I was at a Christmas party with my Kyodai friends yesterday and drank, ate and tortured the poor souls with my singing. Fotrunately, there were no casualities.
The Japanese invented many good things - long hot baths, karaoke, instant noodles and nomihodai. All-you-can-drink parties can be very entertaining if you're a gaijin. You can drink to your hearts content and be sure you'll be the most sober one.
Other then that, I can't seem to get used to this japanese custom of pouring drinks for eachother. Basically, you have to constantly observe the glass of the person sitting closest to you and make sure it stays full at all times. I usually just get pulled into a conversation and forget about it, resulting in my and my partner's discomfort. And sometimes I have to drink ridiculous amounts of beer or other drinks, because everybody's pouring me...
I came back home, my head slightly fuzzy, and couldn't fall asleep until 2 AM - I guess I crossed that magical barrier when alcohol makes you hyperactive. And I think the fact that I only drank coctails may have added a slight sugar rush to all that...
On Monday I went with Mindy and her friends to Hanatoro; it's a very unique light-up at Arashiyama. It's basically over a 5 kilometer path of various cute lanterns; it was quite beautiful, bur my camera's battery died on me, so I will post some pictures as soon as I steal some from Mindy's facebook page (is it still stealing when the victim agrees...?).
I also learned something new about taboos in Japan - appearently you can't walk and eat at the same time - it's considered very rude, and I do it all the time. I was wondering why all these people stand in front of the supermarkets and eat whatever they bought instead of simply going wherever they were going, but now I get it... But well, I'm a uncultured gaijin, so I guess I'm forgiven. At least I hope so...
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