Birthday One: Tacos & Beyond

Birthday celebrations started early when we had a taco party Thursday night with the local English Conversation Club. We bought most the ingredients in Himeji & Pippa provided some killer guacamole. I think I had five tacos total and then ate all the leftovers for lunch on Friday. Wish I had the skills to make them more authentic, but beans and tortillas are good no matter what.

And then we followed up the tacos with a second party Friday. We ate & drank with about eight teachers from Colleen's school and had a great time all around. I mostly talked with our neighbor Kishine who we barely know, despite spending most our time less than 200 feet apart. The teachers also got me some killer gifts:



There's the sake bottle, candy necklace, and of course the crown. It says "FUNNY," and rightfully so - just look at that hilarious face. It was made by our other neighbor Saito who is awesome and quite funny herself. Not pictured are the (mostly gross) Japanese snacks, the bamboo foot massager or the model car (?) and traditional card game I got the night before.