End of June 2005

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26-30 June 2005 - Last Week of June
On the 26th, I hung out with Mika at Makuhari. I had planned to watch a movie at SALC, but realized it was a Sunday (so it was closed). So we went to the Garden Walk to shop a little, before heading to a restaurant I wanted to go to that had a nice view of the city at night... It turns out they aren't open on Sundays either. So we headed back to Plena and found a restaurant there. I was being a jerk and refused to make the decision of where to eat (I wanted Mika to decide!). After about an hour, we had DINNER at an Italian restaurant.

On Monday, the 27th, there was a VOLLEYBALL tournament within the "circle." My team lost, but I still had lots of fun. That day, Alex and Nancy made it and added to the fun. Oh, and a friend of Seth's, from home, played too (he was really good). Usually, just Ari and I went to volleyball on Mondays (when we could). On the way back, there was a guy on the train that had fallen ASLEEP while texting on his phone, so I took a picture of him and his phone that was on the ground. Good times, volleyball.

On Tuesday, Mason has his weekly yaki-niku tabehodai, so we went to TOPPrun (I've shown you guys pics before). It was a good night, and Mason brought some chick... 😊

On Wednesday, I had my last KARAOKE with Nori, Yoko, Ced, and Stephane. We went to Shidax (big chain) for two hours or so. It was nice.

On Thursday night, the 30th, I got Stephane to go with me to Club CODE and see Mika DJ. She was a little off mixing, but it was still a great night. I asked Mika to ask a girl if she'd come over and talk to Stephane... So Miho became Mika's friend that night, and she was a cutie. It was fun on a semi-double-date 😊

Now, countdown to July, and I'm really feeling the pressure to maximize the fun during my stay in Japan!

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Photos

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6/26 - I ordered crab spaghetti

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6/26 - Or did I order this Salmon Fettucini? I forgot.

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6/27 - Ari, Nancy, Alex

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6/27 - japanese guy, Eric, and Ari

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6/27 - Japanese peoples

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6/27 - My team for the tournament! We lost our first game :( It was still fun though!

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6/27 - Japanese girls

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6/27 - Ari ACTUALLY spiking it over Eric! :)

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6/27 - Notice the phone on the ground...

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6/28 - Minami, Ari, Me

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6/28 - Mason and the girl he invited ;)

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6/28 - Andy and Alex, posing

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6/28 - Andy is holding up a heart just for you... you-know-who ;)

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6/28 - Group pose

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6/28 - "Onna-poi Andy"

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6/29 - Yoko @ Shidax, Makuhari-Hongo

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6/29 - Noriko @ Shidax, Makuhari-Hongo

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6/29 - Ced-do @ Shidax, Makuhari-Hongo

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6/29 - Steph @ Shidax, Makuhari-Hongo

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6/30 - DJ Mikarin :)

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6/30 - Me and the DJ :)

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6/30 - Mika, Miho, Steph

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6/30 - Steph, Me, Mika

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6/30 - This salaryman was pretty cool...

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6/30 - Group shot at Club Code