I have been really busy over the past few days preparing for my friend Donican’s Farewell Party. She is leaving for Japan in a week and I’ll miss her terribly but I’m also excited for her because she’s following her dreams and I think she’s going to have a fantastic experience living in Japan!
On Tuesday we went shopping for party supplies, and afterwards took this cute Purikura. We had to carry five kilos of rice around town for a bit, which made the day tiring but it was great to get to spend some time with Doni before she heads off. On thursday I baked Madeleines and made a big tray of Inari zushi. Friday afternoon I spent making Onigiri! I made 44 onigiri in different flavours and I think I’m a lot faster at them now! It was great to have the chance to cook so much and help cater for the party.
It was getting late by the time I finished and I had to rush to put on my costume before Jeff and Emily arrived to give me a lift and help get the food there. The theme was ‘Japan’ of course, and I went as a school girl (having a chance to wear my lucky star cosplay again!) I also had a pair of giant chopsticks! Jeff, Emily and Christine all came as different types of sushi so we had a human bento box!
Donican hired out a hall for the party and had a projector set up to play videos and games on. She was very creative with the games too! We were split in to teams and each competed at a series of tasks to get points. The first was chinese whispers which was actually really hard because the lines we had to remember were so long! We also had a quiz on how well we knew Donican and played a word guessing game based off Taboo. It was a really great way to get everyone mixing and I made some new friends. Our team came second!
The atmosphere at the party was really fun and friendly (and Donican has great taste in music) I really enjoyed the whole evening and I hope she did too! It was a wonderful send off.
