I hate all of them, just sayin'.

Ahhhh~ Spring is coming~! Time to wrap up winter! <3
Yay for new layouts!

So, a couple days ago, I was invited to a work soiree. We have new staff and the reception and hotel operations departments decided to host a party for them. We all had dinner together at the pub. I was the only gaijin there. It was kinda awkward, but the food was good! And Akiko was sitting with me and she did her best to chat with me and make me feel more welcome. I forgot to take my camera, but it was good! Everyone was getting sooo drunk, though! Like, woah. When Japanese folk drink, their faces go red. Like, lobster red. It's crazy! I did get a picture of what I wore, though. I thought I looked cute. I was sooooo full, though! There was sooo much food!

In other news, there's a wedding fair going on right now at BH. Shige's been holding a LOT of meetings with couples. There's also a display of wedding gowns upstairs. I took some photos. I hate all of them, just sayin'. The groom's outfit looks sooo much better than the bride's! And now, without further ado, I present the wedding gowns.

Yeah.

The yellow one reminds me of a ballroom dancer's gown. It's more of a Belle's gown gold, but my flash was wonky. But yeah, not a fan of any of them, really. Ahahah... I wish we had the gowns the last bride wore. She looked stunning. I wish I had've taken a photo of her. She was lovely. <3

David agree's with my assessment, though. And he agree's that the men's outfits are better.

He's so cute. :3

So, for David's birthday, we're going to spend a night in town and go look at the sakura blossoms! Apparently, the castle has the best viewing area. We're both uber excited! And then on the 26th, Eriko is going to take us to see the oldest and biggest sakura tree in Japan! Eeeeeee! I can assure you that I will have LOTS of photos!

I'm sure it was a full of sugar.

So, I'm now an official, card carrying fangirl. I joined the Arashi fanclub last month and my membership her been processed. I just got my first newsletter and my OFFICAL card! Yeah! Too bad it's all in Japanese, but that gives me more incentive to learn. And being in the fanclub means I have a chance of getting VS Arashi tickets. (It's a game show Arashi hosts.) It also gives me a better chance to get concert tickets, if they have a tour before I go home.

I'm sure I can trust you all to NOT go posting my member number around the internet. (Well, anymore than I'm doing.) And I already sent in my entry for VS Arashi tickets for March 27th. It's a lottery system. But, wish me luck!



I took a few pictures of the manor house recently, seeing as it's so pretty. Angel asked me to take a few photos for her, so I was there anyway. I guess I'm just used to it, but it really is a pretty place. There's so much detail and it can be really nice to just go in with a book and read upstairs in the hallway. I did that recently on a dead day and it was glorious.

And I really love the bathroom in the Queen's Room. It's perfect. I want MY bathroom to look like that when I get my own house.

So, Keira's leaving party was a few nights ago. I wasn't supposed to go, since I was supposed to close that night. But, Megumi had scheduled both Haruka and me to close, and since it was dead, I was allowed to go home early! Yay! It was an awesome night. We all went down to town and hung out in an izakaya (Japanese bar). The drinks were pretty good, apparently. I didn't drink, but I keep ordering this really fun green fizzy drink. It had sherbert in it and you were supposed to mix it together. Tasted kinda like the candy, Rockets. I'm sure it was a full of sugar. Lol. Angel, Brad, Holly, Aya David and I shared a table. Aya is so sweet! She's one of the chefs and she's so much fun! And she can make the tiniest paper cranes! The littlest one sat on my pinky finger! The food could've been better. We weren't served very much, but we did get a huge mound of edamame when we started (steamed soy beans with salt). I looove edamame! And then we all went out and did purikura! It was awesome!

Tokyo sooon! Angel and I are going on the 8th! So excited! And Zoe is coming back to BH! YAY! I'm super happy about that! I missed her!And I updated the layout. Not as SUPEROMG perky as the last, but I thought the colours looked good for winter. <3

Stuart had sent me a CD!

OMG.

So, recenrtly on the Vinyl Cafe facebook page they held a giveaway. I petiotioned Stuart to send me a letter, since I don't get much mail. I explained that I live in Japan and mail is always exciting. He said he'd see what he could do for me and asked for my address.

Well, I got my letter yesterday! I coloured out most of my address so people can't stalk me. XD

I was so excited to see it! Kyoko called me when it came in and Angel picked it up for me, since I was working. I opened it right away and took everything out. Stuart had sent me a CD! It has "I Remember Wayne" and "History of Canada" on it. I'm listening to it right now. I think he may have chosen this CD for me, since I'm far away from Canada right now. But still! It was really sweet. Stuart didn't send me a letter, personally, but Louise from the show sent me a card. It was all very sweet.

In other news, please look forward to a banner change in the coming week or two. I've got some art that I'll be using on the new header. Might change the colour scheme, too. we'll see. <3

Only a few more days!

Dear Apartment,
Please pack yourself.

Love Ashley and David ♥

Good lord, how I hate packing. True story. Can't stand it. We're making some progress, but still. I wish I could just snap my fingers and have a fully packed apartment. Bah.

So, we fly out on THURSDAYOMG!
I'm quite excited, can't lie. I bought one of them fancy Kobo e-readers and it's my new favourite thing in life. Lovelove.

Hopefully that'll keep me amused on the plane. That is, if I'm not sleeping. Can't lie~ The official plan is to just sleep the whole way. I figure a good round of sleep deprivation plus a gravol or two once we leave Dallas and I'll be good to go. Ahaha.

Angel's already got plans for us once we arrive. I think we'll get to British Hills with enough time to drop our bags off, have me change super quick into a yukata and then we're off to a hanabi in a neighbouring city. I'm super excited. I looove fireworks. Especially fireworks that last for over an hour! And they're apparently amazing, too! *_______________*

Oh well. Back to packing, I suppose. I just wanted to update the blog and update the layout a bit. I think it's cute. I'll change the photo's to my own once I start taking photos in Japan. In the meantime though, they've been lovingly taken from my tumblr.

Only a few more days! Wooo! *fistpump*