Dinner Parties at Mamiya Hotel

We usually have a dinner party here every week or so. We share food from our own countries because we like hanging out together. The guy in yellow is Moon-kun, and he is the nicest guy I've ever met. I can't explain it in English, but in Japanese, he's very yasashii and he always ki o kiiteiru (noticing the ki in the room and responding to that by helping people out with what they need without needing to ask them what they need). He is so nice that I'm not sure if he likes me or that's him normally--I'll have to find a way to figure it out.

The guy in the front divebombing for the nearest available girl is Fukui-ken, cho inaka (totally from the sticks Japan). He's so country he practically speaks two languages. Most of us in the pic are international students. We joke around that he is studying abroad from Fukui. He is such a perv that he broke my brain the first day we met. That felt really new and good. He makes me laugh so hard that I come home from parties he was at still laughing my ass off. You would not believe the stuff he does, but it's him so I totally believe it.

The girl kneeling next to me is Min-chan. She is cool and we share a lot of the same interests. Kiyo J-Z on the far left is from China (Tsintao), and she always hooks me up with good Chinese digital swag. All of us girls like the same Korean hip hop bands, which is so cool because now I can share my love of K-pop with people who are also into it.

Shang and Liu standing there in the back left corner are two nice guys from Malaysia. Shang is quiet and Liu is super cute in a younger brother kind of way. Liu reminds me of the Chinese superstar Jay Chou in some ways.

I love the people here!!!