Mike & Emily's Going Away Party

So another disappointing thing about Nova going bankrupt is that a lot of our friends are going home because they were unable to find another job and ran out of money. Last week was a going away party for Mike and Emily at Donkey Pub. Trevor left the week before, James & Louise before that...sigh.

You've seen other posts of us at Donkey, it is a small bar in Akashi that a lot of Nova teachers go to to play darts and have some beers. The owners 'Mommy' and 'Master' are a couple about our parent's age and are super nice. They speak some English and are always very excited to see us. They have drinks with us and play darts with us too. They usually are closed on Sundays but last sunday they opened up especially for Mike & Emily's going away. (Mike has been going there for darts every Thursday for the last 5 years)

It was a lot of fun but sad too because our group of friends here is getting smaller and smaller. Mike and Emily are both from Australia so it will be quite a while before we see them again.

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This is us with Mike - He doesn't normally smile like that, he just wanted to look weird so we would remember him that way...