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<\/a>\n We went to Kawasaki Daishi temple. I was exhausted so at first I didn\u2019t want to go, but I had some ice cream and got energetic, so we went. I\u2019m so glad we did. <\/p>\n
We went to my favorite sembei shop! Goto-san told the owner I was a pro who was fighting in the UFC (which isn’t exactly true…I fought in TUF, the results of which are unknown now), and he FREAKED out and said wanted my autograph, and gave me a bunch of free crackers! \ud83d\ude00 haha I love them! <\/p>\n
We met G-san’s wife and had dinner at a really nice Italian restaurant in Cinechitta. <\/p>\n After that, I went back to my apartment, got my suitcases and lugged them to Yokosuka. Omg it was hard. I met Brittany after she got back from training on the last train, at 1 AM. Hah<\/p>\n On Friday, we woke up, relaxed, and then went to give my apartment keys back. Turns out I\u2019m going to get back 92,000 yen out of my 116,000 deposit!! ($920 out of $116,000)! Yay! That\u2019s minus the cleaning fee, and actually I damaged the walls, but I dunno if they noticed\u2026 lol<\/p>\n I was so stressed out, though. Thanks, Brittany, for being with me through this process. I really needed a good friend just to be there for me, and she took the day off from work for me. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I love you ;_;<\/p>\n Man, I loved my little pizza-shaped apartment. The last thing I took down were the green curtains that my host mother gave me as a house-warming gift 8 years ago when I first moved to Japan. I knew I had to throw them out and got overwhelmed with everything. Brittany, being a little paparazzi ninja, captured the moment. ;_;<\/p>\n We then went to our favorite maid caf\u00e9 \u201cHoney Honey,\u201d were the waitresses dress up and call you master \u201cor mistress.\u201d There are some sketchy ones, but this one was nice, and we got our favorite huge-@$$ parfait! Brittany tried so hard to get me to dress up, but I wouldn\u2019t. I can\u2019t! I\u2019m sorry :{ But we still took funny pictures! We visited the ISAMI MMA goods store to get GroundandPound gloves. I didn\u2019t want to pay $80 for them, but I wanted them. \uf04c So I tried them on and\u2026.I kind of convinced myself that I didn\u2019t want them. Sato-san, the staff member and also Groundslam member said, \u201cOh um all of them are reserved anyway.\u201d Huh? Fine -_- I looked at other ones, but I didn\u2019t like them! I was so bummed out. We left. Blarg<\/p>\n I had my last practice at Groundslam. Katsumura-san showed the ninja choke from a billion different positions. \ud83d\ude00 Then we sparred. I sparred with Brittany, Katsumura-san, Steve, and Goto-san. I nearly cried every time because it would be our last time\u2026for a while! Who knows in life, really? Then Goto-san held mitts for me, but I didn\u2019t spar because I couldn\u2019t find my mouth guard, and my back hurt. :\/<\/p>\n After training, we had a goodbye party! They brought out cake! Kubota-san came just to see me! He had been in a bad car accident and had been in a comma for a month. Then hospitalized for 4 months. I was so worried about him..he was a regular training partner in morning classes. Big brother Steve and I! So touched. And Katsumura-san gave me the pound gloves that I wanted so badly!<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nThank you for the presents, everyone! <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Taneichi-san, a chiropractor who sometimes helped me at the gym when I was in pain! \ud83d\ude00 Thank you!<\/p>\n
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