Good times

One of my friends from Malaysia made a visit to Japan. This was the first time I met him and it's amazing how much we hit it off. We had skyped each other and chatted with each other online a few times. We always had great conversations but you never know how it's all going to turn out when you actually meet the guy in person. He always had a way of making me feel comfortable over the phone and in person, he didn't disappoint. He was just as nice in person...in fact I found him to be such a nice person to be with that my hour of coffee went by too quick. Anyway, we made plans to meet again for dinner after he came back from Wakayama and other Japanese cities.

We met up on a Friday night for dinner and decided to eat Chinese food in Roppongi, since he told me he's never been there. I thought it would be nice because the place is decorated for the Chrismas holidays and is one of my favorite places to be in this city. It was a good decision as he seemed to really enjoy the whole place. We went to one of my favorite Chinese restaurants where all the waiters and waitresses are Chinese and are usually unfriendly. Amazing thing is that my friend got them to smile!!! What a miracle because my friends and I always tell people how unfriendly the staff members are here. It must be a language thing ( he spoke Chinese with them) or he must be really good with people in general.

After dinner, we went to get something warm to drink since we were both practically shivering and shaking in our pants. I got a caramel latte and I think he got an orange juice. We then moved on to Shinjuku to hit some gay bars. We bar hopped all night. One of my English students joined us around 2am and we all had a great time.

Then on Monday, we spent the day at Disney Sea. It was his first time ever at a Disney theme park so I was looking forward to showing him around one of my favorite places. He was totally scared to go on any of the thrill rides but he went on all of them except for one(it was not operating...lucky him!)attraction. He handled them all very well and I plan on taking him to Disneyland next time. We had some good meals and deep, meaningful conversations. It was a perfect day and I was sorry to see him leave the next day. I miss him already...