Train RidaH

I woke up today with the determination to buy some of the things i have been thinking about. I came to the conclusion that when im with Nami i search for approval before i buy something. This time i just got, what i wanted..

I left the house around 4 and as i had a arranged meeting with Nami`s friend in UENO at 7.30 i planned my day. I started by tripping off to Nakano where i went straight to the underground shop to buy a one strap bag. I figured since i had finished school it was about time i stopped carrying a school bag. So i grabbed that, then my ipod shuffle clicked and stopped playing in the right ear (the headphones are fine) so i felt a little bummed.. But i didnt let that dishearten me, i then tranfered two trains to Harajuku.

I spent a good 30 mins looking at a business card and following the directions to this underground jewelry shop (pic above) to purchase a skull-ish ring. The guy speaks english and explained that he not only designed the jewelry but made it himself. Its a very common piece but this has a lot more style to it, thiner and more detail. I then looked at some street shops and got a couple of bracelets.

I then jumped back on the train and worked my way to Ueno.. ( i was lucky Nami had written the name in japanese). I timed it perfectly and arrived at 7.20... I was feeling nervous meeting Nami`s friend so i grabbed to mixers from the convient store, drunk them and waited. Bang on 7.30 Takumi (Nami`s friends boyfriend) came up behind me.. We talked and he took me to the park where we met SAIGO DON (Last samurai).

Givin the description was explained in Japanese, i got that he lived around the Meji period and was famous for his way of thinking rather than his fighting skills.

The park was huge, but not very well lit, there were a lot of city dwellers around so we decided to gap it and walk around the city.

Then Takumi`s girlfriend called and we met up with her, she gave me a cd that is limited to her work only and we talked and searched for a good place to eat. We tried three of the five floors and all were fully booked.

Nami called, and she met up with us and before i knew it the time alone with her friends had passed. We settle in a Japanese pub and ordered a stack load of food. We then changed tables (to the next floor). The waiters brought up all the food and alligned it the way we had it downstairs, good memory or what!!.

This is a sashimi dish, we also ate some grilled fish and deep fried chicken, along with cold noodles, veges and a stack load of Nama beers. Nami and her friend spent most of the time talking to eachother which was cool as me and Takumi could talk. Although hes 27 he thinks a lot like me, and we share similar interests (helps that Nami and her friend react the same to situations too) so he was cool to vent too....
But the main reason for todays meeting was for us all to meet Nami`s friend, Marippe`s boyfriend. They both had work and didnt arrive till after 10ish. We all thought he would bve shy but he was real open and fun. We all connected real well (such a relief, i had been a bit sceptical about meeting Nami`s friends, since the last time). So yeah, the photo on the left shows Koji (right) and Takumi left.

Then we have the girls, Marippe (left), Nami and Rio. The boys all wanted to go to kareoke, but as some had work and the time was coming to a closing we decided to make it next time.. Takumi and Rio gave me a good luck charm/toy for a going away present and birthday present. Its real cool, It`ll be on my stereo when i get home..

Well, time passed by real fast, before we knew it we were saying our good byes at the trainstation. Nami and i headed up to our train only to realise that we were 20 seconds late. Which meant we had missed our last transfer train.. So we were going to be stuck in Shinjuku. Taxi`s are mega expensive but we didnt really have a choice (unless we stayed in a net cafe). So we jumped on the next train and on the way there, Nami fell asleep. I woke her up to check if we had missed our stop and she said yes so we got off.. Then we both realised we hadnt but there were no more trains. So now we were really stuck.

Nami went to every police box to ask for directions (she even asked one police man how much a a taxi would be! hehe) and we were posed in the right direction when i realised a sign and thought we should enquire into the cost of a taxi from there. It was much cheaper than we expected ($30) for a 15-20 min ride. So i said lets take it and we came home. I felt like i was in thailand (coz we only travel via taxi`s there).

We made it to asagaya station tired and a little sore, we went to lawsons brought some junk food and put ourselves to bed. =) ......

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