"I'm not crying...i'm just persprirating out my eye!"

so......
hello lads and lasses! last week was a national holiday. it was my birthday week last week.
p.s shiv just said "this is how we roll, can't test" all the while he was dusting his new lap top with a specially made electrical shammy and using his special blower to remove dust without actually touching his computer.!

so.. back to my birthday week. my birthday was on nov 14th, and when i got to work dom and kim gave me a big brown bag. it was from the 315 yen store. it had a new touque, a pink box, a kettle and a scarf in it. it was a very random gift, but very thoughtful because i needed a new touque!

later on that evening, i though shiv had nothing planned, because by 630 we still hadn't done any thing for my b day. but he came through and he told me we were going on a trip on the subway. we got on the green line (chou line) and got off at osakako station., and to my surprise a HUGE ferris wheel awaited us.

We got on the ferris wheel, and from ground level, it looked big (but not scary). But from 120 Metres in the air, we were both freaking out. We were as high as the suspension bridge that goes across the harbour to get to Kobe. I has sooo scared and so was shiv.

After the ferris wheel we walked around the grounds then looked for something to eat. To our suprise, this area of osaka did not have izakayas (pubs) all over the place, or places with plasic food displays or englsih menus. We were'nt really feeling the area, so we went back to namba area and went to one of my new favorite restaurants (CoCo's)

let me tell you about Co Co;s. its a do it your self curry restaurant chain. you pick yor sauce, then your rice amounts, then your toppings. they have very japanese toppings, so its not out of the ordinary ro see some one with a pork curry, (level 3 hottness) topped with breaded calamari, corn, mushroons and an egg.
weird, but amazingly tasty!!

the next night we went out with friends from the MM center (multimedia). and we went to a 280 yen bar. so converted into CDN. every thing (EVERTHING) is $2.80. beer, all drinks, shish kabobs of chicken heart, gyoza, french fries, spicy chicken gizzards, miso soup, omlettes. everything. so every one ate and drank alot.

highlights of the night (or low lights...)
1. dom showing up in a kilt
2. Dom and josh doing chilli pepper and wasabi shooter. through their noses (a la jackass)
3. all of the rounds of weird food coming in droves
4. dom and josh peircing their hands with toothpicks dont ask
5. walking around downtown osaka at night and stubling into a twilight zone english pub, with a weird freaky south east asian lady ......

it was indeed a fun night. me and shiv went home after we were weirded by the scene in the pig and whistle pub, but others stayed out till the wee hours at some kareoke bar.

the next day we went to kyoto. a city full of "slightly different temples". it was great to take the train there. i felt like i was traveling in a movie across europe on a big adventure. we found a nice taiwanese lady that walked us from the station all the way to the tempe grounds. that was very nice of her because we were quite lost and litterally looked like 3 crazy tourists.

it was wonderful to see greenery. and we went to a huge buddhist temple in this huge park. it was very nice. walked around all day, and then took the train back to osaka and took our bellies to shakeys pizza.

oh shakeys!!
this week the adventure starts with me and shiv traveling to Nara to find the deer and feed them stuff!
luv jan