Having it Large, Niigata-shi stylee
Just got off the phone with my Mum. I hadn't spoken to her much after the earthquake except to say that I was okay and not to worry. The main reason was that I had no Yahoo Phone to call home cheap enough for a decent call. When it was connected, about two weeks ago, it got really cold an I could never get up early enough to call before I went work or she went to bed.
I told Mum what's been happening after the quake and that we'd gone back to school a week or so ago so things were getting back to normal bit-by-bit. I also told her about Helen's visit and the earthquake that she felt when she was here. Things sound okay in Hull and I'm dead jealous that the UK got snow before Japan did. I was telling Mum about my winter blues and she's offered to send a hot water bottle, proper tea and custard creams. Cheers Mum! She's also going to put Lemsips and paracetamol in their too because I have a cold at the moment (well, it developed today).
The weekend was a bit large. Got to Hiten's place in Shibata around 8ish and we parked up and walked to Joe's. Had most of the Shibata crew out with us and Joe was mixing cocktails for everyone. We left around 9ish to go to a kareoke place in Shibata. By the time I got there and had another beer, the beers and cocktails from Joe's place were taking effect and I was taking to the stage with the mic. Time and songs flew past and before i knew it, Joe had passed out, Lindsey was spawled out on the sofa and it was almost time to go. I'd missed Hiten so I ended up going to Justin's place with Emma.
Woke up on Saturday with a call from Nick asking about meeting arrangements for Albirex. Justin cooked some breakie and drove me round to Hiten's so I could pick up Neil and the car and head to Niigata station. Picked up Nick and Emma. parked near the Big Swan and was in our seats just in time for kick-off.
The match was great. Either Albirex were playing well or FC Tokyo were really bad, but either way Albirex dominated most of the match and won 4-2.
After the match we went to Holly's to grab a shower before going out in the evening. It's Annie's birthday on Thursday and Neil will be taking her away next weekend so Debs wanted to do something special on Saturday. After a few stressful phonecalls we agreed to meet in an izakawa in Bandai around 8ish so nipped for a bit of food and booze to keep us going til then.
We had a nomihodai at the izakawa and waited for Debs to turn up with Annie. They didn't turn up til last orders but Neil, Nick, Holly, Rowan and I had a good time.
We moved on to Immigrants, but I don't remember much of that, and then the hardcore posse moved onto to Enjoy at 2ish. Started to sober up but still don;t remember much apart from watching a mute Troy and talking with some random American guy. Kate and Jason wante dto leave around 4.30ish, so we jumped in a taxi and headed back to Kate's place.
Sunday was a bit difficult. I'd stayed at Kate's place but my car and things were at Holly's on teh other side of town. So somehow I had to get from Kate's to the station to Holly's using buses in a town I don't know too well. Kate helped me out and made sure I got to the station and got on the right bus to Holly's; now all I had to do was get off at the right spot. I somehow managed it, recognising some fo teh streets we'd took teh day before and made it to Holly's and all my stuff. I still didn't feel up to driving long-distance, so I did a bit of shopping to give me time to recover.
When I did decide to hit the expressway, it started chucking it down. I pulled off at the next services, had a MosBurger and waited for teh rain to die down. I was back in Tokamachi by 7pm.
Then I called my Mum and wrote this entry.
I told Mum what's been happening after the quake and that we'd gone back to school a week or so ago so things were getting back to normal bit-by-bit. I also told her about Helen's visit and the earthquake that she felt when she was here. Things sound okay in Hull and I'm dead jealous that the UK got snow before Japan did. I was telling Mum about my winter blues and she's offered to send a hot water bottle, proper tea and custard creams. Cheers Mum! She's also going to put Lemsips and paracetamol in their too because I have a cold at the moment (well, it developed today).
The weekend was a bit large. Got to Hiten's place in Shibata around 8ish and we parked up and walked to Joe's. Had most of the Shibata crew out with us and Joe was mixing cocktails for everyone. We left around 9ish to go to a kareoke place in Shibata. By the time I got there and had another beer, the beers and cocktails from Joe's place were taking effect and I was taking to the stage with the mic. Time and songs flew past and before i knew it, Joe had passed out, Lindsey was spawled out on the sofa and it was almost time to go. I'd missed Hiten so I ended up going to Justin's place with Emma.
Woke up on Saturday with a call from Nick asking about meeting arrangements for Albirex. Justin cooked some breakie and drove me round to Hiten's so I could pick up Neil and the car and head to Niigata station. Picked up Nick and Emma. parked near the Big Swan and was in our seats just in time for kick-off.
The match was great. Either Albirex were playing well or FC Tokyo were really bad, but either way Albirex dominated most of the match and won 4-2.
After the match we went to Holly's to grab a shower before going out in the evening. It's Annie's birthday on Thursday and Neil will be taking her away next weekend so Debs wanted to do something special on Saturday. After a few stressful phonecalls we agreed to meet in an izakawa in Bandai around 8ish so nipped for a bit of food and booze to keep us going til then.
We had a nomihodai at the izakawa and waited for Debs to turn up with Annie. They didn't turn up til last orders but Neil, Nick, Holly, Rowan and I had a good time.
We moved on to Immigrants, but I don't remember much of that, and then the hardcore posse moved onto to Enjoy at 2ish. Started to sober up but still don;t remember much apart from watching a mute Troy and talking with some random American guy. Kate and Jason wante dto leave around 4.30ish, so we jumped in a taxi and headed back to Kate's place.
Sunday was a bit difficult. I'd stayed at Kate's place but my car and things were at Holly's on teh other side of town. So somehow I had to get from Kate's to the station to Holly's using buses in a town I don't know too well. Kate helped me out and made sure I got to the station and got on the right bus to Holly's; now all I had to do was get off at the right spot. I somehow managed it, recognising some fo teh streets we'd took teh day before and made it to Holly's and all my stuff. I still didn't feel up to driving long-distance, so I did a bit of shopping to give me time to recover.
When I did decide to hit the expressway, it started chucking it down. I pulled off at the next services, had a MosBurger and waited for teh rain to die down. I was back in Tokamachi by 7pm.
Then I called my Mum and wrote this entry.
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