Where everybody knows your name...

Legendary pool sharks Fandango Fieldsend, Sharpshooter McGee and the Vancouver Viper got together to demolish Raymond's Billiards Club tonight. It was truly a night to remember.

さようなら Woody Town!

Today was my last day teaching the kiddles in Woodyland. I got some sweet pictures of them though, and some flowers from Tenyuu (kinder, with the arrow) and a little card from Rumi (junior, not pictured). I love how everyone in this picture is looking in a different direction (clockwise from top left: Tenyuu, Kazuya, me, Hanako, Rinka).

Parfait: A Crime of Passion (yeah, I ate it)

Tea Par-tay

We had a tea party last night, and Luke, Tristan and I gorged ourselves on fancy cakes and delicious tea. Luke (pictured) was so excited about the party... look at his wee face lighting up with joy. Bless him, the little troubadour.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Alright, I have been haunted by this song for the last month or two. I can't put my finger on it's strange allure, so I might as well try exorcise some demons in this post. The song was first released on Kate Bush's breakthrough album, The Kick Inside (1978), and later re-recorded for her 1986 album, The Whole Story. I prefer the second, as the first is a bit raw for my ears. As any literary folk will know, it's based on the 1847 Emily Brontë novel, (which concerns itself with the tragic love story of two extremely selfish, unlikeable people) but I think Kate's source was the film version, rather than the book. Anyhow, I saw the movie, read the book, and my iTunes play count is over 500 now... but I still can't get to the bottom of why I love this song. So, for your delectation, here are some videos of Wuthering Heights (the first is the original Kate Bush version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGc4wcil2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IB9PA-ueMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSed1K-QNMc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDEtvXJgYwg

Taiwaniful

Yay, I'm going to Taiwan in May. I booked my ticket today. It was hella cheap- only 28,000 plus tax. We were originally going to go to Beijing but it was more than double the price. In preparation, today we dined upon delectable dim sum in Kobe's Chinatown. Yum yum sup sup, indeed.

Ceci n'est pas la nourriture

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Pig's feet do not equal food.

Arima Fuji Park-ing

I was totally productive today and dragged my flabby self to Arima Fuji Park. Has anybody been there yet? It was, quite literally, the most gorgeous park I've been to in a long time. And this is at a time with zero flowers and half the trees devoid of foliage.

There's no place like home *click click click*

Oh yeah, I came back from my homey home. I don't have any fun or original stories to tell, only that it was satisfying on a primal level to eat my Mom's food and be near my family. I didn't get a shot of everyone together so I had to assemble this crude collage of images. Hey, I even shoved me in there *shudders*. A thousand pardons!