Judging from the long time I have taken to update my blog, you must be already smelling a couple of rats!
Well, let me smoke out the rats. The first rat is that I left my beloved home for three and a half months in Okinawa! It was a very teary day! The rate at which tears flowed through me, I thought that I was going to get dehydrated:)
After the goodbyes had been said, it was time for the next chapter . Embarking on the journey. I wasnt particularly looking forward to the 23 hours journey to my little country! I arrived jet lagged but happy to be home. I will post more entries later.
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Sunday, 19 April 2009
The last days...
As the count down to the end of the course continues, everything is dangerously close to creating tears in my eyes. The past few days have been so hectic. We were busy with writing project proposals and action plans of activities that we are going to implement back home.So it was a crazy 2 weeks of consultations, thinking and reading...I am happy to note that yours truly successfully went through the process and came out hardened and fine tasted!
On Friday last week, it was a chance to let our hair down and enjoy our last days in OIC. Since my group comprises of African students, it was time to have an African party. And African it was! First of all, it started 2 hours after the said time of 7pm. Then as usual, Africans showed the usual stamina. In this party, it didnt matter whether one was Zambian, Rwandese, Kenyan or Namibian...at that time, all music was welcome. The Namibian danced to bongoflava as enthusiatically as I danced to Zambian music.
It was amazing how Africans can pull out dancing strokes! And whats funny is that the non-drunks were the ones brining out the most weird and interesting of strokes.One of the highlights of the night was when our course leader Nana-San joined the party. We were excited and it was amazing seeming Japanese and African dances merge on the dance floor. Oh what a nice night it was. It is sad that it came to an end so soon.
On Saturday in order to fully recover from the Friday fun fair, Karaoke took centre stage. I sang alal the songs I wanted and I am really going to miss my karaoke sessions. Saturday night was also a chance to say bye to some of the participants who left for Tokyo yesterday. Cos by the time they return, we will be gone. Another teary moment there.
On Monday afternoon, Iam making a final presentation of my project...this is the time when everything is being done of the last time.
Well good everything comes to an end...but at the end, it when you look back, you realise that it is better to have been part of it than not at all.
I am going to miss this place and the people in it more.
Sunday, 5 April 2009
The Sushi Experience
Friday evening is always the best moment in almost 
everyone's life! And I am no exception.
So on a cool Friday April 3 I was excited because it was time to temporary forget the action plan business and clear the mind..even if it was for 2 hours.
So Instructors, participants all went down to a sushi restaurant in the vicinity called Uokura. This was a unique restaurant because it only serves sushi.
For those who are not in the know. Sushi refers to an indigenous Japanese dish that consists of cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into bite-sized pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish, or formed into a roll with fish, egg, or vegetables and wrapped in seaweed.
In this restaurant, I saw so many types of sushis some I never knew ever existed! I even got to taste the restaurant's special dish a hamburg sushi! This was meat steak with a ball of rice..it was nice
I had a chance to also eat some fried squid! It was so tasty..I couldnt relate it to that ugly creature that I see in the water bodies! I saw sushi made of raw fish eggs, crab, salmon, Octopus, lobster, shrimps...oh so many some I cant remember
What was unique about the restaurant?
Now I am sounding like Table Talk with Timothy Bukhumune :) And I know some of you might have me for that :)
Apart from it being a sushi only restaurant, there is sort of a bar area where you all sit- bar style. And the cool bit is that instead of having a normal bar table, there is a sort of conveyer belt system. On this converyer belt, different kinds of sushi are placed and they move around the belt.
The chefs were standing right infront of us...just like bar tender style and they were making the sushi as we ate/watched. It was great.Then on the wall above them, there were wooden boards written in Japanese. I was told they contained the names of all the sushi suppliers. I thought that was neat!
The rules of the sushi eating game were:
If you like the sushi type, you pick it off the conveyer belt. However, once you have picked it, you are not allowed to return it.
So this meant that one had to be pretty sure before they picked a plate. And for this our instructors came in very handy! The plates were small, the size of side plates and on each plate where two pieces of sushi
The sushi price ranged from 150 to 250 yen per plate about 1500-2500 Ug X. The price of one sushi was distingushed by the colour of the plate it was placed on. while the plate color and sushi price was reflected on the menu Another rule was that one could pick and eat as many plates as their stomach and wallet could take.
And as one ate, they were supposed to pile the plates they had eaten infront of them. So at the end, each person's plates were counted and a corresponding bill given.
What did I eat?
Well, since it was time to experience..I ate some sushis that I dont recall. But some of the notable ones were fried squid. It was tasty and no different fro
m fried chicken drumsticks.
I also ate a seaweed that tasted like one of the local green vegetables..may be steamed dodo.
I cant recall the taste of the raw shrimp with a bit of soy sauce but it was also wonderful. Then the cram shells I ate tasted just like gizzard..and I would know because I am a heavy gizzard eater:)
So after nine plates of sampling different sushis, I called it a night.It was a good experience...I am glad I went .
Regards
Satisfied Sushi client :)
everyone's life! And I am no exception.So on a cool Friday April 3 I was excited because it was time to temporary forget the action plan business and clear the mind..even if it was for 2 hours.
So Instructors, participants all went down to a sushi restaurant in the vicinity called Uokura. This was a unique restaurant because it only serves sushi.
For those who are not in the know. Sushi refers to an indigenous Japanese dish that consists of cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into bite-sized pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish, or formed into a roll with fish, egg, or vegetables and wrapped in seaweed.
In this restaurant, I saw so many types of sushis some I never knew ever existed! I even got to taste the restaurant's special dish a hamburg sushi! This was meat steak with a ball of rice..it was nice
I had a chance to also eat some fried squid! It was so tasty..I couldnt relate it to that ugly creature that I see in the water bodies! I saw sushi made of raw fish eggs, crab, salmon, Octopus, lobster, shrimps...oh so many some I cant rememberWhat was unique about the restaurant?
Now I am sounding like Table Talk with Timothy Bukhumune :) And I know some of you might have me for that :)
Apart from it being a sushi only restaurant, there is sort of a bar area where you all sit- bar style. And the cool bit is that instead of having a normal bar table, there is a sort of conveyer belt system. On this converyer belt, different kinds of sushi are placed and they move around the belt.
The chefs were standing right infront of us...just like bar tender style and they were making the sushi as we ate/watched. It was great.Then on the wall above them, there were wooden boards written in Japanese. I was told they contained the names of all the sushi suppliers. I thought that was neat!
The rules of the sushi eating game were:If you like the sushi type, you pick it off the conveyer belt. However, once you have picked it, you are not allowed to return it.
So this meant that one had to be pretty sure before they picked a plate. And for this our instructors came in very handy! The plates were small, the size of side plates and on each plate where two pieces of sushi
The sushi price ranged from 150 to 250 yen per plate about 1500-2500 Ug X. The price of one sushi was distingushed by the colour of the plate it was placed on. while the plate color and sushi price was reflected on the menu Another rule was that one could pick and eat as many plates as their stomach and wallet could take.
And as one ate, they were supposed to pile the plates they had eaten infront of them. So at the end, each person's plates were counted and a corresponding bill given.
What did I eat?
Well, since it was time to experience..I ate some sushis that I dont recall. But some of the notable ones were fried squid. It was tasty and no different fro
m fried chicken drumsticks.I also ate a seaweed that tasted like one of the local green vegetables..may be steamed dodo.
I cant recall the taste of the raw shrimp with a bit of soy sauce but it was also wonderful. Then the cram shells I ate tasted just like gizzard..and I would know because I am a heavy gizzard eater:)
So after nine plates of sampling different sushis, I called it a night.It was a good experience...I am glad I went .
Regards
Satisfied Sushi client :)
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