So I thought that I would say hi! I have two Japanese guys fixing our toilet. Actually, we are getting a new one. I got clogged somehow. I think it just starts on floors above us and work it's was down.
Not much new going on here. I have finals next week and I haven't even read the last 10 chapter of my biology, so you know what I'm doing from now till next Thursday. After that, we're headed to Beijing on the 5th! I'm really excited. If someone wants anything specific from their you gotta let me know! And FYI to all those military folks out there, the Patriot Express flies straight from Seattle to Iwakuni! See call up your AMC terminals to get info if you want to come out here for only $27 a person!
Anyways, nothing else going on besides work and school. I was looking at my credits and I figure if I take at least six classes a semester, which is broken down into two terms, so three each term, than I can have my Bachelors degree in two years. So cross my fingers I can do it. I'm taking three classes this next term and I don't even get a break between classes! Anyways, Mozart says meow and I'll post soon!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
MiyaJima Oyster Festival
So last weekend we went with our friends to the MiyaJima Oyster Festival. It was really fun and we got to try oysters with different sauces.
We didn't take too many pictures because our camera was about to die. There was some kind of perfomance where these guys dressed up and drums were playing.
Grilling an oyster on the grill
Our friends.
So we took a picture of this dog because the owner had him in a stroller and he is wearing a Milo and Stitch jacket AND pants!
Got a picture of him sniffing our his spot to mark.
We didn't take too many pictures because our camera was about to die. There was some kind of perfomance where these guys dressed up and drums were playing.
Cheese!
A behind shot of me (in the pink) and our friends
Grilling an oyster on the grill
Our friends.
So we took a picture of this dog because the owner had him in a stroller and he is wearing a Milo and Stitch jacket AND pants!
Got a picture of him sniffing our his spot to mark.
There isn't much going on right now. The begining of April we are going to Beijing, China!!! I'm so excited! It's during spring break and we're going there with the ITT group. We will have a local English speaking guide to take us to see The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and many other sites in Beijing. We also signed up to go so a Kung Fu show, Chinese Acrobatic show, and shopping at a local market. I can't wait and it was such a great price! More to come after we go!
Nagano
Nagano is where the 1998 Winter Olympics were held. This was our first trip with ITT (Information, Tourism & Travel), a place here on base that has trips going every weekend. It was a 14hr bus ride up there. It's North East of Tokyo, and we're WAY down south.
Here is the hotel that we stayed at. We didn't take any pictures of our room but it was a weird set up. There were 4 twin size beds in the room and the bathroom seemed like it supposed to be in a trailer.
My ski's (that I rented from the gear issue here on base for free) and Ryans snowboard.
A picture from one the of the main lifts right outside the hotel.
Same location, just a different angle. The first day there it snowed when we were skiing but you could actually still see. I got goggles this time. Much better I might saw. The next day it was sunny, which was nice but the snow seemed harder.
Us on a lift
Me skiing. That's how I usually go down, so I keep myself from going too fast.
I like to ski much more that snowboarding because I let myself go faster and I move around much more. Plus it's easy to move around when not skiing and when you fall, it's less energy you have to use to pull yourself up.
Ryan on his board.
Snapping in
This was the second day. We were at the top of one of the peaks. It was really pretty. The park is HUGE. It's enormous!
Ryan on his board. This was a great run.
Another picture from one of the viewpoints.
Peace! The classic Japanese pose.
Here is the hotel that we stayed at. We didn't take any pictures of our room but it was a weird set up. There were 4 twin size beds in the room and the bathroom seemed like it supposed to be in a trailer.
A picture of us at an Indian restaurant. We wanted to get our left overs to go. So we waived a guy down and he sneaked us some boxes, he said he had to hide it because he could get fired over it!
My ski's (that I rented from the gear issue here on base for free) and Ryans snowboard.
A picture from one the of the main lifts right outside the hotel.
Same location, just a different angle. The first day there it snowed when we were skiing but you could actually still see. I got goggles this time. Much better I might saw. The next day it was sunny, which was nice but the snow seemed harder.
Us on a lift
Me skiing. That's how I usually go down, so I keep myself from going too fast.
I like to ski much more that snowboarding because I let myself go faster and I move around much more. Plus it's easy to move around when not skiing and when you fall, it's less energy you have to use to pull yourself up.
Ryan on his board.
Snapping in
This was the second day. We were at the top of one of the peaks. It was really pretty. The park is HUGE. It's enormous!
Ryan on his board. This was a great run.
Another picture from one of the viewpoints.
Peace! The classic Japanese pose.
We had a really great time. Unfortunately Ryan was still sick and we only did half day passes because he thought he might be coming on with another pneumonia. We went up with our friends Leah and Brad and we always have fun with them. I would say the only thing I didn't like about Nagano was the food. The hotel had classic Japanese food, FISH! Yuck! for breakfast. Oh ya, and we tried to go see the snow monkeys but Ryan started to feel really bad on our bus ride out there, so we turned around.
Mizuho
The weekend before MLK day we went to Mizuho Highlands, a ski resort near here. We went with our friends and brought one of Ryan's marine, Ryan, because he needed cheering up. He tried going home but had a layover in China and he didn't have a passport, so they wouldn't let him go.
A picture of Ryan and Ryan
A picture of Ryan and Ryan
Me skiing for the first time. Brad, my friend Leahs husband, skiis and he tought me how. I'm glad I tried it before I went to Nagano.
It was snowing like crazy and it was so windy! I didn't have goggles, just sun glasses so they kept fogging up and couldn't see, but if I took them off I couldn't see either.
It was snowing like crazy and it was so windy! I didn't have goggles, just sun glasses so they kept fogging up and couldn't see, but if I took them off I couldn't see either.
Ryan and Ryan on the gondola up.
Ryan and me. My face always gets really red and blochey. I looked like I had a face disease.
Ryan and me. My face always gets really red and blochey. I looked like I had a face disease.
Snow!
We had a little now here late January. Just a little bit though and it all melted by the afternoon.
I took this picture of Mozart today. She looks like she thinks she's going to be eating at the table.
I was looking for her earlier this year and found her sleeping under the table on our place settings. She's always there, on the chair or on the floor under it.
Today she jumped up on the couch and laid with me for a minute until she thought she heard Ryan at the door. He doesn't like her ever since she puked on his pants and the bed. So now he hisses at her all the time.
And a picture of us.
I took this picture of Mozart today. She looks like she thinks she's going to be eating at the table.
I was looking for her earlier this year and found her sleeping under the table on our place settings. She's always there, on the chair or on the floor under it.
Today she jumped up on the couch and laid with me for a minute until she thought she heard Ryan at the door. He doesn't like her ever since she puked on his pants and the bed. So now he hisses at her all the time.
And a picture of us.
MiyaJima
In January we went to MiyaJima again with some guys Ryan works with since they hadn't been there. I know I've posted pictures from there before, but here are more.
The sign for this said "bagel, cheese & bacon", yet it tasted really fishy and was disgusting.
Some palace that never got finished. There are paintings from old empirers in there.
A cool 5-story pagoda that is right next to it.
The famous floating Torii
The shrine that loooks out to it.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Christmas
I know that Christmas was two months ago, and that I haven't blogged for two months. I love to look at everyone elses blogs but don't ever feel like updating mine. So since Ryan is on duty tonight, I thought I would.
Here is our Christmas tree. We only gave each other a few gifts and we had Ryan's marines over on Christmas Eve, and then over for Christmas breakfast.
The stocking that I made all the guys.
Ryan making breakfast.
Some of the spread that we had.
Here is our Christmas tree. We only gave each other a few gifts and we had Ryan's marines over on Christmas Eve, and then over for Christmas breakfast.
The stocking that I made all the guys.
Ryan making breakfast.
Some of the spread that we had.
This was taken at my work Christmas party.
Top: Megan (teller), Clem (teller), Karen (teller coordinator), Annie (teller), Tabtha (teller), Yolonda (manager)
Top: Megan (teller), Clem (teller), Karen (teller coordinator), Annie (teller), Tabtha (teller), Yolonda (manager)
Bottom: Heather (personal banker) and Me (asst manager).
It was a great Christmas and I'm looking forward to it again!
It was a great Christmas and I'm looking forward to it again!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Snowboarding
So a few weekends ago we went snowboarding with Leah and her husband Brad and some of his Marines. We were following other people in a van and had to turn around three times. The only thing is that the expressways here aren't like in the US, you have to pay to drive on them and once you get on it, there aren't very many exits. So we'd get to the toll booth area where you get your ticket to get on and then we'd play charades to tell the workers we need to turn around and they'd have to open special gates and go down little roads.
Here is one of the times the guys were trying to ask them where we need to go. The guy with the blonde high 'n tight is Brad and the other guy is the one we were following. After this (the 2nd time) of turning around we took control.
So I got in the front seat with him because I'm good at reading maps and directions. We did take one wrong exit and we couldn't turn around for like 5miles, but when we read the directions, they were so simple. It took us like 3hrs to get there and only an hour and half to get back.
Ryan on the lift up
A view from the top of the run. It was the opening weekend and there was only man made snow.
Leah on her butt. She couldn't stand up. Eventually after 2hrs right there she took her board off and took the lift down.
Me :)
This is funny, at the restaurant at the bottom you can order Humburgers. I love it when they spell things wrong!
The group that went
A view of the run from the bottom
Oh that's familiar! Me on my butt! The first run down was the hardest because I've only gone once before and that was 4yrs ago. I had an interesting bruise on my butt, when we were leaving I went to the bathroom to change and I could already see it forming. It was like a speckling of bruises.
YAY!! I got to the bottom! This was my second time down, a much better run this time
Next time I'm trying skiing, just to see what it's like
Ryan at the bottom
He was much better than me but also a little rusty too.
It's such a balancing act.
Here is one of the times the guys were trying to ask them where we need to go. The guy with the blonde high 'n tight is Brad and the other guy is the one we were following. After this (the 2nd time) of turning around we took control.
So I got in the front seat with him because I'm good at reading maps and directions. We did take one wrong exit and we couldn't turn around for like 5miles, but when we read the directions, they were so simple. It took us like 3hrs to get there and only an hour and half to get back.
Ryan on the lift up
A view from the top of the run. It was the opening weekend and there was only man made snow.
Leah on her butt. She couldn't stand up. Eventually after 2hrs right there she took her board off and took the lift down.
Me :)
This is funny, at the restaurant at the bottom you can order Humburgers. I love it when they spell things wrong!
The group that went
A view of the run from the bottom
Oh that's familiar! Me on my butt! The first run down was the hardest because I've only gone once before and that was 4yrs ago. I had an interesting bruise on my butt, when we were leaving I went to the bathroom to change and I could already see it forming. It was like a speckling of bruises.
YAY!! I got to the bottom! This was my second time down, a much better run this time
Next time I'm trying skiing, just to see what it's like
Ryan at the bottom
He was much better than me but also a little rusty too.
It's such a balancing act.
It was really fun and can't wait to go back and especially since there is actually snow up there now. Plus we have to get ready to go up to Nagano in January for Martin Luther King weekend for a big ski trip the the tourism place here on base is putting on.
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