Went to Shimosanakayama (west Funabashi) to do some cutting with the Chiba crew. Akama-san came out, too as he lives close. He was testing a couple of the swords he's selling. He buys older/thrashed blades, has them repolished, replaces all the fittings himself, and then sells them. Couple of nice blades, too.
Today, as usual, I sucked. Jinrai (rising diagonal cut from seated draw, followed by horizontal cut) was OK, but still can't nail the yoko-ichi monji (horizontal cut from the draw.) Tried about 5 times, had one almost success; hanging by a thread. Other times I either get stuck in the middle or drag out the blade without cutting the whole target. *sigh* Gotta keep cranking.
After cutting went home and sewed snaps onto the sleeves so that I can easily attach my instructor/rank patch. Sewing and ironing are the two things I should never, ever be forced to do. My own personal hell is being forced to iron a dress shirt and sew all the buttons back on. It'd never happen. Laundry I can handle, cooking, washing dishes, vacuuming, dusting, separating the trash, watering the plants...all these and more I can deal with. Just can't iron nor sew. Oh well, nobody's perfect.
Hiroko went up to Azabu-jyuban to meet Haruka so that they could eat kakigori (shaved ice) and then I joined them after getting raped on the Canadian Dollar-Japanese Yen exchange rate at the exchange place in Roppongi Hills(note: Citibank is the only bank in Japan that lets you deposit foreign currency. As long as it's US dollars. You can exchange yen into countless other currencies, but if you are holding a stack of, say, Canadian Dollars, you're screwed.)
We then thoroughly enjoyed My Big Fat Greek Wedding and finished off the evening with a Korean BBQ feast at Sankoen.
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