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Party
Clockwise from right: ratatouille, crackers, dips, vegetables, pork, and, in the center, crab pâté.Yesterday we had a party at home, to celebrate my 25th birthday which was a few days ago. :)
My girlfriend Tomoko cooked ratatouille, pork, some kind of crab pâté, and several dips to be eaten with vegetables and crackers. It was all delicious!
There was also chocolate cake, and guests brought some delicious home-made pudding and Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
Our guests included Jean and his wife Yuko, fellow Quebecer Edwige and her boyfriend Eiki, Tomoko's sister Yuko, and friends Keiko, Nakako, and Chiko and Aki (aka the Watanabe sisters).
As for gifts, I received a beautiful jinbei (light Japanese traditional wear with half-length pants) from the Watanabe sisters, the funny book kanashii toki, by the humorists called itsumo koko kara, from Jean and Yuko, and a sheep print T-shirt (this year is hitsuji-doshi, the year of the sheep) and chocolate from the other Yuko.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! STO LAT!
Posted by Mikowai on August 3, 2003 at 14:29
Thanks! :)
Posted by Patrick on August 3, 2003 at 15:51
hey HAPPY BIRTHDAY man !
too bad I'm already back in Paris..
I hope you'll find a new cute bike soon, and a bientot in Paris !
Posted by Antonin on August 4, 2003 at 21:44
Merci Antonin!! :)
We're looking up plane tickets to Paris right now! I hope we can buy them this week.
I'm looking forward to see you there!
Posted by Patrick on August 4, 2003 at 22:33
Did you get to read the book? I've only flipped through it at stores, and really enjoyed it. I also like the performances they give on TV, although I haven't seen them in a while. I was thinking of getting you one of the Tekken books, but I figured this would be more interesting as it featured an English translation with all the images. Also makes for a good Japanese study book!
Posted by Jean on August 5, 2003 at 06:39
Yes I read it two days ago, and it was hilarious!
There are quite a few pages with gags about foreigners, like...
"(It completely saddens me when...) I see a foreigner locked up in automatic ticket gates at a station."
and others about bad omiyage (picturing a foreigner buying a T-shirt that says "ninja"), haha.
I found though that the English translations in the book aren't always too good. Sometimes they completely lose the sense of the gag, because it was translated a bit too literally. So I read what I could of the Japanese text and used the English text to fill in kanji that I didn't know. :)
Thanks a lot for this great gift!! When you get back I'll lend you my Tekken book if you like. :)
Posted by Patrick on August 5, 2003 at 07:00
Happy post-B-boy-day, mista Patrick!
Posted by Jesper on August 11, 2003 at 00:19
Thanks!! :)
Posted by Patrick on August 11, 2003 at 00:37