Narita Airport Rest House

... did no sets today and KC and I played Monopoly on his Nintendo DS &#8211; I have no idea what that is but we had a good time.<br><br>Yesterday was my day off and I spent it cooking. Mel and KC and I have a routine where we often will fix dinner for the other guys when they are working and we have a day off. (kinda like at home to my guys! (you know who you are!!) like to ...

... Kids who are trying to be "different" but end up looking like every one else their age. All of them are interesting to me. And that is who I got to see yesterday.<br><br>My day started with a little boy, about 2, who was enthralled with Santa and Duffy. When he came up, I put my arms out and he ran to me and squeezed my neck for a very long time! His parents were so cute as they watched him. Then we took pictures and he hugged Duffy and they were on their way. I don&#8217;t ...

... br>to cold and sick.<br><br>I return to your greet next year!<br><br> Please you too!!<br><br>Thanks for Mr. Santa Claus!!!<br><br> With a lot of respect.<br><br> From Keiko<br><br>Thanks for all the notes and comments on the blog. I love hearing from each of you!! Have a great day!<br><br><br> More later . . .

... foods. Don&#8217;t ask me what I ate because I have no idea what some of the things were! I know there was some curry, some egg dish (with things in it???), a pork and apple dish (sort of American) and yummy Japanese desserts which are typically less sweet than ours. When he drove me home he gave me a beautifully framed Samurai sword and knife set with lots of things that I have to research to find out what they are and what the ...

November 5, 2009<br><br><br><br>Yesterday was the easiest "orientation day" that we have ever had &#8211; it's great having all three Santas returning. We breezed through all of our stuff and even got to skip over some stuff! Yeah!<br><br>We got to costume fittings and it was hot in the room. These folks sure like their rooms warm! So they put us in our costumes and this year we had a surprise &#8211; padding in the ...

... state that it is something that I will not be doing for quite some time -- unless, of course, I have the privilege of flying first class. The flight via Toronto is approximately 15 hours in length. This is just too much for my skinny butt to handle. I swear that my tail bone was about to pierce the skin on my buttocks by about hour 12! Never again....<br><br>To make matters worse at the start of the trip was the fact that the plane that was supposed to ...

... of mine and Filipinos&#8217; passports. Twice. <br><br>I&#8217;m quite excited to explore Japan the next weeks with Aapo, who arrived earlier today and by the way is probably sleeping in the nice hostel bed right now. First, we&#8217;re staying some days in Tokyo, then maybe going to Kyoto. We also plan to do some trips to the countryside and nature north from Tokyo. Probably get back to it within two or three weeks!<br><br>

... son) who we had actually seen the day prior at the Hiroshima Museum. I asked how far we had to go and they said "only about 15minutes" which made me feel much better and more optimistic. From here we were able to actually see things other than the mountain and the view was amazing (the photos will be uploaded once I find a computer with USB connection). We kept going up and up and passing little shrines along the way - which gave me hope and strength (2 of them had a stack ...

... we were going out for dinner so i grabbed my handbag with everything still in it from the plane and hopped into Yumi's Toyota People Mover. It was like 9pm by now - we picked Yumi's younger sister - Natsumi - up from the local Train station (Nodoshi) (as she had school then sccer training) and went to the Big Boy Resturaunt. Natsumi cant speak english - but like her parents - can point to stuff. The Big Boy menu was all in Japanese so Amba and i picked from ...

We had the kind of misfortune, that turns into good fortune. We had not expected a holiday in Japan. However, we arrived in Narita with a 12-hour layover and felt like an adventure. So we obtained a short-stay Visa and went out into the real world. Our first view was of Mount Fuji from the air - as perfect as the poets proclaimed (Picture #1). The farmers fields were amazingly orderly (2), and they had many beautiful ...