Birthday weekend report...

Dear Gramma,
I am doing well out here in the small town of Shichinohe. How are you? 
I hope you're doing great. I miss you a whole bunch.
I first wanted to thank you very *very* much for the generous birthday present. I put it to good use during my birthday weekend! It happened to be a long weekend in Japan, as well as Canada, so my birthday was a holiday here, too. I like to think of it being a holiday in those countries cuz it’s my birthday and I’m just that special.

Food food food food FOOD!

This month has been full of fantastical meals! Had a couple of 盆宴会 (year end party) with the office crew, we even went to the wilds Aomori City for one of them. You may have heard about an earthquake that hit off the east coast that day, well, we were on the road to the city and I just thought we were on a bumpy patch of road. Haha. Anyway, here are some pictures of food that I got to eat in celebration of 2012.