Christmas in Japan
Hello again! Casey and I had a wonderful Christmas here in Japan. Our day pretty much went like this:
We woke up at 6:30 on Sunday morning to open presents and get awake enough to talk to Casey's family when they were to call at 7:30. We enjoyed opening presents together, and got some fun things. Casey got me a few shirts with 'engrish' on them (because I always wanted clothing that had weird translations, and it turns out they are fairly easy to find here!). One shirt says "Heart of Queen... Who wins the queen of the heart? Selfish capricious queen's evidence" (?!). He also got me some socks that I asked for, and he topped it off with a little wind-up E.T. figurine (I believe I used to have one just like it when I was a kid...) for kicks. :) I got him a coffee maker that he had wanted and some things to go along with it. We also opened presents from his family, which included movies (Phantom of the Opera, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Dead Poet's Society), candy, and other various items from the extended family as well. It was nice to be able to open presents on Christmas morning even though we were here. I made pancakes for breakfast and we had hot chocolate and chatted with various family members in Kansas. It was nice talking to everyone! In the afternoon, we went to a mall called Diamond City and shopped for about 4 or 5 hours. We were pretty shopped out at that point. Casey got some CDs and coffee, and I got some earrings. I was on the hunt for a hat but had no luck. We decided to go back home and then go out for a nice dinner. We walked to a place not too far away from where we live and had some great steak! We then came home last night and watched The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I thought it was really funny (although the sound on our laptop was acting weird and we had to hold it on our laps to hear it at all, but I think we caught most everything.) Steve Carell is hilarious!
So that was pretty much our Christmas in a nutshell. I am posting pictures on my website photos.yahoo.com/lilbitfromks and the should be in the "Japan: Christmas" album. Check them out if you want! There are too many to post.
It has been decided that this is probably the last Christmas that we spend away from family for awhile. It was pretty rough on us at times, but it helped to talk to people on the phone and receive e-mails as well. We are happy that we were able to at least be together for this holiday, and it was nice to be 'stranded' on this island together. :)
That's about all for now...
-Ashley
We woke up at 6:30 on Sunday morning to open presents and get awake enough to talk to Casey's family when they were to call at 7:30. We enjoyed opening presents together, and got some fun things. Casey got me a few shirts with 'engrish' on them (because I always wanted clothing that had weird translations, and it turns out they are fairly easy to find here!). One shirt says "Heart of Queen... Who wins the queen of the heart? Selfish capricious queen's evidence" (?!). He also got me some socks that I asked for, and he topped it off with a little wind-up E.T. figurine (I believe I used to have one just like it when I was a kid...) for kicks. :) I got him a coffee maker that he had wanted and some things to go along with it. We also opened presents from his family, which included movies (Phantom of the Opera, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Dead Poet's Society), candy, and other various items from the extended family as well. It was nice to be able to open presents on Christmas morning even though we were here. I made pancakes for breakfast and we had hot chocolate and chatted with various family members in Kansas. It was nice talking to everyone! In the afternoon, we went to a mall called Diamond City and shopped for about 4 or 5 hours. We were pretty shopped out at that point. Casey got some CDs and coffee, and I got some earrings. I was on the hunt for a hat but had no luck. We decided to go back home and then go out for a nice dinner. We walked to a place not too far away from where we live and had some great steak! We then came home last night and watched The 40-Year-Old Virgin. I thought it was really funny (although the sound on our laptop was acting weird and we had to hold it on our laps to hear it at all, but I think we caught most everything.) Steve Carell is hilarious!
So that was pretty much our Christmas in a nutshell. I am posting pictures on my website photos.yahoo.com/lilbitfromks and the should be in the "Japan: Christmas" album. Check them out if you want! There are too many to post.
It has been decided that this is probably the last Christmas that we spend away from family for awhile. It was pretty rough on us at times, but it helped to talk to people on the phone and receive e-mails as well. We are happy that we were able to at least be together for this holiday, and it was nice to be 'stranded' on this island together. :)
That's about all for now...
-Ashley
posted by Ashley at 12/26/2005
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