Reasons (why the blog hasn't been updated)

Been in and out of the country. I was in New Zealand for work at the beginning of August, and I just didn’t have the time to collect my thoughts calmly to post entries while there. Overall, it was a great trip, and I got to see friends whom I haven’t seen in about a year.

Taro and Joyce came over to Tokyo, and I hung out with them pretty much every day when they were here. I haven’t seen them for about 3-4 years, and I gotta say that it was really great to catch up with them. They’ve both gone back to their respective countries now, and I miss them heaps :( Thanks so much for coming over guys!)

It’s summer- you can’t expect me to sit at home and blog. No sir, when the sun’s high in the sky, Anis is out somewhere with his tanning lotion, sunnies and jandals.

I’ve been going out. A lot. There’s been several summer festivals around Tokyo, and I went to check them out. There was also the Asakusa Salsa Festival recently, and I spent the entire day there with Min, staring at dancers and performers parading pass, scantily clad in thongs and outrageous costumes with lots of glitter and feathers. I still remember saying to Min, “Make sure you hold my arm, cause I might just jump over and start grabbing them!” To top up all the times I went out, I also did a couple of all-niters; it’s fun while you’re out, but when you get back home (assuming you don’t fall asleep on the first morning train home and get lost or get off at the wrong station) you just crash and spend the entire day at home. In your futon. Quietly. With lots of water. And the curtains drawn.

Summer Camps. There were two of them, both equally fun and entertaining. The first one was in Kansai and the second was in Tokyo. During camp, I realised that I can’t take the rural environment and lack of city lights anymore. Well, not for a long period of time anyways. Pete and I got freaked out by this ugly, huge as toad on the forest track (it was just sitting there! Glaring at us with it’s gimlet like eyes…) and in the middle of the night, I ended up spraying some flying insect which made the unfortunate decision of landing on our cabin porch, all the while yelling “Die, motherfucker, die!” We had had some drinks by that time, so I guess it’s kinda understandable (*winks*).

So yeah… that’s about it. I should be falling back into my regular routine soon, so hopefully, I’ll be able to blog a bit more frequently then.