WTF. . .

Anyone who loves a cold soda on a hot day hold up your hand. . . Yeah me too! I love coke, pepsi, root beer, cherry coke, vanilla coke, lemon coke. . . you name it I like it. But in here in Japan they have come up with by FAR the worst idea for a soda favor . . . EVER.

here it is for your viewing pleasure. . . and trust me it looks like mouth wash and taste about the same.

A kick in the ass

I just read a comment from one of my friends from Cal Poly asking why. . . no more like telling me that I have not updated in some time. And the truth is I have not done much over the last 6 months or so that are worth putting in print. But here are some "high lights" of the past month or so. . . .
I have been busy to no end and I haven't had a lot of free time to do much. Recently I have missed home quite a bit. Maybe because it is summer. I'm not sure. Work has been taking most of my time and energy. . . which is not a bad thing.

I turned 31 last month and I feel a lot older than that. . . which is not a good thing.

I got a stomache and colon infection on Monday of this week, so I had to stay the night at the hospital and used about 6 IVs over the course of 15 hours. As well as vomiting and shitting to no end. That was not too fun. But on the good side the hospital stay and care only cost about 300 US dollars. You can't beat that price.

I started reading East of Eden. . . . It is a really good book.

I got my bodyboards from Cali and I will be using them soon. I am very very excited about that.

I went to see Sumo Wrestling last month and it kicked ass. And I took some pretty good pictures if I do say so myself.

And lastly I have hope that this summer will be a good one.

I will try to take more names and kick more ass. . . shizzle

PS the picture is of the "beach" near my apartment

Omaezaki 30 miles from home

Omaezaki 30 miles from home
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

It was only about 30 miles but it took 90min to get there! And I thought the traffic in L.A. was bad. Omaezaki reminded me of beaches near SLO. It even has a nuclear power plant near by! There were A LOT of surfers in the water the day we went! The waves looked nice. A lot of fun looking sections and some good size to them. I will be in the water soon. . . just got to get into shape!

Omaezaki 2

Omaezaki 2
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

The beach . . . what else.

Omaezaki 3

Omaezaki 3
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

The beach . . .

Omaezaki parking

Omaezaki parking
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

The parking lot near the beach

Not dead just really, REALLY busy. . .

I have not posted in awhile for a couple of reasons. 1) I have been very busy with my new job. Which means I have very little free time! 2) I have a lot on my plate and my flickr account is full and I have not had time to set up another account to post pictures with my posts. I would like to try and post once a month with some pictures. We will see what happens

shizzle

Happy Birthday MOM!

Just a short little post to wish my Mom a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope that you have good day! I love you very much. I am sorry that I can't be there in person to wish you a happy birthday in person.

Andrew

Very sorry. . .

Hello everyone that reads my blog. I would like to say that I am sorry that I have not updated the blog in a loooong time! I do have a good reason though. . .not enough time in the day! I have been very very busy with work and well, work! I know that I should budget my time a little better but sometimes I just don't. I did have a draft of my summer vacation that I was going to post but I think that I let too much time go by and now I don't really want to post it.
The daily grind of work and life here has worn me out a little and I have not had enough time to "stop and smell the roses". I am going to be heading home at the end of the year to take some much needed R and R. But the end of the year is still 3 months away. . . ugh.
Anyway, I would like to say again that I am sorry about the delays with posting on the blog. And I am working on budgeting my time better so that I can post a little more.

Hannya

Hannya
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Trick or Treat! Just kidding! This is a traditional Japanese mask called Hannya (HAN-Kneeya) made from wood! This one is a devil (Oni).

"The Thinker"

"The Thinker"
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Now this is called "The Thinker" but when I do this. . . it's just me sitting on the can!

A. Rodin's "The Gates of Hell"

A. Rodin's "The Gates of Hell"
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This thing was F#CKING HUGE and F#CKING COOL! This guy had a bit too much time on his hands. . . it took him 37 years to make it.

D-land castle at night

D-land castle at night
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

downtown Shizuoka from the top view

downtown Shizuoka from the top view
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Tea room

Tea room
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This room is where I drank tea and ate sweets. It was quiet and peaceful, a good place to be alone with your thoughts (and your tea).

A cool bar

A cool bar
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

My local watering hole. . .there are NO chairs in this bar hence the name.

Maccha and Wagashi

Macha and sweets
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Or in English green tea and sweets. . . while looking at writing on the wall!

D-land main entrance walk way

D-land main entrance walk way
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This is the same area in California Disneyland (Main street USA)execpt that it was kind of enclosed which was cool.

D-land castle 2

D-land castle 2
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Now it looks like there are a lot of trees in Tokyo Disneyland. . . but trust me there isn't!

D-land castle

D-land castle
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This castle is a LOT bigger than the one in California. It was like 2/3 bigger! It was TALL! I got to admit it looked better than the one in Cali!

D-land main entrance

D-land main entrance
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Tokyo Disneylend! Yeah!