tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23508184628031333632024-03-06T07:56:44.983+09:00Japanese RorenLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-14513505212466102752010-12-14T19:06:00.001+09:002010-12-14T19:09:07.712+09:00Ikebana Lessons!June 15th<br /><br />Tonight at Ikebana (flower arranging class) we did an arrangement with some very pretty flowers which I unfortunately don't know the names of!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXEUvk0M6ys4Sl5iX1F9P1SrMeVdQO0q1aSosMZEZA9YWWKs0zF-NO0oFRjzufz9hD_RypduYxcg5o07_Gy83RB8bkey3aaVMgiR2TYpLbxB7S9ryiLv1dMgjwLgon31D1fPa82RTnVTY/s1600/IMGP7131.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXEUvk0M6ys4Sl5iX1F9P1SrMeVdQO0q1aSosMZEZA9YWWKs0zF-NO0oFRjzufz9hD_RypduYxcg5o07_Gy83RB8bkey3aaVMgiR2TYpLbxB7S9ryiLv1dMgjwLgon31D1fPa82RTnVTY/s320/IMGP7131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550477781909807234" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-59704288615900019282010-12-14T19:03:00.001+09:002010-12-14T19:05:41.872+09:00Cooking lesson!June 14th<br /><br />Tonight's cooking lesson we made tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet), vinegar octopus and seaweed, pumpkin and miso soup! Yum!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QoRFbajk5R0w6-FNLEdk6LbAxCOTD21pjz25-r2A9o9x_hi9hsHUfuHrdzweg8UCSnOccdvn7VI-xjPM2k6ioaHFsYO652X7SeZn9eqrGWr8UtKeAUPrWwRFoJDPonHazTuLQhvjpxfA/s1600/IMGP7130.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QoRFbajk5R0w6-FNLEdk6LbAxCOTD21pjz25-r2A9o9x_hi9hsHUfuHrdzweg8UCSnOccdvn7VI-xjPM2k6ioaHFsYO652X7SeZn9eqrGWr8UtKeAUPrWwRFoJDPonHazTuLQhvjpxfA/s320/IMGP7130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550476973242882850" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-80970930968357814992010-12-14T18:36:00.005+09:002010-12-14T19:02:26.000+09:00Shirahama, Wakayama!June 11th, 12th and 13th<br /><br />We headed to Shirahama in Wakayama-ken for a long weekend at the beach! Shirahama is also known for its onsens (natural hot springs) and there are many around the town.<br /><br />I had wanted to go to Shirahama for a long time as the beach is beautiful and the white sand is from Australia! We caught a bus from Osaka which took about 4 hours and then we set up camp and headed to the beach. <br /><br />Our campsite<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVybfXLO9F9fnS4gWjqQSai3Dqdov7shaQFZFQwOptKiK1G2FmBIdo9AbL-vjpJTY-_1TBaoDHc39UpNn9b3WfUqZNrnvc87OXKqRP7m1orUV5lu2AZtVAzV9QcKH14Z1D4WELhA_jaQ3/s1600/IMGP7105.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVybfXLO9F9fnS4gWjqQSai3Dqdov7shaQFZFQwOptKiK1G2FmBIdo9AbL-vjpJTY-_1TBaoDHc39UpNn9b3WfUqZNrnvc87OXKqRP7m1orUV5lu2AZtVAzV9QcKH14Z1D4WELhA_jaQ3/s320/IMGP7105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550472905350684178" /></a><br /><br />Amazing beach!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiA5ZgmPjAm1h0XkJX6l0MkakJOJVErMkn301rAlyprt8rdSuI4YJce7gLfxrbRDYI4CjKh3b2elQdfDHwRbayuj346xhhMhrbOe9TTK3qlrDScVeq9xufMDbtVUHn0FGIdNowHfzMVFC/s1600/IMGP7057.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxiA5ZgmPjAm1h0XkJX6l0MkakJOJVErMkn301rAlyprt8rdSuI4YJce7gLfxrbRDYI4CjKh3b2elQdfDHwRbayuj346xhhMhrbOe9TTK3qlrDScVeq9xufMDbtVUHn0FGIdNowHfzMVFC/s320/IMGP7057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550475833895622690" /></a><br /><br />Such clear water :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaTTEYADvDuwg38Q7Yy9GgZzsFsQ8KKqxxoklQaQQ8AfxNN6WaJd7lRTtn0-PS4KgaIKLzDZkerbRLY7y9U6ZupRwqvYaFMj0FWm_8OTyp2zAMViaCmUlUMfCRm-9OLAk08O2r6TbbLjj/s1600/IMGP7063.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaTTEYADvDuwg38Q7Yy9GgZzsFsQ8KKqxxoklQaQQ8AfxNN6WaJd7lRTtn0-PS4KgaIKLzDZkerbRLY7y9U6ZupRwqvYaFMj0FWm_8OTyp2zAMViaCmUlUMfCRm-9OLAk08O2r6TbbLjj/s320/IMGP7063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550475825145777906" /></a><br /><br />Aussie sand!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X8a4DQUiIEnzHL5j6AjAFBKwbhdb0GnREK52qlhyCoequU4l0NBvKExr4hTJwCQMU5hlZF-UpNdHOmijMO-ejNOK73bms9DWZe9CpTUy_Ua4m6IAJD8XQgiJSgEkTHRkxS-iaNjAu80H/s1600/IMGP7074.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X8a4DQUiIEnzHL5j6AjAFBKwbhdb0GnREK52qlhyCoequU4l0NBvKExr4hTJwCQMU5hlZF-UpNdHOmijMO-ejNOK73bms9DWZe9CpTUy_Ua4m6IAJD8XQgiJSgEkTHRkxS-iaNjAu80H/s320/IMGP7074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550474762627321874" /></a><br /><br />Everyone at the beach at sunset<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsB7tWevpmbJXw14P0aCW5kZDxpZj-5OybPX_IZ42_cHjaqcJfieNJu33NhOk-1aSV_H9yDkMLGVwQNisYG9JUdyG0xt0O6iQOxxBWARVywaFLnczglAi5-k1jmNus6VZQoZBNYeULjvj/s1600/IMGP7079.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsB7tWevpmbJXw14P0aCW5kZDxpZj-5OybPX_IZ42_cHjaqcJfieNJu33NhOk-1aSV_H9yDkMLGVwQNisYG9JUdyG0xt0O6iQOxxBWARVywaFLnczglAi5-k1jmNus6VZQoZBNYeULjvj/s320/IMGP7079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550474754029281858" /></a><br /><br />Beautiful sunset<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoouXGX-6Y_2V9GdE5A8DTNm6Lhed3nIpkVAwm-9zgI1-xOZDdM3TeqXriAPuW-_UlLGzuQk_EvDta3V_az_VX84t8laD6PA_9duBwveO54JDVO-nr_w8Lj8fmvmsZuUf_oW6qzQ5i_k6v/s1600/IMGP7081.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoouXGX-6Y_2V9GdE5A8DTNm6Lhed3nIpkVAwm-9zgI1-xOZDdM3TeqXriAPuW-_UlLGzuQk_EvDta3V_az_VX84t8laD6PA_9duBwveO54JDVO-nr_w8Lj8fmvmsZuUf_oW6qzQ5i_k6v/s320/IMGP7081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550474743182207218" /></a><br /><br />For dinner we found a cool restaurant which had seats outside with a foot bath!<br /><br />Me in the foot bath at dinner<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzCyq4SDkmXcnyGXR-Q8yMkR86mUoaYzqdJQv3AfOof_2nHG_kYrlJFrkmxBqoTKQv5TWRYexEWxCEalNWDKNfH5vK4VYCk6eL1QZUEywpSSD2A9S7w87ZYFQ39fZ-1NMOh_tCy59j_Uu/s1600/IMGP7086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzCyq4SDkmXcnyGXR-Q8yMkR86mUoaYzqdJQv3AfOof_2nHG_kYrlJFrkmxBqoTKQv5TWRYexEWxCEalNWDKNfH5vK4VYCk6eL1QZUEywpSSD2A9S7w87ZYFQ39fZ-1NMOh_tCy59j_Uu/s320/IMGP7086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550474736410686162" /></a><br /><br />The next day we tried the outdoor onsen right on the ocean - unfortunately the waves weren't big enough to come in! And then spent the afternoon at the beach.<br /><br />Outdoor onsen right on the ocean<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_a-YRijN9IRgfVHNfxGP4ZP9nG4G2g9g991PZeS6orFeXbZmvroEOaNhmY05xzH9OrkOINWXB4A-_pUk9ZClhdn757Cgivs9sXKx6xUzKPc5ye32FTNzYezW4t-s1keAWp163khh9LcR/s1600/IMGP7092.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_a-YRijN9IRgfVHNfxGP4ZP9nG4G2g9g991PZeS6orFeXbZmvroEOaNhmY05xzH9OrkOINWXB4A-_pUk9ZClhdn757Cgivs9sXKx6xUzKPc5ye32FTNzYezW4t-s1keAWp163khh9LcR/s320/IMGP7092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550472923023479042" /></a><br /><br />Eggs cooking in onsen water<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwtQWNF3J0sWe_YjueB3Cl3mygHY6lCnasRdCMFkHZUQLE3ETpOuBA4D6BZj4RI4EdVhnS0C4dhMA2WVAF9KqaXjDr1wJFnYtAepkmtvhBaCvJcvcs8msHcWj6H0kSIeYGW66rJvtn0BF/s1600/IMGP7090.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwtQWNF3J0sWe_YjueB3Cl3mygHY6lCnasRdCMFkHZUQLE3ETpOuBA4D6BZj4RI4EdVhnS0C4dhMA2WVAF9KqaXjDr1wJFnYtAepkmtvhBaCvJcvcs8msHcWj6H0kSIeYGW66rJvtn0BF/s320/IMGP7090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550474727511138098" /></a><br /><br />Taube and I at the beach<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA3GPcfZcNgoKsAFkI2upy5D-7zR2KC3791qJc0QhLCsQmV2NtPUPn_vvWbxENiuPdfhyphenhyphenXcPhbo1RCwHY3OwewK5W1YYYcj37Ac5rkVCwaERqmd_gqskMWfqUS-_3g3gXnsQJedw7Hexq/s1600/IMGP7103.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA3GPcfZcNgoKsAFkI2upy5D-7zR2KC3791qJc0QhLCsQmV2NtPUPn_vvWbxENiuPdfhyphenhyphenXcPhbo1RCwHY3OwewK5W1YYYcj37Ac5rkVCwaERqmd_gqskMWfqUS-_3g3gXnsQJedw7Hexq/s320/IMGP7103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550472915786584242" /></a><br /><br />The last day was a little rainy so we spent a bit of time in the onsen near the campsite and we were the only ones in there!<br /><br />The outdoor onsen<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaeDA4ogMr61q8fSwanKmpBVpScD_EYMhGohcAW30LtdYFL_u_qT-ZANxZls_G2oHvQ9CDtCDHvbCjfP0Tqs92i6Eu92vxqNd7UjTkvf49myH_CBLvwvKEUAGQXhntHGek-4RfF2Ru1K-/s1600/IMGP7114.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaeDA4ogMr61q8fSwanKmpBVpScD_EYMhGohcAW30LtdYFL_u_qT-ZANxZls_G2oHvQ9CDtCDHvbCjfP0Tqs92i6Eu92vxqNd7UjTkvf49myH_CBLvwvKEUAGQXhntHGek-4RfF2Ru1K-/s320/IMGP7114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550472895979200146" /></a><br /><br />Taube and I in the indoor onsen<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAIiWD1f9DY8aSUvHXN0XwQuX2V8bfj9IMHPiGdPDy3HqelaAJsIkD8hi2KMkHSIs-OCy9jQzDs6Zd_J5Klkgu50l3hJXZyAqlHE7yzWQQ1_YYFJ5wpH69fPBV_uQYMRVKJrFhqFdqWKE/s1600/IMGP7118.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAIiWD1f9DY8aSUvHXN0XwQuX2V8bfj9IMHPiGdPDy3HqelaAJsIkD8hi2KMkHSIs-OCy9jQzDs6Zd_J5Klkgu50l3hJXZyAqlHE7yzWQQ1_YYFJ5wpH69fPBV_uQYMRVKJrFhqFdqWKE/s320/IMGP7118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550472885285510194" /></a><br /><br /> We then got some lunch before catching the bus back to Osaka and the train home. Such a great weekend!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-74602380992218892632010-12-14T18:33:00.002+09:002010-12-14T18:36:21.793+09:00Ikebana Lessons!June 1st<br /><br />Tonight at Ikebana (flower arranging class) we did an arrangement with gladiolas and calla lillies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTu0ysaNOE7ol352MJsVCibl18HI0kn9FXfu0p3Q982-5oen2eccO232gxlt958eElRba3HwSru8aE-ExF3GFXI4yLcM-2N2EPSpKhUAnV0darqZI5vwgDQPDEfHUPC9MSq8lAmqF-34f/s1600/IMGP7042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTu0ysaNOE7ol352MJsVCibl18HI0kn9FXfu0p3Q982-5oen2eccO232gxlt958eElRba3HwSru8aE-ExF3GFXI4yLcM-2N2EPSpKhUAnV0darqZI5vwgDQPDEfHUPC9MSq8lAmqF-34f/s320/IMGP7042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550469416599160850" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-9239763809041367992010-12-12T21:11:00.006+09:002010-12-12T21:22:26.852+09:00Food!! Glorious Food!! MayMay<br /><br />Amazing foods and drinks from this month - <br /><br />Guacamole<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3oDSNjaJy_9nzVkz9nbkD_uz98lBhjPt4yBr6USGneBN9ArVdQX7yeEh7Fy8Cv7GBBsnKm2gOYCkUgwzlIBLGhKCfCj69Js-LvcWJYtEl4BLO5c511u7V-XzYXEWL211uPtIPB7Qd7ND/s1600/IMGP6900.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3oDSNjaJy_9nzVkz9nbkD_uz98lBhjPt4yBr6USGneBN9ArVdQX7yeEh7Fy8Cv7GBBsnKm2gOYCkUgwzlIBLGhKCfCj69Js-LvcWJYtEl4BLO5c511u7V-XzYXEWL211uPtIPB7Qd7ND/s320/IMGP6900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549769624600742498" /></a><br /><br />Bubble tea - coconut!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrVktNjBJ-5f44lQ2iWPHGKmyc-tz299_RGEzgMGB9YWk3NrGc6oHrDU0ItlJxYGhTbYvViCWLDyl6K5RhWUwJYVuEWMvEX4Ok4dQVUN-ZamuWTT8IddhJSWe6-c3C8JAgGaRlDZvFnt6/s1600/IMGP6881.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrVktNjBJ-5f44lQ2iWPHGKmyc-tz299_RGEzgMGB9YWk3NrGc6oHrDU0ItlJxYGhTbYvViCWLDyl6K5RhWUwJYVuEWMvEX4Ok4dQVUN-ZamuWTT8IddhJSWe6-c3C8JAgGaRlDZvFnt6/s320/IMGP6881.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549769632210891314" /></a><br /><br />Nachos<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1I1sD3drK6tEzwtkLjoaTp-lcRCp8RAqGdF26ko6qGh34-imRPjFqrZV3xfRhEy13Eru_2XbcIXft4g26Aa044hw_XYpDktXHTM6ByiXBRhyGERva0GiSHa0cyzTcee2W5DjsJ6gh0qJ/s1600/IMGP6901.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1I1sD3drK6tEzwtkLjoaTp-lcRCp8RAqGdF26ko6qGh34-imRPjFqrZV3xfRhEy13Eru_2XbcIXft4g26Aa044hw_XYpDktXHTM6ByiXBRhyGERva0GiSHa0cyzTcee2W5DjsJ6gh0qJ/s320/IMGP6901.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549768863451512690" /></a><br /><br />Taco salad<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLJ0Lwpeb88HSxW7vaj26P8u4a8W0S72Wp9dvnp720UjdHFSCpOVYeFwS4qkYobz0ENAioprc8AGYknWmUtbzqlyfRiYx_uRNIb1QjW0z45-mZTtr2xA8mQFUNPwS4-mJAFaw33P7EOPb/s1600/IMGP6975.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLJ0Lwpeb88HSxW7vaj26P8u4a8W0S72Wp9dvnp720UjdHFSCpOVYeFwS4qkYobz0ENAioprc8AGYknWmUtbzqlyfRiYx_uRNIb1QjW0z45-mZTtr2xA8mQFUNPwS4-mJAFaw33P7EOPb/s320/IMGP6975.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549768849429423202" /></a><br /><br />Sizzler main meal - steak and chicken parmigiana<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3dFrdehN7DNpgTScZYJjmpYuC8AY7OZ94m0mr9ltdNzA5FxvD8sbdB5REjiyK-fJdw-YnPxgAX0OCmypYLpnFnKJzHfIJtdwcFvEJ8CJoWu2pFAr7ks6raZr83Yd4CZg0DJ1qmJbeWoz/s1600/IMGP6943.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3dFrdehN7DNpgTScZYJjmpYuC8AY7OZ94m0mr9ltdNzA5FxvD8sbdB5REjiyK-fJdw-YnPxgAX0OCmypYLpnFnKJzHfIJtdwcFvEJ8CJoWu2pFAr7ks6raZr83Yd4CZg0DJ1qmJbeWoz/s320/IMGP6943.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549768856614490914" /></a><br /><br />Hamburger and fries in Tokyo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75_EejOdAb0TW_oS2Qk1GUNjTEGFBdnkYC6Lg4feQ7IhF6fEZiwM8qugLvq9DJP4krohc3tLT1um6rDDEFS3D662oinM2s8cKkPJ2iPyFOUf1D6uHu_-9QsXOYOjtdTmCUwMsKW26-2eH/s1600/IMGP6982.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75_EejOdAb0TW_oS2Qk1GUNjTEGFBdnkYC6Lg4feQ7IhF6fEZiwM8qugLvq9DJP4krohc3tLT1um6rDDEFS3D662oinM2s8cKkPJ2iPyFOUf1D6uHu_-9QsXOYOjtdTmCUwMsKW26-2eH/s320/IMGP6982.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549768846490770402" /></a><br /><br />Homemade eggs benedict, my first time!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFCxZvlfZ7wIZTt4wBqXwZONHSLl4QhVyrQxTpz2zbkQLE3a990t2hffNnmpkUVIoJeNZXU1fe9tSq7tNIY-5oNNdbUsAoMFec0ipbxvqJOKQQdukqVIaLwHixvJNlNtijAXervcsrAPS/s1600/IMGP6986.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFCxZvlfZ7wIZTt4wBqXwZONHSLl4QhVyrQxTpz2zbkQLE3a990t2hffNnmpkUVIoJeNZXU1fe9tSq7tNIY-5oNNdbUsAoMFec0ipbxvqJOKQQdukqVIaLwHixvJNlNtijAXervcsrAPS/s320/IMGP6986.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549768838833420210" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-42082925308847414162010-12-12T21:02:00.004+09:002010-12-12T21:10:45.822+09:00All night in Osaka!May 29th<br /><br />Well sadly Rachel is leaving in a few months so we needed to get in some 'last' things! We went to Osaka for a late Mexican dinner before heading out for a night of dancing. We all lasted till the morning and caught the first train home! :-)<br /><br />Amazing Mexican at El Panchos<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpgvmIfxqM5vOtP-kkGhy4JkTMH90fIJEGT78az4zfZuesavpof_Qi-mCuzTUhP0voeh7hi8V3fSdhWX_MzTux9uVJ-Hb302OvxWWfzzlYjslDwrPdqtu8YjjXLXfC2xJjbT9KjcBFN27/s1600/IMGP7020.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpgvmIfxqM5vOtP-kkGhy4JkTMH90fIJEGT78az4zfZuesavpof_Qi-mCuzTUhP0voeh7hi8V3fSdhWX_MzTux9uVJ-Hb302OvxWWfzzlYjslDwrPdqtu8YjjXLXfC2xJjbT9KjcBFN27/s320/IMGP7020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549766022580483794" /></a><br /><br />All of us at dinner<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KxtMLm60DETjuUmhE8vkUPZdQEYcwzVwF1hu9iFmT_PU-MIOX3MK7cI-rTLqBVrPfKoxQV3ztsAh0heyCiXArCob0Yv15OQE0KwLqqVmwHsteuI-nBeeU3AxiMvM7JMdqvIcUBRlZzyr/s1600/IMGP7021.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjbvJZSM_zyaoWxdK2Ora4lE0V0TUTwKZw1JkKzxjJ8Bf6D80mH2I_YJ84j0PFZPCLxxYGE0F2o3JC4P45xjm6htmsCrEA1DujpxlzJU5-Y4czyjHw3udt-hUgrFRNTkNbufi1pMWaObD/s320/IMGP7022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549766005818259458" /></a><br /><br />Rach rocking the dancefloor<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIynZ80KIaorxJxpO0aN7jyfgtskt8OLBnonOEqtZ9iP76q6Gyr6XSyn8LmpCFTj1HLteCyF7HdZv1rxHTtZZF4Z51vAeueII5W9Kb9vrhT_UYhWmxYj8mBRa8G26FsY1PeLLcGm5tkW9/s1600/IMGP7026.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIynZ80KIaorxJxpO0aN7jyfgtskt8OLBnonOEqtZ9iP76q6Gyr6XSyn8LmpCFTj1HLteCyF7HdZv1rxHTtZZF4Z51vAeueII5W9Kb9vrhT_UYhWmxYj8mBRa8G26FsY1PeLLcGm5tkW9/s320/IMGP7026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549765999229207170" /></a><br /><br />Rach, Taube, Stef and I on the dancefloor - too hot!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHB2OFofnspUTMREwyNUMDZTuKrSFUS2ersCAQfxT0YdqQi91UOmpnRqSOLcXjAhRFY5VArrpKyH-XJ7HQNopllvmgQsJwVS4LtCL1VaNOnbtw52lpa80YPQT6y5JBuw2LaPgXFnq8EjP/s1600/IMGP7030.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHB2OFofnspUTMREwyNUMDZTuKrSFUS2ersCAQfxT0YdqQi91UOmpnRqSOLcXjAhRFY5VArrpKyH-XJ7HQNopllvmgQsJwVS4LtCL1VaNOnbtw52lpa80YPQT6y5JBuw2LaPgXFnq8EjP/s320/IMGP7030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549765994767419426" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-68082173882778542312010-12-12T20:56:00.002+09:002010-12-12T21:01:53.472+09:00Ikebana Lessons!May 11th and 18th<br /><br />At Ikebana (flower arranging class) this month we did two different arrangements.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw_20u4I6g8z9RcezKwfMK3SFtZPY5vHDZ_5ZIaEzkq6Al4Zu35XIB6Hq0tSYH7En506ZhLmf-SF56-RpAf0wIEOcCPYYvNhZF6twfGePbFAJd1qMZB9dCHnqCRuOZk-miSRe3m2wEpXA/s1600/IMGP6987.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OmrDvKc8lxko8kCudejV4otfJQpmjL0-VdCp5RsMpKYbHVC87i265kY-FBacbvTYAJERvg_kMIkZtUGrDuCzW5puNRCUbvNa06ONdBz0B39jSNDLoG3GtaS5RTFWJQICjv6iwALRRMRa/s320/IMGP6993.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549763232541587058" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-23131232171611763532010-12-12T20:04:00.009+09:002010-12-12T20:51:31.685+09:00Tokyo with Rachel!May 1st - 4th<br /><br />For Golden week (3 national holidays in a row) Rachel and I decided to spend 4 days in Tokyo. <br /><br />Day one - we caught the overnight bus there on Friday night which meant we arrived at 7am, dropped our luggage off at the hotel and headed out sight seeing. We went up the Metropolitan Government building which has an amazing view of Tokyo, found the LOVE sculpture, found Burger King, Rachel tried the batting cages, had a nap, met up with our friend Makoto before going out dancing all night with Em and Jody!<br /><br />View of Tokyo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWS9nM5ayBDjVaOwuJNfHYDUIYJH_an6JmqpXvP62znhyphenhyphenhXAI9gBa3OOQiTBxEFwwjZDkCXdbcYpVnT6Dv3dpkBTrXiKj2u-yahdBwFd9Xk7_waQjq2gUNhsnn-xOxOfYd52fgSqhT1S4/s1600/IMGP6831.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWS9nM5ayBDjVaOwuJNfHYDUIYJH_an6JmqpXvP62znhyphenhyphenhXAI9gBa3OOQiTBxEFwwjZDkCXdbcYpVnT6Dv3dpkBTrXiKj2u-yahdBwFd9Xk7_waQjq2gUNhsnn-xOxOfYd52fgSqhT1S4/s320/IMGP6831.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549753731506020802" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6d4nTcTmTFOKGmC9DkNeY-C_gRlQLwhBf3IH0ora1vGxlbpVg3bPfa9ICdZfzo3jGIq24MPm229JfYePBhCBAa280saoyI9eCEpJSArbJyDvLtDnqdwpYG0SXGTAH4mKptHSxf4enbDv/s1600/IMGP6843.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6d4nTcTmTFOKGmC9DkNeY-C_gRlQLwhBf3IH0ora1vGxlbpVg3bPfa9ICdZfzo3jGIq24MPm229JfYePBhCBAa280saoyI9eCEpJSArbJyDvLtDnqdwpYG0SXGTAH4mKptHSxf4enbDv/s320/IMGP6843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549753720973994690" /></a><br /><br />I miss Burger King - it only exists in Tokyo!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzq4dCtxK8EjnkCRtvVbQhk-OxE7Cs_V0howM_Czv-6_GsF2_48WYZPjf9YJKEKI6WwaIRqgGtFfUawQlP9JuE_SAeTVLXFYoazgGffcRdjFTw4Fu7IgHfEuoEvnOVQu01LcUvmMKOvpu/s1600/IMGP6850.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzq4dCtxK8EjnkCRtvVbQhk-OxE7Cs_V0howM_Czv-6_GsF2_48WYZPjf9YJKEKI6WwaIRqgGtFfUawQlP9JuE_SAeTVLXFYoazgGffcRdjFTw4Fu7IgHfEuoEvnOVQu01LcUvmMKOvpu/s320/IMGP6850.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549752964738342818" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60sJUXfmd5geiZquhXXYo0fQzJzJ2rdrI4ZZVi52nWOXcru-l9F2wncFcETi-U1F6hX6A_nq8ovGg6UKyY2BRAKd9NlNkOu7B70xKG0zxSyu-0CuN_4pMHB-B1pvTXZe2_Oom1HNCz6c-/s1600/IMGP6866.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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We went to probably the most amazing Mexican restaurant ever near Harajuku - thanks to Jody!<br /><br />Harajuku<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnItbkiJ1IzkmDB4Qei2j5qFkJTI4x9qqELmW8FjyiZu-GqsmYyS83Jq3yVmivFi60r7WZ2AM6o2mAfP5IJAzrlltyI30jfYBNaqa5HSQ9cukoj1AnRbdhh7fwXjJoRMyzQ3dCm7Y2VG2/s1600/IMGP6880.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnItbkiJ1IzkmDB4Qei2j5qFkJTI4x9qqELmW8FjyiZu-GqsmYyS83Jq3yVmivFi60r7WZ2AM6o2mAfP5IJAzrlltyI30jfYBNaqa5HSQ9cukoj1AnRbdhh7fwXjJoRMyzQ3dCm7Y2VG2/s320/IMGP6880.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549756044916408770" /></a><br /><br />People dressed up near Harajuku<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjst43puhywK70GMyTg9Xviv6Gh_NMHXZEgH-hqoYhmnSblZ_JZ2HGlV54J8TnouvNOHWPOh1c1LD94pOGoYi3snOOxY1xhyQNS_PT9N9fw5OcJxjp9U38Kifv37MMzc7sTfsMeyEv170AX/s1600/IMGP6884.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0Y40mE-__-sVAB37PmQESYRYbgFWaQ-1yaDmsl6aF-sGMjfkEymVPzXDFWuUNTp-BlYMEAeZ4ggou2tPA24b5FEMMUQNIXvggagk5RJr-3RoZJnfuRRY1E6lyZ81dXlVJ-cuPD9iiMb5/s320/IMGP6905.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549755199637526738" /></a><br /><br />Day three - we went to Shibuya, Meiji shrine, Sizzler with Em and Jody and then to a cool theme bar - Lock Up!<br /><br />Shibuya crossing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_fh4u1bo6N2sCWbAtnhBm9x0Gg0UBUv_cXUmYd0px8EvKxoajecfIkwYbEB4ZLi0FxkAvV7Uo5zARfefW8jW8dttP2sZP-Dc76etetCtsTmQCaHEWG2G3QLPbgQZ0FePzKc4quJwOKpR/s1600/IMGP6917.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_fh4u1bo6N2sCWbAtnhBm9x0Gg0UBUv_cXUmYd0px8EvKxoajecfIkwYbEB4ZLi0FxkAvV7Uo5zARfefW8jW8dttP2sZP-Dc76etetCtsTmQCaHEWG2G3QLPbgQZ0FePzKc4quJwOKpR/s320/IMGP6917.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549760701692180738" /></a><br /><br />Meiji Shrine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5v22s0NdZ7MRxQupwfmDSX8wkuTsylWMlF9w8YlPEOcypnXjnxilG7jLujs3-qwe6GuppGkTYrtxkmYSwx01qkecW7wdmIwWUsYFHN5AKKseE-hS_YOvzDRkcn4TX2QUD3lmsGJi1lF2/s1600/IMGP6921.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKy_cBK3Q1ENilfsKZUzBkO-NCFhr-o84zUNVA6aa7vmoExwXfR50FXbphugrz0EqTqohiPabdshosc3dj7C3UDWFkwRNXU3dPl1jkj9JNvixWlRq6ZuPeLnTec7wzAcdTVdrw40-1oKQt/s320/IMGP6942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549757885630477842" /></a><br /><br />My chemistry set drink!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-5TrZrKNvxW5y0ZPQr1gmOrqNdEortUL_RVPy4EKv3wsdQpWiNtli_vXEbNChhKyB3ynECPCTA9kppLPn03rRWikEVGKqhlvkPp2A773nJ8-plUE6yJ3uuBm7KdlULxGEQFW-fhaQxTy/s1600/IMGP6969.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-5TrZrKNvxW5y0ZPQr1gmOrqNdEortUL_RVPy4EKv3wsdQpWiNtli_vXEbNChhKyB3ynECPCTA9kppLPn03rRWikEVGKqhlvkPp2A773nJ8-plUE6yJ3uuBm7KdlULxGEQFW-fhaQxTy/s320/IMGP6969.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549757874336507090" /></a><br /><br />My second drink - an eyeball!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FjUuXAoDmL_SUAVv7bfZgfIgAa4UcvkMkTtsV46jgaG2DPz36M5gmyhhDIv9Z4yKiC-Z2sCPI_JhCPejicg4TAEiMbUR96o5ivvA73lZRyRpJzWL_WgBPJR6zcME0k6JGasu8hHrvy1Z/s1600/IMGP6973.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FjUuXAoDmL_SUAVv7bfZgfIgAa4UcvkMkTtsV46jgaG2DPz36M5gmyhhDIv9Z4yKiC-Z2sCPI_JhCPejicg4TAEiMbUR96o5ivvA73lZRyRpJzWL_WgBPJR6zcME0k6JGasu8hHrvy1Z/s320/IMGP6973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549757866039812066" /></a><br /><br />Day four - we met Makoto and Yuki for lunch and then met Em and Jody for dinner before catching the shinkansen home!<br /><br />Rach and Jody enjoying hamburgers!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEWU1JSGYo9MmyFKzJZOiSWpMugarWeTPgAAAtU5rFm3Xn6Tk7RcXto_AIdD_aYwfHS0h2afKdau_UwO-zBaG9HMV4phH14Vq59y3LsyOoYwoNrRCidMW5f48T78SBaZP7ASQnrww0zw8/s1600/IMGP6983.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEWU1JSGYo9MmyFKzJZOiSWpMugarWeTPgAAAtU5rFm3Xn6Tk7RcXto_AIdD_aYwfHS0h2afKdau_UwO-zBaG9HMV4phH14Vq59y3LsyOoYwoNrRCidMW5f48T78SBaZP7ASQnrww0zw8/s320/IMGP6983.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549760711025468738" /></a><br /><br />Em and I enjoying hamburgers!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IxNSlhf53iqFerFkV_zMeFp4RRoRwpAF_mly0Rrzj5dnVEARy3X1-5xmBisjTiovfRlBBKOqlbr3reDQkM0K8vy3lQlf7eIBw4JerLyWrBDgu8_qWAHENy2kYkpqzK1DFbOz4P5VW7yK/s1600/IMGP6984.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IxNSlhf53iqFerFkV_zMeFp4RRoRwpAF_mly0Rrzj5dnVEARy3X1-5xmBisjTiovfRlBBKOqlbr3reDQkM0K8vy3lQlf7eIBw4JerLyWrBDgu8_qWAHENy2kYkpqzK1DFbOz4P5VW7yK/s320/IMGP6984.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549760684284501378" /></a><br /><br />An amazing trip with an amazing girl!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XR8yDOYDf-GZEwvJBPdgfG-TnefwbNdgJ7pr0ruWRnDNCv1ir8h0ZJvNZyMLfO60HCr3iJgVICIkZC-GDhoWgWFLYg4IRTUwy-0PLU3_wTMK8r8x78OQJgn-_xsiSsuJ98Mp55Q1NNhK/s1600/IMGP6985.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XR8yDOYDf-GZEwvJBPdgfG-TnefwbNdgJ7pr0ruWRnDNCv1ir8h0ZJvNZyMLfO60HCr3iJgVICIkZC-GDhoWgWFLYg4IRTUwy-0PLU3_wTMK8r8x78OQJgn-_xsiSsuJ98Mp55Q1NNhK/s320/IMGP6985.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549760693070218450" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-86559148005340277142010-04-26T09:54:00.004+09:002010-04-29T13:02:06.841+09:00Food!! Glorious Food!! AprilApril<br /><br />Some amazing foods eaten at home and here during this month!<br /><br />Favourite dish at the markets at home - steamed bbq pork buns and cold rolls<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg2EEYmebUUtSv7RUkNd-VVP5a9WIjpUsTpy-_g7K7mUFxlM05vbGlQk1wmBtZCypDSLDQIO9zWppzr0qKeqqSc7OjfUKqcvbIyShpTSZjLc0-CAP0fb5db3XeYxW2eIJ4JoAvJ10aaRi/s1600/IMGP6461.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg2EEYmebUUtSv7RUkNd-VVP5a9WIjpUsTpy-_g7K7mUFxlM05vbGlQk1wmBtZCypDSLDQIO9zWppzr0qKeqqSc7OjfUKqcvbIyShpTSZjLc0-CAP0fb5db3XeYxW2eIJ4JoAvJ10aaRi/s320/IMGP6461.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463180214459065506" /></a><br /><br />Best vegetarian food ever!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYYKWfLRiO-abikqVlgVVhTaU0oHpt69GFIoYzd-BywwSGFCVwU7lOa7WdNvNJSyf32ovXL4TrFD6fxRuqWOOo5yIlLKjqGBrOal6YUylxBOyAe3fqVDdzBB2yZPeTXjYx3_FIXN2EobU/s1600/IMGP6508.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmVBBqaNPmq939zFCbbaNYHliZGV4q2i6WQ_BdK75KeM96FDs7O31FQz7Mzl3WnCHwN-RvCvWurk2u5XzoPSL3t_Cytg7eZauapifeN8iSmFeXP6dvPcBIuTj_Wq6Yg0iqjn15xipkbss/s320/IMGP6767.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463183056635433458" /></a><br /><br />Double jelly cheesecake that I made<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTZpO-1bsG0_2STCLcUzs_aU6RpLgMK5sF7_3ag_lpY0lqnydGHA4Vk_Xl8RSATZpyw5-FlqJ85Cgmy9_Z0ZFXyVQ82TXbTzY5sks6zrLbxxjg_5KggQzneFgXBBvWN814D0y962sCy3j/s1600/IMGP6773.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTZpO-1bsG0_2STCLcUzs_aU6RpLgMK5sF7_3ag_lpY0lqnydGHA4Vk_Xl8RSATZpyw5-FlqJ85Cgmy9_Z0ZFXyVQ82TXbTzY5sks6zrLbxxjg_5KggQzneFgXBBvWN814D0y962sCy3j/s320/IMGP6773.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463183048156694258" /></a><br /><br />In our second cooking lesson this month we made - <br /><br />Green asparagus with egg yolk dressing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_-4hw84wcxLqY_OGxKQ5xSu1z2D5_XxeYRpbN_cnwJJV7joGB63iB-0VaDXxvFTRGTwzoPYxK3M1G5NezIW_oKxM_e711pRFj2OfBPRHtxucHi485hEKcWreUz-MpH5X5NUFmFwY7rOD/s1600/IMGP6821.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_-4hw84wcxLqY_OGxKQ5xSu1z2D5_XxeYRpbN_cnwJJV7joGB63iB-0VaDXxvFTRGTwzoPYxK3M1G5NezIW_oKxM_e711pRFj2OfBPRHtxucHi485hEKcWreUz-MpH5X5NUFmFwY7rOD/s320/IMGP6821.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465403713830141922" /></a><br /><br />Cabbage and potato cake<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UqeDc4xaKw3WPFbAd7GbDHxf7NMOnPYP6Fy1MUQXxLYrBGJNArREpk4WJC6Jr_cC5IEnGdTc-X1xFCAqpuF6tqquOn8Kl3CqTW2mAyGhSuBsP9B-vUYmoIAvAw59tPvUA28TuppVzbL0/s1600/IMGP6822.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UqeDc4xaKw3WPFbAd7GbDHxf7NMOnPYP6Fy1MUQXxLYrBGJNArREpk4WJC6Jr_cC5IEnGdTc-X1xFCAqpuF6tqquOn8Kl3CqTW2mAyGhSuBsP9B-vUYmoIAvAw59tPvUA28TuppVzbL0/s320/IMGP6822.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465403708730592578" /></a><br /><br />Broiled sawara fish<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDw4eM6Py3d-o80P7eYsG6ntwU6PPnTQbwocwcDk_O5nEP99dUuhU313P-zmVwI0Edn7uRXrIa59rdt5JcUoHbEOVEaLz6ep-KSDhGdp3brJclqg2MJmkJmi5AwGjGs8QKofgafUJsW9jY/s1600/IMGP6823.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDw4eM6Py3d-o80P7eYsG6ntwU6PPnTQbwocwcDk_O5nEP99dUuhU313P-zmVwI0Edn7uRXrIa59rdt5JcUoHbEOVEaLz6ep-KSDhGdp3brJclqg2MJmkJmi5AwGjGs8QKofgafUJsW9jY/s320/IMGP6823.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465403699274808418" /></a><br /><br />Yumiko's yum rum cake!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iNsXIbkWhyeXrmUdvQQTZFBKTinB9gEHSYZh03_qECD9UpyoqUmtJ96f5sEObvARELBXFudhPamn6SX2Gvpi4V-gz2x4UuNZMDLe-z-k5VPmLswhcjCXwOyewCRYdGMgHh0WmKqn_LpF/s1600/IMGP6826.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iNsXIbkWhyeXrmUdvQQTZFBKTinB9gEHSYZh03_qECD9UpyoqUmtJ96f5sEObvARELBXFudhPamn6SX2Gvpi4V-gz2x4UuNZMDLe-z-k5VPmLswhcjCXwOyewCRYdGMgHh0WmKqn_LpF/s320/IMGP6826.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465403690809183026" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-67474887029323260202010-04-26T09:53:00.006+09:002010-04-30T08:35:56.219+09:00Strawberry picking!April 24th<br /><br />Today we went strawberry picking out in the country near the school that I work at. It was a bit of a walk to get there but once we were there we had an hour to pick and eat as many strawberries as we wanted. I love strawvberries and they were so delicious!<br /><br />The greenhouses<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15cmnKdLClrxi3k7W35Dsdm0eogkLmEovlNMBElpOHnCR5Slu_Rhs-X-uvIf0ML6VFOYDnqcglxfHlS3Qv2gLXUcY1wW08w0OEqJRwz4gFnrdbO5Hi8TKaCHr13zWrGCDvnDUB8a6SYjY/s1600/IMGP6789.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15cmnKdLClrxi3k7W35Dsdm0eogkLmEovlNMBElpOHnCR5Slu_Rhs-X-uvIf0ML6VFOYDnqcglxfHlS3Qv2gLXUcY1wW08w0OEqJRwz4gFnrdbO5Hi8TKaCHr13zWrGCDvnDUB8a6SYjY/s320/IMGP6789.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300109289614770" /></a><br /><br />Me in the strawberry patch<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy1u8wUr2f5f9TxWcFOmK5yLizmMrq1_2ihqTSC2xvkNXjjc7HwtYc0lXFBnRbD0rhXNe_z1xYvMCqzkw-0rq1Wl2GhSlZhjg4wDV7XAA2iVlbHqMZVTuOxPR0uMs_9VToq_sgM2h4nuT/s1600/IMGP6793.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy1u8wUr2f5f9TxWcFOmK5yLizmMrq1_2ihqTSC2xvkNXjjc7HwtYc0lXFBnRbD0rhXNe_z1xYvMCqzkw-0rq1Wl2GhSlZhjg4wDV7XAA2iVlbHqMZVTuOxPR0uMs_9VToq_sgM2h4nuT/s320/IMGP6793.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300105504553250" /></a><br /><br />Kyosuke enjoying strawberries<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPSdO5BXl9kzfldfWwA-llgWjxbp2dOf2-tQ0M_BTaCLdxeqKzH7mcditZFPjdD1o4zTA-yBErPhSnUNpYadHieIEB01Zc-WZ9CcCJ61bUxBkEg0H-gvlnCAXOdKgrbFU_aOPOmAsOw_J/s1600/IMGP6794.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPSdO5BXl9kzfldfWwA-llgWjxbp2dOf2-tQ0M_BTaCLdxeqKzH7mcditZFPjdD1o4zTA-yBErPhSnUNpYadHieIEB01Zc-WZ9CcCJ61bUxBkEg0H-gvlnCAXOdKgrbFU_aOPOmAsOw_J/s320/IMGP6794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300095709329666" /></a><br /><br />Delicious strawberries!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUXDVQot5jsdLGw-ERU79QAEaIVMKbtpOZma6ByfyulOX8Y-NhbGku29b4Bvuy6oikrs_7C8hHjc22IEFuEdHeWJN-KsU0tbHlsrPQ2iBZckHpxRfSKJFxYTJLIYhPrW5k6uSavglOI1l/s1600/IMGP6804.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUXDVQot5jsdLGw-ERU79QAEaIVMKbtpOZma6ByfyulOX8Y-NhbGku29b4Bvuy6oikrs_7C8hHjc22IEFuEdHeWJN-KsU0tbHlsrPQ2iBZckHpxRfSKJFxYTJLIYhPrW5k6uSavglOI1l/s320/IMGP6804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300088300944386" /></a><br /><br />Strawberry fields forever<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rguxbsgf7INL7BB_c59ZkoZ3tMVnca74AO3HOiSXgVyFZajjBLIrnaeIyNneIY6QiLxyAdWjXmjv4bdwA5FryZncTRqnK2N-lmUQUR1L6Ik2_siOi4b_XsDkWP4qoPhWzziRNGhkRtW2/s1600/IMGP6805.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rguxbsgf7INL7BB_c59ZkoZ3tMVnca74AO3HOiSXgVyFZajjBLIrnaeIyNneIY6QiLxyAdWjXmjv4bdwA5FryZncTRqnK2N-lmUQUR1L6Ik2_siOi4b_XsDkWP4qoPhWzziRNGhkRtW2/s320/IMGP6805.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300640958237298" /></a><br /><br />The biggest one I found<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJHAuMePYBQ50Z9QxAtN6hysIAzjg7X3b2qBglU9pYZabLA68J2r1QbDEjX_mFSyu1-MHTab_fanDph13cPxFwwjqE8b1j_UTSQOfg-uoyH4_QET4pxJ5jnTu1GJK2XbPCfaSFLm_PaYZ/s1600/IMGP6808.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJHAuMePYBQ50Z9QxAtN6hysIAzjg7X3b2qBglU9pYZabLA68J2r1QbDEjX_mFSyu1-MHTab_fanDph13cPxFwwjqE8b1j_UTSQOfg-uoyH4_QET4pxJ5jnTu1GJK2XbPCfaSFLm_PaYZ/s320/IMGP6808.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300632323476418" /></a><br /><br />Taube with the strawberries<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeIaZD4XpS3Dm-mF6Npe-StxDd4-JmbMTuBU75OZw7VRjHt_6aOIKfGas3K4gevbGKgx5zROv1S8WFzkjj5FuJxeRkDllm7DkQRcrtijPnc4GFYrnH13aNRy2CZCajhg_8wMnpBgsglB6/s1600/IMGP6809.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeIaZD4XpS3Dm-mF6Npe-StxDd4-JmbMTuBU75OZw7VRjHt_6aOIKfGas3K4gevbGKgx5zROv1S8WFzkjj5FuJxeRkDllm7DkQRcrtijPnc4GFYrnH13aNRy2CZCajhg_8wMnpBgsglB6/s320/IMGP6809.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300625371244274" /></a><br /><br />Rach with the strawberries<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln11WQe3-7SIT3qeohsdBl9Z_59UiQsF4DbLuuunF5NPvFYkvak0igHj_-n28Y22MEtWZ5PQMM5yrSEZ2LTc-xe-flIqKbORZonfEvEYuXevhKzTIBL6X6DRGMmqhgnUMupXlAmAs7qfQ/s1600/IMGP6810.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjln11WQe3-7SIT3qeohsdBl9Z_59UiQsF4DbLuuunF5NPvFYkvak0igHj_-n28Y22MEtWZ5PQMM5yrSEZ2LTc-xe-flIqKbORZonfEvEYuXevhKzTIBL6X6DRGMmqhgnUMupXlAmAs7qfQ/s320/IMGP6810.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464300617380148738" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-72276626270202318152010-04-19T09:42:00.009+09:002010-04-26T13:05:16.882+09:00Ikebana lessons!April 20th<br /><br />Tonight at Ikebana (flower arranging class) we did an arrangement with lots of greenery and beautiful orange carnations.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKX16Ja0lK0epVjti3I8ao5CWklsvB61BB7T_-VUVkSfFY9nPXl0LKN0zY1l8-wFnP7lWLv3fcSm2GRBfCWMv3Q0d2hbtzffNCgW9u-gG1UJ9IphKeGaVRlrTnmHLSlJMC7e-fubP3oZR/s1600/IMGP6785.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKX16Ja0lK0epVjti3I8ao5CWklsvB61BB7T_-VUVkSfFY9nPXl0LKN0zY1l8-wFnP7lWLv3fcSm2GRBfCWMv3Q0d2hbtzffNCgW9u-gG1UJ9IphKeGaVRlrTnmHLSlJMC7e-fubP3oZR/s320/IMGP6785.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463177920297211458" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-66834345744509739702010-04-19T09:42:00.008+09:002010-04-26T13:04:45.305+09:00Julian's art showApril 11th<br /><br />Today we caught the train north from Himeji for about 30 minutes to a small town called Fukusaki. We went there because Julian had an art show. He makes ceramics and also teaches English here. It was a little show and I bought some nice presents from some of the stalls. It is always nice to go and support a friend and see a new place.<br /><br />Julian with his work<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjvBAs0t2JarM5BwS49bGRLgwnf5dspza2oxqiUisOCw8a0Try_DF08NQi3UL4Rne3sgnRdATakJD_9Zqogcn6BOfF4BLiQO24JpOc2ginAtD4mo3tWviXW_sH_sWPQQbzUX17znRXj-2/s1600/IMGP6762.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjvBAs0t2JarM5BwS49bGRLgwnf5dspza2oxqiUisOCw8a0Try_DF08NQi3UL4Rne3sgnRdATakJD_9Zqogcn6BOfF4BLiQO24JpOc2ginAtD4mo3tWviXW_sH_sWPQQbzUX17znRXj-2/s320/IMGP6762.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462834518421230594" /></a><br /><br />One of the performances<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit66I8C8zcm1KzPB_yUg9gmY_0JYUZ1NJ6a7xLHdrKnujPjgQBLC682LVHUfewxcUWdJJahVhsYequ9S56ASdcm7hfY57Jwk9vsu3C_qvvt6QsQuhWTePoskZczC9lo9hROqA-mj9SInoe/s1600/IMGP6760.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit66I8C8zcm1KzPB_yUg9gmY_0JYUZ1NJ6a7xLHdrKnujPjgQBLC682LVHUfewxcUWdJJahVhsYequ9S56ASdcm7hfY57Jwk9vsu3C_qvvt6QsQuhWTePoskZczC9lo9hROqA-mj9SInoe/s320/IMGP6760.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462834502859455602" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-59496341155270530802010-04-19T09:41:00.011+09:002010-04-26T13:04:10.041+09:00Jewish Food Night!April 9th<br /><br />Tonight Taube, Rachel and Dan decided to cook Jewish food for a group of us. They all have some Jewish heritage and have been missing good Jewish food. It was a great night with amazing food which I had never tried before! I even found a Jewish Honey cake recipe which apparently turned out right! :-)<br /><br />Kugel - noodles, cheeses and raisins - yum!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGw1JiZfdMQeraiOcoa_85cy9C3bVL67TexqAktmUZ8mZBHGuT3bsJ8CK1iFR3k0pLSOhQjmgWct_x_FhMzNxcCtZO1Va2pDH67VwdKk5iAlda1fZE_inpX4eHMD2wK3Abf-f2lMtYZkp/s1600/IMGP6718.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGw1JiZfdMQeraiOcoa_85cy9C3bVL67TexqAktmUZ8mZBHGuT3bsJ8CK1iFR3k0pLSOhQjmgWct_x_FhMzNxcCtZO1Va2pDH67VwdKk5iAlda1fZE_inpX4eHMD2wK3Abf-f2lMtYZkp/s320/IMGP6718.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462837996334890802" /></a><br /><br />Chicken and cranberry salad<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJIrsSShpqXKxPPamoJCUTiI6YgVoYkaMjax4hgl9f4i1N1DXt9oWEcWG0yx72soL9FvgyvxKbnAmpqMPfFwZuS6AeO6FbS_HwjsiwdeytZMslVOIBqgcxwYzzrO13wcvuSwhIZQ7BVYX/s1600/IMGP6719.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7co9C4sLwJ0CbjS3ur4sIJsbB3VMktuI_Gyvl9vRtJaczfV6qWC6JP7DX5V73tYTDpBuf_e7CXNFS8W5xSmdhf-hFozquy9zlNZzXWG04iozOuCACdUt0sAR3feGivZhGoPdlmxU089Lk/s320/IMGP6721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462837964435165138" /></a><br /><br />Matzo ball soup<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxZoV8hCmAqk9ZZENPU0YOy72ExQSc53KA06gOTYMGI-jfD8-PltvkU2Vi9ryujkYdzfLwFIG_t3E3qqpKz_bGUspkuJFbrR_mzL0GYFh3CaC3iP05GFfp254zOGVpUPOW6T-xL6UrMCX/s1600/IMGP6722.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxZoV8hCmAqk9ZZENPU0YOy72ExQSc53KA06gOTYMGI-jfD8-PltvkU2Vi9ryujkYdzfLwFIG_t3E3qqpKz_bGUspkuJFbrR_mzL0GYFh3CaC3iP05GFfp254zOGVpUPOW6T-xL6UrMCX/s320/IMGP6722.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462840715936468802" /></a><br /><br />Rach cooking latkes!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtkyFvHRYzJE2-WiUF_0h9FlT1nPEtxfxGdOBDVGBSY28Rp2zY960Pfto_BB4k4ajW8SrEGfuRpQbgrJT3xDFJL5mu031qszRjvS1pzoe-GqoEWn4Su_5uZgvVzpqDujWoYD0h4D9H4_i/s1600/IMGP6723.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtkyFvHRYzJE2-WiUF_0h9FlT1nPEtxfxGdOBDVGBSY28Rp2zY960Pfto_BB4k4ajW8SrEGfuRpQbgrJT3xDFJL5mu031qszRjvS1pzoe-GqoEWn4Su_5uZgvVzpqDujWoYD0h4D9H4_i/s320/IMGP6723.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462840703714176946" /></a><br /><br />Blintzes - like a crepe with cheese or strawberry inside<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ7ADoePA__82o2VuhsdSgbqRI1W-QSQOH7dUjp8GFfBG7ffiSjkdxz3PVU_xW3cGWM9o4xiu0bZxHmFmHs1qD_orbI90ykz8vVSfgf4rbBxDUomYB9KLeoAsDpDI6Q-z3epV1nql3yiA/s1600/IMGP6724.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ7ADoePA__82o2VuhsdSgbqRI1W-QSQOH7dUjp8GFfBG7ffiSjkdxz3PVU_xW3cGWM9o4xiu0bZxHmFmHs1qD_orbI90ykz8vVSfgf4rbBxDUomYB9KLeoAsDpDI6Q-z3epV1nql3yiA/s320/IMGP6724.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462840696076762946" /></a><br /><br />Honey cake that I made<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqSWkAmpVdywOBDZxs7VUnOYDsu7BThF9FVbL-iFf1jOfBC4ddnrEPQs4CBQ06yeJtHoOkoCL317SMGtSHWJCHQcGH2vGICnAfQb1TSCvAUp5t1p6uyDnbInvJRSZkOhHEJndBL3SbhEy/s1600/IMGP6725.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqSWkAmpVdywOBDZxs7VUnOYDsu7BThF9FVbL-iFf1jOfBC4ddnrEPQs4CBQ06yeJtHoOkoCL317SMGtSHWJCHQcGH2vGICnAfQb1TSCvAUp5t1p6uyDnbInvJRSZkOhHEJndBL3SbhEy/s320/IMGP6725.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462840686031264546" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-69610200668953999872010-04-19T09:41:00.010+09:002010-04-26T10:28:16.752+09:00Hanami party and Pat's Birthday!April 10th<br /><br />Today the sun was shining, cherry blossoms were in bloom and it was Pat's birthday so we decided to have a picnic at the castle and enjoy some good food and drinks in the sunshine. It was a lovely afternoon - this is definitely my favourite time of the year!<br /><br />Close up of the beautiful cherry blossoms<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcIT3BQhu7iqqfJNWLBvq0pgEFI-7Brfm6eNBhmskThghnlu3VhU7ZLbKTiTav92Gy5qSb3SpsSF3b_4fE80LVx037g-KltILjuzPZYiZl21uET3VNVqTzIgNJu4pR5MCiuNGmRF0nH6i/s1600/IMGP6690.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcIT3BQhu7iqqfJNWLBvq0pgEFI-7Brfm6eNBhmskThghnlu3VhU7ZLbKTiTav92Gy5qSb3SpsSF3b_4fE80LVx037g-KltILjuzPZYiZl21uET3VNVqTzIgNJu4pR5MCiuNGmRF0nH6i/s320/IMGP6690.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464248258548522354" /></a><br /><br />Cherry blossoms, the moat and carp<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihh6XtXLQvdy3Xtiz7oOG_PBMKvI38oyZoepNzE0HxoWmfwDJwlMt78JuI20awy0G9FhO8R5t6r9N4uf1PIQPwLtfi1A5dwZvna9FqqpzDHlhcbiUIytir8YtebII1niy_SzcchiME8KD/s1600/IMGP6693.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiihh6XtXLQvdy3Xtiz7oOG_PBMKvI38oyZoepNzE0HxoWmfwDJwlMt78JuI20awy0G9FhO8R5t6r9N4uf1PIQPwLtfi1A5dwZvna9FqqpzDHlhcbiUIytir8YtebII1niy_SzcchiME8KD/s320/IMGP6693.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464248253025767106" /></a><br /><br />Everyone enjoying hanami<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-NPZwRzP-FecPrSzh-FXFGlVpgGPTFb81prp6shlcjhPykWCPCOcePFtA2sg52jsnOJIe3txIEj0bqTm-eJXoYNG-7gHkfVOBk9B1yrvoX4Adr3g-AEKtBANi7SByaT-txm6xtsyT3UD/s1600/IMGP6728.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-NPZwRzP-FecPrSzh-FXFGlVpgGPTFb81prp6shlcjhPykWCPCOcePFtA2sg52jsnOJIe3txIEj0bqTm-eJXoYNG-7gHkfVOBk9B1yrvoX4Adr3g-AEKtBANi7SByaT-txm6xtsyT3UD/s320/IMGP6728.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464248235764327378" /></a><br /><br />Me with the cherry blossoms<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUMujv8ctpW_C2tPBgQrI7a-rKOUVbbNoWZ_ShJgF_XPIs81sLXrWd4JYHwovfuE_Kv1ryXPqdaK0HbSw2fdoRCJ9GyJoHOyWcVdp8qiLoTL1oCQcx8FjirFtItNxWrNanilldTZWqPjy/s1600/IMGP6731.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUMujv8ctpW_C2tPBgQrI7a-rKOUVbbNoWZ_ShJgF_XPIs81sLXrWd4JYHwovfuE_Kv1ryXPqdaK0HbSw2fdoRCJ9GyJoHOyWcVdp8qiLoTL1oCQcx8FjirFtItNxWrNanilldTZWqPjy/s320/IMGP6731.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464248223081066002" /></a><br /><br />Himeji castle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-q9rhyphenhyphenHm98xoBTDlygTZ-M-UXWTpzYvu1CoHodUvNfb9BSQMGTJL3vt1ozZJ1iccNM3YCtuH-Vt8F07CjI91yGgOUYsGIo7h0QyixkX62EK-8h3AiFjlC470LY0eKwEVtmOp1zc2OgICd/s1600/IMGP6733.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-q9rhyphenhyphenHm98xoBTDlygTZ-M-UXWTpzYvu1CoHodUvNfb9BSQMGTJL3vt1ozZJ1iccNM3YCtuH-Vt8F07CjI91yGgOUYsGIo7h0QyixkX62EK-8h3AiFjlC470LY0eKwEVtmOp1zc2OgICd/s320/IMGP6733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464251062345186402" /></a><br /><br />Happy Birthday Pat!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiN__r2t-ftgryKtUEVv8nB3Q4vt8M8Q5vGVY8-YgiSZzafb29uWt5qNsddN5utenMMtJ56pzvbmgNevKrUgpJxUb-rgWu0-wIIJf-S-waAdDAYF7_-5fDe8OBdEh4zkEzkS6jH7eFs9O/s1600/IMGP6738.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiN__r2t-ftgryKtUEVv8nB3Q4vt8M8Q5vGVY8-YgiSZzafb29uWt5qNsddN5utenMMtJ56pzvbmgNevKrUgpJxUb-rgWu0-wIIJf-S-waAdDAYF7_-5fDe8OBdEh4zkEzkS6jH7eFs9O/s320/IMGP6738.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464249975154298802" /></a><br /><br />Playing Uno attack!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZwKb9-iA98XSgyavSqUqEDu1TNSZsuuGs6zUIXbLZ59OAYT8zU6QFLXXMg-AKA6_VzcaRHzDoXl7ujnbXDUHT6T9Qj56gg8fX6LznhoNFEwUT2Qgbef0KebJ_821jWy3tBDHxDWTYvFE/s1600/IMGP6740.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZwKb9-iA98XSgyavSqUqEDu1TNSZsuuGs6zUIXbLZ59OAYT8zU6QFLXXMg-AKA6_VzcaRHzDoXl7ujnbXDUHT6T9Qj56gg8fX6LznhoNFEwUT2Qgbef0KebJ_821jWy3tBDHxDWTYvFE/s320/IMGP6740.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464249966911865970" /></a><br /><br />Rach, Taube and I<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYtjnWNxa2KJ771ZMotqLvjEz2gWUIFIeUiH75rhuGHFkLYR045Mqvpg9OgTNmay7tjsSdJYq5kDSEgc4L0fBXluxTUvrufCW0bw9MoKMO4udsqmWeMRLl1alOwjM2GvUWtmX3FadA9pk/s1600/IMGP6746.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYtjnWNxa2KJ771ZMotqLvjEz2gWUIFIeUiH75rhuGHFkLYR045Mqvpg9OgTNmay7tjsSdJYq5kDSEgc4L0fBXluxTUvrufCW0bw9MoKMO4udsqmWeMRLl1alOwjM2GvUWtmX3FadA9pk/s320/IMGP6746.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464249956320925698" /></a><br /><br />Ladies in kimonos under the cherry blossoms<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgXw76iEsbILceOrTj2POeqyXkQvUDNUl9K7tF9ZsSkKhEmEXQrT_qtP8_g804X1vU5qXLQWuMOmjaacCqqpRJN11BMoAFAV4y40iDqLUrfCMQ3VmNhVL7_bgL1uqofUvdUGCdLywWboj/s1600/IMGP6747.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgXw76iEsbILceOrTj2POeqyXkQvUDNUl9K7tF9ZsSkKhEmEXQrT_qtP8_g804X1vU5qXLQWuMOmjaacCqqpRJN11BMoAFAV4y40iDqLUrfCMQ3VmNhVL7_bgL1uqofUvdUGCdLywWboj/s320/IMGP6747.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464249946278478162" /></a><br /><br />Kyosuke and I with the last of the cherry blossoms<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMKlNykega6k_BaynPqQcJ1oqtfNokmoLs9o-AHDaA0sKv-2Py_XQxHZdGvWUr_C2_IL21l9ll7x2uApoo5sK-JubNzwq4OOfvqFlCpYrtgxEm7QLoDhAtQTHqkADCCletybrDA4ilLUV/s1600/IMGP6780.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMKlNykega6k_BaynPqQcJ1oqtfNokmoLs9o-AHDaA0sKv-2Py_XQxHZdGvWUr_C2_IL21l9ll7x2uApoo5sK-JubNzwq4OOfvqFlCpYrtgxEm7QLoDhAtQTHqkADCCletybrDA4ilLUV/s320/IMGP6780.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464249937859368210" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-12183667480950064682010-04-19T09:40:00.003+09:002010-04-26T10:04:46.658+09:00Hanami picnic at night!April 8th<br /><br />Today after school we went to the supermarket to pick up some snacks before heading to the castle for a hanami picnic. During this time of year many people enjoy picnics under the cherry blossoms. Today was sunny and it was a perfect evening. Once it got dark we could go into the castle grounds and see many cherry blossoms lit up. It was so beautiful and this is the last time we can see them with the castle as it will soon be covered. I love cherry blossom season!<br /><br />Himeji castle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rdStp2gzXyUZIvzEWThpMzxcEFtbPSwkWOYgHfIIMiKwBpj7gH1MtO-7Ew3KriHKvwekEAeMTPqvgUaVSO1BxEgn2Up1ATIrlJcD_ZFeOMknEA4ySZ8f965LZevA5Is89cMbmlNo6kHQ/s1600/IMGP6630.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rdStp2gzXyUZIvzEWThpMzxcEFtbPSwkWOYgHfIIMiKwBpj7gH1MtO-7Ew3KriHKvwekEAeMTPqvgUaVSO1BxEgn2Up1ATIrlJcD_ZFeOMknEA4ySZ8f965LZevA5Is89cMbmlNo6kHQ/s320/IMGP6630.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464244334943566258" /></a><br /><br />Cute lamps leading into the castle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwYNf9gzShgRoF4e_bS4WCpsclpf0ZoT7PcTuW6Ad1WxcoMTZYQ10WTBeVS7ftItCik4l2BlSvZcg43gOFNhZoYmO73hHEh2zkBfDAN4NasEFdW-i0KQvbf9thTkiTrlm4SQ5D2ZzNCaI/s1600/IMGP6634.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwYNf9gzShgRoF4e_bS4WCpsclpf0ZoT7PcTuW6Ad1WxcoMTZYQ10WTBeVS7ftItCik4l2BlSvZcg43gOFNhZoYmO73hHEh2zkBfDAN4NasEFdW-i0KQvbf9thTkiTrlm4SQ5D2ZzNCaI/s320/IMGP6634.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464244326942447202" /></a><br /><br />The castle in the afternoon sun<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-utuGp3MpxzYYCfAN-QRflr7wQltsU6cqtrlRzVlPQkfolEJOTJ-7IxkGUVoyXwI20ureQzKy4eFMsfsZzBM9PUXdZaokGKvNgRuezWcOrtxxTxRJXltMgDIDQzTZFDblsMXGN7weDVQG/s1600/IMGP6646.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-utuGp3MpxzYYCfAN-QRflr7wQltsU6cqtrlRzVlPQkfolEJOTJ-7IxkGUVoyXwI20ureQzKy4eFMsfsZzBM9PUXdZaokGKvNgRuezWcOrtxxTxRJXltMgDIDQzTZFDblsMXGN7weDVQG/s320/IMGP6646.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464244319854744754" /></a><br /><br />People enjoying hanami (picnics under the cherry blossoms)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbiEJb40-M9uqq9jrbeJoU4j5YWiG41GfXmcmT8okZIq9Lv2OAbsmlot95PSduHrF4ZwH1ai_tuZyrE7br18fw0NXoDb44zKupKchutlRWOOq3VenxwJRLOrHBolUnrkjcFMCfLC0l6fF/s1600/IMGP6649.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbiEJb40-M9uqq9jrbeJoU4j5YWiG41GfXmcmT8okZIq9Lv2OAbsmlot95PSduHrF4ZwH1ai_tuZyrE7br18fw0NXoDb44zKupKchutlRWOOq3VenxwJRLOrHBolUnrkjcFMCfLC0l6fF/s320/IMGP6649.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464244312493210946" /></a><br /><br />The castle and cherry blossoms at night<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmTwsfSt7GR-NMHaujDU-c1daUj92JXBe3Gp_XXnBp4HAz9Dv4xQt6mKI_SAYNR_NaftHwRPpAY_H6Ob6-CWC8dS5dUvw2tx0s610MB62mf8qpTuESaVIk3fL-32c9sc4hWnamoO9AHIS/s1600/IMGP6653.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmTwsfSt7GR-NMHaujDU-c1daUj92JXBe3Gp_XXnBp4HAz9Dv4xQt6mKI_SAYNR_NaftHwRPpAY_H6Ob6-CWC8dS5dUvw2tx0s610MB62mf8qpTuESaVIk3fL-32c9sc4hWnamoO9AHIS/s320/IMGP6653.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464244304525001810" /></a><br /><br />So pretty<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImZR-0WlaFr4gpYtdj1kK6jFycgHIrvRCxg4mppqivaUS41RqUtnMuTiHFgmhV7ccG7ACutpgS_QWnWBcRs34qvNupO_fg3usQNTPxgd9_kLaIlL8tuFE1vBccQucU0tjOg1d1mYEes3y/s1600/IMGP6657.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImZR-0WlaFr4gpYtdj1kK6jFycgHIrvRCxg4mppqivaUS41RqUtnMuTiHFgmhV7ccG7ACutpgS_QWnWBcRs34qvNupO_fg3usQNTPxgd9_kLaIlL8tuFE1vBccQucU0tjOg1d1mYEes3y/s320/IMGP6657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464245200047979506" /></a><br /><br />Taube, Yumi, Rach and I<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-ufFqkchVH58JTm06VqD00yRQFaoDhVW8-Ut_pKTbc7CmWPv1H6FKqaEiZ-5KNBJcZ-_3t09JtfCrGmhuGL3Wh-WYiIfwC5vO_oPPzvdpXZsj8ZmVKFM6rjRnzSJd8hlHJBZ3sCx7GgR/s1600/IMGP6665.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-ufFqkchVH58JTm06VqD00yRQFaoDhVW8-Ut_pKTbc7CmWPv1H6FKqaEiZ-5KNBJcZ-_3t09JtfCrGmhuGL3Wh-WYiIfwC5vO_oPPzvdpXZsj8ZmVKFM6rjRnzSJd8hlHJBZ3sCx7GgR/s320/IMGP6665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464245192731951346" /></a><br /><br />The lights would change colour too<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOGyHwTFcb8ocrxhVYGbvjZLZ8ji2rEbrzXifSx1GjMAeZHXMRTzaCctAunsLO947f2lD6WYvbfSYHiaC7pAKFXsCu5fh_fH6sZInWjAd8FBZRp9qP7W39cFYphGw8fWxEsZUDgw5yUFA/s1600/IMGP6673.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOGyHwTFcb8ocrxhVYGbvjZLZ8ji2rEbrzXifSx1GjMAeZHXMRTzaCctAunsLO947f2lD6WYvbfSYHiaC7pAKFXsCu5fh_fH6sZInWjAd8FBZRp9qP7W39cFYphGw8fWxEsZUDgw5yUFA/s320/IMGP6673.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464245184128132274" /></a><br /><br />My favourite view in the castle grounds<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1X77U3tCXrU5KkjDBz15G3b9lSvD6yOZzLB5H51LwlYdZ-r4khs3HdkCjT7JR3VLrbtJAxVtmjq9PXJM4dUJdcX2gP4fobAGeK9tLj32EVVe4fAQ0yqc4Lc05EmQxkMPSThXzuGfAWBD/s1600/IMGP6674.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1X77U3tCXrU5KkjDBz15G3b9lSvD6yOZzLB5H51LwlYdZ-r4khs3HdkCjT7JR3VLrbtJAxVtmjq9PXJM4dUJdcX2gP4fobAGeK9tLj32EVVe4fAQ0yqc4Lc05EmQxkMPSThXzuGfAWBD/s320/IMGP6674.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464245177060527874" /></a><br /><br />Just a reflection<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQAp7ItWFEKo1RHdAwvAJmIJo7IRfpA5xsJDa-hPlwZcNyRu10dRYM5hyjlqxik2_BfhWgpFhRVHDUm7mDT-bgo96o-8SDt1Ougfy5ZmAqtueok2-FZNJG5ezkaP4Kov8ggWI2-1YDgux/s1600/IMGP6676.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQAp7ItWFEKo1RHdAwvAJmIJo7IRfpA5xsJDa-hPlwZcNyRu10dRYM5hyjlqxik2_BfhWgpFhRVHDUm7mDT-bgo96o-8SDt1Ougfy5ZmAqtueok2-FZNJG5ezkaP4Kov8ggWI2-1YDgux/s320/IMGP6676.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464245162266557938" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-31016594385253888052010-04-19T09:38:00.010+09:002010-04-26T09:53:29.883+09:00Ikebana lessons!April 6th<br /><br />Tonight at Ikebana (flower arranging class) we did an arrangement with iris, a plant with berries and some cool leaves. All the names were really hard to pronounce even for the Japanese students in the class!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRrhXem2zixY81kecWADSDX-Kdp-Rsvp723lq8PiJLl5gFMvdujEEc1c001fkCGTPwGCakQ2gHsyiEFCf80ZpDe2_kgeP2KcVyUMkPgNI5rQTPODBWEZJOKgE9jby3FZat13dcV7FVVtl/s1600/IMGP6628.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRrhXem2zixY81kecWADSDX-Kdp-Rsvp723lq8PiJLl5gFMvdujEEc1c001fkCGTPwGCakQ2gHsyiEFCf80ZpDe2_kgeP2KcVyUMkPgNI5rQTPODBWEZJOKgE9jby3FZat13dcV7FVVtl/s320/IMGP6628.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463177907131252962" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-24992186811557334422010-04-19T09:38:00.009+09:002010-04-26T09:52:45.279+09:00Surprise trip home!March 26th - April 5th<br /><br />I only just went home at Christmas but when I was home my best friend, Renee was sick so I was unable to spend much time with her, Dave or Caleb. Renee was pregnant and had baby Hugh on the 19th of March so I really wanted to see her and the new little one. I sadly couldn't be there for his birth but spring vacation here allowed me to be home while he was only a week old! <br /><br />I told Kate about my plans and a few friends but I kept it a secret from Renee, Mum and Wolf. Kate and I surprised Mum and Wolf first. Kate put me in the boot of her Barina and told them there was a surprise in there for them - they didn't expect me to be in there! Mum was crying and Wolf was shocked! They were really happy though :-) Next to surprise was Renee. Nikki and Kim were in on it and planned a time to go over and meet the baby. When she answered the door I was there! She was also so shocked but happy too and I got to meet and hold little Hugh! <br /><br />The time went so quickly with spending most days with Renee, Hugh and Caleb and nights with Mum and Wolf and then weekends with Kate and Jared. Also trying to fit in some friend visits and lots of shopping!<br /><br />I had a great time at home and have realised how much fun it is to surprise someone! :-)<br /><br />Kate and I at Pt Willunga beach<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsgeujhhLs6zJQmg4N-U35FhGMQ_HagUz7gQFc7nx_zGxxJ_eP1eYq0h2wlLL9_74sbt9Ah0VTMFWgo_kmwy3FM95ehWc4cf5w327g26PQ_OfhWCDMBlZuUO6AqTCL40mLxTAq1jKPmHL/s1600/IMGP6464.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsgeujhhLs6zJQmg4N-U35FhGMQ_HagUz7gQFc7nx_zGxxJ_eP1eYq0h2wlLL9_74sbt9Ah0VTMFWgo_kmwy3FM95ehWc4cf5w327g26PQ_OfhWCDMBlZuUO6AqTCL40mLxTAq1jKPmHL/s320/IMGP6464.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464237527441063282" /></a><br /><br />In the boot ready to surprise Mum and Wolf<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58sVkNIQkOYO2bk19IMTnxOs30AKEBGw1zxfen8yvRk78x8jW8Ea7U_1oSsDQUV23VK_skQL1X9jAOkDul2UgBhxXIA2kT18pZFyzWXUqAqolQIudCjX7j0ILuZ8QTIL8j41fgihPgRo0/s1600/IMGP6472.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZjMUAUBMPw2pc2lo_t3xU7qi1YxhNQHXXLHwwNfry2zwYu2ZnNsYx_iol7-KC4Y-v2qlw7-uVz_GYJOisWnRg3X4WLzD4GSoafRN0rr_Ad5G_2BSPAp0_B-IYRolSQnPiN90ZT7navPB/s320/IMGP6585.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464241808092975266" /></a><br /><br />Hughie - so cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAHK3t0LCfwAyb2kM9TNKNRjo4HvN-kxRCwWKhqV7HePQY4_4uVHxO22oEDw9dLgGIInd4z5GYxILl02lsMrA-jkJf4HXY8biTNoVMXfIxK-oKGtHshKf7VPawMfAngj6xFrMeurw6deJ/s1600/IMGP6591.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAHK3t0LCfwAyb2kM9TNKNRjo4HvN-kxRCwWKhqV7HePQY4_4uVHxO22oEDw9dLgGIInd4z5GYxILl02lsMrA-jkJf4HXY8biTNoVMXfIxK-oKGtHshKf7VPawMfAngj6xFrMeurw6deJ/s320/IMGP6591.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464241798263245138" /></a><br /><br />Glenelg<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPg6eZIlNEvOScJ8NfCYwEdfC9vXlJswvqV-SHONyDHgAr9erJRspVSfh8bwnv_nxSZL2OjyLtUqGQBsRqweXHMs-rSdAhjB_RhEHE0PhGbvqi99vqUUjHn6e6QFD2Y3UNnafuipW66bfb/s1600/IMGP6600.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Glorious Food!! MarchMarch<br /><br />More interesting, tasty, wonderful foods I have eaten this month!<br /><br />Takoyaki - the special class made them as part of my farewell party<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNayshqqJD5cG8Mql1Fbl81rDyIpql_TUs5NNkd8k1pjd_M9_qCIXHm3vwBf_aIXnq8MKxxL7SjKHNnUrk4g3lfafrGkqAJNOBB5Xjqu5Rq6CpZKL0tesMuMhkpIx_c7TEndfGui7z3nU/s1600/IMGP6086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNayshqqJD5cG8Mql1Fbl81rDyIpql_TUs5NNkd8k1pjd_M9_qCIXHm3vwBf_aIXnq8MKxxL7SjKHNnUrk4g3lfafrGkqAJNOBB5Xjqu5Rq6CpZKL0tesMuMhkpIx_c7TEndfGui7z3nU/s320/IMGP6086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459505794713721602" /></a><br /><br />For Hinamatsuri (Girls day/Dolls festival) my teacher gave me a delicious cake<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbCZ2Jyw16mKQhZFVoxY2ubWG8yefG6uxFXJo-HDXFmyhmdJWZezDpP-t4nzzANV-LY7Us_2Ts7BWmcKtvahdR_RLpdyx1NVz4RiZyB-lyxZQC7pGDQvuj3mmdffvA4-Whdww98H4H2gJ/s1600/IMGP6098.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbCZ2Jyw16mKQhZFVoxY2ubWG8yefG6uxFXJo-HDXFmyhmdJWZezDpP-t4nzzANV-LY7Us_2Ts7BWmcKtvahdR_RLpdyx1NVz4RiZyB-lyxZQC7pGDQvuj3mmdffvA4-Whdww98H4H2gJ/s320/IMGP6098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459505788645976306" /></a><br /><br />Pac Man cake I made for Jason's 80's birthday<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KRPW1YTVEHN_sZDSMLKnOyqh06afqM6jjc4OR2XWwTiHMbu1brwIw5KZH9InZqjNtLYYtNXMHMpypHeN6gjVR1RLTsnijME6uK7w9UWAlCCZ87Ccz8jv8vhHSazg2hCU-2GD_4PuxiHp/s1600/IMGP6099.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KRPW1YTVEHN_sZDSMLKnOyqh06afqM6jjc4OR2XWwTiHMbu1brwIw5KZH9InZqjNtLYYtNXMHMpypHeN6gjVR1RLTsnijME6uK7w9UWAlCCZ87Ccz8jv8vhHSazg2hCU-2GD_4PuxiHp/s320/IMGP6099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459505777615540546" /></a><br /><br />Crazy drinks - chocolate soda, Love ginger and Cherry blossom!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vTSMfOkYvlX47Aboc4cpiZbQob7iJmF2HyJEy7j-LDzHA9m4TANUrzn-UAlZINhgWLjg1Y5ZvVCt815qj4N3tHTxF1lO_Fm9ce-BpS8PH5JCUVfm7xnL8T-5ScMGS0kaJpefJLXGQypH/s1600/IMGP6127.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vTSMfOkYvlX47Aboc4cpiZbQob7iJmF2HyJEy7j-LDzHA9m4TANUrzn-UAlZINhgWLjg1Y5ZvVCt815qj4N3tHTxF1lO_Fm9ce-BpS8PH5JCUVfm7xnL8T-5ScMGS0kaJpefJLXGQypH/s320/IMGP6127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459505768465788754" /></a><br /><br />Pat and Jing cooking Chinese hot pot<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5aQjHmWRamOKrSB2EVzwm1r5wqAtQKNfBWLIX0xwmyuCAOqZw_TFmXlYqZgD9FNHDIRp50U6sfWBAERfjH7QlZdbpaY3wRvWQFZkvuq3XCbOOTmUkKGq-IwILGAK2MpdA3d4fQ1_jYMZ/s1600/IMGP6130.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5aQjHmWRamOKrSB2EVzwm1r5wqAtQKNfBWLIX0xwmyuCAOqZw_TFmXlYqZgD9FNHDIRp50U6sfWBAERfjH7QlZdbpaY3wRvWQFZkvuq3XCbOOTmUkKGq-IwILGAK2MpdA3d4fQ1_jYMZ/s320/IMGP6130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459505762184644050" /></a><br /><br />Chinese hot pot<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrBSKMF2lfgdB9NV0mQj0lMUZN4n11m887neB_C2gTcVhqPVC5WbPwuVhcLcZrku3FjzZuDj-HLuDv48t4vIJZVp7s5Rln7N4yMIp6piEcVMxQG5dJx2Purc3JET-9VWyHMy0G1Cx2__X/s1600/IMGP6131.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrBSKMF2lfgdB9NV0mQj0lMUZN4n11m887neB_C2gTcVhqPVC5WbPwuVhcLcZrku3FjzZuDj-HLuDv48t4vIJZVp7s5Rln7N4yMIp6piEcVMxQG5dJx2Purc3JET-9VWyHMy0G1Cx2__X/s320/IMGP6131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459506590255660290" /></a><br /><br />Cooking lesson - sushi rice<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEogthwPzP1DHGR80JXPbuQXv7L03OapncRoEED-PoI88UuAd6KH9o5owM8JLy80054jULy8ffgG297G9VVM72R146GMAMjINQfjvAFIp_VwN42pE0zST9N6m4gQySR9-0g6SGA7MSOmX/s1600/IMGP6132.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEogthwPzP1DHGR80JXPbuQXv7L03OapncRoEED-PoI88UuAd6KH9o5owM8JLy80054jULy8ffgG297G9VVM72R146GMAMjINQfjvAFIp_VwN42pE0zST9N6m4gQySR9-0g6SGA7MSOmX/s320/IMGP6132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459506580304312578" /></a><br /><br />Graduation lunch box at school<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-YG0lh6iJmLgPpoP63djQ1t4PYdw5mmfRLmmWG9UWJHu1-cZNkiFbaPjaM6l_Mifee43MGN5qhOYTYFci6xh5f8goC2mAryLfpyWodhYnCMVlk_5UbO3mJq6_Czj_xkoDWOcaHzW7i4E/s1600/IMGP6149.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-YG0lh6iJmLgPpoP63djQ1t4PYdw5mmfRLmmWG9UWJHu1-cZNkiFbaPjaM6l_Mifee43MGN5qhOYTYFci6xh5f8goC2mAryLfpyWodhYnCMVlk_5UbO3mJq6_Czj_xkoDWOcaHzW7i4E/s320/IMGP6149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459506561474628306" /></a><br /><br />Seafood BBQ - we could pick out whatever seafood we wanted and cooked it ourselves<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bURItHzDUweqMpj562vGpJWkNx6_WmrO3jnbgMNsNV4MoeY01U9Vk5aPiueySb_0zipkAfdIF2I9CGXnzytnpfvg0BwDIDEVjXdsftNxS8AcbHE0GFbbDSoo5w88CUZITyFR7p7O-GNN/s1600/IMGP6290.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bURItHzDUweqMpj562vGpJWkNx6_WmrO3jnbgMNsNV4MoeY01U9Vk5aPiueySb_0zipkAfdIF2I9CGXnzytnpfvg0BwDIDEVjXdsftNxS8AcbHE0GFbbDSoo5w88CUZITyFR7p7O-GNN/s320/IMGP6290.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459506548144780002" /></a><br /><br />Oysters on the BBQ<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBpkLPj2Lx9ExHQvUcDdTcoTbsnzQaNjZfzGkq4Ty64Dc112hrdXDmrxf-q5GSmnJKErjIVIkWbVfG89FWWWPJ7ZzVie8A7farVhhTvRo7O-xQ3i906XGK_wdleps58fjYAtGDeBhwmh_/s1600/IMGP6291.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLN596KhjhmVqAXOg2xZqeX5-rO8ImH4Jnl7jp6fuLqvTbB4uRdVGgk5YEvUHA72pVxL0E4SKs0aOfVTb2I7SFzz452A0OQsD3xwiIu00NTm_vDEqTc1FTZDPdYRlOH2naCKES8eK67JB/s320/IMGP6399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459508762878339506" /></a><br /><br />Julian and Kyosuke's Golden Poo Birthday cake<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHUHMWuw_UACcCg1HepWqKaCoIn_xVq4nGYuoGtxadNx816QrGwkdi3rsX9I50uWU2-NrHIW2OwJlzRAmJ5kqXAjm7ybho1qc7YhWmTapfJ-R4r2hC3zUu3n-DMlTshcElhm9NLBvEfrA/s1600/IMGP6446.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHUHMWuw_UACcCg1HepWqKaCoIn_xVq4nGYuoGtxadNx816QrGwkdi3rsX9I50uWU2-NrHIW2OwJlzRAmJ5kqXAjm7ybho1qc7YhWmTapfJ-R4r2hC3zUu3n-DMlTshcElhm9NLBvEfrA/s320/IMGP6446.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459508131348914658" /></a><br /><br />Ladies lunch at school on the last day<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIrDVpwlrh3VXPjy12cBHR87jQ6q3pT0WepAMyaTfC6fjXDMPpnrgNZBKwwAwXsGExwDnkp5hf6XrowIbnnFzK-GBBM_Lbp58tSo4-9kwZGqTcveDtLPEviQ9L-CbllMA2GY5zYINSscn/s1600/IMGP6459.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIrDVpwlrh3VXPjy12cBHR87jQ6q3pT0WepAMyaTfC6fjXDMPpnrgNZBKwwAwXsGExwDnkp5hf6XrowIbnnFzK-GBBM_Lbp58tSo4-9kwZGqTcveDtLPEviQ9L-CbllMA2GY5zYINSscn/s320/IMGP6459.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459508121951310034" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-88726583817195565572010-04-13T14:30:00.003+09:002010-04-19T09:36:36.958+09:00Julian's Birthday!March 23rd/24th<br /><br />Today is Kyosuke's birthday and tomorrow is Julian's so we decided to head to Nobu where Julian works and have some drinks and cake for their birthdays. Sadly Kyosuke couldn't make it because his Grandfather passed away. But I still made a cake for both of them and saved a piece for Kyosuke. This cakes theme was 'golden poo' since Kyosuke and Julian are typical boys I thought they would enjoy it! I even used real edible gold! It was a fun night but just sad that Kyosuke couldn't be there.<br /><br />Julian our friendly local bartender!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOZ-1cDziBVjnjvM-D6Id9DaND1W8dZ_qEiXqFsm79ABJll5CQqhiwh3Si-xmAMffou63B1IT4dQcH7QdC6vRoJpQkP-9CXrjCjwG7y5YjbtbxVs4g-LRogbkp4GB2jKgDtEiRnZMBvd4/s1600/IMGP6448.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOZ-1cDziBVjnjvM-D6Id9DaND1W8dZ_qEiXqFsm79ABJll5CQqhiwh3Si-xmAMffou63B1IT4dQcH7QdC6vRoJpQkP-9CXrjCjwG7y5YjbtbxVs4g-LRogbkp4GB2jKgDtEiRnZMBvd4/s320/IMGP6448.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459501145626176290" /></a><br /><br />Golden Poo cake!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRREz0H202SXVhYi7TYYHrD9KvqNVtGSoxg7bAqW9L-RBNqRckSE22-gS99zrpqjq4MckauOaA46cqhXiR8XB8pCfbLedwPE06nZ51KPLGCbjNAKb9-uxiWrT3THUWfaNj4PXV0RMswVvP/s1600/IMGP6451.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRREz0H202SXVhYi7TYYHrD9KvqNVtGSoxg7bAqW9L-RBNqRckSE22-gS99zrpqjq4MckauOaA46cqhXiR8XB8pCfbLedwPE06nZ51KPLGCbjNAKb9-uxiWrT3THUWfaNj4PXV0RMswVvP/s320/IMGP6451.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459501125604426530" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-23249370199892062982010-04-13T14:27:00.009+09:002010-04-19T09:32:53.673+09:00Sumo!!March 21st<br /><br />After spending the night in Osaka Kyosuke and I met up with our friends at Sumo! I love going to Sumo as on the way to the stadium you can see many players dressed in kimonos and they smell like babies, must be the talc they use! It was a fun day and it is always amazing to see how big some of them are and then see the smaller guy win! After we headed to El Panchos for an amazing Mexican dinner!<br /><br />The more famous sumo wrestlers going in to the stadium<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5GApH3yNvIbglQyVFPCa0PyOqzwt-Wa78b3W0tJBD3UKj0eRiqZyyTN0lVqbHa-McNUSaQxMJiYGdTdyR4dKDw939JE-dTSzQCQsSnFeMtWB6GqZDcfkoRGbUxLGndJ4VLlShepsUjB2/s1600/IMGP6405.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5GApH3yNvIbglQyVFPCa0PyOqzwt-Wa78b3W0tJBD3UKj0eRiqZyyTN0lVqbHa-McNUSaQxMJiYGdTdyR4dKDw939JE-dTSzQCQsSnFeMtWB6GqZDcfkoRGbUxLGndJ4VLlShepsUjB2/s320/IMGP6405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459491181192942354" /></a><br /><br />Kyosuke with the cut out sumo wrestlers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PQ-qezHuUO-VNQeSi1vSBzVlLRouiERf14tQsaT1-YaxgD_iSLcxiZDP4bqH3NZXGKMG8lS36-ynZmOqS-skwibn9_teKkEC45foUxZJjBgawDXHr69EJ716KTVizPnKXuzAyyuvZAHr/s1600/IMGP6407.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PQ-qezHuUO-VNQeSi1vSBzVlLRouiERf14tQsaT1-YaxgD_iSLcxiZDP4bqH3NZXGKMG8lS36-ynZmOqS-skwibn9_teKkEC45foUxZJjBgawDXHr69EJ716KTVizPnKXuzAyyuvZAHr/s320/IMGP6407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459491176311641874" /></a><br /><br />Me with the cut out sumo wrestlers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkdDv5WjevROphVS-ta-PhmdFdGaeo6Qeisg2FZigqXHFfrDLeDgLOq-ONc_ima1Eu2SAEYD7N1PNgK5mSdGML_dYU-KNMTtmBodz7Fmd_YO0Ak2UqcU9_0X6jut7kUEVZvDSx_8n_qFF/s1600/IMGP6408.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkdDv5WjevROphVS-ta-PhmdFdGaeo6Qeisg2FZigqXHFfrDLeDgLOq-ONc_ima1Eu2SAEYD7N1PNgK5mSdGML_dYU-KNMTtmBodz7Fmd_YO0Ak2UqcU9_0X6jut7kUEVZvDSx_8n_qFF/s320/IMGP6408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459491168604972930" /></a><br /><br />Warming up!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMOmnrcb3Xs6YbcrG-0YbewG7gP36-sCDs4nyEwHqZdFjymQi8rLlS151uQUZmK726VbYxDGnAOnn5j4HFcyipLlEARlEmsqcORh_fgcNeJecp_xcdo_OaLxitD__PxD90VzvJLz7TSY7/s1600/IMGP6412.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMOmnrcb3Xs6YbcrG-0YbewG7gP36-sCDs4nyEwHqZdFjymQi8rLlS151uQUZmK726VbYxDGnAOnn5j4HFcyipLlEARlEmsqcORh_fgcNeJecp_xcdo_OaLxitD__PxD90VzvJLz7TSY7/s320/IMGP6412.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459491160585740098" /></a><br /><br />And it is on!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNRj0DCc95lgvloosR7HEcFWVG201cLu56YcRTP_tsv9iEIIKIMgCb6rIpVVPnuw5JBiTrUDdTiAN2SD81EwAv_bph96KNywfj5DeA7EdysaMAS1xH11rc26afF0vHj1jDkz6VGGO-Fx2/s1600/IMGP6415.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNRj0DCc95lgvloosR7HEcFWVG201cLu56YcRTP_tsv9iEIIKIMgCb6rIpVVPnuw5JBiTrUDdTiAN2SD81EwAv_bph96KNywfj5DeA7EdysaMAS1xH11rc26afF0vHj1jDkz6VGGO-Fx2/s320/IMGP6415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459491148820249538" /></a><br /><br />He was the biggest I have ever seen! Wow!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXxaqlT4iE-LTPBgBoUoUOdLhtLYAQ_O8MtYz2RQuPoGbL7wLiyKhz7mElrxbdVHr8VVDTvT8WThCF5u4IBCOKMetNUCoUSSUwxw9sCqOINo8m7s2ipD6uN6WzyeDlyeiRDffP_1mSELt/s1600/IMGP6424.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXxaqlT4iE-LTPBgBoUoUOdLhtLYAQ_O8MtYz2RQuPoGbL7wLiyKhz7mElrxbdVHr8VVDTvT8WThCF5u4IBCOKMetNUCoUSSUwxw9sCqOINo8m7s2ipD6uN6WzyeDlyeiRDffP_1mSELt/s320/IMGP6424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459493999950917218" /></a><br /><br />All the professional players<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP2EP11z-c2NXX5YqqNK4ftTJVgJ24Agnd7lk7EzbkMu3g77LTsm6-SCX7LpivoopqKldpUZnjTrgopydzdC87TkvMm6VPvzmLwSjjbid1rBR-U3FW8lOKj4Oxejkwoe4jSOGzfvlxL5L/s1600/IMGP6425.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDP2EP11z-c2NXX5YqqNK4ftTJVgJ24Agnd7lk7EzbkMu3g77LTsm6-SCX7LpivoopqKldpUZnjTrgopydzdC87TkvMm6VPvzmLwSjjbid1rBR-U3FW8lOKj4Oxejkwoe4jSOGzfvlxL5L/s320/IMGP6425.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459493985201909986" /></a><br /><br />Previous champion - Hakuho<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9Z0E-qJHRx0i_DyxbP18HtpleISOHrPwmbGU8rOZg4iP4j3wrfHxedOHGusfjcbHMomFknF-H8vLAbMJgE0pS1BkiSHIjuyT0G1o9davsnIwmkthalPwltkuPMEYDOgsO3IzIix8iVlb/s1600/IMGP6434.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9Z0E-qJHRx0i_DyxbP18HtpleISOHrPwmbGU8rOZg4iP4j3wrfHxedOHGusfjcbHMomFknF-H8vLAbMJgE0pS1BkiSHIjuyT0G1o9davsnIwmkthalPwltkuPMEYDOgsO3IzIix8iVlb/s320/IMGP6434.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459493975475974690" /></a><br /><br />Everyone enjoying sumo!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC_YFpfLGHa0IOae1LM853UPIVHH8sHCXtf62GPefhgQx7MhV67wvW8R8zOhVxIOE-zXAPNl3Byi_LUFNjA7IHTDoeRGY8aEOWktFjA-L4mjtsFIsulxqDYJcamamx0qhk3QqFMI-X6GR/s1600/IMGP6435.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC_YFpfLGHa0IOae1LM853UPIVHH8sHCXtf62GPefhgQx7MhV67wvW8R8zOhVxIOE-zXAPNl3Byi_LUFNjA7IHTDoeRGY8aEOWktFjA-L4mjtsFIsulxqDYJcamamx0qhk3QqFMI-X6GR/s320/IMGP6435.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459493958713026034" /></a><br /><br />The best Hello Kitty I have ever bought!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWB70Rq34kb5Ro5cB9AS7Bk-LRT49RC41DvC-n1VEvnXs9-8YONKRHi4U3fhFRDl9UT2gCa7pMim0GGfIHGSsG0BlGrfXSXynnpCYzd4J-7HaNBKzpDo-HcPdMsM3GI6mtF1EPze-AcC-/s1600/IMGP6438.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWB70Rq34kb5Ro5cB9AS7Bk-LRT49RC41DvC-n1VEvnXs9-8YONKRHi4U3fhFRDl9UT2gCa7pMim0GGfIHGSsG0BlGrfXSXynnpCYzd4J-7HaNBKzpDo-HcPdMsM3GI6mtF1EPze-AcC-/s320/IMGP6438.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459493944998786690" /></a><br /><br />The stadium<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoKM9-nl_APeURoZH67vYVcTu5dA8fTPym3Kl9nVdZZXDcMnt3TqSHXu0WsoC1dX4X-0XYYygqMUuJeEzUaPB1bfh13qP_Hvb6R45nQAl7RJo0QCfK5idqO0jOv0dRa60zOOiTn3XzpnV/s1600/IMGP6439.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoKM9-nl_APeURoZH67vYVcTu5dA8fTPym3Kl9nVdZZXDcMnt3TqSHXu0WsoC1dX4X-0XYYygqMUuJeEzUaPB1bfh13qP_Hvb6R45nQAl7RJo0QCfK5idqO0jOv0dRa60zOOiTn3XzpnV/s320/IMGP6439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459495916572458754" /></a><br /><br />Throwing the salt to bless the ring in the last match<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUn1izDGnYoHdeWzund0QaMqJKDrMTqZ9xgTo2giz9rpjh97WNLObhihVmCbbMOabAdWzS3u9Hn-oGHdPinKAtI9lDqD1bcFDPYGFJ_gOkwpCy-ofidXIloj0N2lC5CCdW6ZCX3PEuTJVf/s1600/IMGP6440.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUn1izDGnYoHdeWzund0QaMqJKDrMTqZ9xgTo2giz9rpjh97WNLObhihVmCbbMOabAdWzS3u9Hn-oGHdPinKAtI9lDqD1bcFDPYGFJ_gOkwpCy-ofidXIloj0N2lC5CCdW6ZCX3PEuTJVf/s320/IMGP6440.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459495911068753986" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-56658364195650626552010-04-12T13:55:00.007+09:002010-04-14T11:30:57.338+09:00Osaka with Kyosuke!March 20th<br /><br />Kyosuke's birthday is March 23rd but I decided as part of his present I wanted to take him to a Dog Cafe in Osaka the weekend before. I had never been to a Dog Cafe so I wanted to experience it as well as Kyosuke loves dogs! We entered the cafe and we were met with about 10 dogs - all different breeds and personalities. Some were a little shy though. You could just sit down and play with the dogs, there were vending machines but we didn't really feel like drinking! We made friends with a couple of dogs including a beautiful but ugly one that wanted to eat my cat purse! There was also a small Shiba-ken there which is my favourite Japanese dog, so cute! I think this cafe is such a good idea because some people love dogs but because of their living situation they can't have dogs.<br /><br />Kyosuke at the Dog cafe with the cute dog who wanted my purse<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-fusKXedt9NbL8ekiw_eHZo100P0TTxUoQMSTL53y3drjwNfNx_Vl__cZ05dDxwzIeK2wFQchR1Mw0hr5NxNve73e8zUn2tmlSRtVOyjLQ7RtT5E0xLn7tObUR73HZnZ8PW3NddyDZOK/s1600/IMGP6369.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-fusKXedt9NbL8ekiw_eHZo100P0TTxUoQMSTL53y3drjwNfNx_Vl__cZ05dDxwzIeK2wFQchR1Mw0hr5NxNve73e8zUn2tmlSRtVOyjLQ7RtT5E0xLn7tObUR73HZnZ8PW3NddyDZOK/s320/IMGP6369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459110996718089794" /></a><br /><br />Me with the dog<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRdrMNmuB3pyZrSQAgR6JRyBC1MFvsT-cnUsZy2UYYjYoI-_HsYHRifnWEquuHE9grYsopN1ZFUSmB3akQ7C9JdGiK5LnUAXmYZKdsrQfBBRsy9dXRioCYG6adMbh7oOzMid_j4PXA7UF/s1600/IMGP6370.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRdrMNmuB3pyZrSQAgR6JRyBC1MFvsT-cnUsZy2UYYjYoI-_HsYHRifnWEquuHE9grYsopN1ZFUSmB3akQ7C9JdGiK5LnUAXmYZKdsrQfBBRsy9dXRioCYG6adMbh7oOzMid_j4PXA7UF/s320/IMGP6370.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459110987767131010" /></a><br /><br />Up close!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Mo0yVua-UwiQDYGY0-LPbpqAnHmYVyG_jLaqIDSMdrv_sy_ioIk3Vn6k82nl5ihtM86X-OqQ-S-XquJvmDC8z81M8Qpc20ToGqbLKjMHRKtHjr-AsReIp3ltFeq2-vFvA3WspfhqRZv/s1600/IMGP6371.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Mo0yVua-UwiQDYGY0-LPbpqAnHmYVyG_jLaqIDSMdrv_sy_ioIk3Vn6k82nl5ihtM86X-OqQ-S-XquJvmDC8z81M8Qpc20ToGqbLKjMHRKtHjr-AsReIp3ltFeq2-vFvA3WspfhqRZv/s320/IMGP6371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459110981270563090" /></a><br /><br />Me with my favourite dog - Shiba-ken<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3fq9Fr95EuTLw334sYw42YYJRMKQb6zUaTtt4-Z6DrDWsBf8vMettf1NKfMqPRN5PYV5uKJLoGB4yBqlnGySv4Yb7pMahKLH-2Cpc0XLEP8XyRCdxYmxWDloVKr750evh7CqYD5CF8vC/s1600/IMGP6380.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3fq9Fr95EuTLw334sYw42YYJRMKQb6zUaTtt4-Z6DrDWsBf8vMettf1NKfMqPRN5PYV5uKJLoGB4yBqlnGySv4Yb7pMahKLH-2Cpc0XLEP8XyRCdxYmxWDloVKr750evh7CqYD5CF8vC/s320/IMGP6380.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459110969079731730" /></a><br /><br />Up close!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMXniwFvQ4dywUL_sZynd2eYlTofw7LBVveJ9yNHbsjw6LcWm-hSU1Dw6GtmTVcZd2jVyYoVNBhcuMZnVQl1l2JhcaS4XGwQJCmGhk-ox3tE0VB9PWm1jD5OjJ_Iy5goWx_J5AGsZqQV3/s1600/IMGP6386.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMXniwFvQ4dywUL_sZynd2eYlTofw7LBVveJ9yNHbsjw6LcWm-hSU1Dw6GtmTVcZd2jVyYoVNBhcuMZnVQl1l2JhcaS4XGwQJCmGhk-ox3tE0VB9PWm1jD5OjJ_Iy5goWx_J5AGsZqQV3/s320/IMGP6386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459110961825812834" /></a><br /><br />Later we went out in Osaka and had dinner and drinks.<br /><br />Happy Birthday Kyosuke!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_t6YnYSxsHM0fMr0ypLR8d1aJDjKn1j_HHVp8v71zEzOtFt0LtvXfuJr6L7XftxKqQGYdclbqM7ygVCjA0HvLqJHaYMP84nDQNUXtewLCCCUhHvmKm-eFpHMKhulDidrG3kHiNpPxtg-/s1600/IMGP6390.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_t6YnYSxsHM0fMr0ypLR8d1aJDjKn1j_HHVp8v71zEzOtFt0LtvXfuJr6L7XftxKqQGYdclbqM7ygVCjA0HvLqJHaYMP84nDQNUXtewLCCCUhHvmKm-eFpHMKhulDidrG3kHiNpPxtg-/s320/IMGP6390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459111481218218994" /></a><br /><br />Kyosuke and I in Osaka<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVgpPr8xJB4Fu3Km1au4CJx3DuIFcPjz0tHQeV9vdm1Qv0S6F8wHCVAwpQ3oRaxiZG2rnw_1wWNkLmMJhfCc-MSxJhKscWiyktg1UcUnCHi4CEeBkmBmZaMWHRcpAq3A13LkIuH2AM1Wb/s1600/IMGP6394.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVgpPr8xJB4Fu3Km1au4CJx3DuIFcPjz0tHQeV9vdm1Qv0S6F8wHCVAwpQ3oRaxiZG2rnw_1wWNkLmMJhfCc-MSxJhKscWiyktg1UcUnCHi4CEeBkmBmZaMWHRcpAq3A13LkIuH2AM1Wb/s320/IMGP6394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459111472184238338" /></a><br /><br />Osaka lights<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbMzuRJCgln6H0KHPxNs4QAknEW0Wzn5EOXTT-koywEd24ADIv4_8Rt_m1mBjEeZQySAYPbyFYZBC_jE3iIZ5SDmPO6fepywYw_BJK73u78abML3XghN5FjxoxP9DtZyofTDDhMZ58_cD/s1600/IMGP6395.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbMzuRJCgln6H0KHPxNs4QAknEW0Wzn5EOXTT-koywEd24ADIv4_8Rt_m1mBjEeZQySAYPbyFYZBC_jE3iIZ5SDmPO6fepywYw_BJK73u78abML3XghN5FjxoxP9DtZyofTDDhMZ58_cD/s320/IMGP6395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459111459730757218" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-68025217597921142572010-04-12T13:50:00.003+09:002010-04-13T14:26:22.666+09:00Baby Hugh Alfred Alexander is born!March 19th<br /><br />Today I became an 'Auntie' again! My best friend Renee gave birth to a health boy named Hugh Alfred Alexander. Caleb is now a big brother! I am so sad to have not been there but I am very excited to meet him soon!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszoSRWbCuqZv3_AN1AVr4K8XuK_BxYXWFPujG7Ifl9g7oHjejM2fEUIUBewBL2xknHg0DJkXIXNOBvRy24PyuEoZGI-v-lKQQOiDB_ptsF_eG2uyUx-v4rTdMmEv5nlgMGzM4QcLfG_6/s1600/23622_375132614447_816249447_3438723_8237086_n.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszoSRWbCuqZv3_AN1AVr4K8XuK_BxYXWFPujG7Ifl9g7oHjejM2fEUIUBewBL2xknHg0DJkXIXNOBvRy24PyuEoZGI-v-lKQQOiDB_ptsF_eG2uyUx-v4rTdMmEv5nlgMGzM4QcLfG_6/s320/23622_375132614447_816249447_3438723_8237086_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459109597474605762" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-45180209891232124072010-04-12T13:43:00.003+09:002010-04-13T14:25:58.067+09:00Ikebana Lessons!March 18th<br /><br />Tonight at Ikebana (flower arranging class) we did an arrangement with a beautiful pale pink Tulip called Angelique. I think this is one of my most favourite arrangements yet! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7JQwBAqccbCNGfKKRofJ4NdyUfhbYh_I2Ed-laKk1n0WWdIziMnPNXAaJJtpUPO1UH8T9_KJqtwqoas6qwM17fbOC2yS3gCEcSVr2Rhc87oD43b5r7r7Z8wYPy75PCPp6CqUMhDIDdaS/s1600/IMGP6302.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7JQwBAqccbCNGfKKRofJ4NdyUfhbYh_I2Ed-laKk1n0WWdIziMnPNXAaJJtpUPO1UH8T9_KJqtwqoas6qwM17fbOC2yS3gCEcSVr2Rhc87oD43b5r7r7Z8wYPy75PCPp6CqUMhDIDdaS/s320/IMGP6302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459107521436619298" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCix7InUTRr3W6PL-_TilppadTP3wzKyteMeFA9oh7EpR0z83l2Irhyphenhyphen28ZeDj3wZMbr9vsp2FgmYfO-4sw_cLXVcmglf4fR6kFduNcUxmVvgDAdBsq9Vdvc_aGVnfNRcXeg1SAjHbIqfBA/s1600/IMGP6303.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCix7InUTRr3W6PL-_TilppadTP3wzKyteMeFA9oh7EpR0z83l2Irhyphenhyphen28ZeDj3wZMbr9vsp2FgmYfO-4sw_cLXVcmglf4fR6kFduNcUxmVvgDAdBsq9Vdvc_aGVnfNRcXeg1SAjHbIqfBA/s320/IMGP6303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459107512738203810" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350818462803133363.post-41642551406540676542010-04-12T13:36:00.003+09:002010-04-13T14:25:06.892+09:00St. Patty's Day!March 17th<br /><br />I organised for a group of us to have dinner and celebrate St. Patty's Day! We went to the only British Pub in Himeji and had fish and chips and enjoyed a few Kilkenny's and Guiness!!<br /><br />Table one<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLyOcDxZGr-K4pcKyXjPFoypdblxUBVN13awJEQdxBKYmJKjM5AxDSi55768Aod8aXEjoBHlNzXHxGJiEYvgTNEVdkyHzt6YhpMrYIEF7nRgxwSmH_l4n6WmYwuF3BYPcUi1U690M2NyN/s1600/IMGP6311.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLyOcDxZGr-K4pcKyXjPFoypdblxUBVN13awJEQdxBKYmJKjM5AxDSi55768Aod8aXEjoBHlNzXHxGJiEYvgTNEVdkyHzt6YhpMrYIEF7nRgxwSmH_l4n6WmYwuF3BYPcUi1U690M2NyN/s320/IMGP6311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459105459030763602" /></a><br /><br />Table two<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQsK3sOSC5odB9pXRP2WT5wsupRMblfjEnY10n68FGjIv2-cbSnH3GSrNIFdNnsbYidzLRvMLj_0frEy3jvIXeWpA4azo4aYYLHHouICMkwQvFjO3Zn6LFWjwmaQO3LbGK6tKliYD-V6s/s1600/IMGP6312.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQsK3sOSC5odB9pXRP2WT5wsupRMblfjEnY10n68FGjIv2-cbSnH3GSrNIFdNnsbYidzLRvMLj_0frEy3jvIXeWpA4azo4aYYLHHouICMkwQvFjO3Zn6LFWjwmaQO3LbGK6tKliYD-V6s/s320/IMGP6312.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459105455004137490" /></a><br /><br />Fish and Chips!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTXA5cDLL6r8PXYA991mccsJAM6AVyKZpG18bBj9vaXp8Lef8SQZlaTX2y44bDKHjirAC4g869rkNDm-RTtJzYCCySL71ljAuYx4INCEMlUJkZgeH44ZEdgPs6g6kNPZ-GDoQZTZpUK-U/s1600/IMGP6314.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTXA5cDLL6r8PXYA991mccsJAM6AVyKZpG18bBj9vaXp8Lef8SQZlaTX2y44bDKHjirAC4g869rkNDm-RTtJzYCCySL71ljAuYx4INCEMlUJkZgeH44ZEdgPs6g6kNPZ-GDoQZTZpUK-U/s320/IMGP6314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459105434730913970" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000406636417498193noreply@blogger.com0