Spring should be coming but we are hit with a snowstorm today.
This kind of weather always makes me want to go somewhere warmer, but unfortunately, the salaryman life/salary affords no such luxury at the moment. Instead, I cooked up an Okinawan feast of stewed pork liver, stewed pork belly, bitter gourd stir fry, pickled onion shoots, fermented tofu, bonito sashimi and various other goodies to remind ourselves of warmer places. Being an Okinawa theme also meant we had to have Awamori, the liquor of Okinawa. Through rather terrible sanshin playing, lots of food and alcohol, it was a wonderful distraction from the cold weather we are still experiencing.
On another note, less and less of my friends seem to be around as of late... I do miss long vacation time...
