Finallly, I picked him up at arrival zone and headed to his sister's apartment.

We spent 2 hours to get to Nick's sister's apartment cuz we were caught in a heavy traffic and I drove wrong way...

We had Korean food cooked by his sister.

The Korean food was really delicious, much better than I ate in Vancouver.

I had great time with them even though I couldn't drink any alcohol cuz I had to drive a car afterward.
We talked a lot in English, Korea and Japanese.
Nick and I talked about several parties in Vancouver, common friends and more.
He told me that he was in a kind of trouble.
But I believe he can solve it.

I was suprised that Nick's brother-in-law could speak Japanese very well. His Japanese was almost the same as natives.

We drank and talked until 4 am.

I miss him now, but I think we can see each other soon.
Next time is my turn. I'm gonna visit Korea next summer hopefully.
I'm gonna study about Korean as well as English!!!

I drank with my senior ex-coworker in Roppongi.

He gave lots of advices to me.
He told me that the most important thing for me was making the plan of business in the future.
His goal was setting up a IT company and making people happy with his internet tools.
Actually, my goal is building my own house with music studio.
That's it.
As you know, it's not the plan of business.
Do you have any ideal jobs?
what kind of jobs do you wanna get?
I don't have any idea.
I don't dislike my ex-job.
It was a rewarding job.
But I don't feel it's my ideal one.
Even I have several things that I wanna do, I can't make money with them such as music or snowboarding.

According to him, I suit for a sales man cuz I have the ability that I can let people believe me.
What do you think?
I don't think so...

After drinking, we missed the final subway...
I had to walk for about a hour.

Anyway, I'm gonna make up my mind in this year and start my new life next year.

You don't have to fill in "password".
If you wanna correct your comment, you'll need it.

I got not only stamina but also spirits and guts.
I also got another thing.
At the beginning of jogging, I couldn't keep running cuz I didn't know my pace.
But finally I could catch my rhythm and keep running even though my pace was so slow...
The same thing can be said to life.
We usually feel uncomfortable, tired and tough when we start something.
I know that it is so hard to continue it that we usually wanna give it up.
Some accidents may happen. Also we may feel very bad.
I think we have to get over them, then we can find our pace.
Once we catch the pace, we can keep it.
Unless we keep running, we will be able to achieve our goal some day even if the pace is slow.

You know, Vancauver is known for Maple trees.
In fall, maple leaves turn their color.
I saw very beautiful leaves in Vancauver.
But I almost forgot how beautiful the colored leaves are in Japan
even I'm Japanese...
So I strongly wanted to see them.

there were lots of beautiful colored leaves.
But they were less than I expected.
I expected that whole the mountain turned its color.
But only some trees had colored leaves.
So I was a little bit disappointed.
I seemed I expected too much...
If you want to see beautiful leaves in Japan,
I recommend visiting Nikko. Not Mt.Takao...

I found a temple at the middle of the mountain.

Most mountains in Japan have a temple
because ancient people thought gods lived in mountains.

Can you see the smoke from like a bowl?

The smoke is a kind of incense.
It is said it bring us health and good luck if we shower it.
Can you believe that?
This is a typical Japanese traditional culture.
I enjoyed hiking, sightseeing and seeing beautiful scenery.

dad, me, mam,
groom, my sister

It was really nice party.
Food and wine were delicious and all of the staffs were hot girls
Especially, the groom's grandfather's speech was really great.
It made almost everyone cry.

I was a MC in her wedding party
'cause she asked me to be.
She told me she wanted to not only save money
but also make the party like handmade.
That's why I accepted her offer
even though people in Japan usually hire a professional MC in their wedding.

But a problem was I had got a fever of 39 degrees...
It was so hard time completing my role as MC.

This picture is the second wedding party in Canal Cafe.
http://www.canalcafe.jp/

Anyway, the party was finished without any troubles.
They looked so happy that I envied them a little bit...
But I know what the first thing is.
Getting a job.
Getting confidence.
After that, I can get married.

We went to a nice Japanese restaurant.
I realized I like Japanese food after all.

She is one of my contemporaries.
She planned this party.
Thank you#%E:664%#

A few hours later.... he is one of my contemporaries, too.

He is always sleeping in a party...
I don't know why.
But he usually gets up suddenly around 3am.
The same thing happened this day today.

All of them told me that I've got so fat!!!
(In fact, I've gained 12 kilograms for only 4 and a half months...)
One of them also told me that I was like a squirrel which storesed foods in his mouse.
I think I need to go on a diet....

All of them are very close to me still now even though I quit the company a year ago.
About 2 years ago, When I was depressed, they helped me to get over.
I really appreciate to them.
I think I can't be myself without their helpness, encouragement and consideration.
I wanna repay for them someday.