I received a lovely parcel today
I had asked my friend in Tokyo (lycanthropebata) about packet curry, the type to put into a big pot when making curry. he offered to send some to me. wow, very nice! very kind. so I accepted graciously.
it turned out that he decided to send a bit more than curry.
I got a big parcel with 2 fans of 'one piece', various tourist niceties of tokyo, guidebook for sunshine plaza, hokkaido geo park, a manga volume (morning manga, like shonen ace), misou packet, ultraman cup noodle, o-cha (japanese tea), very nice noodles, ramen stock, condiments, some burned dvd of zetman and other tv, curry paste ( the one i wanted) and a whole host of ready made packet curry (very nice!) and.... best of all... volume 27 and 28 of guyver!!
there aren't any words to even describe how generous that is, and I can't beging to express how special this parcel was. it was great. a wonderful treat. of course I have sent a parcel to him. unfortunately I am not earning a lot of money so I had to ration what i send and i will send 3 parcels instead of one big one.
I bought mulled wine, welsh ale, welsh fudge, stick of rock, welsh recipe book, tea towel with recipe's and traditional foods on it, book of tales from mabinogion, welsh phrase book, rhubarb and custard sweets, a little fluffy lamb toy, some freshly picked lavendar, a postcard, a tin of laverbread... i think i got more stuff but that's what i can remember for now. It's tough to think about what is unique to the uk and unique to wales, since the english empire brought a lot of stuff from overseas that has become every-day.