If only Kaz was Here

Today was awesome. Nami and I woke up a little late, rushed to the trainstation and transfered twice to meet DTB at Saiyu buying supplies for the BBQ. The atmosphere was a little cold as most were tired but that wasnt going to last long. After we gathered our suppies we took a bus to our location, where we set up our rented tent and bbq.

The day was action packed, from cooking, to drinking and just playing around. I cant explain how good it was to see everyone out of their suits, I felt like i was back at school. Rather than explain everything that happened, i`ll just briefly comment on the photos that come up.. FIrstly on the left, was sessan and his skateboard doing ollies. Hes been playing for over 10 years. He rocks!!

This is Nori, he was our main chef, who had brought his own gloves, he also lead us in pitching the tent.. It was a lot of fun, considering i couldnt understand the instructions i think we did pretty well. It was cool, the boys pitched the tent and got the bbq going while the girls cut the veges, hehe us boys started drinking first. =P

This is the crew, from left Nori, Sessan, I-chan, Me and Yoohei.. THe bottom two are Takumi and youske... We all played Dodge ball with that yellow thing. It took about half the game for me to get the rules and when i finally did i got out.. I didnt contribute much to our team winning but due to the drinks my hands werent exactly connected to my eyes.. hehe.. THe other team "begged" for a rematch. Which we accepted but after a drinking break we forgot about it.

This is Sessan, Nami and Izumi.. Sessan took me to the harbourside (which involved jumping a fence). He explained a fish "BORRAHH" and that theme stayed with us the whole nite.. Nami is munching on some noodles that we cooked up as a grand fanale. Izumi is a lot of fun, full of energy.

This photo is of Nami and Ikumi (Youske`s girlfriend). I have met Ikumi two years ago. It was nice to see her face, i like talking to her, although i dont always understand her japanese she always tries to get what im saying and it ends up being quite a conversation. Its so cute watching her and Youske playing around together. Shes sweet.

<--- Izumi and Muscle man Youhei!.. hehe I have a stack of crazy photos of him making all sorts of funny poses. Him and Youske are the ones that always loook after me although i usually cant get their Slang..

This is I-chan eating four little fish in one mouthful. Inspired by the drunken proposition that Takumi put forward. Which I-chan achieved easily. THe other photos are harlirious!.

Rio on the left and marippe on the left. Rio was cool, a little typsy and was talking all these serious relationsihp stuff with me, it was nice. And Marippe was the one who organized this ROCKIN day. rock on HOmie!.

After serveral hours, and bottles after, we lugged our rubbish out and took down the tents, then we all stumbled on board the bus. THis is Takumi reprentin` with Izumi and Nami. The bus layout was pretty stink, single file and i was near the end so me and Takumi didnt get seats. It didnt really matter tho, we were just dancing around..

When we arrived back at the orginatl trainstation i got a huge suprise... BIG GORI was there!! Its been 2 years since i`ve seen him. He has moved out of tokyo to teach. He was the guy came with Nami to the airport to pick me up and drove me home when i first came to tokyo. Hes like my big brother here.. and hes MASSIVE..

We then headed on the train to a different area where we went to BIg echo and sung our hearts out. Their was a little confusion on the way, e.g i lost my train ticket, we misplaced a person (who we found later) etc.

But it was great, I sung delimma with Nami and the crew chose me a eminem song to sing.. I was a little guttered that i didnt get to hear takumi really sing (he was a lead singer in a band) but that just means we have to sing together again sometime. It was a lot of fun, we drunk more, and ate nibbles..

After singing we met outside in the rain and Gori annouced his big news.. He had been to his partners parents house and asked permission to marry their daughter, he got it and is planning on getting married sometime in the next couple of years..

Today was such a breath of fresh air, we all drunk at a reasonable rate, we were all relaxed and it was just a stack loads of fun. I havent had this kinda outdoor time in years.... It beats loud music at a club anyday. So to the DTB family, thank you for your company. You really are my TOkyo Whanau.. Peace!!..

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