you better slow that mustang down....

Evening all!

First of all, I'd like to apologise for the recent reticence on the blog, it's been a busy couple of weeks, perhaps we can surmise from Jerome's writers' block that it's been particularly hectic up in Oyama? I'm sure  she'll fill you in on that score when she gets chance!

So what's been going on since we last updated you? The week after Halloween was quite quiet, mainly some nice dinners and chilled nights in, and a similar story at the weekend. I had both wednesday and friday off for Waseda holidays, and as I don't go in on mondays anyway, it was a bit of a doss week, fantastic!! Haha did give me a chance to catch up with some much needed homework, you'll be relieved to know everything's up to date there, all still going well.

On Wednesday, Uno, August (aka Juno), Micah and I thought we'd make the most of our day off to have a look at a quite traditional area - lots of temples and stuff. And right next to a river, very scenic, we'll definitely be back! Here's some snaps from the day......

Sorry to rub it in but it really is fantastic weather over here - bright blue skies right now, about 19 C, just so nice!

Anyway, I'd planned to go for dinner on Sunday with our french friend Axel (previously mentioned on here!), and as we were both beautifying ourselves for the occasion, I heard quite the commotion outside, banging shouting and singing! So I quickly called Axel, and we both ran outside with our cameras to see what was going on - and so glad we did!! It was the finale of the Waseda Festival that had been going on all weekend! So many funny performances, have a look at the video below!

This is male cheerleaders at their best..... only in Japan right?
This is also from the festival, it's fun to stay at the.....

Haha!! Fantastic.

to be continued......