Married

Ritsuko and I got married, this Friday on February first 2008.

We've been dating for four years and living together for almost two so we doubt it's a huge surprise for anyone. If you wonder why you weren't invited to the ceremony, stop fretting - we didn't have one. Just the two of us filing the paperwork at the ward office, followed by dinner in Kobe at our favourite Indian restaurant ("Raja", just south of Motomachi station, off the east end of Chinatown in case anyone wonders).

Saturday next week we're off to northern Hokkaido. We are both more than a little obsessed over food and Hokkaido has some the best Japanese seafood in the country (and perhaps the best Ramen in the world), so going there in the middle of the winter is not nearly as strange as it may at first appear. I'll post pictures after the trip.

Aiden

My nephew Aiden was born this weekend (hi, Aiden!), making my sister a proud mother, our parents into grandparents and transforming myself instantly into the kind of disreputable uncle that the parents hope will not have too much of a bad influence on the children. I'll have to start reading up on loud, messy, experiments with common household items at once.