The Force is with me!
Hello again! So it is still my birthday, and I've had a great day of staying cool indoors (still stupid hot outside; bring on Autumn!), skyping family and playing games with friends. My birthday is normally in Winter, being from the Southern hemisphere, and so it is a very different experience here when people are away on holiday and enjoying their Summer. A more uniquely Japanese aspect to my birthday is that it falls close to, or on, a public holiday (Mountain Day), giving me a three day weekend on which to enjoy birthday celebrations. This year Claire and I had a pretty busy three days; starting with watching the NZ-Australia Bledisloe Cup match with some other New Zealanders at a craft beer bar in Roppongi; featuring huge pizzas and good beer (even though NZ lost that particular game). The next day was something I had been looking forward to since a long time ago; the Star Wars Identities exhibition - basically a huge collection of Star Wars props from across the films, mo