House Guests...
So I find myself without internet access in school again. So I have to work on my blogs via WORD and hopefully I can waste an hour or so until I have to go do lessons. So after sweating a gallon or two from all the humidity that is the rainy season they have finally decided to turn the air conditioner on. I can’t understand how the other teachers can stay in here, literally melting. But as they have finally realized that sweating in not fun they have blared the AC which just so happens to be hitting the back of my neck making me feel cold… I feel like someone is in a corner laughing at me.
Krystal’s sisters, Kayoko and Kumiko are here until today. They arrived in Kyoto only this past Saturday and now they’re on their way home to Hawaii. We tried to be as entertaining as possible in the short time they were. It just kind of sucked that they came in the middle of the rainy season and being outside is not best place to be. They weren’t really interested in seeing any historical sites or temples or shrines. All they were interested in was shopping. I wasn’t all that excited to go shopping for two full days.
Most of Saturday was spent been lazy. After about 2 hours after we got up we decided to make a real effort to clean the place before Kayoko and Kumiko came. Just as we were about to finish they came rang the intercom just downstairs. Kums had been to our place last year but this was Kayo’s first time. I guess that was what made Krystal a little crazy in the cleaning up. But like all the other guests we had at our place, Kayo said our apartment was “cute.” I guess I have to put myself in their shoes coming from Hawaii, everything must look so small and compact. I mean the refrigerator is small, the couch is small, the table is small, and every other home appliance you can think of is also small. After about 30 minutes claiming everything was small they changed their chant to “Let’s go shopping!” SO GOOD!
The first night we went to Diamond City, the big indoor mall in Kyoto. Of course they went into every store and when in a store they looked at everything. It was a really long experience waiting for them to finish. Even Krystal was getting tired and a little impatient. But finally it did come to an end and the next big thing was finding a place to eat dinner. Originally we were going to go to one of the really good restaurants in the mall but because we ended just around 7 it was super packed. After much debate we decided to go to the Pirate yakiniku place. But then we were on a small time restraint because we were going to go to Karaoke that night. We booked a room at 9:30 and were planning on staying for 3 hours. But anything less than that wouldn’t be enough since we had Kums and Kayo there, 2 registered sing-a-holics. We sang to out hearts desires and even extended our three our reservation an extra 30 minutes. It was pretty crazy. After Karaoke we decided to call it a night but not before we got some kebabs.
Sunday was of course more shopping but I didn’t really mind. With the annual Gion Festival coming around soon I wanted to look for a jimbei to wear, the shorts and short sleeve version of the yukata. I walked all over keeping an eye out but they didn’t seem to have my size. They did have my size in a Saube, long pants version of the jimbei but I know its going to be hot. There’s no way I can wear long pants during the festival. An I idea I was thinking of was buying the Saube and then just hemming the pants so they are shorter? You know just sew some loose hems so when I finish with the festival I can take out the stitching and use them in the winter.
So anyway Monday was a somewhat relax day for the girls since they decided to stay in all day. They did go outside but only to get some Japanese McDonald’s and check out another hyaku yen shop. Of course we had work but we met up with them afterwards and had a super dinner at KatsuKura. I don’t think I can get enough of that place. Afterwards we headed to the Wonder Tower. It seems we already have a routine for people that come to visit us in Kyoto. Well anyway the Wonder Tower was pretty fun. They won a huge Hello Kitty Alarm Clock which I heard they had trouble fitting it into their luggage. We also got to do some Purikura which was actually kind of fun. The girls seemed to enjoy it also.
They left today at 3 o’clock or so, but the surprise was when I got home the place was CLEAN! I couldn’t believe it. I was preparing to get some done before Krystal came home but it was all done. THANK YOU KUMS AND KAYO, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HELPED BY CLEANING UP. Its also a good thing because it seems that I have caught a small bug of some kind. I’m having some mad sinus headaches. I just hope everything is all gone before we go to Disneyland this week. THAT’S RIGHT DISNEYLAND, a Whoo hoo!!
Krystal’s sisters, Kayoko and Kumiko are here until today. They arrived in Kyoto only this past Saturday and now they’re on their way home to Hawaii. We tried to be as entertaining as possible in the short time they were. It just kind of sucked that they came in the middle of the rainy season and being outside is not best place to be. They weren’t really interested in seeing any historical sites or temples or shrines. All they were interested in was shopping. I wasn’t all that excited to go shopping for two full days.
Most of Saturday was spent been lazy. After about 2 hours after we got up we decided to make a real effort to clean the place before Kayoko and Kumiko came. Just as we were about to finish they came rang the intercom just downstairs. Kums had been to our place last year but this was Kayo’s first time. I guess that was what made Krystal a little crazy in the cleaning up. But like all the other guests we had at our place, Kayo said our apartment was “cute.” I guess I have to put myself in their shoes coming from Hawaii, everything must look so small and compact. I mean the refrigerator is small, the couch is small, the table is small, and every other home appliance you can think of is also small. After about 30 minutes claiming everything was small they changed their chant to “Let’s go shopping!” SO GOOD!
The first night we went to Diamond City, the big indoor mall in Kyoto. Of course they went into every store and when in a store they looked at everything. It was a really long experience waiting for them to finish. Even Krystal was getting tired and a little impatient. But finally it did come to an end and the next big thing was finding a place to eat dinner. Originally we were going to go to one of the really good restaurants in the mall but because we ended just around 7 it was super packed. After much debate we decided to go to the Pirate yakiniku place. But then we were on a small time restraint because we were going to go to Karaoke that night. We booked a room at 9:30 and were planning on staying for 3 hours. But anything less than that wouldn’t be enough since we had Kums and Kayo there, 2 registered sing-a-holics. We sang to out hearts desires and even extended our three our reservation an extra 30 minutes. It was pretty crazy. After Karaoke we decided to call it a night but not before we got some kebabs.
Sunday was of course more shopping but I didn’t really mind. With the annual Gion Festival coming around soon I wanted to look for a jimbei to wear, the shorts and short sleeve version of the yukata. I walked all over keeping an eye out but they didn’t seem to have my size. They did have my size in a Saube, long pants version of the jimbei but I know its going to be hot. There’s no way I can wear long pants during the festival. An I idea I was thinking of was buying the Saube and then just hemming the pants so they are shorter? You know just sew some loose hems so when I finish with the festival I can take out the stitching and use them in the winter.
So anyway Monday was a somewhat relax day for the girls since they decided to stay in all day. They did go outside but only to get some Japanese McDonald’s and check out another hyaku yen shop. Of course we had work but we met up with them afterwards and had a super dinner at KatsuKura. I don’t think I can get enough of that place. Afterwards we headed to the Wonder Tower. It seems we already have a routine for people that come to visit us in Kyoto. Well anyway the Wonder Tower was pretty fun. They won a huge Hello Kitty Alarm Clock which I heard they had trouble fitting it into their luggage. We also got to do some Purikura which was actually kind of fun. The girls seemed to enjoy it also.
They left today at 3 o’clock or so, but the surprise was when I got home the place was CLEAN! I couldn’t believe it. I was preparing to get some done before Krystal came home but it was all done. THANK YOU KUMS AND KAYO, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HELPED BY CLEANING UP. Its also a good thing because it seems that I have caught a small bug of some kind. I’m having some mad sinus headaches. I just hope everything is all gone before we go to Disneyland this week. THAT’S RIGHT DISNEYLAND, a Whoo hoo!!
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