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April 26

VERITAS Japan in Shimbashi

I started the day with some internet updating and such nonsense. I was supposed to meet my old co-workers for lunch, so I headed out before noon to Shimbashi, salary-man central. For those that don't know, this is the business man center of Tokyo. This is where some TV programs go to film drunk salary-men making fools of themselves, and where business and capsule hotels originated.

My coworker and friend Ukechan setup a lunch at an Indonesian place she likes called Indonesia Araya. Dave, an instructor and engineer from the U.K. was visiting, so we got a small group and had a scrumptious meal. The rice had alot of pepper, which made it kinda spicy. What was interesting was that some of the Japanese eaters which normally have no problem eating wasabi, had a hard time with the rice, since pepper isn't a common spicy-spice used in Japan.

Afterwards I hung out at the office, and was informed that there would be 2 parties that night. One was for new hires in the Customer Support department. The second was for an employee that was leaving the Sales department. Needless to say, I went to both, and as usual with this group, I probably ate and drank a little bit too much.

After this episode, I was to stay again at Oimachi, with my friends Teresa and Christer. Teresa herself was still out drinking with a Japanese friend, so when I go there at 12:30 at night, Christer was on his own. I would've gotten there later myself, but I couldn't find Arun's Reggae Bar. I wasn't looking for it because of the drinks, though. I really wanted to try some more Japanese conversation with the rastad-out bartender. Oh well, next time.