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| My friend Chucky, Charles Heunemann from Sydney, Australia. Chucky and I used to go dancing together a lot! He once came to Tokushima for Awa Odori, too! Also we loved to hang out in a pub called "The Aubury" on Oxford Street in Darlinghurst. He is looking very hansome and corporate in this picture, but that's his disguise. He's pretty wild and crazy once he gets out of his business suit. Recently Chucky looked after Yukari Hinode (of Universal Studios Inc.) and her husband when they traveled to Australia, and even let them stay at his home where he and his girlfriend Rowena lived. Thank you, Chucky, and send me another picture of yours that shows the more real you! |
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| Left: The Aubury today |
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| back from left: Tony, Vasili, Bob front from left: Tamaki, Kaori, Keiko ATTENTION TO TONY'S SHIRT! One hot summer night in 1999, we went dancing to "Qoo" in Umeda, Osaka, then popular among us because they played great 80's pops on every Wednesday. We just kept dancing until midnight, and when we came out, Tony's shirt was soaked with his sweat! It's hard to tell this shirt was originally light gray, not navy blue! We always had a great time at Qoo, we kept going back there until they finally closed down in the summer of the following year. |
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| Congratulations, Urashima-san!! The bride is my best friend from high school, and she just got married in my hometown, Tokushima, Japan. She is looking very elegant and beautiful in her dress, but she is a tough, smart career woman once she gets out of it. Urashima-san, I'm wishing you all the best and a wonderful new life with your sweet husband!! Write me when you have time! |
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| right: Yayoi (rear left), is also my best friend from hight school, who sent me the recent picture of her and her 3 boys!, and her mother (rear right). She has such a wonderfut, and BIG family. I feel so behind now... We were sitting in the same classroom and talking about all the cute boys in town 17 years ago, weren't we?? Well, 17 years can definitely make a huge difference between the lives of 2 people...Are you going to try for a girl, Yayoi? |
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| Here is another great family of my friend from high school. Yasuyo and her husband, Taka-san, and her son, Ryo. They live in Saitama, and kindly let me stay at their house when I had to go to the American Cousulate in Tokyo in January. Yasuyo and I met for the first time in 8 years we had a lot to catch up so we (and Taka-san) stayed up until very late and talked a lot over a lot of beers and shochu! Thank you very much for your generosity! |