The workshop continued today. I was much more tired than yesterday, which was actually surprisingly OK. But today I had to fight to stay away, which meant I could not concentrate 100% on the workshop.
Afterwards we went to Kulturen Östarp. It is an old farm from 16th century, and a restaurant. The food was really good.
I am doing a short visit to Sweden for business. The whole day was workshop and tomorrow will be the same. But tonight I had a chance to see Andreas (who lived in Tokyo for 2 years) and his wife (Stina).
They showed me their new house – a huge one. And then we had dinner at Brunnsgatan. Yummy!
Chie used the whole morning to prepare a lot of yummy food while I used the time to clean the apartment from floor to roof. By 2 pm the food was prepared and the apartment was shiningly clean, and our first guest had arrived.
The other guests arrived shortly afterwards, and Raider Nation Japan party could start. As usual we watched Raider games from the previous season while eating and talking about the previous and upcoming season. What was not so usual was that we watched 3 Raider games and they were all Raider victories 😀
By 9:30 pm Mash-san had to return to Shizuoka by Shinkansen. Everyone else left as well. Chie and I spent an extra 30-40 minutes cleaning up. This is our tradition, and it will feel great tomorrow waking up and know that you do not have to clean 🙂
Some new friends that are arranging with relief help for Tohoku earthquake victims ar preparing a charity flea market this weekend. After work today, Chie and I went there to help them bring all the stuff to the flea market place.
Chie got there by car and I rode my bike there from the office, as it was the quickest way for me to get there. They have already packed everything into the car when I arrived, but at least I helped unloading the 3 cars that we needed to transport everything.
Once the cars were unload everything had to be arranged. Chie and I helped as much as we could, but we were dealing with people in the design and apparel business. Meaning, our (especially my) sense for how to present clothing in order to sell it was not living up to their standards 🙂
After a while I realized that and got to work with things I can do as good as the next guy or girl… Unfolding cardboard boxes and collecting and organizing plastic bags 😛
At 9:30 pm Chie and I decided we could not contribute much more. Besides, we had not had anything to eat since lunch time as we went directly from work to helping out preparing the charity flea market. Quite late we entered Yasaka for some yummy yaki-tori and some fun small talk with the owner Go-kun.
This wekend there is a charity flea market in Ebisu/Naka-Meguro area. Ishihara-san who is the organizer of the group of people we have joined for Tohoku volunteer work will attend. Chie and I will help her set up on Friday evening, using the car.
If you are in the area during the weekend, feel free to drop by.