JAN - KEN – PON

Whilst our weekend wasn’t the best for blogging purposes, it sure was relaxing! 

On Saturday I did the obligatory house clean, followed by a soul-cleansing 5km run along the wharf… after losing 2 litres in sweat, I rehydrated and rested the mind with a new John Grisham. We then headed to Tokyo – to Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium to watch Samoa take on Japan. Kept Ninja has the rights to blog about sporting events, so I’ll let him describe the event, blow by blow!

Samoa Vs Japan

On Sunday we continued our health-kick trend with a Gillian Michael’s DVD, and then turned our bathroom into a barber shop where I performed my first hair cut on Kept Ninja. There was no blood shed. No tears. Some sweating. But overall a success…shame about the bathroom floor though! Thank you Youtube for your guidance!

At lunchtime we cycled to Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse for a bite. The warehouse has lots of funky, arty shops – bit like the Freo markets, but more upmarket. We had some ramen in the food section – next time we’re trying the omelette and rice dish that everyone else was eating… it looked tasty! 

Lunch at Red Brick Warehouse

Again, 2 litre down from the exposure to the elements (humidity is deadly!), we replenished before heading out to the movies. Fortunately for us, the cinema’s are only 800m from our doorstep, unfortunately they are quite pricey (~$22 per ticket) – we saw Xmen: First Class, which I enjoyed. I’ve been sadly removed from my ‘rom-com-drama’ collection for 8 months now, and Ninja’s movie collection on his computer is more of the action/sci-fi genres… hopefully there are no prolonged side-effects from this sort of exposure.

Our health-halo’s were banished by the irresistible Haagen Daas icecream at the movies… damn their convincing advertising!

Tonight we had our second language class… the refresher session at the beginning proved that a little bit of practice is advisable… note this for next week! We learnt some more conversation starters and how to count to 100 – this then led to a game of Bingo. To see who goes first we played “Jan – Ken – Pon”… Ninja lost out quickly in both games of this, whilst I was narrowly defeated by Tanabe-sensei… she must be a good Shinto and be at one with the nature… particularly rock, paper and scissors! No need to describe the Bingo games, as I lost both … let’s just remember, there is no skill to Bingo!

We plan to venture out next weekend, hopefully I have more photos to share!

Xoxo

Karate Kate