Cold.

Have been back for almost a week already and it’s the lazy bones at work again, since I didn’t update my little journal for about that long.

My second last day in Tokyo was spent aimlessly walking around Shibuya. I bought a puzzle for my brother at church, and some clothes for myself – you read me right, I found clothes that fit me in Tokyo of all places. I spent about 10000 yen on a jacket, a long-sleeved t-shirt and a jacket, which I thought was fair enough. But what I feel quite amazing is that I could never find anything that fits me in Hong Kong, and yet on my second visit to Tokyo I spotted a shop that sold clothes that fit me and look nice! Now there’s another place for me to get my clothing!

The match between Japan and Hong Kong wasn’t exactly memorable for the match itself, but for the rain and wind that accompanied throughout the game. Luckily I had my thick down jacket on, otherwise I would have pretty much frozen by the time Tulio Marcus Tanaka scored the second goal against Hong Kong. The HK Reds lost 3-0, but against a top team like Japan, I think that’s a respectable score. As for me, the night would always be remembered for the rain and the freezing temperature. I believe it must have been like sub-zero degrees there.

For Friday, I had a walkabout in Shinjuku before meeting the rest of the guys to take the train to the Narita Airport. The flight wasn’t exactly exciting, but I was grateful to Lord that it was very smooth without any turbulence. Touched down pretty much on time, though our banners, which we had to check in, came out late and we were made to leave the airport late as well.

Then the four days of Lunar New Year holidays were pretty much spent aimlessly too.

Went to watch the Lunar New Year Cup at the Hong Kong Stadium yesterday, and to be honest, none of the teams (TSW Pegasus, Kitchee and Pohang Steelers) really interested me, but I was there just to try to do my little bit as a football fan. I thought the games were decent, and it was my first time watching such triangular invitationals. I actually quite liked the concept of playing 3 periods of 45 minutes each, but I guess I could do with slightly higher temperatures – a Hong Kong Stadium that is only 10% full can be a very cold place!

Lately I’ve been getting a lot of wedding invitations – is it a trend to get married? Kinda makes me tempted too (though I probably need to find someone who’s willing to marry me first)!