G.C. #3

 Early Monday Morning

19th March, 2012

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Jetstar flew me to the Gold Coast, Queensland.

I grew up there, have been there 10,000 times before

but I had never, ever flown into Tugun Airport before.

Had never flown Jetstar before either .....

Above: Flying parallel with maybe Surfers Paradise, heading southwards.

Below: Phillip`s house, hadn`t been there in 20 years or more.

 Wow !  My old surf ski is still at his house .... unbelievable.

Fab colour :)  

Why would you want to watch a video clip of a plane flying

along the coastline and then landing ?

Bore yourself silly ....

G.C. #2

Sunday Evening, 18th March, 2012.

We caught the local train from Ueno to Narita.

Jetstar ~ Narita to Gold Coast ( Tugun )

I ain`t looking forward to flying Jetstar, I really ain`t.

Not my choice whatsoever.

 Nonetheless, we enjoyed a Set Menu together @ Narita before I flew out.

 Rainy, chilly night ....plane looks nice.

Above:  One empty seat :(

Below: Rainy night in Narita

G.C. #1

Sunday, 18th March, 2012

We both caught the Shinkansen to Ueno Station.

Spending the day there together was such fun ....... !

Above: Saigo Takamori ~ san`s statue in Ueno Park.

By an amazing coincidence, we met Haruka~san formerly from

St.Peters & St. Pauls Anglican Church, Koriyama there !

She now lives way down south of Tokyo.

Below: Chikako, Haruka & Coco~chan.



First Sakura !

 We went to H.R.C in Ueno Station for lunch.

We sat in front of one of David Crosby`s guitars.

I am a huge fan of his music.

Today

Sunday

11th March

2012

one year on

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 Above: We went for pre-lunch appetizer / drink at a restaurant we like near Sendai Station

and then

Below:  We went to a Guytan Restaurant in S~Pal, Sendai.

They had 7 black peppers !

 Above:  my guytan

Below:  Chikako`s guytan

2:46

kenpei



Above: at the bus terminal, Sendai waiting to pull out en route to This City.

Below:  We lit a candle

Tohoku Spirit ... Bushido !

In Memorium

Kindred Spirit, methinks



Yume ga kanau

Yume ga kanau

415@Burleigh

 April 13th, 2012

....please



Sunday Lunch

Sunday Lunch

4th March, 2012

A beautiful day after the ghastly weather of the last week or so.

3 can 4 on  ?

We went to our favourite noodle bar @ S~Pal

This City

 



Paetto on Paseo Street

Saturday Evening

after a hard slog at the office

we went to dinner
 @
Paetto on Paseo Street.

We met up with our old friend
Kasumi~san

who now resides in Honolulu
for dinner together.


Long time, no see !

Above:  Chikako and Kasumi

Below: The Starter

Above: Pippys.... yum, yum !

 Above: ... Tomo~san and Hero just happened to be there, too !

Tomo, Kasumi, Hero.
Tomo~san and her gaijin husband, Howard
will come to the JES party on 31st March.
Hero will bring his latest wench.

Below: Chikako, Tomo, Kasumi, moi, Hero.

Later, and late, in the night, Chikako & I wandered into

Go~chan`s  izakaya for a midnight snack.

Top Night all round  :)

415@Burleigh

Wednesday, 29th February, 2012.

415@BurleighHeads

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Chikako gave me some wonderful flowers

for Leap Year.

Flowers for now, bulbs for the future.