It has been a few weeks since I have updated you as to my adventures. So here we go.
The past two weeks I have been living in a house with a new roommate. A local business owner named Norman White. He is a good friend of Jonathan and Ghiselle, and owned a Sandwich shop here in Tokushima. He recently sold the sandwich business "Big Brothers" to devote his time to his new Bar "Root Down".
Very fortunately for me, he was looking for new roommates and myself and another new teacher here were looking for a place to stay. I was not happy in the apartment we were put up in by our school when we arrived.
Here's a few pics of the house.
A peek inside a Japanese Household Kitchen
More of the outside of the House
The lil Orange Golf cart is what I have been driving lately. Geoff, one of the other teachers here dubbed it the orange Dragonfly. It fits. 660 cc's of pure evil. I love drivin this lil demon.
I also scored a Street Bike from one of the Norman's friends who was looking to get rid of it. Norman is as much of a Bike Geek as I am a computer Geek, so if he recommended I grab it, I was not going to refuse. Cost me 2500 Yen, which was just the price to replace the front tire. Norm's friend Hiro hooked me up with the tire, and Norm gave me some pedals. Hiro owns an awesome Bike Shop near the Tokushima Park, and he supplies a lot of big race teams with parts. Thanks Hiro, Norm. I'm ridin in style now!!
The Street Bike is mine, the Mountain bike behind it is Norm's Monster
Well that's about all I have to report for now. My ticket home was booked for November 14th, and no word on my Visa yet, so time is drawing close for my potential exodus from this wonderful and exciting country. But I have had some of the most incredible adventures here so far, and hopefully things will work out with my visa, and Rosie and I can experience some more really cool things before I have to go.
Peace and Love
Odious - Jay
