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Yesterday was the last day I will work in 2004 and that made me happy. Today is the emperor`s birthday and so everybody gets the day off. they should do that in England with the queen (and maybe in america with the president as well?) therefore we went to a place called Parque Espana. I have now been in Japan for just over six months as well.

It was good although very cold. We went on a traditional japanese tour package that the majority of Japanese take when on excursions and trips abroad. There were the crazy power-hungry women with flags and every single Japanese person had a camera. shooting away at absolutely anything. There was a specially chartered train for the group with a video camera on the front of it with a plasma screen in the carriages giving you live viewing of the route. I`ve talked about how you get more for your money in Japan and this is another example.

When we got there I went on the rollercoaster which had upside down loops and twists. Right at the start the harness holding me in went up a notch and I thought it had come loose and spent the next minute tihnking i was going to die holding the harness as tightly as possible in so it wouldn`t come free. after several tests I realised it was safe and i began to enjoy it more. There was flamenco dancing which was okay and the food was alright but it was too cold.