wow, a spare moment

this is the first time i have had more than 5 minutes to spare in the last week. today (sunday) i went to school (yes, school) for 4 hours of dance prac. we then moved to the usual fujisawa concrete park for an extra 5 hours of practice. it's quite a contrast from what i was doing back in oz (pretty much nothing). i'm loving this 'busy' lifestyle - i wonder if i'll get sick of it.

the picture is some random one i took at dance practice. that place is right in front of some city hall type of building so it's quite busy. sometimes we get spectators lined up on that walkway up top. it gets a bit embarrassing sometimes (especially while doing one of our dances in particular which involves some MA rated moves). NB: uncle paul - click on the picture to see more

i have seen my parents briefly about 4 times in the last week, and yuka slightly more than that. how bizarre, i've spent more time with my friends in a few days than i have with my family in a month or so. mum is the manager of a newly opened restaurant/bar sort of place. it's strange, the food they serve there isn't what you eat as a meal, it's more like small, special snacks that you eat with your beer/sake/alco of choice. i might go on a recon mish there when i have some TIME. and i think the father works at a construction company, i'm not fully sure. in any case, they both get home really late, when i'm asleep. and leave in the morning really early, when i'm asleep.

the dog keeps urinating in my room. i think it's trying to tell me that i'm treading on its turf. or maybe it just happens to be in my room every time it needs to piss.

oh, and i got a phone - the email address for it is paulska@t.vodafone.ne.jp if you are excruciatingly bored and want to drop me a message.