Snow-kohama

This morning I woke up and was greeted with the sight of snow! The last time I saw snow I was 12 years old, it was a five hour drive to get there, and I remember hating it because it was so cold! This time the snow came to me and I enjoyed spending the morning playing in the snow with Liam....and I acted like I was 12 years old!

Now with pictures.....that move!

Thanks to Steve for the heads-up, now you can enjoy some video clips. The quality is absolute crap, but hey, I only have a cheap digi-cam (without sound), so just handle it! Check out my nephews-James throwin' up the "Oop" and Liam "Dancing"! Sorry Jack, you didn't make the cut for obvious reasons......also, scroll down for a Sumo vid. Enjoy :)

Nihon Sumo Kyokai

Last week saw the long awaited arrival of Mark to the Land of the Rising Sun.....so to introduce him to Japan, we went to Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo to take in an afternoon of Sumo wrestling. I had been pretty keen to see the big boys live in action and it was well worth it! The action packed afternoon was fuelled by Ron Bacardi, who mysteriously appears whenever we go to live sports. The most amazing thing was seeing how flexible some of those guys were!
http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/index.html

New Year '06

Happy New Year everyone! For the first time in Years, I had nothing planned for the big night when I woke up on the 31st. But no need to worry, with 127 million people in Japan, I was sure I could find someone who would want to party! Admittedly, I felt homesick for the first time since being here, just knowing that the NZ summer is kicking off and longing for a cold beer at the beach! Oh well, only 2 more months of winter here! Anyway, after a few phone calls the stage was set for the night. I met Marcus, Yuka, David, Christina, Vijay & friends in Shibuya and we set off to find a bar to ring in the New Year. We went to a packed British pub to start drinking and before we knew it, it was 2006! After a few more drinks, it was off to Karaoke. Our Karaoke room was the same room that Bill Murray sang in (Lost in Translation). I've been to Karaoke a few times, but this was definately the most fun night.....probably fuelled by the copious amounts of alcohol, "Moet, anyone?". We packed it in at 5am and I passed on seeing Meiji shrine. Being in a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people at that hour didn't appeal to me, so I called it a night. I hope everyone had an enjoyable night. Best wishes for 2006!


Shibuya, 11pm; Vijay & B; Dave & Marcus



Sippin' (free) Moet; Bustin' out the bubbly; Wave ya hands in the air



Im just lip syncing; Bill Murray stood in that spot too; Take it away Dave



Not everyone lasted the night!