Hotel Mayflower Sendai

... serious business greeting of the superintendent, the recieving of our proof-of-employment by the Tome BOE, and then a sit down coffee "chat" at his meeting table.

I'll be honest, I was scarred shitless. Perhaps knowing Japanese just made things worse, because then I was expected to at least say a few things, but as nervous as I was, I was pretty shakey. I mean, this is the big-boss-man, and the official formality of it all (in the traditional Japanese ...

... a Saga model bass and asked us if we wanted it and a Tora model for guitar. He also mentioned that their manager’s mother was in the audience. Nao began by saying he didn’t eat gyutan. Then he talked about his blog on Ameba and the pictures of his interesting new glasses. I need to join since he locked that entry. I can’t remember anything of Hiroto’s MC. T_T I think Shou said that he was very happy with our response, especially ...

... Forus. Bad idea. I came out with a pair of Sixh pants (Sixh being a label created by a couple of visual kei artists who worked under h.Naoto), a shirt from Peace Now with a sailor collar, and Ayabie’s “Aitakute” single. To be fair, the pants are wicked cool and the Peace Now shirt was 70%, which made it closer to $30 instead of $90. Good deal if you ask me, and it’s cute.
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan maverickranger

... Gakuen Basara, which places the historical figures of Sengoku Basara in high school. When I saw Date Masamune (iconic figure of Miyagi-ken and its ALTs’ obsession) holding an English textbook, I knew I HAD to buy it. Mika and I kind of intimidated the artist since we were talking about the obvious boys love scenes on the covers and how it’s a little abunai to buy stuff like that since we’re teachers ...

... it good. When I looked up the seating chart back home, I discovered that I’m still way in the back and that my original ticket (2nd floor, 1st row, off to the side) might have a better view. However, my new ticket still puts me closer to the band, and the vibes are going be different when you have to look down. Now I've got an extra Alice Nine concert ticket. Any takers?

Glossary
meishi - business cards
bishounen - "pretty boy"

... because when I saw him on stage 4.5 years ago, I had heart-pounding, breath-taking reaction unlike anything I had ever experienced. That night (and tonight), I would've done anything for him. This is how groupies are made. This time around, I had a similar reaction to Shun, the lead guitarist, but I think that was more a result of my guitar solo fetish. I love anybody who can shred, and Shun's solos were killer. He's gotten better ...

... because things aren't as sweet here. The teachers loved it, which was a relief. One of them said it made her feel nostalgic (nazukashii) since her grandmother used to make something similar. The teachers told me to make more; hopefully my second try won't be so messy. In the evening, we had the farewell party for all the teachers who are leaving. It reminded me of parting shots for the end of a play because there were lots of speeches ...

... I will MISS her badly when it does. Then we wandered down to Tokyo ooooh so slowly.. bought our bullet train tickets and headed off to Sendai. We rang Mike towards the middle of our journey (so we thought) and the stop after that (or there abouts) was Sendai. So we rang him to say we were there and stored our bags etc etc.. Hands up any idiots who left their camera in their bag in the locker!! *raises hand slowly* Anyways after another call 10 ...