The beginning of M-san

[forever_wandering]

日本語の版：http://ameblo.jp/eternalkirichan/entry-11201912881.html



My last entry was so sloppy. I'm a little embarrassed.FIXED! 
We got $5,900 from the insurance company for the car, which means we still need to borrow money from the bank if we want to get a semi-decent car we can consider safe. We're keeping an eye out an our fingers crossed.  

Things with M-san went great. However, before I can write about all of that I need to re-wind and write about a few other things that make our relationship so interesting. So, here I go. Taking things back to the beginning! 

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We had met on-line for the purpose of language exchange, but in only a few short months, we were laughing and talking over the phone as though we had been friends for years. So when I told him I'd be going back to meet Take's mom, he picked out a few days to meet up, and that was that. Our first meeting took place at Asakusa. Even though I had been there many times before, I told him I had never been there when he confessed that despite living not too far away, he had never bothered going himself.  "Are you sure you've never been here?" He'd ask every time I'd correct his directions. I'd laugh and shake my head thinking "I haven't been here in days." 

We decided to take a picture to commemorate the occasion, however we couldn't decide who would ask someone to take the picture. We ended up playing janken-pon in order to decide. "Ok, ok! If I win, you ask. If you win, I'll let you ask," I told him. See what I did there? I'm clever =D. In the end, he asked another couple to take our picture.  

"If you come up with me and pray," He began to ask me as we approached the shrine, "You're not going to go to hell cause you're Christian, right? It's not against your religion?" I wanted to laugh, but instead all I say is, "I dunno. God could strike me down with lightning at any second..." We argue back and forward a bit about the consequences of me going up to pray with him, then finally head up. I drop a few coins, pray with him, and as we head down the stairs he looks at me, smirks and says, "I bet you're going to go to hell."  

Ahahahahaha.....jerk. 

I give him a cheeky smile, "I never travel alone." 
He grins back, "My bags are always packed." 

I knew it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 
And the beginning of the story of Zia and M-san.* 

Comments

[cocojewels.livejournal.com]

WOOOOW ! Is that the guy you where talking about last time ?
Kyyaaaahhhh Things are going pretty well with the 2 of us guys ! Keep'on Keep'on ! I am so happy for you ~ *biiiiig huuuuug*

[kurikuribebi]

Yes, this is the guy I was talking about last time...Only it's the him from last year. He doesn't look anything like that now, lol.
But I wanted to write about our relationship from the beginning because as I think about it, we have a really comfortable relationship and I want to remember it =D

Thanks for the support bb!

[angelachibayuy.livejournal.com]

Aww the guy sounds really sweet. Glad you had a good time.

Hopefully something works out with the car, I mean you can probably buy a decent used one off of someone for that price.

[kurikuribebi]

Thanks, I can't wait to get to writing about the most recent outings with him, but I can't do that without explaining how we got to where we are. Ugh. I should have been a better blogger before! lol.

You know, that's what WE thought! For $5,000 we could get a fairly decent used car...
But we were wrong. Even when we checked Craigslist, used cars on average started at $5,000. We checked out a couple today but when we actually drove them, we realized there were things we'd have to fix, and the cost of the car + repairs wasn't worth it.

What happened to the days where used cars were around $4,000 tops?

[angelachibayuy.livejournal.com]

Wow that does make it difficult to get a car then x_x Yeah I swear when my friends were looking a few years ago you could easily get an older but still runs well used one off of someone for under that.

But yes, I do want to hear the story of this M-san.

[kurikuribebi]

Exactly! And if a car needed repairs, they would be minor ones such as car seat covers, a wiper blade or a hub-cap. Now car repairs on these used cars include fixing batteries, brakes, locks... This is what kills me. If there is something like this wrong with the car, how can it be worth more than $5,000 to start?

People these days. Bah.

[sillysoul.livejournal.com]

Wow it really sounds like you had a great time with him! He sounds like a very nice guy and you seem to hit it off well (especially considering your sense of humour! :-))

[kurikuribebi]

Hehe, yeah...my humor. It's a killer.
I'm lucky that he speaks enough English to not only understand when I'm joking, but to also in most cases, be able to joke back. Maybe it's wrong of me to say this but, the better he gets at it, the more I feel like a mother listening to her child learn how to speak. The first time he used sarcasm with me, I was all smiles the entire day. lol.

[jimjamjenny.livejournal.com]

He sounds really cute! :D

I hope you're able to find a good but cheap car! I don't think I commented on the entry about the crash but I'm really glad that you're okay.

[kurikuribebi]

He is, sometimes. I really enjoy my time with him, but I sometimes see myself comparing him to Take. At those moments, I don't find him cute at all =(

[kuroshin.livejournal.com]

This looks like the blossoming of something new...

[kurikuribebi]

I'm not sure what it is, but it's definitely fun!

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Aww, such a cute story!
Looks like you guys have a lot of fun. I'm glad to read about this! ^^

Sorry, I'm not around much recently. :(

[kurikuribebi]

No problem! I know how things are for you now =)