Ka'boink

we are the champions!! 

posted by Katie @ 1:49 am 3 comments

l'auberge japonais

my bestest flat mate has moved out leaving a big echoey nothing where her sunny "good morning poppit!" used to be...i cannot live like this so have decided to move. as luck would have it i've somehow stumbled upon the japanese version of l'auberge espagnol (francois, jerome: il y a meme un anglais super con comme le frere de wendy dans le film!! si si, c'est vrai! malheureusement ils existent! la honte!!) and i move in in 21 days and counting! i'll be living with 20 people and another 17 in the house next door, from all over the world - aussies, kiwis, japanese, germans, brits and americans make up the count so far...not forgetting a transylvanian!!
so in a little over 3 weeks time life is gonna get crazy and i can't wait!
plus, 24 hour internet in my room so get your MSNs ready!

posted by Katie @ 11:13 am 2 comments

i have a

bike! and i love it! as much as i enjoyed the croggies home from the good old twisted, i have to say it is wonderful to be in charge of my own destiny rather than it be in the hands of some crazy "can't see if there are any cars coming, so just cross your fingers and hope for the best" texan with a hood over his eyes! ;oP
in the last few days i have spent hours just meandering through the back streets of tokyo peering into people's houses and gardens (better than being crammed in their armpit on the crowded subways i can tell you!) you see so much more on a bike than you do on foot or whizzing past in a car
saddle ain't very comfy tho...

posted by Katie @ 11:08 am 2 comments

yoga in yoyogi park

and no sign of yogi bear...

i had possibly the happiest day of my tokyo existence on sunday...started of in harajuku where everyone goes mad and dresses up in craaaaaaazy sylees, literally anything goes; transvestites, goths, hello kitty fans, mad axe murderers, you name it! the dancing elvi (plural of elvis?!) were particularly exciting!
into yoyogi park and people are doing sunday things, playing badminton with the kids, walking dogs, having picnics...then there's a bongo circle of about 15 rastafarians next to a guy playing a didgereedoo next to some guys practising tai-chi next to a hacky-sack contest next to people having an outdoor rave...the list goes on, live music, rickshaws, skipping, dancing etc etc etc.
not to be outdone my friends and i got together for some outdoor yoga, barefoot and in the mud, great fun! talk about getting back to nature, very hippyish!
to make sure i didn't get a little too smug from my wholesome sunday afternoon joined the guys from work in a nomehodai or however you spell it, basically all you can eat and drink and then some...and then... karaoke!!
it's official: i'm a fan!

posted by Katie @ 9:24 am 2 comments