まるで日本（？）

The last few weeks were so full of Japanese goodness, I almost felt like I was back in Japan!!

My classmate Ayako threw a Japanese party at her new apartment. Our friend Hide from Ota-ku, who works at a Japanese restaurant here, made Katsu-Don!! It was so delicious it made me cry!!!! Then we got drunk and started working out with Billy Bootcamp...

That same weekend, to my surprise, there was a Japanese Matsuri festival in Montreal. There's really not that many Asian people in Montreal, but they seems to have this every year. Sylvain and I went with our yukatas!! I'm just glad I get to wear my yukata this year, lol. The festival was actually pretty small, but they had Gyu-Don, Yakisoba, Okonomiyaki and Kaki-Kori (shaved ice). They were doing this Obon Odori (or perhaps it was Awa Odori??) which everyone was dancing in circles. I went to join the circle but I can't begin to describe how much I sucked!! And this camera man with these really big lenses kept taking pictures of my horrrific dances. I just hope I didn't end up at the front page of some local newspaper... After some real festival stuff it kinda turned into an Otaku-fest... The strangest part was these non-Japanese girls singing Anime songs in perfect Japanese! I even spotted Cosplayers!!

Then last weekend I had a Japanese party at our apartment also!! Hide was the chef of the party again (thank you Hide!!) He made us Kara-age that was to die for!! Plus Nimono, which is like a big pot of veggie soup thing, and Okonomiyaki, which were both awesome!! I learned a great deal about cooking that day! Then I made them watch Team America and played Guitar Hero all night.

Of course all this makes me miss Japan that much more. Honestly I can't begin to describe how much I miss it... can't wait to get back there for the real deal!! I uploaded the photos here!

最近は日本のことばかりあった！まるで日本へ帰ったみたい！！

クラスメートのアヤコは新しいアパートに日本パーティをやった。日本のレストランに働いてる友達のヒデ（大田区）はカツどんを作った！！マジで美味しく涙が出た！！！　その後酔っぱらになってビリー・ブートキャンプをやった・・・ｗ

その同じ週末、モントリオールに日本の祭りが あった。モントリオール はアジア人そんなに居ないけど、これは毎年やってるみたい。　シルバンとクリッシーは浴衣で行った！今年も浴衣着えてよかった～ｗ　この祭りは小さいだっ たが、牛丼、焼きそば、お好み焼きとカキゴーリまであった。　みんなは輪にお盆踊り（それとも阿波踊り？）をやった。　クリッシーも踊りのサークルに入っ たがマジで死ぬほどヘタクソ。　しかも踊りながら大きいレンズ持ちカメラメンが来てずっとクリッシーの写真をばかり撮ったorz ローカル新聞のフロントページに出ないように願ってる・・・　本物の祭りのあとなんかオタク祭りになった！白人の女の子達が完璧な日本語でアニメソングを 歌ったぜ！コスプレーヤーまで居たよ！！

そ れから先週末、家でホームパーティーをやった！　ヒデがまたシェフになって（ありがとう！） 　むっちゃくちゃ美味しいから揚げを作ってくれた！！それか ら煮物とお好み焼き！全部超美味かった！！すっげー料理の勉強になったよ。　その後みんなチームアメリカを見させて一晩中ギターヒーローをやった。

勿論日本のことをばかり思い出して恋しくなった。本当に言葉が言えないほど日本が恋しい・・・早く本物の日本へ帰りテー！！ 写真はここにアップ！