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So Koichi and I bought a new TV last Monday and it was delivered on Friday! I thought that in order to show my appreciation to him for working so hard for the both of us I would order a couple of his favorite movies from Amazon. Last night the first one arrived and we watched it together:

In case you've never seen it, or you can't tell what the movie is, it's Rudy. It's one of Koichi's as well as my dad's all time favorites! This morning the second DVD arrived and we're watching it now. It's another football story and probably one of my favorite movies ever! Koichi actually played football for a few years which his explains his love for football movies. I think he'll get along fabulously with my dad. This morning we had our satellite installed and called to get HD satellite service! Hopefully the tuner will arrive in the next few days and we'll be in business! For now I'm just happy to have a working DVD player again =)

On Friday I had a welcome back to Japan party and was so surprised to see so many people there. I was expecting 4-5 tops, but all together there were probably close to 20! My flower arrangement teacher, Koyama sensei, arranged it all. She's like my mom here in Japan, such a sweet lady!

                          Me, Koyama sensei and Hiromi (my friend/calligraphy teacher)
                                Koyama sensei and her nephew Katsuki (Ka-chan)

Last week Koichi and I went to my friend Miki's town to participate in an international event. Her town has a great international relations section and they provide a lot of activities which I think is awesome! Anyway, we played Kin Ball a sport born in Quebec, but apparently not so well known throughout Canada. It was my third time to play and I must say it is so much fun! After the prelims our team was in 1st place so we got to play in the championship game. Unfortunately we lost the game and came in 3rd overall. Our prize was pretty sweet though, a 500 yen gift certificate to a local cake shop. I figured since I'd been running around sweating I could justify eating the cake =)
Our team - Takuto (high school student), me, Ai, Miki, Koichi and Ryuichi. Miki, Koichi and I   signed up and the other 3 were placed on our team with us.

Finally, something that's amused me lately. McDonald's here is having a "Big America" campaign and they have a Texas Burger!!! Being a Texan myself I found this amusing. I haven't personally eaten one and honestly don't think I will, but I did take a photo of the ad. I had a moment of weakness this past week and drove through for some French fries. I've been doing pretty good overall about eating more healthily, but we all give in now and then, right?

       I believe it has meat, cheese, barbecue sauce, another slice of bread and fried onions on it.
Honestly it doesn't look all that appetizing to me!

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  1. MeghanApril 3, 2010 at 4:25 AM

    Don't eat the Texas Burger my friend. It's a wanna be Big Mac!

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