Year End Party
One of the things Japanese people like to do is celebrate and so any old occassion will do. The most notorious ones are the famous c.q. infamous "Year End parties", Bonenkai 忘年会 . 
The department where you work, the clubs you are a member of or whatever organisation you belong to will organize one of these...so however many organisations, so many Bonenkai you will be expected to participate in. It is once again a get-together with that fabulous "drink-as-much-as-you-can" system with food thrown in. This time we (dutch students and our tutors) headed for Deshima Wharf where we had very good G & T's indeed and a sort of Chinese fondue. A pot with hot broth you put vegetables, meat and noodles in to, let it simmer for a while and then you pick out whatever is left or whatever you can find again and eat it. Loved it. The G & T's were rather strong here so could only manage 6 or 7. Headed for a Starbucks afterwards with Alex to have a couple of strong Café Lattes. Had a hangover for the first time while being here in Nagasaki...
Witnessed a beautiful scenery today ..... snow showers while the sun was shining ..really amazing.
One more week and I'm off to Amsterdam. Paul is already in Chang Mai, North Thailand, for a conference/debrief or something and will fly back home in a couple of days. I'm sure there will be a X-mas tree and loads of prezzies (for me ???) under it...One can hope, can't one?
The department where you work, the clubs you are a member of or whatever organisation you belong to will organize one of these...so however many organisations, so many Bonenkai you will be expected to participate in. It is once again a get-together with that fabulous "drink-as-much-as-you-can" system with food thrown in. This time we (dutch students and our tutors) headed for Deshima Wharf where we had very good G & T's indeed and a sort of Chinese fondue. A pot with hot broth you put vegetables, meat and noodles in to, let it simmer for a while and then you pick out whatever is left or whatever you can find again and eat it. Loved it. The G & T's were rather strong here so could only manage 6 or 7. Headed for a Starbucks afterwards with Alex to have a couple of strong Café Lattes. Had a hangover for the first time while being here in Nagasaki...
Witnessed a beautiful scenery today ..... snow showers while the sun was shining ..really amazing.
One more week and I'm off to Amsterdam. Paul is already in Chang Mai, North Thailand, for a conference/debrief or something and will fly back home in a couple of days. I'm sure there will be a X-mas tree and loads of prezzies (for me ???) under it...One can hope, can't one?
posted by 狩人 (Hunter in Japanese) @ 12/18/2005 07:58:00 pm
1 Comments:
At 4:08 am,
Anonymous said…
Well I'm glad to hear that you are having parties too. Haven't had a hangover myself - but then again I never do. Sickening, isn't it? One of our boys in the office, Ben, got rather drunk after the "do" last week and managed to lose his i-pod, company mobile phone, and briefcase. He was quite "salaryman" drunk. Last seen at 03.00 in Kensington trying to get a cab home. He made it home but the items did not. Had Simon (The Gran Canaria one) over for dinner last night. Had a really great time. Was lovely to see him. I made a lasagne which was universally acclaimed - unlike my chutney!!! We had a laugh in West 5 and then home a little tipsy but not drunk. Probably won't be able to get together with him again until after the mad holiday season. He's nice. Like him a lot - no romance on the horizon though.
Right I must be off. Going for a drink at the Birdcage with Nigel and, of course, Dean. Off tomorrow to do the Christmas shopping and things and up to Scotland on Friday. Bet you're looking forward to seeing Paul. Not long now. Paul, have a ball and see you very soon.
Love Chris, xxxx
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