End-of-the-year Party!

Mansur and Takashima

Dinner was great!

Smile ladies!

Last Wednesday, December 21st, was my last day of school this year. I only had class in the morning and as soon as it was over, I walked down home and prepared a healthy Japanese style soup for lunch! While we ate it, the phone rang and a friend invited us to a party that evening.
At the end of every year, Japanese companies organize parties for all of their employees. Takashima is a friend, who became a Christian at our church a year ago, but who has known Mansur for a few years now. He is the boss of a wedding company and Mansur and I have both worked for him a few times. He is also a professional piano player and plays for some of the weddings his company organizes.
He invited us to this dinner and asked Mansur to talk to the public about the meaning of a few important steps that make up a wedding, like the entrance of the bride and her father, the lifting of the veil, the ring exchange, etc.
We had a great time at the party! We both won prizes for the BINGO game. I got a Tiffany open-heart pendant! A few people sang and danced! At the very end, I sang Bossa Nova. We left the restaurant at 2:30 a.m. and took a cab from Osaka to Kobe. Takashima's company paid for it though! It was quite a long day!