Fried chicken with the man of the house

You know what's awesome about Japan? Softbank, there biggest cellular provider, has a black guy who speaks Japanese as there mascot.

Tonight was the night I would finally meet Ayako's father and sister. Was I nervous? Your dam right I was! This was the man of the house who was allowing me to take shelter in his hen house. He don't approve I move. As soon as I walked in the kitchen, there he was. Standing and waiting to meet me like I was some sort of foreign diplomat about to negotiate my stay.

 He was interested in knowing who I was but we didn't get far at all on our own. As soon as he began to talk Japanese It felt as though it was totally a foreign language I hadn't ever heard. Ayako had to translate everything and i felt embarrassed in my language skills. The next morning I would learn that Fukuoka had a different dialect than that of Tokyo and that was why I didn't understand a word. Luckily Okaasan cooked dinner for us and I kept myself preoccupied with eating and barely made conversation.

 Okaasan can make some bomb ass food by the way. She made one of my favorite Japanese meals. Rice, miso soup, and fried chicken! And not just the fried chicken the states are familiar with but Japanese fried chicken. If you never had it, just imagine fried chicken taken and engineered by Japan's greatest minds. A vegetarian would break their code for it.

At some point Yukiko "Ayako's older sister" came through. She was very friendly and took a high interest in conversing with me. Just like her mother, she was very patient and would reword her sentences if I didn't understand. Now that I think about it, I'll make a pen-pal out of her. Ayako later on told me that she is never really that talkative and guessed that my origin being outside of Japan must have brought a strong interest to her.  During our conversation I found out that today was the "White Day" holiday. OMG! I completely forgot.

For those who don't know about "White Day", it is Valentine's Day for women because in Japan "Valentine's Day" is dedicated to the men. I apologized but they said they didn't care about that: meaning that they don't care cause they didn't get anything but would care if they got something. I was gonna have to think something up ASAP. I got four ladies in Fukuoka who need "White Day" love and one has a birthday tomorrow.