Today, my friend flew

"It was not the type of way I wanted to fly." That's what my friend Dino had to say about his experience. 

We were walking back to our traditional Japanese Airbnb and we stopped by our favorite konbini store, 7-Eleven. 

I finally got the chance to have my friends try the amazing frozen chocolate banana chunks that they have and they certainly did not disappoint. 

Oh also, we tried the make-your-own smoothie cups where you just get a cup of frozen fruit and put it into their blender and it serves it for you in your own cup. I bet that I could down the whole thing in 5 seconds. They didn't believe. So, I did it in 3.5 😁

On the way back, we saw a playground. Good urban planning, I'd say. Psi started sprinting toward the swing set, gaining momentum pretty fast, and swinging pretty high. 

I finally caught up to him and gave him a couple big pushes to the point where he was airborne for a solid 2 seconds before completing the pendulum motion downward. 

Then, Dino also got on a swing and started his slow ascent. I decided to help him. Dino is a bit smaller than Psi, so my pushes gave him more height than they did for Psi earlier. He was literally flying and falling with every back and forth. Yet, despite his expertise as an actual pilot (yes, he can actually man a plane by himself), he got scared of the height and let go at the bottom, his bottom hitting the sand first. 

I took one look at his bemused expression and began laughing hysterically. I couldn't stop for a solid minute or two before helping him get up. 

Dino made me pay for his meals for the next two days.