Tales From Japan

Well I suppose I should tell you what I've been up too.

Firstly the Halloween party. I have never been to a Halloween party, but if they are all as good as this then I have been missing out. Well most people dressed up, and there was some really good costumes. I went as local baseball player Fukudome who is popular amongst the exchange students because of his last name (that's right Fuck you! Do Me!). I knew I brought half my uniform over to this country for good reason. Mark's costume was fucking sweet, as the 80s tennis player with high short shorts, sweat bands and a jacket that said fanny on it (fuck yeah). Scariest and funniest costume goes to Ed going as Sailor Moon.

Well we all gathered and took pictures and ate what food there was (they cut up all the apples which were meant for bobbing!!). Then we got into the drinking, and Mark brought down his beefy stereo from his room and moved it into the courtyard. Whacked on the mix tape from the auction and we had ourselves a fucking dance party. I reckon we would have had 40 people dancing, better then any night club, everyone was having a great time. People encouraged other people to get up and dance and they all had fun. I was the only one who got a Chinese girl dancing though, yay me!
Basically it was so good, we are planning another similar party sometime this month. Definitely in top 3 nights here so far.

Friday night, well it was a good night, Hew is a funny bastard when he's drunk. Nispah.

Sat afternoon Baseball practice with the University club, these cats can play, definitely a higher level then myself, although I try to hold my own as best I can. Batting was a bit of nightmare again, their pitches don’t give you any freebies that’s fore sure. Also they crank up that automatic pitching machine and put it really close to the plate, by the time I got my eye in my turn was over. I will be patient, I don’t usually train like this in Aus, so I think I will catch up soon enough.

Sat night we went out to a Korean restaurant with Teho excited to be taking us to a place where we can taste his homelands food. The food was fucking hot and spicy, that's all I can say, it was nice but fucking hot and spicy. The main thing was that we ordered all you can drink for an hour and a half. Man I think they were sorry they ever saw the likes of us, we aren’t any Japanese lightweights. I had 10 drinks, I think Hew and Matt and Teho had the same, don’t know how many John and Mark had, and Krystal, but they had a few, Wes won with 12 though. (Note: I really think these drinks were watered down, 10 drinks in an hour and a half would usually have me on the floor).
So in our happy state we caught the series of trains and buses which is the norm, back to a party at Ben's place at Proxy, seemed like fun although I didn’t stay very long cause I had to get up for baseball at 6:30 the next day.

Next day, after getting up really early I headed off to the game with Yuusuke (this is a local team I have joined not the university club, I think I may have joined 3 teams since coming to Japan.) Well in short we lost 7-4, I didn’t play badly just not super like I think they were expecting after last weeks performance, I didn’t make and error, but I only hit 1 from 3 (batting is fucking getting to me over here, if you don’t hit the rubber ball square in the middle you just get out, also Japanese pitchers throw shit load more curves then in Australia, come on you pussies through me one down the middle). That was their last game of the season, and I think could be my last game over here. Well I enjoyed the experience, thanks guys.

Then we went to Teho’s and watched Mystic River, good moofie, I liked it. Then dinner, and then I’m pretty much writing a blog.

Well there’s an update.

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