Upcoming Nabe Party
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Song: バンザイ～好きでよかった～ Artist: ウルフルズ
Song: Banzai! It’s great that I love you! (rough translation)
Artist: Ulfuls
I’ve got plans for a second nabe party in the works. I had one nabe party a while back, and it was a success, so I thought, heck, that went so well, why not do it again? I had no witty retort to fling in my own face, and thus, it was decided. A nabe party will be thrown once again at my apartment in the near future. Within 3 weeks is what I am hoping for. We shall see how that pans out. I am trying to get a few teachers from Oshima, a few teachers from Yuge, my other Hakata-based buddy Will, and a few other ALTs together for some nabe and possibly a Wii Tennis tournament. Oh yes. There will be tomfoolery afoot, and it will be a really enjoyable evening, if everything goes as planned. (On the other hand…last time I had 7 guests total, I believe. This time it should be somewhere near…11 or 12? Ha ha - that could be a joke in my dinky apartment. We shall see. Maybe I’ll wind up throwing my first multi-room party.) Anyhoo, here’s a picture from the last nabe party I had - officially the first party that I have ever thrown by myself at my place in my whole life. I bet you can guess which one is Will… For those who don’t know, nabe (鍋) means “pot” in Japanese. It refers to the vessel in which a delicious soup of some kind is cooked. My plan is for Kimchi nabe, which is surprisingly not like real Korean kimchi, but quite pleasant in its own way. It’s become my favorite variety. Maybe I’ll graduate up to more complex foods later - like sukiyaki or shabu-shabu. Mmmm… Anyway, the ingredients are usually any assortment of the following: mushrooms, tofu, noodles, radish, meat, seafood, seaweed, dumplings, cabbage, assorted other veggies, etc. It is really darn good. Trust me. Anyhoo. Trivia: You can see the teacher who got me hooked on this song (and some other music) on the left side of the picture below, just above Will. Her name is Aya Matsuura, just like the pop star. Basically everyone gives her grief about it. I think that’s awesome. End trivia. Aileen, now that this song is on my site, I expect you to know it for the next time we hit a Karaoke joint. Fair warning. Shouldn’t be too hard, considering how stoked you were when Josh and I sang it last time. 
