Ramblings 1 - response from defence counsel

hello hello -
Im Amanda, steves friend from Australia,
In response to young steves latest post, true - the garbage system is complicated but steve is lazy and i think therein lies the basis of his sanitation issues! The servings are small here but the foods nice and its lovely to have people scream at you when walk in and out a restaurant! or a shop for that matter, or the bank, or the post office....

Other wonderful things about the orient -
-The people are lovely and will say hello if they can - steve and i have had some great people say hello to us, and im sure youve heard his yarn about him being mistaken for tom cruise.
Just quitely, i think that in that moment Steves trip to japan paid for itself.

-The people get really excited about you and your experiences over here. They really love hearing what you think about Japan and why you are here. They are more than willing to recommend things they think you should do or see here.

-It is a beautiful place, Ive never been anywhere where they have a countdown on the news to the peak day for cherry blossom veiwing. When we were at the park i could understand why the japanese get so excited about it. It really was absolutey beautiful.

-The possibilities for cultural exchange are infinite - From your Steve playing with the Allieds in a soccor match on Sunday against a side of people from various countries to him explaining the intricacies of american football ( and how it isnt soft compared to aussie rules) to an ignorant australian.

-Personally, i now say [Sidenote} and {FYI} more than id like to, but all in all the intercultural exchange has been mutually beneficial. Accent workshops are common at social gatherings and im sure we will never tire of continually exchanging australian and canadian expressions.

So in closing i agree with Steve - Crazy crazy Japan, but beautiful and a lot of fun.