- This week I got from the City Office a notice asking me to renew my Alien Registration Card (Gaijin Tourokusho). The Alien Card is a document which the Japanese Gov. issues for all foreigners living in Japan. Its possession on your person is obligatory at all times, and it is a point of contention which isn’t really the point of this post. Once my mother told me that a sign of the passing of the time was when she had to renew her driver’s license, which are issued for 5 or 10 years in Brazil. When I got the letter for the Office, I felt the same way - the fact that finally came the time for me to renew my Alien card was a small sign of how long I have already been living here. (The renewal process itself is fairly painless - just bring a couple of pictures to print a new card).
- Talking about how long, last week was my birthday. I held two small parties, on saturday and sunday, so I could accomodate more people at my apartment, and both were quite fun. On saturday I made strogonoff, and on sunday I tried to bake a cake, but managed to burn my mixer (the cake still came through). On both days we played plenty of Mario Kart wii, and board games, like Carcassone, Munchkin and Texas Hold’em. Pics Here.
- Saturday, Hugo commented that it would be almost one year already since we started playing 4th Edition. I really didn’t see that time passing by.
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