ayumi-san was an excellent host! you cannot imagine my glee at being able to meet her in tokyo. the dear girl took a 5 hour overnight bus ride just so that we could be in the same place at the same time. she was one of my first friends in stockholm, and it so happened that we were corridormates as well! she stayed in the room right across the corridor from mine and we spent many happy hours pigging out in the kitchen and swapping asian grocer goods. what would i have done without her mirin and dashi :) plus on cold winter days she'd share steaming bowls of miso soup with me as we bemoaned the impossibility of acquiring japanese short grain rice in stockholm. when i returned to stockholm this summer, ayumi-san let me crash in her room and it was just like old times. and just when we thought we were getting good at this whole farewell game, i pop up in tokyo and we picked up where we left of. i maintain that the hallmark of true friendship is low maintenance, but with ayumi-san i just want to keep hanging out with her over and over again.
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