HI GANG
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS I GOT IT BACK FROM JAPANESE SCRIPT BUT I CANT CONTROL THE SIZE ---- HA HA HA
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NAGASAKI AND THE LITTLE WOMAN
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I HAD A NICE DAY WITH MIHO (153 CM = 5 FOOT---- THE TOP OF HER HEAD COMES UP TO MY ARMPIT) ON OUR TRIP TO NAGASAKI YESTERDAY. IT WAS SNOWING RATHER HEAVILY SO THE EXPRESS WAY WAS BLOCKED SO SHE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE. WE TOOK A TRAIN 2 HOURS OR SO TO NAGASAKI FROM FUKUOKA.
I LIKE THE 3 CITIES I HAVE VISITED ON THIS SOUTHERN ISLAND OF KYUSHU (KAGOSHIMA, FUKUOKA AND NAGASAKI) BUT i THINK i LIKE NAGASAKI THE BEST AND IT DIDN`T HURT THAT IT IS MIHO`S HOMETOWN. i LIKE THE GEOGRAPHIC LAYOUT OF THE CITY NESTLED IN THE HILLS WITH ITS HARBOR THOUGH I DID NOT SEE THAT. IT ALSO HAS A SLIGHT INTERNATIONAL FLAIR WITH ITS HISTORY OF CONTACT WITH THE WEST. i NOTICED SOME DUTCH WORDS AND INFLUENCE HERE AND THERE. AND YES THE CHINESE ...
NAGASAKI IS ONE OF THE 3 CITIES WITH A CHINA TOWN (YOKOHAMA IS THE BIGGEST AND KOBE ALSO). WE WANDERED AROUND THROUGH CHINATOWN UNTIL WE GOT TO HER FAVORITE RESTAURANT. IT EVEN HAD A CARP TROUGH / POND OUTSIDE WITH BRIGHT COLORED FISH SWIMMING IN IT. THE FOOD I HAD WAS GOOD AND EVEN SIMILAR TO AMERICAN CHINESE.
tHIS CHINA TOWN WAS CLEAN (SURPRISE SURPRISE) AND HAD A NICE AURA ABOUT IT THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY BIG CELEBRATION HERE. WE TOOK MANY PICTURES IN CHINATOWN OF EACH OTHER BEING GOOFEY.
THEN WE WENT WINDOW SHOPPING AND i DROVE HER CRAZY LOOKING FOR kAKI (CAKES AND PASTRY) WELL THAT IS MY OCCUPATION RIGHT HA HA HA. I TOOK HER OUT FOR HIGH TEA AT ONE OF HER FAVORITE LOCATIONS SHE HAD THE TEA AND I ATE MOST OF THE ACCOMPANYING PASTRIES SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE WAS FULL FROM THE CHINESE.
THOUGH SHE IS CUTE MIHO IS NOT A BEAUTY, THOUGH SHE HAS A NICE DERRIER. BUT HER ENGLISH WAS PRETTY GOOD THOUGH SHE SOUNDS LIKE A DEAF PERSON WHEN SHE SPEAKS (NO OFFENSE INTENDED GREG --- MY BROTHER IS A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AND IS DATING / MOVING IN WITH A DEAF GUY) SO IT IS A CHALLENGE TO UNDERSTAND HER BECAUSE HER SPEACH IS SLURRED. WE COMMUNICATED QUITE WELL TOGETHER.
BUT I LIKE HER PERSONALITY A LOT. SHE IS A FUNNY GOOFEY GIRL WITH SPUNK. HER GRANDFATHER IS A CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC MONK AT 74 (MY MOTHERS AGE)--- I GUESS ABSTINENCE IS NOT PART OF THAT EQUATION HA HA HA. THOUGH SHE IS NOT PRACTICING [ I DON`T ATTEND SERVICES TOO MUCH EITHER] AT LEAST SHE HAS A SIMILAR RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION
DID A LITTLE HAND HOLDING (HEY THE FREEZING COLD WEATHER IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING RIGHT HA HA HA) SHE RESTED HER HEAD ON MY SHOULER AS WE TOOK THE TRAIN BACK TO FUKUOKA. AND SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD MATCH. WE HAVE SOME SIMILAR INTERESTS AND GOALS TRAVEL BEING ONE OF THE BIGGEST AS FAR AS I CAN TELL I THINK. JUST HAD A GOOD DAY TOGETHER.
I MUST HAVE MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION BECAUSE SHE CALLED ME AT THE HOTEL AND SHE SAID THAT SHE TOLD HER FRIEND ABOUT ME AND THAT SHE / THEY WANT TO MEET ME AFTER HER WORK AGAIN TONIGHT AND SHE LIVES 30 MINUTES OUTSIDE OF FUKUOKA. SO i HAVE A VERY POSITIVE BASE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP OR AT LEAST A GOOD FRIENDSHIP ON I THINK. i WILL HAVE TO ACCESS THE RAY FACTOR --- MARRY AN UGLY ONE --- THOUGH SHE IS NOT HIDEOUS BY ANY MEANS. AND i CAN SEE A LOT OF STIFF NECKS HER LOOKING UP AT ME AND ME LOOKING DOWN HA HA HA HA
BUT i WILL HAVE OTHER CITIES TO VISIT AND ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE TO MEET AND WHO KNOWS WHO I MIGHT BUMP INTO.
DON`T WORRY PICTURES WILL COME WHEN i GET HOME AND GET OGGANIZED AND FIGURE OUT THIS WEB SITE CREATION STUFF AGAIN.
WINDMILL BOY