Happy 2013, everyone! I hope you all had a lovely time at home for the holidays. I wish I could have gone back, although I had a fine holiday as well.
School is out for the winter so I had almost 3 weeks away from work. I was really good to have a break since I was getting quite busy near the end there trying to finish up things before the break and organizing the Christmas party in the English Lounge.
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| Korean food with my coworkers |
I got some good presents too, including socks (my favorite ;D), a Japanese novel, a loaf of whole wheat bread, and dryer balls. Presents came with decorations, too, so I got in the mood with some lights, tinsel, and a mini tree.
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| presents under the "tree" |
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| REAL Thanksgiving dinner! All the way from home~ |
After Christmas I headed down to Yokohama to stay with my host family for a week. They really enjoyed the cookies I gave them. It was kind of a full house, since their daughter was visiting also, and they got another puppy since the last time I had seen them. I got to visit with them, eat a ton of good food, watch some Japanese TV, finish
The Casual Vacancy, play with the pups, and sleep a lot!
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| amazingly delicious sukiyaki |
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| me and Roy-kun |
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| New Year's Day |
I also went to Hatsumode, the first visit to a shrine in the new year. I pulled average luck :)
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| It's a good luck charm for the home attached to an arrow and with a snake ornament. |
Hope you all had a good new year too!
That good luck charm is so pretty!!!!
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