bananas at my brother's friend's place in Pennsylvania with ice cream, it was when I first got my cell phone.
ZZ, a woman I used to work for during high school, ate a lot of bananas.
My friend cut them in half, length-wise, and they got a little burnt, and crispy. It was very good, but I don't know when I will make them again.



This is what I ate on one of the first days of April.
It was from the 24 hour Lawson convenient store downstairs, next to the post office. I've only had this once, however, I'm sure they are selling this today.
I paid my water bill and sent a letter there today.
I sent my condolences to Mrs. Garcia in Florida, ZZ's daughter. I received a letter from her today saying that ZZ had passed away on March 1. Earlier this month I sent ZZ a letter in Rye after I had a terrible dream where felt really guilty for not keeping in touch with her.
I've had a lot of dreams since I got to Japan, but now that I think of it, not recently.