It's been an up-and-down month. My trip back to Canada was great, much more relaxed than the trip in June. Got to see a lot of friends, and scored a cheap ticket, too -- $700 return, direct! The weather was much nicer than it would've been at Christmas time (I've gotten soft). I even went to a great little Halloween party with my sister and her husband. I've spent pretty much the rest of November at work, which may explain the dearth of interesting things for me to post about here. For reasons that I won't bore you with, this has turned out to be the busiest month of this year. The glimmer of home is that December, by construction, will have to be slower. December starts tomorrow. Sweet.
I threw a small party at my place two Saturdays ago, which was a bit overdue, I think. I have a entire room in my apartment that goes basically unused. The only time I use it is when I have guests, which hadn't happened in a while (of course, with the electric carpet, I think I'll be spending a lot more time in here). Good times. I need more local friends that don't disappear at last train.
December is looking up. I'm coming off a great weekend, spent with good friends and good live music. I finally made a trip down to Kamakura this weekend (most people tend do that in their first week here). They have a beach and a big Buddha in Kamakura. Not nearly as big as the one in Hong Kong, but still pretty big, and this one is 700 years older.
On a side note, thanks to everyone who remembered my birthday without Facebook's help. Also, my first day on the job was exactly one year ago last Tuesday. My , how time flies by.
Halloween / 40th birthday party in Toronto. Send the kids to the neighbours, I'm coming home loaded.
That's my Mom. She sends text messages now.
Me, Geenie and Tatsuya....
...and a few other good friends, hanging out in my apartment.
Strolling through Ginza on a holiday Monday afternoon.
The big Buddha (daibutsu, 大仏) in Kamakura.
