Thanksgiving Dinner

Friday night we had a bit delayed Thanksgiving feast with a few of our friends. We threw down the usual Turkey, Potatoes n Gravy, Noodles, Stuffing, Green Bean Casarole, and other many goodies brought by our guests. Of course it was all washed down with plenty of cold beverages and a few rounds of darts until Saturday morning was well upon us. It was also our neighbors son Tora's 2nd birthday and we even managed a chorus of Happy Birthday for him. There are a few more pics in the Flickr folder.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8953511@N05/sets/72157610350759181/

Time in Japan is flying by us very quickly.............

Our time here is sweeping by very quickly. November was a month filled with the usual fare of work, birthday and sayonara parties, cookouts, Thursday Night Darts, and we managed to catch The Who concert in Omiya at the Saitama Super Arena(yes those fossils are still rockin). Today puts us at 6 months before we return to home unless i receive some form of extension request from the company, its both sad and unbelievable that within 60 days we will begin making shipping and travel arrangements. We still have quite a bit to do both at work and on a personal level so stay tuned as we try to squeeze in a few more interesting events and trips to blog about. There is is a folder of random pics from the month of November in Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8953511@N05/sets/72157610349472809/

The Utsunomiya Gyoza Statue Lives

Last night while passing through the Eki we noticed the Gyoza had been repaired and placed in its new home on the West side. It was dark out but the seam was clearly visible where it had been "epoxied" back together. This is a low quality picture at night time from a cell phone but you can still see the crack. As famous as the Gyoza is and as much play as the doofuses breaking it got we felt they could have done a better job of fixing it or just given it a proper burial instead.

2008 Halloween Party

This years event hosted by the Quebec contingent was held at Bar Penni Rain, It was really a great time and once again several of the 140+ people in attendance really went all out on thier costumes. More pictures in the Flickr Folders.