So I figured since I mentioned both Thanksgiving and how I was going to talk a bit about my previous stay in Japan in the last post I would talk about how I spent Thanksgiving over there.
I got invited by one of my other gaijin (foriegner) friends to a tradional Amerian Thanksgiving dinner that he was throwing in the main room of the church we was living above. It had a full...if a bit small...kitchen. Everyone invited was to bring a dish..I was going to do mashed potatoes...since they are my FAVORITE! but my friend Sarah had already claimed them. So I decided on Apple Pie. I am really good with desserts so I was hoping I would be able to make it work in the tiny oven. When I got there I realized there were a lot more people than I had thought there would be....and turns out, it was a Japanese guy who had lived abroad in the US for a while that suggested the dinner. Figures right?!? the Japanese guy suggests to a whole bunch of Americans to celebrate an American holiday....something nobody thought of before, and a lot of my friends had been in Japan for a few years! I was lucky with the pie. We were cooking it while eating and the person in charge of telling me 45 minutes had elapsed forgot. Luckily I remembered to check on my own and rescued it from burning!! It turned out delicious!!
I got invited by one of my other gaijin (foriegner) friends to a tradional Amerian Thanksgiving dinner that he was throwing in the main room of the church we was living above. It had a full...if a bit small...kitchen. Everyone invited was to bring a dish..I was going to do mashed potatoes...since they are my FAVORITE! but my friend Sarah had already claimed them. So I decided on Apple Pie. I am really good with desserts so I was hoping I would be able to make it work in the tiny oven. When I got there I realized there were a lot more people than I had thought there would be....and turns out, it was a Japanese guy who had lived abroad in the US for a while that suggested the dinner. Figures right?!? the Japanese guy suggests to a whole bunch of Americans to celebrate an American holiday....something nobody thought of before, and a lot of my friends had been in Japan for a few years! I was lucky with the pie. We were cooking it while eating and the person in charge of telling me 45 minutes had elapsed forgot. Luckily I remembered to check on my own and rescued it from burning!! It turned out delicious!!
That Japanese guy (Masa) and I ended up dating for a while, didn't last long though. He got a job and was transfered down to Ibaraki and then Osaka a little after Christmas. It's a shame, he was nice but not so great a boyfriend I was willing to do that far long distance so close to heading back to the US. Besides he kept making me pick him up (my money in gas) and take him home (30 mins each way, twice everytime we got together). Never thanked me, and never apologized!
I have more and better pictures of the 2 of us...but this one is just hilarious that I couldn't resist!
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