Party time?

Around 5:30, I decided I was done and headed home.

Vikrant, one of the guys from India, was leaving later this week so we all went out and had a good-bye outing.

They're all... interesting. They're all about 5-8 years older than me with the exception of a few. For most of them they just wanted to smoke, drink, eat, and chat it up. Which was completely normal.

We set off around 8:30 and went nearby Kazagawa (sp?) station to this nice restaurant. It was kind of like a Japanese tapas bar. We each ordered two different small dishes and then all shared.

The alcoholic drinks (aside from the beers) were interesting. The apple sour looked much different that it does in the states (or so they told me). It was like a cloudy dark green color floating on the bottom and apparently really good, b/c after everyone had their first beer they ordered a few more apple sours. There was also this umi (sp?) drink... a small glass with ice and a shriveled up plum at the bottom. Apparently that was good too... though not so good when Chris decided to eat the plum (very sour.)

Oh right. People. I'm going to TRY and remember everyone I've met thus far in the building.

Shaun (still don't know if I'm spelling it right) - antisocial person from Korea
Tomas from France - hesitant with English but still nice
Sandro - from Germany but is also half Italian (looks like the guy from the Transporter) and speaks English, German, Italian, and French fluently and is pretty good now at Japanese
Chris - From California and is one of the only ones actually enrolled in a Japanese class.
Another Chris (from Australia) - looks like a scraggly chill guy and is pretty funny.
Katrina - Chris's fiance who is somewhat sad at her inability to speak Japanese well after four months. Also very nice though
Erica - 27 year old from Arizona. She seems to know a LOT about all things entertainment and was well... entertaining :)
Layla (sp?) - Older woman from Iran (Shahein you can help me out here) who doesn't really speak English so communication is often limited to Japanese.
Viki - Aussie woman (30?) whose funny and socialable. Not really sure how else to describe her.
Matias from Germany.. I think - His English isn't perfect but he seems like a very nice guy as well. Very European
Lully (Lauren) - Katrina's sister. I don't know her very well but she seems extremely eccentric. You might hear more about her later.
Paul - I spoke the most with him tonight. He reminds me of the English gambler/announcer from A Knight's Tale. He's been in Tokyo for 3 years after landing a marketing job. Originally from England, he describes his home country as extremely dull. Very English.
Vikrant - guy from India (could you tell by the name?) who's leaving soon. My neighbor on the third floor and a very friendly guy away from India for the first time. He seems to be sad to be leaving... but that's understandable.
Jose from England - he's actually a few years younger than me and one of the wanderers from England... just came .. to come. Isn't working or anything... somehow pays for stuff...
I think there is another Matias... but I'm not sure if that's his name - From France, doesn't speak much English but is very nice as well.

I'm probably missing a few but I think that is pretty good considering my memory...

Oh I just ran into another guy. John maybe? I'm making it up. But there are a couple more from England.

Most are here teaching English. Others are working... others are searching. Tis an eclectic bunch.

There were some group shots but I haven't gotten those pictures yet. Here are mine though.

Oh btw. One of the dishes was RAW horse meat. And I'm sorry, but I tried it. Tasted actually like cooked beef. And a lot more tender than I thought... but I'm going to stop typing about it or I might just hurl.

And no, I still didn't eat the squid.