THE BIG BASH

Last night my friend Marifel had a big birthday party. I got her a cake care of the boyfriend of Gina-san, another friend who is fluent in Japanese. It was an all out party and much drinking ensued. I didn't have my iPhone on me so I didn't get pictures of the cake or other aspects of the party. The picture to the left is from earlier, where me and Angel took Marifel out to eat. We went to Lemon Grass, the Vietnamese and Thai place I wrote of earlier. I had those amazing ribs again. Actually, we all did, pretty much just ribs and rice. Being quite the funny character, when we were done, Marifel asked the waiter for, "Take out, inlcuding all the plates and siverware." I would have remembered to take a picture of the plates of ribs, but I was distracted by the cute poses Marifel was doing.

Interestingly, I was supposed to meet Marifel and Angel at Bo's Coffee Shop. I like this place because it has free WIFI for my iPhone. Now I knew there was also a Bo's Coffee stand in the middle of the mall somewhere, but compared to the main shop, I didn't see any chance for a mistake in where we would meet. What I did not know, however, is that there is another huge Bo's Coffee Shop just outside the mall and Angel, having arrived early, waited for me there for almost two hours. I got a text from Marifel, who didn't even wake up until an hour after we were supposed to meet, which said, "Where r u? Angel is waiting u in Bo's" I replied, "I've been sitting at Bo's for over an hour." That's when we figured it out.



The party was a lot of fun. We also went to a Japanese karaoke joint where Gina-san amazingly sung traditional Japanese music called Enka. Marifel convinced me to sing a Japanese song and so I went for one of the songs of my youth, in the days when I worked at a Japanese karaoke bar in Tucson Arizona (go figure, huh?). My reading of Japanese text on the karaoke screen was so rusty, though, that Gina-san had to help me with the lines. I need to start practicing again. Although it was a very fun night, the wild and crazy Marifel drank way too much, vomited on the floor of the place, and passed out. Gina-san had to take her to her place. Luckily I got a text from her just minutes ago and she is fine now and back at home.

Who knows what adventures lie ahead?