Just wanted to let everyone know that I was granted a work visa for another year with Interac as my sponsor, so no more excitement concerning that. I should be finding out in the next couple of days where exactly I will be working and once that happens Ayuko and I can start planning our move up to Tokyo. Hopefully I won't be placed too far from her work, but I'll know soon enough I suppose.

I met two of Ayuko's friends today separately, Kano and I'm afraid I can't remember the other girls name. The first one was surprisingly masculine in not only her manner and way of speaking, but also in the fact that she drove a full size motorcycle that reminded me of a smaller Harley. She said it weighed over 600 pounds and as Ayuko was anxious for me to sit on it so she could take pictures I thought I'd see how hard it was to work with. Definitely not the easiest thing to lift off of the kickstand, nor maneuver down the driveway at a backwards walk. However when her friend left she was able to do so with little difficulty and then roar away in a blast of noise. Impressive woman indeed.