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Since I came to the sudden realisation that we are about to leave Tokyo, we have managed to fit in lots of time with friends.

Dan came up with the clever idea of going to the zoo on Friday, so he, Rohan and I spent an enjoyable afternoon in Ueno which included a thrilling 15 second ride on the zoo monorail.

I really should get out with my friends more, they come up with far more interesting things to do than I.

Friday evening, we went to Karaoke and discovered that Jason is an excellent singer and that Patrick can now read the English lyrics on the Karaoke screen. Now we are hoping that there are lots of English songs for Patrick to read along to in Hefei.

After Karaoke, we went to Sizzler for dinner, where we enjoyed our traditional buffet-dinner-before-leaving-a-country. We stuffed ourselves with salad and Australian beef and lamb, which might be a little hard to come by in Hefei.

Miki presented us with an amazing box full of Japanese treats, which we promised to save until we got to China. I don’t think Patrick looked really carefully, so I ate the caramel today, I don’t think he will notice.

Today we had lunch with Yumiko, who afterwards took me to an amazing craft store full of cute crafty things in Kichijoji. I am now well stocked up on materials, sewing books and patterns. So hope I can sew…

Finally, we met with Sachi and her boyfriend this evening, who treated us to a Japanese feast, a night on the town, and then the best ramen in Tokyo. Patrick proved he is very good at cheating at darts, but can win without cheating if necessary.

And best of all, after all that, my hair is still straight!

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