The internet connection at my Japan home is still not up yet so I’m currently using the office broadband. Saturday through Monday was a holiday so the office was closed but I’m happy to be able to upload a post now! Haha. Hope you guys had a good weekend! *smile*

Despite the cold here in Tokyo, the sun is sill up which makes it really nice actually. *grin* And over the weekend, I had the chance to catch up with my Japanese family (Shimazaki papa and Tomoki, his son. Akiko mama was at work so didn’t get the chance to see her then). *smile* They took me out for lunch at a Japanese pasta shop in Meguro. It’s very different from the standard Italian pasta but that doesn’t discount the fact that it’s also very tasty! Oishi des! Hehe.

The pasta noodles are pretty much similar to what we get back home but the preparation is varied slightly. It’s the dry type with the essence of what you ordered already being saturated in the noodles, so despite it not having much ‘sauce’ to begin with, it still tastes yummy! *grin* Since ikura (salmon egg) is one of my favourite Japanese food, I chose to try the ikura pasta for lunch. Hehe. No regrets though because it was deee-li-cious! *grin* Aiks, now I feel like eating the ikura pasta again!!! Haha. Hungry, hungry! Haha.

I’ve been a really good panda doing my Japanese language homework every day BTW…hehe. Back to school again and learning the hiragana is not an easy task at all… *laugh* …especially since I can’t read and write Chinese to begin with. *laugh* Oh well, there’s always a first time to everything ay? Hehe. I’m doing my best to keep up so wish me luck! Haha. Hope you’re having a great start to the week! Big warm hugs from the land of the sushi… love you! Mwah~