Another Wedding!

Congratulations Maki and Paul.


Last weekend Shoichi and I attended my friends' Maki and Paul's wedding. It was held at the beautiful Gehinkan reception hall in Senri-chuo in Osaka. (Quite a train ride!) Maki looked lovely in a dress she designed herself and a very 60's ish hair-band with pink flowers. Paul also looked handsome (but a little nervous) in a stylish gray tux. They had a wonderful ceremony in a little chapel on the grounds that was surrounded by beautiful greenery. Then they had a standing buffet reception with fresh sushi and delicious chocolates and Mont Blanc cakes for dessert.


It was great because I got to see my friends Tsukasa, Yamada and Mizuho again, who I hadn't seen in a long time, as well as Maki's sister Mari, and also because I got to introduce Shoichi to everyone. (On a side note, I realized I'd never known Mizuho's last name, but it turned out that she also is named Kanou [with the same kanji], so we went around telling everyone that she and Shoichi were brother and sister!) We all had a great time at the wedding, and then for the after-party we went to a big izakaya (pub) in Senri-chuo called Hokkaido and ate, drank, and were merry. I love after-parties! Speaking of which, Shoichi and I will be having our own one of these days... (maybe)

P.S. Check out a new post on Let's Signing (for reals this time!)

The Name's Kanou; Becki Kanou

As of yesterday I am officially Rebecca Dorothy Kanou. I applied for my new passport about 2 weeks ago and it came in the mail yesterday; I am so, so, so, so, exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiited!

But now comes the sucky part; I have to go around or call around to basically everywhere and fill out a whole bunch of forms changing my name on my bank cards, cell-phone, gym membership, Alien card, etc. etc. Oh well!

Goog Morninger!

PS I prefer to spell it 'Kanou' with a 'u' but the Japanese Passport Agency prefers it without, so that's how it's spelled on Shouichi's passport ('Kano Shoichi' instead of 'Kanou Shouichi'), and that's how I spelled it on mine, for consistency...

We Tied the Knot!

As of 11:30 on August 20th 2007 Shoichi and I are officially married! Yeah!

We went down to the Sanda City Hall and filled out all the various documents, had them signed by two witnesses (Thanks, Tristan and Luke, You guys rock!) and we are now legally married. I still have to go to the American Consulate to get my name officially changed on my passport, but from now on I'm Kano Becki!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy I'd be dancing a jig if it wasn't for this darn broken toe!

Goog morninger!

What are these?

Um... You can probably guess, right?

Pretty cute, if I do say so myself!