those were some great flowers last night

well, the hanami didn't exactly turn out as planned last night. the original idea was for us to go and sit on the banks of the shinano river, under the cherry blossom trees, chu-hi in hand, amidst all the other drunken salary men and 'appreciate the sakura'. somehow i ended up at a party in a swanky swank japanese condo near the toki mesu. granted, i still had a chu-hi in my hand, but there were no cherry blossoms in sight.
but, well worth it, ne?
what a cool apartment! i especially loved the indoor and outdoor marble jacuzzis, and the beautiful sliding doors. a tad nicer than our apartments. lindsay suggested we take pictures of it and show them to our board of ed as a little hint. "this is the kind of apartment the ALTs should be living in...it's not too much to ask?"