michael lambe

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

On Saturday, Philippe and I went to Chikyuya, a cheap and tasty eatery at the back of the Hankyu Department store. By sheer chance Nakano-kun and Yoko (staff at the clinic) were there too. We had a bit of a drink together and then Yoko said she wanted to play with fire-works. So we did. Down by the Kamogawa there is a festival, the 鴨川納涼祭り　（”Enjoying the Evening Cool by the Kamo-river Festival”) which is basically just an excuse to sell stuff. But there were some performers there too. Fire-dancers!

This is Philippe’s attempt to achieve the same result with a couple of sparklers:
And here are Philippe and Yoko looking sedate:

Now, I’ve tidied up and added some links to the right of this page. There’s a link to my mate Rik’s page… because he’s my mate. Also, there’s a link at the bottom to his “Key-hole” web-page which is for a dance event he’s promoting in London and you can download or just listen to some tunes there (if you like that sort of thing).

Also, I’ve provided a link to my friends Nico and Yuki’s new guesthouse. If you’re stuck for a place to stay in Kyoto, it’s good and cheap. There are some nice pictures of Kyoto there too, if you just fancy a browse. You can also see some of Nico’s art and crafts, he is both a skilled artist and artisan. Does amazing things with wood. Ahem…

http://gh-project.com/e/home.html

Finally, here’s something that made me laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBsD1xIpJUI&mode=related&search=