Friday, September 30, 2011
Curry...
I went out to lunch with some girls from the Facebook group Sasebo Wives with no Children. We went to this new curry restaurant and it was very yummy tasting! I had the biggest piece of naan bread that I have ever seen, two types of curry (not very spicy kind) and a small salad. It was so yummy! The best part is that it was only about 8 bucks. Not bad for Japan prices.
Russell at Work!
PS: Click on any photo I post and it will make it bigger.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Police!
So I had wondered if Japanese police actually go around and pull people
over for violating the law. After all, it seems as if almost everyone
drives well over the speed limit and likes to run through red lights.
Well I got my answer this morning when driving home from base. I saw a
big motorcycle, bigger then any I had seen so far here in Japan, drive
by me rather quickly. When I realized that it had shinny white sides and
that is had an all blue dressed uniformed driver, I had a feeling it was
most definitely a police officer. My feeling was right when it was about
10 yards in front of me (while in a tunnel) and it turned on it's bright
red flashing lights and then the sirens started going off. I freaked a
little and started slowing down just in case he was pulling me over.
However, the officer then went closer to the guy on the moped a little
ways from me. I still stayed behind them just in case he was pulling
both of us over. After this went on for about a minute another car
rushed around me, so I figured I was good to go. I have no clue what the
moped driver did to get pulled over, put I was very happy it didn't end
up being me!!! So beware! They do actually pull people over here in
Japan!
~Kristi
Oh and here is a photo of our little car. I love it and it makes driving so much easier over here to have it!
over for violating the law. After all, it seems as if almost everyone
drives well over the speed limit and likes to run through red lights.
Well I got my answer this morning when driving home from base. I saw a
big motorcycle, bigger then any I had seen so far here in Japan, drive
by me rather quickly. When I realized that it had shinny white sides and
that is had an all blue dressed uniformed driver, I had a feeling it was
most definitely a police officer. My feeling was right when it was about
10 yards in front of me (while in a tunnel) and it turned on it's bright
red flashing lights and then the sirens started going off. I freaked a
little and started slowing down just in case he was pulling me over.
However, the officer then went closer to the guy on the moped a little
ways from me. I still stayed behind them just in case he was pulling
both of us over. After this went on for about a minute another car
rushed around me, so I figured I was good to go. I have no clue what the
moped driver did to get pulled over, put I was very happy it didn't end
up being me!!! So beware! They do actually pull people over here in
Japan!
~Kristi
Oh and here is a photo of our little car. I love it and it makes driving so much easier over here to have it!
Russell's First Post!
Hello from half way across the world. Things are going well out here, we
are officially out to sea and the weather could not be worse. I feel
like a ball rolling around in that little bingo wheel most of the time,
but I've heard that the typhoons should break up soon and I'm looking
forward to some smooth sailing. Ship life is much like I remember it,
duty every six days, sick call all day long (apparently people don't know
that they are only supposed to get sick during working hours), people
getting seasick, others hitting their heads of low hanging objects often
requiring sutures, if you don't know the ship is not really designed for
anyone over five and a half feet. We have taken the Marines on board so
everything I just mentioned has doubled. The line to get food is over an
hour long, and they don't even have the courtesy to hang one of those
signs like they do at Disneyland telling you 60 minutes from this point.
Oh ya, no Fast pass either. Obviously I can't say where I'm at or where
I'm going, so do this, close your eyes and picture in your head
someplace exotic and beautiful, clear skies and warm weather, a hammock
tied up under a palm tree, a local serving you a drink you can't even
pronounce. Now look a little more closely around your surroundings, you
won't see me there. Ok I know that was a little cheesy, but if you
closed you eyes like I said you aren't even reading the rest of this
anyway and you'll never know. That's about all for now, we miss you and
keep us in your thoughts, give Kristi a phone call every once in a
while, or send a text, or an email. If you think I've got it rough try
getting settled in a foreign country where you don't even speak the
language. Imagine the phone call to the cable company to get Internet
hooked up, and all of the other things you have to do (it would be to
long to talk about everything). Now try doing it all alone. She is truly
tougher and stronger than any of us will ever know. Talk to you soon.
Love you.
~Russell
are officially out to sea and the weather could not be worse. I feel
like a ball rolling around in that little bingo wheel most of the time,
but I've heard that the typhoons should break up soon and I'm looking
forward to some smooth sailing. Ship life is much like I remember it,
duty every six days, sick call all day long (apparently people don't know
that they are only supposed to get sick during working hours), people
getting seasick, others hitting their heads of low hanging objects often
requiring sutures, if you don't know the ship is not really designed for
anyone over five and a half feet. We have taken the Marines on board so
everything I just mentioned has doubled. The line to get food is over an
hour long, and they don't even have the courtesy to hang one of those
signs like they do at Disneyland telling you 60 minutes from this point.
Oh ya, no Fast pass either. Obviously I can't say where I'm at or where
I'm going, so do this, close your eyes and picture in your head
someplace exotic and beautiful, clear skies and warm weather, a hammock
tied up under a palm tree, a local serving you a drink you can't even
pronounce. Now look a little more closely around your surroundings, you
won't see me there. Ok I know that was a little cheesy, but if you
closed you eyes like I said you aren't even reading the rest of this
anyway and you'll never know. That's about all for now, we miss you and
keep us in your thoughts, give Kristi a phone call every once in a
while, or send a text, or an email. If you think I've got it rough try
getting settled in a foreign country where you don't even speak the
language. Imagine the phone call to the cable company to get Internet
hooked up, and all of the other things you have to do (it would be to
long to talk about everything). Now try doing it all alone. She is truly
tougher and stronger than any of us will ever know. Talk to you soon.
Love you.
~Russell
Just to get started....
Hello everybody!
So to just give you a little background, Russell and I are going to be starting this blog where we will post our adventures, thoughts & random fun stuff about living in Japan and traveling around Asia. This will mainly be for our friends and family that do not have a facebook and yet still want to see photos and little spits here and there from us. Russell has even decided to chime in every now and then and post something from the ship. He is a great writer and I love how you can see his personality directly from his words. My sentence structure and grammar really lack, but I promise I will try hard to make everything readable. So here goes nothing!
~Kristi
So to just give you a little background, Russell and I are going to be starting this blog where we will post our adventures, thoughts & random fun stuff about living in Japan and traveling around Asia. This will mainly be for our friends and family that do not have a facebook and yet still want to see photos and little spits here and there from us. Russell has even decided to chime in every now and then and post something from the ship. He is a great writer and I love how you can see his personality directly from his words. My sentence structure and grammar really lack, but I promise I will try hard to make everything readable. So here goes nothing!
~Kristi
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