Still No Sake Photos (Bloody Evan) and Good News/Bad News Bears

Ah well...I've been waiting for Evan to upload his Sake photo's but to no avail. I promise they will be up soon. And seeing as I haven't posted in a while, there is a crap load to talk about, so I will try to fill in all the details.

SAKE FESTIVAL

This happened around October 8th ( that weekend anyway) and is one of the most famous in Japan. Saijo, is home to a major Sake brewery, and every year a two day Sake festival is held. Drinking, music and general partying takes place on the main Boulevard, with the main drinking area in the adjacent park.

Myself and Evan, walked on down to the festival after work and got there by 6:30 where we met up with Suzette who had been there all day, but had taken a dislike to Sake. The cool thing was that you could drink as much as you wanted from the various Sake stalls dotted throughout the park. I am guessing that there may have been around 180 different types of Sake on offer.

We met up with Jen, Derrick and Jason and hung around drinking until 8, when the Festival closed down. Feeling merry, but not drunk we proceeded to Club Mondo, where more drinking and crazy partying took place until the small hours. Much fun was had.

GOOD NEWS

After the Sake festival, myself and Suzette wandered home together, only stopping to share a fabulous Gusto burger with Jen (I had three bites and was full). I walked them both home, only to find Derrick, unconscious in Jen's bed. Apparently the Sake/Lager combination had not worked for him, and he had vomitted and passed out.

Suzette offered me a place to stay, so I accepted and settled down on her bedroom floor. I won't go into details as this is a family blog, but I didn't wake up on the floor. (wink wink)

Since then, we've been out to dinner, I've cooked for her and things have been progressing well. I am just waiting for the bad things to come, as inevitably they always do, in my life. I know that's not a good way to look at things, and I try to push it to the back of my head and focus on the enjoyment of her company and smile from day to day.

BAD NEWS

As is normal in my life, good times always seem to be tempered by something downbeat. So here it is. Coming back from Karaoke on Sunday night, I hit a stone bollard, flew off my bike, and suffered injuries.

I have badly scrapped hands, a sprained right wrist and three stitches on my chin.

Luckily Evan, Jen and Suzette were there to take care of me, and I'm on anti-biotics from the hospital. The stitches have to come out on Sunday....so no shaving until then...