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been meaning to write about the parental trip & kyushu.
it was great - had a nice relaxed time with them. they've really mellowed in the last few years. or perhaps it's just me? don't really know on that one - perhaps a bit of both.
we went to kyushu for 5 days and managed to do 3 prefectures (kumamoto, kagoshima & miyazaki), 2 volcanoes (aso & sakurajima), one castle (kumamoto), lots of roses, palm trees & general greenery. lots of ocean too & some mountains. even managed to squeeze in an onsen everyday (finally found the joy of them - sorry j-ster & indigogirl for realising WAY too late!!)
yeah - it was an all round nice trip. great to get away from home, and great to get the parents all to myself for a while.
also had a big milestone occur during this trip...
for as long as i have smoked (a few years too many) i have always hid it from the parents. little sis always said to me "why? you're an adult, you don't have to hide it". and i guess she was right. just a habit i got into, i suppose...
anyway, one night we were out at a wine tasting that i was translating for, and i got a bit drunk (hey, what's the point in translating about the wine if you haven't tasted it yourself?!)
anyway, once i'd had a few, i couldn't control my nicotine cravings, and thought 'bugger it', apologised to the parents & said that i was going to spoke. and they were remarkably cool about it. got some dirty looks from daddy sin, but mummy sin told him to shut up as he'd been a smoker once, and had no right to preach to me. funny how ex smokers are the strongest anti-smokers...
anyway - that kind of sums up the trip. it was lovely.
and in a nice kind of symmetry, we went to Sata Misaki (Cape Sata). this is the most southern point of mainland japan. if you look at the photo above, you can see a photo i took of the 31 degree line marker. apparently, we were on the somae latitude as Cairo, New Delhi, New Orleans, Shanghai and Karachi.
why was it a nice kind of symmetry? well, because the last trip i took with the parents was to Soya Misaki - the most northern part of mainland japan, way up in hokkaido (near wakkanai) which, for those of you who want to know, is 45 degrees north.
and that was a good trip too!! must be an adult now - i seem to enjoy spending time with my parents!!!
3 comments:
erm... hate to point this out but the reason mummy sin was not shocked by your addiction to cancer sticks is that she smelt it on your clothes when she did your washing when you were a teenager... Yes, she already knew and no, spraying lots of deodorant on your clothes doesn't hide the smokey smell. She has probably been waiting for about 15 years for you to own up. (Never underestimate mummy sin, she knows everything!)
Little Sister
that's kind of scary...
wonder what other things she knows, but doesn't let on that she knows...
but how did YOU know that she knew?
me thinks that sister sin should never be underestimated either...
(and here's me just sailing on oblivious!!)
I got cornered and interrogated by mummy sin about your smoking habits. Because I was about 13 at the time, my answers were all 'dunno. how would i know.' (which would have been my answer to practically any question you asked me at that time).
Little Sister
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