happppy birthday to meeeeeeeeee

coffeeeee, i need coff-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

yup yup yup. nother day at work, fueled by the miracle that is caffeine! hooha! makes me wonder how i ever survived without it.

so, ive decided to have a birthday dinner pour moi on wednesday. kinda last minute, but you know me! problem is that my friends are scattered all over the prefecture, so it mite be a bit of a tite draw to lure them into the city. got a pretty good response rate so far. around 10 people i think. that makes for a cozy intimate affair. i plan to start the evening with a slide show of my life. followed by an autograph session of some glossy photos of me (which double as party favours). and for my piece de resistance, open mike nite. where people get up and make toasts...to me of course.

on to more awesome news. this weekend im going to okinawa!!! soooo excited about that. even more so than my golden week adventures to HK, Singapore and Malaysia. Only because im going with my bestest buddies in japan. anna emma and michelle! its gonna be so much fun. i'll look back on these memories when they leave in august. sniffle :-(

theres this thing called the kinko bay swim that happens every july. teams of 4 swim across kinko bay in competition for the coveted prize of...wait for it...a black pig!!! kagoshima is famous for its black pig so i reckon thats a super prize. unless u happen to be vegetarian...or muslim...or a pig. i was gonna compete, and had a team all set up. but then i thought realistically. i cant even run 10 minutes consecutively, let alone swim 4.2 km in open water. and plus my team mates are actually very good athletes, so in order to increase their likely hood of winning i resigned my post. instead i get to be the team coach! ive already studied the techniques of the greatest leaders in history like tony robbins and richard simmons, and written down a list of encouraging statements like "swim faster you little shits!!!". that black pig is as good as ours.

dontcha know it ;-)