Small Fork
Sarah wasn’t happy with just one blog post. She wants me to write about her day out.
Sarah can’t use chopsticks. This doesn’t usually cause a problem as most restaurants are able to provide forks. Tonight I wanted to eat tonkatsu. When our meal arrived I realised that Sarah needed a fork and I asked for one. The waitress rushed away and about five minutes later came back with an apology.
They didn’t have any dinner forks. They only had dessert forks. I told her it was fine and she came back with the little fork and presented it to Sarah on a little plate. Sarah looked horrified and I must admit when I was told it would be a little fork I wasn’t expecting anything quite so small. I managed to stop Sarah from having a hissy fit by telling her that she looked very elegant using such a little fork.
The questions Sarah asked whilst I was writing those few sentences:
- How do you use that computer?
- What’s a Japanese keyboard?
- What’s that light that keeps flashing?
- What could it actually be?
- Is it a thing for planes or something?
- Do you get robes?
- Do you get dressing gowns?
- What was that noise?
- Was that a bird?
- What is that flipping light?
- Why is not happening now that I’m sitting here?
March 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
So what is with the light?
March 26th, 2008 at 1:09 am
It was lightning. The hotel has a large window and every so often Sarah could see a flash. She tried watching for it and got really annoyed when it didn’t seem to have a regular pattern.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Simple enough really.
While UK mainland has had snow and fierce gales, NI has enjoyed sunshine and a few showers1
March 26th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Not that Sarah believed me about the lightning. She has never seen lightning without rain before. She suggested a lighthouse (actually she suggested “you know one of those things that sits in a rock out to sea and spins”), an ambulance, something to guide planes, a camera flash, and workmen. Good to know that she thinks an ambulance can light up a room on the 59th floor of a tower…
Of course when she asked Marty tonight, and he hadn’t even been in the hotel, she believed him when he said it was lightning.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
And I thought that you’d be relaxing for a few days to psych yourself up to Andrew Wilson!
Will the two of them be there together?
May the force be with you…
March 27th, 2008 at 8:56 am
They won’t be here together. One set of guests leaves on Friday morning and then Andrew arrives on Saturday morning.
We will have a guest overlap though – but nothing as scary as the concept of Andrew and Sarah in my small apartment together.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
hiya karen well i didnt no it was lighting becus it was blue n der was workmen below wif lights so a faught it was dem lol.cant wait to go bk to japan it was amazin n so was da hotel thanks karen n marty.
March 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Glad you had a good time. The hotel was lovely – even with the lightning 🙂