But as for me it is good to be near God" Ps. 73:10: 10/15/11: Another week in Tokyo

Top 10:

Read my first G.A. Henty By England's Aid
Playing guitar with Matthew
Cooking a meal by scratch
Watching a CAJ volleyball game Seisen vs. CAJ
Photography
Meeting with Elliot Reasoner and Kyle Smoker
I've now watched more than 45 photography videos online
Okonomiyaki restaurant
Hogan's Heroes
Walks along the river

Okonomiyaki Restaurant
Mom, Matthew, Miriam and I went to an okonomiyaki restaurant in Niiza and I was able to try some monjayaki for the first time. One of my students at UTSS had said that I should try so I decided to give it a go and it wasn't bad! However, I think I prefer okonomiyaki still :) My camera died only a few minutes after entering the restaurant but I also got some more photos with my point-shoot camera.

Frying the okonomiyaki

Matthew

Still frying....

Frying some garlic cloves!

Katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)

The sauces rack

The mascot...

Books Read
I finally read my first G.A. Henty book and was very fascinated by how thorough the history is. G.A. Henty was a prolific writer of the 19th century and is best known for his historical adventure stories. The story which I read was entitled By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands and was a good read.

Japan Today

I thought this was a great name for a chap stick: menturm...

Japanese spam

Carton of 4 eggs.

The largest sour cream I could find at the local grocery store!

Photography Online
In the last two weeks or so I have been watching photography videos online via Youtube and have viewed a total of more than 45 videos: about 3.5 hours worth of video watching. I've tried taking photos with outside, inside, at night, and of movement situations.

Here are a few examples: