The Japanese Party

I had the greatest fun with my work group yesterday. One of the members, a Japanese was kind enough to invite us all for dinner and the experience was fabulous.
It was saturday-supposedly an off day for most, but don't be so sure if you are doing an MBA, so I along with a couple of other team mates spent a significant portion of a rather beautiful sunny day working on an assignment. It was exhausting I should say, their faces said it all - but the good news was that the day was heading towards a dinner party with twin effects; you didn't have to cook your dinner and you could expect to have a very nice time.
So we were all gathered at the venue (the hosts flat-infact the kitchen) one after the other, everyone trying to be helpful, it wasn't even needed - the host was ready with everything in place. It was just a matter of jumping into the act and starting with anyway you wanted.
I was a but apprehensive after my recent experience with food at the University Cafe', I couldn't help it but I was so distasteful after what I ate. Fortunately for the the experience wasn't going to be repeated here, the food smelt great and tasted even better, as if customised to my tastes.
Everyone present seemed in the best of their spirits and that made my day, or night or what ever you prefer to call it.
The get together continued into the night, I think 1.30 am, with discussions about cultures, identities, future plans, careers and what not and of course there was always something to munch on to keep us going. It was time people started saying their goodbyes and disappearing into the night and we were left with the crazy gang if you like and one of my friends was in the mood of mischief. It was great, he spent almost one hour teasing the host with his weird sense of humour and everyone enjoyed it so much, including the host ofcourse.
Finally we all thanked the host for the food and more so for the experience and left the place, but for three of us it hadn't ended. For some reason, it was suggested that we should go to the local cemetery to get the thoughts back in place - I am not sure if that was the best idea, but anyways we did it and like the rest of the day, it was wonderful, peaceful at last.