Today I met a student who has recently moved back to Japan having lived on the outskirts of Liverpool for many years. He soon made it quite clear to everyone that I was definitely not Steven Gerrard. Felt quite disappointed by this news. Was starting to believe that I was.
On the subject of football, I had my first experience of a live game on Saturday, which was very exciting. Went to watch Nagoya Grampus win 2-1 against Vegalta Sendai at the Mizuho Athletic Stadium. Nagoya are having a great season this year and are now nine points clear at the top of the J-league. I’ve been told that in Japan, the city whose team wins the league celebrate by having a huge sale across all stores, on all items. Thought this was a very good idea.
In other news, we have yet another national holiday next week (oh, the hardship!). So, instead of going to work, we (GraceCity church) are holding an ‘English style’ barbecue in the park. Whether this English style tag means picking the wettest day of the year and all huddling under one umbrella remains to be seen, but we hope to gather lots of people and I’m certainly looking forward to it.
Hope you are all doing well. Speak soon.
Make sure that the Sausages are proper English ones... ie. no meat content, charcoal on the outside and raw inside.
ReplyDeleteHope it's a great day :)
When are you going to master Scouse?
ReplyDeleteI hope Nagoya clinches both baseball and football championships this year. No more Kashima Antlers!
So baseball, football, what next? Sumo, F1, sudoku, Takeshi's Castle?