So Golden Week is almost over, and on Monday I am hopping on a plane to head to LA for E3; however, I thought I would write a quick recap.

On Friday of last week, I popped down to the Apple store to pick up my newly rejuvenated PowerBook 12″ (which may soon be replaced by the rumored 13.3″ Macbook). While I was there, since Golden Week promotions had begun, I picked up a Golden Week scratch card. Usually all you get is 10% off, or a poster, but someone right in front of me won a Macbook Pro. I was a big luckier than a poster, coming home with a FREE 1GB IPOD NANO! I’m impressed with it, although I was disappointed I had to take white instead of black.

Another piece of good news was news that Mai is going to be joining me at the company that I work for! Too bad she doesn’t start until next April, but I am very excited for her. It is crazy to think that I’ve been at the big C for 8 months already.

The early part of the week revolved around me playing lots and lots of Battlefield on the X360, a game that I am very impressed with. I still have quite a few games sitting around that I need to get on playing, but I love playing on Xbox Live too much, and I believe it kinda sucks away my ability to play other games as completely as I would like. I also picked up a DS Lite for Mai, and she has been playing for a couple of hours a day (SM64 DS… a strange choice, but a good warm up for New Super Mario Bros!)
On Tuesday, Mai and I made some Indian food at home. Chicken Tikka Masala to be exact. Easy to make and it was very tasty. I am pretty sure we will add it to our regular rotation of dinner selections.

Thursday, I visited my old host family and checked out the very western and very well designed Kuzuha Mall. I was really impressed with it. Afterwards, we visited my old host grandparents, going out to dinner and being serenaded by the grandfather, who seems to have taken up Karaoke as a profession; much to the chagrin of his granddaughter, as one can see in this picture.

Last night, we went to go check out Paul Van Dyk at Underlounge in Osaka. It was one of the most insane DJ sets I have ever heard, and probably the best trance set I’ve heard in recent memory. The man definitely deserves his #1 ranking in DJ Mag. It was an insane night.

Mai and I on the way to the event, warming up to a little music.

A stop at Freshness Burger for a classic burger and a cold MGD. I forgot how absolutely terrible US beer is compared to Japanese brews.

Josh (my old Kendo club kohai who is studying at Gaidai) and I bumped into Eshiro from work at the club. He was wearing a killer donkey kong shirt and in his usual party mood.

The man himself.

I like Max’s Prada shades, but I’ll stick with my D&G FTW.

No matter what club I am in, I always bump into Tomoyo!

Mai was in a great mood!
And finally, here is some video insanity from the night.

A note to LiveJournal viewers - These videos are playable without going to YouTube by using the Technolustomega.net blog.

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