Returnees Anonymous, The Return

So, to prove some people wrong that we met for the first and last time back in December, our Returnees Anonymous group congregated again last night. (Mind you there was also a sushi party hosted by Kris in between.) The discussion included, among others:

1) Kyle's upcoming baptism (including many questions from the soon-to-be godmother and advice on how to keep a straight face while Kyle renounces the devil in Bulgarian (?!?))

2) Kyle's and Petya's summer wedding (including a discussion of potential music choices and DJs, significant pressure not to include the song Бяла роза (White Rose) in the mix or at least include it in a remixed version, and how to video-conference in friends who won't be able to attend)

3) Wedding planners in Bulgaria--who have started experimenting with themes, e.g., you can have a wedding with a Japanese theme (now why you would need that if you are not Japanese is beyond me... but anyhow)

3) The new accountant at the Japanese Embassy in Sofia and his "mission" to make the pine trees in the garden of the embassy more Japanese-like by chopping off their tops and side branches (turning them into trapezium-like vegetation)

4) The Japanese Embassy's pregnant cat (and how that has nothing to do with the funny smell stemming from the basement)

5) How Bulgarian administration mostly sucks (you can refer to the previous post for an example or read up on petya's and kyle's adventures)

Anyhow, as you can see, it was a fun evening. Next scheduled meeting: Kyle's baptism, sometime mid-end of May, at a monastery near Botevgrad.