oh yeah, international travel.

Ooops. Maybe should have mentioned this before I left, but I spent the last week in Hong Kong!  I have so much I want to write about so I’m trying to pare it all down so you don’t have to sludge through a long entry of “and then we…and after that we went to..” and [...]

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nonstopweekendwrapup

This weekend has been easily the busiest of the year, so I have lots to write about that I just haven’t had time for. The Set-up: This last week was full of preparations – I’ve been staying after school coaching my two students for the city-wide English speech competition.  We’ve been practicing for a little [...]

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hiroshima – its more than just the most depressing place in the world

I went to Hiroshima this weekend!  You know you’ve been in Japan a long time when “Hiroshima” is no longer synonymous with “we killed a lot of people” and has instead elicits memories of drunken sake revelry.  This year makes the second Sake Matsuri I’ve experienced in Higashi-Hiroshima.  It was pretty rad.  Included meat stick, [...]

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orientation photos & etc.

The other day someone sent me a link to photos from the pre-departure seminar the other week. i’m not entirely sure whose photos they are, but..take a look: http://photos.yahoo.co.jp/ryokok813. There’s one in the beginning with me balancing on my crutch while trying to check in…I sprained my ankle a couple days before and pathetically limped [...]

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