I have done more over this weekend than I have over the past two weeks.

Saturday 1st day of christmas
Yesterday, was the actual Christmas party. the whole day was spent baking stuff. the oven almost exploded. we ended up late for the party. great food, then games. I still haven't been able to win at anything. why?!?!?! next year, next year! bottles of wine, video cams,play-doh ,movie money, kangeroos, wonderbra and pupua new guinea. Didn't know words games could be this fun.

anyway there's tons of pictures of dear japanese cousin Marichan.
maybe japanese blood is sweeter. maybe not.

sunday 2nd day of christmas
geared up for the wilderness (sort of). monkeys. suspension bridge sponsored by...HSBC!! pipe-balancing, bridge-swaying, picture-taking, tree climbing, never-ending steps up and then down. realised only at the end of the afternoon it was marichan's birthday. everyone wanted to buy an i-pod for her (!!!) but gave her the money for it instead to buy it back in Japan and the stuff in the i-pod would be in japanese. wild driving, hotdogs,IKEA, slurpee, ritter sport choc, expensive cake, new wallet and trash-digging. Barbecue, japanese style, IN uncle osamu's apartment. healthier, I think. countless rounds of rich man, poor man(agrh!). bottle of hooch, headache. lousy, unclear,nonsense posting in the blog.