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Rainy holiday. It's not bad as long as you're chilling out in your cozy room. I like the sound of raindrops.:)

On Friday, my friend Simon came to Japan from California. Right after I finished having my hair dyed(in red), he gave me a call and we met up in Shinjuku, which neither of us knew anything about.
We managed to meet up at West Exit anyhow. Isn't it unbelievable that we could find each other without a cellphone with him!? At that time, I could praise myself. and him also.

We had some glasses of beer and light meal and had wonderful time talking about our jobs and lives. I was astonished to know how much I forgot English! I couldn't say exactly what I wanted to say! It eventually got better as time passed though.
and next day, which was yesterday, I picked him up at the hotel he was staying at and we both headed to Imperial Palace. As you know, I know NOTHING about Tokyo, but it was the only place I went recently and liked a lot. I mean, Imperial Palace is just a huge garden but I kinda like that Ote-machi area. Because, there are "less people", more trees, and nice shopping area. :)
We walked around the garden and..just talked and talked. At around 3pm we met my friend Akiko at Asakusa and we cruised around there, had some festival food. It was so crowded with people and I and he both got tired but it was lots of fun. He liked our direct translation of the Kaminari-mon as "Thunder Gate". He said it's the craziest name he'd ever heard. :)
After cruising Asakusa and Ginza, my boss joined us, and we all had dinner at a Japanese style bar. It was okay. I wished I had known much more about Tokyo, cuz I dragged him around and made him tired. :( Well, he was mostly tired of time difference though. But he said it's so much fun so that's making me feel better. :)

He headed to Kyoto this morning by bullet train. Too bad it's raining...I hope it isn't over there. He's coming up again next weekend, so it's gonna be fun again!

He brought me lots of presents. I asked him to bring me a bag of gummybears, then he brought me a big bin of them! It tastes so good as it reminds me of the states.